KR20080042265A - Method for inputting website address in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for inputting a website address in a mobile terminal is provided to enable a user to input the website address conveniently/quickly by selecting and inputting previously registered Internet glossaries through a glossary selection window when the user inputs the website address in the mobile terminal. Previously stored Internet glossaries are displayed through a glossary selection window according to an Internet glossary display request when a user inputs a website address in a mobile terminal(S13). The user inputs the website address by using one Internet glossary selected through the glossary selection window(S20). The Internet glossaries are a part of the website address, and are classified into a protocol glossary group grouping the Internet glossaries including a protocol part and a domain glossary group grouping the Internet glossaries including a domain part, and a special character group comprising special characters. The glossary selection window displays the Internet glossaries while being sequentially changed into the protocol group, the domain group and the special character group.

Description

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1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a website address input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A to 3D are views showing a website address input screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for inputting a website address of a mobile communication terminal, which can more easily input a website address using an Internet boilerplate.

Recently, mobile communication terminals have various functions such as video call, electronic organizer, voice or video storage function, internet function, entertainment function and content playback function from the initial simple voice call and short message transmission function. I was. Among these, the Internet function refers to a function that enables users to browse all websites of the Internet using a mobile communication terminal.

As a method of accessing a website through the Internet in a conventional mobile communication terminal, a method of directly inputting a domain address (or URL address) of a website to be accessed by a user and selecting a bookmark previously stored by a user How to do is mainly used.

However, since not all websites can be bookmarked, a method in which the user directly enters the domain address of the website and accesses the website is more frequently used.

However, there is a problem that a method of directly inputting an address of a website in a mobile communication terminal is very inconvenient. For example, to enter 'www.' Using the keypad in the URL address input mode, the user presses the '9' key to enter 'w' and then waits a while for the cursor to move to the left or the left or center. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the left and enter 'w' again. As such, entering an address of an Internet site using a limited number of keys provided in a mobile communication terminal is very cumbersome and requires a lot of time. Therefore, there is a demand for a method for more easily inputting an address of a website through a mobile communication terminal.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the website address input of the mobile communication terminal that can enter the website address more easily using the Internet boilerplate when entering the website address It is to provide a method and apparatus.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for inputting a website address of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. And using an internet boilerplate selected in the displayed boilerplate selection window to input the website address.

In addition, the website address input method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, in the website address input mode, in response to the Internet boilerplate display request, a selection window display process for displaying previously stored Internet boilerplate through the boilerplate selection window, and the boilerplate When the selection window is displayed, the protocol boilerplate group, the institution domain boilerplate group, and the special character group are switched according to the request for switching the selection window, and the boilerplate process shown in the boilerplate selection window and the one of the selected boilerplate words are selected. And a sentence input process for inputting the website address.

Meanwhile, the website address described in the embodiment of the present invention includes all Internet sites accessible through wired or wireless communication and all URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the location of digital content accessible through the Internet. Include.

In addition, the Internet boilerplate according to an embodiment of the present invention generally includes all terms used when inputting a website address, that is, a URL address. For example, if the address of the website is http://www.test.or.kr/123/s1.asp, the Internet boilerplate of this embodiment includes http: // or www, which means the protocol, among the examples. It can be registered as http: // www, and both the international domain such as com and the domestic domain corresponding to each country such as or.kr can be registered. In addition, the Internet boilerplate according to the present invention includes various special characters used to input a website address. The Internet boilerplate according to this embodiment is defined in advance, and can be modified and added by the user.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that in the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention. In addition, various elements and regions in the drawings are schematically drawn. Accordingly, the present invention is not limited by the relative size or spacing drawn in the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present embodiment includes a wireless communication unit 130, an audio processing unit 140, a key input unit 160, a display unit 150, a storage unit 170, and a controller ( 190).

