KR100314175B1 - Mobile telephone unit having an sms phonebook and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technology for storing and managing a phone book or address book in a mobile phone terminal, and provides a technology for managing and operating a phone book / address book by communicating with an operation server and a user terminal using a short message service.

The present invention manages a phone number and address by an operation server on the Internet, and downloads the phone number and address information updated in real time to the subscriber's terminal, thereby providing members with contact information updated in real time in a consistent format. It can do the function of cyber business card.

Description

MOBILE TELEPHONE UNIT HAVING AN SMS PHONEBOOK AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a data operation method for facilitating a phone book / address book function of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal using the same.

Recently, with the development of personal mobile communication system technology, wired / wireless communication life that can communicate with anyone, anytime, anywhere has become almost daily. As a result, the number of telephone numbers or addresses that can be owned by an individual has increased, and thus, the number has increased to a home telephone number, a corporate telephone number, a fax number, a mobile telephone number, an e-mail address, and the like.

Therefore, modern people have to store various kinds of phone numbers or addresses in their phonebook / address book for each person with whom they have a relationship. Moreover, in the event of a change in the various types of address books and telephone numbers owned by their relatives, or in the event of a change in address books, it is necessary to continuously update their telephone books / address books.

Modern people who use mobile communication services such as cellular phones or personal communication systems (PCS) use their phonebook / address book to store their contacts. Communication connection. However, according to the related art, a mobile communication terminal requires a user to input contact information of a relative related to him, that is, a name and a phone number through a key pad, and store it in a storage means in the terminal.

Therefore, users of mobile communication system have been inconvenient to input Korean alphabet, English alphabet, Arabic numerals, etc. only through an input device such as a key pad. In addition, even when a user attempts to classify, add, change, or delete an address book / telephone book as necessary, there is a need to use an input / output device of a mobile communication terminal.

Moreover, when a user replaces a mobile communication terminal, there has been an inefficiency and inconvenience in that a user must newly input phonebook / address book information stored in an existing terminal. In addition, when a user loses a mobile communication terminal or a phone book / address book inside a terminal is deleted due to a machine malfunction, all valuable data may be lost.

In addition, the address book / phone book operation technology according to the prior art has a problem in that the user can not systematically manage the phone number entered inconsistently, the home phone number, office phone number, mobile phone number, etc. mixed with each other congested .

Therefore, it is possible to solve the inconvenience and inefficiency of the address book / phone book operation technology experienced by the mobile communication terminal according to the prior art, and to perform operations such as inputting, changing, and deleting the phone book / address book in a stable and various manner. There is a need for the emergence of a new method and apparatus for managing a mobile phone terminal.

Accordingly, it is a first object of the present invention to provide an operation method capable of easily performing phonebook / address book management of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal using the same.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide an operation method and a mobile communication terminal using the same, in which the central server can manage the input, change and deletion of a phone book / address book in addition to the first object. .

It is a third object of the present invention to provide an operation method in which a phone book / address book of a mobile communication terminal can be automatically updated in addition to the first object, and a mobile communication terminal using the same.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal and an operating method for performing a cyber business card function in addition to the first object.

1 is a block diagram showing a phone book / address book operating system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 shows a preferred embodiment of the initialization step of the SMS phone book / address book operating method according to the present invention.

3 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the format of a short message in which a mobile communication terminal having an SMS phonebook / address book according to the present invention communicates with an operation server.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the data format in the case where a mobile communication terminal having an SMS phonebook / address book according to the present invention communicates a short message including a plurality of data with an operation server.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a processing method when changing a telephone number in an SMS telephone directory / address book operating system according to the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a process of automatically updating a phone number or address in a short message phonebook / address book system according to the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a process of reading a phone number or address information using a mobile communication terminal having a short message phonebook / address book according to the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating a method of exchanging a cyber name card using a short message directory / address book system according to the present invention.

Fig. 9 shows a preferred embodiment of the short message data format used in the transmission of the cyber business card using the short message directory / address book system according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: production server

110: phone book / address book database

200: mobile communication terminal

210: encoding / decoding module

220: storage means

230: short message control module

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is connected to the server operating the phone book / address book, the user stores the phone book / address book in the phone book / address book database managed by the server to store; The server encodes the phone book / address book into short message service data in a predetermined format and transmits it to the user's mobile communication terminal; And decoding the short message service data by the user's mobile communication terminal and storing the short message service data in a storage means of the mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve another object of the present invention, the present invention provides a short message of a predetermined format for wirelessly communicating a telephone number or address data with a server that manages update by adding, changing, and deleting a telephone book / address book of a subscribed member. Conversion or encoding / decoding module; And a control module for displaying or storing a telephone number or address updated and transmitted from the server, in a storage means, and controlling a short message transmission / reception with the server.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a phone book / address book operating system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a server 100 which initializes, adds, changes, and deletes a registered member's telephone book / address book and updates and manages it, and wirelessly receives and updates the telephone book / address book from the server 100, and storing means 220. The mobile communication terminal 200 is stored therein.

