KR20050113453A - Method for editing telephone directory in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a method for editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal. When the user selects the phonebook edit menu, it provides a screen for selecting multiple groups for one personal data. If one or more groups are selected from the plurality of groups, they are stored. According to the present invention, since multiple groups can be registered to one individual, it is very useful for group transmission in SMS or MMS.

Description

How to edit phone book in mobile terminal {Method for editing telephone directory in mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a method of editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal, and more specifically, to have one person's data belong to several groups, and in addition to the existing bottom-up group editing method. down) A method for editing a phone book that allows group editing.

A method of editing a phone book in a conventional mobile communication terminal will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. 1 is a screen example of a mobile communication terminal when editing a phone book according to a conventional method. Editing of the phone book in the conventional mobile communication terminal can be stored by inputting a name, group, phone number as shown in FIG. The conventional method has been to assign one group to one human life data. This method, called bottom-up, was the input method of the phone book in the conventional mobile communication terminal. In the conventional bottom-up input method, one lifespan data may belong to only one group. That is, as shown in Figure 2, one individual belongs to only one group. For example, individual 1 belongs to group 1. However, in real society, individual 1 may belong to group 5 as well as group 1, but in the related art, there is a problem that an individual cannot belong to a plurality of groups.

On the other hand, there have been many attempts to improve the phonebook editing method more conveniently. For example, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0378708 discloses a method of editing a phone book in a mobile phone. This method allows you to create subgroups in the phonebook group, and allows you to move, copy, and delete multiple files or folders at once by using specific key buttons and submenu buttons. It provides a method that can be transmitted through.

This method simplifies the group registration process. However, the setting of multiple groups in the phone book or the top-down group editing function has not been proposed yet.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of this point, and an object thereof is to provide a phone book editing method capable of registering several groups in one person data.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a phone book editing method that can add an individual or a group in a top-down manner, in which a member of a group is added to a group.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first step of providing a screen that allows a user to select several groups for one personal data when the user selects a phonebook edit menu, and one or more of the plurality of groups. Selecting a group has a second step of storing it.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a first step of providing a screen for selecting a member addition menu when a user selects an existing group editing menu, and one of life-saving data or a group stored in a phone book when selecting the member addition menu is selected. And a third step of providing a screen from which the user can select and adding the selected name data or group as a new member to the existing group.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in another embodiment, a first step of providing a screen for selecting a member addition menu when a user selects a new group creation menu; and name data stored in a phone book when the member addition menu is selected. Or a second step of providing a screen from which one of the groups can be selected, and a third step of adding and storing the selected name data or group as a new member to the new group.

In the second step, in selecting the personal data stored in the phone book, the personal data belonging to another group may be selected.

When multiple groups are registered in one life data, when the group properties are different from each other by dividing the first registered group among the important groups and the remaining groups into non-critical groups, the attributes for the corresponding life data are the important groups. You can follow the attributes of.

The group attribute is a character ringtone, and when several groups are registered in specific personal data, the character ringtone set for the important group registered in the specific personal data may be designated as the character ringtone for the specific personal data. .

Also, the group attribute is a secret group attribute that requires a password to confirm data in the group without appearing in the search of the phone book. When the secret group attribute is set for an important group registered in a specific name data, In the search, no specific personal data is displayed and cannot be checked in the data of non-critical groups registered in the specific personal data, and the specific personal data can be confirmed only by entering a password in the important group registered in the specific personal data, and registering the specific personal data. If a secret group attribute is set for a non-critical group that has been assigned and a secret group attribute is not set for an important group, specific name data appears in the search of the phone book and a specific name is stored in the remaining groups except for the non-critical group in which the secret group attribute is set. You can also check the data All.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

3 is an internal configuration diagram showing an internal structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile communication terminal includes an input unit 310, a display unit 320, a memory 330, a controller 340, a wireless circuit unit 350, an analog voice processor 360, and the like.

The input unit 310 may use various devices such as a keypad, a jog shuttle, a point stick, a touch screen, and is used when a user selects a desired function or inputs information.

The display unit 320 is for showing various kinds of information to the user, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) is mainly used.

The memory 330 stores programs and data necessary for the mobile communication terminal to operate, and various devices such as erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), static random access memory (SRAM), and flash memory may be used.

The controller 340 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. The controller 340 may include a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP). The control unit 340 also includes a baseband signal processing circuit for processing the baseband signal from the wireless circuit unit 350.

