KR20060078883A - Method for directly performing a hotkey function appointed by a portable terminal user - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for executing a hotkey function specified by a mobile phone user, the method comprising: setting and storing letters, numbers, or specific symbols to be used as hotkeys for menu functions frequently used in a portable terminal; And inputting a letter, number, or specific symbol of a button set as a hotkey of the portable terminal, checks whether the hotkey is a preset hotkey, and if the hotkey is a preset hotkey, executes a hotkey program stored in a memory to immediately execute a corresponding function according to the hotkey. It includes a step. Therefore, you can set the functions frequently used in the mobile phone as hotkeys and immediately execute the mobile phone functions without going through the menu functions of 2-3 steps.

Mobile phone, custom, hotkey

Description

Method for directly performing a hotkey function appointed by a portable terminal user}             

1 is a block diagram of a conventional portable mobile communication terminal.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of executing a mobile phone custom hotkey function according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: key input unit 20: control unit

30: memory 40: RF transceiver

50: audio processing unit 60: LCD driver

70: LCD display

The present invention relates to a method for executing a hotkey function specified by a mobile phone user. In particular, a mobile phone user who immediately executes a corresponding function of a mobile phone without clicking a detailed function of a menu tree through a hotkey designated by a mobile phone user is provided. It is about how to execute a specified hotkey function.

In general, the conventional portable mobile communication terminal is a conventional mobile communication terminal, such as a camera phone, smart phone, Pocket-PC, PDA phone, as shown in Figure 1 is a menu key and direction keys, numeric keys and function key buttons Key input unit 10 for data input, control unit 20 for overall operation control of a portable mobile communication terminal, ROM (Read Only Memory) in which a terminal operating program is stored, and RAM (Random) for temporarily storing various data. Access Memory (EPROM), Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM (EPROM), etc. that can be added and deleted, and a memory 37 for storing various data aquatic by the program of the control unit 20, voice calls and SMS texts. A voice signal is input through an RF transmitter / receiver unit 40 and a microphone (MIC) for modulating and demodulating and transmitting / receiving radio packet data such as transmission and reception, and is compressed by a voice codec (codec). The audio processing unit 54 for inputting and outputting the audio signal restored by the axis restoration and outputting the audio signal to the speaker SP, and the video coded by the camera phone or the video streamed and transmitted to the wireless VOD are transmitted to a predetermined image codec. ), A video processing unit (not shown) for compressing and reconstructing an image signal, and an LCD display unit 70 for displaying various data on a menu screen by the LCD driver 60.

In addition, with the development of mobile communication technology, miniature digital cameras have emerged, such as sliding phones, swing phones, well-being phones, and bio phones that can freely set the angle of camera phones, IMT-2000 phones, PDA phones, smartphones, and cameras. Intelligent handheld terminals with functions are being released, and based on the general mobile phone voice call, SMS text message transmission and games stored in its own memory, wireless internet game, video call, ringtone download service, MP3 music download service, GPS It provides services such as Location Based Service (LBS), schedule management, wake-up call function, alarm clock function, notepad, electronic organizer function, electronic calculator function, automatic response function, photo shooting, video shooting, photo studio Feature, recent caller ID, recent caller ID, missed caller ID, phone number registration, phone number It provides various mobile phone functions that express the personality of the new generation of digital by constructing sub-menus of 2-3 levels from various kinds of menu tree on the menu screen such as find and read / write email.

Existing mobile phones have been designed according to the requirements of mobile carriers, and as more and more contents and functions are available in mobile phones, the functions or contents that are frequently used by users are different.

In addition, often press the menu button of the mobile terminal to go to the desired function more than two to five times often occurs.

However, as the number of contents available on the mobile phone increases, the functions or contents that are frequently used by the users are different. For example, when going to a game from many menu functions, press the menu button of the mobile phone to display the submenu of the menu tree. There was a problem that hassle to go to more than 2 to 5 steps to the desired function.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the problems of the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to use the function frequently used through the hotkey (hotkey) designated by the user of the mobile phone without clicking the detailed function of the sub-menu of the menu tree It provides a way to execute a hotkey function specified by a mobile phone user that immediately executes the function and provides the user with convenience.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the present invention comprises the steps of setting and storing letters, numbers or specific symbols to be used as a hotkey menu functions frequently used in the portable terminal; And inputting a letter, number, or a specific symbol of a button set as a hotkey of the portable terminal, checks whether the hotkey is a preset hotkey, and if the hotkey is a preset hotkey, operates a hotkey program stored in a memory to perform a corresponding function of a menu according to the hotkey. It provides a method of executing a hotkey function specified by the mobile phone user, characterized in that it comprises the step of executing immediately.

