KR20210020980A - Method and Apparatus for Searching Keyword Using Keypad - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a keyword search method using a keypad and an apparatus thereof. According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is an electronic apparatus including; a keyword determination part receiving a user input value through a keypad including an input part redundantly corresponding to numbers and Hangul consonants, and determining the numbers and Hangul consonants redundantly corresponding to the user input value as keywords individually corresponding to telephone numbers and Hangul; a keyword search part searching an address book for information individually corresponding to the numbers and Hangul consonants determined by the keyword; and a display management part managing a display screen so as to output the search information individually corresponding to the numbers and Hangul consonants determined by the keyword, onto the display screen. Therefore, the present invention is capable of considerably improving the accuracy of a search by inputting a clear input value.

Description

Method and Apparatus for Searching Keyword Using Keypad}

The present embodiment relates to a method and apparatus capable of searching for a keyword using a keypad.

The content described in this section merely provides background information on the present embodiment and does not constitute the prior art.

In a conventional keyword search method using a keypad, a phone number is directly input or a contact stored in an address book is searched with an initial Korean letter. The conventional method of searching for a contact stored in an address book with an initial sentence in Korean using a keypad is a method of searching and providing all contact information in the address book matching the initial sentence in Korean or an alphabet matching the input unit of the keypad.

However, this method has a limitation in that the accuracy of the search decreases as the number of contacts stored in the address book increases as the number of contacts stored in the address book is increased.

In addition, the conventional keyword search method has a limitation in that it is impossible to input an interpretable keyword because only the initial letter of numbers or Korean characters can be input on the keypad, and accordingly, it is difficult to provide an integrated service with various search engines using the keyword.

The present embodiment supports to directly input an input value required by a user on a keypad, and has a main purpose of providing a method and apparatus for searching for a keyword corresponding to an input value input by the user. .

According to an aspect of the present embodiment, a user input value is received through a keypad having an input unit that overlaps numbers and Korean consonants, and numbers and Korean consonants overlapping the user input values correspond to phone numbers and Korean characters, respectively. A keyword determination unit that determines a keyword to be determined; A keyword search unit for searching information corresponding to each of the numbers and Korean consonants determined as the keyword in the address book; And a display management unit that manages to output search information corresponding to each of a number and a Korean consonant determined as the keyword on a display screen.

According to another aspect of the present embodiment, in a keyword search method performed in an electronic device having a display screen, a user input value is received through a keypad having an input unit corresponding to overlapping numbers and Korean consonants, and the user input value Determining a number and a Korean consonant overlapping with each other as a phone number and a keyword corresponding to Korean; Retrieving information corresponding to each of the numbers and Korean consonants determined as the keyword in the address book; And managing search information corresponding to each of the numbers and Korean consonants determined as the keyword to be output on the display screen.

As described above, according to an aspect of the present embodiment, it is supported to directly input an input value required by a user on a keypad, and by searching for a keyword corresponding to the input value input by the user, the user It is possible to input a desired clear input value, and since a clear input value is input, the accuracy of the search can be greatly improved.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a keyword search system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing a method of searching for a keyword according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 12 are state diagrams of a display screen in which an embodiment of a keyword search method of a portable terminal is implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are assigned the same numerals as possible even if they are indicated on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the subject matter of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the constituent elements of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b) may be used. These terms are only used to distinguish the component from other components, and the nature, order, or order of the component is not limited by the term. Throughout the specification, when a part'includes' or'includes' a certain element, it means that other elements may be further included rather than excluding other elements unless otherwise stated. . In addition, the'... Terms such as'sub' and'module' mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a keyword search system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a keyword search system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server 110 for managing an address book and a terminal 130 for exchanging information with the server 110 through a communication network 120. Includes.

The server 110 refers to a server that manages the database 112 stored in association with a plurality of phone numbers and users or organizations using the phone numbers. The database 112 stores the phone numbers of a plurality of users or organizations in association with the phone numbers of the users or organizations in association with each other.

The terminal 130 is an electronic device capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the network 120. If there is an input value received from the user, the terminal 130 may determine a keyword according to the input value, and through the network 120, the terminal 130 may search the database for information matching the keyword determined in the database within the server. have. The terminal 130 includes a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile communication terminal. Communication Terminal), etc.

