KR20060061604A - Method and apparatus for providing conversion service of short message in mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, in a mobile communication terminal capable of converting a character input from a user into a standard language and a dialect having the same meaning using a mapping table. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a character conversion service.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: maintaining a mapping table including a standard language and dialects corresponding to the standard language, and receiving a text and a conversion request from a user; Searching for a standard word corresponding to the dialect by referring to the mapping table, and determining the standard word corresponding to the dialect by referring to the mapping table, and determining the determined standard word in the display unit of the mobile communication terminal. Replacing and displaying dialects.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide convenience to a user by automatically converting to a local dialect or a standard language corresponding to a character input when a character is input in a mobile communication terminal.

Mobile terminal, message, text, dialect, standard language, conversion, mapping

Description

TECHNICAL AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONVERSION SERVICE OF SHORT MESSAGE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a mapping table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a character conversion method when a dialect is input according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where a plurality of standard words corresponding to dialects are selected in one embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a character conversion method when a standard word is input according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where a plurality of dialects corresponding to standard words are selected in one embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.                 

8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a character conversion service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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800: character conversion service providing device

801: mapping table

802: user input unit

803: conversion unit

804: display unit

The present invention relates to a method for providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, in a mobile communication terminal capable of converting a character input from a user into a standard language and a dialect having the same meaning using a mapping table. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a character conversion service.

Unlike phone calls, SMS (Short Message Service) can be received or sent regardless of time or place, and it is possible to compose and send a message using the Internet as well as a mobile communication terminal. It is used from.

In case of writing a text message through the mobile terminal to use the SMS, if the user who writes the text message in the mobile terminal uses the Jeju dialect, the user writes the text message in Jeju Island rather than the standard language. It would be convenient to write and send text messages using dialects. If the receiver of the text message uses the same Jeju dialect, there will be no problem in understanding the contents of the received text message. However, if the receiver of the message uses a standard language, it will be difficult to accurately understand the content of the received message.

In order for the recipient of the text message to correctly understand the text message received, the user who composes the text message will always be able to correctly understand the text message if the recipient composes the text using the same language. However, the above method may be inconvenient for a user who writes a text message.

Therefore, when a character is input by the user, the emergence of a character conversion service providing technology capable of providing convenience of character creation to a user who uses a text service by automatically converting into a dialect or standard language associated with the input character is requested. come.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, the character conversion in the mobile communication terminal capable of converting the characters received from the user by using a mapping table with a dialect and a standard language of a certain region having the same meaning It is an object of the present invention to provide a service providing method and an apparatus thereof.

In addition, the method and apparatus for providing a text conversion service according to the present invention, the user is to use the text service using a variety of local dialects.

In addition, a method and apparatus for providing a character conversion service according to the present invention have an object of automatically converting the text contents of a local dialect which is difficult to understand to a standard language so that the contents of the text can be easily understood.

In addition, the method and apparatus for providing a text conversion service according to the present invention is to provide a convenience to a user by automatically converting into a dialect of a corresponding region using location information of a mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object and solve the problems of the prior art, the method of providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, maintaining a mapping table including a standard language and dialects for each region corresponding to the standard language; Receiving a text and a request for converting the text from a user; if the input text is a dialect, searching for a standard word corresponding to the dialect with reference to the mapping table, and determining a standard language corresponding to the dialect; And displaying the determined standard word by replacing the dialect in the display unit of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, according to another aspect of the invention, maintaining a mapping table including a standard language and dialects for each region corresponding to the standard language, receiving a text and the conversion request from the user, the mobile communication terminal Determining a current location; if the input character is a standard word, selecting a location associated with the determined current location by referring to the mapping table; referring to the mapping table; And searching for a corresponding dialect to determine the dialect corresponding to the standard language, and displaying the determined dialect by replacing the standard language in a display unit of the mobile communication terminal.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a mapping table including a standard language and dialects for each region corresponding to the standard language, a user input unit for receiving a character and a request for conversion of the character from a user, and the input character is a dialect And a conversion unit for retrieving the standard language corresponding to the dialect by referring to the mapping table and converting the dialect into the standard language, and a display unit for displaying the converted standard language on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal. It is done.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in step 101, a mapping table including standard words and dialects for each region corresponding to the standard words is maintained. The mapping table may be referred to when a character input by a user is converted into a corresponding standard language or a corresponding dialect. That is, the mapping table includes information mapped to each standard word and dialect. The reference unit of the standard word and the dialect included in the mapping table may be one of words, phrases, or sentences, and whether to use a reference unit may be set by a designer at the time of designing a device or by a user of a mobile communication terminal. Can be. Hereinafter, the configuration of the mapping table will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a mapping table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mapping table 200 includes dialects for each region corresponding to the standard word 201 using a word as a basic unit, and the region includes, for example, Gangwon-do 202 and Chungcheong-do 203. , Jeollado 204, Gyeongsangdo 205, and Jeju Island 206. In addition, a plurality of dialects of a specific region corresponding to one standard language 201 may exist. For example, when the user inputs the standard word 201 "how not" through the user input unit of the mobile communication terminal, the dialects "what are you", "what are you", "what are you" for each region corresponding to the standard word. , "Uyano", "Umajanhori" can be searched, and if the standard word 201 "very" is entered, dialects of Jeolla-do 204 can be searched for "two" including "very" and "Hae". have.

