KR20060112726A - Spam message management apparatus and method in a mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A device and a method for managing spam messages in a mobile terminal are provided to prevent a normal message from being classified into the spam message during filtration of the spam message by enabling a user to set exceptional particulars for the spam message. A spam message filter(120) filters the spam messages from the received messages by checking whether the received message satisfies a spam filtering condition by analyzing the message received in the mobile terminal. A normal message filter(130) filters the normal message from the messages filtered as the spam messages by checking whether the message filtered as the spam message satisfies a normal filtering condition. A controller(140) controls an operation of the spam and normal message filter, and manages process of the spam or normal message discriminated by a spam or normal message filtering result. The spam filtering condition is whether a sender phone number or a word included in the received message is present in a spam word or phone number list.

Description

Apparatus and method for managing spam messages in mobile terminal {SPAM MESSAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for managing spam messages in a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a spam message management method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message menu capable of using an SMS / MMS message service of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.

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110: keypad 120: spam message filtering unit

130: normal message filtering unit 140: control unit

150: memory 180: speaker

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for managing a spam message received in a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for managing a spam message of a mobile terminal to prevent a normal message from being classified as a spam message.

The text communication or text message service using a mobile terminal is a short message service (SMS) that can simply transmit text, and a multimedia message service (MMS: Multimedea Message Service) that can transmit sound, pictures, and video together. Separated by.

These message services are in the spotlight because of their superior convenience and speed compared to other communication methods, but recently, spam messages that are indiscriminately transmitted to an unspecified number, ie, adult pornographic advertisement text messages, are causing great social problems. to be. Therefore, it was necessary to develop a method of separately managing or blocking the spam message as described above.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message menu capable of using an SMS / MMS message service of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.

)를 통해 미리 발신 전화번호 또는 특정 단어를 지정해 놓음으로써 해당 발신 전화번호 또는 단어를 가지는 메시지가 스팸 메시지로 분류되도록 할 수 있다. 즉, 종래기술은 수신된 메시지의 내용을 검색하여 해당 조건과 일치하는 불필요한 메시지가 수신되면 이를 사용자에게 알리지 않고 스팸 메시지함에 저장하거나 곧바로 삭제하는 스팸 메시지 필터링 방법을 제공한다.Referring to FIG. 3, the user may select a 'spam message' menu (

By specifying an outgoing phone number or a specific word in advance, the message with the outgoing phone number or word can be classified as a spam message. That is, the prior art provides a method for filtering spam messages that searches for the contents of a received message and stores or immediately deletes it in a spam message box without notifying the user when unnecessary messages matching the corresponding conditions are received.

However, the existing spam message filtering method has a possibility of generating a disadvantage that a user does not receive a normal message by incorrectly classifying a normal message as a spam message. This problem occurs because the user cannot set an exception for the spam message. Therefore, in the filtering of spam messages, a method for solving an error problem in which a normal message is classified as a spam message is required.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to solve the problem that a normal message is classified as a spam message when filtering a spam message by allowing a user to set an exception for a spam message. .

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for managing a spam message of a mobile terminal capable of receiving an SMS message or an MMS message, wherein the received message is spam through analysis of the message received in the mobile terminal. A spam message filtering unit that determines whether a filtering condition is satisfied and classifies a spam message among the received messages; A normal message filtering unit classifying a normal message among the messages classified as the spam message by determining whether a message classified as the spam message satisfies a normal filtering condition as a result of the spam message filtering by the spam message filtering unit; And a controller configured to control operations of the spam message filtering unit and the normal message filtering unit, and to process the spam message or the normal message determined according to the spam message filtering or the normal message filtering result.

In addition, the method of the present invention, in the spam message management method of the mobile terminal, by determining whether the received message satisfies the spam filtering conditions through the analysis of the message received in the mobile terminal and the spam message among the received message Spam message filtering step of classifying; And a normal message filtering step of classifying the normal message among the messages classified as the spam message by determining whether the message classified as the spam message satisfies the normal filtering condition as a result of the spam message filtering.

The spam filtering condition is whether an outgoing telephone number or a word included in the received message is present in a registered spam word list or a blocked phone number list, and the normal filtering condition is that a word included in the received message is registered. Whether or not it is in the allowed word list, or whether the outgoing telephone number included in the received message is present in the registered allowed telephone number list or the telephone book in which the user frequently registers the telephone number.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for managing a spam message of a mobile terminal according to the present invention, which includes a keypad 110, a spam message filtering unit 120, a normal message filtering unit 130, a controller 140, and a memory. 150, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 160, a radio frequency processor 170, a speaker 180, a microphone 190, and the like.

The keypad 110 is for inputting a user command related to spam message management. For example, the keypad 110 is used to input a spam message or a normal message filtering condition according to the present invention.

The controller 140 is responsible for controlling spam messages and the like according to a user's instruction input through the keypad 110. In particular, when the spam message management function is set by the user, the controller 140 is controlled. Under the control of the spam message filtering unit 120 and the normal message filtering unit 130 determines whether the message received in the mobile terminal is a spam message, and also determine whether there is a normal message among the messages classified as spam messages. do.

