KR20090078210A - Apparatus and method for recording conversation in a portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for recording conversation in a portable terminal are provided to automatically record conversation about a specific partner that a user wants, thereby improving user's convenience. A method for recording conversation in a portable terminal comprises the following steps. Information of a counterpart portable terminal is extracted correspondingly to communication event generation(201,203). It is determined whether information of the counterpart portable terminal corresponds to a preset record event(205). When the information of the counterpart portable terminal corresponds to the record event, conversation with the counterpart is automatically recorded and stored(223).

Description

Method and device for recording call contents in mobile terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING CONVERSATION IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording call contents in a mobile terminal, and in particular, designates at least one specific user and / or at least one specific group (hereinafter referred to as a 'specific product') to correspond to the specific object. The present invention relates to a method for automatically recording and storing contents of a call with a counterpart mobile terminal and a mobile terminal implementing the same.

In general, the mobile terminal can only make a voice call, but in recent years, various multimedia functions have been simultaneously implemented as communication technologies and mobile terminal manufacturing technologies have developed. Recently, as the number of users of mobile terminals has increased rapidly, it is used not only for general calls using mobile terminals, but also for commercial advertisement and other sales activities.

Accordingly, the threat of harm and mischief using mobile communication calls is increasing, and sales activities by mobile communication calls are also becoming more common. In such a situation that the usage type of the mobile terminal is expanded, it is essential to add a recording function of the call content to a call that the user of the mobile device does not want or a call requiring a legal response in the future.

Meanwhile, a technology related to call recording of a conventional mobile terminal is not specific to a call recording start time, but may be inputted by an operation such as inputting a specific function key designated at a point in time when a user of the mobile terminal wants to record a call. You are about to start recording a call.

However, in the conventional method, the call recording function operates only when the user of the mobile terminal desires to perform an operation related to recording the call contents. Therefore, when a mobile terminal user fails to perform a proper operation for recording during a call at the time required, there is a problem in that it is not possible to use the call content recording in the future.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for recording call contents of a mobile terminal capable of automatically processing call recording of the mobile terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for recording a call content of a mobile terminal, which can automatically start and end recording of a call content of a mobile terminal in response to a call start and end time.

Another object of the present invention is a method of recording a call content of a mobile terminal capable of automatically recording and storing a call content with the counterpart mobile terminal when a communication event with the counterpart mobile terminal corresponding to a preset recording event is generated in the portable terminal; In providing a device.

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the portable terminal, the process of extracting the information of the counterpart mobile terminal in response to the occurrence of the communication event, and recording the information of the counterpart mobile terminal in advance Determining whether the event corresponds to the event, and automatically recording and storing the content of the call with the counterpart mobile terminal when the call is started.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of extracting information of a counterpart mobile terminal in response to a communication event occurrence, information of the counterpart mobile terminal, and a predetermined specific object. A process of comparing the information of the mobile terminal with the information of the mobile terminal and automatically recording the contents of the call at the time when the call starts when the information of the mobile terminal matches the information of the specific object. And automatically recording the recording information using the information of the mobile terminal as a file name.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the mobile terminal, a radio frequency unit for forming a communication channel with a wireless network to process voice communication of the mobile terminal and the communication event; An audio processing unit for converting and outputting an analog voice signal input from a microphone into a digital voice signal, and converting the digital voice signal into an analog voice signal and outputting the analog voice signal, at least one application required for operating a recording function, and the recording function. A recording of the contents of the call, a memory unit for storing the setting information for the specific object, and a recording of the contents of the call at the beginning of a call with a counterpart mobile terminal corresponding to a preset recording event; End recording and save the recording information about the call contents to the memory unit The loading includes a control unit.

As described above, according to the method and apparatus for recording the contents of a call in the mobile terminal proposed by the present invention, a recording operation can be automatically performed for the contents of the call to a specific counterpart desired by the user, and thus the user's convenience can be improved. It can be effective. In addition, according to the present invention, a separate input operation of a user for recording during a call using a mobile terminal can be omitted, which has the effect of facilitating the convenience of the user. In addition, the automatic recording has the effect of recording all the missed calls.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only the parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described, it should be noted that the description of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, but should be construed as meanings and concepts corresponding to the technical spirit of the present invention. And the embodiments described in the specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only one of the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, not representing all of the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, it should be understood that there may be various equivalents and modifications that can substitute for them at the time of the present application.

