KR20070034167A - Portable terminal control method using personal computer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a portable terminal using a personal computer. When a portable terminal control event occurs, the computer searches for a portable terminal that can be connected to Bluetooth, and selects a portable terminal to be connected from among the searched portable terminals. The present invention relates to a mobile terminal control method using a personal computer for controlling telephone call transmission / reception and message transmission / reception of a portable terminal connected by communication.

Bluetooth, Handheld Terminal, Personal Computer, Handheld Terminal Control

Description

How to control portable terminal using personal computer {METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE TERMINAL USING PERSONAL COMPUTER}

1 is a view showing a portable terminal and a personal computer having a Bluetooth module configured according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a flow chart illustrating a control flow of a portable terminal using a personal computer configured according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a portable terminal using a personal computer when a telephone call is attempted according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of transmitting call reception information from a portable terminal to a computer when receiving a call according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a computer when receiving a phone call from a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a portable terminal using a personal computer when transmitting a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of transmitting message reception information from a portable terminal to a computer when a message is received according to an embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a computer when receiving a message in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method of controlling text message transmission / reception of a portable terminal using a personal computer which communicates with the portable terminal using communication.

Recently, many portable terminals such as mobile communication terminals or personal digital assistants (PDAs) have been used. Such portable terminals are not only for the purpose of simple phone calls or schedule management but also for images by digital cameras. The range of applications is increasing, such as photographing, watching satellite broadcasts, document editing, games, navigation, and providing various services in conjunction with peripheral devices using Bluetooth.

In general, a user of a portable terminal often sets the portable terminal to vibrate or mute at work, and thus often fails to receive a phone call or a text.

In general, when an office worker who is working in a clerical work calls, he looks at the phone number on the business card and makes a phone call, or checks the phone number using a computer database or an in-house database connected to the computer. Search by calling the phone number stored in the phone. Not only is this a hassle to enter a phone number, it is often a mistake to enter a different number, and if you do not know where the phone number is stored, you have to search both the phone book of the mobile terminal and the database of the computer to find the phone number. Sometimes.

In addition, when sending a text message, it is more convenient to input a text message using a computer keyboard than to a portable terminal, and text messages that are not intended to be deleted are often deleted due to memory limitations of the portable terminal. .

Therefore, if there is a computer around the user of the portable terminal, there is a need for a method of controlling the portable terminal to send and receive text messages with the mobile terminal.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling a portable terminal using a personal computer that communicates with the portable terminal using Bluetooth communication.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling a telephone call of a portable terminal using a personal computer communicating with the portable terminal using Bluetooth communication.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling text message transmission / reception of a portable terminal using a personal computer communicating with the portable terminal using Bluetooth communication.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling a portable terminal is provided in a telephone call method of a computer. When a telephone call event occurs, a process of checking whether a telephone number search request is received is received. Receiving a number search request, searching for a telephone number in a database of the computer and a phone book of the portable terminal, receiving a selection of a telephone number to be connected from the search result, receiving a selection of a telephone call connection method, and selecting The present invention provides a telephone call method of a computer by controlling a portable terminal including a process of attempting a telephone call connection using a received telephone call connection method.

Another method of the present invention for achieving the above object is, in the message transmission method of a computer by controlling a portable terminal, when a message transmission event occurs, the step of checking whether or not to receive a search request from the receiving side, the check result Receiving a search request from the receiving side, searching the receiving side in the database of the computer and the phone book of the portable terminal, selecting the receiving side to be connected in the search results, if the receiving side is selected, the message of the message A method of transmitting a message to a computer by controlling a portable terminal, the method comprising: receiving a content, receiving a message, selecting a message transmission method, and transmitting the message using the selected message transmission method To provide.

Another method of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method of receiving a telephone call of a portable terminal under the control of a computer, when receiving the call, the computer control mode state under which the portable terminal is controlled from the computer A portable terminal under control of a computer, the method comprising: a cognitive test, and if the test result is the computer control mode, retrieving caller information of the phone from the portable terminal, and transmitting call reception information to the computer; Provides a method of receiving a call.

Another method of the present invention for achieving the above object is, in a message receiving method of a portable terminal controlled by a computer, if the message is received, the portable terminal is in a computer control mode under control from the computer; A portable terminal under control of a computer, the method comprising the step of checking, if the test result is the computer control mode, the step of retrieving information of the sender of the message from the portable terminal, and transmitting message reception information to the computer; Provides a message receiving method.

