KR20050027591A - Method for managing received messages in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for managing received messages in group units in a mobile communication terminal. The present invention provides a process of creating a plurality of message groups for storing an incoming message, registering a phone number for each of the plurality of message groups, and analyzing a received message when receiving a message to identify a calling party number. Storing the received message in a message group in which a sender number is registered; displaying a name of the plurality of message groups together with the number of received messages when selecting a “received message” item in a message management window; Selecting one of the message groups and inputting a confirmation key, and displaying a list of received messages of the selected message group. In this way, the present invention can manage unnecessary advertising messages or important messages (credit card payment history) in a separate group, and also has the advantage that can be deleted at once without the need to delete the advertising messages.

Description

How to manage incoming messages on your mobile device {METHOD FOR MANAGING RECEIVED MESSAGES IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a method for managing received messages in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for managing received messages in group units in a mobile communication terminal.

Mobile communication terminals are rapidly spreading due to the convenience of portability, and thus service providers (terminal manufacturers) are competitively developing terminals having more special functions to secure a large number of users. For example, a mobile communication terminal can be used for various purposes such as phone book, game, scheduler, short message, internet, e-mail, morning call, etc. It provides a function. In particular, one of the most used functions in the mobile communication terminal is a "short message".

In the prior art, the mobile communication terminal displays the received messages on the screen in the order of reception. Therefore, in order to find a specific message or to check only a message received with a specific phone number (caller number), it is inconvenient to search while moving sequentially from the first item of the message list.

In addition, the conventional terminal has only a function of deleting one or all selected messages among the received messages. Therefore, in order to delete only some messages such as advertisement characters, it is inconvenient to select and delete messages one by one.

As such, as text messages are used not only for personal use but also as a means of verifying advertisements and credit card payment history, it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage many messages in the conventional manner.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for managing received messages in group units in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for classifying and displaying a received message by a user-specified message group in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for classifying and storing a received message by a message group designated by a user in a mobile communication terminal, and deleting the message by group.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for managing a received message in a group unit in a mobile communication terminal, generating a plurality of message groups for storing the received message, the plurality of message groups Registering a telephone number for each of the messages, analyzing the received message to confirm the sender number when the message is received, and storing the received message in a message group in which the sender number is registered. Message ", displaying names of the plurality of message groups together with the number of received messages; and selecting one of the plurality of message groups and inputting a confirmation key to display a list of received messages of the selected message group. Characterized in that it comprises a process.

Preferably, the method further comprises storing the received message in an "unspecified" message group if the caller number is not registered in any of the plurality of message groups.

Preferably, when selecting one of the plurality of message groups and pressing a menu key, displaying a pop-up window including a plurality of menu items, and when selecting "Delete" of the menu items, The method may further include deleting all of the received messages, and deleting all of the received messages of the plurality of message groups when selecting “delete all” among the menu items.

Preferably, selecting one of the received message list and pressing a menu key, displaying a pop-up window including a plurality of menu items, and when selecting "delete" among the menu items, deleting the selected received message. And deleting all of the received messages of the selected message group when selecting 'Delete All' among the menu items.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described a method for classifying and managing received messages by a user-specified message group in a mobile communication terminal. The present invention can classify and display a received message by message group, and delete a message by message group.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the following description, the mobile communication terminal is meant to include a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), an international mobile communication-2000 (IMT2000) terminal, and the like. I will explain with a general configuration.

Referring to FIG. 1, a control unit (MPU: Micro-processor unit) 100 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, an operation for performing processing and control for voice call and data communication, classifying and displaying a received message by a user-specified message group according to the present invention in addition to the usual functions, and deleting the message by message group. To deal with. Therefore, in the following description, description about the process and control of the normal control part 100 is abbreviate | omitted.

The read only memory (ROM) 102 stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the control unit 100. In particular, according to the present invention, a received message is classified and displayed for each message group designated by a user, and a program for deleting the message for each message group is stored. Random Access Memory (RAM) 104 is a working memory of the controller 100. Stores temporary data generated during the execution of various programs. Flash ROM 106 stores various updatable storage data such as a phone book.

The keypad (key pad) 108 is a numeric key buttons of 0-9, menu button (menu), cancel button (clear), confirmation button, call button (TALK), end button (END), Internet access button, A plurality of function keys such as navigation key buttons (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶) are provided, and key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user is provided to the controller 100. On the other hand, a side key (▲ / ▼) is provided on the left side of the main body.

