KR100687196B1 - Mobile communication terminal with specific use function and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a dedicated function setting checking step of checking whether a dedicated function is set in a mobile communication terminal and setting a specific function of a terminal to be used exclusively when the dedicated function is set in the current terminal as a result of checking during the dedicated function setting checking step are performed. Provided is a mobile communication terminal having a specific use function comprising a dedicated function setting step and a dedicated function executing step of operating the terminal only with a specific function of the terminal set by the user of the terminal after the dedicated function setting step. .

In the present invention as described above, the terminal operates as a specific function set and all other functions are stopped when the specific function provided in the terminal is set exclusively, so that the terminal user uses the terminal only as a function that is currently set as a dedicated terminal. Because it is possible to avoid the obstacles caused by the operation of other functions of the device, it is possible to use a specific function exclusively without adding a separate complicated circuit configuration that can maximize the convenience of using the terminal. do.

Dedicated function, limited function, MSM part, multimedia part, LCD panel part

Description

Mobile communication terminal having a specific use function and its control method {mobile communication terminal having a exclusive use function and controlling method therefore}

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a terminal of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of the present invention.

4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a dedicated function setting screen of the present invention.

5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a limit function setting screen of the present invention;

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1: Mobile communication terminal 2: LCD panel

3: MSM 4: Memory

5: handset 6: codec unit

7: Key panel unit 8: Base station system unit

9: terminal 10: multimedia unit

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal equipped with a specific use function and a control method thereof, and in particular, when a specific function provided in the terminal is set exclusively, the terminal operates as a set specific function and stops all other functions. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal equipped with the same and a control method thereof.

In general, in the early 1980s, mobile communication system divided service area into hexagonal cells of several km to several ten kilometers in diameter in North America, and then repeatedly used the same frequency channel in geographically separated cells, The first commercialization of a cellular-phone mobile communication system that implements wireless channel switching has grown rapidly.

In addition, recently, a third generation mobile communication system called IMT-2000 has been developed and used. Such a system can be used for various communication services supported by a fixed communication network such as PSTN / ISDN / B-ISDN, etc. A mobile communication system that enables access to an information service network including audio and video data using a wireless link.

Then, referring to the conventional mobile communication system as described above with reference to FIG. 1, a base station 71 for wirelessly processing function signals transmitted from a plurality of terminals 70, for example, a call signal or an SMS message, and the base station ( 71) MSC 72 for controlling the transmission function of the call signal or SMS message input via the; and the SMS message center 73 is connected to the MSC (72) for providing an SMS message to the terminal (70) do.

On the other hand, looking at the operation of the conventional mobile communication terminal as described above, if the user of the terminal 70 wants to transfer the information desired by the user to the other terminal to the other terminal, the user of the terminal 70, the finger of the folder portion Put between the 74 and the body portion to open the folder portion 74 or hold the folder portion 74 with both hands to open it, then select the menu through the keypad 75 and then enter the necessary characters. When the character input is completed through the above process, the user of the terminal 70 selects a destination telephone number to be transmitted from a list of phone books stored therein and presses the transmit button. Then, the terminal 70 transmits the text data input by the user in the SMS message to the base station 71. Accordingly, the SMS message signal of the terminal 70 is input to and stored in the SMS message center 73 via the base station 71 and the MSC 72. Then, the SMS message center 73 checks the destination phone number of the input SMS message and transmits it to the MSC 72. Then, the MSC 72 transmits the SMS message signal transmitted from the SMS server 73 to the counterpart mobile phone 76. The counterpart terminal 76 analyzes the received SMS message signal and displays the signal on the display.

On the other hand, when the incoming call signal is received from the external mobile phone 76 through the MSC 72 and the base station 71, the clamshell terminal 70 rings a ring signal to inform the user that the current call has been received. In this case, when the user of the terminal 70 wants to answer the call, the user inserts a finger between the folder portion 74 and the body portion to open the folder portion 74 or hold the folder portion 74 with both hands to open the corresponding portion. The call is made with the terminal 70 on the ear and the mouth. By the way, if the user of the terminal 70 does not want to answer the call in the state of the call, open the folder 74 and press the call end button located on the keypad 75 to hang up the call.

However, such a conventional mobile communication terminal is generally provided with additional service functions such as accessing the Internet or executing other video files, but using a specific function desired by the user, for example, using the terminal only for playing a clock, a game, or an MP3 file. Since the function is not provided in the terminal, the user of the terminal cannot use the function that suits his or her needs at all, and thus it is inconvenient to use the terminal. Even if the terminal is equipped with a game function, the terminal has an appearance. As it seems that only games are played, there is a problem in that user convenience can be considerably deteriorated since only game functions can be used exclusively because other functions are continuously performed in the terminal.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and since the terminal user only uses the terminal with a function that is currently set as a dedicated device, the terminal user does not have to suffer the trouble caused by operating other functions of the terminal accordingly. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal equipped with a specific use function that can maximize the convenience of using a terminal, and a control method thereof.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal having a specific use function and a control method thereof having a specific use function, which can be used exclusively for a specific function without adding a separate complicated circuit configuration. .

The present invention for achieving the above object in the mobile communication terminal having a variety of internal functions, including the SMS transmission function, is installed on a portion of the body of the mobile communication terminal to display a specific function to be processed exclusively by the terminal to the outside And a specific use function including an LCD panel unit and an MSM unit for executing a specific function set to be dedicated to the request of the user of the mobile communication terminal and selectively stopping all terminal functions other than the specific function to be executed exclusively. Provides a mobile communication terminal.

