KR20070044962A - Provide method of picture address list in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of providing a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, when storing the personal information of acquaintances in the address book of the mobile terminal, so that the picture can be stored along with the telephone number when searching for or calling a telephone number of an acquaintance in the future. The present invention relates to a method of providing a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal to facilitate the management of acquaintances by allowing a friend's picture to be displayed on a recipient's display and a caller's display when receiving a call.

Method of providing a photo address book of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention comprises the steps of (a) receiving and storing any photo; (b) receiving a phone number to be registered in the mobile communication terminal and storing the same as the picture; (c) determining whether the caller's telephone number included in the incoming call matches the stored telephone number when there is an incoming call; and (d) reading the picture and displaying it on the screen when the result of step (c) matches. It comprises a step.

Mobile phone, mobile phone, mobile terminal, address book, recipient display Caller ID

Description

Provide method of picture address list in mobile phone}

Figure 1a is a diagram illustrating a phone number registration screen of a conventional mobile communication terminal,

1B is a view illustrating a phone number search screen of a conventional mobile communication terminal;

Figure 1c is a diagram illustrating an answer screen of a conventional mobile communication terminal,

2a and 2b is a front view and a rear view showing the appearance of a mobile communication terminal that can be applied to the present invention, respectively;

3 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal that can be applied to the present invention;

Figure 4a is an exemplary phone number registration screen of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention,

4b is an exemplary phone number search screen of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4c is an exemplary view of a call answering screen of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of a method of registering a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a photo address book providing method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100 and 200: mobile communication terminal 110: main body

112: numeric / character key buttons 113: microphone hole

114: Volume button 115: Camera button

116: Standard terminal slot 117: Camera lens

118: flash 119: infrared communication element

120: slider 121: function key button

122: flat panel indicator 123: speaker hole

130: antenna 140: battery pack

143: charging terminal 210: control unit

220: radio frequency transmitting and receiving unit 222: antenna

230: key input unit 232: function keys

234: numeric / character keys 240: memory

242: program storage unit 244: data storage unit

250: voice signal processor 252: microphone

254: speaker 260: flat panel display driver

262: flat panel indicator 270: vibration generating unit

272: vibration motor 274: LED drive unit

276: LED 280: camera driver

282: camera 284: image processing unit

286: infrared transmitting and receiving unit 288: GPS processing unit

310, 410: title bar 320, 420: content input window

321, 341, 421, 461: scroll bar 330, 430: menu bar

340, 460: search result display window 350, 450: group selection window

390, 490: group bar 440: photo registration window

470: photo display window 480: memo display window

The present invention relates to a method of providing a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, by storing an additional photo in an address book in which personal information including an acquaintance's phone number is stored, the photo is used to search for an acquaintance's phone number, display a recipient, and display a caller. The present invention relates to a method of providing a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal.

The mobile communication terminal, which is a necessity for modern people, is not only compact and lightweight due to steady development, but also is emerging as a complex communication terminal having various functions such as mp3, camera and navigation. In addition to the above functions, such a mobile terminal has a voice mail service (called a voice mail service) that allows a sender to leave a message in a recipient's voice mailbox or a fax mailbox when the receiver cannot answer a call. Voice Activated Dialing Service, which uses numbers and letters to connect a recognition device to memorize / register a user's voice and then make a voice call without having to dial the phone number when the user makes a call. Short message service (SMS) and short message service that can send and receive messages about 80 bytes, that is, 40 ~ 50 characters in Korean and 80 characters in English, can make a sentence longer and can add sound, video, etc. It provides various functions and services such as Multimedia Message Service (MMS).

On the other hand, the mobile terminal has an address book function that can store the phone number, e-mail and address of the acquaintance, and if you create an address book, it can be useful when searching for the acquaintance's phone number, checking the recipient, or checking the caller. Can be.

1A is an exemplary diagram of a phone number registration screen of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 1A, a phone number registration screen of a conventional mobile communication terminal includes a title bar 310 indicating that a phone number registration program is currently being executed, personal information of an acquaintance to be stored, that is, a name, a phone number, and an e-mail address. A menu bar 330 having a content input window 320 for creating a back, a group selection window 350 for selecting a group to which an acquaintance belongs, and a button for saving or canceling the content input in the content input window 320. It is made, including. Meanwhile, reference numeral 321 in the drawing indicates a scroll bar for displaying contents that are not displayed when the contents of the contents input window are not displayed on one screen.