The terminal 130 according to the present embodiment provides a keypad having a plurality of input units including numbers and one or more languages on the display screen, and determines a keyword corresponding to an input value received using the keypad from a user and determines the keyword It is a terminal in which an application 132 that searches for information matching a keyword from an address book stored in the terminal or a database of an address book and provides it to a display screen is mounted in an embedded form. Of course, the terminal 130 may mount the application 132 in the form of being installed in the OS in the terminal 130 by a user's manipulation or command.

The terminal 130 according to the present embodiment provides a keypad that supports not only numbers and Korean consonants, but also Korean vowels using the mounted application 132, so that the user inputs a phone number and an initial voice as well as Korean. Receive a value. In addition, the terminal 130 according to the present embodiment uses the loaded application 132 to write the input value inputted by the user from the information corresponding to the input value, whether the phone number was intended, the initial voice was intended, or Korean. A keyword is determined whether it is intended or not, and searches whether information matching the determined keyword is stored in the address book or the database of the address book, and provides a user input value, the keyword, and information matching the keyword on the display screen.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 2, it is assumed that the terminal 130 related to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented as a mobile communication terminal, and its configuration will be schematically described. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal 130 includes a memory 202, a memory controller 204, a processor 206, a peripheral interface 208, a communication circuit 212, an audio circuit 214, a speaker 216, a microphone 218, and input/output. (I/O) subsystem 220, touch screen 226, other input or control devices 228 and external ports 248, and the like. These components communicate through one or more communication buses or signal lines 210. 2 shows a terminal having various components, but not all of the illustrated components are essential components. The terminal may be implemented with more or less components than those shown in FIG. 2 or configurations of different components. The various components shown in FIG. 2 may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software, including one or more signal processing or application specific integrated circuits.

Hereinafter, the above components will be described in order.

The memory 202 may include a high-speed random access memory. Further, the memory 202 may include one or more magnetic disk storage devices, nonvolatile memory such as flash memory devices, or other nonvolatile semiconductor memory devices. Access to memory 202 by other components of terminal 130 such as processor 206 and peripheral interface 208 may be controlled by memory controller 204.

The peripheral interface 208 connects the input/output peripheral device of the terminal 130 to the processor 206 and the memory 202. The processor 206 executes various software programs or instruction sets stored in the memory 202 to perform various functions for the terminal 130 and process data.

The communication circuit 212 transmits and receives electromagnetic waves. The communication circuit 212 converts electrical signals into electromagnetic waves or vice versa, and communicates with a communication network and other communication devices through the electromagnetic waves.

Audio circuitry 214, speaker 216, and microphone 218 provide an audio interface between the user and terminal 130.

The I/O subsystem 220 provides an interface between the input/output peripherals of the terminal 130 and the peripheral interface 208, such as the touch screen 226 and other input/control devices 228. The I/O subsystem 220 includes a touch screen controller 222 and one or more input controllers 224 for other input or control devices.

The touch screen 226 provides an output interface and an input interface between the device and the user. The touch screen controller 222 transmits and receives an electric signal to and from the touch screen 226. The touch screen 226 displays a visual output to the user.

In addition, the terminal 130 includes a power system 230 that supplies power to various components.

In some embodiments, the software components include an operating system 232, a communication module (or instruction set) 234, a graphics module (or instruction set) 240, a text input module 242, and one or more applications (instruction set). ) (250).

The operating system 232 includes various software components or devices that control and manage general system tasks (eg, memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.), and between various hardware and software components. Communication.

The communication module 234 provides communication functions with other devices through one or more external ports 248, and also includes various software components for processing data received by the communication circuit 212 and the external ports 248. Include. The external port 248 (eg, USB, FIREWIRE, etc.) is used for direct connection to another device or indirect connection through a network (eg, Internet, wireless LAN, etc.).

Graphics module 240 includes several well-known software components for presenting and displaying graphics on touch screen 226.

The text entry module 234 provides a soft keyboard for entering text into various applications (such as contacts, email, IM, blogging, browsers, and any other applications that require text entry).

