KR20050053887A - Method for searching data in wireless terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a data search method of a mobile terminal may include: displaying a search type of the entire data when selecting a full data search from a search menu; and searching for data corresponding to a condition of a selected type of the search types; And selecting and displaying the corresponding data among the searched result data.

Description

How to Retrieve Data from a Mobile Device {METHOD FOR SEARCHING DATA IN WIRELESS TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a data retrieval method of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method for retrieving and displaying data stored in the mobile terminal according to a predetermined condition.

In general, a mobile terminal receives SMS, MMS (Multimedia Messaging System) and email through text communication, and the received SMS data, MMS (Multimedia Messaging System) data, or e-mail data are stored in the memory of the mobile terminal, respectively. do. However, in order to find specific data among the data stored in the memory as described above, it is inconvenient to select the inbox where the data are stored and to select and display all the displayed data one by one. In addition, as a portable terminal equipped with a camera is generally used, an amount of storing image data, that is, photo data and video data, is increased in the memory of the portable terminal. However, in order to find specific image data among the image data stored in the memory, the image data may be selected in a storage box in which the image data is stored.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for searching and displaying data stored in the portable terminal according to a predetermined condition.

The data search method of the portable terminal for achieving the above object, the step of displaying the search type of the entire data, when selecting the full data search in the search menu, and the data corresponding to the condition of the selected type of the search types And a process of selecting and displaying the corresponding data among the searched result data.

In addition, the data search method of the mobile terminal to achieve the above object, when selecting the SMS search in the SMS menu, displaying the search types of the SMS, SMS data corresponding to the condition of the selected type of the search types And a process of selecting and displaying the corresponding SMS data among the searched SMS data.

In addition, the data search method of the mobile terminal to achieve the above object, when selecting the e-mail search in the e-mail menu, displaying the search types of the e-mail, and the e-mail data corresponding to the condition of the selected type of the search types And a process of selecting and displaying corresponding email data among the searched email data.

In addition, the data search method of the mobile terminal to achieve the above object, when selecting the MMS search in the Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) menu, displaying the search types of the MMS, and the condition of the selected type of the search types And searching for the corresponding MMS data and selecting and displaying the corresponding MMS data among the searched MMS data.

In addition, the data retrieval method of the mobile terminal to achieve the above object, when selecting the image data search in the multimedia menu, displaying the search types of the image data, and the image corresponding to the condition of the selected type of the search types And searching for data, and selecting and displaying corresponding image data among the searched image data.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, detailed descriptions of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same components in the figures represent the same numerals wherever possible.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the SMS data search, the e-mail data search, the MMS data search, the image data search, and the search of the data as full data have been described as an example. In addition, various data can be searched according to user's setting. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a search type is set according to the characteristics of the data, and an example of searching for data meeting a condition of one of the search types is described. However, a plurality of search types may be set, and data matching the conditions of the plurality of search types may be searched.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, which illustrates a configuration of a portable terminal including a camera.

Referring to FIG. 1, the RF unit 123 performs a wireless communication function of the portable terminal. The RF unit 123 includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal. The data processor 120 includes a transmitter for encoding and modulating the transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding the received signal. That is, the data processor 123 may be configured of a modem and a codec CODDEC. The codec includes a data codec for processing packet data and an audio codec for processing an audio signal such as voice. The audio processor 125 reproduces the received audio signal output from the audio codec of the data processor 120 or transmits a transmission audio signal generated from the microphone to the audio codec of the data processor 120.

The memory 130 may include program memory and data memories. The program memory may store programs for controlling the general operation of the portable terminal and programs for controlling to search for and display data meeting the conditions of the corresponding search termination according to an embodiment of the present invention. The data memory also temporarily stores data generated during the execution of the programs. In addition, the memory 130 stores SMS data, email data, MMS data, and image data according to an embodiment of the present invention, and searches types of each data are stored.

The controller 110 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. In addition, the controller 10 may include the data processor 120. In addition, the controller 110 controls to search for and display data corresponding to a condition of a corresponding search type input according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The camera module 140 includes a camera sensor for capturing image data, converting the photographed optical signal into an electrical signal, and a signal processor for converting the analog image signal photographed from the camera sensor into digital data. Herein, it is assumed that the camera sensor is a CCD sensor, and the signal processor may be implemented by a digital signal processor (DSP). In addition, the camera sensor and the signal processor may be integrally implemented or may be separately implemented.

