KR20060110967A - Mobile communication terminal enable to search for initial and its operating method - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal performing a search function by using initials and an operating method thereof are provided to enhance user convenience by searching for desired phone number data via inputted initial search data without complex operation of buttons, and to reduce a search time by automatically searching for the phone number data matched with the inputted initials. A mobile communication terminal performing a search function by using initials comprises an inputting unit(20), a display unit(30), a memory(40), a communication module(50) and a controller(10). The inputting unit(20) enables a user to input data according to operation of buttons. The display unit(30) displays the inputted data. The memory(40) stores person names or store names and phone number data including their phone numbers. The communication module(50) performs data transmission or reception. The controller(10) searches for phone number data by using the initials in accordance with the combination of character data corresponding to inputted data. The controller(10) includes a determination unit(11) and a data processing unit(12). The determination unit(11) determines whether the inputted data is initial search data. The data processing unit(12) reads initials of the inputted initial search data according to the determination result, and searches for the phone number data corresponding to the initials.

Description

Mobile communication terminal with a search function using initials and its operation method {Mobile communication terminal enable to search for initial and its operating method}

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

2 is an exemplary view showing a first embodiment of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view showing a second embodiment of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

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10: control unit 11: determination unit

12: data processing unit 20: input unit

30: display unit 40: memory

50: communication module

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal equipped with a search function using initials and a method of operating the same. A search function using initials that can easily search phone number data to be searched by searching phone number data using initials is provided. The present invention relates to a provided mobile communication terminal and a method of operating the same.

Recently, the usage rate of the user is increasing rapidly as the functions of the mobile communication terminal are diversified. Accordingly, as the number of call connections using the mobile communication terminal increases, the phone number data of the other party stored in the memory also increases. have.

In general, in order to search for phone number data using the mobile communication terminal, the phone number can be memorized and the call can be connected by operating a button corresponding thereto, or the phone number search menu is operated to search for the phone number data to be searched. You have to operate the buttons until you can retrieve the desired phone number data.

However, the user's convenience is greatly reduced by operating a large number of buttons to retrieve desired telephone number data using the mobile communication terminal, and there is a problem in that the telephone number can not be quickly retrieved even when urgent communication is desired.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal may be connected to a call through a shortcut button of the phone number data stored in the memory, which only needs to memorize the shortcut number of the corresponding phone number data, so it only remembers the speed dial number of the frequently called party. There is a problem that the shortcut number cannot be stored for the number data.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a mobile communication terminal having a search function using an initial to read the initials through the input initial search data and retrieve the telephone number data corresponding thereto, and its The purpose is to provide a method of operation.

In order to solve the above problems, a mobile communication terminal having a search function using initials according to the present invention includes an input unit for inputting telephone number search data using initials, a memory for storing telephone number data, and initials from the input data. The first feature is to include a control unit that reads and retrieves corresponding telephone number data from the memory.

In addition, a method of operating a mobile communication terminal having a search function using initials according to the present invention includes a first step of inputting data, a second step of determining whether the input data is initial search data, and the determination result. Accordingly, the second feature is to include a third step of reading the initials from the initial search data and searching the telephone number data corresponding to the initials.

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, Figure 2 is an exemplary view showing a first embodiment of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a mobile communication according to the present invention An exemplary view showing a second embodiment of a terminal.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal having a search function using initials according to the present invention includes an input unit 20 for inputting data, a display unit 30 for outputting data, a name or Phone using memory 40 to store telephone number data including mutual name and corresponding telephone number, communication module 50 to perform data transmission and reception, and initials according to a combination of character data corresponding to input data. And a control unit 10 for retrieving the number data.

The input unit 20 includes a button for inputting character data of numbers, special characters, and Korean / English characters in accordance with an operation, and telephone number search data using initials is input according to the button operation. In this case, the arrangement of the text data according to the button may vary according to the structure of the mobile communication terminal, and a DB for storing the arrangement of the text data may be provided separately.

The memory 40 stores identifier information configured to recognize data input through the input unit 20 from the control unit 10 as initial search data, and stores the identifier information whenever there is a request from the control unit 10. To provide.

In addition, the memory 40 provides the stored telephone number data when retrieving telephone number data through initials, and initials of each telephone number data may be separately stored in order to easily identify initials of the telephone number data. have.

The controller 10 may determine whether the data input through the input unit 20 is initial search data, and read the initials of the initial search data input according to the determination result, to read the initials. And a data processor 12 for searching the telephone number data.

