KR20060120722A - Apparatus and method for detecting information using key input-time of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for searching for information by using a key inputting time of a mobile communication terminal and a method thereof are provided to enable a user to search for only a desired text or number list among a phone number list, the latest conversation list and a text storage box list which have text or number information displayed on a screen of the terminal. An apparatus for searching for information by using a key inputting time of a mobile communication terminal comprises a key inputting unit(15), a phone number storage unit(13), a memory unit(14), a display unit(16) and a main controller(12). The key inputting unit(15) has key buttons and function keys at which numbers or characters are double set. The phone number storage unit(13) stores phone numbers inputted through the key inputting unit(15). The memory unit(14) stores reference values for performing mode conversion according to a key inputting time and information list. The display unit(16) displays each message and key input data according to a mode state. The main controller(12) counts an inputting time of a key button while an information list is found, performs mode conversion according to the inputting time, detects a character or a number set at the corresponding key button, and searches for and displays only a list corresponding to the detected character or number.

Description

Apparatus and Method for Detecting Information Using Key Input-Time of Mobile Communication Terminal}

1 is an internal block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2A and 2B are flowcharts illustrating an information retrieval process according to a key input time of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: mobile communication terminal 11: transceiver

12: subject control unit 13: phone number storage unit

14: memory unit 15: key input unit

16 display unit

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, by searching for a list corresponding to a letter or number set in a key button according to an input time of a key button in a state where a list of letters or numbers is displayed on a screen. In addition, the present invention relates to an information retrieval apparatus and method using a key input time of a mobile communication terminal for conveniently searching and displaying only a list corresponding to a letter or number desired by a user.

At present, with the rapid development of communication technology, a mobile communication terminal has been developed that enables an individual to communicate with another person while moving from an arbitrary place or from one place to another, and has been used as a necessity of modern people.

As the base of the mobile communication terminal expands, various functions are added to the terminal.

The search function provided in a conventional mobile communication terminal enables a user to search for a desired letter or number list by selecting a search function key provided in the terminal and sequentially selecting various search menus displayed on the screen.

When the user selects an individual list of the searched list, the contents of the list can be displayed on the screen and checked.

However, in order to find an individual list corresponding to a separate letter or number again while the letter or number list is displayed on the screen, the user has to check the contents repeatedly displayed on the screen repeatedly.

In addition, when a large amount of data is stored in the terminal there is a problem that the time required to find the individual list is increased by that much.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, the character or number set to the corresponding button according to the input time of the key button in the state that the list of letters or numbers provided from the mobile communication terminal is displayed on the screen By detecting the number and displaying the list corresponding to the detected character or number on the screen, the information retrieval apparatus using the key input time of the mobile communication terminal to conveniently search and display only the list corresponding to the desired character or number on the screen. And to provide a method.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a key input unit including a key button and a function key in which numbers or letters are duplicated, a phone number storage unit for storing a telephone number input through the key input unit, and a key input time. A memory unit for storing reference values and information lists for mode switching, a display unit for displaying various messages, menus and key input data according to the mode status, and counting the input time of the key button while the information list is searched. It is characterized by consisting of a main control unit for mode switching according to the input time and detecting and displaying only the list corresponding to the detected character or number by detecting the character or number set in the corresponding key button.

The main control unit of the present invention counts the input time when a key button is input and compares the reference value stored in the memory unit to the character detection mode when the predetermined time is less than a predetermined time, and to switch to the number detection mode when the predetermined time or more. do.

The information list of the present invention is characterized in that the phone number list, the recent call list and the text box list.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying a list of information searched by a user on a screen, counting an input time when a key button is input, switching a mode according to the input time of the counted key button, and Detecting a character set in the input key button, and displaying a search list starting with the detected character on the information list as a screen when the character detection mode is switched to the character detection mode.

The present invention is characterized in that in the step of detecting the character, the detected character is a consonant of the Hangul.

In the step of detecting the character, the detected character is characterized in that the consonants and vowels of the Hangul.

The present invention is characterized by displaying the search list and the management menu in the step of displaying the search list on the screen.

The management menu of the present invention is characterized in that the entire deletion, moving the entire storage box, delete, move the storage box.

