KR20080020016A - Mobile communication terminal and method for providing addition function - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for providing supplemental functions therein are provided to increase convenience in using a mobile terminal as a multifunctional peripheral by prioritizing supplemental functions and setting a top-priority supplemental function as a default function. A mobile terminal which provides various supplemental functions comprises a memory part(210) and a control part(240). The memory part(210) stores a priority setup program to prioritize the supplemental functions and select a top-priority supplemental function as a default function. If a key to prioritize the supplemental functions is inputted, the control part(240) drives the priority setup program, and provides a priority setup menu according to the algorithm of the priority setup program. If the user inputs information to prioritize the supplemental functions through the priority setup menu, the control part(240) prioritize the supplemental functions. Also the control part confirms whether to interrupt a voice call function, and appoints the top-priority function as a default function.

Description

Mobile Communication Terminal and Method for Providing Addition Function

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system for cutting off a voice call function of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration inside a mobile communication terminal providing additional functions according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an additional function in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

110: mobile communication terminal 120: base station transmitter

130: base station controller 140: mobile communication switching center

150: home location register 210: memory section

220: key input unit 230: liquid crystal screen display unit

240: control unit 250: microphone

260: speaker 270: wireless communication processing unit

280: module

The present invention relates to a mobile communication technology, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal and a method for providing an additional function to set the priority of the additional function of the mobile communication terminal to use the additional function set as the highest priority as a basic function. will be.

Conventional mobile phones are mainly used for voice call function, but recently, next-generation mobile phones are multimedia terminals that perform recording and playback of music and video away from the voice call function. Camera phones, TV phones, and DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) The design concept is adapted to the multimedia functions such as phones, MP3 phones, and game phones.

In other words, the recent mobile phone is becoming a complex multimedia terminal that integrates data communication, AV codec function, computer function, etc. away from the voice call, and in the future mobile communication, wireless LAN, wireless Internet, multimedia, mobile games, broadcasting, sensors (Eg smart tags, biometrics, etc.) is expected to be incorporated into the mobile phone.

Therefore, recent technological developments are focused on fusing existing functions of cameras, broadcasting (TV, radio), GPS, biometrics, etc. to mobile phones regardless of network evolution. The converged mobile terminal products that have enhanced these specific functions are expected to appear more and more in the process of technological advancement and increasing niche of consumers.

In addition, the future direction of the converged mobile phone is likely to be divided into two types, a fully converged mobile phone and a specific function-oriented mobile phone. Therefore, in the next few years, we will be able to compete with existing mobile phones by applying a variety of external and technical requirements to compete with existing mobile phones, and add new functions based on enhanced functions after the market stabilizes. It is highly likely to develop into a converged mobile phone.

However, when a user is using a camera, MP3, DMB, etc. while using a conventional mobile phone, a call comes in, the mobile phone prioritizes a voice call and stops or stops the corresponding function. There was a problem that you lose your unsaved data. For example, if a user takes a picture while using a mobile phone while traveling, he or she may not be able to save the picture due to the phone call, or the user may use the DMB broadcasting function of the mobile phone to listen to the lecture. Problems such as being missed can occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. The present invention provides a method for providing a mobile communication terminal and an additional function to set the priority of the additional function of the mobile communication terminal to use the additional function set as the highest priority as a basic function. The purpose is to provide.

Another object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal to temporarily block the voice call function of the mobile communication terminal in order to use the mobile communication terminal as a composite device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal and an additional function providing method which can avoid voice call-oriented mobile communication terminals and maintain the same priority of various functions.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal and a method for providing additional functions, which can increase the ease of use for a user who mainly uses the additional functions of the mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile communication terminal that provides a plurality of additional functions, the priority setting of the plurality of additional functions, the priority setting of setting the priority function of the highest priority as a basic function. Storage means for storing a program; And a priority setting menu for executing the priority setting program and setting the priority of the additional function according to a predetermined algorithm of the priority setting program when a key input for setting the priority of the additional function is received. And a control means for controlling to set a priority to the additional function upon receiving a setting input of the priority for the additional function in the priority setting menu.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing additional functions in a mobile communication terminal providing a plurality of additional functions, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a priority setting menu for setting the priority of the additional functions; (b) setting a priority of the additional function upon receiving a setting input of the priority of the additional function; And (c) setting the highest priority add-on as a basic function.