Another method of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the telephone reception method of a computer controlling a portable terminal, when receiving the telephone reception information from the portable terminal, outputting the received telephone reception information in a pop-up window Provided is a method for receiving a telephone call of a computer controlling a portable terminal including a process.

Another method of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the message receiving method of a computer controlling a portable terminal, when receiving the message reception information from the portable terminal, outputting the received message reception information in a pop-up window A message receiving method of a computer controlling a portable terminal including a process is provided.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a portable terminal using a personal computer, which will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

1 is a view showing a portable terminal and a personal computer with a Bluetooth module configured according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the apparatus of the present invention includes a portable terminal 100 and a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a 'computer') 120. The portable terminal 100 includes a control unit 101, a display unit 102, The keypad 103, the memory unit 104, the communication unit 105, the antenna 106, the codec 107, the microphone 108, the speaker 109, and the Bluetooth module 110 are included. The controller 121, the Bluetooth module 122, the memory unit 123, and the display unit 124 are included.

The controller 101 of the portable terminal 100 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the portable terminal. For example, it performs processing and control for voice call and data communication, and controls to receive control from the computer 120 by connecting to a computer using the Bluetooth module 110 according to the present invention in addition to the usual functions. . Control received from the computer 120 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8. In the following description, description of the processing and control of the conventional control unit 101 is omitted.

The display unit 102 of the portable terminal 100 displays state information (or indicators), limited numbers and characters, moving pictures, still pictures, and the like generated during the operation of the terminal. The display unit 102 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD) or a touch screen.

The keypad 103 of the portable terminal 100 includes 0 to 9 numeric keys, a menu key (menu), a cancel key (erase), a confirmation key, a call key (TALK), an end key (END), A plurality of function keys such as an internet access key and navigation keys (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶) are provided, and key input data corresponding to a key pressed by a user is provided to the controller 101.

The memory unit 104 of the portable terminal 100 temporarily stores a program for controlling the overall operation of the portable terminal 100 and data generated during the operation, and stores data (telephone number, SMS message, image data, etc.). Save).

When receiving, the communication unit 105 of the portable terminal 100 performs a function of despreading and channel decoding the received signal by decreasing the frequency of the radio frequency signal received through the antenna 106. In the transmission, data is channel coded and spreaded and the frequency is raised and transmitted through the antenna 106. In addition, the mobile station receives a base station identification number through a received pilot channel and performs despreading and channel decoding on the received signal.

An audio codec (Coder-Decoder) 107 connected to the control unit 101 of the portable terminal 100, a microphone 108 and a speaker 109 connected to the codec 107 are used for a voice call. I / O block. The codec 107 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 101 into an analog voice signal and transmits the same through the speaker 109. The codec 107 converts the voice signal received through the microphone 108 into PCM data to convert the PCM data into the analog voice signal. 101).

The Bluetooth module 110 of the portable terminal 100 performs the overall operation of the Bluetooth communication to search the Bluetooth device 120 that can be connected under the control of the control unit 101 and pairing (pairing) if necessary for authentication, When the Bluetooth connection request signal is received from the computer 120, a Bluetooth communication is connected to communicate with the computer 120.

The control unit 121 of the computer 120 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the computer 120, and in addition to the conventional function to perform a Bluetooth communication with the portable terminal 100 in accordance with the present invention of the portable terminal 100 Controls the sending and receiving of telephone calls and text messages. The control will be described later with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. 8.

The Bluetooth module 122 of the computer 120 is connected to the Bluetooth module 110 of the portable terminal 100 under the control of the controller 121 to perform the overall operation of Bluetooth communication.

The memory unit 123 of the computer 120 temporarily stores a program for controlling the overall operation of the computer 120, data generated during the operation, and stores a telephone number database and a text message.

The display unit 124 of the computer 120 displays state information (or indicators), numbers and letters, moving pictures, still pictures, and the like generated during the operation of the computer, and displays the control unit 121. Under the control of the mobile terminal 100 outputs a pop-up window when receiving a call or text message.