The image processor 150 performs a function of generating screen data for displaying an image signal output from the camera unit 140. The image processor 150 processes the image signal output from the camera unit 40 in units of frames, and outputs the frame image data according to the characteristics and size of the display unit 160. In addition, the image processing unit 50 includes an image codec and performs a function of compressing the frame image data displayed on the display unit 160 in a set manner or restoring the compressed frame image data to the original frame image data. The image codec may be a JPEG codec, an MPEG4 codec, a wavelet codec, or the like. It is assumed that the image processor 150 has an On Screen Display (OSD) function, and may output on-screen display data according to a screen size displayed by the control of the controller 110.

The display unit 160 displays an image signal output from the image processor 50 on a screen, and displays user data output from the controller 110. The display unit 160 may use an LCD. In this case, the display unit 160 may include an LCD controller, a memory capable of storing image data, and an LCD display device. In this case, when the LCD is implemented using a touch screen method, the LCD may operate as an input unit. The key input unit 127 includes keys for inputting numeric and character information and function keys for setting various functions. In addition, the display unit 160 may display data that meets a search type condition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, when a user performs a dialing operation through a key input unit 127 and sets a transmission mode, the control unit 110 detects this and dials the received data through the data processing unit 120. After processing the information is converted into an RF signal through the RF unit 123 and output. Thereafter, when the other subscriber generates the response signal, the counter subscriber detects this through the RF unit 123 and the data processor 120. Thereafter, a user establishes a voice call path through the audio processor 125 to perform a communication function. In addition, in the incoming mode, the controller 110 detects the incoming mode through the data processor 120 and generates a ring signal through the audio processor 125. Thereafter, when the user responds, the controller 110 detects this, and a voice call path is formed through the audio processor 125 to perform a communication function. In the outgoing and incoming modes, voice communication is described as an example, but a data communication function for communicating packet data and image data in addition to the voice communication may be performed. In addition, when performing text communication, the controller 110 displays SMS MMS, e-mail, etc., which are text communications processed through the data processor 120, on the display unit 160 and stores them in the memory 130. In addition, the photographed or downloaded image data may be displayed on the display unit 160 and stored in the memory 130.

Referring to the operation of searching for data in the portable terminal, when the user of the portable terminal selects the entire data search through the search menu, the controller 110 detects this and displays the search type of the entire data. When selecting a corresponding search type among the search types of the entire data, the controller 110 detects this and searches for SMS data, email data, MMS data, and image data stored in the memory 130 to extract data corresponding to the selected search type. Display on the display unit 160. Alternatively, when selecting an SMS search from the search menu, the controller 110 detects this and displays a search type of the SMS data. When the corresponding search type is selected among the search types of the SMS data, the controller 110 detects this and searches the SMS data stored in the memory 130 to extract SMS data corresponding to the selected search type and display the extracted SMS data on the display unit 160. Alternatively, when selecting an email search from the search menu, the controller 110 detects this and displays a search type of the email data. When selecting a corresponding search type among the search types of the email data, the controller 110 detects this, searches the email data stored in the memory 130, extracts the email data corresponding to the selected search type, and displays the same on the display unit 160. Alternatively, when selecting an MMA search from the search menu, the controller 110 detects this and displays a search type of the MMS data. When the corresponding search type is selected among the search types of the MMS data, the controller 110 detects this, searches the MMS data stored in the memory 130, extracts MMS data corresponding to the selected search type, and displays the same on the display unit 160. Alternatively, when selecting the image data search from the search menu, the controller 110 detects this and displays the search type of the image data. When the corresponding search type is selected among the search types of the image data, the controller 110 detects this, searches the image data stored in the memory 130, extracts the image data corresponding to the selected search type, and displays the image data on the display unit 160.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving all data from a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

When the user of the portable terminal selects a menu by inputting a menu key, the controller 110 detects this in step 201 and displays the type of the menu through the display unit 60. When the search menu is selected among the types of the menu, the controller 110 detects it in step 202 and proceeds to step 203 in which the type of the search menu is displayed.

When selecting the entire search among the types of the search menu, the controller 110 detects it in step 204 and proceeds to step 205 in which the search type of the entire data is displayed. When the user selects 'title' as the search type among the search types displayed in step 205, the controller 110 detects this in step 206 and controls the display unit 160 to input a character included in the 'title'. May be displayed. When the user inputs a schedule character in step 207, the controller 110 detects it and proceeds to step 208 in which data having a title including the input character is displayed on the display unit 160. The result data retrieved in step 208 may be displayed on the display unit 160 by title, sender, data capacity, photo size, date / period, etc. according to the user's setting. In addition, the result data displayed in step 208 is displayed in a predetermined sorting order according to a user's setting. The result data may be sorted and displayed according to data type, stored order, capacity of data, and the like. In addition, among SMS data, email data, MMS data, and video data to be searched, data that does not have a 'title' item as the search type may be excluded from the search. When the user selects the corresponding data among the search result data displayed in step 208, the controller 110 detects it in step 209 and proceeds to step 210 in which the content of the selected data is displayed.

