KR101390903B1 - Apparatus and method for call deflection in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a call forwarding apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal, including a memory unit for storing telephone numbers to be forwarded by caller telephone numbers to be forwarded, A destination number comparison unit for extracting telephone number information for call forwarding corresponding to the call origination number stored in advance in the memory unit; and a telephone number comparison unit for comparing the telephone number to be forwarded And a call forwarding message unit for receiving the information and generating a call forwarding request message for switching the call forwarding to the provided telephone number. The call forwarding message unit includes preset phone numbers to be forwarded by the caller telephone numbers to be forwarded, The incoming call is confirmed and the call is automatically forwarded to the registered phone number. In networks that do not support the guiding function can support the call forwarding feature.

Call forwarding, automatic connection, call forwarding, call deflection,

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal,

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal for automatic call forwarding according to an originating number according to an embodiment of the present invention,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal,

The present invention relates to a call forwarding apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, it relates to an apparatus and method for forwarding calls to a mobile communication terminal by presetting and registering phone numbers to be forwarded by caller phone numbers to be forwarded by using the mobile communication terminal, And then forwarding the call to the registered telephone number.

Generally, in the modern society, due to convenience and necessity, the penetration rate of the mobile communication terminal has rapidly increased and is now becoming a necessity of modern people. Accordingly, service providers (terminal manufacturers) provide many additional functions to further enhance the utilization of the mobile communication terminal.

For example, the mobile communication terminal may include a phone book, a Short Message Service, a Voice Message Service, a Cell Broadcasting Service, an Internet Service, Such as a multimedia message service, a morning call, an MP3 layer 3, an e-mail, a digital camera, a game, a memo, and a scheduler It provides various additional functions. In particular, it provides a call forwarding addition function that automatically connects an incoming call to a previously registered telephone number.

The call forwarding function includes a call forwarding function of registering a specific number to which a user desires to be received at the base station and all calls to be received unconditionally to the specific number, a function of notifying a user of an incoming call, And a call deflection function for receiving a number to be forwarded according to call forwarding.

In case of using the call forwarding function, in the case of the call forwarding method, all incoming calls are connected to only one specific number registered in the base station, so that call forwarding can not be selectively performed according to the incoming call. The call de-duplication method notifies a user of an incoming call, generates a call forwarding request message by inputting a telephone number to be forwarded from the user, And then forwarding the call forwarding request message to the base station by transmitting the call forwarding request message to the base station.

However, there is an inconvenience in that the call forwarding of the call switching method requires a user to directly enter a telephone number to be forwarded manually for an incoming call.

Accordingly, there is a need for an apparatus and method for automatically forwarding a call from a caller to the registered phone number by previously registering phone numbers to be redirected for each caller phone number to be redirected.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for presetting and registering phone numbers to be redirected for caller phone numbers to be redirected using a mobile communication terminal.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for generating a call forwarding request message corresponding to a phone number registered in the setting by confirming a call received from a caller.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for forwarding a call forwarding request message to a base station and forwarding to a registered phone number.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a call forwarding apparatus for a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a memory unit for storing telephone numbers to be forwarded by caller telephone numbers to be forwarded; An incoming call number comparison unit for extracting telephone number information for call forwarding corresponding to the origination number when the origination number is a call originating number previously stored in the memory unit by checking the origination number; And a call forwarding message unit for receiving the telephone number information for call forwarding corresponding to the calling number and generating a call forwarding request message for switching the call forwarding to the provided telephone number.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a call forwarding method for a mobile communication terminal, comprising the steps of: checking a calling number of an incoming call; checking whether the called number is a pre- Extracting telephone number information for call forwarding corresponding to the origination number when the checked outgoing call number is a pre-registered call originating number, extracting a call forwarding request message for switching an incoming call to the extracted telephone number, And a step of generating the image data.

Hereinafter, the operation principle of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may vary depending on the intention of the user, the intention or the custom of the operator. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

The present invention relates to a call forwarding apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to an apparatus and method for forwarding a call from a caller by presetting and registering phone numbers to be forwarded by caller phone numbers to be forwarded using the mobile communication terminal, An apparatus and method for confirming and redirecting the call to the telephone number registered in the setting will be described.

A specific embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a mobile communication terminal that performs automatic call forwarding according to an origination number according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, the mobile communication terminal includes an input unit 100, a memory unit 110, an RF unit 120, a called number comparison unit 130, a call forwarding message unit 140, And a control unit 150.

The input unit 100 includes numeric key buttons 0 to 9 and a menu button, a cancel button, a confirmation button, a talk button, an end button, an internet connection button, A plurality of function keys such as a navigation key buttons (/ / / / / /) and a character key, and in particular, a telephone number to be transferred from a user according to the present invention is input to the controller 150 do.