The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes an encoder / decoder module 210 for converting or inversely converting a telephone number or address data into a short message service (SMS) for wireless communication with the server 100. And a control module 230 for displaying a phone number or an address transmitted from the server 100 or storing it in the storage means 220 and controlling the transmission and reception of a short message with the server. The encoding / decoding module 210 and the control module 230 for implementing the directory / address book system in software may be implemented by installing an application program on an existing terminal without changing hardware.

The phone book / address book operating method according to the present invention can be applied to a new model mobile phone in which an application software program is updated in a conventional mobile phone terminal or a phone book / address book function according to the present invention is added. The phone book / address book operation technology can perform a cyber business card or automatic address book management function described below by downloading and installing an application software program without changing hardware in a conventional mobile phone terminal. It can be programmed to be driven by a menu or a button of the terminal for efficient application of the phone book / address book operating method according to the present invention. Referring again to Figure 1, the encoding / decoding module 210 according to the present invention is a preferred embodiment As a message, the message is encoded or decoded to include a plurality of names, items, and messages between the header and the end code indicating the SMS phonebook / address book, and the message transmitted or decoded through the control module 230 is displayed on the display window. The encoding / decoding module 230 according to the present invention updates or decrypts the transmitted phonebook / address book sms message by passing a cyber business card and the control module 2 30 stores the memory 220 in the memory 220. Figure 2 is an initialization stage of the SMS phone book / address book operating method according to the present invention. Of a view showing a preferred embodiment. 2, the user is connected to a server for managing and operating a phone book / address book according to the present invention, and the user goes through a step of receiving member authentication (step S11). Subsequently, the user who has completed member authentication can generate his / her own phone book / address book by inputting a phone number and address into a web page provided by the operation server (step S12).

In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, it can be configured using the user's mobile phone number as the primary key of the phone book / address book, the user having his / her home phone number, office phone number, mobile phone number, pager Numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, home addresses, etc. can be entered systematically in the form provided by the homepage of the production server.

The phone book / address book management server 100 according to the present invention may sort the user's phone numbers or addresses and store them in the phone book / address book database 110. The phone book / address book management operation server 100 according to the present invention is composed of a string of a consistent form when searching the phone book / address book, it is possible to systematically classify and manage home / office / mobile phones.

Subsequently, the phone book / address book management server 100 according to the present invention formats the generated phone book / address book into short message service (SMS) data, thereby subscribing the member to the mobile communication terminal 200. To transmit (step S13). The phone book / address book short message (SMS) according to the present invention does not use the call area of the mobile phone, but transmits by recording an identifier (header), a name, a phone number message, etc., indicating that it is an SMS phone number / address in the data portion. Can be.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal of the user who has received the SMS phonebook / address book data decodes the received short message, and stores the phonebook / book in the storage means 220 of the mobile communication terminal 200. You can save the address book. In addition, the mobile communication terminal equipped with the SMS phone book / address book according to the present invention can display the contents of the received phone number or address through the display window.

3 is a diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a format of a short message in which a mobile communication terminal having an SMS phonebook / address book according to the present invention communicates with an operation server. Referring to Figure 3, the short message telephone number or address data according to the present invention is an identifier (header) 301 for notifying the use of the SMS phone book / address book function, the name 302 that is the phone book search target, mobile phone / It may include a string item 303 for distinguishing a home phone / company phone, a string message 304 for indicating a phone number or address, and an end code 305 for indicating the end of the SMS data.

4 is a diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a data format when a mobile communication terminal having an SMS phonebook / address book according to the present invention communicates a short message including a plurality of data with an operation server. Referring to FIG. 4, a plurality of names 302, items 303, and messages 304 are included between an identifier 301 and an end code 305 indicating SM phonebook / address book data. A distinction code 306 is inserted between one piece of data consisting of 302, item 303, and message 304 and the next piece of data.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a processing method when changing a telephone number in the SMS telephone directory / address book operating system according to the present invention. Referring to Fig. 5, after accessing the operation server and receiving member authentication (step S21), the user can access his / her phonebook / address book to modify, change, add, or delete registered contents (step S22). .

Subsequently, the operation server may encode the changed phonebook / address book into short message service data and transmit the encoded phonebook / address book to the mobile communication terminal of the user (step S23), thereby updating the phonebook / address book stored in the storage means of the terminal. (Step S24).