The spam message filtering unit 120 performs an analysis of the message received by the mobile terminal under the control of the controller 140, and the outgoing telephone number included in the spam filtering condition, for example, the received message. Alternatively, it is determined whether a word exists in a registered spam word list or a blocked phone number list, and a spam message filtering process is performed to classify a spam message among the received messages.

In addition, if there is a message classified as a spam message, the normal message filtering unit 130 determines that the message classified as the spam message is a normal filtering condition, for example, an outgoing telephone number included in the received message. Or, it is determined whether a word exists in the registered allowed word list or the allowed telephone number list and performs a normal message filtering process of classifying a normal message among the messages classified as spam messages. In another embodiment, in the normal message filtering process, it is possible to set a reference to a phone book in which a user frequently registers a phone number.

As a result of the spam message filtering or normal message filtering, when the received message is a normal message, the controller 140 stores the received message in the memory 150 and performs a message reception alarm operation through the speaker 180. Do it.

Finally, when it is classified as a spam message that is not a normal message as a result of the normal message filtering, the controller 140 controls to store or delete the spam message in the memory 150.

Meanwhile, the liquid crystal display 140, the radio frequency processor 150, and the microphone 170 are the same as those of a general portable terminal, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The spam message management method of the mobile terminal of the present invention having such a configuration will be described in detail as follows.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a spam message management method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

First, when power is supplied to the portable terminal and a message reception operation is started during normal operation, the portable terminal receives an SMS or MMS message (S100), and analyzes the received message through data search of the received message (S102). In operation S104, the spam message filtering unit 120 determines whether the received message satisfies a spam filtering condition and classifies a spam message.

The spam filtering condition is a process of determining whether an outgoing telephone number or a word included in the received message exists in a registered spam word list or a blocked phone number list (S106).

If the received message satisfies the spam filtering condition, the received message is classified as a spam message, and then the following procedure (S112) is performed. Otherwise, if the received message is a normal message, The received message is stored in the general message box and the message reception alarm operation is performed (S108 and S110).

Next, when the received message is classified as a spam message in the spam message filtering step, the normal message filtering unit 120 determines whether the message classified as the spam message satisfies a normal filtering condition. The normal message filtering step of classifying the message is performed (S112).

The normal filtering condition is a process of determining whether an outgoing telephone number or a word included in the received message exists in a registered allowed word list, a permitted telephone number list, or a phone book in which a user frequently registers a telephone number. (S114).

When the message classified as the spam message satisfies the normal filtering condition, the received message is classified as a normal message, and the received message is stored in the general message box of the memory 150 and the message is received through the speaker 180. If the alarm operation is performed (S116 and S118), otherwise, that is, if the received message is a spam message, the spam message is stored or deleted in the spam message box of the memory 150 (S120).

As described above, the present invention adds a function of receiving a phone number and a specific word to be used for secondary message filtering in a mobile terminal having a function of classifying spam through text message call number search and specific word search, or stored in the mobile terminal. By using only the phone number of the mobile terminal can solve the problem of the existing spam message classification. Here, which secondary message filtering is applied depends on the user's designation method.

According to the present invention having the above configuration, the user can set an exception for the spam message, that is, by providing a second normal message filtering function in addition to the existing primary spam message filtering, the normal message to the spam message There is a convenient effect to avoid classification.

Claims (10)

In the spam message management device of a mobile terminal capable of receiving an SMS message or MMS message, A spam message filtering unit that determines whether the received message satisfies a spam filtering condition through analysis of the message received by the mobile terminal, and classifies a spam message among the received messages; A normal message filtering unit classifying a normal message among the messages classified as the spam message by determining whether a message classified as the spam message satisfies a normal filtering condition as a result of the spam message filtering by the spam message filtering unit; And And controlling a spam message filtering unit and a normal message filtering unit, and controlling a spam message or a normal message determined according to the spam message filtering or normal message filtering result. Message management device. The method according to claim 1, And the spam filtering condition is whether an outgoing telephone number or a word included in the received message exists in a registered spam word list or a blocked phone number list. The method according to claim 1, And the normal filtering condition is whether a word included in the received message exists in a registered allowed word list. The method according to claim 1, The normal filtering condition is whether or not the outgoing telephone number included in the received message exists in a registered allowed telephone number list or a telephone book in which a user frequently registers a telephone number. Management device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The spam filtering condition and the normal filtering condition may be input and modified by a user. In the spam message management method of the mobile terminal, A spam message filtering step of classifying a spam message among the received messages by determining whether the received message satisfies a spam filtering condition through analysis of the message received by the mobile terminal; And a normal message filtering step of classifying the normal message among the messages classified as the spam message by determining whether the message classified as the spam message satisfies the normal filtering condition as a result of the spam message filtering. To manage spam messages. The method according to claim 6, The spam filtering condition is a spam message management method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the outgoing telephone number or a word included in the received message is present in a registered spam word list or a blocked phone number list. The method according to claim 6, And the normal filtering condition is whether a word included in the received message exists in a registered allowed word list. The method according to claim 6, The normal filtering condition is whether or not the outgoing telephone number included in the received message exists in a registered allowed telephone number list or a telephone book in which a user frequently registers a telephone number. How to manage. The method of claim 6, wherein the received message is an SMS message or an MMS message.

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