Another aspect of the present invention includes the steps of displaying a list of information retrieved by the user on the screen, counting the input time when the key button is input, mode switching according to the input time of the counted key button, Detecting the number set in the input key button, and displaying a search list matching the detected number in the information list on a screen.

The present invention is characterized in that in the step of detecting the set number, the detected number is sequentially detected from the last digit of the telephone number, the first digit of four digits.

The present invention is characterized by displaying the search list and the management menu in the step of displaying the search list on the screen.

The management menu of the present invention is characterized in that the entire deletion, moving the entire storage box, delete, move the storage box.

The information list of the present invention is characterized in that any one of a telephone number list, a recent call list list, a text box list.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an internal block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2A and 2B are flowcharts illustrating an information retrieval process according to a key input time of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal 10 according to the present invention is a transmission and reception unit 11 for processing data signals of voice and text signals transmitted and received from the base station, and in a state in which a text or number list is retrieved. The main control part that counts the input time of the key button, switches the mode status to the character or number detection mode according to the input time, detects the character or number set in the corresponding key button, and searches and displays only the list corresponding to the detected character or number. 12, a phone number storage unit 13 for storing a phone number input by the user, a memory unit for storing a reference value for switching to a character or number detection mode according to an input time of a key button and storing various information lists (14), a key input unit 15 for outputting input data of an input key having a key button and a function key in which numbers or letters are duplicated, and And a display unit 16 for displaying various messages according to the terminal state, menus, and input data of keys input by the user on a screen.

The various information lists stored in the memory unit 14 are divided into a telephone number list, a recent call list list, a text box list, and the like.

The operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B.

First, when the user operates the key input unit 15 of the mobile communication terminal 10 to search for a list of information such as a phone number list, a recent call list list, and a text box list, which are basically provided, the main control unit 12 In step S11, the corresponding information list stored in the memory unit 14 is searched for and displayed on the screen through the display unit 16 (S11).

When the predetermined key is input through the key input unit 15 in the state where the information list is displayed on the screen (S12), the main controller 12 counts the input time of the input key button and enters the memory unit 14. It is determined whether or not a predetermined time or more by comparing with a reference value stored in advance (S13).

When the input time of the input key button is less than a predetermined time, the mode state is switched to the character detection mode and the character set in the input key is detected (S14). Here, the detected characters correspond to consonants as the consonants of Korean characters.

When the detected character is a Korean consonant, for example, 'ㄱ', the list is searched for a list in which the name information starts with 'ㄱ' on the information list displayed on the screen to display a search list and a management menu on the screen (S15). Here, the management menu is displayed on the screen to move the library, move the entire library, delete, delete all.

While the search list and the management menu are displayed on the screen, it is checked whether a predetermined key is input through the key input unit 15 (S16).

In the step S16 of checking the key input, when the storage box moving menu is selected, the user requests the user to designate the moving box (S17), and moves and stores the search list to the designated box (S18). In this case, when the move entire library menu is selected, the entire list of search results is moved to a specified library and stored.

In the step of confirming the key input (S16), when the delete menu is selected, it is again checked whether or not the search list is deleted (S19), and the search list is deleted (S20). Here, when the delete all move menu is selected, the entire list of search results is deleted.

In the step of confirming the key input (S16), if the input key is a Korean consonant, for example, 'ㅇ', a list matching the input Korean consonants 'ㄱ, ㅇ' is searched on the search list (S21). In operation S15, the search list and the management menu are displayed on the screen.

In the step S16 of checking the key input, when the input key is a vowel of Korean, for example, 'ㅣ', a list matching the consonant and the vowel 'ㄱ, ㅣ' of the input Korean is searched on the search list. In operation S22, the search list and the management menu are displayed on the screen.

When the input time of the input key button is a predetermined time or more, the main control unit 12 switches the mode state to the number detection mode and detects the number set in the input key (S23).

If the detected number is, for example, '1', the search list and the management menu are displayed on the screen by searching the list starting with '1' for the first number of four digits and the rear number of the telephone number information on the information list displayed on the screen. It is made (S24). Here, the management menu is displayed on the screen to move the library, move the entire library, delete, delete all.

