KR20090043246A - Method of displaying call history in mobile telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

A call history display method of a mobile communication terminal, comprising the steps of generating an event, storing the occurrence time of the event and information related to the event, and relating the occurrence time of the event in a time-divided area on the screen. And arranging an icon corresponding to the information related to the event to configure a call history display method of the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, there is an effect that can clearly and accurately deliver the call reception / call, message reception / call record of the mobile communication terminal to the user.

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Description

Call history display method of mobile communication terminal {METHOD OF DISPLAYING CALL HISTORY IN MOBILE TELEPHONE}

The present invention relates to a method of operating a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a call history display method capable of delivering a user's telephone reception / outgoing and message reception / outgoing records to a user in a clear and accurate manner.

The user interface of the mobile communication terminal has acted as one of the important factors for product differentiation. The rapid expansion and development of mobile communication terminals is largely driven by the low cost of communication connection technology and mass production, but it is well known that the development of the user interface that accurately reflects the requirements of users is also large.

As an important function of the user interface, a call history function has a function of storing about 1000 call or message transmission and reception records of a user owned by a recent mobile communication terminal. The call history function can be used to retrieve a phone number for a recently called party and to send a call or a message, or to check the caller information of a received call or a message while away from the office.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a screen configuration by a call history information display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, an example 100 of call history information of a mobile communication terminal according to the related art is one-dimensionally arranged telephone reception / outgoing call and message reception / outgoing records in a time-ordered order. Is passed to.

For example, in the case of a call reception event 110, an icon 111 for designating a call reception and information 112 of a call originator are displayed. The caller's information may be, for example, a caller's name stored in the phone book corresponding to the caller's phone number, or a received phone number itself for a received phone number not stored in the phone book. The caller information 112 of the illustrated call reception event 110 is a caller's name.

In addition, in the case of the call origination event 120, an icon 121 for designating a call origination and information 122 of the call receiver are displayed. The information of the telephone receiver may be, for example, a receiver name corresponding to the telephone number of the receiver and stored in the phone book, or an outgoing phone number itself for an outgoing telephone number not stored in the phone book. The receiver information 122 of the illustrated call origination event 120 is an outgoing call number.

 Similarly, for the message reception event 130 or the message origination event 140, the information of the subjects 132 and 142 is displayed, together with the icon 131 for specifying the message reception and the icon 141 for specifying the message origin, respectively. do. In addition, the missed call event 150 is designated as a missed call using an icon 151 including a predetermined symbol (for example, a question mark).

However, in the prior art call history display method illustrated in FIG. 1, the call history is operated by manipulating the key of the mobile phone in order to check who is the caller and the receiver of the call or the message, and when the call or the message was received from whom in the absence. There was a problem in that information should be scrolled up and down in order. In addition, such information was not easy to find at a glance, and in particular, there is a problem in that the detailed information should be inquired by selecting one item in order to know exactly when to receive a call or a message.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal that can increase the user's convenience by transmitting the user's transmission and / or reception record to the user in a clear and accurate manner.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: generating an event, storing an occurrence time of the event and information related to the event, and time division on a screen A call history display method of a mobile communication terminal is provided, the method comprising disposing an icon corresponding to information related to an event in an area in association with an occurrence time of the event.

Here, the information related to the event may include the type of the event, sender information or receiver information of the event. In this case, the icon corresponding to the information related to the event may be an icon specified according to the sender information or the receiver information of the event. In this case, the icon corresponding to the information related to the event may be an icon specified according to the type of the event.

Here, selecting an icon corresponding to the information related to the event may be configured to inquire information related to the event.

Here, when the icon corresponding to the information related to the event is selected, a call or a message may be sent using caller information or receiver information included in the information related to the event.

Here, the type of the event may specify that the event is any one of voice call reception, voice call origination, video call reception, and video call origination.

Here, the event type may specify that the event is any one of receiving a short message service (SMS), sending a short message, receiving a multimedia message service (MMS), or sending a multimedia message.

Here, the region divided in time on the screen may divide the circular space in time. In this case, the circular space may be divided into 12 hours or 24 hours.

Here, the step of disposing the icon corresponding to the information related to the event in association with the occurrence time of the event is displayed by using the distance between the icon and the center of the circular space at the same time zone minute occurrence time of the event Can be configured to place the icon. In this case, arranging the icon to display the minute occurrence time of the event by using the distance between the icon and the center of the circular space, the more time the occurrence time of the event has the minute time, the icon is It may be configured to be disposed in the center of the circular space.

Using the call history display method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the user's convenience by transmitting the user's call and / or reception record to the user in a clear and accurate manner.

In particular, unlike the conventional one-dimensional call history information provision, a call or message is received by displaying an icon corresponding to an event in relation to the reception and origination time of a call or a message in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional time-divided space. Alternatively, it is possible to immediately recognize the type of time and event sent.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the drawings, similar reference numerals are used for similar elements.

Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any item of a plurality of related items.

