KR100581827B1 - Method for searching telephone number of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention converts the number received in the standby state to the character, and by searching the name stored in the phone book with the converted character to provide a phone number of the matching name to the terminal user using a part of the screen, the telephone number The present invention relates to a method of retrieving a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal, which enables a user to search for a desired telephone number immediately without entering a menu. If there is a numeric key input in a standby state, a part of the screen is used to correspond to the numeric key. Displaying a number, and converting a number corresponding to the numeric key into a character assigned to the numeric key; Searching the telephone directory by the converted characters to determine whether a matching name exists; In the case where there is a matching name as a result of the determination, the method preferably includes displaying the telephone number of the searched name in the remaining area of the screen.

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Description

How to retrieve the phone number of the mobile terminal {METHOD FOR SEARCHING TELEPHONE NUMBER OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}             

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal that implements a phone number search method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a keypad configuration of a key input unit in FIG. 1.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a screen display unit in FIG. 1.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5, 6 and 8 exemplarily show screens provided according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

10. key input unit, 20. wireless processing unit, 30. handset unit,

40. Memory section, 50. Screen display section, 53. Numeric display screen,

55. Phone number display screen, 60. Power supply, 70. control unit

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal that enables a search of a phone number without entering a phone number search menu.

In general, when a mobile communication terminal user wants to make a call with the other party using the mobile communication terminal, the user inputs the other party's phone number by using the numeric buttons provided on the keypad of the mobile communication terminal in the standby state. Afterwards, a call is attempted to talk with the other party by pressing a call button or a call is made with the other party by pressing and holding the speed dial number.

However, in order to make a call with the other party as described above, the other party's phone number must be known or the storage address (= abbreviated number) where the other party's phone number is stored must be known. If you do not know or do not know the storage address where the other party phone number is stored, the desired phone number is found by using the phone number search function.

That is, the terminal user enters the telephone number search menu through several key operations to search for a desired telephone number, and then searches for a desired telephone number by using a name, address, and number.

As described above, in order to make a call immediately in a standby state, a terminal user must memorize the other party's phone number or a storage address (= abbreviated number) where the other party's phone number is stored. If the storage address (= abbreviated number) in which the other party's telephone number is stored is not memorized, it is troublesome to enter the telephone number search menu, search for the desired telephone number, and then try to connect the call.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, converts the number received in the standby state to the character, and search the name stored in the phone book with the converted character to the phone number of the matching name on the part of the screen It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for retrieving a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal which enables a user to directly search for a desired telephone number in a waiting state without entering the telephone number menu by using the terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for retrieving a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal, when there is a numeric key input in a standby state, displays a number corresponding to the numeric key by using a part of the screen. Converting a number corresponding to the number key into a letter assigned to the number key; Searching the telephone directory by the converted characters to determine whether a matching name exists; In the case where there is a matching name as a result of the determination, the method preferably includes displaying the telephone number of the searched name in the remaining area of the screen.

On the other hand, the phone number search method of the mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, if there is a numeric key input in the standby state, by using a portion of the screen to display the number corresponding to the numeric key, to the numeric key Searching the telephone directory by the corresponding number to determine whether a matching telephone number exists; In the case where there is a matching telephone number as a result of the determination, it is preferable to include the step of displaying the retrieved telephone number in the remaining area of the screen.

Hereinafter, a method of searching for a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 illustrates a road, a key input unit 10, a wireless processing unit 20, a handset unit 30, and a memory unit showing a configuration of a mobile communication terminal implementing a phone number search method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 40, a screen display unit 50 and a power supply unit 60 are provided.

In such a configuration, the key input unit 10 generates various key codes for inputting telephone numbers and various setting values required for dialing.

The wireless processor 20 transmits / receives wireless data to and from the mobile communication system using the power supplied from the power supply unit 60.

The handset unit 30 allows a user to respond and listen, and the memory unit 40 stores a system operation program, a program for implementing a telephone number retrieval method according to the present invention, and various data.

The screen display unit 50 includes various states of the mobile communication terminal that can be viewed when the user needs it, information provided by the mobile communication terminal, text messages received through the mobile communication network, letters and numbers received through the key input unit 10, and the like. Display the number received from the standby state, and the number is recognized as a letter to display a list of phone numbers searched in the phone book.

The control unit 70 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal, if there is a numeric key input in the standby state, and displays the number using a part of the screen display unit 50, and at the same time converts the number to a character, The name of the telephone book is searched for by the converted characters, and the telephone number of the retrieved name is displayed by using a part of the screen display unit 50.

The power supply unit 60 supplies power to the entire system.

2 is a road illustrating an example of a keypad configuration of a key input unit in FIG. 1, and a number, a consonant (or a vowel), an alphabet, a special character, etc. may be input according to an input mode using a single button. For example, when the '1' key is pressed, '1, a, ㅋ, Q, Z, @' can be input according to the input mode.

