WO2015099326A1

WO2015099326A1 - Call receiving screen management apparatus and method

Info

Publication number: WO2015099326A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/012132
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이길수; 최도연; 박인영
Original assignee: (주)티아이스퀘어
Priority date: 2013-12-26
Filing date: 2014-12-10
Publication date: 2015-07-02

Abstract

The present invention relates to a call receiving screen management apparatus and method. Provided are a call receiving screen management apparatus and a call receiving screen management method using the same, the apparatus comprising: a call event sensing unit for sensing a call receiving event of a communication terminal; a screen maintenance processing unit for determining whether or not to maintain a screen which is currently displayed on a display unit at the communication terminal and, when the call receiving event occurs, maintaining the screen which was displayed on the display unit so as to be displayed on the uppermost screen; a call receiving interface processing unit for, if a call receiving event sensing signal is received at the call event sensing unit, transmitting a screen maintenance processing request signal to the screen maintenance processing unit, and if a screen maintenance determination signal is received from the screen maintenance processing unit, configuring a call receiving interface to be displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal and displaying the call receiving interface on the screen which has been maintained at the screen maintenance processing unit; and a call control unit for performing a call control according to a selection input of a user on the basis of a call receiving menu which has been displayed at the call receiving interface.

Description

Device and method for managing call reception screen

The present invention relates to a call reception screen management apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a call reception screen management apparatus and method that can provide a call reception interface while maintaining the screen displayed on the display unit at the time of call reception.

In general, when a call is received at a communication terminal, a call reception screen displaying a caller's name and a phone number is displayed on the display unit. Such a call reception screen is basically provided in an operating system of a communication terminal.

The conventional built-in call reception screen has a limitation in that the exposure of the screen used by the user is immediately stopped before the call is made and the built-in call reception screen is displayed on the display unit. Therefore, there is a problem that even if the user wants to see the screen used, for example, the Internet browser screen as it is, it cannot be.

In addition, there may be cases where a call reception screen is provided in addition to the built-in call reception screen. However, in order to provide an independent call reception screen, the call reception screen management application provided by the operating system may be used to provide a call reception screen. The exposure should be stopped and a separate call reception screen should be exposed. However, since this requires an additional procedure such as defining an interworking standard with a communication terminal manufacturer and an operating system, there are various limitations in actually providing other than the preloaded application loaded with the terminal release.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an apparatus and a method for providing an original call reception screen while maintaining a screen displayed on a display unit when a call is received.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing a customized call reception screen in a simple and efficient manner instead of the basic call reception screen provided by an operating system at the time of receiving a call.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for exposing advertisement or additional information by providing a customized call reception screen.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a call reception screen management apparatus comprising: a call event detection unit for detecting a call reception event of a communication terminal; A screen maintenance processor for determining whether to maintain the screen currently displayed on the display unit in the communication terminal and maintaining the screen displayed on the display unit on the top screen when a call reception event occurs; When a call reception event detection signal is received by the call event detection unit, a screen maintenance processing request signal is transmitted to the screen maintenance processing unit, and when a screen maintenance determination signal is received from the screen maintenance processing unit, it is displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal. A call reception interface processor configured to display a call reception interface on a screen held by the screen maintenance processor by configuring a call reception interface to be set; And a call controller configured to perform call control according to a user's selection input by a call reception menu displayed on the call reception interface.

The screen maintenance processor may include: an unsupported application processor configured to transmit a screen non-hold determination signal to the call reception interface processor when an application in which the call reception interface processor cannot operate is executed; An exception screen processing unit which transmits a screen non-holding determination signal to the call reception interface processing unit when the preset exception screen is displayed on the display unit; And when the screen non-holding signal is not transmitted by the unsupported application processor and the exception screen processor, the screen displayed on the display unit is displayed on the top screen when a call reception event occurs instead of a preset call reception screen. Preferably includes a screen maintenance execution unit for transmitting the call reception interface processor.

