KR100994292B1 - Sms confirmation method for mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for checking a short message of a mobile communication terminal, and adds a short message search function to a mobile communication terminal, thereby searching for and confirming a short message received by the mobile communication terminal for each sender, thereby improving user convenience. It was made to be. To this end, the present invention provides a process for displaying a menu list when a menu is selected by a user; Checking whether a search menu key is selected when the short message confirmation menu key is selected in the menu list; If the search menu key is not selected, displaying a list of short messages stored in order of receiving time, and if a search menu key is selected, displaying a search window; Displaying a list of short messages sent by the specific person in order of receiving time when the specific person's information is input into the search box; In the short message list sent by the specific person, a short message selected by the user is displayed.

Description

How to check short message of mobile communication terminal {SMS CONFIRMATION METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system for providing a short message service;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of confirming a short message of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for confirming a short message of a mobile communication terminal to search for and confirm a short message received by the mobile communication terminal.

Recently, with the rapid development of communication technology, various types of services such as Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS), wireless Internet, and ringtone download are implemented in mobile communication terminals. It is becoming.

Hereinafter, the short message service will be described with reference to FIG. 1.                         

1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a mobile communication system for providing a short message service.

The mobile communication system includes a mobile communication terminal (10, 70), a BS (Base Transceiver Station / Base station controller: 20, 60), MSC (Mobile Switching Center) 30, HLR (Home Location) It comprises a Register (Home Location Register) 40 and an SMC (Short Message Center) 50.

The BS 20, 60 communicates with the mobile communication terminals 10, 70 by using a wireless section, controls a wireless link and a wired link, and maintains the durability of a call even when a subscriber is moving. Perform the off function.

The MSC 30 interworks with other MSCs in order to process origination and reception requests from the mobile communication terminals 10 and 70, and inquires the subscriber to the HLR 40. In addition, when a short message (SMS) is received from the mobile communication terminal (10, 70) is transmitted to the SMC (50), when received from the SMC (50) is sent to the BS (20, 60) through a paging channel (Paging Channel) message Can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminals (10, 70).

The HLR 40 is a medium-class computer which mainly performs a function of managing a mobile communication terminal subscriber. The HLR 40 stores subscriber information and location information of the mobile communication terminal, and enables routing of an incoming call.

The SMC 50 is an independent node and is connected to the HLR 40 and the MSC 30 to determine the location of the receiver and to deliver a short message to the mobile subscribers. The SMC 50 stores and forwards a short message SMS transmitted to a called-party mobile communication terminal that cannot be received at any moment during SMS transmission and reception for a predetermined time.

If the SMC 50 receives the short message SMS from the mobile communication terminals 10 and 70 through the BS 20 and 60 and the MSC 30, the SMC 50 stores the received short message SMS in the message queue. do.

In addition, by analyzing the number of the called mobile communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as a called number) received together with the short message (SMS), the location of the corresponding mobile communication terminal is tracked in conjunction with the HLR 40 and the short message (SMS). ).

In this case, in order to confirm the short message received by the mobile communication terminal, the user opens the receiving message storage box and selects and confirms the desired short message.

Here, since the conventional mobile communication terminal stores the short message according to the received time sequence, it is necessary to check the stored short message in order to know the contents of the short message and the sender's information.

That is, in the related art, in order to check a short message sent by a specific person among short messages stored in the mobile communication terminal, in the worst case, it is troublesome to check all the stored short messages one by one.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by adding a short message retrieval function to the mobile communication terminal, by searching for and confirming the short message received by the mobile communication terminal by the sender, to improve the user's convenience The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for confirming a short message of a mobile communication terminal.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the process of displaying a menu list when a menu is selected by the user; Checking whether a search menu key is selected when the short message confirmation menu key is selected in the menu list; If the search menu key is not selected, displaying a list of short messages stored in order of receiving time, and if a search menu key is selected, displaying a search window; Displaying a list of short messages sent by the specific person in order of receiving time when the specific person's information is input into the search box; In the short message list sent by the specific person, the short message selected by the user may be displayed.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the operation and effect of the method for checking the short message of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for confirming a short message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 2, the present invention provides a method (SP1, SP2) for displaying a menu list when a menu is selected by a user; Checking whether a search menu key is selected when the short message confirmation menu key is selected in the menu list (SP3, SP4); If the search menu key is not selected, displaying a list of short messages stored in order of receiving time, and if the search menu key is selected, displaying a search window to input information of a specific person (SP5, SP6); Searching for the outgoing short message of the specific person input in the search box in the short message storage box and displaying the searched short message list in order of reception time (SP7); In the short message list sent by the specific person, a process of displaying a short message selected by the user (SP8) is described, and the operation of the present invention will be described.

First, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention receives a short message through the wireless communication unit, and the received short message is stored in a memory. When the user selects a menu by manipulating the user input unit to check a short message sent by a specific person (SP1), the controller displays a menu list including the short message confirming menu on the display unit (SP2).

The controller checks whether a short message confirmation menu key is selected from a menu list displayed on the display unit (SP3). When the short message confirmation menu key is input in step SP3, the controller checks whether a search menu key is selected by the user input unit (SP4).

If the search menu key is not selected in step SP4, the control unit displays the short message list stored in the order of receiving time on the display unit, and if the short message of any one of the displayed short message lists is selected, the corresponding message is displayed. Display on the display screen (SP5). That is, the user selects and confirms the desired short message from the short message list displayed on the display screen.

When the search menu key is selected in step SP4, the controller displays a search box on the display unit and inputs data input through the user input unit into the search window (SP6). In other words, when the information on the desired specific person is input through the user input unit, the controller inputs the input data into the search window.

At this time, the information of the specific person, as an embodiment, consists of the name of the specific person or the telephone number of the specific person, which is unique information, so as to retrieve a short message of the specific person.

In addition, the specific person's information, as another embodiment, may use a unique number that is donated to a specific person who is frequently called or recognized as an important person by the user.

Then, the control unit searches the short message of the specific person input in the search box in the short message storage box and displays the searched short message list (ie, the short message list sent by the specific person) in the order of reception time (SP7). ). That is, the controller detects a short message of which the sender is a specific person input into the search box among short messages stored in the memory. The controller may display the searched short message list on a popup window or display a short message list sent by a specific person on another user interface (UI) window.

Next, when any one short message is selected from the short message list sent by the specific person, the controller displays the selected short message on the display unit (SP8).

That is, when a user confirms a short message sent by a specific person, the user can search the short message storage box according to the specific person's information and display the short message list of the specific person in order of receiving time based on the search result. Improve user convenience.

Specific embodiments or examples made in the detailed description of the present invention are intended to clarify the technical contents of the present invention to the extent that they should not be construed as limited to these specific embodiments and should not be construed in consultation. Various changes can be made within the scope of.

As described in detail above, the present invention adds a short message searching function to the mobile communication terminal, thereby searching for and confirming a short message received by the mobile communication terminal for each sender, thereby improving user convenience.

Claims (8)

Displaying a list of menus when a menu is selected by a user; Checking whether a search menu key is selected when the short message confirmation menu key is selected in the menu list; If the search menu key is not selected, displaying a list of short messages stored in order of receiving time, and if a search menu key is selected, displaying a search window; Displaying a list of short messages sent by the specific person in order of receiving time when the specific person's information is input into the search box; The short message check method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that performed in the process of displaying a short message selected by the user from the short message list sent by the specific person. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific person's information, Short message verification method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that consisting of the sender's name, phone number. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific person's information, A method for confirming a short message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that a unique number that is donated to a specific person who is frequently called or recognized as an important person by the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the short message list sent by a specific person in order of receiving time comprises: A method for checking a short message of a mobile communication terminal, comprising: displaying a list of short messages sent by a specific person in a popup window. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the short message list sent by a specific person in order of receiving time comprises: And displaying a list of short messages sent by a specific person on another user interface (UI) window. A wireless communication unit for receiving a short message from the outside; A memory in which the received short message is stored; And a controller for detecting a short message sent by a specific person from the short message stored in the memory and displaying the short message sent by the specific person on a display screen. The method of claim 6, And a user input unit for receiving information on the specific person when searching for the short message. The method of claim 7, wherein the control unit, The mobile terminal, characterized in that for detecting the outgoing short message of the specific person using the specific person information.

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