The display 110 displays status information generated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of video and still images, and the like. The display unit 100 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The codec (Coder-Decoder) 112 connected to the control unit 100 and the speaker 116 and the microphone 114 connected to the codec 112 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording. . The codec 112 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 100 into an analog voice signal and transmits the same through the speaker 116 and converts the voice signal received through the microphone 114 into PCM data. Provided to the controller 100.

In addition, the RF unit (Radio Frequency unit) (120) is the frequency of the radio frequency signal received via the antenna 118 is provided to the baseband processing unit 122 by lowering the frequency, the baseband signal from the baseband processing unit 122 The frequency is raised and transmitted through the antenna 118. The baseband processor 122 processes a baseband signal transmitted and received between the RF unit 120 and the controller 100. For example, in case of transmission, channel coding and spreading of data to be transmitted are performed, and in case of reception, despreading and channel decoding of a received signal are performed. .

2A and 2B illustrate a procedure for editing a message group in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 2A and 2B, first, in step 201, the controller 100 checks whether a “message management” menu item is selected by a user's key operation. If the message management menu item is not selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 275 to perform the corresponding mode. If the message management menu item is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 203 and displays lower menu items corresponding to the message management menu item. For example, the display is displayed as "1: Incoming message 2: Outgoing message 3: Sentence box 4: Edit message group" (see FIG. 5A).

During the display, the controller 100 checks whether item 4 (message group edit) is selected in step 205. When the message group edit menu item is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 207 to display a message group list. For example, the display is displayed as "1: unspecified (5) 2: friends (32) 3: Kim Eun-ju (1) 4: Lee Sang-hoon" (see FIG. 5B). Here, numbers in parentheses indicate the number of phone number information registered in the message group.

In operation 209, the controller 100 checks whether a direction key (navigation key or side key) is input. If the direction key is not input, the controller 100 proceeds to step 213. If the direction key is input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 211, and moves the selection display corresponding to the direction key input, and then proceeds to step 213. On the other hand, the control unit 100 checks whether the menu key is input in step 213. If the menu key is not input, the control unit 100 returns to step 209, and if the menu key is input, the controller 100 proceeds to step 215 and displays menu items using a pop-up window. For example, the display is displayed as "1: Add 2: Modify 3: Delete 4: Set" (see FIG. 5C).

In operation 217, the controller 100 determines whether item 1 (addition) of the menu items is selected. If "addition" is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 239 to display a group name input request screen and checks whether a group name is input by a user's key operation in step 214. When inputting the group name, In step 243, the controller 100 adds the message group having the group name to the message group list, and returns to step 207 to display the message group list.

If the item “addition” is not selected in step 217, the controller 100 checks whether item 2 (modification) is selected in step 219. If the "modify" is selected (see FIG. 5C), the controller 100 proceeds to step 221 and displays a list of phone numbers of the selected group. For example, "1: Go Hyun Min 2: Kim Myeong is 3: Kim Sang Hee 4: Kim Sun Ah 5: Ryu Hye Hoon" display (see FIG. 5D). The user name of the registered telephone number is displayed.

During the display, the controller 100 checks whether a direction key is input in step 221. If the direction key is not input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 227. If the direction key is input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 227, and moves the selection display corresponding to the direction key input, and then proceeds to step 227. . On the other hand, the control unit 100 checks whether the menu key is input in step 227. If the menu key is not input, the control unit 100 returns to step 223. If the menu key is input, the controller 100 proceeds to step 229 and displays menu items using a popup window. For example, the display is displayed as "1: Add 2: Modify 3: Delete" (see FIG. 5E).

In operation 231, the controller 100 determines whether item 1 (addition) of the menu items is selected. If the "addition" item is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 233 and displays a phone number information input screen. For example, the phone number information may be a name, a home phone number, a mobile phone number, a work phone number, and the like (see FIG. 5H). After displaying the information input screen, the controller 100 checks whether the telephone number information is input by a user's key operation in step 235. When the phone number information is input, the controller 100 proceeds to step 237 and adds the phone number information to the phone number list of the selected group and returns to step 221.

If the item “addition” is not selected in step 231, the controller 100 determines whether item 2 (modification) is selected in step 261. If the item “Modify” is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 263 and displays detailed information of the selected telephone number (see FIG. 5H). Here, the detailed information may be a name, a home phone number, a mobile phone number, a work phone number, and the like. In operation 265, the controller 100 determines whether the displayed information is modified by a user's key manipulation. If the correction is not detected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 269. If the correction is detected, the control unit 100 corrects and displays the corresponding information in step 267 and proceeds to step 269. The controller 100 checks whether a confirmation key is input in step 269. If the confirmation key is not input, the control unit 100 returns to step 265, and if the confirmation key is input, the control unit 100 returns to step 221 and displays a list of phone numbers.

