KR20060075382A - Mobile telecommunication terminal available of providing information of most used menu and recent used menu - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention can not only easily extract the most accessed menu information and recently used menu information of the terminal through the effective use of the terminal memory resources, but also the most recently used menu information and the most used to allow users to arbitrarily define frequently used menus. As a mobile communication terminal for providing menu information,

The mobile communication terminal providing the most recently used menu information and the most used menu information according to the present invention forms a predetermined communication connection relationship with all components of the mobile communication terminal and performs a role of controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. Stores menu list information comprising a control unit and various menus that can be implemented through a mobile communication terminal, and stores data about the number of times of use and time information used for each menu constituting the menu list under the control of the terminal control unit. When an event for a predetermined menu occurs under the control of a memory unit and the terminal control unit, the number of times of use of the corresponding menu is accumulated and stored, and the number of times of use of each menu is stored in the data memory unit, and stored in the data memory unit. Menu list information and usage count for each menu And extracting the most used menu list by selectively extracting and outputting the most used menu list, and when an event for a predetermined menu occurs under the control of the terminal controller, storing the used time of the corresponding menu in the data memory unit, And a recently used menu analysis module for selectively extracting menu list information stored in the data memory unit and time information of each menu, and outputting a recently used menu list.

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Description

Mobile telecommunication terminal available of providing information of most used menu and recent used menu}             

1A and 1B are reference diagrams for explaining a conventional menu movement process.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal for providing the most recent menu information and the most used menu information according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing recent usage menu information and most usage menu information using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4A to 4C are reference diagrams showing the progress of the method of displaying the use menu information according to the present invention;

5 is a reference diagram illustrating a menu list stored in a data memory unit of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

201: terminal controller 202: wireless transceiver

203: Most used menu calculation module 204: Menu level setting module                 

205: Analysis module of the recently used menu 206: Custom menu setting module

207: data memory section 208: key input section

209: display window 210: display window

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal that provides the most recently used menu information and the most used menu information, and more particularly, it is possible to easily extract the most accessed menu information, recently used menu information of the terminal through effective utilization of the terminal memory resources. In addition, the present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal that provides the most recently used menu information and the most used menu information that the user can arbitrarily define frequently used menus.

Due to the development of the communication industry and the rapid expansion of mobile communication services, many people are carrying mobile communication terminals, and in order to meet various demands of users for improving their functions, the mobile communication terminals can play music files and wirelessly in addition to mobile wireless telephony functions. Functions such as the Internet are being added.

Meanwhile, various functions of the mobile communication terminal are managed by a menu method having a hierarchical structure. That is, there is a structure in which there is a main menu listed in a higher category and there are a plurality of submenus that are dependent on each menu constituting the main menu. Accordingly, it is possible to execute a specific function of the mobile communication terminal by selecting a menu of a specific category in the main menu and a desired function in the sub menu.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, when a menu key of a mobile communication terminal is pressed, menus of higher categories, that is, sound setting, screen setting, and electronic notebook, are displayed on the display window of the mobile communication terminal. Is displayed. In this state, when the sound setting is selected from the main menu of the upper category, a sub menu belonging to the sound setting is displayed on the display window. The sub menu belonging to the sound setting may be a ringtone selection, a volume setting, an effect sound setting, and the like. If a specific function, for example, a ringtone selection function is selected from the submenus, setting of a ringtone selection function according to a user's preference is performed.

In the related art, various functions included in the mobile communication terminal are effectively used through a menu system having a hierarchical structure. However, as the functions of the mobile communication terminal are more diversified, the hierarchical menu method is more complicated to accommodate the diversified functions. That is, in the normal main menu sub menu structure, the number of sub menus subordinate to the main menu, such as the main menu, the first sub menu, and the second sub menu, increases.

As the number of submenus subordinate to the main menu increases, a user using a mobile communication terminal has to go through a complicated process of going through a plurality of menus in order to use a specific function. Therefore, if a user of the mobile communication terminal does not know about all the functions and specific menus included in the terminal, a trial and error may inevitably occur in the process of searching for a plurality of menus to execute the corresponding function. It must be.

In order to solve this problem, the prior art has suggested a method of increasing the ease of use by displaying a menu frequently used by the user on the terminal. The technique is described in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-48195, "Method for separately accessing a menu with a high frequency of use, a recording medium, and a mobile phone implementing the same". The technique described in the above-mentioned patent publication is described in more detail, and it is a method of calculating the frequency of use by calculating the number of times of use of the menu each time the user uses the menu, and displaying a predetermined menu list in the order of high frequency of use.

However, the technique described in the above-mentioned patent publication is a method that calculates the frequency of use from the beginning in conjunction with the memory unit each time the menu is used. Works.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and through the effective use of the terminal memory resources, the user can easily extract the most accessed menu information and recently used menu information of the terminal as well as frequently used menus. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal that provides the most recently used menu information and the most used menu information that can be arbitrarily defined.