The radio circuit unit 350 is a circuit for transmitting and receiving voice and control information to and from the base station wirelessly. Receives a call signal sent by an external mobile communication terminal through an antenna and transmits it to the control unit 340, or transmits data stored in the memory 330 to the caller's mobile communication terminal through the antenna. .

The analog voice processor 360 converts and amplifies the digital voice signal into an analog voice signal and outputs the amplified voice signal to the speaker SP, or amplifies the voice signal from the microphone MIC and converts the digital voice signal into a digital signal.

6 is a screen example of a mobile communication terminal when editing a phone book according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of FIG. 6, a method for registering multiple groups in the existing bottom-up input method is proposed. As shown in FIG. 6, when the user selects a phonebook edit menu, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen for selecting a plurality of groups for one personal data. If the user selects one or more groups from the multiple groups, the mobile communication terminal stores them. In this way, multiple groups can be registered in a single name data. For example, various groups such as "family", "company", and "church" may be registered in the life data "KIM Hyung-jun".

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user selects an existing group editing menu in the phone book of the mobile communication terminal (S410). Then, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen for selecting a member addition menu. In order to add a member to an existing group, the user selects a member addition menu (S420). An example of the screen at this time is shown in FIG. 7A.

Next, when the user selects the member addition menu, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen for selecting one of the name data or the group stored in the phone book as shown in FIG. 7B, and the user selects one of them (S430). 7C is a screen example in which human data is selected. The selected name data or group is added as a new member to the existing group (S440). Finally, the mobile communication terminal stores the changed data of the existing group (S450).

As another embodiment of the present invention, there is an embodiment of creating a new group and adding members, not an existing group. This embodiment is almost similar to adding a new member to an existing group. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The user selects a new group creation menu in the phone book of the mobile communication terminal (S510). Then, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen for selecting a member addition menu. In order to add a member to a new group, the user selects a member add menu (S520). An example of the screen at this time is shown in FIG. 7A.

Next, when the user selects a member addition menu, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen for selecting one of human data or a group stored in the phone book as shown in FIG. 7B, and the user selects one of them. 7C is a screen example in which human data is selected. The selected name data or group is added as a new member to the new group (S440). Finally, the mobile communication terminal stores the changed data of the new group (S450). 7D illustrates an example of adding a member to a new group. As shown in FIG. 7D, it can be seen that group members have been added to "one" to the group "test".

4 and 5, a method of adding a group as well as name data as a member of a group is provided. 8 is a view showing the concept of group editing in the phone book according to an embodiment of the present invention. The so-called top-down method contrasts with the existing bottom-up method.

When multiple groups are registered in one name data, there is a problem that the attributes of each group collide. Therefore, a process of prioritizing each group is needed. There may be several ways to prioritize the attributes of each group. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, when several groups are registered in one name data, the first group among the various groups is assigned to the important group, By dividing the remaining groups into non-critical groups, when the group attributes are different, the attributes for the corresponding life data follow the attributes of the important group.

For example, if the "family" and "company" groups are registered in the life data "Kim Hyung-jun", the "family" group is registered in the life data "Kim Hyung-jun" if the "family" group is registered before the "company" group. This is an important group. And the "company" group becomes a non-critical group.

When the important group and the non-critical group are divided in this way, and the group attribute is different, the attribute for the name data follows the attribute of the important group.

For example, the character ringtone can be set as a group property. In the screen example of FIG. 7D, the character ringtone may be set as a group bell. When the character ringtones are different for each group, when several groups are registered in the specific personality data, the character ringtone set for the important group registered in the specific personality data is designated as the character ringtone for the specific personality data. In the above example, the character ringtone set for the "family" group, which is an important group, is designated as the character ringtone for the life data "Kim Hyung-jun".

As another example, a secret group attribute may be set as a group attribute. When the secret group attribute is set, it does not appear in the phone book search and a password must be entered to verify the data in the group. In the screen example of FIG. 7D, it is shown that the group attribute can be set to the "normal" attribute and the "secret" attribute (not shown in the figure).

When a secret group attribute is set for an important group registered in a specific personal data, the specific directory data does not appear in the search of the phone book and cannot be checked in the data of the non-critical group registered in the specific personal data, and is registered in the specific personal data. You can enter a password for an important group to see specific personal data. This is because certain personal data follow the group attribute of the important group. In the above example, if the secret group attribute is set for the "family" group, which is an important group, the name data "Kim Hyung-jun" is not searched in the search of the telephone directory, but the name data "Kim Hyung-jun" in the "company" which is a non-important group You can't check it, and you need to enter a password in the "Family" group to check the life data "Kim Hyung-jun".