The main control unit 12 checks whether a predetermined key is input through the key input unit 15 while the search list and the management menu are displayed on the screen (S25).

In the step S25 of checking the key input, when the storage box moving menu is selected, the user requests the user to designate the moving box (S26), and moves and stores the search list to the designated box (S27). In this case, when the move entire library menu is selected, the entire list of search results is moved to a specified library and stored.

In the step of confirming the key input (S25), when the delete menu is selected, it is again checked whether or not the search list is deleted (S28), and the search list is deleted (S29). Here, when the delete all move menu is selected, the entire list of search results is deleted.

In the step of confirming the key input (S25), if the input key is a number, for example, '5', a list corresponding to '1 5' for the back number of the telephone number information and the four digit number is searched on the search list. In operation S30, the search list and the management menu are displayed on the screen (S24). Here, the first detected number is a number corresponding to the first four digits of the last digit of the telephone number and is sequentially searched to the last digit.

As described above, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention detects a key button input while a list of letters or numbers is displayed on the screen, and only lists corresponding to the letters or numbers set in the keys according to the input time of the input key buttons. By searching and displaying on the screen, it is possible to conveniently search and manage only the character or number list desired by the user on the terminal screen.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential features of the present invention.

The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the present invention should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention detects a predetermined key input while a list having character or number information is displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, and corresponds to a character or number set in the key according to the input time of the input key. By searching only the list and displaying it on the screen, there is an effect that the user can conveniently search only the desired letter or number list on the phone number list, the recent call list list, and the text box list having the character or number information displayed on the terminal screen. .

In addition, the present invention has an advantage in that the list management of the list of letters or numbers desired by the user is easily displayed on the terminal screen, so that the list can be easily selected or deleted and moved.

Claims (14)

A key input unit including a key button and a function key in which numbers or letters are duplicated; A phone number storage unit for storing a phone number input through a key input unit; A memory unit for storing a reference value and an information list for mode switching according to a key input time; A display unit which displays various messages, menus, and key input data according to mode modes on a screen; And It consists of a main control part that counts the input time of the key button while the information list is searched and switches the mode according to the input time, and detects the character or number set in the corresponding key button to search and display only the list corresponding to the detected character or number. An information retrieval apparatus according to a key input time of a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the main control unit, When the key button is input, the input time is counted, and when compared to the reference value stored in the memory unit, the controller switches to the character detection mode when the time is less than a certain time, and switches to the number detection mode when the time is longer than the predetermined time. Information retrieval device according to the input time. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the information list is a phone number list, a recent call list, and a text box list. Displaying a list of information retrieved by the user on a screen; Counting an input time when a key button is input; Mode switching according to the input time of the counted key button; Detecting a character set in an input key button when the character detection mode is switched; And And displaying a search list starting with the detected character on the information list on a screen, according to a key input time of a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein in the detecting of the character, The information retrieval method according to the key input time of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the detected character is the consonant of the Hangul. The method of claim 4, wherein in the detecting of the character, The detected character is information retrieval method according to key input time of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the consonants and vowels of Hangul. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying of the search list on the screen comprises displaying a search list and a management menu together. The method of claim 7, wherein the management menu, Method for retrieving information according to the key input time of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the entire deletion, all the archive moves, deletes, moves the archive. The method of claim 4, wherein And the information list is one of a telephone number list, a recent call list list, and a text box list. Displaying a list of information retrieved by the user on a screen; Counting an input time when a key button is input; Mode switching according to the input time of the counted key button; Detecting a number set to an input key button when the number detection mode is switched; And And displaying a search list corresponding to the number detected in the information list on a screen. The method of claim 10, wherein in the detecting of the set number, The detected number is sequentially searched from the back digit of the telephone number, the first digit of the four digits according to the key input time of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein in the displaying of the search list on a screen, the search list and the management menu are displayed together. The method of claim 12, wherein the management menu, Method for retrieving information according to the key input time of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the entire deletion, all the archive moves, deletes, moves the archive. The method of claim 10, And the information list is one of a telephone number list, a recent call list list, and a text box list.

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