Therefore, the user manages the address book by writing personal information of acquaintances in the content input window 320 of the phone number registration screen and clicking the save button.

1B is a diagram illustrating a phone number search screen of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

As shown in Figure 1b, the conventional phone number search screen of the mobile terminal is a title bar 310 indicating that the current phone number search program is running, search by name, search by phone number or search by address, etc. Search results according to the search results, that is, the search result display window 340 to display the personal information of the acquaintances such as name, phone number and e-mail address, the group bar 390 that displays the group to which the selected acquaintance among the search results belong, and other It includes a menu bar 330 equipped with a menu button for selecting a search method or to view the search results in more detail. On the other hand, the above-described selection in the search results can be achieved by displaying the selected item in the search result list with the color inversion 343, reference numeral 341 in the drawing is not displayed if the search results are not displayed on one screen Scroll bar to display.

Therefore, the user can quickly identify the personal information of an acquaintance to find using various search methods such as searching by name, searching by phone number, or searching by address.

Figure 1c is a bar diagram of a conventional mobile communication terminal answer call bar, it is also applied to the call.

As shown in FIG. 1C, the call answering screen of the conventional mobile communication terminal is displayed with the caller's telephone number, and the caller's name is also displayed if the caller's personal information is stored in the address book.

So you know who the caller is before the call begins.

As described above, according to the conventional address book providing method, when the personal information of acquaintances is stored in the address book of the mobile communication terminal in advance, the phone number or the name is automatically displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal when the user makes or receives a call later. On the other hand, when there is an advantage that can be easily recognized, but the phone number or name displayed on the screen is not remembered, there was a problem that it is not easy to know who the caller or the receiver is.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, when storing the personal information of acquaintances, so that the photo of the acquaintances are stored with the photo address book of the mobile communication terminal to be used for later phone number search, caller and recipient confirmation The purpose is to provide a method of providing.

Method of providing a photo address book of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object (a) receiving and storing any photo; (b) receiving a phone number to be registered in the mobile communication terminal and storing the same as the picture; (c) determining whether the caller's telephone number included in the incoming call matches the stored telephone number when there is an incoming call; and (d) reading the picture and displaying it on the screen when the result of step (c) matches. It provides a method for providing a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal comprising a step.

Hereinafter, a photo address book providing method of a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

2A and 2B are a front view and a rear view showing an appearance of a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention, respectively, illustrating a slide type mobile communication terminal. Of course, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the terminal of this manner and structure. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, also referred to as “terminal”) 100 to which the present invention can be applied includes a main body 110 and a flat panel display 122 having a main circuit built therein. ), The slider 120 may slide up and down in the main body 110.

In the above-described configuration, the front of the main body 110 has a number / letter key button 112 is used to receive the numbers and letters, the upper surface to perform infrared communication (IrDA) with the antenna and other external communication devices The infrared communication element 119 to be used is disposed, and a microphone hole 113 communicating with an internal microphone (not shown) is punctured at a lower position. The main body 110 is also provided with a rear surface in place, for example, a camera lens 117 and a flash 118 for illumination at night, and a battery pack 140 is detachable at the bottom thereof. The lower surface of the main body 110 is provided with a standard connection terminal slot 116 through which power for transmitting / receiving data with other terminals or charging the battery pack 140 coupled to the main body 110 is transmitted. .

On the other hand, the front surface of the slider 120 is provided with a flat panel display 122 for displaying various characters or graphic elements indicating the operation and operation state of the mobile communication terminal 100 and still images and moving pictures, and below the terminal ( A function key button 121 used to select or receive various functions included in 100 is disposed. Further, a speaker hole 123 communicating with an internal speaker (not shown) is drilled in place of the slider 120, for example, the flat display 122. In the drawing, reference numeral 114 denotes a volume button, 115 denotes a camera button, and 143 denotes a charging terminal exposed under the battery pack 140.

