KR20060057376A - Mobile phone having function of managementing hot key and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a batch number management function and a control method thereof, including display means for displaying a list of stored phone books when the function is selected, including a phone book management function, and a shortcut number deletion and a shortcut number. A menu including a submenu of the Delete All menu is displayed on one side of the display means to select one of the menus, and from the stored phone book list, one of the menus to delete a shortcut number is selected. The speed dial set in the item is deleted, and the speed dial number is deleted and the control unit deletes the speed dial set in at least one or more items when selecting the Delete All Speed Dials menu. To make it easier to manage phonebooks A.

Display Means, Input Means, Delete Speed Dial Menu, Delete All Speed Dial Menu

Description

 Mobile communication terminal equipped with shortcut number batch management function and its control method {Mobile Phone having function of management hot key and its control method}             

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a view showing a phone book list of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen when a plurality of speed dial numbers are set in one phone number entry;

5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating screens when the phone book list is stored for each group.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

10: display means 20: input means

30: control unit 31: display control unit

32: input key processing unit 33: shortcut number management unit

40: memory

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal equipped with a shortcut number collective management function and a control method thereof, and in particular, a shortcut to delete a plurality of shortcut numbers simultaneously in deleting a shortcut number set in a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the terminal. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a batch management function and a control method thereof.

In general, a mobile communication terminal has functions such as an electronic organizer, an MP3, and a digital camera in addition to basic functions such as voice call and SMS text service, so that a user does not have to carry a plurality of electronic equipments as described above. It is evolving to perform a number of functions.

In particular, in the electronic organizer, various functions such as a phone book, an alarm, and an electronic calculator are performed for the convenience of the user. In particular, the memory capacity of the mobile communication terminal is increased day by day. The numbers are now becoming large enough to reach thousands.

In addition, in addition to various convenience functions, the mobile communication terminal has been developed a user interface (UI) for operating the various functions of the terminal through a simple operation.

As such, in recent years, mobile communication terminals have been devised to allow users to operate various functions of the terminals by simple button operations. A shortcut number function that has been applied to a terminal may be a representative example.

The speed dial function sets a unique speed dial number to a phone number stored in the terminal, so that a phone number consisting of about 10 digits or more is inputted through a keypad without having to input a speed dial number of less than 3 digits. It is a convenience function of a typical terminal that can complete the input of a telephone number.

The speed dial function has a slight difference in the method of inputting a speed dial number for each mobile terminal manufacturer. The input method of speed dial number is completed by pressing and holding the button corresponding to the last digit of the speed dial number. Or, a method of completing the input of a shortcut number by pressing a call button after inputting the shortcut number has been known.

However, in managing shortcut numbers that play a significant role in the user's convenience of using the terminal, in the conventional case, the terminal is not provided with a function for allowing the user to easily manage the shortcut numbers. The terminal was not provided with a function for collectively managing a plurality of shortcut numbers.

That is, in the case of a speed dial number designating a predetermined phone number, the user often selects a plurality of phone numbers by changing a number of speed dial numbers or deleting a setting of a plurality of speed dial numbers. There is a problem that you need to delete the setting of speed dial one by one.

Accordingly, the speed dial number management function applied to the conventional terminal enables the user to conveniently manage the speed dial numbers in response to an increase in the number of storeable phone numbers due to the increase in the capacity of the terminal. Increased.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems of the prior art, and in order to delete a plurality of speed dial numbers at the same time in deleting a speed dial number set in a plurality of phone numbers stored in the terminal to facilitate the user convenience The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal having a batch management function and a control method thereof.

Mobile communication terminal equipped with a shortcut number collective management function according to the present invention for solving the above problems, the display means for outputting the phone book list, the input means for selecting a menu output to one side of the display means; According to the user's selection, the display deletes the shortcut number and deletes all the shortcut numbers to the display means, and when selecting the shortcut number deletion menu, the shortcut number set in one item in which the cursor is located in the phonebook list is deleted. And a controller for deleting the shortcut number set in at least one or more items when selecting the Delete All Numbers menu.