3 is a road illustrating an example of the configuration of the screen display unit in FIG. 1, the screen display unit 50 applied to the present invention includes a number display screen 53 on which a number input so far is displayed and a number input so far. Is converted into a character, and then a telephone number display screen 55 is displayed on which a list of telephone numbers retrieved from the telephone book is displayed using the converted characters.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the operation state of the mobile communication terminal is in the standby state (S10), if there is a numeric key input through the keypad of the key input unit 10 (S12), the number corresponding to the input numeric key is the number of the screen display unit 50 The display screen 53 is displayed (S14), and at the same time, the number corresponding to the numeric key input in the above-described process S12 is converted into a character assigned to the corresponding numeric key (S16).

Then, by searching for the name of the telephone book by the characters converted in the above step S16, it is determined whether a matching name exists (S18, S20).

If there is a matching name as a result of the determination in step S20, the searched telephone number is displayed on the telephone number display screen 55 of the screen display unit 50 (S22).

On the other hand, if there is no matching name as a result of the determination in step S20, the number corresponding to the numeric key input only to the numeric display screen 53 of the screen display unit 50 is displayed (S24).

For example, when the numeric key '9' is input in the standby state, the mobile terminal displays the number '9' on the numeric display screen 53 and simultaneously inputs the number '9' to the numeric key '9'. Converts to the assigned character 'ㅎ'.

Then, a name starting with the converted character 'ㅎ' is searched in the phone book, and the searched phone number is displayed on the phone number display screen 55.

Accordingly, when the mobile communication terminal sequentially inputs the numeric keys '9, 0, #, 7, 1, *, 2, 3, 0, #, 7' in the standby state, as shown in FIG. In the order of input, the numbers '9, 0, #, 7, 1, *, 2, 3, 0, #, 7' are displayed on the numeric display screen 53 and the input numbers '9, 0' , #, 7, 1, *, 2, 3, 0, #, 7 'characters corresponding to the numeric keys' 9, 0, #, 7, 1, *, 2, 3, 0, #, 7' Hong Gil-Dong ', the name starting with the converted character' Hong Gil-Dong 'is searched in the phone book, and the searched telephone number is displayed on the phone number display screen 55.

On the other hand, when recognizing the number input through the keypad in English rather than Korean, when the mobile communication terminal sequentially enters the numeric key '7, 2, 7, 2' in the standby state, as shown in FIG. Likewise, the number '7, 2, 7, 2' is displayed on the number display screen 53 in the order of input, and the number '7, 2, 7, 2' is inputted using the numeric keys' 7, 2, A character 'papa' corresponding to 7, 2 'is converted into a character, a name beginning with the converted character' papa 'is searched in the phone book, and the retrieved telephone number is displayed on the telephone number display screen 55.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the operation state of the mobile communication terminal is in the standby state (S30), if there is a numeric key input through the keypad of the key input unit 10 (S32), the number corresponding to the input numeric key of the screen display unit 50 Displayed on the number display screen 53 (S34), the telephone number in the telephone directory is searched by the number corresponding to the numeric key input in the above step S32 to determine whether a matching telephone number exists (S36, S38). .

When there is a matching telephone number as a result of the determination in step S38, the retrieved telephone number is displayed on the telephone number display screen 55 of the screen display unit 50 (S40).

On the other hand, if there is no telephone number corresponding to the determination result of step S38 described above, the number corresponding to the numeric key input only to the numeric display screen 53 of the screen display unit 50 is displayed (S42).

For example, when the mobile communication terminal sequentially inputs the number keys '0, 1, 2' in the standby state, as shown in FIG. 8, the numbers '0, 1, 2' are entered in the order of input. While being displayed on the numeric display screen 53, a telephone number starting with the input number '0, 1, 2' is searched in the telephone directory, and the retrieved telephone number is displayed on the telephone number display screen 55.

As described above, the method for retrieving a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention recognizes a numeric key received in a standby state as a character to search for a matching name in the telephone book, or recognizes the received numeric key as a number. The phone book is searched for a matching phone number, and the searched phone number is provided to the terminal user. Whether the input number is recognized as a character (Korean or English) or a number can be set by the terminal user. It can be recognized as the default value and can only be recognized as numbers and letters.

The telephone number retrieval method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be variously modified and implemented within the range allowed by the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the method for retrieving the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention as described above, the number input in the standby state is recognized as a character to search for a matching name in the telephone directory, and the telephone number of the retrieved name is part of the screen. By providing it to the terminal user, the desired telephone number can be retrieved directly from the standby state without entering the telephone number menu.

Claims (3)

If there is a numeric key input in a standby state, displaying a number corresponding to the numeric key by using a portion of the screen, and converting the number corresponding to the numeric key to a character assigned to the numeric key; Searching the telephone directory by the converted characters to determine whether a matching name exists; And displaying the telephone number of the searched name in the remaining area of the screen when the matching name exists. The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying only a number corresponding to the numeric key when there is no matching name. When there is a numeric key input in the standby state, a process of determining whether a matching telephone number exists by displaying a number corresponding to the numeric key using a part of the screen, and searching the telephone book by the number corresponding to the numeric key. and; And if the phone number matches the determination result, displaying the searched phone number in the remaining area of the screen.

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