The application 250 is a browser, address book management, contact list, email, instant message, word processing, keyboard emulation, widget, JAVA enable application, encoding, digital copyright. It can be any application that includes, without limitation, management, speech recognition, speech duplication, positioning functions (such as those provided by GPS), and music player functions.

In this embodiment, the application 250 may include a keyword determination and search function. For this, the application 250 includes a keypad configuration unit 251, a keyword determination unit 252, a keyword search unit 253, and It may be configured to include a display manager 254.

The keypad configuration unit 251 serves to configure a keypad having a plurality of input units including numbers and one or more languages. When the keypad has an input unit including Korean among languages, unlike a conventional keypad, at least one of the plurality of input units includes an input unit including a vowel of numbers and Korean characters. Accordingly, the user can input numbers by using the keypad, can input only the consonants of the Korean alphabet to input the initial consonants, and can input the Korean words by inputting the consonants and vowels of the Korean alphabet together.

The keyword determination unit 252 serves to determine which keyword is information corresponding to an input value input by a user using a keypad configured by the keypad configuration unit 251. That is, whether the keyword for the input value entered by the user is related to the phone number, or is it related to the initial of the name of the user or organization stored in the address book or database of the address book stored in the memory of the terminal, or the name of the user or organization itself. Determine whether it is related to. A detailed determination process for this will be described below in FIG. 3.

The keyword search unit 253 serves to search whether information matching the keyword determined by the keyword determination unit 252 exists in the address book or the database of the address book. For example, when the keyword determined by the keyword determination unit 252 is determined as a phone number, it searches whether a phone number matching the phone number determined as the keyword exists in the address book or the database of the address book. If the phone number determined as a keyword does not contain all numbers as a phone number, it is determined whether there is a match with a part of the phone number stored in the address book or the database of the address book, and the phone number and the corresponding user or organization Check the name of. In addition, if the keyword determined by the keyword determination unit 252 is determined as the initial voice, it is determined whether the initial voice determined as the keyword matches among the initial voices of the names of users or organizations stored in the address book or the database of the address book. Also check the phone numbers of users or organizations with Similarly, if the keyword determined by the keyword determination unit 252 is determined to be Korean, it is determined whether the Korean language determined as the keyword matches among the names of users or organizations stored in the address book or the database of the address book, and the matching name is determined. Also check the phone number of the user or organization you have.

The display management unit 254 manages to output a display keypad or specific information. First, the display management unit 254 manages the keypad configured by the keypad configuration unit 251 to be output on the display screen. In this way, the keypad construction unit 251 manages the keypad to be output on the display screen, so that the input value is received from the user by the keypad.

Second, when an input value is received from a user, the display manager 254 outputs the received input value on the display screen. In this way, the display management unit 254 manages the input value received from the user to be output on the display screen, so that the user can check what the input value he has input is.

Third, the display management unit 254 causes the keyword determined by the keyword determination unit 252 to be output on the display screen. When outputting the keyword, the display manager 254 may output the keyword around the input value together with the input value received from the user.

Fourth, the display management unit 254 outputs information matching the keyword searched by the keyword search unit 253 on the display screen. The display management unit 254 outputs the name and phone number of the user or organization searched by the keyword search unit on the display screen. The display management unit 254 may output the name and phone number of the user or organization searched by the keyword search unit together with the input value and the keyword received from the user. At this time, the display management unit outputs the name and phone number of the user or organization searched by the keyword search unit, and when the keyword is the first name or Korean language, the first name corresponding to the keyword or the name and phone number of the user or organization matching Korean The name and phone number of users or organizations that match the phone number corresponding to the keyword are managed to be printed in preference. However, if the phone number corresponding to the keyword matches more than 4 digits with the phone number stored in the address book or the database of the address book, the display management unit does not prioritize the phone number of the user or organization that matches the phone number and Manage to print the name.

3 is a flowchart showing a method of searching for a keyword according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user's input is received (S310). The terminal receives an input value from the user using the keypad configured by the keypad configuration unit.

It is determined whether information corresponding to the first input value is a Korean vowel (S320). At this time, if the information corresponding to the first input value is a Korean vowel, the keyword is determined as a phone number, and the user or organization of the phone number and the phone number matching the number corresponding to the input value in the database of the address book and address book Identify the name of (S360).