3 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 3, the electrical configuration of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied includes a radio frequency transmitter / receiver 220 and a number / character that transmit / receive a radio frequency signal with a base station through an antenna 222. Key input unit 230 and address book program including a function key input unit 232 and a numeric / character key input unit 234 for generating a corresponding key signal when the key button 112 and the function key button 121 are operated. A memory including a program storage unit 242 for storing various application programs such as a data storage unit 242 for temporarily storing data generated during a calculation process or storing data set by a user such as a phone number and a photo; 240, a microphone 252 for converting an external sound wave into a corresponding analog type voice signal, a speaker 254 for converting an analog type voice signal generated inside a terminal into sound waves, An audio signal processor 250 and a flat panel display for converting an analog voice signal input from the microphone 252 into a corresponding digital voice signal and converting the digital voice signal into a corresponding analog voice signal and outputting the same to the speaker 254. 262 and the vibrating motor 272 that generates vibration when the flat panel display driver 260 and the terminal 100 operate in the vibrate mode, and the driving unit 270 and visually display an event such as a call or message reception. Including the LED 276 and the driving unit 274, the infrared ray transmitting and receiving unit 286 for emitting infrared rays as a short-range communication means and the infrared rays emitted from the outside, and a control unit 210 for controlling them collectively Can be done.

In addition to the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied, a camera driver 280 for driving the camera 282 under the control of the camera 282 installed in the place of the main body 110 or the slider 120, the control unit 210, An image processor 284 for processing image data output from the camera 282 and a GPS processor 288 for receiving absolute radio signals emitted from GPS satellites and generating absolute position data of the terminal may be further provided as necessary. will be.

Therefore, the user saves the pictures of acquaintances through photographing, internet data communication, infrared data communication, or multimedia message, and then matches the personal information of the acquaintances with the contact information through the address book program. When you receive the caller's display can be displayed in the friend's photo.

4A is a diagram illustrating a phone number registration screen of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 4a, the phone number registration screen of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a title bar 410 indicating that the current phone number registration program is running, personal information of the acquaintances to be stored, that is, name, phone number And a content input window 420 for creating an e-mail address, a photo registration window 440 for registering a friend's photo, a group selection window 450 for selecting a group to which the acquaintance belongs, and a content input window 420 And a menu bar 430 provided with buttons for storing or canceling the contents. On the other hand, reference numeral 421 in the drawing is a scroll bar for displaying the content that is not displayed when the content of the content input window is not displayed on one screen.

Therefore, the user writes the personal information of the acquaintance in the content input window 420 of the phone number registration screen, and selects the photo in the photo input window 440, so that the acquaintance's photo is found in the telephone number searcher, the caller's display or the recipient's display later. This can be utilized.

4B is an exemplary view of a phone number search screen of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 4b, the phone number search screen of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a title bar 410 indicating that the current phone number search program is running, search by name, search by phone number or search by address, etc. A search result display window 460 that displays personal information of an acquaintance such as a name, a phone number, or an e-mail address after being searched according to various search methods, a photo display window 470 that displays a photo of a selected acquaintance among search results; The group bar (490) that displays the group of the acquaintance of the search results among the search results, the memo display window (480) that displays the notes of the selected acquaintance of the search results, and the menu button for selecting another search method or to view the search results in more detail It includes a menu bar 430 provided. On the other hand, the selection in the above-described search results can be achieved by displaying the selected item in the search result list by color inversion 463, and reference numeral 341 in the drawing is not displayed if the search result is not displayed on one screen. Scroll bar to display.

Therefore, the user checks the acquaintances he wants to find from the list searched through various search methods, such as searching by name, searching by phone number or searching by address, by photo. Information can be obtained accurately.

Figure 4c is also applied to the call bar bar diagram of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 4c, the call answering screen of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention displays the caller's picture when the caller's phone number is stored in the address book, so that the caller can be known more effectively than the text is displayed.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the method of registering a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention first determines whether a telephone number registration command is input in step S11, and as a result of the determination in step S11, a telephone number registration command is not input. If the telephone number registration command is inputted, repeating step S11, and if the telephone number registration command is inputted, proceed to step S13 to display the telephone number registration screen on the flat panel display.

Next, in step S15, contents are input for each item such as a name, a phone number, and an e-mail address. In step S17, it is determined whether the photo registration window 440 is selected.

As a result of the determination in step S17, when the photo registration window 440 is not selected, the process proceeds to step S27 to determine whether a storage command is input. When the photo registration window 440 is selected, the process proceeds to step S19 to use camera photography. You can select whether to register the file, download it through a swap server connection, or register the picture stored in the data storage.

