KR100672402B1 - Method of call number recording in a mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, when a short message service (SMS) is performed, the caller ID and the registered phone number are searched by software so that the caller ID of the mobile communication terminal can register the caller number in the display state of the received message in the case of a new phone number. It is about a method.

To this end, when the text message is received, the present invention processes the conventional text message processing method and stores the received calling number, comparing the stored calling number with a phone number registered in the phonebook, and receiving a comparison result. If a caller ID does not exist in the phonebook, when the user selects the message view, displaying the message contents with the "Save Number" softkey, and after displaying the "Save Number" softkey, the user displays the "Save Number". When the key is selected, the step of registering the calling number in the phone book is provided, which provides the user with a great convenience when registering the calling number, and also improves the function of the mobile communication terminal.

Mobile terminal, SMS, text message, caller ID, caller ID registration

Description

Method of call number recording in a mobile terminal

1 is a state of a text message screen received during a short message service in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the caller ID registration device of the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a state diagram of a text message screen received during a short message service according to the present invention. FIG. 3A is a state diagram of the screen when the caller ID of the received text message is a new number. FIG. 3C is a state diagram of the screen to be changed when selected, and FIG. 3C is a state diagram of the received text message screen when the caller ID of the received text message is not a new phone number.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for registering a calling number in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

100: short message processing module 200: keypad

300 :. Keypad Interface 400: User Interface Tasks

500: LCD

The present invention relates to a method of registering a calling number (caller's phone number or reply number) of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, when a short message service (SMS), the calling number and a registered phone number are searched by software and the new phone number. The present invention relates to a method for registering a calling number of a mobile communication terminal, which enables the calling number to be registered in a reception message display state.

Currently developed mobile communication terminals (eg, digital cellular phones, personal mobile communication terminals) are capable of short message service (SMS) capable of transmitting and receiving data such as short text messages and phone numbers.

1 is a screen state diagram when a text message received in a short message service in a conventional mobile communication terminal is displayed on an LCD. Here, the type and location of the message displayed for each terminal may be different.

That is, when a text message arrives, the mobile communication terminal notifies the user of the arrival of the text message through a bell and a specific symbol, and when the user selects the view of the text message, the text message is displayed as shown in FIG. 1.

The user then checks the text message and presses the OK button to return to the initial state.

In the SMS service of the mobile communication terminal, a method of registering a conventionally received caller number, the user searches the phone book one by one to check whether the calling number is registered, and if the new phone number is returned to the menu of the terminal phone book Save it again or press Call button to save it in the recent phone list and save it in Phonebook.

Therefore, the conventional calling number registration method as described above has a problem in that the calling number can be registered only through a cumbersome procedure as well known in order to register the calling number.

In addition, if you forget the caller number while searching the phone book, there is a problem that you need to check the text message again, memorize the caller number, and search the phone book again.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and in the short message service (SMS), the software retrieves the calling number and the registered phone number in the case of a new phone number in the received message display state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for registering a calling number of a mobile communication terminal that allows the calling number to be registered.

The present invention for achieving the above object,

In the caller ID registration method of the mobile communication terminal,

If the text message is received, processing the conventional text message processing method and storing the received calling number;

Comparing the stored calling number with a phone number previously registered in the phone book;                         

Checking whether the received calling number is stored after the comparing step;

If the received caller ID is not entered in the phone book, it is characterized in that the step of registering the caller number in the phone book.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a caller ID registration device of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

Here, reference numeral 100 denotes a short message processing module for processing the received short message and storing the calling number, and reference numeral 200 denotes a keypad provided with a plurality of keys for operating a corresponding key when inputting a function and registering a calling number. The reference numeral 300 denotes a keypad interface for detecting a specific key of the keypad 200 and transmitting it to the user interface task 400.

In addition, the reference numeral 400 transmits the received short message to the liquid crystal display 500 in response to the user's key operation when the message processed from the short message processing module 100 is transferred, and is registered in the calling number and the phone book. Compared and retrieved the phone number, and when the user selects the "Save Number" key in the short message display state, it represents a user interface task that performs the function of registering the calling number in the phone book.

