RU2416173C2 - Method of creating functional information list in mobile terminal with two working and two standby modes - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: disclosed is a method of creating functional information lists in mobile terminals with two working and two standby modes using a dual-mode module for encapsulating information and general management of information in two modes; if the dual-mode control module receives requests from a user interface, the module provides the requested data and the user interface organises the received data into a list.

EFFECT: creation of an information list which merges information stored in different formats.

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Description

Technical part

The present invention relates to the field of communications, in particular, to methods for generating a functional information list in a mobile terminal with two operating and two standby modes.

reference Information

The concept of “mobile terminal” is primarily associated with a cell phone. Modern dual-mode cell phones use the GSM / PHS, CDMA / GSM, WCDMA / GSM, etc. standards. The methods for implementing the two modes are different for manufacturers. In order for terminal subscribers to appreciate the convenience of using cell phones operating in two modes, many manufacturers would like to use the dual-working and standby modes. Since functions such as short message exchange and storing contact information (telephone directory) are supported by both standards in existing combinations of operating and standby modes, the data of short messages and telephone directory can be stored on both SIM cards, however, the formats in which information is stored may differ from one another. Moreover, the contents of short messages and the telephone directory can be stored in the phone memory in different ways depending on the standard.

Due to the difference in standards, the formats and methods of processing short message data and the telephone directory may also be different. When using the methods currently used, it is possible that two levels of the user interface process information on the corresponding SIM cards of two standards, which leads to the appearance of two types of short messages and two telephone directories, and subscribers can use short messages or a telephone directory at a particular moment only one standard, which gives them significant inconvenience, moreover, such a scheme is incompatible with top-level applications. For the convenience of terminal subscribers, the data of short messages and telephone directories of the two standards should be combined while maintaining the possibility of their separation if necessary. Short messages and telephone directories are mainly shown to subscribers of terminals in the form of lists, and the problem is how to combine short messages and telephone directories of two different formats used in phones operating in two modes.

Summary of the invention

This invention is a method of creating functional information lists in mobile terminals with two working and two standby modes, since the methods currently used do not provide the necessary level of convenience of using short messages and telephone directories and managing them in mobile terminals with two working and two standby modes .

In order to solve these technical problems, the present invention proposes a method for generating functional information lists in mobile terminals with two operating and two standby modes using a dual-mode control module for encapsulating information and general managing it in two modes; when a bimodal control module receives requests from the user interface, the module provides the requested data, and the user interface draws the received data in a list.

The formation of lists by the proposed method includes the following steps:

(1) Storing information in the device’s memory or on the SIM card when information is received on the mobile terminal;

(2) When accessing a specific item by selecting an information module, the user interface sends a read request to the dual-mode control module;

(3) After receiving the request, the dual-mode control module sends the data corresponding to the request parameters to the user interface;

(4) The user interface draws the received data in a list.

Information is divided into short messages and phone numbers and sent to the short message information module or telephone directory, respectively.

In step (1), upon receipt of short messages, the mobile terminal stores them in the device memory; when a subscriber adds new phone numbers to the telephone directory module, he chooses where to save the information - in the device’s memory or on the SIM card.

Short messages stored in the device’s memory are sorted by assigning each message the identifier of the mode in which it was received.

Short messages are saved in the Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Sent Items, Card 1, and Card 2 folders. In the Inbox folder, all received short messages are saved, the Outbox folder is used to save short messages that could not be sent, in the Drafts folder written, but not sent short messages are saved, and in the Sent Items folder, all successfully sent short messages. The folders “Card 1” and “Card 2” are intended for short messages stored on the corresponding SIM-cards.

At step (2), a specific item is accessed by selecting an information module as follows: the subscriber selects a short message module and selects an item from the list in the main menu - “Inbox”, “Outbox”, “Drafts”, “Sent”, “Card 1 "Or" Map 2 ".

In step (3), the dual-mode control module sends short messages stored in the device’s memory or on the SIM cards to the user interface.

At step (1), if the subscriber wants to add information about the contact person, the user interface offers a number of options through the menu of additional functions for the subscriber to select the category in which this additional information will be saved: “All”, “Group”, “Card 1”, "Map 2". In the “All” category, all contact information stored in the device’s memory is saved. In the “Group” category, contact information about subscribers grouped is stored. The categories “Card 1”, “Card 2” are used to save contact information on the corresponding SIM-cards.

At step (2), a specific item is accessed by selecting an information module as follows: by accessing the telephone directory module, the subscriber selects one of the items in the general menu: “All”, “Group”, “Card 1” or “Card 2”.

At step (4), the user interface forms a list of received short messages for viewing by the subscriber; in addition, each of the modes is indicated by its icon.