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 the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system that blocks a voice call function of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication system 100 to which the present invention is applied includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a base transceiver station (BTS) 120, a base station controller (BSC) ( 130, a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 140, a Home Location Register (HLR) 150, and the like.

The mobile communication terminal 110 is wirelessly connected to the mobile communication network to provide a voice call function for performing a normal voice call through wireless communication with another mobile communication terminal or a wired telephone, and may transmit and receive a short message.

As the user presses a specific button or selects a specific menu to temporarily block the voice call function of the mobile communication terminal 110, the mobile communication terminal 110 temporarily blocks the voice call function. Transmits a power-off request signal to the mobile communication switching center 140 through the base station transmitter 120 and the base station controller 130, and transmits the power-on request signal to the base station transmitter 120 to release the blocked voice call function. And it transmits to the mobile communication switching center 140 via the base station controller 130.

The base station transmitter 120 not only transmits location information received from the mobile communication terminal 110 to the base station controller 130 but also performs wired / wireless conversion and transmission and reception of a wireless signal between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the base station controller 130. The network termination device is directly connected to the mobile communication terminal 110. In addition, the base station transmitter 120 is arranged in units of cells and performs location registration to determine the location of the mobile communication terminal 110 existing in the cell area under its control.

The base station controller 130 controls the base station transmitter 120 and allocates and releases radio channels such as paging channels and traffic channels to the mobile communication terminal 110, and transmits the mobile communication terminal 110 and the base station transmitter 120. It performs output control, soft hand-off and hard hand-off decision, transcoding and vocoding, and operation and maintenance of wireless access network.

The mobile communication switching center 140 includes a plurality of electronic exchanges to perform basic and supplementary service processing, incoming and outgoing call processing of subscribers, location registration and handoff procedures, and interworking with other networks.

To this end, the mobile communication switching center 140 includes an access switching subsystem (ASS) that performs distributed call processing, an INS (interconnection network subsystem) that performs centralized call processing, and a centralized function of operation and maintenance (CCS). It may include a subsystem such as a Central Control Subsystem (LOC), a Location Registration Subsystem (LRS) that performs a function of storing and managing information on a mobile subscriber. In addition, the mobile switching center 140 may include an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch (not shown) in order to increase data transmission rate and efficiency of line use by transmitting data in a packet unit of a cell unit.

The mobile communication switching center 140 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives a power on / off request signal from the mobile communication terminal 110, queries the subscriber information from the HLR 150, and supplies power to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 110. Set the status and update the service profile of the HLR 150. Here, when the mobile communication switching center 140 requests a call from the other mobile communication terminal (not shown) to the mobile communication terminal 110 when the power of the mobile communication terminal 110 is turned off, the mobile communication terminal 110. Voice announcements indicating that the power is off is provided to other mobile communication terminals (not shown).

The HLR 150 is a database storing service profiles related to subscriber information of mobile subscribers. The HLR 150 performs a function of registration recognition, registration deletion, location checking, etc. of each mobile communication terminal, and uses each mobile communication terminal. In addition to the telephone number of the communication subscriber, the terminal stores a mobile identification number (MIN), an electronic serial number (ESN), and information on a service type.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal providing additional functions according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 110 providing additional functions according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a memory unit 210, a key input unit 220, a liquid crystal screen display unit 230, and a control unit 240. , A microphone 250, a speaker 260, a wireless communication processor 270, a module unit 280, and the like. Here, the additional function may be various functions such as a camera of the mobile communication terminal 110, MP3, digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), text message writing, and phone book inquiry.

Memory 210 is a basic software for driving the mobile communication terminal 110 to perform voice and data communication, a plurality of software for performing a variety of multimedia functions, such as cameras, MP3, DMB, messages to transmit and receive to perform wireless communication Storage means for storing protocol software and the like for processing. The memory unit 210 may be, for example, a non-volatile memory, and may electrically modify the contents in units of bytes, or a flash memory in which the contents may be modified in units of blocks. And SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory).