The wireless communication unit 130 performs a function of transmitting and receiving corresponding data for wireless communication of the mobile communication terminal 100. The wireless communication unit 130 may include an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal. In addition, the wireless communication unit 130 may receive data through a wireless channel, output the data to the controller 190, and transmit data output from the controller 190 through a wireless channel.

The audio processor 140 may be configured as a coder (Coder / Decoder), and the codec may include a data codec for processing packet data and an audio codec for processing an audio signal such as voice. Therefore, the audio processor 140 converts the digital audio data received by the control unit 190 through the wireless communication unit 120 into an analog audio signal through an audio codec and reproduces the audio signal through a speaker, and vice versa. The audio signal is converted into digital audio data through an audio codec and provided to the controller 190.

The key input unit 160 receives a user's operation signal for controlling the mobile communication terminal 100 and transmits it to the controller 190. To this end, the key input unit 160 includes a control key (not shown) for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal 100 and a plurality of numeric keys (not shown) for inputting numbers and letters. In addition, the key input unit 160 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a boilerplate request key 162, a boilerplate switch key 164.

The boilerplate request key 162 is a key used to input a website address in a mobile communication terminal, and is a key for displaying a boilerplate selection window so that a user can select a desired Internet boilerplate. In this embodiment, the '#' key is used as the boilerplate request key 162. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other control keys may be used or implemented by software.

The AutoText Switch key 164 is a key used for converting and displaying Internet AutoTexts displayed in the AutoText Selection window into other AutoTexts. That is, each time the boilerplate switch key 164 is inputted, other Internet boilerplate words or special characters are displayed on the display unit 150 in a circular manner. In this embodiment, an '*' key is used as the boilerplate switch key 164. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and similarly to the boilerplate request key 162, another control key may be used or may be implemented by software.

The display unit 150 displays image data output from the camera module 180 on the screen. Herein, the liquid crystal display (LCD) may be applied to the display unit 150. In this case, the display unit 150 may include an LCD controller, a memory capable of storing data, and an LCD display device. In this case, when the LCD is implemented using the touch screen method, the screen of the display unit 150 may be operated as an input unit.

The storage unit 170 includes a program memory and data memories. The program memory stores programs for controlling general operations of the mobile communication terminal 100. Data generated during the execution of programs is stored in the data memory. In addition, the storage unit 170 according to the present embodiment stores Internet boilerplate. In this case, Internet boilerplate is preferably stored in the form of a database. At least one of these Internet boilerplate is basically stored in advance, it can be added and modified at the request of the user.

The controller 190 performs an overall control operation of the mobile communication terminal 100. In addition, the controller 90 according to the present invention displays a boilerplate selection window on the display unit 150 of the mobile communication terminal 100 in response to a user's request in the website address input mode. Then, through the displayed boilerplate selection window, the Internet boilerplate selected by the user is input as a website address.

Next, the website address input method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the following embodiments. The configuration of the above-described mobile communication terminal will also be clearer from the following description of the website address input method.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a website address input method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3A to 3D are diagrams illustrating a website address input screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3D it will be described a website address input method according to the present invention. In step S11, a request for switching to the website address input mode is input from the user to the mobile communication terminal 100 in the standby state in step S12. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 3A in step S13, the controller 190 switches the mobile communication terminal 100 to the website address input mode and displays the website address input screen through the display unit 150. 3A shows an example in which an input field for a user to input text is located under a name of URL. Accordingly, the user can directly enter the address of the website by using a numeric key capable of entering text.

Subsequently, when a key input is received from the user in step S14, the controller 190 determines whether the key received in step S15 is the boilerplate request key (hereinafter, # key) 162. If it is a key other than the # key, the controller 190 enters the process S151 and performs a command corresponding to the input key.

