KR100689802B1 - How to input internet address in mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for inputting an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal capable of using the wireless Internet, the process of checking whether a protocol of an Internet address to be input is selected in a protocol selection window, and a domain of the Internet address to be input. Checking whether a type is selected in a domain selection window, checking whether an address containing actual information of the Internet address to be input is entered in a real address input window, the selected protocol and domain type, and the entered address The user can enter the Internet address more easily by selecting the pre-stored protocol and domain type and entering only the address containing the actual information, without having to input the full address one by one, including forming the entire Internet address using have.

Description

How to enter internet address in mobile terminal {METHOD FOR INPUT INTERNET ADDRESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for inputting an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating an Internet address input screen configuration in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration for selecting a protocol of an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration for selecting a domain type of an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

6 is a diagram illustrating a real address input and a full address display screen of an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for inputting an internet address in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for efficiently inputting an internet address by selecting a protocol and a domain type previously stored in the mobile communication terminal.

Recently, the use of mobile communication terminals is rapidly spreading due to the convenience of portability. Accordingly, service providers (terminal manufacturers) are competitively developing terminals having more convenient functions to secure a large number of users.

For example, the mobile communication terminal may be a phone book, a game, a scheduler, a short message service, a multimedia message service, a broadcast message service. ), Internet service, internet (e-mail), morning call (morning call), MP 3 (MPEG Layer 3), digital camera (Digital camera) and various other additional functions are provided.

Therefore, recently, most of the mobile communication terminals basically provide the Internet service, and thus the use of the wireless Internet using the mobile communication terminals is increasing. The wireless Internet may enter an Internet address and go to a page corresponding to the input address.

As described above, in order to use a specific homepage or site when using the wireless Internet, a user must manually input an Internet address indicating the location of various types of information on the Internet. For example, when inputting Internet addresses such as "http://www.naver.com" and "http://www.hotmail.com", the user must enter the entire Internet address.

Thus, "http: //" or "http: // www." With similar or identical values. Portions that represent the same protocol or domain type, such as ".com", are cumbersome.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for inputting an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily inputting an Internet address by selecting a pre-stored protocol and domain type when inputting an Internet address in the mobile communication terminal and inputting a simple address only.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for inputting an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal capable of using the wireless Internet, the process of checking whether the protocol of the Internet address to be input is selected in the protocol selection window And checking whether a domain type of the Internet address to be input is selected in a domain selection window, and checking whether an address containing actual information of the Internet address to be input is input into an actual address input window. And a process of forming a full Internet address using the protocol and domain type, and the inputted address.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the present invention, a method for easily inputting an Internet address by selecting a pre-stored protocol and domain type and inputting a simple address when inputting an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal will be described. Here, the Internet address generally includes a protocol representing a communication protocol, an actual address (domain) representing information of a server to be actually connected, and a portion representing a type of the domain.

1 shows a block configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the following description, the mobile communication terminal is a cellular phone (cellular phone), a personal communication system (PCS), a wireless wireless terminal (PDA: Personal Data Assistant), IMT-2000 (International Mobile) Telecommunication-2000) includes all the terminals. The following description will be described with the general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 1, a control unit (MPU: Micro-Processer Unit) 100 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. For example, processing and control for voice calls and data communications are carried out, and in addition to the usual functions, a function for inputting a full Internet address by selecting a pre-stored protocol and domain type according to the present invention is processed. Therefore, in the following description, description about the process and control of the normal control part 100 is abbreviate | omitted.

The ROM 102 may store microcodes and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the controller 100. In particular, a program for selecting a protocol and a domain type and a program for inputting an entire address using the selected protocol and domain type are stored according to the present invention. Random Access Memory (RAM) 104 is a working memory of the controller 100 and stores temporary data generated during various programs. Flash ROM 106 stores various updatable archiving data such as phone books, outgoing messages and incoming messages. In particular, according to the present invention, as shown in Tables 1 and 2, the protocol and domain types are stored.

Table 1 below shows the protocol of the Internet address.

protocol http: // http: // www. https: // Direct input

Table 1 above shows the protocols selected by the user to complete the Internet address. In this case, the direct input is a value for allowing the user to complete the Internet address by directly inputting without selecting a protocol. The stored protocol can be changed or additionally registered by the user.

Table 2 below shows domain types of Internet addresses.

Domain type .com .com .net .org .biz .info .name .com .in .ne.kr .pe.kr .or.kr .TV .cc .to .cn .com.cn .net.cn .org.cn .jp .co.jp .ne.jp .or.jp Direct input

Table 2 above shows domain types selected by the user to complete an Internet address. In this case, the direct input is a value for allowing the user to directly input an internet address without selecting the domain type. The stored protocol can be changed or additionally registered by the user.

