KR20070048499A - Display method for event information in mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for displaying event information of a mobile terminal. In particular, an object of the present invention is to search for and display an event based on a letter or a number input from a standby screen. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the control unit 110 stores event information such as an outgoing call, an incoming call, a missed call, a text call, a text reception, a schedule, an anniversary, and the control unit 110 inputs a user on a standby screen. Detecting a name and a telephone number based on information (letters and numbers) of the user and searching for an event related to the detected name and the telephone number; and the controller 110 identifies an icon, a name, and a telephone corresponding to the searched event. And displaying the number and the calendar screen on the display unit 140.

Description

Display method of event information on mobile device {DISPLAY METHOD FOR EVENT INFORMATION IN MOBILE DEVICE}

1 is a block diagram of a terminal for an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of displaying event information in an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an operation flowchart of an event information retrieval process of FIG.

4 is an operation flowchart for changing the event information display environment in FIG.

5 is an operation flowchart of an event information rescanning process of FIG. 2;

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of retrieving a message content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view of an event information display screen searched through the process of FIG. 2; FIG.

8 is an exemplary view of a message display screen found by the process of FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

110: controller 120: memory

130: keypad 140: display unit

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method of displaying event information.

Mobile communication terminals have become popular because of their convenience.

However, the mobile terminal has been reduced in size and weight, and the mounting space of the liquid crystal screen or keypad required by the user has been reduced. In order to improve this, a folding type mobile terminal has been developed and spread.

Since the folding mobile terminal is small in a folded state, it is easy to carry and has an advantage of providing a space for mounting the LCD screen and the keypad in the opened state.

Recently, a slide type mobile terminal has been developed and widely distributed by mounting an LCD screen displaying image information and a keypad for inputting information on the same space to improve convenience of use.

In addition, in order to meet the user's desire for portable and more convenient functions in everyday life, the mobile terminal has been released in consideration of various shapes and colors as well as a variety of functions while being smaller and lighter. .

In addition, service providers (terminal manufacturers) are equipped with various service functions in mobile terminals to secure subscribers according to the popular dissemination of mobile terminals.

For example, it provides various functions such as phone book, game, scheduler, short message, internet, e-mail and morning call. have.

The scheduler is used to register and manage a date such as a birthday and / or a wedding anniversary of a family member, a friend and a coworker, a meeting anniversary such as 100 days or 200 days with a lover, and a schedule of work or appointment. If you register the date (year / month / day), time (hour / minute), content (e.g. wedding anniversary), alarm time (e.g. one hour ago) and alarm method (bell / melody) in the scheduler, The melody will be sent to inform you of the reservation.

In addition, conventionally, a function of storing a specific message in a text box, a text box, a text box, or the like of a mobile communication terminal has been provided.

Therefore, when searching only a message related to a specific person, the user enters the message menu and searches through the message search option menu, or accesses the message menu and confirms using a direction key on the message list.

However, the conventional schedule management method has to designate a time as well as a year / month / day, and has a hassle of registering contents, an alarm time, and an alarm method. In particular, conventionally, even if the date does not change, such as birthdays, wedding anniversary, etc., there is a need to register a new year each year.

In addition, conventionally, even if a user wants to check an event (call, message, schedule, anniversary, etc.) related to a specific person or a specific date, the user has to manually perform the process of entering the menu, searching for and checking the contents of the event. You must accept.

In addition, the conventional message retrieval method must bear the inconvenience of accessing the message menu and then performing a retrieval procedure through the message retrieval option menu or by using the direction keys on the message list after accessing the message menu. .

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an event information display method of a mobile terminal invented to search for an event based on a letter or number input from a standby screen and to display information related to the found event in order to improve the conventional problem. There is this.

Another object of the present invention is to display a calendar screen to search for event information of a corresponding date according to an arbitrary date selection and to display a corresponding event icon.

Another object of the present invention is to display an event icon in a frequency or time order.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of retrieving an information of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: storing event information such as an outgoing call, an incoming call, a missed call, an outgoing call, an outgoing call, an incoming call, a schedule, and an anniversary; And retrieving event information based on information (letters and numbers) of a user input and displaying the retrieved event information.

In performing the above steps, the event information may be displayed by sorting the event information based on the frequency of use or the time in connection with the key operation of the user.

In performing the above steps, displaying the event information and the calendar screen on the same screen, and searching and displaying the event information generated on the date in association with the selection of any date on the calendar screen. It is characterized by the configuration.