The present invention relates to a method and a device for recording a call content in a mobile terminal, and more particularly, in an embodiment of the present invention, at least one specific user and / or at least one specific group (hereinafter, 'specific object'). And a method for automatically recording and storing a call content with a counterpart mobile terminal corresponding to the specific object, and a mobile terminal implementing the same. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for automatically recording and storing a call content with a specific user when a call is received from a specific user who is not registered in the phonebook of the portable terminal, and a portable terminal for implementing the same.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a radio frequency (hereinafter referred to as RF) unit 110, an audio processor 120, and an input unit 130. , A memory unit 140, a display unit 150, a controller 160, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 1, the RF unit 110 performs communication of the mobile terminal 100. The RF unit 110 forms a communication channel with a wireless network to perform voice communication and data communication. The RF unit 110 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.

The audio processor 120 plays an audio signal or transmits an audio signal generated from a microphone (MIC) to the controller 160. The audio processor 120 converts an audio signal into an audible sound through a speaker SPK, and outputs an audio signal such as a voice received from the microphone MIC. That is, the audio processor 120 converts an analog voice signal input from the microphone MIC into a digital voice signal, or converts a digital voice signal into an analog voice signal and outputs the same through the speaker SPK.

The input unit 130 receives various text information, and transmits a key signal input in connection with setting of various functions and function control of the mobile terminal 100 to the controller 160. The input unit 130 may be formed of any one or a combination of a touch pad, a keypad of a general key arrangement, and a QWERTY keypad according to the provision form of the mobile terminal 100. The input unit 130 may further include function keys such as a direction key, a volume key, and a hot key set to perform a specific function.

The memory unit 140 stores at least one application required for operating a function according to an embodiment of the present invention, user data generated by a user, a message transmitted / received from a network, and data according to execution of the application. The application may include an application for extracting information of a counterpart mobile terminal in response to a communication event occurrence, an application for comparing information of the extracted counterpart mobile terminal with information of a predetermined specific object in response to the communication event, and corresponding to the comparison result. The application automatically records and stores the contents of the call with the corresponding mobile terminal corresponding to the specific object designated by the user, and automatically records the contents of the call with the other mobile terminal having the information not registered by the user in response to the comparison result. To store the application. Here, the communication event may include a transmission call event and a reception call event for the voice communication between the mobile terminal 100 and the counterpart mobile terminal.

In particular, the memory unit 140 stores the recording information of the call contents by the above-described application. The memory unit 140 includes a recording information storage area 141 for storing recording information of the call contents, a recording list storage area 143 for managing and registering at least one recording information as a list, and a user designation. It may include a setting information storage area 145 for storing the setting information for a specific object. In addition, the memory unit 140 may include a phone book storage area for storing information (telephone number, subscriber information, etc.) for at least one mobile terminal registered by the user. The memory unit 140 may include one or more buffers for temporarily storing data generated during the execution of the application.

The display unit 150 displays screen data generated during the execution of the application, and displays a user's key operation status and function setting information. The display unit 150 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, referred to as an LCD). The LCD may be formed as a touch screen. In this case, the display unit 150 may be included in the input means. In particular, the display unit 150 may display information according to the recording function operation of the present invention.

The controller 160 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 100 and a signal flow between internal / external blocks of the mobile terminal 100. The controller 160 controls the flow of signals between components such as the RF unit 110, the audio processor 120, the input unit 130, the memory unit 140, the display unit 150, and the like. The controller 160 may include a data processor consisting of a codec and a modem.

In particular, the controller 160 records the call contents with the counterpart mobile terminal corresponding to a specific object and stores the contents of the call in the memory unit 140. Recording information stored in the memory unit 140 according to a user's selection To convert the signal to a voice signal and output the same. The controller 160 checks a caller identification (CID) or the like at the time of a communication event, extracts information (telephone number, etc.) of the counterpart mobile terminal, compares the information of the counterpart mobile terminal with information of a predetermined specific object, When the information coincides with each other, recording starts automatically at the time when the call is started with the counterpart mobile terminal, automatically ends recording at the time when the call ends, and records the recording information in the memory unit 140. Control to save. In addition, according to a setting method, the controller 160 compares the information of the counterpart mobile terminal with pre-registered phonebook information, and automatically records the call with the counterpart mobile terminal when there is no matching information. Start, automatically terminate recording at the end of the call, and control to store the recording information in the memory unit 140. In addition, according to a setting method, the controller 160 may record and store call contents for all call contents on the basis of a point in time when a call with a counterpart mobile terminal is started, or may configure and implement such a list.

The controller 160 may delete or store recording information temporarily stored in the memory unit 140 according to a user's selection according to a setting method when the call ends. The controller 160 may reproduce and output the recording information stored when the call ends. In addition, it is possible to reproduce and output the stored recording information according to the user's request.