The screen maintenance executing unit may further include: a screen determination unit determining whether or not the top screen displayed on the display unit at the present time is a preset call reception screen; And a current screen display unit displaying a screen displayed on the display unit as a top screen when a call reception event occurs, which is a screen directly below the call reception screen, when the top screen is determined as the preset call reception screen by the screen determination unit. It may include.

In addition, the screen determination unit, if the highest screen displayed on the display at the present time is not a preset call reception screen, if the first preset waiting time has not elapsed after waiting for a preset second waiting time Again, it is desirable to determine whether or not the top screen displayed on the display at the present time is a preset call reception screen.

Here, the second waiting time is preferably shorter than the first waiting time.

The current screen display may further include information on a screen displayed on the display when a call reception event occurs, which is a screen directly below the call reception screen, when the screen determination unit determines that the top screen is the preset call reception screen. And obtain a screen immediately below the top screen according to the obtained information.

The call reception interface processor may be configured to display the call reception interface on a partial region of the screen held by the screen maintenance processor.

In addition, the call reception interface may include a call reception menu including a call reception and call rejection menu.

The call controller may perform call control while displaying a screen held by a screen maintenance processor including the call reception interface on a display unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for managing a call reception screen by the call reception screen management device as described above, the method comprising: a first step of the call event detection unit detects a call reception event of the communication terminal; A second step of transmitting, by the call event detection unit, a call reception event detection signal to the call reception interface processor; A third step of transmitting, by the call reception interface processor, a screen maintenance processing request signal to the screen maintenance processing unit; A fourth step of determining, by the screen maintenance processor, whether to maintain a screen currently displayed on the display unit, and maintaining the screen displayed on the display unit on the top screen when a call reception event occurs; A fifth step of configuring the call reception interface to be displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal by the call reception interface processor to display the call reception interface on the screen maintained in the fourth step; And a sixth step of the call controller performing call control according to a user's selection input by the call reception menu of the call reception interface displayed in the fifth step.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an apparatus and a method capable of providing an original call reception screen while maintaining the screen displayed on the display unit when a call is received.

In addition, the present invention may provide a customized call receiving screen instead of the basic call receiving screen provided by the operating system at the time of receiving a call.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an apparatus and a method for exposing advertisements or additional information by providing a customized call reception screen.

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of the call reception screen management apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the screen holding processing unit 20.

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the screen holding execution unit 23.

4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the screen maintenance execution unit 23.

5 is a view illustrating a comparison between a call reception screen generally provided in a conventional communication terminal according to the present invention and a screen displaying a call reception interface according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method performed by the call reception screen managing apparatus 100 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the call reception screen managing apparatus 100 includes a call event detection unit 10, a screen maintenance processing unit 20, a call reception interface processing unit 30, and a call control unit 40.

Referring to the overall operation of the call reception screen management device 100 as follows.

First, when the call event detection unit 10 detects a call reception event, the call reception interface processing unit 30 transmits a screen maintenance processing request signal to the screen maintenance processing unit 20. The screen maintenance processing unit 20 determines whether to maintain the screen currently displayed on the display unit in the communication terminal, and maintains the screen displayed on the display unit on the top screen when a call reception event occurs, and then the call reception interface processing unit The screen maintenance determination signal is transmitted to 30. The call reception interface processing unit 30 configures a call reception interface to be displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal when receiving the screen maintenance determination signal, displays the call reception interface on the screen held by the screen maintenance processing unit 20, and displays a call control unit ( 40) performs call control according to the user's selection input by the call reception menu displayed on the call reception interface.

Hereinafter, each configuration of the call reception screen managing apparatus 100 will be described in more detail.

First, in the present invention, the call reception screen management apparatus 100 is included in a communication terminal, which may be installed in the form of an application or included in an operating system. Or, of course, it may be implemented in the form of hardware.

The communication terminal means a mobile communication terminal which is generally used, and in particular, in the present invention, it is preferable that the communication terminal is a so-called "smartphone" that has a display unit that performs an input / output function and can install and execute an application program.