The keypad (key pad) 108 is a numeric key buttons of 0-9, menu button (menu), cancel button (clear), confirmation button, call button (TALK), end button (END), Internet access button, A plurality of function keys such as navigation key (or direction key) buttons (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶) and text input keys are provided, and key input data corresponding to a key pressed by a user is provided to the controller 100.

The display unit 110 displays status information generated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of video and still images, and the like. The display unit 110 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The codec (Coder-Decoder) 112 connected to the control unit 100 and the speaker 116 and the microphone 114 connected to the codec 112 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording. . The codec 112 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 100 into an analog voice signal, transmits the same through the speaker 116, and converts the voice signal received through the microphone 114 into PCM data. Provided to the controller 100.

In addition, the RF unit (Radio Frequency unit) (120) is the frequency of the radio frequency signal received via the antenna 118 is provided to the baseband processing unit 122 by lowering the frequency, the baseband signal from the baseband processing unit 122 The frequency is raised and transmitted through the antenna 118. The baseband processor 122 processes a baseband signal transmitted and received between the RF unit 120 and the controller 100. For example, in case of transmission, the channel coding and spreading of data to be transmitted are performed, and in case of reception, the function of despreading and channel decoding of the received signal is performed. .

2 illustrates a procedure for inputting an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the controller 100 checks whether a protocol selection window, an actual address input window, and a domain type selection window for receiving an Internet address are displayed in step 201, as shown in FIG. do.

When the Internet address input window is displayed, the controller 100 proceeds to step 203 and checks whether a protocol is selected in the protocol selection window indicating the protocol shown in Table 1 above. For example, as shown in Figs. 4A and 4B, by operating a navigation key (for example, left and right) of a user, " http: // www " or " http: // " Make sure that the same specific protocol is selected.

When the protocol of the Internet address is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 205 to determine whether the domain type indicating the type of server to which the user is connected is selected in the domain type selection window indicating the domain type as shown in Table 2 above. Check it. For example, as illustrated in FIGS. 5A and 5B, a domain type such as ".com" or ".com" is operated by the user's navigation key (eg, left and right) manipulation. Make sure is selected.

When the domain type is selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 207 and checks whether an address indicating address information of a server to be accessed by the user is input to the real address input window. For example, as shown in Fig. 6A, it is checked whether an address such as "naver" is input by the user's key operation.

When the real address is input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 209 to form a full Internet address using the selected protocol, domain type, and the input real address, and display it on the display unit 110.

For example, if the user wants to enter "http://www.naver.com", the user selects "http: // www." In the protocol selection window and ".com" in the domain type selection window. After selecting, inputting "naver" into the actual address input window, the control unit 100 checks this and displays "http://www.naver.com" as shown in FIG. 6 (b). Can be. Here, when the bookmark addition setting window illustrated in FIG. 6A is selected, the controller 100 may store the formed Internet address in the Internet address management book.

In step 211, the control unit 100 moves to the checked full Internet address, and the control unit 100 ends the present algorithm.

In the above description, although the protocol is selected, the domain type is selected, and the input of the actual address is confirmed, the selection and input can be selected and input in any order. In other words, the domain type can be selected prior to the protocol selection, and the actual address can be entered first.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, when inputting an Internet address in a mobile communication terminal, by selecting a pre-stored protocol and domain type and inputting only an address containing actual address information, the user can conveniently enter the Internet address without having to input the entire address. Can

Claims (8)

In the method for inputting an Internet address in a mobile terminal capable of using the wireless Internet, Verifying that the protocol of the Internet address to be entered is selected in the protocol selection window; Checking whether a domain type of the Internet address to be input is selected in a domain selection window; Checking whether an address containing actual information of the Internet address to be input is input in an actual address input window; And forming a full internet address using the selected protocol and domain type and the input address. The method of claim 1, The protocol may be changed and added by the user. The method of claim 1, The protocol may be input directly without selecting a pre-stored protocol. The method of claim 1, The domain type may be changed and additionally registered by a user. The method of claim 1, The domain type may be input directly without selecting a pre-stored domain type. The method of claim 1, Displaying the formed internet address; The method further comprises the step of moving to the formed Internet address. The method of claim 1, The protocol selection window, the domain selection window and the actual address input window are simultaneously displayed on one screen. The method of claim 1, And setting whether to store the formed entire Internet address in a bookmark addition setting window.

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