 Alternatively, a process of selecting and performing an SMS search among the types of the search menu will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, and a process of selecting and performing an email search among the types of the search menu will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4. A process of selecting and performing an MMS search among types of search menus will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5, and a process of selecting and performing image data search among the types of search menus will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for SMS data in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

When the user of the portable terminal selects a menu through input of a menu key, the controller 110 detects this in step 301 and displays the type of the menu through the display unit 160. When the message management is selected among the types of the menu, the controller 110 detects this in step 302 and displays the type of the message management. When the SMS search is selected among the types of the message management or when the SMS search is selected among the types of the search menu of FIG. 1, the controller 110 detects it in step 303 and proceeds to step 304 to display the search type of the SMS data. do. When the user selects 'sender' as the search type among the search types displayed in step 304, the controller 110 detects it in step 305 and controls the display unit 160 to display a new window for inputting the 'sender'. . When the user inputs the caller in step 306, the control unit 110 detects this and proceeds to step 307 in which the data having the input caller is displayed on the display unit 160. In step 306, data can be retrieved by inputting a telephone number as well as the caller's input. The result data retrieved in step 307 may be arranged in a predetermined order according to the stored order or the user's setting, and may be displayed on the display unit 160 as a sender, data capacity, photo size, date / period, and the like. When the user selects the corresponding SMS data from the search result data displayed in step 307, the controller 110 detects it in step 308 and proceeds to step 309 in which the contents of the selected SMS data are displayed.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving email data from a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

When the user of the portable terminal selects a menu by input of a menu key, the controller 110 detects it in step 401 and displays the type of the menu through the display unit 160. When the e-mail is selected among the menu types, the control unit 110 detects this in step 402 and displays the type of the e-mail. When selecting an email search among the types of the email data or when selecting an email search among the types of the search menu of FIG. 1, the control unit 110 detects it in step 403 and displays a search type of the email data in step 403. do. When the user selects 'date / period' as the search type among the search types displayed in step 404, the controller 110 detects this in step 405 and controls the display unit 160 to input a specific date or a predetermined period. May be displayed. When the user inputs a specific date or a certain period in step 406, the controller 110 detects this and proceeds to step 407 in which the received / sent e-mail data is displayed on the display unit 160 in the specified specific date or a predetermined period. In step 406, the reception date and the transmission date may be classified and input. The result data retrieved in step 407 may be arranged in a predetermined order according to the stored order or the user's setting, and may be displayed on the display unit 160 by title, sender, data capacity, date / period, and the like. When the user selects the corresponding email data among the search result data displayed in step 407, the controller 110 detects it in step 408 and proceeds to step 409 in which the contents of the selected email data are displayed.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving MMS (Multimedia Messaging System) data in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

When the user of the portable terminal selects a menu by input of a menu key, the controller 110 detects it in step 501 and displays the type of the menu through the display unit 160. When the message management is selected among the types of the menu, the controller 110 detects this in step 502 and displays the type of the message management. When the MMS is selected among the types of the message management or when the MMS search is selected among the types of the search menu of FIG. 1, the controller 110 detects it in step 503 and proceeds to step 504 to display the search type of the MMS data. . When the user selects 'Title' as the search type among the search types displayed in step 504, the controller 110 detects it in step 505 and controls the display unit 160 to open a new window for inputting a schedule character included in a title. It may be displayed. When the user inputs the schedule character in step 506, the controller 110 detects this and proceeds to step 507 in which the MM data having a title including the input schedule character is displayed on the display unit 160. If the voice is selected from the search types, the controller 110 detects this and displays the MMS in which the voice is inserted as a title in step 507 so that the voice can be output and listened to when the voice is selected. In addition, when selecting the image data of the search type, the controller 110 detects this and displays the MMS in which the image data of the photo or video is inserted as a title or the thumbnail of the image data in step 507. The result data retrieved in step 507 may be arranged in a predetermined order according to the stored order or the user's setting, and may be displayed on the display unit 160 as a title, sender, data capacity, date / period, attached picture, and the like. When the user selects the corresponding MMS data among the search result data displayed in step 507, the controller 110 detects it in step 508 and proceeds to step 509 in which the contents of the selected MMS data are displayed.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving all data from a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