The data processing unit 12 sets an identifier to be recognized as initial search data for a specific character in order to search telephone number data using initials, and stores the data in the memory 40. In this case, the initial search data includes an identifier set from the data processing unit 12 and initial data for initial reading.

For example, the data processor 12 sets a specific character '* # *' as an identifier, and sets the input data to be recognized as initial search data when '* # *' is input before general numeric data. Allow setting data to be stored in the memory. In this case, the identifier may be changed according to a setting such as '# * #' or '***' in addition to '* # *'.

In addition, the data processing unit 12 stores setting data for reading initials with respect to the initial data except for the identifier, in the memory 40, wherein the character data corresponding to the initial data is stored in Korean characters. It can be set to be read only for English characters, or it can be set to be read only for English characters, or both Korean and English characters can be read, but not mixed with Korean and English characters.

The determination unit 11 determines whether the data input through the input unit 20 is initial search data when the button is operated for the last input data while the data is input according to the button operation in the standby mode.

In this case, the determination unit 11 determines the input data as initial search data according to whether the identifier set through the data processing unit 12 is included in the input data. In this case, when the input data does not include an identifier, other functions such as a call function using a speed dial number are performed through the mobile communication terminal.

In this case, when the data input through the input unit 20 is determined as initial search data according to the determination result of the determination unit 11, the data processing unit 12 reads initials for initial data excluding the identifier. At this time, all character data corresponding to the initial data is read, and the read character data is combined according to a setting.

For example, when the identifier is set to '* # *', '* # * 158' is input through the input unit 20 in the standby mode, and the '8' is input to the data processor 12. If the button is operated for a long time, the determination unit 11 determines '* # * 158' as initial search data and reads character data corresponding to the initial data '158' except for the identifier '* # *'.

At this time, the data processor 12 reads the character data corresponding to the data '1', '5', and '8' of the '158'. When the character data corresponding to the monitoring input '1', '5', and '8' is as shown in Table 1 below, the character data corresponding to the '1', '5' and '8' is read according to the setting. Then, the combination is sequentially performed on all read character data.

For example, if the data processor 12 is set to read only Korean characters, the data processor 12 reads only Korean characters among character data corresponding to '1', '5', and '8', so that 'ㄱㅁㅇ', ' 'ㄱ' Combinations are sequentially performed on the numbers of all cases as follows.

In addition, if the data processor 12 is set to read only English characters, the data processor 12 reads only English characters of the character data corresponding to '1', '5', and '8', and thus 'JT', 'JU'. Combinations are sequentially performed on the numbers of all cases combined with alphabetic characters such as 'JV', 'KT', 'KU', 'KV', 'LT', 'LU', and 'LV'.

The data processor 12 retrieves the telephone number data corresponding to each of the initials combined as described above, and outputs the retrieved telephone number data through the display unit 30.

In this case, when the number of digits is long for the name of the telephone number data stored in the memory 40, the data processing unit 12 searches the initials only up to the set digits (for example, the number of digits of the initial data).

An embodiment of a search using initials of the mobile communication terminal will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as follows.

As shown in FIG. 2A, if the mobile communication terminal wants to search for a phone number named 'Hannah' among the phone number data stored in the memory 40, as shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C, In the standby mode, the input unit 20 sequentially inputs buttons '8', '2', and '4' including initials 'ㅎㄴㄹ' of a name to be searched together with an identifier to be recognized as initial search data.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 2D, the data processor 12 reads character data corresponding to the input initial data, and combines initials' ㅇㄴㄹ ',' ㅇㅇㄹ ',' ㅇㅌㄹ ',' ㅎㄴㄹ ',' ㅎㄴㄹ ',' ㅎㄴㄹ. The phone number data corresponding to ',' ㅎㅌㄹ 'is searched from the memory 40 and' Hannara 010-123-45XX ', which is the phone number data searched for the initial' ㅎㄴㄹ ', is output through the display unit 30. When the call button is operated as shown in FIGS. 2e and 2f, the call is connected.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal, as shown in Figure 3a, if you want to search for the telephone number of the name 'Park Ji-soo' among the telephone number data stored in the memory 40, as shown in Figures 3b and 3c Likewise, in the standby mode, the buttons '5', '7', and '7' including the initial 'ㅂㅈㅅ' of the name to be searched are sequentially input through the input unit 20 together with the identifier to be recognized as initial search data. .