Next, in step 102, a character and a request for conversion of the character are received from the user. When a character is input from a user through a text input device such as a keypad of the mobile communication terminal, the user may receive a conversion request for the received text. When the received text is a dialect, the dialect may be converted into a standard language corresponding to the dialect, and when the input text is a dialect, the text may be converted to a standard language and provided to the user.

In step 103, when the input character is a dialect, a standard word corresponding to the dialect is searched for by referring to the mapping table to determine a standard word corresponding to the dialect. When one standard word corresponding to the dialect is found, the searched standard word may be converted into the dialect. When a plurality of standard words corresponding to the dialect are found, the mobile communication terminal first displays the searched plurality of standard words on the display unit (step 301). The display unit may be an LCD screen of a mobile communication terminal. Next, the mobile communication terminal receives one standard word from the searched standard words from the user (step 302). The user may be performed by selecting a standard word character determined by the user as the most appropriate among a plurality of standard words displayed on the display unit. Finally, the selected standard word is determined as a standard word corresponding to the dialect (step 303). The dialect can be converted into a standard word selected by the user. Hereinafter, a case in which a plurality of standard words corresponding to dialects are selected will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where a plurality of standard words corresponding to dialects are selected in one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, when a user inputs a sentence of "rain down to zero" and requests a conversion for the sentence, first, a standard word corresponding to the dialect of "down to down" is searched by referring to a mapping table. . As a result of the search, when three standard words corresponding to the dialects are searched "very", "very", "very much", the standard words are displayed on the display unit of the user's mobile communication terminal. Of the displayed standard words, the standard word "very bad" selected by the user is determined as a standard word replacing the dialect "slow down". The choice of standard word can be arbitrarily determined by the user. When the standard word to be converted is determined, the dialect "Current" is replaced with the standard word "Very" and displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal. That is, after the conversion to the standard language is performed, it may be displayed by replacing the standard word 403 with the "high rain" instead of the "rain with heavy rain".

On the other hand, if the input character is a standard language, the dialect corresponding to the standard language is determined by searching for a dialect for each region corresponding to the standard language with reference to the mapping table 200, and the determined dialect is determined by the display unit. Display by replacing standard words. When only one dialect for each region corresponding to the standard language is searched, the standard language may be replaced with a dialect selected by the user. In addition, when a user requests a conversion by designating a predetermined region, a dialect of the designated region may be searched and the standard language may be converted into the searched dialect.

However, when a plurality of dialects corresponding to the standard language have been searched, first, the searched plurality of dialects are displayed on the display unit (step 501). When the plurality of dialects are displayed on the display unit, the plurality of dialects may be displayed for each region. Next, one dialect is selected from the searched dialects by the user (step 502). The selection may be performed by selecting a dialect which the user determines to be most appropriate among the plurality of dialects displayed on the display unit. Finally, the selected dialect is determined as the dialect corresponding to the standard language (step 503). The determined dialect corresponding to the standard word may be displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal instead of the standard word.

Hereinafter, a case where a plurality of dialects corresponding to standard words are selected will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where a plurality of dialects corresponding to standard words are selected in one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, when a user inputs a standard word of "very today" and then requests to convert the sentence into a dialect of a predetermined region, the standard word is converted into a dialect of the region. For example, when the user selects "Gangwon-do" among a plurality of regions, the Gangwon-do dialect corresponding to the standard word 601 "very" is searched with reference to the mapping table. When two dialects corresponding to the standard word "very" are found to be "very" and "very," the searched dialect 602 is displayed on the display unit of the user mobile communication terminal. When "B" is selected by the user among the displayed dialects, "B" is determined as a dialect that replaces the standard word "very." The choice of dialect can be arbitrarily determined by the user. When the dialect to be converted is determined, the standard word "very" is replaced with the dialect "bowl" and displayed on the display unit. In other words, after the conversion to the dialect is performed, the dialect 603 may be displayed instead of the "today back" instead of the "very bad today."