Conversely, if a secret group attribute is set for a non-critical group registered in a specific personal data, and a secret group attribute is not set for an important group, specific personal data appears in the search of the phone book and the non-critical group for which the secret group attribute is set. You can check specific name data in the remaining groups. This is because certain personal data follow the group attribute of the important group. In the above example, if the secret group attribute is set in the "Company" section of the non-critical group and the general group attribute is set for the "Family" group, which is an important group, the name data "Kim Hyung-jun" is searched for in the search of the phone book, and " In the "Family" group, you can see the life data "Kim Hyung-jun"

While the invention has been described using some preferred embodiments, these embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the rights set forth in the appended claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, since a plurality of groups can be registered to one individual, it is very useful for group transmission in SMS or MMS. In addition, since there is no need for a separate hardware device there is an advantage that can be easily applied to the existing mobile communication terminal.

1 is a screen example of a mobile communication terminal when editing a phone book according to a conventional method.

2 is a view showing the concept of group editing in the phone book according to the conventional method.

3 is an internal configuration diagram showing an internal structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a screen example of a mobile communication terminal when editing a phone book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7A to 7D are screen examples of a mobile communication terminal when editing a phone book according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a view showing the concept of group editing in the phone book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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310: input unit 320: display unit

330: memory 340: control unit

350: wireless circuitry 360: analog voice processing

Claims (10)

When the user selects the phonebook edit menu, the first step of providing a screen for selecting multiple groups for one person's data, and A second step of storing one or more groups from among the plurality of groups Phone book editing method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, When multiple groups are registered in one life data, when the group properties are different from each other by dividing the first registered group among the important groups and the remaining groups into non-critical groups, the attributes for the corresponding life data are the important groups. Phone book editing method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that to follow the property of. The method of claim 2, The group attribute is a character ringtone, and when multiple groups are registered in specific personal data, the character ringtone set for the important group registered in the specific personal data is designated as the character ringtone for the specific personal data. How to edit phone book on terminal. The method of claim 2, The group attribute is a secret group attribute that does not appear in a search of the phone book and requires a password to verify data in the group. When a secret group attribute is set for an important group registered in a specific personal data, the specific directory data does not appear in the search of the phone book and cannot be checked in the data of the non-critical group registered in the specific personal data, and is registered in the specific personal data. You can only enter certain passwords to see specific people data. If a secret group attribute is set for a non-critical group registered in a specific name data, and a secret group attribute is not set for an important group, specific name data appears in the search of the phone book and excludes the non-critical group for which the secret group attribute is set. A method for editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the specific group data can be checked in the remaining groups. The first step of providing a screen for selecting a member addition menu when the user selects an existing group editing menu; A second step of providing a screen for selecting one of the name data or the group stored in the phone book when the member addition menu is selected; A third step of adding and saving the selected name data or group as a new member to the existing group; Phone book editing method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a. When the user selects the menu for creating a new group, the first step is to provide a screen for selecting a member addition menu. A second step of providing a screen for selecting one of the name data or the group stored in the phone book when the member addition menu is selected; A third step of adding and saving the selected name data or group as a new member to the new group Phone book editing method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a. The method according to claim 5 or 6, In the second step, in selecting the name data stored in the phone book, it is possible to select the name data belonging to another group, the phone book editing method in a mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 5 or 6, When multiple groups are registered in one life data, when the group properties are different from each other by dividing the first registered group among the important groups and the remaining groups into non-critical groups, the attributes for the corresponding life data are the important groups. Phone book editing method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that to follow the property of. The method of claim 8, The group attribute is a character ringtone, and when multiple groups are registered in specific personal data, the character ringtone set for the important group registered in the specific personal data is designated as the character ringtone for the specific personal data. How to edit phone book on terminal. The method of claim 8, The group attribute is a secret group attribute that does not appear in a search of the phone book and requires a password to verify data in the group. When a secret group attribute is set for an important group registered in a specific personal data, the specific directory data does not appear in the search of the phone book and cannot be checked in the data of the non-critical group registered in the specific personal data, and is registered in the specific personal data. You can only enter certain passwords to see specific people data. If a secret group attribute is set for a non-critical group registered in a specific name data, and a secret group attribute is not set for an important group, specific name data appears in the search of the phone book and excludes the non-critical group for which the secret group attribute is set. A method for editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the specific group data can be checked in the remaining groups.