Hereinafter, a portable terminal control method using a personal computer according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a portable terminal using a personal computer configured according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The computer of the present invention maintains the standby state of step 202, and proceeds to step 200 to check the occurrence of the portable terminal control event. If the portable terminal control event of step 200 does not occur, the computer proceeds to step 202 to maintain a standby state. However, when the portable terminal control event of step 200 occurs, the computer proceeds to step 204 to search for a portable terminal capable of connecting to Bluetooth, and proceeds to step 206 to select a portable terminal to be connected from the searched portable terminals, and step 208. Proceed to connect the Bluetooth communication, and proceeds to step 210 to control the connected portable terminal.

A control method for a telephone call among the control methods of the portable terminal of step 210 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 below.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a portable terminal using a personal computer when a telephone call is attempted according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

If a phone call event occurs in step 300, the flow proceeds to step 302 to check whether a phone number search request has been received.

In step 302, if the telephone number search request is received, the procedure proceeds to step 304 to search for a telephone number in a database of a computer and a phone book of a portable terminal, and proceeds to step 306 to select a telephone number to be connected from a search result. In step 310, a telephone call connection method is selected, and in step 312, a telephone call connection is attempted using the selected connection method.

If there is no telephone number search request in step 302, the process proceeds to step 308 to input a phone number and proceeds to step 310 to select a telephone call connection method, and proceeds to step 312 to make a telephone call using the selected connection method. Try to connect.

The selected telephone call connection method in step 310 includes a connection method using a computer, for example, a telephone call connection method using an internet phone and a portable terminal.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of transmitting call reception information from a portable terminal to a computer when receiving a call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The portable terminal of the present invention maintains the standby state of step 402, and proceeds to step 400 to check whether the call is received. If there is no call reception in step 400, the portable terminal proceeds to step 402 to maintain a standby state. However, when the call of step 400 is received, the portable terminal proceeds to step 404 to check whether the computer control mode is in operation, and performs the corresponding function such as ringing the portable terminal if the computer control mode is not determined as the result of the check 404. .

In step 404, if the computer control mode is performed, the process proceeds to step 406 to retrieve the calling party information of the incoming call.

The call reception information transmitted to the computer in step 408 is information of the caller, the phone number of the caller, the call reception time, and the like stored in the portable terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a computer when receiving a phone call from a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The computer of the present invention maintains the standby state of step 502, and proceeds to step 500 to check whether the phone reception information is received from the portable terminal. If there is no reception of the call reception information of step 500, the computer proceeds to step 502 to maintain the standby state. However, when the call reception information of step 500 is received, the computer proceeds to step 504 and outputs the received call reception information to the display unit of the computer in a pop-up window, and proceeds to step 506 to select whether or not to store the call reception information. If it is selected that the telephone reception information is not stored as a result of the step selection, it ends.

In step 506, if the call reception information is selected as the storage result, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 508 to select a storage location with a portable terminal or a computer. In step 510, the phone reception information is stored in the selected storage location.

Next, a control method for transmitting and receiving text messages among the control methods of the portable terminal will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8 below.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a portable terminal using a personal computer when transmitting a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

If a text message transmission event occurs in step 600, the flow proceeds to step 602 to check whether the receiving search request is received.

In step 602, when receiving the search result receiving request of the receiving side, the process proceeds to step 604 to search the receiving side in the computer database and the phone book of the portable terminal, and proceeds to step 606 to select the receiving side to be connected in the search result, In step 610, a message to be transmitted is input, in step 612, a message transmission method is selected. In step 614, the message is input in step 610 by the selected transmission method.

If there is no phone number search request in step 602, the process proceeds to step 608 to receive information on the receiving side, and proceeds to step 610 to receive a message to be transmitted, and proceeds to step 612 to select a message transmission method, step 614 In step 610, the message received in step 610 is transmitted using the selected transmission method.

The message transmission method selected in step 612 includes a message transmission method using a computer Internet and a message transmission method using a portable terminal.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of transmitting message reception information from a portable terminal to a computer when receiving a message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The portable terminal of the present invention maintains the standby state of step 702, and proceeds to step 700 to check whether the message is received. If there is no message received in step 700, the portable terminal proceeds to step 702 to maintain the standby state. However, if the message of step 700 is received, the portable terminal proceeds to step 704 to check whether the computer control mode is in operation. Perform.

In step 704, the computer control mode detects the sender information of the received message, and proceeds to step 708 to transmit the message reception information to the computer.