The memory unit 110 stores whether or not the call forwarding function of the mobile communication terminal is set and receives telephone numbers to be forwarded by the caller telephone numbers to be forwarded from the input unit 100 when the forwarding function is set . In addition, the memory unit 110 stores the phone numbers to be forwarded by the group by designating the caller's phone numbers to be forwarded, and all incoming calls except for the calling number or group are forwarded to a specific number You can save the phone number to be able to.

When the mobile communication terminal uses the mobile communication function, the RF unit 120 transmits and receives voice data and character data through an antenna. In particular, the RF unit 120 transmits a call forwarding request message to the base station according to the present invention.

The called party number comparing unit 130 checks the calling number of the incoming call when using the call forwarding function of the mobile communication terminal and checks whether the calling number is stored in the memory unit 110. [ If the called number is a preset calling number, the called party number comparing unit 130 extracts the calling number information corresponding to the calling number (or calling group) from the memory unit 110 And provides it to the call forwarding message unit 140.

The call forwarding message unit 140 receives the telephone number information to be forwarded corresponding to the origination number from the forwarding number comparison unit 130 and generates a forwarding request message for switching the forwarding to the provided telephone number To the RF unit 120.

The control unit 150 controls the called party number comparing unit 130 and the call forwarding message unit 140. That is, the control unit 150 may perform the functions of the called party number comparison unit 130 and the call forwarding message unit 140. In the present invention, these are separately constructed and described in order to describe each function separately. Therefore, when the actual product is implemented, the control unit 150 may be configured to process all of them, or the control unit 150 may process only a part of them.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic call forwarding process according to an origination number of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, the called number comparison unit 130 proceeds to step 210 and enters a call forwarding setting mode for setting and registering a forwarding telephone number.

In step 215, the called party comparison unit 130 receives and stores the telephone number of the caller to be forwarded and the telephone number to be forwarded in the call forwarding setting mode.

Thereafter, the called number comparison unit 130 proceeds to step 220 and checks whether a call is received. If the call is detected, the called party comparison unit 130 proceeds to step 225 and checks the calling party number of the incoming call.

Thereafter, the called party number comparison unit 130 proceeds to step 230 and determines whether the called party number is a registered caller number.

If it is determined that the calling number is not a preset calling number, the controller 150 proceeds to step 245 to inform the user that a telephone call has been received, and then proceeds to step 250, And performs a corresponding function such as performing call forwarding or receiving an incoming call by inputting a telephone number to be forwarded.

If it is determined that the origination number is a pre-registered origination number, the call forwarding message unit 140 proceeds to step 233 to request the memory unit 110 to forward the telephone number corresponding to the origination number And provides the information to the call forwarding message unit 140.

Thereafter, in step 235, the call forwarding message unit 140 receives the telephone number information corresponding to the origination number corresponding to the origination number from the called number comparison unit 130 and switches the incoming call to the provided telephone number And generates a call forwarding request message.

Thereafter, the call forwarding message unit 140 proceeds to step 240 and controls to transmit the call forwarding request message.

Thereafter, the algorithm of the present invention terminates.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

As described above, the present invention preliminarily registers and registers telephone numbers to be forwarded according to caller telephone numbers to be forwarded using the mobile communication terminal, confirms incoming calls from the caller, and automatically performs call forwarding to the registered telephone numbers The call forwarding function can be supported even in a network that does not support call forwarding function.

Claims (11)

1. A call forwarding apparatus for a mobile communication terminal, An RF receiver for receiving an incoming call from an exchange; The first calling number of the incoming call is a second calling number preset in advance, A destination number comparison unit for determining a forwarding telephone number corresponding to the first calling number when the first calling number is the preset second calling number, A memory for storing a call connection number corresponding to the first call number and the second call number, And an RF transmitter for transmitting a call forwarding request message including the determined forwarding telephone number to the switching center. delete delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein the call forwarding telephone number corresponding to the first caller number is grouped with at least one or more other caller numbers and stored as the group call forwarding telephone number. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the called number comparison unit comprises: When the first calling number is not the second calling number registered in advance, the call forwarding telephone number is input from the user and the received forwarding telephone number is included in the call forwarding request message. . 1. A call forwarding method of a mobile communication terminal, Receiving an incoming call from an exchange; Checking whether a first calling number of the incoming call is a second calling number preset and registered; Determining a forwarding telephone number corresponding to the first calling number when the first calling number is the preset second calling number; Connecting and storing the call forwarding telephone number corresponding to the first calling number and the second calling number; And transmitting the call forwarding request message including the determined forwarding telephone number to the MSC. delete The method according to claim 6, And if the first calling number is not the second calling number registered in advance, inputting the forwarding telephone number from the user and including the received forwarding telephone number in the forwarding request message The call forwarding method comprising the steps of: delete The method according to claim 6, Wherein the call forwarding phone number corresponding to the first caller number is grouped with at least one other caller numbers and stored as the group call forwarding phone number. 11. The method of claim 10, Wherein the call forwarding telephone number corresponding to the first calling number and the call originating from a calling number other than the at least one other calling numbers are redirected to a specific number.

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