At step (4), after forming a list of the received information, certain actions can be performed with this information.

The information in the telephone directory can be erased, copied to the SIM card or to the device’s memory.

Information presented in the form of short messages can be erased and copied to the SIM card.

Due to the general control carried out by the dual-mode module and the thought-out classification of the top-level applications, the present invention allows for the integration of the interface and the general management of short messages and the telephone directory for the two modes, which greatly facilitates the use of dual-mode cell phones and simplifies the practical use of the software, which, in turn, allows subscribers using software built on a single principle e applications and services running in the background. Thus, the present invention provides an ideal solution for generating short message lists and telephone directory entries in phones with two operating and two standby modes.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Figure 1. A schematic drawing of a short message list interface in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2. The diagram shows the relationship of the short message storage positions in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 3. A flow chart for displaying a list of short messages in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 4. A flow chart for displaying a list of telephone directory entries in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 5. A flow chart of adding contacts to a telephone directory in accordance with the present invention.

Application of the present invention

The presentation of a single interface for working with short messages and telephone directories of two formats, stored in different places, with a set of basic commands for different list units, allows using the method of forming the lists proposed in the present invention to use dual-mode functions of a cell phone operating in two modes, and it also increases functionality and usability of the dual-mode cell phone user interface.

The bimodal control module of the present invention is used for encapsulating and unifying information management (including short messages and telephone directories) of two standards, for receiving requests from the user interface and for providing requested data. Due to this, the information of both standards can be integrated to avoid the need for two levels of user interface for receiving / accepting information of different standards.

The following describes in more detail the application of the present invention with reference to the accompanying diagrams.

On the diagram of the short message list interface used in the present invention (Fig. 1), the main menu consists of several items: “New message”, “Inbox”, “Outbox”, etc., in each of which it is possible to use various functions selected by the subscriber or various contents. After the subscriber selects a certain item, for example, “Inbox” or “Outbox”, short messages related to the selected category are displayed in a list. When the subscriber selects the “Inbox” item in the main menu, as shown in FIG. 1, the short messages of the “Inbox” category are displayed as a list, and the “ICON” item can be used with short messages to distinguish between modes, for example, CDMA, GSM, etc. Each element of the list has a functional submenu with the commands "Delete", "Empty", "Move to folder", etc., which are selected by the subscriber, and after this selection the corresponding command is executed to move or copy the selected message to the SIM card of the cell phone .

As shown in FIG. 2, top-level applications store short messages in the device’s memory or on the SIM card; “device memory” means a folder in the internal memory of a cell phone. This invention involves the use of two SIM cards, that is, a USIM card (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) and a PIM card (Personal Identity Module). Depending on the type, short messages are saved as Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Sent, Card 1 (in this case a USIM card) and Card 2 (in this case a PIM card). In the Inbox category, all incoming short messages are saved, in the Outbox category all short messages that are unsuccessful are saved, in the Drafts category all unsent messages are written after the message is written, in the Sent category all successfully sent short messages are saved, the category “Card 1” is used to save short messages on the SIM card (in this case, on the USIM card) of one standard, and the category “Card 2” is used to save short messages on the SIM card (in this PIM-ray on the map), another standard.

The user interface sorts test messages into categories that are understandable to the subscriber when the services are running in the background.

Short message actions applied to master images include the following:

(1) Writing a short message using the keyboard, followed by pressing the send message key and saving the short message in the Sent Items folder in case of successful sending;

(2) Writing a short message using the keyboard, followed by pressing the save message key and saving the short message in the Drafts folder;

(3) Writing a short message using the keyboard, followed by pressing the send message key and saving the short message in the Outbox, if the message was sent unsuccessfully;

(4) Selecting a message in the “Drafts” folder, editing it using the keyboard, followed by pressing the send message key and saving a short message in the “Sent” folder in case of successful sending;

(5) Select a message in the Inbox, select the Forward (or Reply) command in the sub-function menu to call up the input interface, edit the message using the keyboard, press the save key, and save the message in the Drafts folder

(6) Select a message in the Inbox, select the Forward (or Reply) command in the subfunction menu to call up the input interface, edit the message using the keyboard, press the send message key, and save the message in the Sent Items folder if successful sending;

(7) Select a message in the Inbox, select the Forward (or Reply) command in the sub-function menu to call up the input interface, edit the message using the keyboard, press the send message key, and save the message in the Sent Items folder if successful sending;

(8) Selecting the option “Copy (or Move) to the phone’s memory” in the sub-menu of the menu item “Card 1” (USIM card), copying or moving short messages from the USIM card to the Inbox;

(9) Selecting the “Move to folder” option in the sub-menu of the Inbox menu item, moving short messages from the Inbox to a folder in which you can save any type of file;

(10) When choosing an option in the sub-function menu - moving or copying short messages between USIM and PIM cards;

(11) When you select the option “Copy (or Move) to the phone’s memory” in the sub-function menu, copy (or move) short messages from the PIM card to the Inbox folder.