In order to achieve the above object, the mobile communication terminal providing the most recently used menu information and the most used menu information according to the present invention forms a predetermined communication connection relationship with all components of the mobile communication terminal to perform the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. Stores menu list information consisting of a terminal control unit for controlling and general menus that can be implemented through a mobile communication terminal, and the number of times of use and the latest information for each menu constituting the menu list under the control of the terminal control unit. A data memory unit for storing the used time information, and when an event for a predetermined menu occurs under the control of the terminal controller, the number of times of use of the corresponding menu is accumulated and stored, and the number of times of use of each menu is stored in the data memory unit, Menu list information stored in the data memory unit; And a module for calculating the most used menus by selectively extracting the number of times of use of each menu and outputting a list of the most used menus. When an event for a predetermined menu occurs under the control of the terminal controller, And a recently used menu analysis module configured to selectively extract menu list information and time information used for each menu stored in the data memory unit, and output a recently used menu list. It is characterized by.

Preferably, a menu level under the control of the terminal control unit aligns the most used menu list and the most recently used menu list to a specific level in association with the most used menu calculation module and the most recently used menu analysis module. It further includes a configuration module.

According to a feature of the present invention, for each menu implemented through the mobile communication terminal, the number of times of use and the recently used time information are stored for each menu, and selectively extracts the most recently used menu list and the most used menu list according to the user's request. By displaying on the display window it is possible to increase the ease of use of the terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail a mobile communication terminal for providing the most recently used menu information and the most used menu information according to the present invention. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal providing a recent use menu information and the most used menu information according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a recent use menu information and the most used menu information using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention 4A to 4C are reference diagrams showing the progress of the method of displaying the use menu information according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is stored in the data memory unit of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. See also the menu list.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, a mobile communication terminal for implementing a menu display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is largely a combination of a terminal control unit 201, a wireless transmission / reception unit 202, and a data memory unit 207. Is done.

The terminal controller 201 establishes a predetermined communication connection relationship with all components of the mobile communication terminal and performs an overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. For example, the terminal controller 201 controls the display process of the use menu information according to the present invention. The wireless transceiver 202 transmits a signal received through the antenna 210 to the terminal controller 201 or transmits a signal generated from the terminal controller 201 through an antenna 210 to a base station (not shown). It performs the role of outputting to.

The data memory unit 207 basically stores a program necessary for the operation of the mobile communication terminal and various data generated by the operation of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the data memory unit 207 stores menu lists for all menus that can be implemented in the mobile communication terminal. At this time, the menu list may be stored in a predetermined tree structure as shown in FIG. 5, for example, and each menu is divided into level 1, level 2, level 3, and the like according to the upper and lower positions of the menu. A predetermined serial number may be assigned to. In addition, the data memory unit 207 includes information on recently used menu information, most used menu information, and a user specified menu. Specifically, the number of times used within a predetermined period for each menu constituting the menu list, and the used time. Information about the data is stored.

On the other hand, in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, as the core features of the present invention, the most used menu calculation module 203, the recently used menu analysis module 205, the user specified menu setting module 206 and the menu level setting module 204 ) Is provided.

The most used menu calculation module 203 counts the number of times the menu is used and counts the number of times each menu is used when an event for a predetermined menu is generated from a user interface described later under the control of the terminal controller 201. Selectively stores information in the data memory unit 207, and selectively extracts the menu list information stored in the data memory unit 207 and the number of times of use of each menu to complete the most used menu list. It serves to transfer to the control unit 201. In this case, when calculating the number of times the menu is used, it is used for the usage information of the menu stored in the data memory unit 207 when the event of the menu is completed, that is, when the user completes using the menu. It is preferable to take the method of adding the number of times once. In the conventional case, there is a problem of encroaching the resources of the data memory unit 207 by calculating the number of times used within a predetermined period each time when calculating the number of times of use of the corresponding menu from the beginning to the time of the latest occurrence event. This problem can be solved accordingly.

When an event for a predetermined menu occurs, the recently used menu analysis module 205 selectively stores the used time of the menu in the data memory unit 207 and the menu list stored in the data memory unit 207. It selectively extracts information and time information used for each menu to complete and output a recently used menu list. The user-specified menu setting module 206 stores a user-specified menu list set according to a user's request through the user interface in the data memory unit 207 and transmits the stored user-specified menu list to the terminal controller 201. It plays a role. The menu level setting module 204 is linked with the most used menu calculation module 203 and the recently used menu analysis module 205 when sorting for a specific level is required through a user interface. It sorts the menu list and the most used menu list at the menu level.