In addition, the control method of the mobile communication terminal equipped with a batch number management function according to the present invention, the first step to output the phone book list on the screen, and the shortened on the screen of the phone book list of the first step output In the second step, the Delete Number and Delete All Speed Dials menu is displayed on one side of the screen, and in the second step, the Delete Speed Dials menu is selected to display the speed dial number set in one item in the list of the phone book. Or a third step of deleting a shortcut number set in at least one or more items by selecting a menu to delete all shortcut numbers.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a display means 10 for outputting a phone book list and an input means 20 for selecting a menu outputted on one side of the display means. And a controller 30 for processing a signal input from the input means 20 and outputting a signal according to the processing to the display means 10 so that a user can check an operation state of the terminal. It is configured by.

In particular, by managing the phone book stored in the terminal among the functions of the terminal and by setting a speed dial number for each phone number stored in the phone book, when the user tries to call the other party without having to press all the numbers of the phone number In order to be able to do this, the shortcut number needs to be changed or deleted frequently and set again according to a user's request.

Accordingly, in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the control unit 30 outputs a shortcut number deletion and all shortcut number deletion menus to the display means 10 according to a user's selection, and shortens through the input means 20. By selecting the Delete Number or Delete All Abbreviated Numbers menu, the shortcut number set in one phone number item or the shortcut number set in a plurality of phone number items is deleted.

In order to perform the above bar, the control unit 30 includes a display control unit 31 for outputting a menu screen such as deletion of a shortcut number and deletion of all shortcut numbers, to the display means 10 and through the input means 20. And a shortcut number management unit 33 for controlling the setting of the shortcut number according to the selected menu when selecting a menu such as deleting the shortcut number and deleting the entire shortcut number.

In addition, the control unit 30 further includes an input key processing unit 32 for processing a signal input from the input means 20, and the user selects a shortcut number deletion menu through the input means 20 or In the case of selecting the Delete All Speed Dials menu, the input key processor 32 applies the processing signal according to each selection to the speed dial management unit 33, and the speed dial management unit 33 is stored according to the selected menu. Delete the speed dial set for one item of the phone number or delete the speed dial set for a plurality of items.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal further includes a memory unit 40 in which a database relating to a telephone number and a shortcut number set in the telephone number is constructed, thereby processing signals related to deletion of the shortcut number from the input key processing unit 32. If the shortcut number management unit 33 is authorized, access the telephone number stored in the memory unit 40 to delete the shortcut number set in the item of the telephone number.

2 is a diagram illustrating a phone book list of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

When operating the phone book function, which is one of the convenience functions of the mobile communication terminal, a phone book screen as shown in FIG. 2 is output to the display means 10, and the phone book screen includes a phone number list 11 and the A menu screen 12 for changing or deleting the setting of the output telephone number is output to one side of the display means 10.

When the menu screen 12 is selected for carrying out the present invention, the submenu 13 of the menu screen 12 is displayed on one side of the display means 10, and the submenu 13 is a shortcut number deleting menu. 13a and the shortcut number all delete menu 13b.

In addition, the submenu 13 may include various menus for changing or deleting the setting of the stored phone number, for example, deleting a phone number or changing a name and a speed dial number of the phone number item (not shown above). ) May be included in the submenu 13.

On the other hand, in the case of selecting the menu screen 12 so that the submenu 13 is output, it is preferable that the submenu 13 is output in a pop-up menu format on one side of the display means 10.

The operation of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

The user operates the phone book function of the terminal through the input means 20, and the controller 30 accordingly controls the phone book list on the display means 10 so that the user can perform various operations according to the phone book function on the screen. Let the screen print out.

Then, when the user wants to delete the speed dial set in one phone number item, the cursor is placed on the desired phone number item among one or more phone number items through the input means 20, and then one side of the phone book screen is displayed. The menu screen 12 output to the screen is selected.