When the information corresponding to the first input value is a consonant of Hangul, it is determined whether the information corresponding to the second input value is the same consonant as the first input value or whether the consonant of Hangul is derived (S330). Here, to make the consonants of Hangeul derive means to make a consonant with a stroke added to a specific consonant, or to make the consonant of a specific consonant. For example, assuming that the consonant of the Hangul corresponding to the first input value is'ㄱ', the derivation of this is to make'ㅋ' by adding more strokes, or'ㄲ' to make it into an old sound. it means.

Information corresponding to the third input value if the information corresponding to the first input value is a consonant of Hangul, and the information corresponding to the second input value is the same consonant as the first input value or the consonant of Hangul is derived It is determined whether is a vowel (S340). If the information corresponding to the third input value is a collection, the keyword is determined as Korean language and phone number, and the name of the user or organization of the phone number and phone number that matches the number corresponding to the input value in the address book and address book database The name of the user or organization and its phone number matching the Korean language corresponding to the input value are identified (S3363). On the other hand, if the information corresponding to the third input value is not a vowel, the keyword is determined as an initial initial and a phone number, and the user of the phone number and phone number matching the number corresponding to the input value in the address book and address book database The name of the organization or the initial voice of the name of the user or organization that matches the initial voice corresponding to the input value and its phone number are identified (S366).

It is determined whether information corresponding to the first input value is a consonant of Hangul, and whether information corresponding to the second input value is a vowel (S350). If the information corresponding to the second input value is a collection, the keyword is determined as Korean language and phone number, and the name of the user or organization of the phone number and phone number that matches the number corresponding to the input value in the database of address book and address book The name of the user or organization and the phone number of the user or organization that match the Korean language corresponding to the input value are identified (S363). On the other hand, if the information corresponding to the second input value is not a vowel, that is, if it is a consonant that is different from the consonant corresponding to the first input value, the keyword is determined by the initial consonant and phone number, and is entered in the database of the address book and address book. The name of the user or organization of the phone number and the phone number corresponding to the number corresponding to the value is identified, or the initial name of the name of the user or organization matching the initial sex corresponding to the input value and its phone number are identified (S366).

In FIG. 3, steps S310 to S366 are described as sequentially executing, but this is merely illustrative of the technical idea of an embodiment of the present invention. In other words, if a person of ordinary skill in the art to which an embodiment of the present invention belongs, changes the order shown in FIG. 3 and executes one of the processes S310 to S366 without departing from the essential characteristics of the embodiment of the present invention. Since the above processes are executed in parallel, various modifications and variations may be applied, and thus FIG. 3 is not limited to a time series order.

Meanwhile, the processes shown in FIG. 3 can be implemented as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices that store data that can be read by a computer system. That is, the computer-readable recording media include storage media such as magnetic storage media (eg, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and optical reading media (eg, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.). In addition, the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed over a computer system connected through a network to store and execute computer-readable codes in a distributed manner.

4 to 12 are state diagrams of a display screen in which an embodiment of a keyword search method of a portable terminal is implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating a keypad output on a display screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 4A illustrates that an input unit 420 is separately provided in the keypad to input an input value so that a user can input an input value. In order to search for a desired contact, the user may press the input unit 420 when entering an input value, and then input the input value through another input unit provided on the keypad. 4B shows that a separate input unit 430 is provided on the upper part of the keypad so that the user can input the input value. When entering an input value to search for a desired contact, the user may press the input unit 430 provided at the top of the keypad, and then input the input value through the input unit of the keypad. 4C illustrates that a separate input unit 440 is provided at the upper end of the display screen 410 so that a user can input an input value. When entering an input value in order to search for a desired contact, the user may press the input unit 440 provided at the top of the display screen 410 and then input the input value through the input unit of the keypad.