On the other hand, if the received key input is confirmed to be the # key in step S15, the controller 190 displays the boilerplate selection window in step S16. In the present embodiment, a special character group is basically displayed on the boilerplate selection window when the # key is input. Here, the special character group includes various special characters as shown in FIG. 3B. The special character group according to the present embodiment includes a website address such as '.', ',', '-', '!', '?', '@', '~', '_', And '/'. Various characters used for input are included and are not limited thereto. In addition, the special character group is not limited to one group shown in FIG. 3B. That is, it may be variously applied, such as further displaying other special characters other than the currently displayed special characters through input of a direction key or the like.

Subsequently, in step S17, the user goes through a process of selecting a desired special character while the boilerplate selection window is displayed.

However, if the user wants to input the Internet boilerplate instead of the special character, the user inputs the boilerplate switch key (hereinafter, * key) 164 in step S171.

If the * key is input while the boilerplate selection window is displayed, the controller 190 displays the protocol boilerplate group through the boilerplate selection window in step S172. Referring to FIG. 3C, Internet boilerplates included in the protocol boilerplate group according to the present embodiment are defined as part of a URL address including a protocol. In this embodiment, six of 1.http: //, 2.http: // www, 3.https: //, 4.ftp: //, 5.http: // korea, 6.mms: // Protocol boilerplate group containing Internet boilerplate is shown in the boilerplate selection window. However, it is not limited thereto.

Such Internet boilerplate of this embodiment may include the name of the web server, such as www, korea, etc. in addition to the protocol as shown in 2. http: // www, 5.http: // korea, in addition to the needs of the user You can include a variety of content depending on.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of FIG. 3C, a soft key labeled 'edit' is shown. This is to add new Internet boilerplate to the protocol boilerplate group or to modify Internet boilerplate already registered. By using this, the Internet boilerplate of the present invention can add and modify the phrase desired by the user. The process of adding and modifying internet boilerplate follows known general data addition and modification methods. Therefore, description thereof will be omitted.

When the protocol boilerplate group is displayed in step S172, the user selects one Internet boilerplate in step S173.

When the user selects one Internet boilerplate in step S173, the controller 190 enters the process S18 to remove the boilerplate selection window displayed through the display unit 150. In operation S19, the Internet boilerplate selected by the user is input into a website address input box. For example, if the user selects 1.http: // www in step S173, 'http: // www' is displayed on the website address input screen.

On the other hand, if the user wants to see another Internet boilerplate in step S173, the user will enter the * key, which is a boilerplate switch key 164 again. When the * key is input in accordance with step S174 while the protocol boilerplate group is displayed through the boilerplate selection window, the controller 190 displays the engine domain boilerplate group through the boilerplate selection window in step S175.

Referring to FIG. 3D, Internet boilerplates included in an institution domain boilerplate group according to the present embodiment are basically defined as a part of a URL address including an international domain or a domestic domain. In this embodiment, a plurality of institution domains including .com, .com, .net, .org, .edu, and the like are shown in the boilerplate selection window. However, it is not limited thereto.

The Internet boilerplate of this embodiment may further include a URL address such as .com / w1, com / ~ w2, in addition to the basic institutional domain such as .com, .co.kr, and the like. You can add and modify various contents accordingly. Addition and modification of such Internet boilerplate is a general process as described above, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

If the user selects one Internet boilerplate in step S176, the controller 190 performs the above-described step S18 and S19. For example, if the user selects .org in step S176, '.org' is displayed on the website address input screen.

On the other hand, when the user again enters the * key in step S176, the special character group is displayed again in the boilerplate selection window that displays the tool group on the institution domain. That is, according to the present embodiment, whenever the * key, which is the boilerplate switching key 164, is inputted, the special character group, the protocol boilerplate group, and the engine domain boilerplate group are sequentially switched and displayed. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various applications may be made by allocating and using a dedicated key for displaying a special character group, a protocol boilerplate group, and an organization domain boilerplate group.

The process of entering http://www.korea.org through the above process is as follows.