After receiving a short message by a subscriber, the dual-mode control module saves the received short messages not on the card; but in the device’s memory. The contents of the Inbox, Drafts, and Sent folders are also stored in the device’s memory.

The bimodal control module saves and organizes newly received short messages of both standards, while all short messages are stored in the device’s memory, and not on the corresponding cards, with each standard identifier assigned to ensure the operation of the user interface functions.

As shown in figure 3, the method of forming lists of short messages in mobile terminals with two working and two standby modes includes the following steps:

S301: the subscriber selects the main menu of short messages to activate the main menu; main menu items include Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Sent Items, Card 1, Card 2; the main menu interacts with the short message module, and when a subscriber selects the main short message menu, the short message module is actually selected;

S302: Selecting a short message module means, first of all, calling up the short message main menu corresponding to the short message module;

S303: Since the number of short messages in each folder (“Inbox”, “Sent”, “Drafts” and so on) is displayed when the main menu items are displayed, the user interface sends a request to the dual-mode control module to determine the number of short messages in each folder, and the module Sends a response to the user interface

Step 304: The user interface forms a list of the main menu of short messages, that is, menu items are displayed in which each folder from the list shows the number of short messages stored in it;

S305: When a subscriber selects a main menu item, the list processing function in the menu is activated, and the user interface sends a request to call a short message from the corresponding menu item to the two-mode control module, which sends the corresponding short message, including information about its standard, to the user interface which, after receiving data from the dual-mode control module, identifies the message standard by the information contained in it, since different standards eny correspond to different symbols, after which all short messages are sorted by time;

S306: The user interface displays short messages for the terminal subscriber in a list, and the subscriber can use the sub-function menu to carry out the necessary actions. The user interface allows you to perform actions such as deleting, copying to a card, etc. with short messages. When a subscriber selects the “Card 1” or “Card 2” menu items, it is possible to view short messages copied by the subscriber from the device’s memory to the card. Since each standard uses its own format, short messages of different standards cannot be copied at the same time. At the end of the action with short messages, you should return to the main menu of the short message interface.

As for the telephone directory, top-level applications sort contacts information by the categories “All”, “Group”, “Card 1” and “Card 2” depending on the type of contacts. In the “All” category, all contact information stored in the device’s memory is saved; the category “Group” is used to save information on contacts contained in certain groups contained in the device’s memory; the category “Card 1” is used to save information about contacts on a card of one standard, and “Card 2” is used to save information about contacts on a card of the second standard.

The user interface places contact information in the telephone directory in a manner that is understandable to the subscriber and allows the functioning of services running in the background. Unified management of contact information stored in the device’s memory is carried out in the background by a dual-mode control module with the possibility of further classification according to additional features.

When a subscriber adds contact information, the user interface offers a number of functional submenu options for storing contact information in the device’s memory, on card 1 or on card 2.

When determining the storage location, the format of the stored data is also determined; the dual-mode module provides unified management of contact information stored in the device’s memory and can additionally group them.

When a subscriber adds contact information, the user interface offers to choose a place to save data, which ensures the friendliness of the interface and allows the functioning of services running in the background.

Figure 4. An interface diagram of a telephone directory entry list in accordance with the present invention. When adding contact information, the subscriber can save it in the phone’s memory, on a USIM card or on a PIM card. Contact information in each data storage location can be viewed in the corresponding lists. Depending on the storage location of the information in the list items, the subscriber is offered various functional menus.

The method for generating telescope reference lists in mobile terminals with two operating and two standby modes includes the following steps:

Stage 1. The subscriber selects the main menu of the telephone directory (the module of the telephone directory is selected), selects the list, that is, the folders “All”, “Group”, “Card 1” or “Card 2”; the subscriber can select the information corresponding to each input contact, after which the user interface sends a request to the dual-mode control module for the provision of contact information;

Stage 2. After receiving the request by the dual-mode control module, data corresponding to the request parameters is sent to the user interface;

Stage 3. The interface draws up the received information in the form of a list, sorts messages by time, and then displays them to the subscriber of the terminal.

For individual entries, the subscriber can use the delete, copy to card, copy to phone memory, and so on.