Another feature of the present invention is a dedicated function setting checking step of checking whether a dedicated function is set in a mobile communication terminal, and a specific function of a terminal to be used exclusively when the dedicated function is set in the current terminal as a result of checking during the dedicated function setting checking step. A control method for a mobile communication terminal having a specific use function comprising a dedicated function setting step of setting a function and a dedicated function executing step of operating the terminal only with a specific function of the terminal set by the user of the terminal after the dedicated function setting step. to provide.

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

As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus of the present invention is installed on a part of the body of the mobile communication terminal 1 and displays an LCD panel unit 2 for displaying a specific function and various information signals to the outside, which are exclusively processed by the terminal, and It executes a specific function set exclusively for the user's request of the mobile communication terminal 1, for example, a function such as playing an mp3 file, a game, a clock, and stops all terminal functions other than the specific function executed exclusively. MSM unit (3) for controlling the overall function of the terminal (1), and a memory for storing various information processed by the mobile communication terminal (1) in accordance with the storage control signal of the MSM (3) A codec for converting an analog audio signal input through the handset 5 into a digital signal or converting a digital voice signal into an analog signal according to the call connection control signal of the unit 4 and the MSM unit 3 and outputting the analog signal. part( 6).

One end of the MSM unit 3 is connected to a key panel unit 7 for inputting a function setting signal of the user to the MSM unit 3. In addition, one end of the MSM unit 3 is connected to a multimedia unit 10 for playing a multimedia function, for example, playing a game or playing an MP3 file.

Next, a control method applied to the terminal of the present invention as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, the method of the present invention proceeds from the initial state S1 to the dedicated function setting checking step S2 to check whether the dedicated function is set in the current terminal. Here, when the dedicated function setting confirmation step (S2) is confirmed, if the dedicated function is not currently set in the terminal, the process proceeds to the general call processing function execution step (S3) to execute the general call processing function.

That is, when power is applied to the terminal 1 of the present invention, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 proceeds to an initialization state, forms necessary information from the memory unit 4, executes an initialization process, and then waits. Proceed to

At this time, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 recognizes when the user inputs a telephone number through the key panel unit 7 and presses a call button, and the user inputs the telephone number to the memory unit 4. In addition to the storage, the system accesses the base station system unit 8 through the access channel, and then transmits an outgoing signal to the corresponding telephone number. Then, the base station system unit 8 processes the outgoing signal sent from the terminal 1 and transmits the incoming call to the counterpart terminal 9 to form a call. That is, when the user of the terminal 1 inputs the voice signal through the handset 5, the codec unit 6 of the terminal 1 signals the voice signal input through the handset 6 to the MSM unit. Enter (3). The MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 wirelessly processes a voice signal input through the codec unit 6 and transmits the voice signal to the counterpart terminal 9 via the base station system unit 8 so that a normal call can be made. Is achieved.

However, as a result of checking during the dedicated function setting checking step (S2), if a dedicated function is currently set in the terminal, the terminal should be restricted to use a specific function of the terminal to be used exclusively by proceeding to the dedicated function setting step (S4). Set a specific function of the. Then, after the dedicated function setting step (S4) to proceed to the dedicated function execution step (S5) to operate the terminal only with a specific function of the terminal set by the user of the terminal.

That is, the present invention selects the dedicated function setting menu through the key panel unit 7 when the terminal user wants to use a specific function exclusively among the functions provided in the terminal. Then, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 calls out a dedicated function setting menu from the memory unit 4 and displays it on the LCD panel unit 2. In this case, the LCD panel 2 displays a function provided in the terminal, for example, an MP3 file playing function, a game or a clock function, as shown in FIG. Here, if the user selects a specific function that the user wants to use exclusively from the function items displayed on the LCD panel 2, the MSM unit 3 sets it as dedicated. At this time, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 also displays a function menu to be limited on the LCD panel unit 2 as shown in FIG. Then, when the user of the terminal 1 sets the item that the user wants in the function menu to be limited displayed on the LCD panel unit 2, the user sets these functions as the function limitation object.

On the other hand, when the dedicated function setting is completed as described above, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 transmits the MP3 file to the multimedia unit 10 if the function set exclusively by the user, for example, the MP3 file playback function. Play through and stop all functions that the user requires to be restricted.

Therefore, according to the method of the present invention as described above, the terminal executes only a function set exclusively by the user, and all the remaining functions are stopped by the user's selection, thereby significantly reducing the power consumption of the battery of the terminal. Will let you.

As described above, in the present invention, when a specific function provided in the terminal is set as a dedicated terminal, the terminal operates as a set specific function and all other functions are stopped, so that the terminal user uses the terminal only as a function currently set to dedicated. Therefore, it is not necessary to suffer the obstacle caused by the operation of other functions of the terminal has the advantage of maximizing the convenience of using the terminal accordingly.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to use a specific function exclusively without adding a separate complicated circuit configuration, thereby also improving the functionality of the terminal.

Claims (3)

In the mobile communication terminal having various internal functions, including SMS transmission function, An MSM unit that executes a specific function selected by the user of the mobile communication terminal as a dedicated function and selectively stops all functions other than the specific function executed exclusively among the internal functions; Mobile communication terminal with a specific use function, characterized in that it comprises an LCD panel which is installed on a part of the body of the mobile communication terminal to display the specific function to be processed exclusively by the terminal to the outside. Dedicated function setting confirmation step of confirming whether the dedicated function is set in the mobile communication terminal and setting of a dedicated function to set a specific function of the terminal to be used exclusively when the dedicated function is set in the current terminal as a result of checking during the dedicated function setting confirmation step. And a dedicated function execution step of operating the terminal only with a specific function of the terminal set by the user of the terminal after the dedicated function setting step. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the dedicated function setting step further includes a usage restriction function setting step of setting a function to limit execution while the dedicated function is executed. Control method.

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