6 is a diagram illustrating a process of automatically updating a phone number or address in a short message phonebook / address book system according to the present invention. Referring to Fig. 6, a first user who is a member of the short message phonebook / address book management operation server according to the present invention can access the operation server (step S31) and change his / her telephone number or address (step S32). ).

At this time, an identification ID of the first user is referenced and linked to the phonebook / address book list of the second user who is a subscription member of the phonebook / address book operation server according to the present invention. In the case, the telephone number or address change of the first user is automatically updated (step S33). As a preferred embodiment of the user identification ID according to the present invention, a user's mobile phone number, social security number, name, etc. may be used. In the case of using the user's mobile phone number as a preferred embodiment of the user's identification ID of the present invention, The phone book / address book of any user stores his / her relatives' mobile phone numbers, and each stored mobile phone number stores address book information such as work address, home address, home phone number, and work phone number. In this case, an identification ID (in a preferred embodiment, in the second user's phonebook / address book) is indicated by a pointer to a memory address where relative phone numbers and addresses are stored. Only mobile phone numbers) are stored. If the first user changes his or her phone number or address in step S32, the first user's identification ID is automatically updated because it is linked as a pointer to a storage memory address in the second user's phonebook / address book. Will be made.

Subsequently, the server 100 encodes the changed telephone number or address of the first user in a short message to the mobile communication terminal of the second user (step S34), and the terminal storage means of the second user transmits the new user's new information. The information is updated (step S35). At this time, the phonebook / address book management server 100 according to the present invention is a second user (of course, a plurality of second users pointing to the identification ID of the first user with a memory pointer). The format of the identifier 301 / name 302 / item 303 / message 304 / end code 305 shown in FIG. 3 to the changed telephone number / address book content of the first user in the mobile communication terminal. That is, the identifier 301 becomes a header for notifying the microprocessor of the mobile communication terminal that the SMS phonebook / address book function according to the present invention is used, and a microphone built in the terminal of the second user. The processor notifies the identification ID 302 of the first user to be searched for the phone number, the string item 303 for distinguishing the mobile phone / home phone / work phone / home address / work address, etc., and the phone number or address change history. It receives the text message 304 and the end code 305 to update the phone book / address book stored in the memory of the terminal. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the identifier ID is a mobile phone number, the mobile phone of the first user. Changing the number may also occur. At this time, all the information of the pointer indicated by the mobile phone number of the first user as the memory address is updated, and the server 100 changes the mobile phone number of the first user according to the SMS short form shown in FIG. To notify the terminal of the second user.

7 is a diagram illustrating a process of reading a phone number or address information using a mobile communication terminal having a short message phonebook / address book according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. The first user, who is a member of the address book operation server, inputs the mobile phone number or the user identification ID of the second user to his mobile terminal in order to access other information such as the phone number, address, etc. of the second user (step S41). ), A menu or a button may be used to send a short message to the server requesting the phone number or address of the second user.

Meanwhile, the operation server according to the present invention reads the home telephone number, the office telephone number, the address, etc. of the second user referenced to the mobile telephone number of the second user from the phonebook / address book database to the mobile communication terminal of the first user. The short message can be encoded and transmitted (step S43).

In this case, the operation server may additionally perform a step of checking whether the second user has previously allowed exposure of information such as a phone number and address. Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal of the first user may decode and display the short message containing the received second user related telephone number or address message, or update and store it in the storage means (step S45).

8 is a diagram illustrating a method of exchanging a cyber name card using a short message directory / address book system according to the present invention. That is, the short message phone book / address book operating system according to the present invention may replace the exchange of business cards directly, instead of exchanging business cards by inputting their telephone number or address into the other party's mobile phone terminal.

Referring to FIG. 8, a first user inputs a mobile phone number of a second user who is a counterpart to hand his cyber business card to his mobile phone terminal, and transmits his or her cyber business card using a menu or a button. The requesting short message can be transmitted to the operation server (step S51). Subsequently, the operation server may read the telephone number, home telephone number, office telephone number and address of the first user from the database, and transmit the short number message to the mobile communication terminal of the second user (step S52).

The terminal of the second user decodes the transmitted cyber card of the first user and stores it in his / her storage means, so that the effect of receiving the cyber card of the first user is generated (step S53).

Fig. 9 shows a preferred embodiment of the short message data format used in the transmission of the cyber business card using the short message directory / address book system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 9, the short message data format that the requesting terminal of the sender sends to the operation server for the cyber business card transmission request according to the present invention is an identifier 700 indicating that the short message directory / address book function is used, and the request for transmission is made. 1 The mobile communication terminal number 701 of the user, the mobile communication terminal number 702 of the second user who will receive the cyber business card, the content message 703 to receive a short message and update it in the phone book / address book, and the end code 704. And the like.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention to better understand the claims of the invention which will be described later. Additional features and advantages that make up the claims of the present invention will be described below. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific embodiment of the invention disclosed can be used immediately as a basis for designing or modifying other structures for carrying out similar purposes to the invention.