When the menu screen 12 is selected, the submenu 13 is output to one side of the display means 10 in the form of a pop-up menu, and the user selects the shortcut number deletion menu 13a to shorten the item set to the item where the cursor is located. Allow the number to be deleted. In this case, the speed dial number management unit 33 receives a processing signal from the input key processing unit 32 to access the phone number stored in the memory unit 40 to delete the speed dial number set in the phone number item.

In addition, in the above case, when the menu for deleting all shortcut numbers 13b is selected, the shortcut numbers set for all items of the phone number stored in the memory unit 40 are deleted.

On the other hand, the control method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is as follows.

The control method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3. First, a first step S1 is performed in which a phone book list is output on a screen in order for a user to manage speed dial numbers. .

Subsequently, by selecting a menu screen displayed on one side of the screen on which the phone book list of the first step is output, a submenu including a shortcut number deletion and all shortcut numbers delete menu is output on one side of the phone book list screen. Two steps (S2) are made.

The user selects a desired menu from among the shortcut number deletion and shortcut number deletion menus output in the second step (S3).

When the user wants to delete a speed dial number set in one of the phone number entries in the stored phone number list, a third step (S3a) of selecting a speed dial delete menu by placing a cursor on the phone number entry to be deleted is performed. ) Is done.

By selecting the delete speed dial menu in the third step, a fourth step S4a is performed in which the speed dial number set in the phone number item is deleted, thereby completing the speed dial deletion function requested by the user.

On the other hand, if the user wants to delete the shortcut number set in at least one item among the shortcut number deletion and all shortcut number deletion menus output in the second step, it is preferable to select the entire shortcut number deletion menu (S3b). Becomes

By selecting the Delete All Speed Dials menu in the third step, a fourth step (S4b) in which the speed dials set in at least one of the items of the telephone number stored in the terminal is deleted is performed. Is done.

In particular, in the case of deleting a shortcut number set in at least one item by selecting the Delete All Speed Dials menu, it is preferable to delete the shortcut numbers set in all items of the phone number stored in the terminal when selecting the Delete All Speed Dials menu. Do.

Meanwhile, in the third step, when a plurality of speed dial numbers are set in one phone number item, the cursor is placed on the item and the delete speed dial menu is selected to delete all the speed dial numbers set in the item. The cursor is positioned on any one of the plurality of shortcut numbers, and a menu for deleting a shortcut number is selected to delete the selected one shortcut number.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen when a plurality of speed dial numbers are set in one phone number item. As shown, a phone number list 11 is output to the display means 10, and the phone number list 11 is shown. Item A represents a case where a plurality of shortcut numbers consisting of shortcut numbers 1, 2, and 10 are set in one item.

As described above, place the cursor on the item to delete the speed dial number and select the menu screen 12 to output the speed dial delete and the speed dial total delete menu, and then select the speed dial delete menu to select the item A. The set shortcut numbers 1, 2, and 10 are deleted.

In addition, when a plurality of shortcut numbers are set in one item, it is preferable that the cursor can be positioned in each of the shortcut numbers so that the user can delete one desired shortcut number.

Meanwhile, in the method of controlling the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the phone book list is stored for each group so that the shortcut numbers can be managed for each group, which will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating screens when the phone book list is stored for each group. 5 and 6 show the phone number entries 11 divided into groups of family, friends and work on the display means 10, or the phone number entries divided into groups by dividing the first letter of the name by consonants. The case of outputting (11) is shown.

In order to manage the speed dial number set in the telephone number for each group, the first step may further include listing the telephone book list stored in a specific group desired by the user.

On the other hand, select the menu screen (12) to display a shortcut number deletion and delete all shortcut numbers menu, and then select a shortcut number deletion menu to delete a shortcut number set in one item, or select the shortcut shortcuts all menu The third step of deleting the shortcut number set in at least one or more items, so as to manage the shortcut number for each group to operate as follows.

In the third step, if the shortcut number deletion menu is selected in the phonebook list window stored in a specific group, the shortcut numbers set in all the items of the group are deleted. The speed dial number is deleted so that the speed dial numbers can be managed by groups.