5A to 5C are diagrams showing types of keypads according to an embodiment of the present invention. The keypad shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C includes an input unit including one of numbers and Korean consonants or Korean vowels, and at least one input unit includes numbers and Korean vowels. The keypad 510 shown in FIG. 5A is provided with all consonants of Hangul in the input unit, and the vowels of Hangul are provided with only Cheonjiin in the input unit. Therefore, the keypad 510 allows a Korean word to be written by combining consonants and Cheonjiin. The keypad 520 shown in FIG. 5B is provided with the input unit for all Korean consonants, and the Korean vowels are'ㅏ','ㅑ','ㅓ','ㅕ','ㅗ','ㅛ', ' It only has ㅜ','ㅠ','ㅡ', and'ㅣ'. In the case of a vowel in writing a Korean word, the keypad 520 replaces the insufficient vowel by combining the aforementioned vowels. For example, in order to express'ㅙ' using the keypad 520, it may be expressed by pressing'ㅗ' and'ㅐ' in succession. The keypad 530 shown in FIG. 5C includes only Korean consonants'ㄱ','ㄴ','ㄹ','ㅁ','ㅅ', and'ㅇ' in the input unit, and Korean vowels are'ㅏ. It has only','ㅓ','ㅗ','ㅜ','ㅡ', and'ㅣ'. However, the keypad 530 further includes a stroke addition and a double consonant input unit on the keypad. These input units correspond to input units for derivation of consonants or vowels. For example, after pressing'ㄱ', pressing the stroke addition input unit becomes'ㅋ', and pressing the vowel'ㅏ' and pressing the stroke addition input unit becomes'ㅑ'. In this way, consonants or vowels are derived, and after pressing'ㄱ', pressing the double consonant input unit becomes'ㄲ'. In this way, consonants and vowels are replaced. Therefore, the keypads 520 and 530 allow a Korean word to be written by combining consonants and vowels.

6A to 6C and FIGS. 7A to 7C are diagrams illustrating a case where a keyword is an initial letter and a phone number according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6C and 7C, it can be seen that there are not four input values. Therefore, information corresponding to the first input value is determined without comparing the number corresponding to the input value with the last digit of the phone number stored in the address book.

6A, the number corresponding to the user's first input value is 9, and the consonant of Hangul corresponds to'ㅈ' or'ㅊ'. Since the information corresponding to the first input value is not a Korean vowel, the keyword is not immediately determined as a phone number, and information corresponding to the next input value is determined. Referring to FIG. 6B, information corresponding to the user's second input value is 0, and consonants in Korean are'ㅇ' or'ㅁ'. Since the information corresponding to the second input value is not a vowel of Hangul and is a consonant different from the consonant of Hangul corresponding to the first input value, the keyword is determined as an initial consonant or a phone number. Referring to FIG. 6C, information corresponding to the user's third input value is 6, and the consonant of Hangul corresponds to'C' or'T'. Therefore, as a keyword for the keyword search unit to search whether there is matching information in the address book or the database of the address book, the phone number is a phone number containing '906' in the phone number, or the initial name of the user or organization is'ㅈ' and It corresponds to an initial song consisting of any one of'ㅊ' and any one of'ㅇ' and'ㅁ' and a combination of any one of'ㄷ' and'ㅌ'. For example, the initial voice corresponding to the keyword may be'ㅈㅇㅌ' as shown in FIG. 6C, and any other combination is possible. The keyword search unit searches for a phone number including '906' and the name of a user or organization using the phone number, or the name of a user or organization having the same initial name as any one of the above-described combination of initial names and its phone number. Search. The display manager manages to display a part of the input value input by the user, the keyword, and information (telephone number and name) matching the keyword in the address book or the database of the address book on the display screen.

Referring to FIG. 7A, information corresponding to the user's first input value is 0, and the consonant of Hangul is'ㅇ' or'ㅁ'. Since the information corresponding to the first input value is not a Korean vowel, the keyword is not immediately determined as a phone number, and information corresponding to the next input value is determined. Referring to FIG. 7B, information corresponding to the user's second input value is 0, and the consonant of Korean is'ㅇ' or'ㅁ'. Since the information corresponding to the second input value is not a vowel of Hangul and is the same consonant as the consonant of Hangul corresponding to the first input value, the information corresponding to the next input value is determined again without immediately determining the keyword. Referring to FIG. 7C, the number corresponding to the user's third input value is 8, and the consonant of Hangul is'ㅅ' or'ㅎ'. Since the information corresponding to the third input value is a consonant of Hangul, the keyword is determined as an initial consonant and a phone number. The following process is omitted because it is the same as the process described with reference to FIG. 6A.