The control unit 160 is a function processing unit 161 for processing the activation / deactivation of the recording function of the present invention for the above-described control operation, and processing the recording start and end in response to the call start / end time, and the communication event Correspondingly, the information extraction unit 163 extracts information of the relative portable terminal, and the information extracted by the information extraction unit 163 and specific object information designated by the user, or the extracted information and registered by the user. And an information comparison unit 165 for comparing the phone book information, a recording information processing unit 167 for reproducing and outputting a list of recorded information recorded in response to a user request, and recording information.

Meanwhile, FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic configuration example of a mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention for convenience of description. However, the mobile terminal 100 of the present invention is not necessarily limited to this configuration. Accordingly, the mobile terminal 100 of the present invention may further include components not mentioned above, such as a camera module, an electronic payment module, a digital broadcasting module, a battery module, and the like, according to the provision form thereof. In addition, the mobile terminal 100 of the present invention may be excluded or replaced with other blocks in the above configuration depending on the form of the provision.

In the above, the configuration and operation of the control means and the portable terminal including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention have been described. Next, the recording operation of the present invention performed by the mobile terminal will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to the contents described below, it should be noted that it can be applied to various embodiments based on the following embodiments.

Prior to explaining the operation of the present invention, a mobile terminal to which the present invention is applied may define and manage a list of a specific object for which a user wants to record call contents in advance. This can be generated from the phone book or call history that is managed by the mobile terminal, and of course, it is also possible to register and manage a new phone number specified by the user.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a call recording method in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, when the controller detects the occurrence of a communication event (step 201), the controller extracts information of a counterpart mobile terminal corresponding to the communication event (step 203). Here, the communication event may include a call origination event of the mobile terminal and a call reception event of the counterpart mobile terminal. The counterpart mobile terminal information may include a phone number of the counterpart mobile terminal corresponding to the communication event. Information of the counterpart mobile terminal can be extracted using a CID (Caller Identification) check function.

Next, the control unit compares the information of the extracted relative mobile terminal with information of a specific object preset by the user (steps 205 and 207). Alternatively, the controller may compare information of the extracted mobile terminal with phonebook information previously registered by the user according to a recording function setting method of the user. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the information including the specific object and the phonebook information will be referred to as a 'recording event'. Therefore, corresponding to the recording event described below indicates a case where the information of the counterpart mobile terminal matches any one of the information of the specific object, or the information of the counterpart mobile terminal is not registered in the phonebook information. In addition, not corresponding to a recording event indicates a case where the information of the mobile terminal does not match any of the information of the specific object or the information of the mobile terminal is registered in the phone book information.

On the other hand, FIG. 2 illustrates a case in which the present invention is operated using the information of the specific object and the phone book information as described above. However, in the present invention, the information of the counterpart mobile terminal and the information of the specific object according to the user's setting method are described. Of course, it may be made to compare only, or to compare only the information of the relative mobile terminal and the phone book information. In addition, according to the user setting method, the recording operation may be performed on all the counterpart mobile terminals according to the communication event without the above-described comparison procedure.

Next, as a result of comparing the extracted mobile terminal information with the recording event and the information of the mobile terminal corresponds to the recording event, the controller checks whether or not to start a call (step 209). On the other hand, if the information of the extracted relative mobile terminal and the recording event as a result of the comparison of the information does not correspond to the recording event, the control unit waits to start the call (step 211), and then performs the operation (Step 213). Here, the defrosting operation may include an operation of performing a call where the call with the counterpart mobile terminal can be started, an operation of terminating the communication event when the call with the counterpart mobile terminal is not made.

Next, as a result of the call start check, if the call is not started, the control unit waits for a call start for a predetermined time (step 211) and then performs the corresponding operation as described above (step 213). On the other hand, when the call is started or not, when the call is started, the controller automatically starts recording the contents of the call with the counterpart mobile terminal (step 215).

Subsequently, the controller may check whether there is a recording stop request from the outside after the automatic recording starts (step 217). The recording end request may be a forced recording end request by the user. In addition, the controller may check whether the call is terminated (step 219). The call end may be an end by a user or an end by a counterpart mobile terminal.

Next, when detecting the end of the call, the controller automatically terminates recording of the call content with the counterpart mobile terminal (step 221). In operation 223, the controller may generate recording information and store the recording information in the memory unit according to a setting method. An embodiment of the operation of generating and storing such recording information will be described with reference to FIG. 3 to be described later.