In another embodiment, in the third step, when a user selects a shortcut number deletion menu by placing a cursor on one item in a phonebook list window stored in a specific group, the shortcut number set in the item is deleted, and the entire shortcut number is deleted. If it is selected, it is possible to make the shortcut numbers set in all items of the group to be deleted. In this case, the shortcut numbers can be managed for each group.

As described above, the mobile communication terminal equipped with the shortcut number collective management function and the control method thereof according to the present invention have been described with reference to the illustrated drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein. It can be applied by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical idea of the invention.

In the mobile communication terminal and a control method provided with the batch number management function according to the present invention configured as described above, a user can select a desired function by outputting a shortcut number deletion and all shortcut number deletion menus. The speed dial set in the phone number can be deleted at the same time to facilitate the user's phone book management.

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Display means for outputting a list of telephone books; Input means for selecting a menu output on one side of the display means; According to the user's selection, the display unit deletes the speed dial number and deletes all the speed dial numbers by the display means, and when the speed dial number deletion menu is selected, the speed dial number set in one item in which the cursor is located in the phonebook list is deleted. And a control unit for deleting the shortcut numbers set in at least one or more items when selecting the Delete All menu. The method of claim 1, The control unit outputs a high-level menu including a shortcut number deletion and a shortcut number all delete menu to one side of the display means, and when selecting the upper menu, a submenu of delete shortcut numbers and delete all shortcut numbers to one side of the display means. Mobile communication terminal with a shortcut number batch management function characterized in that the output. The method of claim 2, The control unit is a mobile communication terminal equipped with a shortcut number collective management function characterized in that the lower menu of the shortcut number deletion and the entire deletion of the shortcut number is output in the form of a pop-up menu when selecting the upper menu. The method of claim 1, The control unit includes a display control unit for outputting a menu screen such as deletion of a shortcut number and deletion of all shortcut numbers to the display means, and a shortcut according to a selected menu when selecting a menu such as deletion of a shortcut number and deletion of all shortcut numbers through the input means. Mobile communication terminal with a shortcut number collective management function, characterized in that it further comprises a shortcut number management unit for deleting the number. The method of claim 4, wherein The mobile communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal equipped with a shortcut number collective management function, characterized in that it further comprises a memory unit for establishing a database relating to the telephone number and the shortcut number set in the telephone number. A first step of outputting the telephone book list on the screen; A second step of displaying a shortcut number deletion and all shortcut number deletion menus on one side of the screen on the screen on which the phone book list of the first step is output; In the second step, the shortcut number deletion menu is selected to delete the shortcut number set in one item in which the cursor is located in the phonebook list, or the shortcut number set in at least one or more items is deleted by selecting the Delete All Speed Numbers menu. Control method of a mobile communication terminal with a shortcut number batch management function, characterized in that comprises a third step. The method of claim 6, In the third step, when a plurality of shortcut numbers are set in one item, the cursor is placed on the item and the delete shortcut number menu is selected to delete all the shortcut numbers set in the item. And a shortcut number batch management function, wherein the selected one shortcut number is deleted by selecting a shortcut number deletion menu. The method of claim 6, The third step is a control method of a mobile communication terminal equipped with a shortcut number collective management function, characterized in that the shortcut number set to all items of the stored phone number is deleted when selecting a menu to delete all shortcut numbers. The method of claim 6, The first step may further include the step of when the phone book list is stored for each group to manage the speed dial number by group, the list of the phone book stored in a specific group is further included. Control method of a mobile communication terminal equipped with a function. The method of claim 9, In the third step, if the speed dial number deletion menu is selected in the phonebook list window stored in the specific group, the speed dial numbers set for all items of the group are deleted. A control method of a mobile communication terminal having a shortcut number collective management function, characterized in that the shortcut number is deleted. The method of claim 9, In the third step, when a user selects a shortcut number deletion menu by placing a cursor on one item in a phonebook list window stored in the specific group, the shortcut number set in the item is deleted, and when the entire shortcut number deletion menu is selected, the group is deleted. The control method of the mobile communication terminal with a shortcut number collective management function, characterized in that it comprises the step of deleting the shortcut number set in all items of the.

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