The message reception information transmitted to the computer in step 708 is information of the calling party, the telephone number of the calling party, the message receiving time, and the like stored in the portable terminal.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of a computer when receiving a message in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The computer of the present invention maintains the standby state of step 802, and proceeds to step 800 to check whether the message reception information is received from the portable terminal. If there is no reception of the message reception information in step 800, the computer proceeds to step 802 to maintain the standby state. However, when the call reception information of step 800 is received, the computer proceeds to step 804 to output the received message reception information to the display unit of the computer in a pop-up window, and proceeds to step 806 to select whether to store the message reception information, and to proceed to step 806. If it is selected that the message reception information is not stored as a result of the selection of the step, it ends.

In step 806, if it is selected to store the message reception information as a result of selection, the process proceeds to step 808 to select a storage location with a portable terminal or a computer, and the process proceeds to step 810 to store message reception information in the selected storage location.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

The present invention relates to a portable terminal control method using a personal computer that connects a computer and a portable terminal using Bluetooth communication, and controls telephone call transmission / reception and message transmission / reception of the connected portable terminal. Receive and send / receive messages to users of portable terminals.

Claims (14)

In the telephone call method of the computer by controlling the portable terminal, Checking whether a telephone number search request is received when a telephone call event occurs; Retrieving the telephone number from the database of the computer and the telephone directory of the portable terminal when receiving the telephone number retrieval request; Receiving a selection of a telephone number to be connected from the search result; Receiving a telephone call connection method; And And controlling a portable terminal including the step of attempting a telephone call connection using the selected telephone call connection method. The method of claim 1, If the test result does not receive the telephone number search request, Receiving a telephone number to be connected; Receiving a selection of the telephone call connection method; And And a step of attempting to connect a telephone call using the selected telephone call connection method. The method of claim 1, The telephone call connection method includes an internet telephone call connection method using the computer and a portable terminal telephone call connection method using the portable terminal. In the message transmission method of a computer by controlling a portable terminal, When the message transmission event occurs, checking whether the receiving search request is received; Searching for a receiving side in a database of the computer and a telephone directory of the portable terminal when receiving the receiving side search request as a result of the inspection; Receiving the selection of the receiving end to be connected in the search result; Receiving the content of the message when the receiving party is selected; Receiving a message selection method when the content of the message is input; And And transmitting the message using the selected message transmission method. The method of claim 4, wherein If the test result does not receive the receiving search request, Receiving the receiving side to be connected; Receiving contents of the message when the receiving side is input; Receiving a message selection method when the content of the message is input; And And transmitting the message using the selected message transmission method. The method of claim 4, wherein The message transmission method includes a method for transmitting an Internet message using the computer and a method for transmitting a portable terminal message using the portable terminal. In the method of receiving a call of a portable terminal under the control of a computer, When the call is received, checking whether the portable terminal is in a computer control mode controlled by the computer; Retrieving caller information of the telephone from the portable terminal when the test result is the computer control mode; And And a call receiving method of a portable terminal under the control of a computer, the method comprising transmitting call reception information to the computer. The method of claim 7, wherein And the call reception information comprises information of the caller of the received call, a phone number of the caller, and a call reception time. In the message receiving method of a portable terminal under the control of a computer, Checking whether the portable terminal is in a computer control mode controlled by the computer when the message is received; Retrieving the calling party information of the message from the portable terminal when the test result is the computer control mode; And Message receiving method of a portable terminal under the control of a computer comprising the step of transmitting message reception information to the computer. The method of claim 9, The message receiving information, the message receiving method of a portable terminal under the control of a computer, characterized in that the information of the calling party, the telephone number of the calling party, the message content, and the message receiving time of the received message. In the telephone receiving method of a computer for controlling a portable terminal, And receiving the call reception information from the portable terminal, and outputting the received call reception information to a pop-up window. The method of claim 11, Outputting the call reception information in a pop-up window, and then selecting whether to store the call reception information; Receiving a selection of a storage location on the portable terminal or the computer when the telephone reception information is selected to store the telephone reception information; And And storing the call reception information in the selected storage location. In the message receiving method of a computer controlling a portable terminal, And when the message reception information is received from the portable terminal, outputting the received message reception information to a pop-up window. The method of claim 13, Outputting the message reception information to a pop-up window, and then selecting whether to store the message reception information; Receiving a selection of a storage location on the portable terminal or the computer when the message reception information is selected to be stored; And And storing the message reception information in the selected storage location.

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