As a result of the determination in step S19, in the case of registration using camera shooting, the process proceeds to step S21 to store the captured image and matches it with the personal information of an acquaintance who has been edited, and in the case of downloading registration through a connection with a swap server. Proceed to S23, connect to the swap server, authenticate the user, receive and display a predetermined list of pictures, and then download the selected picture from the user and match it with the personal information of the acquaintance who edited it, and register the picture stored in the data storage unit. If the process proceeds to step S25 and displays a list of pictures previously stored in the data storage unit and then match the photo selected from the user with the personal information of acquaintances.

Subsequently, in step S27, when a save command is not input, the process proceeds to step S15 again. When the save command is input, the process proceeds to step S29 to store the personal information and the picture of the input acquaintance.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a photo address book providing method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the method for providing a photo address book of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention first determines whether a call has been received in step S31. If the call is not received as a result of the determination in step S31, the process proceeds to step S51. If the call is received, the process proceeds to step S33 to confirm the caller's telephone number of the received call, and then proceeds to step S35 to determine whether the caller's telephone number is in the address book.

As a result of the determination in step S35, if the caller's phone number is not in the address book, the flow proceeds to step S43 to display the caller's phone number. If the caller's phone number is in the address book, the flow goes to step S37. It is determined whether the photo is included in the personal information of the acquaintance stored in the address book.

As a result of the determination in step S37, if a picture is included, the flow proceeds to step S39 to display the caller's picture on the flat panel display. If there is no picture, the flow proceeds to step S41 to display the caller's telephone number and name on the flat panel display 262. do.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S51, if the call command is not input, the process proceeds to step S31 again.If the call command is input, the process proceeds to step S53 to confirm the receiver's telephone number, and then the process proceeds to step S55 and the receiver telephone number is the address book. Determine if you are at

As a result of the determination in step S55, if the recipient phone number is not in the address book, the process proceeds to step S63 to display the recipient phone number. If the recipient phone number is in the address book, the process proceeds to step S57. It is determined whether the photo is included in the personal information of the acquaintance stored in the address book.

As a result of the determination in step S57, if a picture is included, the process proceeds to step S59 to display the recipient photo on the flat panel display 262. If there is no picture, the process proceeds to step S41 to display the recipient's telephone number and name on the flat panel display. do.

After each of steps S39, S41, S43, S59, S61, and S63, the process proceeds to step S65 to determine whether a call channel is formed. If the call channel is not formed, the process proceeds to step S69 and ends. It is determined whether a signal has been input, and if the call channel is formed, the flow advances to step S67 to stop the display.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S69, when no end signal is input, the process proceeds to step S65 again. When the end signal is input, the process proceeds to step S67 to stop the display.

The method of providing a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the name or telephone number is also displayed together with a picture of an acquaintance in advance in a receiving, calling or acquaintance phone number search situation. Various modifications can be made within the range allowed by the idea.

According to the method for providing a photo address book of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention as described above, when storing the personal information of acquaintances in the address book of the mobile communication terminal, it is also possible to store a picture with a telephone number to search for a telephone number of a friend later or call A friend's picture can be displayed on the display of the recipient when the call is made and the display of the caller when the call is received.

Claims (4)

(a) receiving and storing an arbitrary photo; (b) receiving a phone number to be registered in the mobile communication terminal and storing the same as the picture; (c) if there is an incoming call, determining whether the calling party number included in the incoming call matches the stored phone number; and (d) reading the picture and displaying the picture on the screen when the result of step (c) matches. (a) receiving and storing an arbitrary photo; (b) receiving a phone number to be registered in the mobile communication terminal and storing the same as the picture; (c) determining whether the called party's telephone number included in the outgoing call matches the telephone number when there is an outgoing call; and (d) reading the picture and displaying the picture on the screen when the result of step (c) matches. (a) receiving and storing an arbitrary photo; (b) receiving a phone number to be registered in the mobile communication terminal and storing the same as the picture; (c) receiving an input of a telephone number search command to select an arbitrary telephone number from the found telephone numbers; (d) checking whether there is the picture matching the selected telephone number; and and (d) reading the picture and displaying the picture on the screen when the picture exists as a result of step (c). The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The picture is a picture taken by a camera for a mobile communication terminal, a picture stored in a wired / wireless data communication, or a picture stored in a multimedia message, the address book providing method of a mobile communication terminal.

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