Memory unit 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a priority setting menu for setting the priority of the additional function, and when the user sets the priority of the additional function in the priority setting menu, the camera, MP3, Priority is set to various additional functions such as DMB, text message writing and phone book lookup, and the priority of setting the highest priority additional function (hereinafter, 'highest priority additional function') as a basic function of the mobile communication terminal 110. Save the ranking program.

The key input unit 220 includes a number button for inputting a number such as a phone number, a letter button for inputting a character, and a menu selection button for selecting various menus, and the like. Or a key input means for receiving a command.

The key input unit 220 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a setting button for setting the priority of the additional function and an input button for performing the additional function by using the mobile communication terminal 110. In this case, the input button may be separately provided in the mobile communication terminal 110 or an existing button provided in the mobile communication terminal 110 may be used. In addition, the key input unit 220 further includes a switch button for releasing the blocking of the voice call function to set the voice call function as the priority addition function. That is, the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal 110 is switched to the phone number input screen.

The liquid crystal display 230 displays an operation state of the mobile communication terminal 110 including a power supply state, a radio wave reception intensity, a date and time, and outputs the information when the information is transmitted in the form of a text. Screen display means.

The liquid crystal display 230 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention displays a process of setting a priority of an additional function by the user, and displays an operation screen when performing various additional functions.

The microphone 250 is a voice input means for converting a voice input of a mobile communication subscriber into an electrical signal and transmitting the electrical signal. The speaker 260 is a voice output means for converting the transmitted voice signal into an audible sound and outputting the audible sound.

The wireless communication processor 270 encodes or decodes a voice signal, performs an equalizer function to remove multipath noise, and performs a digital signal processing function for performing an acoustic data processing function, and converts a signal to be transmitted and received into a baseband signal. Baseband conversion function that performs digital-to-analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion processing, receives RF (Radio Frequency) signals, converts them into IF (Intermediate Frequency) signals, converts IF signals to RF signals, and demodulates RF signals And wireless communication processing means for performing wireless communication by performing an RF signal processing function for amplifying and an antenna function for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal in the air.

The wireless communication processing unit 270 according to an embodiment of the present invention transmits a power-on request signal for temporarily blocking the voice call function of the mobile communication terminal 110 to the mobile communication network by the control unit 240 and cuts off the voice. The power-on request signal for releasing the call function is transmitted to the mobile communication network.

Control unit 240 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a control means for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal 110, upon receiving a key input for setting the priority of the additional function from the user, to the memory unit 210 It executes the stored priority setting program, provides the priority setting menu for setting the priority of the add-on according to a predetermined algorithm of the priority setting program, and the user sets the priority of the add-on in the priority setting menu. If the priority is set to a variety of additional functions such as camera, MP3, DMB, text message writing and phone book lookup, and after checking whether the voice call function is blocked, the first priority additional function is the basic function of the mobile communication terminal 110. Control to set. That is, when a user opens a folder of the mobile communication terminal 110, the controller 240 controls to display a control screen for controlling the priority added function on the standby screen by using the liquid crystal screen display 230.

In addition, when the user presses the switch button using the key input unit 220, the controller 240 releases the blocking of the voice call function, sets the voice call function as the priority addition function, and uses the liquid crystal display 230. Control to display the phone number input screen on the standby screen.

In addition, when it is determined that the voice call function is blocked, the controller 240 transmits a power-on request signal for temporarily blocking the voice call function of the mobile communication terminal 110 to the mobile communication network using the wireless communication processor 270. To control.