In step 104, the determined standard word is displayed by replacing the dialect in the display unit of the mobile communication terminal. The user can transmit the replaced standard language or dialect to another user's mobile communication terminal, so that it is easy to understand the contents of the text message by converting the dialect into a standard language that is difficult for other people to understand. In addition, text messages can be transmitted by converting standard languages into dialects of various regions, thereby satisfying user's desire for using various languages.

Further, according to another embodiment of the present invention, in addition to converting a given dialect into a corresponding standard language, it is possible to convert a dialect of a predetermined region into a dialect of another region. In order to convert a dialect into a dialect of another region, it is possible to first convert a dialect to be converted into a corresponding standard language and then to a local dialect corresponding to the standard language. For example, referring to FIG. 3, when the user wants to convert the Chungcheongdo dialect "Dar" to the Jeju dialect rather than the standard language, first convert the Chungcheongdo dialect "Dar" to the standard word "very, very" by referring to a mapping table. do. Subsequently, the converted standard word "very, very bad" may be replaced by referring to the mapping table with the Jeju language dialect "pokbun".

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a text conversion service in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, in step 701, a mapping table including standard words and dialects for each region corresponding to the standard words is maintained. The reference unit of the standard word and the dialect included in the mapping table may be one of a word, a word, a sentence. There may be a plurality of specific local dialects corresponding to a predetermined standard word, and in the case of a plurality of specific dialects, a selection may be input from a user.

In step 702, a text and a request for conversion of the text are received from a user. When the user inputs a text through a text input device of the mobile communication terminal, a request for conversion of the input text may also occur.

In step 703, the current position of the mobile communication terminal is determined. The mobile communication terminal may be connected to the GPS receiver by internally or externally embedding a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, and may calculate a current position from a GPS signal input from the GPS receiver. GPS is a system that can determine its position within the error range of a few meters by using a satellite in the present invention can know the local position where the mobile communication terminal is currently used by using the GPS.

As another method of determining a current location of a mobile communication terminal, local information about the current location of the mobile communication terminal, for example, information such as Jeonju or Jeju Island, may be received from a base station system communicating with the mobile communication terminal. have. A text conversion service associated with the area information may be provided with reference to the searched area information.

In step 704, when the input character is a standard word, a region associated with the determined current location is selected by referring to the mapping table. If the determined current location is Busan, the current degree of the mapping table may be selected. If the determined current location is Jeju, it is possible to select the Jeju island of the mapping table. That is, even if the user does not intentionally select a region, the region may be automatically selected according to the current location of the user.

On the other hand, if the input character is a dialect, the standard word corresponding to the dialect may be searched for by referring to a mapping table regardless of the current position, and thus the dialect may be determined.

In operation 705, a dialect associated with the selected region and corresponding to the standard language is searched for by referring to a mapping table to determine the dialect corresponding to the standard language. For example, if the current location of the user's mobile communication terminal is Chungcheongdo, and receives the standard word "quick" from the user, search for the Chungcheong dialect "quick" corresponding to the standard word "quick" by referring to the mapping table. . After searching, the standard word "fast" may be determined as "fast" in the Chungcheong dialect. That is, even if the user does not select a dialect of a specific region to be converted among various kinds of dialects, the user can search the location of the user's mobile communication terminal and automatically converts the standard word input from the user into the dialect of the region associated with the searched position. Can be determined and converted.

In step 706, the determined dialect is displayed by replacing the standard language in the display unit of the mobile communication terminal. The user can transmit the converted text to the mobile communication terminal of another user using the replaced text.

8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for providing a character conversion service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The message text conversion service providing apparatus 800 according to the present exemplary embodiment may include a mapping table 801, a user input unit 802, a conversion unit 803, and a display unit 804. The text conversion service providing apparatus 800 according to the present embodiment may be implemented in a user terminal such as a mobile communication terminal.

The mapping table 801 includes a standard word and a dialect for each region corresponding to the standard word. The standard word and the dialect included in the mapping table 801 may be a word, word, or sentence as a reference unit, and the selection of the reference unit may be flexibly set by the device designer.

The user input unit 802 receives a text and a request for converting the text from a user. The user input unit 802 receives a character from a user through a character input unit capable of inputting a character, such as a keypad of a mobile communication terminal, and receives a conversion request for the received character. When the received character is a dialect, a request for converting the dialect into a dialect may be input when the input character is a standard language, and when the request for converting the standard language into a dialect is input, selection information about a region is input. Can be input together. It is also possible to receive a request to convert the dialect received into another dialect of another region.