8A to 8D and 9A to 9D are diagrams illustrating a case where a keyword is a telephone number or a telephone number and Korean language according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8A, the number of information corresponding to the user's first input value is 2, which corresponds to the Korean vowel'·'. Therefore, the keyword is determined by the phone number. Accordingly, an input value additionally input from the user is determined as a phone number, and it is determined whether or not it matches the phone number stored in the address book or the database of the address book.

Referring to FIG. 9A, the number of information corresponding to the user's first input value is 8, and the consonant of Hangul is'ㅅ' or'ㅎ'. Therefore, information corresponding to the next input value is determined without immediately determining the keyword. Referring to FIG. 9B, the information corresponding to the user's second input value is the number 3, and corresponds to the Korean vowel'-'. Therefore, the keyword is determined by Korean language and phone number. At this time, since there are 4 input values as shown in FIG. 9D, it is determined as the highest priority whether there are phone numbers that match the 4 last digits of the phone number in the address book. However, in this case, since the keyword is also Korean, the name of the user or organization stored in the address book or the database of the address book is considered in addition to Korean, and whether or not there is a name matching the keyword is also determined.

10A to 10I are diagrams illustrating a case in which keywords are phone numbers and Korean characters according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10A, the number corresponding to the first input value is 0, and the consonant of Hangul is'ㅇ' or'ㅁ'. Therefore, information corresponding to the next input value is determined without immediately determining the keyword. Referring to FIG. 10B, the information corresponding to the user's second input value is the number 1, and corresponds to the Korean vowel'I'. Therefore, the keyword is determined by Korean language and phone number. In addition, referring to FIG. 10I, since the number of user input values exceeds 4, the phone number is not determined as a keyword with the highest priority. Referring to FIG. 10I, it can be seen that the input value input by the user is '014102210'. At this time, '01' corresponds to Hangul'i' or'mi', '41' corresponds to Hangul'ki' or'key', and '02210' corresponds to Hangul'Young','Yom, Myung'. It corresponds. Therefore, the keyword is a phone number that is stored in the address book or the database of the address book as '014102210', or in Korean as the name of the user or organization in the address book or the database of either'i' or'mi' and 'Or'key' and any one of'zero','flame','myung' and the same.

11A to 11C are diagrams illustrating a display screen outputting a keyword search result according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11A, information corresponding to the first input value is'ㅈ' or'ㅊ' as the consonant of the number 9 and Hangul, and the information corresponding to the second input value is the number 0 and the consonant of Hangul. As'ㅇ' or'ㅁ'. Therefore, the information corresponding to the first and second input values is the consonant of Hangul, and since the consonants of each Hangul are different from each other, the keywords are the initial consonant and the phone number. In FIG. 11A, an input value, a keyword, and a part of information (telephone number and name) matching the keyword are output on the display screen 1110. In this case, the name 1130 stored in the database of the address book among the names having the initial constituents'ㅊ' and'ㅇ' may have a separate figure in front of the name unlike the name 1120 stored in the address book. It is possible to determine whether the name and phone number stored in the address book or the name and phone number stored in the database of the address book through a separate figure.

11B shows a display screen 1140 when a user touches a name 1120 stored in an address book in the display screen 1110. When the user touches the name 1120 stored in the address book, the display screen 1110 on which the input value, the keyword, and information matching the keyword are displayed is displayed with the name of the user or organization matching the keyword and the user or organization. The phone number of is converted to the output display screen 1140.

11C shows a display screen 1150 when a user touches a name 1130 stored in a database of an address book in the display screen 1110. When the user touches the name 1130 stored in the database of the address book, the display screen 1110 on which the input value, the keyword, and information matching the keyword are displayed is displayed with the name of the user or organization matching the keyword and the user. Alternatively, the phone number of the group is converted into a display screen 1150 that outputs it.