When a component is said to be "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but other components may be present in the middle. It should be understood. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the call history display method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes the steps of generating an event (S210), storing an event occurrence time and information related to the event (S220), and information related to an event. It may be configured to include an icon corresponding to the step (S220).

The step of generating an event (S210) is a step of generating an event such as a call reception, a phone call, a message reception, a message transmission.

Telephone reception and telephony include voice telephony and video telephony in 3rd generation mobile communication such as wide-band code division multiple access (WCDMA). Message reception and message transmission also include both the short message service (SMS) and the multimedia message service (MMS) used in 3G mobile communication.

The storing of the event occurrence time and the information related to the event (S230) may include the time at which the events occurred (for example, when a call was received, when a call was received, when a message was received, or when a message was sent). And specific information related to the event.

Information related to the event, in the case of incoming and outgoing events, includes information related to the call recipient or caller (eg, the call recipient or caller's name, the phone number of the call recipient or caller, call duration, whether the call was missed, etc.). can do. If more detailed information is needed, the information related to the event may include an indicator for indicating the gender (male / female) of the telephone receiver or the caller, the icon image or the icon image which may specify the receiver or the sender.

Arranging the icon corresponding to the information related to the event (S230) is a step of arranging the icon corresponding to the information related to the event in an area obtained by temporally dividing at least a portion of the display screen of the mobile communication terminal.

Here, the icon corresponding to the information related to the event may be an icon that can specify the receiver or sender of the event included in the information related to the event as described above. The icon corresponding to the information related to the event may preferably be an icon designated by reflecting the gender and appearance of the receiver or the sender of the event, or may be reduced to directly recognize the receiver or the sender of the event. Photo images can be used as icons.

As a method of dividing at least a portion of the display screen in time, various methods may be used, such as a method of dividing into a circular space and a method of dividing a rectangular space into quadrants. As such, the icons corresponding to the events may be arranged two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally on the temporally divided region.

In addition, by selecting the icon displayed on the screen, it is possible to inquire the information related to the event corresponding to the icon in detail. For example, it is possible to inquire the contents of a received or an outgoing message in the case of information related to the receiver information, the caller information, the detailed call time, the talk time, and the like of the above-described event.

In addition, when the icon displayed on the screen is selected, the screen for calling back or sending a message using the caller information or the receiver information included in the information related to the event may be connected. On the other hand, in such a configuration, it may be configured to be connected to direct call redial or message sending by the selection of the icon, as described above, after the screen for inquiring information related to the event by the selection of the icon is displayed once additional It may be configured to selectively connect the call redial or message sending screen by key input or menu selection.

3A is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a screen by a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3A, an example of a configuration in which icons corresponding to an event are arranged in a manner of dividing at least a portion of a screen of a mobile communication terminal into a circular shape in time is illustrated.

FIG. 3A illustrates a case in which 12 hours are divided into a circular space 300, and the current time may be indicated by a predetermined line 310. When the current time is indicated by the predetermined line 310, the predetermined line 310 may rotate in a clockwise direction 311 about the center of the circle as time passes. Alternatively, a configuration example in which the circle and the icons arranged in the circle rotate in the counterclockwise direction 312 according to the passage of time while the current designation line is fixed to a specific axis is also possible. In addition, the circular space is divided into solid lines 321, 322, 323 and 324 indicating 9 am, noon, 3 pm and 6 pm, respectively, and using dotted lines 331 and 332 in an hour unit within each quadrant. The divided time can be displayed.

In FIG. 3A, when the current time indicated by the predetermined line 310 is 2 pm, for example, a call reception event 341 around 1 pm, a call origination event 342 around 11:30 am In this example, the message reception event 343 is generated by arranging the icon at about 9 am.

The information related to each event type, the receiver of the event, and the caller is distinguished according to the icon. In particular, in the case of the missed call reception event 344, an icon to which a predetermined symbol such as a question mark is added is displayed to prevent reception of the missed call. It may be configured to inform.

3B is a conceptual diagram illustrating another configuration example of a screen according to a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3B illustrates a case in which a 24-hour period is divided into a circular space 400 unlike the configuration example illustrated in FIG. 3A. In the configuration example illustrated in FIG. 3B, the current time may be displayed by a predetermined line 410. Also in FIG. 3B, the roles of the solid lines 421, 422, 423, 424 that designate 6 am, noon, 6 pm, and 12 pm, and the dotted lines 431, 432 that designate the 1-hour unit within the quadrant area are circular for 24 hours. Same as the case of FIG. 3A except that it is divided into a space of. The same is true that the icons are arranged and displayed in relation to the occurrence time of the event in the circular space.

On the other hand, in the limited display screen size and resolution of the mobile communication terminal, there may be considerable display constraints when displaying 24 hours circularly. That is, the size of the icon may be small, and thus there may be a problem in the discrimination power. When the event is densely generated, there may be a problem such that the icons are overlapped and displayed.