In the website address input mode, the user first enters the # key to bring up the boilerplate selection window. Then, enter the * key to display the protocol boilerplate group, and then select http: // www among the displayed Internet boilerplate. The selected http: // www is entered in the address field of the website.

Next, the user directly inputs the phrase korea using the character keys. Enter http: //www.korea in the address field of the website. Then, the user enters the # key again to bring up the boilerplate selection window, and enters the * key twice in a row so that the organizational domain boilerplate group is displayed, and then selects .org among the displayed Internet boilerplate. The selected .org is entered in the website address field, and http://www.korea.org is entered in the website address field.

When all the website addresses desired by the user are input in the website address input box through this process, the user notifies the controller 190 that the website address input is completed in step S20. In operation S21, the controller 190 displays the corresponding website through the display unit 150 based on the input website address.

According to the present invention, the Internet address can be selected and input in advance through the boilerplate selection window when inputting the website address, it is possible to enter the website address more easily and quickly.

On the other hand, the website address input method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, various modifications are possible by those skilled in the art within the technical idea of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, the Internet boilerplate is classified and displayed as a special character group, a protocol boilerplate group, and an organization domain boilerplate group. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. It is possible.

In addition, the present embodiment illustrates a website address input method performed in the mobile communication terminal. However, in addition to this, it can be variously applied to all electronic devices that can access the Internet and can input keys.

As described above, the website address input method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention can select and enter the Internet boilerplate in advance through the boilerplate selection window when inputting the website address, thereby making it easier and faster to input the website address. You can enter

Claims (11)

In the method of inputting the website address of the mobile communication terminal, In response to a request for displaying the Internet boilerplate upon input of the website address, a process of displaying a selection window for displaying the previously stored Internet boilerplate through the boilerplate selection window; And a boilerplate input process for inputting the website address by using one Internet boilerplate selected in the displayed boilerplate selection window. The method of claim 1, wherein the Internet boilerplate is part of the website address, A protocol boilerplate group grouping the internet boilerplate including a protocol portion, and A method for inputting a website address of a mobile communication terminal, characterized by being classified into an institution domain boilerplate group grouping the Internet boilerplate including an international domain portion or a domestic domain portion. The method of claim 2, wherein the Internet boilerplate, The website address input method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that further classified into a special character group consisting of special characters. The method of claim 3, wherein the boilerplate selection window, The method of claim 1, wherein the protocol boilerplate group, the institution domain boilerplate group, and the special character group are sequentially switched and the Internet boilerplate is displayed according to a request for switching a selection window. The website address input of a mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the protocol portion includes http: //, ftp: //, mms: //, https: //, and telnet: //. Way. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying of the selection window comprises: A selection window display request process for inputting the Internet boilerplate display request; A display request confirmation step of confirming whether the Internet boilerplate display request is the protocol boilerplate group display request; And a protocol boilerplate display process for listing and displaying the Internet boilerplate belonging to the protocol boilerplate group from the identified protocol boilerplate group request. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: an organ domain boilerplate display process of listing and displaying the Internet boilerplate belonging to the institution domain boilerplate group if the Internet boilerplate display request is the organization domain boilerplate group request. How to input website address of communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the processes are performed in a website address input mode provided in response to a website access request. In the method of inputting the website address of the mobile communication terminal, In response to the request for displaying the Internet boilerplate in the website address input mode, a process of displaying a selection window for displaying previously stored Internet boilerplate through the boilerplate selection window; A process of displaying a boilerplate text in which a protocol boilerplate group, an institution domain boilerplate group, and a special character group are switched according to a request for switching the selection window while the boilerplate selection window is displayed; And a sentence input process for inputting the website address by using one Internet boilerplate selected in the displayed boilerplate selection window. The method of claim 9, wherein the protocol boilerplate group, And a group of said Internet boilerplate including a protocol part. The method of claim 9, wherein the organ domain boilerplate group, A method of inputting a website address of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it is a group of Internet boilerplate including an international domain portion or a domestic domain portion.

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