On the other hand, if it detects the recording end request in step 217, the controller terminates the recording of the call content with the counterpart mobile terminal (step 225), and recognizes the end of recording as a forced termination by the user (step 227). Subsequently, the controller can check whether the recorded recording information is stored until the forced termination (step 229). Then, the controller may perform a corresponding operation according to whether the recording information is stored (step 231). Here, the corresponding operation may include a recording information storage operation corresponding to the recording information storage, a deletion operation of recording information stored temporarily until the forced termination, and the like.

On the other hand, although omitted in FIG. 2, after the call is terminated, it is also possible to reproduce and output the recording information recording the call content with respect to the mobile terminal according to the setting method. In addition, it is also possible to manage the recording information recording the call content in a list, it can be reproduced and output according to the user's desire of the mobile terminal.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating and storing recording information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 3, first, the controller acquires information of the extracted mobile terminal (step 301), and generates a recording file name from the information of the mobile terminal (step 303). In this case, the recording file name is generated as information of the partner mobile terminal as in the example of FIG. 3, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, the recording file name may be generated by using the recording date information, or may be generated by combining the information of the mobile terminal and the date information, or may be generated according to a predetermined rule.

Next, the controller matches the recording file name with the recording information (step 305), and then stores the recording information in the memory unit with the recording file name (step 307). In addition, the controller may register and manage a recording file name of the stored recording information in a recording list (step 309).

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention has been described with respect to specific embodiments, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a call recording method in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating and storing recording information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (12)

In the mobile terminal, Extracting information of a counterpart mobile terminal in response to a communication event occurrence; Determining whether information of the counterpart mobile terminal corresponds to a preset recording event; And responding to the recording event, automatically recording and storing the contents of the call with the counterpart mobile terminal at the time when the call is started. The method of claim 1, The storing process, Automatically starting recording of a call with the counterpart mobile terminal at the time when the call starts; Automatically terminating recording of a call with the counterpart mobile terminal at the end of the call; And recording the recording information to be temporarily stored when the recording of the call is terminated. The method of claim 2, The process of storing the recording information, Generating a recording file name using the information of the counterpart mobile terminal; Matching the recording file name with the recording information; And storing the recording information in the memory unit as the recording file name. The method of claim 3, And the recording file name is generated by using at least one of information and date information of the counterpart mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, And the recording event is at least one of information on a specific object preset in the portable terminal and phonebook information. The method of claim 5, Starting recording of the call content when the recording event is information on the specific object and when the information on the counterpart mobile terminal matches any one of the information on the specific object; And when the recording event is information on the phone book, starting the recording of the call content when there is no information corresponding to the information on the phone book. How to record the call content of the terminal. In the mobile terminal, Extracting information of a counterpart mobile terminal in response to a communication event occurrence; Comparing the information of the counterpart mobile terminal with information of a predetermined specific object; Automatically recording the contents of the call at the time when the call starts when the information of the counterpart mobile terminal matches the information of the specific object; Automatically terminating the recording of the call contents at the time when the call ends; And storing the recording information using the information of the counterpart mobile terminal as a file name. In the mobile terminal, A radio frequency unit for forming a communication channel with a wireless network to process voice communication of the mobile terminal; An audio processor for converting and outputting an analog voice signal input from a microphone into a digital voice signal in response to the communication event, and converting and outputting an analog voice signal; A memory unit for storing at least one application required for recording function operation, recording information of call contents according to the recording function, and setting information for a specific object; Starting recording of a call when starting a call with a counterpart mobile terminal corresponding to a preset recording event, ending recording of the call in response to the termination of the call, and storing recording information on the call in the memory unit. A mobile terminal comprising a control unit. The method of claim 8, wherein the control unit Extracting information of the counterpart mobile terminal when the communication event occurs, comparing the information of the recording event, and storing the recorded information as a file name using at least one of information of the counterpart mobile terminal and date information; Mobile terminal. The method of claim 9, wherein the control unit A function processing unit for processing activation / deactivation of the recording function and processing recording start and end in response to a call start / end time point; An information extraction unit for extracting information of the partner mobile terminal in response to the communication event; An information comparison unit for comparing the information of the counterpart mobile terminal with the recording event; And a recording information processing unit for outputting a list of recording information to be recorded and for reproducing and recording the recording information. The method of claim 9, The recording event is a mobile terminal, characterized in that at least one of the information on the specific thing preset in the mobile terminal and phonebook information. The method of claim 8, wherein the memory unit A recording information storage area for storing recording information of a call; A recording list storage area for managing and registering at least one recording information as a list; A setting information storage area for storing setting information about a specific object; And a phone book storage area for storing information on at least one mobile terminal registered by the user.

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