The module unit 280 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an MP3 module (not shown) for recording and outputting a music signal using a music file (MP3, OGG, KMP file, etc.), and outputting an image signal by photographing a specified subject. And a plurality of additional function modules, including a camera module (not shown) and a digital multimedia broadband casting (DMB) module (not shown) for receiving and outputting a signal of a satellite or terrestrial broadcast of a designated channel.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an additional function in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user sets the priority of various additional functions such as camera, MP3, DMB, text message writing and phonebook inquiry using the mobile communication terminal 110, the mobile communication terminal 110 has a priority function of the highest priority. Set to. That is, when a user opens a folder of the mobile communication terminal 110, the mobile communication terminal 110 operates the module of the corresponding additional function and displays a control screen for controlling the highest priority additional function on the standby screen, The mobile communication terminal 110 is used as a composite device. For example, when the user selects the highest priority add-on as a camera and opens a folder of the mobile communication terminal 110, the user provides a menu for performing a picture taking on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal 110, and the user When the user can take a picture by using the mobile communication terminal 110 or the user selects the priority priority function as writing a text message and opens a folder of the mobile communication terminal 110, the standby of the mobile communication terminal 110 is performed. A screen for writing a text message is provided directly on the screen.

Referring to FIG. 3, upon receiving a key input for setting the priority of the additional function from the user, the mobile communication terminal 110 provides a priority setting menu for setting the priority of the additional function (S310). If you set the priority of the add-on in the priority setting menu, the priority is set to a variety of additional functions such as camera, MP3, DMB, text message writing and phone book lookup (S320), the highest priority add-on (hereinafter referred to as , 'Priority priority function) is set as the basic function (S330).

As the user sets the priority of the additional function, the mobile terminal 110 provides a selection menu asking whether to temporarily block the voice call function (S340), and determines whether the user has blocked the voice call function. In operation S350, when the user determines that the voice call function is blocked, a power off request signal for temporarily blocking the voice call function is transmitted to the mobile communication network (S360).

When the user opens the folder, the mobile communication terminal 110 displays a control screen for controlling the highest priority additional function in the standby screen (S370).

The mobile communication terminal 110 determines whether there is an input of a switch button for setting the voice call function as a priority added function from the user (S380), and if it is determined that the switch button is input, releases the blocking of the voice call function. The voice call function is set as the highest priority additional function (S390). That is, the mobile communication terminal 110 provides a phone number input screen in the standby screen as in the conventional method.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by setting the priority of the additional function in the mobile communication terminal and setting the highest priority additional function as the basic function of the mobile communication terminal, Usability can be increased.

Further, according to the present invention, by temporarily blocking the voice call function in the mobile communication terminal, the user can use the mobile communication terminal only for the purpose of the composite device without being disturbed by the phone call during the travel or vacation.

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In the mobile communication terminal providing a plurality of additional functions, Storage means for setting a priority to the plurality of additional functions, and storing a priority setting program for setting the highest priority additional function as a basic function; And Upon receiving a key input for setting the priority of the additional function, the priority setting program is executed, and a priority setting menu for setting the priority of the additional function is set according to a predetermined algorithm of the priority setting program. And control means for controlling to set a priority to the additional function upon receiving a setting input of the priority for the additional function in the priority setting menu. Mobile communication terminal providing an additional function comprising a. In claim 1, And the control means controls to set the priority priority function as a basic function after checking whether the voice call function is blocked. The method of claim 1 or 2, And the mobile communication terminal further comprises a switch button for releasing the blocking of the voice call function to set the voice call function as a priority added function. In claim 1, And upon activation of the screen display means of the mobile communication terminal, the control means controls to display a control screen for controlling the priority priority function on a standby screen. In claim 1, And the plurality of additional functions include at least one of a camera, an MP3, a DMB, a text message creation, and a phonebook inquiry. In the method for providing an additional function in a mobile communication terminal providing a plurality of additional functions, (a) providing a priority setting menu for setting priority of additional functions; (b) setting a priority of the additional function upon receiving a setting input of the priority of the additional function; And (c) setting the highest priority add-on as the primary function Method for providing an additional function in a mobile communication terminal comprising a. In claim 6, after step (c), (d) providing a selection menu asking whether to temporarily block the voice call function; (e) determining whether the voice call function is blocked; (f) if it is determined in step (e) that the voice call function is blocked, transmitting a power-off request signal to the mobile communication network to temporarily block the voice call function; And (g) providing a control screen for controlling the highest priority additional function in a standby screen upon activation of a screen display means; Method for providing an additional function in the mobile communication terminal further comprising. The process of claim 7, wherein after step (g), (h) Switching step of setting the voice call function as a priority add-on. Method for providing an additional function in the mobile communication terminal further comprising.

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