If the item “Modify” is not selected in step 271, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 271 and checks whether item 3 (delete) is selected. If the "delete" item is not selected, the controller 100 returns to step 231. If the "delete" item is selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 273 to delete the selected phone number from the message group and returns to step 221 to display the phone number list.

If the item “Modify” is not selected in step 219, the controller 100 proceeds to step 245 and determines whether item 3 (delete) is selected. If the "delete" item is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 247 to delete the selected message group and returns to step 207 to display a message group list. At this time, the deleted message group is not displayed.

If the item “Delete” is not selected in step 245, the controller 100 proceeds to step 249 and checks whether item 4 (set) is selected. If the "setting" is not selected, the control unit 100 returns to step 217 to check whether the "addition" item is selected again. If the "setting" item is selected (see FIG. 5F), the controller 100 proceeds to step 251 and displays a setting list. For example, display is displayed as "1: User Defined 2: Phone Group Use" (see FIG. 5G).

In operation 253, the controller 100 checks whether "user defined" is selected by the user key manipulation. If “user defined” is selected (see FIG. 5G), the controller 100 proceeds to step 259 and sets the user to specify a list of message groups, and returns to step 207 to display the message group list. . If the "user defined" is not selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 255 and checks whether "phone group use" is selected. If the "telephone group use" is not selected, the process returns to step 253 to see if "user defined" is selected again. If the 'phone group use' is selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 257 and registers the phone book group as a message group having the same name, and returns to step 207 to display the message group list. Currently, the terminal has a function of classifying and registering telephone numbers by group (family, friends, school, etc.) The present invention can use the telephone book (phonebook) group as a message group through the above setting. have.

3 illustrates a procedure for classifying and storing received messages by groups in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, in step 301, the controller 100 checks whether a message (short message or text message) is received. If the message is not received, the control unit 100 returns to step 315 to perform the corresponding mode. On the other hand, when the message is received, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 303 to analyze the message to check the caller ID. In operation 305, the controller 100 searches for message groups using the caller ID, and in step 307, the controller 100 determines whether the same telephone number exists in the message group.

If the same phone number does not exist, the controller 100 proceeds to step 313 and stores the received message in an unspecified group and proceeds to step 311. If the same phone number exists, the controller 100 proceeds to step 309 and stores the received message in the corresponding message group and proceeds to step 311. The controller 100 terminates after performing a message reception notification operation (bell, vibration, lamp, etc.) in step 311.

As such, incoming messages for which no group is specified are stored in the unspecified group. In addition, incoming messages designated as unspecified groups are also stored in the unspecified group.

4 illustrates a procedure for deleting a message for each message group in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, in step 401, the controller 100 checks whether a “receive message” menu item is selected in a message management window (see FIG. 6A) by a user key manipulation. When selecting the "receive message" item, the controller 100 proceeds to step 403 and displays a message group list. For example, "1: unspecified (5) 2: friends (7) 3: Kim Eun-ju (12) 4: Lee Sang-hoon (8)" (see Fig. 6b), where numbers in parentheses indicate the number of received messages. .

During the display, the controller 100 checks whether a direction key is input in step 405. If the direction key is not input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 409. If the direction key is input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 407, and moves the selection display corresponding to the direction key input, and then proceeds to step 409. . On the other hand, the control unit 100 checks whether a confirmation key is input in step 409.

When the confirmation key is input, the controller 100 proceeds to step 411 to display a list of received messages of the selected message group (see FIGS. 6E and 6F). The controller 100 checks whether a direction key is input in step 413. If the direction key is not input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 417, and if the direction key is input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 415 to move the selection display corresponding to the direction key input and then proceeds to step 417. .

On the other hand, the control unit 100 checks whether the menu key is input in step 417. If the menu key is not input, the control unit 100 returns to step 413. If the menu key is input, the controller 100 proceeds to step 419 to display menu items using a popup window. For example, the display is displayed as "1: Delete 2: Delete All" (see FIG. 6G). During the display, the controller 100 determines whether item 1 (delete) is selected in step 421. If the "delete" item is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 427 and deletes the selected message, and returns to step 411 to display a list of received messages of the corresponding message group. If the "delete" item is not selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 423 and checks whether item 2 (delete all) is selected. If the "delete all" item is not selected, the controller 100 returns to step 421, and if the "delete all" item is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 425 and receives the received message of the corresponding group. After deleting all, the process returns to step 403 to display the message group list (see FIGS. 6G and 6H).