The call event detecting unit 10 detects a call reception event of the communication terminal. Here, the call reception event refers to an event occurring at the communication terminal when a call is received, that is, when a call is received among events related to a call service occurring at the communication terminal. Events related to the call service include, for example, idle (IDLE) waiting for a call, OFFHOOK hanging up, and RINGING, which is ringing as an incoming call. In the present invention, a call reception event occurs in a communication terminal when a call is received. On the other hand, a call waiting call reception, which is a case where a call is received from another person during a call, is also included in the call reception event.

Such events may be detected by an operating system installed in the communication terminal, and in this case, the call event detecting unit 10 refers to a functional module included in the operating system. Alternatively, the call event detector 10 may be separately provided and configured to receive a result of the event through a separate event detection / processing unit in the operating system. In any case, the call event detection unit 10 detects (detects) a call reception event when the call reception event occurs in the communication terminal and sends a call reception event detection signal indicating that the call reception event has occurred to the call reception interface processor 30. send. The call reception interface processor 30 maintains the screen currently displayed on the display in conjunction with the screen maintenance processor 20 and configures a call reception interface to display on the display as described below.

The screen maintenance processor 20 determines whether to maintain the screen currently displayed on the display unit in the communication terminal and maintains the screen displayed on the display unit on the top screen when a call reception event occurs.

As described above, when the call reception event is detected, the call event detection unit 10 transmits a call reception event detection signal to the call reception interface processing unit 30, and the call reception interface processing unit 30 maintains the screen accordingly. The screen maintenance processing request signal is transmitted to the processing unit 20. When the screen maintenance processing unit 20 receives a screen maintenance processing request signal, the screen maintenance processing unit 20 determines whether to maintain the screen currently displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal, and when the call reception event occurs, the display unit when the call reception event occurs. This function keeps the screen being displayed on the top screen.

As shown in FIG. 2, the screen maintenance processing unit 20 includes an unsupported application processing unit 21, an exception screen processing unit 22, and a screen maintenance execution unit 23.

The unsupported application processor 21 is responsible for transmitting a screen non-holding signal to the call receiving interface processor 30 when an application in which the call receiving interface processor 30 cannot operate is running. As will be described later, the call reception interface processor 30 displays a separate call reception screen on the display unit while maintaining a screen that is currently being executed, instead of the call reception screen provided by the operating system, but does not support such a function. In other words, there are cases where an application for which such a function cannot operate is running. The unsupported application processing unit 21 determines whether such an application is running, and transmits a screen non-maintenance determination signal to the call reception interface processing unit 30 that the currently running screen cannot be maintained when such an application is running. When the call reception interface processor 30 receives a screen non-holding decision signal, the call reception interface processor 30 omits a later procedure and displays a call reception screen according to a general call reception procedure, that is, a procedure basically set by the operating system.

In other words, the unsupported application processing unit 21 determines whether an application in which the screen maintenance function and the call reception interface display function according to the present invention are not able to operate normally is executed to determine whether or not the subsequent processing according to the present invention cannot be performed. To judge. For example, whether or not the unsupported application is executed may be stored in a list of unsupported applications in advance, and the operating system may determine whether an application included in the list is currently running.

The exception screen processor 22 transmits a screen non-holding decision signal to the call reception interface processor 30 when a preset exception screen is displayed on the display unit. Here, the preset exception screen refers to a screen which is set in advance so that a screen maintenance function and a call reception interface display function by a later processing procedure according to the present invention are not performed. When the exception screen is displayed on the display, the exception screen processing unit 22 transmits a screen non-holding decision signal to the call reception interface processor 30. When the call reception interface processor 30 receives a screen non-holding decision signal, the call reception interface processor 30 omits a later procedure and displays a call reception screen according to a general call reception procedure, that is, a procedure basically set by the operating system.

In short, the unsupported application processing unit 21 and the exception screen processing unit 22 perform a function of determining whether or not the screen maintenance function and the call reception interface display function according to the present invention cannot be performed.