In performing the above steps, the user input information is at least one of a shortcut number, a phone number, a name, an event name, and a date, and the event information includes a name, a phone number, and an icon corresponding to the corresponding event. It is characterized by.

That is, the present invention detects the user information (phone number, name) corresponding to the letter or number input on the standby screen, searches for the event (call, message, schedule, anniversary) corresponding to the user information and searches for the event. It is configured to display related information (name, phone number, retrieved event icon and calendar screen).

The mobile terminal to which the present invention is applied includes a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS) terminal, a personal data assistant (PDA), an international mobile communication-2000 (IMT-2000) terminal, and the like. .

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described.

Technical configuration of the present invention will be described in detail in the preferred embodiment. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described a number of specific details such as a specific processing flow as well as accompanying drawings to help the overall understanding of the present invention. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

As illustrated in the block diagram of FIG. 1, a mobile terminal for an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 110, a memory 120, a keypad 130, and a display unit 140.

The controller 110 may be configured as a micro-processor unit (MPU), and controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. The controller 110 typically performs processing and control for voice call and data communication, and in an embodiment of the present invention, a phone number registration function, an event registration function, a short message transmission and reception function, and event registration information On the basis of this, a function for automatic notification and event information display and a function of searching for a name, phone number, and event based on letters and numbers of a user input and displaying event information of the current date are performed. In addition, the controller 110 includes a timer for measuring time when performing the function.

The memory 120 may include a flash memory, a RAM, and an EEPROM. The memory 120 may store a program for controlling overall operation of the mobile terminal, temporarily store data generated during operation of the mobile terminal, a phone number, Save event information. The memory 120 stores an outgoing call DB, an incoming call DB, a missed call DB, a text box DB, a text box DB, a schedule DB, an anniversary DB, and the like.

The keypad 130 is composed of a plurality of function keys such as a numeric key of 0 to 9, a menu key, a call key, an end key, a direction key, and the like, and transmits key data corresponding to a user key operation to the controller 110. Output

The display unit 140 may be configured as a liquid crystal display (LCD), and displays state information, numbers, letters, videos, still images, and the like, generated during the operation of the mobile terminal transmitted from the controller 110.

In addition, although not shown in Figure 1, the mobile terminal for the embodiment of the present invention is configured to provide a service such as voice calls, alarms, including a codec (CODEC), RF module for processing the voice signal.

The codec converts the PCM data provided from the controller 110 into an analog voice signal, outputs them to a speaker, and converts the voice signal input from the microphone into PCM data and transmits the same to the controller 110.

The RF module demodulates a radio signal received by an antenna, transmits the baseband signal to the controller 110 after baseband processing, and transmits a baseband signal input from the controller 110 through an antenna.

In addition, in describing an operation in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the process of storing event information should be preceded. Events include outgoing calls, incoming calls, missed calls, texts, texts, schedules, anniversaries, and the like.

The event information includes a name, home phone number, mobile phone number, work / school phone number, fax number, email, ringtone, memo, anniversary and event icon.

By the way, the event registration (or storage) in the mobile terminal is generally provided service, the event information such as phone number, schedule, anniversary, etc. must be registered directly by the user.

Therefore, the phone number registration operation during the event registration process will be briefly described as follows.

First, when the "telephone number registration" menu item is selected by the user's key operation, the controller 110 displays a phone number input screen.

At this time, the controller 110 displays the telephone number input screen on the display unit 140 and checks whether information related to the telephone number (name, telephone number) is input by a user's key operation.

Subsequently, when the input of the information related to the telephone number is confirmed, the controller 110 displays information related to the currently input telephone number on the display unit 140 and confirms for registration of the input information by a user's key operation. Check that the key is entered.

Accordingly, when the confirmation key is input, the controller 110 registers information related to the currently input telephone number in the telephone book in the memory 120.

Accordingly, an operation of searching for and displaying currently registered event information based on the number of user inputs will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 9 as follows.

2 is a schematic operation flowchart illustrating an event information display process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when a folder is opened, the controller 110 typically outputs and displays a standby screen for selecting an arbitrary menu on the display unit 140.

In this case, when the user inputs a number by operating a key of the keypad 130 while the standby screen is displayed, the controller 110 may input the input number (eg, a speed dial number or a phone call) among the event information stored in the memory 120. Search for event information including the number), and then select event information corresponding to today's date from the searched event information and display it on the display unit 140 together with a calendar screen.

Event information displayed on the display unit 140, as shown in Figure 7, the calendar, the event icon corresponding to today's date, information (name, phone number) related to the telephone number including the number of the user input and the menu button Included.