As shown in FIG. 5, contact information is entered into the telephone directory as follows:

S501: When entering contact information, the subscriber can choose the data storage location - phone, PIM card or USIM card (in PHS phones with one standby mode, information can be stored in the phone’s memory or on the PIM card; in TD phones with one in standby mode, information can be stored in the phone’s memory or on a USIM card; in phones in two standby modes, information can be stored in the phone’s memory, on a USIM card or on a PIM card);

S502: The subscriber selects menu items, input fields, and enters contact information;

S503: If the subscriber decides whether to save the information, he presses the save key and saves the entered contact information;

S504: A question appears on the phone’s interface about where to save the information; if the subscriber needs to save information on the SIM card, he performs actions S506, in other cases, actions S505 are performed;

S505: Request whether to save information in the phone’s memory. If to save - actions S506 are carried out, if not - S503;

S506: Determining whether the name of the contact person is repeated. If repeated, steps S507 are performed; if not, S508

S507: The question appears on the phone’s interface whether to continue the process. If you continue, then the actions are S508, if not - S503;

S508: Saving contact information and displaying the saving result;

S509: Question about the accuracy of the stored information. If the information is correct, then actions S510 are performed; if not, after 1 second, actions S510 are performed;

S510: Return to the main menu.

The foregoing is only one (preferred) example of the application of the present invention, to which the application of the present invention is not limited. With all modifications and variations of the basic concept of this invention (an increase in the number of modes used (not two, but more), an increase in the number of cards used in telephones, etc.), it is necessary to observe the rights of the inventor with respect to the claims.

Industrial application

The present invention is a method of generating functional information lists in mobile terminals with two operating and two standby modes, avoiding problems in working with different standards of text messages and entries in the telephone directory of phones with two modes.

This method allows you to use a single man-machine user interface to facilitate the functioning of services in the background, simplify the application layer architecture, increase the friendliness of the man-machine user interface, accelerate the effective development of dual-mode cell phone technologies, as well as to reduce design costs.

Claims (10)

1. A method of forming functional information lists in mobile terminals with two operating and two standby modes using a dual-mode module for encapsulating information and for unified management of it in two modes; when a bimodal control module receives requests from a user interface (human-machine interface level), the module provides the requested data, and the user interface generates the received data in a list. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists of the following steps:
(1) storing information by the mobile terminal in the device’s memory or on the SIM card when receiving information;
(2) sending by the user interface a request for information to the dual-mode control module when accessing the corresponding element by selecting the information module;
(3) sending the data corresponding to the request parameters to the user interface after receiving the request by the dual-mode control module by the bimodal control module;
(4) registration by the user interface of the received information in the form of a list. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said information is short messages or phone numbers, and said information module is a short message module or a telephone directory module. 4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at the indicated step (1), when short messages arrive at the mobile terminal, the latter saves short messages in the device’s memory, when the subscriber adds phone numbers to the telephone directory module, the subscriber selects the storage location for phone numbers (memory device or SIM card). 5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that short messages stored in folders in the device’s memory are assigned identifiers of the standard to determine the mode in which messages were received. 6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the short messages are stored in the Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Map 1, Map 2 folders, all received short messages are saved in the Inbox folder, the Outbox folder saves all short messages that were unsuccessful in sending, the Drafts folder saves all unsent messages after writing the message, the Sent category saves all successfully sent short messages, the categories Card 1 and Card 2 are used to save short messages on the SIM card. 7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at the indicated step (2), accessing the corresponding element by selecting the information module provides for the further selection by the subscriber of the short message module and the main menu element consisting of the following elements: “Inbox”, “Outbox” , “Drafts”, “Sent”, “Card 1” and “Card 2”, and at the indicated step (3), the dual-mode control module sends short messages stored in the device’s memory or on the SIM card to the user interface. 8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at the indicated step (1) when the subscriber adds contact information, the user interface offers the following categories of information in the functional submenu: “All”, “Group”, “Card 1” or “Card 2 ”, In the“ All ”category, all contact information stored in the device’s memory is stored, in the“ Group ”category, contact information about subscribers grouped is stored, the categories“ SIM card 1 ”,“ SIM card 2 ”are used to save the contact information on the corresponding SIM-cards, and on azannom step (2), when by referring to the corresponding element by selecting subscriber information module accesses the telephone directory module, it selects one of the items of the main menu - "All", "group", "Map 1" or "card 2". 9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at the indicated step (4), the user interface generates a list of short messages that can be viewed by the subscriber and in which messages of different modes are indicated by different icons. 10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at the indicated step (4) after organizing the data in the form of a list with information, the following actions are performed in which the information contained in the telephone directory can be deleted, copied to a card or to the device’s memory , as well as information contained in short messages can be deleted or copied to the card.

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