The screen maintenance execution unit 23 is displayed on the display unit when a call reception event occurs instead of a preset call reception screen when a screen non-sustain determination signal is not transmitted from the unsupported application processing unit 21 and the exception screen processing unit 22. The screen is displayed on the top screen and the screen maintenance decision signal is transmitted to the call reception interface processor 30. That is, the screen maintenance execution unit 23 transmits an operation system to the operating system when the unsupported determination signal is not transmitted from the unsupported application processing unit 21 and the exception screen processing unit 22, that is, it is determined that the screen may be maintained. Instead of the existing call reception screen which is basically provided by default, the screen displayed on the display unit is displayed on the top screen when a call reception event occurs and the screen maintenance determination signal is transmitted to the call reception interface processor 30.

First, referring to FIG. 3, the screen maintenance execution unit 23 includes a screen determination unit 231 and a current screen display unit 232.

The screen determination unit 231 processes a function of determining whether the highest screen displayed on the display unit at the present time is a call reception screen that is preset, that is, a call reception screen basically provided by the operating system. .

In addition, the current screen display unit 232 is displayed on the display unit when a call reception event, which is a screen directly below the call reception screen, is determined by the screen determination unit 231 as the highest screen. Performs the function of displaying the existing screen as the top screen. That is, the current screen display unit 232 waits for the call reception screen basically provided by the operating system to be displayed on the top screen, and when the corresponding call reception screen is displayed, that is, the screen immediately below that, when a call reception event occurs (when a call is received). ) It displays the screen displayed on the display by dragging it up to the top screen.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the screen maintenance execution unit 23. The operation of the screen maintenance execution unit 23 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, when the screen holding function is activated (S100) (this means that the screen non-holding determination signal is not transmitted from the unsupported application processing unit 21 and the exception screen processing unit 22 as described above), the screen holding execution unit ( 23, the screen determination unit 231 first queries the highest screen information currently being executed to determine whether the highest screen displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal is a preset call reception screen at the present time (S110). Information on the top screen currently being executed, that is, information on the top screen currently displayed on the display unit, may use a function provided by the operating system. For example, in the case of the Android operating system, the getRunningTasks () method of the activity manager can be used to obtain the top-level screen information.

Next, the screen determination unit 231 checks whether or not the top screen is a preset call reception screen based on the obtained top screen information (S120). This can also be checked through the functions provided by the operating system, for example, by checking the package name or the class name through the top screen information in the case of the Android system.

At this time, if the top screen is not a preset call reception screen, that is, a call reception screen basically provided by the operating system, it is determined whether the first waiting time set in advance has been exceeded (S130). In the case of waiting for a second waiting time (S140), the process returns to step S110 and repeats the above process.

Here, the second waiting time is shorter than the first waiting time, for example, the first waiting time is preferably about 1 to 2 seconds, and the second waiting time is preferably about tens of milliseconds.

If the first waiting time has elapsed in step S130, that is, if the top screen is not a preset call reception screen even after 1 to 2 seconds, the call reception procedure is not normally performed. The operation is stopped (S150), and then the procedure is stopped.

Repeating this process, if the top screen is a call reception screen that is set in advance in step S120, that is, a call reception screen basically provided by the operating system, the current screen display unit 232 of the screen maintenance execution unit 23 is performed. ) Is obtained by inquiring information on a screen immediately below the preset call reception screen, that is, a screen displayed on the display unit at the time of a call reception event (S160). This may also be obtained using the functions provided by the operating system in the same manner as described in step S110. For example, in the case of the Android system, you can use the activity manager's getRunningTasks () method.

When the information on the screen immediately below the call reception screen is acquired, the current screen display unit 232 pulls the screen directly below the call reception screen to the top screen based on the obtained information so that the display is displayed as the top screen on the display unit ( S170). This can also take advantage of the operating system's functionality, such as by using the ActivityManager's moveTaskToFront () method on the Android system.