12A to 12C are diagrams illustrating a function of automatically completing a keyword according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12A, the input value input by the user is '0141', which, as described with reference to FIG. 10, is a Korean language and a phone number. Accordingly, the display screen shown in FIG. 12A is a display screen 1210 in which information matching the keyword is output by searching in an address book or a database of an address book when the keyword is Korean.

12B shows a display screen 1240 when a user touches a name 1220 stored in the address book in the display screen 1210. When the keyword search unit does not find information that completely matches the keyword in the address book, the display management unit manages to output a name including the keyword in the address book or the database of the address book on the display screen. For example, as shown in FIG. 12B, when the user input value '0141' is determined as the keyword'Iggi', and when information that completely matches the number of characters is not searched, a name including'Iggi' in the address book Searches for and outputs 1250 on a display screen. In addition, a name including'Igi' is searched in the database of the address book and outputted on the display screen (1260). 12C shows a display screen 1270 when a user touches a name 1230 stored in a database of an address book in the display screen 1210. When the keyword search unit does not find information that completely matches the keyword in the database of the address book, the display management unit manages to output a name similar to the keyword in the database of the address book on the display screen. For example, as shown in FIG. 12C, when the user input value '0141' is determined as the keyword'Iggi', and when information that completely matches the number of characters is not searched, it is similar to'Iggi' in the database of the address book. The name 1230 may be searched and output 1270 on a display screen.

6 to 12 illustrate only a keypad having Cheon Ji-in as a vowel of Korean as a keypad according to an embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present embodiment belongs will be able to make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present embodiment. Accordingly, the present exemplary embodiments are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present exemplary embodiment, but are illustrative, and the scope of the technical idea of the present exemplary embodiment is not limited by these exemplary embodiments. The scope of protection of this embodiment should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present embodiment.

110: Server 120: Database of Address Book
120: network 130: terminal
132: application 251: keypad component
252: keyword determination unit 253: keyword search unit
254: display management unit

Claims (9)

A keyword determination unit that receives a user input value through a keypad having an input unit overlapping numbers and Korean consonants, and determines a number and Korean consonants overlapping the user input values as keywords corresponding to phone numbers and Korean characters, respectively ;
A keyword search unit for searching information corresponding to each of the numbers and Korean consonants determined as the keyword in the address book; And
A display management unit that manages to output search information corresponding to each of the numbers and Korean consonants determined as the keyword on the display screen
Electronic device comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The keyword determination unit,
Electronic characterized in that it sequentially receives a plurality of user input values through the keypad, and determines a combination of numbers and Korean consonants corresponding to the combination of the user input values as keywords corresponding to phone numbers and Korean characters, respectively. Device. The method of claim 1,
The keyword search unit,
When searching for information corresponding to the Hangul consonant determined as the keyword, when information completely matching the keyword and the number of characters does not exist in the address book, information including the keyword or information similar to the keyword is searched. Electronic device, characterized in that. The method of claim 1,
The display management unit,
When outputting search information corresponding to each of the number and Hangul consonant determined as the keyword on the display screen, each of the search information is simultaneously output on the same display screen. The method of claim 1,
The display management unit,
And outputting search information corresponding to the Hangul consonant determined as the keyword on a display screen in preference to search information corresponding to the number determined as the keyword. In the keyword search method performed in an electronic device having a display screen,
Receiving a user input value through a keypad provided with an input unit overlapping numbers and Korean consonants, and determining numbers and Korean consonants overlapping the user input values as keywords corresponding to phone numbers and Korean characters, respectively;
Retrieving information corresponding to each of the numbers and Korean consonants determined as the keyword in the address book; And
The process of managing to output search information corresponding to each of the numbers and Korean consonants determined as the keyword on the display screen
Keyword search method comprising a. The method of claim 6,
The process of determining,
A keyword, characterized in that it sequentially receives a plurality of user input values through the keypad, and determines a combination of numbers and Korean consonants corresponding to the combination of the user input values as keywords corresponding to phone numbers and Korean characters, respectively. How to search. The method of claim 6,
The management process,
When outputting search information corresponding to each of a number and a Korean consonant determined as the keyword on the display screen, the keyword search method is managed so that each is simultaneously outputted on the same display screen. A computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium to execute each process included in the keyword search method according to any one of claims 6 to 8.

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