KR101179467B1 - Method for calling out sentence in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of calling a sentence in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: displaying a previously stored sentence list on a display unit according to input of a predetermined key in a text input area; receiving a character corresponding to a keyword in sequence; And extracting a sentence including a keyword corresponding to the order of the input characters from a list, to realize a faster and more intuitive search, and to input a sentence through Quick Text. There is an advantage to greatly enhance the database of.

Terminal, Message, Quick Text, Quick Text, Sentence

Description

How to call a sentence on your mobile device {METHOD FOR CALLING OUT SENTENCE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a diagram illustrating a sentence calling method in a mobile communication terminal according to the related art;

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a sentence calling method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary view illustrating a sentence call method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a sentence calling method.

Mobile communication terminals are rapidly spreading due to the convenience of portability, and thus service providers (terminal manufacturers) are competitively developing terminals having more convenient functions to secure a large number of users. E.g. The mobile terminal has a phone book, a game, a short message, an internet, an e-mail, a morning call, a quick text sentence call function. It provides various additional functions.

The quick text sentence calling function is a function of calling and inputting a desired sentence from a quick text sentence list previously stored in the terminal in order to facilitate text input. In the future, the most important competitive edge in the messaging terminal market will be easy text input, and thus, a modification of the Quick Text User Interface is required.

1 is a diagram illustrating a method of calling a sentence through a quick text user interface in a mobile communication terminal according to the related art.

Referring to FIG. 1, when a key for activating quick text is input in a specific text input window 100, the quick text list 101 pops up on the display unit. Here, the quick text list 101 is a folder list classified into categories, and each folder list stores a sentence previously input by a user. At this time, when the user selects the 'My status' folder in the quick text list 101, the quick text 111 includes a list of sentences associated with the' My status', for example, 'I am traveling', 'I am busy ',' I am outside 'is displayed. In this case, in order for the user to select 'I am traveling' from the sentence list, 'I', 'a', 'm', and 't' should be input in order. Filtering 121 is complete.

In other words, the conventional sentence calling method is a method of calling / inputting a desired sentence by filtering the first alphabet word of the sentence with the input character key. However, in the above scheme, when the number of sentences that can be stored and retrieved as the quick text increases, the convenience of the sentence call is drastically reduced. In addition, as shown in the above example, even though the keyword of the sentence 'I am traveling' is 'traveling', the exact sentence can be searched only when the search is executed by 'I' instead of 't', so the correct sentence is quickly obtained. There is a problem that is difficult to query.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sentence calling method in a mobile communication terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for retrieving a sentence stored in a terminal through a keyword which is a core of a sentence in a mobile communication terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, a sentence call method in a mobile communication terminal, the process of displaying a list of sentences stored in advance in accordance with the input of a predetermined key in the text input area, the character corresponding to the keyword; The step of receiving input sequentially, and characterized in that it comprises a step of extracting a sentence including a keyword corresponding to the order of the input character from the sentence list.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying 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.

Hereinafter, a method for calling a sentence in a mobile communication terminal will be described. On the other hand, in the following description, the sentence call method according to the present invention in SMS (Short Message Service), email (e-mail), MMS (Multimedia Message System), EMS (Enhanced Message Service), Instant Messenger (IM), etc. Can be used.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the following description, the mobile communication terminal is a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal digital assistant (PDA), an IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000) terminal, or the like. It is meant to include all, the following description will be described with a general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 2, a controller (MPU: Micro-Processor Unit) 201 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. For example, it performs processing and control for voice communication and data communication, and processes a function for providing a sentence call method using keywords according to the present invention in addition to the usual functions. Therefore, in the following description, description regarding the processing and control of the normal control unit 101 is omitted.

The ROM (Read Only Memory) 203 stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the control unit 201. In particular, according to the present invention, a program for calling a sentence using a keyword is stored. Random Access Memory (RAM) 205 is a working memory of the controller 201 and stores temporary data generated during various program executions. The flash ROM 207 stores various updatable storage data. According to the present invention stores the sentences for each category.

Key pad 209 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 (or direction key) buttons (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶) are provided, and key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user is provided to the controller 201. The display unit 211 displays status information generated during the operation of the portable terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of moving images and still images, and the like. The display unit 211 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The codec (Coder-Decoder) 213 connected to the control unit 201 and the speaker 217 and the microphone 215 connected to the codec 213 are voice input / output blocks used for telephony communication and voice recording. . The codec 213 converts the digital data provided from the control unit 201 into an analog voice signal, transmits the same through the speaker 217, and converts the voice signal received through the microphone 25 into digital data. The control unit 201 is provided.