In addition to the above components, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a user interface consisting of a key input unit 208 and a display window 209. The key input unit 208 may be composed of a plurality of numeric keys and various function keys, and the display window 209 is an operation performance state of the mobile communication terminal and the above-mentioned most used menu list, recently used menu list, and user specified menu list. Serves to display and the like. In addition, although an essential component required for wireless communication provided in a conventional mobile communication terminal, that is, a duplex, a frequency converter, and the like, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

An operation of the mobile communication terminal having the above configuration, that is, a method of displaying the use menu information of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described. First, a menu information processing process by generating an event for each menu provided in the mobile communication terminal will be described.

When a terminal user uses a predetermined menu using the key input unit 208, that is, when an event for a menu occurs, the most-used menu calculation module 203 under the control of the terminal control unit 201 is configured to display the menu. The number of times of use is stored in the data memory unit 207. If an event for the same menu is generated later, an additional use count is accumulated in the use count stored in the data memory unit 207. On the other hand, when an event for the corresponding menu occurs, the recently used menu analysis module 205 selectively stores the used time of the corresponding menu in the data memory unit 207, and later use of the same menu occurs. If used, update the time used. Here, each of the menus constituting the menu list may be assigned a predetermined serial number to double the efficiency of the storage method.

Through such a process, menu information, such as the recently used time and the number of times of use, is stored for each menu of the menu list stored in the data memory unit 207.

When the predetermined menu information is stored through the above process, a process of identifying information on the used menu will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 3, when a user presses a predetermined shortcut key on the key input unit 208, as shown in FIG. 4A, a predetermined use menu status initial screen is displayed on the display window 209 (S301). (S302). The initial use menu status initial screen may include a most used menu list, a recently used menu list, a user specified menu list, a menu level setting item, and the like.

In this state, when an event for a specific item, for example, a recent use menu list occurs, among the plurality of items on the initial screen (S303), under the control of the terminal controller 201, the recently used menu analysis module 205 ) Arranges the used menus based on the recently used time based on the recently used time information of each menu stored in the data memory unit 207 to complete and display the recently used menu list on the display window 209. (S309) (S310). Here, in the list of recently used menus, Lv. 1, Lv. 2, Lv .3, etc., the menu level can be displayed. At this time, a menu level setting window is displayed on the display window 209 in which the recently used menu list is displayed, so that a plurality of menus constituting the recently used menu list can be rearranged by predetermined levels (S310). The menu level setting may be set in advance in the initial screen. In this case, the use menu analysis module completes a list of recently used menus for each level in cooperation with the menu level setting module 204 and displays the list in the display window 209. .

On the other hand, when an event for a user-specified menu list occurs on the initial screen (S304), the user-specified menu setting module 206 is stored in the data memory unit 207 under the control of the terminal controller 201. The user-specified menu list is extracted and displayed on the display window 209 (S312). The user-specified menu list is preset by the user.

Finally, when an event for the most used menu list occurs in the initial screen (S305), under the control of the terminal control unit 201, the most used menu analysis module stores each menu stored in the data memory unit 207. The menus used are sorted in ascending or descending order according to the number of times of use, based on the number of times of use of stars. Here, the most used menu list may show not only the level information of the menu as shown in FIG. 4C but also the recent usage time (not shown) of each menu. In addition, as in the case of the recent use menu list, the use menu list can be sorted by level while the latest use menu list is displayed on the display window 209. Also, the preset use menu list can be preset in the initial screen. If so, the list of most used menus corresponding to the level is displayed (S307).

The method of displaying the menu information used by the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention has the following effects.

Using the terminal by storing the number of times of use and the most recently used time information for each menu implemented through the mobile communication terminal, and selectively extracting the most recently used menu list and the most used menu list according to the user's request and displaying them on the display window. It can increase the convenience.

Claims (2)

A terminal control unit which forms a predetermined communication connection relationship with all components of the mobile communication terminal and controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal; A data memory unit for storing menu list information including general menus that can be implemented through a mobile communication terminal, and storing information on the number of times of use and time information used for each menu constituting the menu list under the control of the terminal controller; When an event for a predetermined menu occurs under the control of the terminal controller, the number of times of use of the corresponding menu is accumulated and stored, and the number of times of use of each menu is stored in the data memory unit, and the menu list information stored in the data memory unit. And a maximum usage menu calculation module for selectively extracting usage count information for each menu and outputting a maximum usage menu list. When an event for a predetermined menu occurs under the control of the terminal controller, the time used for the menu is stored in the data memory unit, and the menu list information stored in the data memory unit and time information for each menu are selectively extracted. A mobile communication terminal providing the latest use menu information and the most used menu information, characterized in that it comprises a recent use menu analysis module that serves to output a list of the recently used menu. According to claim 1, Under the control of the terminal control unit in conjunction with the most used menu calculation module and the most recently used menu analysis module serves to arrange the most used menu list and the recent used menu list to a specific level A mobile communication terminal providing the most recently used menu information and the most used menu information, characterized in that further comprises a menu level setting module.

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