When the user of the portable terminal selects a menu by inputting a menu key, the controller 110 detects this in step 601 and displays the type of the menu through the display unit 160. When the multimedia is selected from the types of the menu, the controller 110 detects it in step 602 and displays the type of the multimedia. When selecting the image data search among the types of the multimedia or when selecting the image data search among the types of the search menu of FIG. 1, the controller 110 detects it and displays the search type of the image data in step 603. Proceed. Alternatively, the image data may be classified and searched as photo data or video data. In an embodiment of the present invention, searching for both photo data and video data is described as an example. When the user selects 'memo contents' as the search type among the search types displayed in step 604, the controller 110 detects this in step 605 and controls the display unit 160 to input the schedule characters included in the memo contents. It may also display a new window. When the user inputs a schedule character in step 606, the controller 110 detects this and proceeds to step 607 in which image data having memo contents including the input schedule character is displayed on the display unit 160. The result data retrieved in step 607 are sorted in a stored order or a schedule order according to a user's setting, such as title, memo content, and photo size. The display unit 160 may display a photographing time, a date / period, a thumbnail, and the like. When the user selects the corresponding image data among the search result data displayed in step 607, the controller 110 detects it in step 608 and proceeds to step 609 to display the contents of the selected image data.

In the above description of the present invention, a specific embodiment such as a mobile terminal has been described, but various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

That is, as described above, the present invention provides an effective function of effectively searching for data desired by a user by providing a search function of data stored in a mobile terminal.

1 is a block diagram of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving all data from a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving SMS data in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving e-mail data in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving MMS (Multimedia Messaging System) data in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of retrieving all data from a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (14)

In the data retrieval method of a mobile terminal, When selecting the entire data search in the search menu, displaying the search types of the entire data, Searching for data corresponding to a condition of a selected type among the search types; And selecting and displaying the corresponding data among the searched result data. The method of claim 1, When selecting a title from among the search types, inputting a schedule character to search for data having a title including the schedule character; Searching for data having contents including the schedule characters by inputting schedule characters when selecting contents among the search types; Searching for data corresponding to the input date / period by inputting the corresponding date / period when selecting the search types date / period; When selecting a data capacity among the search types, searching for data corresponding to the input data capacity by inputting the corresponding data capacity; And selecting a picture size from among the search types, searching for data corresponding to the size of the input picture data by inputting the size of the picture data. The method of claim 1, Displaying a search type of the SMS when selecting an SMS search from the search menu; Searching for SMS data corresponding to a condition of a selected type among the search types; And selecting and displaying corresponding SMS data among the retrieved SMS data. The method of claim 3, The search types of the SMS are characterized in that the entire SMS, SMS content, sender, received date / duration and SMS data capacity. The method of claim 1, Displaying search types of the email when selecting an email search from the search menu; Searching e-mail data corresponding to a condition of a selected type among the search types; And selecting and displaying corresponding email data among the searched email data. The method of claim 5, Wherein the search types of the email consist of the entire email, the subject of the email, the contents of the email, the sender, the date / time received, and the amount of email data. The method of claim 1, Displaying a search type of the MMS when selecting a MMS search in the search menu; Searching for MMS data corresponding to a condition of a selected type of the search types; And selecting and displaying corresponding MMS data among the searched MMS data. The method of claim 7, wherein The search type of the MMS is characterized in that the entire MMS, MMS title, MMS content, sender, received date / duration and MMS data capacity and the voice / picture inserted in the MMS. The method of claim 1, Displaying a search type of the image data when selecting a photo search from the search menu; Searching image data corresponding to a condition of a selected type of the search types; And selecting and displaying the corresponding image data among the searched image data. The method of claim 9, The search type of the image data is characterized in that the entire image data, title, memo content, date / duration, image data size / capacity and the shooting time. In the data retrieval method of a mobile terminal, When selecting an SMS search from an SMS menu, displaying the search types of the SMS; Searching for SMS data corresponding to a condition of a selected type among the search types; And selecting and displaying corresponding SMS data among the retrieved SMS data. In the data retrieval method of a mobile terminal, When selecting E-mail Search from the E-mail menu, displaying the search types of the e-mail, Searching e-mail data corresponding to a condition of a selected type among the search types; And selecting and displaying corresponding email data among the searched email data. In the data retrieval method of a mobile terminal, Displaying an MMS search type when selecting an MMS search from an MMS menu; Searching for MMS data corresponding to a condition of a selected type of the search types; And selecting and displaying corresponding MMS data among the searched MMS data. In the data retrieval method of a mobile terminal, Displaying search types of the image data when selecting image data search from a multimedia menu; Searching image data corresponding to a condition of a selected type of the search types; And selecting and displaying the corresponding image data among the searched image data.