After this process, the screen displayed on the display unit at the time of the call reception event occurs is displayed on the screen as it is instead of the call reception screen and the operation of the screen maintenance function is completed (S180). In this case, the screen maintenance execution unit 23 transmits a screen maintenance determination signal informing that the screen maintenance is completed, to the call reception interface processing unit 30.

Next, the call reception interface processor 30 will be described again with reference to FIG. 1.

When the call reception event detection signal is received by the call event detection unit 10, the call reception interface processor 30 transmits a screen maintenance processing request signal to the screen maintenance processing unit 20 and maintains the screen from the screen maintenance processing unit 20. When the determination signal is received, the call reception interface is configured to be displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal, and the call reception interface is displayed on the screen maintained by the screen maintenance processor 20, that is, the screen displayed on the display unit when a call reception event occurs. It performs the function.

That is, when a call reception event occurs, the call reception interface processor 30 displays a separate call reception interface on a screen displayed when a call reception event that is held by the screen maintenance processor 20 instead of the existing call reception screen is generated. Handle the function.

Referring to FIG. 5, it can be seen that (a) shows a conventional general call reception screen. On the other hand, (b) on the right is a screen displayed on the display when the call reception event occurs according to the present invention is maintained as it is (that is, instead of the existing call reception screen is provided), the call reception interface according to the present invention It can be seen that it is displayed.

As shown in the screen (b) of FIG. 5, the user has made a call from "Hong Gil-dong" while the Internet browser is running. At this time, the conventional technology displays a screen as shown in (a) on the display unit. According to the present invention, when a call reception event occurs, instead of providing a conventional call reception screen as shown in (a), it is understood that the screen provided on the display unit, that is, the web page screen on the Internet browser is provided as the top screen of the display unit. Can be. In addition, at the top of the web page on the Internet browser such as "caller name", "caller's phone number", etc., the user selectable menus "Call (call menu)", "Call rejection menu" ) ", And so on.

As shown in FIG. 5B, it is preferable that the call reception interface according to the present invention is partially displayed in a partial area without covering the screen held by the screen maintenance processing unit 20 as a whole.

The call control unit 40 controls call according to a user's selection input by a call reception menu (call reception menu (call), call rejection menu (hang)) displayed on the call reception interface as shown in FIG. Will be performed. When the call reception menu is selected, the call is made, but the screen maintained by the screen maintaining processor 20 may be maintained. On the other hand, if the call rejection menu is selected, the call rejection operation is performed, and the screen that was originally displayed, that is, the web page on the Internet browser, is displayed as it is after the call reception interface is removed from the display unit.

First, when the call event detection unit 10 detects a call reception event, that is, when a call is detected as an event (S200), the call event detection unit 10 receives a call indicating that a call reception event has occurred. The event detection signal is transmitted to the call receiving interface processor 30 (S210).

The call reception interface processing unit 30 checks whether the screen holding function is operated according to the present invention (S220), and when the screen holding function is set to On, the screen holding processing request signal to the screen holding processing unit 20. Transmit (S230).

The screen maintenance processing unit 20 processes the exception and checks whether or not the screen displayed at the time of the call reception event cannot be maintained (S240), and operates the screen maintenance function (S250).

Here, processing the exceptional situation is to determine the case where the screen maintenance function according to the present invention cannot be executed by the unsupported application processing unit 21 and the exception screen processing unit 22 as described above. If not, the screen maintenance function 23 operates the screen maintenance function (S250).

The operation of the screen maintenance function in the screen maintenance execution unit 23 is performed by performing steps S100 to S180 as described in FIG. 4, and through this process, a call reception screen generally provided, that is, communication Instead of the conventional call reception screen provided by the operating system of the terminal, it is possible to maintain the screen displayed on the display unit as a call reception screen when a call reception event occurs.

The screen maintenance execution unit 23 transmits a screen maintenance determination signal to inform the call reception interface processor 30 of the case where screen maintenance is normally performed (S260).

Upon receiving the screen maintenance determination signal, the call reception interface processing unit 30 configures a call reception interface to be displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the screen is displayed on the screen held by the screen maintaining processor 20 (S270).