When the input character is a dialect, the conversion unit 803 searches for a standard word corresponding to the dialect with reference to the mapping table 801 and converts the dialect into the standard language. In addition, when the input character is a standard word, the conversion unit 803 searches for a dialect corresponding to the standard word by referring to the mapping table 801 and converts the standard word into the dialect.

The display unit 804 displays the converted standard word on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the display unit 804 displays the converted dialect on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal. The display unit indicates a display unit for displaying an operation performed such as a character input of a user, such as an LCD screen of a mobile communication terminal, and the display unit 804 includes the display unit so that characters and converted characters are displayed through the display unit. To control.

The method of providing a character conversion service according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

According to the method and apparatus for providing a character conversion service according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect of mutually converting a character input from a user into a dialect and a standard language having a same meaning using a mapping table.

In addition, according to the method and apparatus for providing a text conversion service according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect of allowing a user to use a text service using various local dialects.

In addition, according to the method and apparatus for providing a text conversion service according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect of easily understanding the text content by automatically converting the text content of a local dialect which is difficult to understand.

In addition, according to the method and apparatus for providing a text conversion service according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically convert to a dialect of a corresponding region using location information of a mobile communication terminal, thereby providing convenience to a user.

Claims (14)

In the character conversion service providing method in a mobile communication terminal, Maintaining a mapping table including standard words and dialects of respective regions corresponding to the standard words; Receiving a text and a request for converting the text from a user; If the input character is a dialect, searching for a standard word corresponding to the dialect by referring to the mapping table and determining a standard word corresponding to the dialect; And Displaying the determined standard word by replacing the dialect on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal; Character conversion service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, When the input character is a dialect, the step of determining a standard language corresponding to the dialect by searching for a standard word corresponding to the dialect with reference to the mapping table, If a plurality of standard words corresponding to the dialect are found, displaying the searched plurality of standard words on the display unit; Selecting one standard word from the searched standard words from the user; Determining the selected standard language as a standard language corresponding to the dialect Character conversion service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, If the input character is a standard word, searching for a dialect corresponding to the standard word by searching for a dialect corresponding to the standard word by referring to the mapping table; And Displaying the determined dialect by substituting the standard language on the display unit; Character conversion service providing method further comprises. The method of claim 3, When the input character is a standard language, the step of determining a dialect corresponding to the standard language by searching for a dialect corresponding to the dialect with reference to the mapping table, If a plurality of dialects corresponding to the standard language are found, displaying the searched dialects on the display unit; Selecting one dialect from the searched dialects from the user; And Determining the selected dialect as a dialect corresponding to the standard language Character conversion service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The displaying of the plurality of retrieved dialects on the display unit may include: Displaying the searched dialects on the display unit by region; Character conversion service providing method further comprises. The method of claim 3, The conversion request includes a selection of a region, When the input character is a standard word, the step of determining a dialect corresponding to the standard word by searching for a dialect for each region corresponding to the standard word by referring to the mapping table, Searching for dialects of the selected region corresponding to the standard language by referring to the mapping table; Character conversion service providing method further comprises. In the character conversion service providing method in a mobile communication terminal, Maintaining a mapping table comprising standard words and dialects corresponding to the standard words; Receiving a text and a request for converting the text from a user; Determining a current location of the mobile communication terminal; Selecting an area associated with the determined current location by referring to the mapping table when the input character is a standard word; Searching for a dialect associated with the selected region and corresponding to the standard language by referring to the mapping table and determining a dialect corresponding to the standard language; And Displaying the determined dialect by substituting the standard language in a display unit of the mobile communication terminal; Character conversion service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The mobile communication terminal has an internal and external GPS receiver, The step of determining the current location of the mobile communication terminal, Calculating a current position from a GPS signal input from the GPS receiver Character conversion service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The step of determining the current location of the mobile communication terminal, Receiving information on a current location of the mobile communication terminal from a base station system in communication with the mobile communication terminal; Character conversion service providing method comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 7, The standard word and the dialect included in the mapping table are based on any one or more of a word, a word or a sentence as a reference unit. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 9. In the mobile communication terminal, A mapping table including standard words and dialects of respective regions corresponding to the standard words; A user input unit for receiving a text and a request for converting the text from a user; A conversion unit for converting the dialect into the standard language by searching for a standard word corresponding to the dialect by referring to the mapping table when the input character is a dialect; And A display unit for displaying the converted standard word on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 12, When the input character is a standard word, the conversion unit searches a dialect corresponding to the standard word by referring to the mapping table and converts the standard word into the searched dialect. And the display unit displays the converted dialect on the display unit. The method of claim 12, The standard word and the dialect included in the mapping table are based on a word, a word or a sentence as a reference unit.

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