On the other hand, if the confirmation key is not input in step 409, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 429 to check whether the menu key is input. In this case, if the menu key is not input, the control unit 100 returns to step 405 and checks whether the direction key is input again. If the menu key is input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 431 and displays menu items using a popup window. For example, "1: Delete 2: Delete All" is displayed.

During the display, the controller 100 determines whether item 1 (delete) is selected in step 433. If the "delete" item is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 439 to delete received messages of the selected message group and returns to step 403 to display a message group list (see FIGS. 6C and 6D). ). At this time, the number of received messages (numbers in parentheses) of the message group becomes "0". If the "delete" item is not selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 435 and checks whether item 2 (delete all) is selected. If the "Delete All" item is not selected, the control unit 100 returns to step 433. If the "Delete All" item is selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 437 to delete all received messages. Thereafter, the process returns to step 403 to display the message group list.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by those equivalent to the scope of the claims.

As described above, the present invention supports a user to easily manage received messages in groups by using a new concept of message groups. On the other hand, since messages received from phone numbers not registered in the terminal are managed in a separate group (eg, unspecified message group), when unnecessary advertisement messages are received, they can be deleted at once without the need to delete them all at once.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2A and 2B illustrate a procedure for editing a message group in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for classifying and storing received messages by groups in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for deleting a message for each message group in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5A-5H illustrate screens displayed when performing the " message group editing " function according to the present invention.

6A-6H illustrate screens displayed when performing the " delete incoming message " function according to the present invention.

Claims (9)

In the message group editing method in the mobile communication terminal, Displaying the message group list when selecting the “Edit message group” item in the message management window; Displaying a pop-up window including a plurality of menu items when selecting one of the message groups and pressing a menu key; Displaying a group name input request screen when selecting “add” among the menu items, and adding a message group having the group name to the message group list when inputting a group name; Displaying a list of telephone numbers of the selected message group when selecting "modification" among the menu items, and adding, deleting and modifying telephone numbers by a user operation; And deleting the selected message group from the message group list when selecting "delete" among the menu items. The method of claim 1, Displaying a list of settings when selecting "setting" from the menu items; Setting the user to register a list of telephone numbers of the selected message group when selecting "user defined" from the setting list; Registering a phonebook list of a phonebook group having the same name to the selected message group when selecting " use a phone number " in the setting list. A method for classifying and storing received messages by groups in a mobile communication terminal having a plurality of message groups, the method comprising: Verifying the caller ID by analyzing incoming messages; Checking whether the same number exists by searching the plurality of message groups with the calling party number; If the same number does not exist, storing the received message in an "unspecified" message group; And if the same number exists, storing the received message in a searched message group. A method for deleting a message for each message group in a mobile communication terminal having a plurality of message groups, Displaying the names of the plurality of message groups together with the number of received messages when selecting a "received message" item in a message management window; Displaying a received message list of the selected message group when selecting one of the plurality of message groups and inputting a confirmation key; Displaying a pop-up window including a plurality of menu items when selecting one of the received message list and pressing a menu key; Deleting the selected received message when selecting “delete” among the menu items; And deleting all the received messages of the selected message group when selecting 'delete all' among the menu items. The method of claim 4, wherein Displaying a popup window including a plurality of menu items when selecting one of the plurality of message groups and inputting a menu key; Deleting all the received messages of the selected message group when selecting “delete” among the menu items; And deleting all the received messages of the plurality of message groups when selecting “Delete All” among the menu items. In the method for managing received messages in group units in a mobile communication terminal, Creating a plurality of message groups for storing the received message, registering a telephone number for each of the plurality of message groups, When the message is received, analyzing the received message to check the calling party number, and storing the received message in a message group in which the calling party number is registered; Displaying the names of the plurality of message groups together with the number of received messages when selecting a "received message" item in a message management window; And selecting one of the plurality of message groups and inputting a confirmation key to display a list of received messages of the selected message group. The method of claim 6, If the sender number is not registered anywhere in the plurality of message groups, storing the received message in a " unspecified " message group. The method of claim 6, Displaying a popup window including a plurality of menu items when selecting one of the plurality of message groups and inputting a menu key; Deleting all the received messages of the selected message group when selecting “delete” among the menu items; And deleting all the received messages of the plurality of message groups when selecting “Delete All” among the menu items. The method of claim 6, Displaying a pop-up window including a plurality of menu items when selecting one of the received message list and pressing a menu key; Deleting the selected received message when selecting “delete” among the menu items; And deleting all received messages of the selected message group when selecting 'Delete All' among the menu items.