The event icon is an icon corresponding to an outgoing call, an incoming call, a missed call, an outgoing call, an outgoing call, an outgoing call, a schedule, and an anniversary. The frequency of the event icon depends on the frequency or time setting of the user. The information is added and displayed, and in the case of time, the search items are displayed in chronological order as shown in FIG. The number information shown in FIG. 7 (a) indicates that the number of received characters is' 8 ', the outgoing call is' 5', the incoming call is' 4 ', the outgoing call is' 3', and the missed call is' Occurred 2 'times, meaning there is one anniversary on today's date.

Subsequently, as the user manipulates the direction key or the frequency / time key or the input key provided in the keypad 130, the controller 110 searches for event information corresponding to the corresponding key and displays the event information on the display unit 140.

3 is an operation flowchart of a process of searching for event information in FIG. 2.

First, when a number is input in the standby screen, the controller 110 determines whether the currently input number is a speed dial number or a phone number.

At this time, if it is determined as a speed dial number, the control unit 110 detects a name and a phone number registered in the speed dial number. If it is determined as a phone number, the control unit 110 is assigned to the phone number in the case of a phone number existing in the phone book. The corresponding name and the phone number are detected, and the phone number currently entered is displayed on the display unit 140 in the case of the phone number not present in the phone book.

Accordingly, when a name and a phone number are detected in response to a speed dial number or a phone number of a user input, the controller 110 checks the today's date and then detects the detected name on the today's date from the event information stored in the memory 120. And search for event information corresponding to a phone number, and display a calendar screen, an event icon corresponding to the searched event information, and the detected name and phone number on the display unit 140. The event icon is displayed based on the frequency or time setting of the user.

Accordingly, when the user presses the frequency / time key while the event information is displayed on the display unit 140, the controller 110 displays an event icon. When the frequency key is pressed, FIG. As described above, the event icons are arranged in chronological order, and when the time key is pressed, the number information is added to the event icons as shown in FIG.

 This process is performed in the same process as the operation flowchart of FIG. 4 and is displayed in conjunction with the pressing of the frequency / time key.

In addition, while the event information is displayed on the display unit 140 in the process of FIG. 3, the user may search for other event information by changing the date by using up, down, left, and right arrow keys or an input key. Referring to the following.

First, when the user moves the cursor located on the calendar screen by using the direction keys while the event information is displayed on the display unit 140, the controller 110 detects an event generated on the date of the cursor position where the current position is changed, The display unit 140 displays a name, a phone number, a calendar screen, and an event icon corresponding to the currently detected event corresponding to the detected event.

At this time, when changing the position of the cursor by using the direction key, only when a predetermined time elapses after the cursor is located on a certain date, the current cursor is located and the event is detected. This is because the date can be checked even at a short time when the position of the cursor is changed. In this case, searching for an event generated on the confirmed date is meaningless and acts as a heavy load on the controller 110.

If the user selects an input key while the event information is displayed on the display unit 140, the controller 110 displays a date input screen on the display unit 140, and the user inputs a specific date on the date input screen. Upon input, the controller 110 detects an event occurring on the input date, and displays a name, a telephone number, a calendar screen, and an event icon corresponding to the detected event on the display unit 140.

When the view key provided in the keypad 130 is input while the event information is displayed on the display unit 140, the controller 110 searches the search list corresponding to the date on which the current cursor is located and displays the search unit 140 on the display unit 140. This allows for tracking of events related to a specific person. At this time, the search list is displayed based on the frequency or time set by the user.

That is, briefly describing the event information search process described with reference to the operation flowcharts of FIGS. 2 to 5, when a number (short number or phone number) is input while the standby screen is displayed, the controller 110 includes the number. Detects a registered telephone number and a registered name along with the telephone number, and based on the detected result, an event related to a specific person (outgoing call, incoming call, missed call, text receiving, text sending, schedule, anniversary, etc.) occurred on today's date. ) Is searched and displayed on the display unit 140. In addition to displaying a calendar screen, a cursor is displayed on today's date of the calendar screen, and an event icon corresponding to the currently searched event is displayed. At this time, the event icons are arranged and displayed based on the frequency or time of the user setting, and displayed in conjunction with the pressing of the frequency / time key.

Subsequently, when the cursor displayed on the calendar screen is moved and positioned by using the up, down, left, and right arrow keys, the controller 110 searches for an event related to a specific person every time the cursor is moved, and displays the search result on the display unit 140. When a specific date is input through a key, the controller 110 searches for an event generated on the input date and displays it on the display unit 140. When the view key is pressed, the controller 110 displays the current cursor on the date. The generated event list is searched and sorted based on the frequency / time of the user setting and displayed on the display unit 140.