In this state, for example, when the user selects a "call reception menu (call)" (S280), the call reception interface processing unit 30 notifies this to the call control unit 40 (S290), and the call control unit 40 processes the call reception. To make a call.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications / deformations are made within the scope of the present invention as understood by reference to the appended claims and drawings. Of course it will be possible.

Claims

In the call reception screen management device,

A call event detector for detecting a call reception event of the communication terminal;

A screen maintenance processor for determining whether to maintain the screen currently displayed on the display unit in the communication terminal and maintaining the screen displayed on the display unit on the top screen when a call reception event occurs;

When a call reception event detection signal is received by the call event detection unit, a screen maintenance processing request signal is transmitted to the screen maintenance processing unit, and when a screen maintenance determination signal is received from the screen maintenance processing unit, it is displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal. A call reception interface processor configured to display a call reception interface on a screen held by the screen maintenance processor by configuring a call reception interface to be set; And

Call control unit for performing a call control according to the user's selection input by the call receiving menu displayed on the call receiving interface

Call receiving screen management device comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The screen maintenance processing unit,

An unsupported application processing unit which transmits a screen non-holding determination signal to the call receiving interface processing unit when an application in which the call receiving interface processing unit cannot operate is executed;

An exception screen processing unit which transmits a screen non-holding determination signal to the call reception interface processing unit when the preset exception screen is displayed on the display unit; And

When the screen non-holding signal is not transmitted by the unsupported application processor and the exception screen processor, the screen displayed on the display is displayed on the top screen when the call reception event occurs instead of the preset call reception screen and the screen maintenance decision signal is displayed. Screen maintenance execution unit for transmitting to the call receiving interface processing unit

Call receiving screen management apparatus comprising a.
The method of claim 2,

The screen maintenance execution unit,

A screen determination unit which determines whether the highest screen displayed on the display unit at the present time is a preset call reception screen; And

If the top screen is determined by the screen determination unit as the preset call reception screen, the current screen display unit displays the screen displayed on the display unit as the top screen when a call reception event occurs, which is a screen directly below the call reception screen.

Call receiving screen management apparatus comprising a.
The method of claim 3,

The screen determination unit,

If the uppermost screen displayed on the display at the present time is not a preset call reception screen, if the first preset waiting time has not elapsed, the user waits for the second preset waiting time and then returns to the display at the present time. And determining whether the displayed top screen is a preset call reception screen.
The method of claim 4, wherein

And the second waiting time is shorter than the first waiting time.
The method of claim 3,

The current screen display unit,

If it is determined by the screen determination unit that the top screen is the preset call reception screen, information on the screen displayed on the display unit is acquired when a call reception event occurs, which is a screen directly below the call reception screen, and the obtained information. According to claim 1, characterized in that to display the screen immediately below the top screen.
The method of claim 1,

The call receiving interface processing unit,

And displaying the call reception interface on a partial area of the screen maintained by the screen maintenance processor.
The method of claim 7, wherein

And the call reception interface includes a call reception menu including a call reception and call rejection menu.
The method of claim 1,

And the call controller is configured to perform call control while displaying a screen held by a screen maintenance processor including the call reception interface on a display unit.
A method for managing a call reception screen by a call reception screen management device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,

A first step of detecting, by the call event detector, a call reception event of the communication terminal;

A second step of transmitting, by the call event detection unit, a call reception event detection signal to the call reception interface processor;

A third step of transmitting, by the call reception interface processor, a screen maintenance processing request signal to the screen maintenance processing unit;

A fourth step of determining, by the screen maintenance processor, whether to maintain a screen currently displayed on the display unit, and maintaining the screen displayed on the display unit on the top screen when a call reception event occurs;

A fifth step of configuring the call reception interface to be displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal by the call reception interface processor to display the call reception interface on the screen maintained in the fourth step; And

A sixth step of the call controller performing call control according to a user's selection input by a call reception menu of the call reception interface displayed in the fifth step;

Call receiving screen management method comprising a.