The caller ID registration device of the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention configured as described above is applied first processes the short message when the short message is received, and stores the call number.

Then, the received message is delivered to the user interface task 400.

Then, when the user recognizes the receipt of the short message and presses the message view key, the same phone number as the received caller number is registered by comparing and retrieving the caller number registered in the user interface task 400 and the phone number previously registered in the phonebook. Check if it is

If the same phone number as the caller number received as a result of the check is registered in the phone book, the message of the form as shown in FIG. 3C is transferred to the liquid crystal display 500 so that the text message is displayed on the screen.

That is, if the received caller number is already registered, the text message is displayed on the LCD 500 as in the prior art.

However, if the received caller ID is not registered, the received text message and the "Save Number" softkey are displayed together on the liquid crystal display 500 as shown in FIG. 3A.

Thereafter, when the user presses the "save number" key through the keypad 200, the user immediately shifts to the screen state as shown in FIG. 3B and directly registers the received calling number in the phone book. After that, if the user presses the OK key, the screen returns to the initial screen state.

That is, the caller ID registration in the present invention enables the caller ID to be registered immediately by one key operation in the message viewing screen state.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing in detail the calling number registration method of the present invention as described above.

As shown therein, when the short message is received, processing the received short message (S101 to S102), storing the received short message if the calling number is present (S103), a phone book (Phone Book) Comparing and retrieving the telephone number registered in the telephone number with the received calling number (S104), checking whether the same telephone number as the received calling number is registered in the phone book (S105), and receiving the received calling number Is registered in the phone book, when the user operates the message viewing key, the message is displayed on the screen by the conventional message content display method, and when the received caller ID is not registered in the phone book, the message content is displayed. And displaying the "Save Number" softkey (S106). After displaying the "Save Number" softkey, the user displays the "Number" softkey. Step (S107) of checking whether or not to select the "Save" key, registering the calling number in the phone book when the user operates the "Save Number" key (S108), and checking whether the user operates the confirmation key (S109). )

In the method of registering the calling number of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, when the short message is first received in step S101, the short message processing module 100 processes the received short message by the normal processing method in step S102. After that, the calling party number is stored in the memory in step S103.

Thereafter, in step S104, the user interface task 400 compares and retrieves the stored calling number with a phone number previously registered in the phone book, and checks whether the received calling number is registered in the phone book in step S105.                     

In this case, when the received caller ID is registered in the phone book, when the user operates the message viewing key, the received text message is displayed on the LCD 500 in the same manner as in the related art.

On the other hand, if the received calling number is not registered in the phone book, when the user operates the message viewing key in step S106, the received message display together with the "Save Number" softkey of the liquid crystal display 500 is shown. Display on screen.

Then, in step S107, it is checked whether the user operates the "store number" key, and as a result, if the user does not operate the "store number" key, the calling number is not registered, otherwise the user does not register the "store number" key. By operating, the calling party number is immediately registered in the phone book in step S108.

Thereafter, when the user presses the confirmation key in step S109, the calling party registration process ends, and the screen returns to the initial screen.

That is, the calling number registration method according to the present invention registers the calling number immediately by one key operation in the screen state displaying the message contents.

As described above, the present invention does not need to search the manual phone book to check whether the received caller number is a new phone number as in the prior art, and registers the caller ID by moving to the number storage menu when registering the caller ID. Provides the effect of eliminating cumbersome procedures.                     

In addition, it provides a very convenient to the user when registering the calling number due to the effect as described above, and also provides an effect to improve the function of the mobile communication terminal.

Claims (2)

In the caller ID registration method of the mobile communication terminal, Checking whether the calling number received with the text message is registered in the phone book; Inquiring whether to register a new phone number; And Registering in the phone book if the response to the inquiry is registration; Caller ID registration method of mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of inquiring whether to register is performed. Calling number registration method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the text message is displayed in the state.

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