KR101006596B1 - How to manage address of mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an address management method of a mobile terminal, and in particular, by additionally creating and storing only an address book for a favorite number, the user can easily search for a favorite phone number easily even when the list of the phone book is changed by frequent broadcast transmission. The purpose is to make it possible. In the present invention for the purpose of the phone number registration method of the mobile terminal, the step of selecting the configuration menu of the message screen, the address book registration menu below the configuration menu to display the phone number registration screen, And registering a phone number by entering a phone number through a general phone book search or a direct key input on the phone number registration screen.

Description

How to manage address of mobile terminal {ADDRESS MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR HAND-HELD TERMINAL}

1 is an exemplary diagram of an address registration process for an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary view of an address retrieval process for message transmission in an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exemplary view of a pop-up screen at the address search in an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to an address management method for easily managing a telephone number or an e-mail address.

Portable terminals, in particular mobile communication terminals (hereinafter, abbreviated as 'mobile phones') have rapidly spread as miniaturization and light weight have been made according to the development of communication technology.

The mobile phone is equipped with a phone book function that stores a contact of a specific person so that a user can search for a name and phone number as needed.

A brief description of a conventional phonebook input method is as follows.

First, when the user selects the phone book input button on the terminal menu screen, the terminal controller displays the phone book input screen.                         

Accordingly, the user selects a desired item by using a keypad on the phonebook input screen and inputs corresponding information. In this case, if you select the 'Name' item, switch to the Hangul character keypad and enter the name. If you select the 'Mobile Phone', 'Home', 'Company', 'Fax' and 'Birthday' items, switch to the numeric keypad. If you select the 'Email' item, switch to the alphabetic or numeric keypad as needed and enter the alphabetic or numeric characters.

After entering a name, mobile phone number, home phone number, e-mail address, fax number, etc. in the same manner as above, and press the Save button to store the corresponding input information in the memory of the terminal.

Meanwhile, a broadcast transmission service that may simultaneously transmit the same message to multiple subscribers will be described below.

First, for broadcast transmission, the user enters each subscriber's telephone number to which the message is to be sent. At this time, each subscriber's telephone number is entered directly by the user or by selecting the desired telephone number or e-mail address from the telephone directory registered in the above process.

Thereafter, when a plurality of subscriber numbers are inputted and the user presses a confirmation key, broadcasting transmission is started. The mobile communication terminal transmits each subscriber number and the corresponding message to the message transmission system, and the message transmission system transmits each subscriber number. Dial and send the message when the communication is connected.

 However, in the related art, since a function of registering a list of recent numbers is provided in the phone book, when a favorite phone number is deleted from the phone book due to frequent broadcast transmission, the favorite phone number must be re-entered or registered in the phone book. Discomfort occurs.

Therefore, in order to improve the conventional problem, by additionally creating and storing only an address book for a favorite number, the user can easily search for a favorite phone number even when the list of the phone book is changed by frequent broadcast transmission. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for managing an address of a mobile terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for registering a telephone number of a mobile terminal in order to achieve the above object, and determining whether a telephone number input mode is set, and if the telephone number input mode is set, whether a general telephone number is input or a specific telephone number. And confirming whether it is an input, displaying a phone number input screen when the input of the specific phone number is confirmed, and registering a phone number input by the phone number input screen into a specific phone book rather than a phone book. It is characterized by.

If the telephone number input mode is confirmed as the input of the general telephone number, the method includes the step of registering the telephone number input by the user in the general telephone directory.

In particular, the present invention is characterized in that a specific address book function is mounted separately from the phone book function.                     

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

In the embodiment of the present invention, for example, the address book menu for registering a favorite phone number is installed as a sub-menu of the environment setting menu in the message menu, and when a search menu such as a phone number or an e-mail address is selected, a recent number, Configure menu to select address book, phone number, etc.

1 is an exemplary diagram of a specific phone number registration process according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, selecting an environment setting menu of a message screen, and selecting an address book registration menu under the environment setting menu. And displaying a registration screen, and registering a phone number by entering a phone number through a general phonebook search or direct key input on the phone number registration screen.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3 the operation and effect of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

2 is a diagram illustrating a process for inputting a phone number or email address for transmitting a message in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a pop-up menu when selecting a menu in an embodiment of the present invention. .

First, the user performs the same operation as the example of FIG. 1 in order to separately manage his / her favorite phone number or e-mail address.

The user first selects the message menu on the main menu screen of the mobile phone, and then selects the configuration menu included in the message menu.

Thereafter, the address book registration menu included in the configuration menu is selected.                     

Accordingly, the user performs a phone book search or direct key input to register a favorite phone number or e-mail address in a separate address book instead of a phone book.

Therefore, a separate address book in which the above process is registered can be used to search for a phone number or an e-mail address, which will be described with reference to the exemplary diagrams of FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, when the user selects the 'message' menu from the main menu in order to send a message to a plurality of subscribers, a message screen as shown in FIG. 2 (a) is displayed on the mobile phone screen. As shown in b), a screen for entering a phone number or e-mail address to which a new message is sent is displayed.

In this case, when the user selects a menu at the bottom of the screen to input a phone number or an e-mail address, a menu such as a recent number, an address book, a phone book, etc. is displayed on the mobile phone screen as shown in FIG.

Accordingly, the user selects a telephone number or an e-mail address in the same manner as in FIG. 2 (d) and inputs the same in FIG. 2 (b).

If the selection of the telephone number or e-mail address is wrong, the corresponding selection operation is canceled by selecting the corresponding telephone number and pressing the release button as shown in FIG.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the case of broadcast transmission for transmitting a message to a plurality of subscribers, in order to select or release the entire telephone number registered as a corresponding group or the entire address book for the favorite telephone number or e-mail address of FIG. By displaying a pop-up screen as shown in the illustration, it provides the user with convenience in selecting a phone number or email address.

As described in detail above, the present invention registers and manages a user's favorite phone number or e-mail address separately so that the user can change the phone number or e-mail even if the registration list of the phone book is frequently changed using the broadcast transmission function. The inconvenience of having to re-enter the address is eliminated.

That is, the present invention provides convenience to the user by eliminating the inconvenience that is not distinguished from the frequently used number by separately managing the group's phone number or email address when sending a message to a specific group.

Claims (2)

In the phone number registration of the mobile terminal, Determining whether a phone number input mode is set; When the phone number input mode is set, checking whether a specific phone number or a general phone number is input; If it is confirmed by inputting a specific phone number, registering the phone number or email address entered by the user in a separate address book instead of a phone book; Thereafter, when the user selects the separate address book, displaying the address book list and displaying the select all or release all button as a pop-up screen. delete

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