KR20080089742A - A way of specification for value-added services under phonebook retrieval or initial mode of mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal and a method for searching a phone book database for phone numbers are provided to perform phone conversation immediately after inputting additive characters or numbers, without entry to an edition mode. A controller(10) automatically searches a phonebook database if a user inputs keys of a phone number and a search key at the searching time of phone number. A display unit(14) displays various messages including the search result on the LCD screen under control of the controller. A number selected from the search result is provided in a mode in which additive numbers or characters are inputted, without entry to an edition mode. In the mode, phone conversation is immediately started through a phone number added or changed by the user. The controller stores the current phone number in a phone book database. A memory unit(20) stores the phonebook database therein.

Description

Specify specific additional services in initial or phonebook search mode in mobile communication terminal {A way of specification for value-added services under phonebook retrieval or initial mode of mobile phone}

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart and a method for providing a mechanism for inputting a specific mobile communication user request by inputting additional letters or numbers to a retrieved number simultaneously with a phone book search in FIG. 1 of the present invention.

Search the phone number stored in the phone book in the mobile terminal, and connect the search number directly to the call. As mobile communication terminals become more common, users' demands for them are increasing, and interest in more convenient and easily available services is increasing.

Among the functions of the mobile communication terminal, the function of the phone book is a service frequently used by many people to replace the existing phone diary. Nevertheless, the phone book provided in the portable terminal does not provide various services and convenience of users other than storing and searching phone numbers. There is no mechanism to initiate a call after entering additional characters in the number retrieved from the phone book database. That is, the information about the search number is changed by entering into the edit mode, which changes the information of the database. Therefore, a call function is not provided through input of additional letters or numbers for various mobile communication services without updating the phone book database.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to search the phone number stored in the phonebook database (phonebook) database and get the results when the results are entered into the search number immediately without entering the edit mode, the change of the phonebook database itself through the edit, or other screens The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal capable of making a call after inputting an additional letter or number.

In this case, the call is made by entering additional numbers or letters in the search number, but the information in the phone book database itself is not changed unless there is a special request. That is, it provides an additional input function other than a search number that may be required for various mobile communication services that may be provided in the future.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for searching a phone number in a phone book database of a mobile communication terminal, comprising: performing a search by a search word input by a user, that is, a phone number, a name, or the like, and a search result Appears, selects one number, enters additional numbers or letters directly into the selected number, further manipulates and modifies the retrieved number, and asks if you want to permanently store the number created by the additional input into the phonebook database. Permanently changing and initiating a call, if not desired, initiating a call without changing information in the phonebook database.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Further details of existing basic functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, the controller 10 performs an overall control operation of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the controller 10 automatically searches for existing phonebook data after inputting a phone number when searching for a phone number according to the present invention, and then displays a corresponding result on a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen. That is, the controller 10 automatically compares with the telephone numbers stored in the existing phonebook database when the telephone number is input and searches for a matching telephone number and informs the user of the result.

The result may be a single number or multiple numbers depending on the search conditions. The display unit 14 displays various messages such as search results on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display, not shown) under the control of the controller 10. One number selected from the search results provides a mode in which additional numbers or letters can be entered (modified) without entering edit mode. The key input unit 12 performing this input process includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys, and outputs key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 10. In this mode, the number added or changed by the user can start a call immediately. Simultaneously pressing the call button, the controller 10 asks whether to reflect the current number in the phone book database. The controller 10 stores a user's current phone number by inputting the phonebook. The memory unit 20 includes a program memory for storing program data necessary for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal, and a data memory for storing data generated during control or during execution by the user. The memory unit 20 also stores a phonebook database.

The wireless unit 16 controls transmission and reception of voice and text data and control data under the control of the control unit 10, and the voice processing unit 18 controls the voice data received from the wireless unit 16 under the control of the control unit 10. The speaker converts the audible sound through a speaker SPK and outputs the voice signal received from the microphone MIC to the wireless unit 16.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of instantly calling a phonebook phone number retrieved from a mobile communication terminal in conjunction with FIG. 1 of the present invention and storing a phonebook database or discarding the phonebook if necessary.

First, the mobile terminal enters the phone book search mode (310). When entering the phonebook search mode, various search terms, name or part of a name, a number, or other information items may be selectively used 312. The phonebook database search is performed based on the search word (314). The results of searching the phonebook database may be single or multiple results (318). In step 320, an additional input of letters or numbers is performed after the telephone number with respect to the selected number from the search result. In the present application, the number obtained through 320 is referred to as a “special government service request pattern”. This is the point that this application is intended to provide. That is, an additional input function other than the phone number obtained from the phone book search is to be provided as a function necessary for various implementations of the mobile communication service to be provided later.

For example, when a combination of numbers or letters requesting various wired / wireless mobile communication services is added to the retrieved recipient number, the base station recognizes the additional additional service content requested by the terminal and responds to the request. . Various services are expected to be infinite here. If the matched phone number is "010-111-2222" after the search and it is displayed on the LCD as a search result, the desired service can be obtained by entering as follows without entering the edit mode. In other words, if you add “# 1” as an example to the search number and call the number “010-111-2222 # 1” as a result, the base station stops the call no matter what happens after 1 minute of “# 1”. Or, it can be recognized as an additional service request pattern to finish, and the terminal itself can make the “# 1” call time one minute, and when one minute expires, it can implement a beeping or call interruption. These are fragmentary examples. However, this service or business model is not the point of the present application, so we close it to this level.

The "special government service request pattern" number obtained at 320 may be directly made of a call (322) or may be immediately canceled. The case of cancellation is when the entire flow of this article ends. In the case of requesting a call, the call is stored after the call (326) (328), or immediately after the call (328), depending on whether the government stores the service request pattern.

Therefore, the phone number searched in the search mode does not enter into the edit mode through a specific menu (400), and provides a method for constructing a "special service request pattern".

According to the present invention, by directly changing the phone number obtained as a result of the phone number search in the phone book of the mobile communication terminal, it can be changed to a "specific additional service request pattern" requesting a variety of wired and wireless mobile communication services provided in the future. In this way, a recipient number requiring various additional services can be configured without directly changing the phonebook database. It will be an essential function of a terminal for wired / wireless mobile communication service provided in the future.

Claims (2)

A step of immediately changing to a specific pattern requiring a wired / wireless mobile communication service for temporary use without entering into a specific editing mode and consequently editing the recipient's phone number obtained as a result of the phone number search in the phonebook database of the mobile communication terminal; Calling with the additional changed specific demand pattern, and asking whether the specific additional service request pattern is stored before the call, and saving if desired. The original phone number that does not match the phone book search results, or the user enters a direct number, enters additional letters and numbers to specify the wired / wireless mobile telecommunications supplementary service, and excludes the supplementary service pattern (code) added during storage. Steps to save only phone number in phonebook

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