In addition, the present invention is a hotkey (hotkey) drive of the portable terminal to press a short press, a long press, a double click as quickly as a double click to enter a letter, number or a specific symbol of the button set as the hotkey, Simultaneously pressing a combination of several keys of the key input unit (* + # key, etc.), and pressing the buttons in a special order of the key input unit is characterized in that to immediately execute the corresponding function of the mobile phone without clicking the detailed menu function.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the following examples are merely to illustrate the present invention is not limited to the contents of the present invention.                     

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of executing a mobile phone custom hotkey function according to the present invention.

Menu functions frequently used in portable terminals such as camera phones, IMT-2000 phones, PDA phones, and smart phones are stored in memory by setting letters, numbers or symbols to be used as hotkeys at the buttons of the key input unit (step S1). .

If a letter, number (0-9) or symbol of a button set as a hotkey of the portable terminal is input (step S2), it is checked whether a letter, number or symbol of the hotkey is preset (step S3). In this case, the hotkey program stored in the memory is driven (step S4) to immediately execute the corresponding function of the menu according to the hotkey (step S5).

At this time, the hotkey program is stored in a memory, and when a character, a number, or a specific symbol of a button set as the hotkey is input to a function frequently used by the portable terminal user, the hotkey input data is stored in the memory and according to the hotkey. The corresponding function of the menu can be executed immediately.

The hotkey driving method of the portable terminal can be driven as follows.

1) Press briefly once.

2) Press and hold once.

3) Press twice quickly like a double click.

4) Press a combination of keys at the same time (* + # keys, etc.)

5) Press in a special order.

That is, hotkey driving of the portable terminal may be briefly pressed, long pressed, or twice as quickly as a double click to input a letter, number, or a specific symbol of a button set as the hotkey. Simultaneously pressing a combination of keys (* + # keys, etc.), by pressing the buttons in the key sequence in a special order to operate the hotkey function, you can immediately execute the corresponding function of the mobile phone without clicking the detailed menu function .

Long press the * key on the portable terminal, instead of turning on / off silent mode, you can go directly to the game or change it to the function you want.

For example, if you frequently use Tetris games on a portable terminal, the portable terminal user sets and saves a specific number of buttons (eg, 7) on the key input section on the hotkey function setting screen, and then presses the specific number once. -You can directly execute the function of the menu without searching the function of the menu tree in step 3.

In addition, if a mobile terminal user who frequently uses video shooting with a camera phone, the user sets and saves a specific symbol (* or #) of a button of a key input unit in the hotkey function setting screen, and then stores the specific symbol (* or #). If you double-click, you can execute the corresponding function of the menu immediately without searching the function of the menu tree in step 2-3.

As described above, although described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art various modifications of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below Or it may be modified.

As described above, a method for executing a hotkey function specified by a mobile phone user according to the present invention is performed without clicking a detailed menu function of 2-3 levels or more in the menu tree through a hotkey that specifies a function frequently used by the mobile phone user. By immediately executing the corresponding function of the mobile phone has the effect of providing convenience to the user.

Claims (3)

Setting and storing letters, numbers, or specific symbols to be used as hotkeys for frequently used menu functions in the portable terminal; And When a letter, number, or a specific symbol of a button set as a hotkey of the portable terminal is input, it is checked whether the hotkey is preset, and if a hotkey is a preset hotkey, a hotkey program stored in a memory is operated to immediately perform a corresponding function of a menu according to the hotkey. And executing a hotkey function specified by the mobile phone user, comprising the step of executing. The method of claim 1, Hotkey operation of the portable terminal is a short press, a long press, a quick double press like a double click, or a plurality of keys of a key input unit to input a letter, number or a specific symbol of a button set as the hotkey. Pressing a combination of (* + # key, etc.) at the same time, pressing a special sequence of buttons of the key input unit to execute the hot key function specified by the user of the mobile phone, characterized in that immediately executes the corresponding function of the mobile phone without clicking the detailed menu function Way. The method of claim 1, The hotkey program is stored in a memory, and when a character, a number, or a specific symbol of a button set as the hotkey is input to a function frequently used by the portable terminal user, the hotkey input data is stored in the memory to correspond to a menu according to the hotkey. A method of executing a hotkey function specified by a mobile phone user, characterized in that the function is executed immediately.

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