Therefore, the user can easily search for events related to a specific person (calls, messages, schedules, anniversaries, etc.) by date or time without a cumbersome key manipulation process, thereby improving user convenience. do.

In addition, in the process of displaying the event information in the process of Figures 2 to 5, the user moves the cursor located on the calendar screen to the event icon display area by using a specific key or side key of the keypad 130 and the position of the cursor with the direction keys. When a random event icon is selected by changing a, the controller 110 displays the content of the corresponding event on the display unit 140.

For example, when an event icon corresponding to an outgoing call or an incoming call is selected, a list of outgoing call numbers is displayed; when an arbitrary phone number is selected, an outgoing call time is displayed; an event corresponding to an outgoing call or an incoming call is displayed. If the icon is selected, the corresponding message list is displayed. If any message list is selected, the corresponding message content is displayed. If an event icon corresponding to the anniversary is selected, the type of the anniversary, a schedule previously input, and the like are displayed.

As described above, a process of selecting an arbitrary event icon and checking the corresponding event content is described as an example of an outgoing or a receiving message.

A process of checking the contents of the outgoing or received message is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the cursor is moved to the event icon display area while the event information is displayed, and the event icon corresponding to the outgoing or received message related to the currently detected phone number is selected, the controller 110 displays the currently searched message list. 140).

Accordingly, when the user selects an arbitrary message list, the controller 110 displays the currently selected message content on the display unit 140.

When a specific direction key (for example, up, down, left, and right direction keys) is pressed while the message content is displayed, the controller 110 displays the content of the previous or next message of the currently displayed message on the display unit 140.

If a predetermined time elapses without inputting a specific direction key while the message contents are displayed, the controller 110 displays the next contents of the currently displayed message or, if there is no next contents, corresponds to the currently detected telephone number. The content of the message will be displayed.

For example, assuming that FIG. 8 (a) is the currently selected message and FIG. 8 (b) is the previous or next message of the currently selected message, a predetermined time has elapsed or specified in the state where the message contents of FIG. 8 (a) are displayed. When the direction key is input, the message contents of FIG. 8 (b) are displayed.

In addition, the above-described process of searching for a plurality of events and displaying an event icon has been described. However, a specific event may be designated to search for an event occurring on today's date or a random date and display information corresponding to the searched event. Can be. This may be implemented in various ways, but as an example, it may be configured to search for a specific event only by inputting a specific letter or symbol with a number on the standby screen.

On the other hand, while the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art related to the present invention and the spirit of the present invention described in the claims Various modifications and variations of the present invention will be possible without departing from the scope thereof.

As described in detail above, the present invention provides a complex and cumbersome key by searching for and displaying an event related to a specific person (outgoing and incoming calls, missed calls, outgoing and received messages, anniversaries, etc.) only by inputting a shortcut number or a phone number on a standby screen. The event can be immediately confirmed without an operation process, thereby achieving an effect of improving user convenience.

In addition, the present invention is arranged to display the event information in the frequency of occurrence or chronological order to easily check the event history has the effect of improving the user's convenience.

In addition, the present invention displays the event information with a calendar screen and selects a random date on the calendar screen to search and display the event information generated on the date to immediately check the event without complicated and cumbersome key operation user convenience Has the effect of improving.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of improving the user's convenience by searching for and displaying only a specific event assigned to a specific character or symbol when a specific character or symbol and a shortcut number or telephone number are input on the standby screen.

Claims (10)

And searching for and displaying the event information based on the key information input on the standby screen. Searching for event information based on key information input on a standby screen; Displaying the searched event information and a calendar screen; And retrieving and displaying event information generated on a corresponding date in association with a selection of a date on the calendar screen. The method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of arranging the retrieved event information in order of frequency of use. The method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of arranging the retrieved event information in chronological order. The method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of alternately arranging the displayed information in order of use frequency and time in association with a key operation. The method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising: searching for and displaying previous or next event information of the currently displayed event information in association with key operation. The method of claim 6, further comprising displaying next event information of the currently retrieved event information when a predetermined time elapses in the state of displaying the event information. The method of claim 1, wherein the key information input on the idle screen is one of a shortcut number, a telephone number, a name, a date, and an event name. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the event information comprises at least one of a name, a phone number, and an icon corresponding to the corresponding event. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the event is at least one of an outgoing call, an incoming call, a missed call, a text call, a text call, a schedule, and an anniversary.

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