The data processor 12 reads the character data corresponding to the input initial data and combines the initials' ㅁ ㅅㅅ ',' ㅁㅅㅈ ',' ㅁㅅㅊ ',' ㅁ ㅈㅅ ',' ㅁㅈ ',' ㅁ ㅁㅊ ',' ',' ',', ',', ',', ',', ',' ',' ㅅ ㅅ, 'ㅅ ㅅ,', ㅍ ㅅ ㅅ ,, ㅍ ㅅ ', ㅍ ㅍ', 'ㅍ', '' '' '' '' 40 to retrieve the phone number data of the corresponding name to be output through the display unit 30.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3D, when there are a plurality of phone number data corresponding to the combined initial 'ㅂㅈㅅ', the data processor 12 displays all the phone number data corresponding to the initial 'ㅂㅈㅅ'. 3), and according to the up and down button operation as shown in Figs. 3e and 3f, select 'Park Ji-soo 019-321-09XX', which is the telephone number data to be searched, and the call button as shown in Figs. 3g and 3h. When the call is made.

Looking at the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

When data according to a button operation is input (S1), it is determined whether the input data includes an identifier set to be recognized as initial search data (S2).

For example, if the identifier is set to '##', it is determined whether the input data includes '##'. If the input data is '## 75', the input data includes the identifier '##' and is recognized as initial search data.

In this case, when the input data does not include an identifier, another function such as a call function may be performed according to a setting (S8).

In addition, when the input data includes an identifier according to the determination result, the input data is recognized as initial search data (S3), and initials are read using initial data excluding the identifier of the initial data. All character data corresponding to the initial data is read (S4), and sequentially combined in the input order (S5).

When combining the read character data, the character data is combined for all cases that can be combined according to the setting, and the corresponding telephone number data is retrieved for each combined initial (S7), and the retrieved telephone number The data is output to the display screen (S7).

For example, if you want to retrieve the phone number data of 'seven' from the stored phone number data, '7', '5' including '7' which is the initial of 'seven' with the set identifier '##' If input, all character data corresponding to '7' and '5' (for example, 7- 'ㅅ', 'ㅈ', 'ㅊ', 5- 'ㅁ', 'ㅂ', '' ') Reads the phone number data by sequentially combining all the possible combinations such as 'ㅅㅁ', 'ㅅㅂ', ..., 'ㅊㅂ', and 'ㅊㄷ' in the order entered. .

Accordingly, a mobile communication terminal having a search function using initials and a method of operating the same according to the present invention can easily search phone number data corresponding to the input initials by inputting initials together with an identifier set to be recognized as initial search data. You do not have to remember phone numbers and speed dial numbers.

As described above, the mobile communication terminal equipped with a search function using initials according to the present invention and a method of operating the same 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 to the extent that the idea is protected.

Mobile communication terminal equipped with a search function using the initial according to the present invention configured as described above and a method of operating the same by searching the telephone number data using the initial, simply desired phone through the initial search data input without complicated button operation Since the number data can be searched, the user's convenience is greatly improved, and the phone number data corresponding to the input initials are automatically searched, thereby reducing the search time.

Claims (9)

An input unit for inputting telephone number search data using initials; A memory in which telephone number data is stored; And a control unit for reading initials from the input data and retrieving corresponding telephone number data from the memory. The method of claim 1, The control unit includes a determination unit that determines whether the input data is initial search data; And a data processing unit which reads initials of input initial search data according to a result of the determination, and searches for telephone number data corresponding to the initials. The method of claim 2, And the determination unit determines initial search data according to whether an identifier set to be recognized as initial search data is included in the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 2, And the data processing unit reads the initials according to a combination of all character data corresponding to the initial data except for the identifier of the initial search data. The method of claim 4, wherein And the data processing unit searches for the telephone number data corresponding to each read initial. A first step of inputting data; Determining whether the input data is initial search data; And a third step of searching for the telephone number data corresponding to the initials by reading the initials from the initial search data according to the determination result. . The method of claim 6, In the second step, when the input data includes an identifier set to be recognized as initial search data, the second step is determined as initial search data. The method of claim 6, The third step may include a first step of reading all character data corresponding to initial data except for the identifier of the initial search data; A second step of sequentially combining the read character data in an input order; And a third process of searching for phone number data corresponding to the combined initials. The method of claim 8, The third process is a method of operating a mobile communication terminal equipped with a search function using initials, characterized in that for retrieving telephone number data for each of the combined initials.

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