Therefore, according to the occurrence frequency of the event, it can be configured to operate while switching the scheme of FIG. 3A to automatically display 12 hours divided by the scheme of FIG. 3B to display 24 hours divided. For example, the operation is basically performed with the screen configuration illustrated in FIG. 3B. However, when the number of events generated within the last 12 hours exceeds a preset number, the screen configuration illustrated in FIG. 3A is switched to a specific one hour unit. When the number of events generated in the display exceeds the preset number and icons are overlapped, an operation such as switching to the screen configuration illustrated in FIG. 3A may be performed. Conversely, the operation is basically performed by the screen configuration illustrated in FIG. 3A. When the number of events generated in the last 12 hours is less than a preset number, the screen configuration illustrated in FIG. 3B is switched or within a specific 1 hour unit. When the number of events generated is less than a preset number, the overlapping of the icons is rarely generated. Therefore, an operation such as switching to the screen configuration illustrated in FIG. 3B may be possible. Of course, one of the schemes of FIG. 3A and 3B may be determined by a user's selection.

3C is a conceptual diagram illustrating another configuration example of a screen according to a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3C is an example of a screen configuration for displaying an event occurrence time in minutes using a distance from the center in a circular space in order to prevent the icons from being overlapped when the occurrence of events is concentrated in a specific time zone. .

The method illustrated in FIG. 3C is a method of displaying, by the distance between the icon and the center of the circular space, the occurrence time of the minute unit of the event within the same time unit occurrence time.

In FIG. 3C, the circular space 500 includes three concentric circles 510, 520, and 530. The first concentric circles 510 are 20 minutes in the same time zone, and the second concentric circles 520 are 40 minutes in the same time zone. The third concentric circles 530 designate 60 minutes in the same time zone.

For example, the first event 541 indicates that the event occurred about 1:20, the second event 542 indicates that the event occurred about 2:40, and the third event 543 indicates 5 It indicates that the event occurred about 50 minutes ago. In other words, it is indicated to have an earlier minute time within the same time zone as the center of the circular space within the same time zone.

4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an operation of selecting an icon on a screen configured by a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the user selects an icon from the screen configured by the call history display method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, a screen for displaying detailed information of an event corresponding to the icon is illustrated.

For example, when the icon 341 shown in FIG. 3A is clicked on, information related to a call reception event, which is an event corresponding to the icon 341, is output.

As the output information, a caller's information related to a call reception event-name 610, phone number 620, reception time 630 and call time 640 are displayed. The output information may include the photo image 650 when the photo image corresponding to the caller is stored in the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, as described in the step S230 of placing an icon corresponding to the information related to the event through FIG. 2, when the icon displayed on the screen is selected, the caller information or the receiver information included in the information related to the event is used. To redial a phone call or to send a message. In such a configuration, it may be configured to be connected to direct call redial or message sending by selection of the icon.

In addition, the screen for inquiring information related to the event by the selection of an icon may be displayed once, and then a call resending or message sending screen may be selectively connected by additional key input or menu selection.

4 illustrates an example in which a call is sent or a message is sent after a screen for inquiring information related to an event is displayed by selecting an icon, and a call origination menu 660 or a message sending menu 670 is selected. Thereby reconfiguring a call or sending a message using caller information related to the event.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a screen configuration by a call history information display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the prior art.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3A to 3C are conceptual views illustrating examples of screens by a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an operation of selecting an icon on a screen configured by a call history display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Claims (13)

In the call history display method of the mobile communication terminal, Generating an event; Storing an occurrence time of the event and information related to the event; And And arranging an icon corresponding to information related to the event in association with an occurrence time of the event in a time-divided area on a screen. The method of claim 1, And the information related to the event includes the type of the event, the sender information or the receiver information of the event. The method of claim 2, The call history display method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the icon corresponding to the information related to the event is an icon specified according to the sender information or receiver information of the event. The method of claim 2, And the icon corresponding to the information related to the event is an icon specified according to the type of the event. The method of claim 1, The call history display method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that by selecting the icon corresponding to the information related to the event, the information related to the event can be inquired. The method of claim 2, If the icon corresponding to the information related to the event is selected, the call history display method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for calling or using the caller information or the receiver information included in the information related to the event. The method of claim 2, And the type of the event specifies that the event is any one of voice call reception, voice call origination, video call reception, and video call origination. The method of claim 2, The event type specifies that the event is any one of receiving a short message service (SMS), sending a short message, receiving a multimedia message (MMS), and sending a multimedia message. How to display call history. The method of claim 1, The call history display method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the time-divided area on the screen divided the circular space in time. The method of claim 9, The circular space is divided into 12 hours call history display method of a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 9, The circular space is divided into 24 hours call history display method of a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 9, Arranging the icon corresponding to the information related to the event in association with the occurrence time of the event is to display the occurrence time of the minute unit of the event using the distance between the icon and the center of the circular space in the same time zone Call history display method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the arrangement. The method of claim 12, Arranging the icon to display the minute occurrence time of the event using the distance between the icon and the center of the circular space, the earlier the minute occurrence time of the event, the icon to the center of the circular space Call history display method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that arranged.

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