In addition, the RF unit 221 lowers the frequency of the radio frequency signal received through the antenna 223 to the baseband processor 219 and provides the baseband signal from the baseband processor 219. The frequency is raised and transmitted through the antenna 223. The baseband processor 219 processes a baseband signal transmitted and received between the RF unit 221 and the control unit 201. For example, in the case of transmission, the channel coding and spreading of data to be transmitted are performed, and in the case of reception, the function of de-spreading and channel decoding of the received signal is performed. To perform.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a sentence calling method in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 301, the control unit 201 performs an e-mail, an instant messenger (IM), a multimedia messaging service (MMS), and a short message according to a user's key manipulation. Sets the text input mode for services (Short Message Service: SMS).

In the text input area, the control unit 201 proceeds to step 303 and checks whether there is a key input for activating Quick Text. Here, the user may activate the quick text using a predetermined key to search for a sentence stored in the terminal and input the text into the text input area. When a key input for activating the quick text is detected, the control unit 201 proceeds to step 305 to pop up the quick text list on the display unit. Here, the quick text list is a sentence folder list categorized into categories, and a user can create a new sentence folder, and input a sentence desired by the user in the sentence folder.

In step 307, the controller 201 determines whether there is a key input for selecting one of the folders. At this time, if you want to look up all the sentences at once without distinguishing the folder, the user can select the 'All' folder. When the key input for selecting the one folder is detected, the controller 201 proceeds to step 309 and displays a list of sentences stored in the corresponding folder on the display unit.

Thereafter, the controller 201 checks whether there is a character input in step 311. When the input character is detected, the control unit 201 proceeds to step 313 to search for a keyword including the input character and displays a sentence list including the keyword on the upper side. Here, the user may input the keyword to search for a desired sentence in the sentence list.

In step 315, the controller 201 checks whether a single sentence including the character is searched for. If one sentence including the character is not found, the control unit 201 returns to step 311 to continuously detect the input character.

If a sentence including the character is searched, the controller 201 highlights the searched sentence and proceeds to step 317 to check whether there is an input of a selection key for selecting the searched sentence. . When the input of the selection key is detected, the control unit 201 inputs the corresponding character in the text input area in step 319 and terminates the algorithm according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view illustrating a sentence calling method in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when there is a key input for activating Quick Text in a specific text input window 400, the Quick Text 401 pops up in the text input window 400. Here, the quick text 401 includes a list of folders classified by category, for example, 'Greetings', 'Gratitude', 'My Status', 'Request', and 'Arrangement'. Pre-stored sentences are stored. At this time, when the 'My Status' is selected according to the user's key input, the sentence list 411 stored in the' My Status' folder, for example, 'I am traveling', 'I am busy', ' I am outside 'is searched and displayed on the display. In this case, the sentences may be searched by keywords 'traveling', 'busy' and 'outside', respectively. In other words, if the user wants to search for the sentence 'I am traveling', the user may complete the sentence filtering by inputting 't' of the 'traveling'. In this case, the filtered sentence is highlighted 421.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

An object of the present invention is to provide a faster and more intuitive search by supporting a sentence search through a keyword in a mobile communication terminal. In addition, by greatly strengthening the database of sentences that can be entered through Quick Text and applying a systematic search system, it is more efficient and efficient in the mobile market where the use of various types of messaging applications is rapidly increasing. There is an advantage that can improve the competitiveness of the terminal by providing an intuitive text input method.

Claims (4)

In the method of calling a sentence in a mobile communication terminal, Displaying a previously stored sentence list on the display unit according to input of a predetermined key in the text input area; Inputting characters corresponding to keywords in order, And extracting a sentence including a keyword corresponding to the order of the input characters from the sentence list. The method of claim 1, Displaying a list of folders for each category on the display unit according to input of a predetermined key in the text input mode; And when a key input for selecting one of the folder lists is detected, displaying a sentence list stored in the corresponding folder list by using a new window on the display unit. The method of claim 1, When the sentence including the keyword is extracted, highlighting the sentence and displaying the sentence; And when the confirmation key of the user is input, inputting the sentence into a text input area. The method of claim 1, The sentence call method may include an e-mail, an instant messenger (IM), a multimedia messaging system (MMS), a short message service (SMS), and an enhanced message service (EMS). Used in one.

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