In addition, the inventive concepts and embodiments disclosed herein may be used by those skilled in the art as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. In addition, such modifications or altered equivalent structures by those skilled in the art may be variously changed, substituted, and changed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention described in the claims.

As described above, the method and system for operating a short message phonebook / address book according to the present invention is systematically classified and managed in a consistent format in the operation server or the address book, thereby automatically updating in real time when the phone number or address is changed. In addition, it is possible to use the additional function according to the present invention by installing the application program in the existing mobile phone terminal.

In addition, the short message phone book / address book technology according to the present invention has the advantage that the user's home phone number, mobile phone number, office phone number, etc. are consistently managed, the user's contact information between users wirelessly of the other party The effect of cyber business card exchange to be registered in the terminal can be generated.

Claims (19)

A method of storing and managing a plurality of telephone books / address books corresponding to a plurality of users managed by the server, to a user connected through a network to a server operating a telephone book / address book. (a) changing a phone book or address of a first user stored in a phone book / address book database managed by a server operating a phone book / address book; (b) The server automatically updates each phone book / address book with the changed phone number or address for one or more second users to which the identification ID of the first user is referenced by a memory pointer. step; (c) the server encodes the updated telephone number or address of the first user into short message service data in a predetermined format so that the identification ID of the first user is referred to and pointed to by a memory pointer. Transmitting to the user's mobile communication terminal; (d) the mobile communication terminal of the second user decoding the received short message service data and changing and storing the changed telephone number / address of the first user in a storage means of the mobile communication terminal of the second user; Phone book / address book operating method of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of automatically updating (b) comprises the step of first obtaining permission approval from the first user to automatically update the phonebook / address book of the second user upon changing the phone number or address of the first user. The phone book / address book operating method of the mobile communication terminal further comprising. The method of claim 3, wherein the step (d) of receiving and decoding the short message service data by the mobile communication terminal comprises: Displaying the changed phone number or address of the first user in a short message on a display window of the mobile communication terminal of the second user. Phone book / address book operating method of the mobile communication terminal further comprising. The predetermined format of the short message service data transmitted by the server to the mobile communication terminal is: An identifier indicating use of the short message phonebook / address book function; Names to be searched in the phone book / address book; A string item for identifying any of a home phone number, a work phone number, a portable phone number, a home address, a work address, and the like; A string message indicating a telephone number or address; A delimiter for separating a plurality of data; An end code indicating the end of the short message phonebook / address book data; Phone book / address book operating method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that consisting of a combination. The method of claim 3, wherein the identification ID includes any one of a name, a social security number, and a mobile phone number of the first user. A method of accessing a telephone book or an address book through a mobile communication terminal by a first user and a second user who are subscription members of a server managing a phone book / address book, Inputting, by the first user, an identification ID of the second user into his mobile communication terminal; Transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal of the first user, a signal for requesting the server for the telephone book or address of the second user referred to the identification ID; Reading, by the server, the telephone number or address of the second user referred to the identification ID from the telephone directory / address book database, encoding the short number in a short message format selected by the mobile communication terminal of the first user; The mobile communication terminal of the first user decodes the received telephone number or address of the second user to provide to the first user Phone book / address book operating method of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 8, wherein the identification ID of the second user includes a name or a mobile phone number of the second user. The telephone number or address of the second user provided to the first user is any one of a home telephone number, an office telephone number, a mobile telephone number, an e-mail address, a home address, and an office address of the second user. A phone book / address book operating method of a mobile communication terminal comprising one or a combination thereof. In a method in which a first user and a second user, who are members of a server that manages and operates a phone book / address book, exchange their own phone numbers or addresses through a mobile communication terminal, Inputting, by the first user, an identification ID of a second user who is a counterpart to whom his / her phone number or address is to be transmitted to his mobile terminal; The mobile communication terminal of the first user transmitting a signal to the server requesting the mobile communication terminal of the second user referred to the identification ID to transmit the telephone number or address of the first user; The server encoding and transmitting the telephone number or address of the first user in a predetermined short message format to a mobile communication terminal of the second user referred to the identification ID; And Decoding the received telephone number or address of the first user by the mobile communication terminal of the second user Phone book / address book operating method of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the identification ID of the second user includes the name or mobile telephone number of the second user. The method of claim 11, wherein decoding the phone number or address of the first user comprises: Displaying the address or telephone number of the first user on a display window of a mobile communication terminal; Storing the address or telephone number of the first user in a storage means of the mobile communication terminal Phone book / address book operating method of the mobile communication terminal further comprising. The method of claim 11, wherein the selected short message format is: An identifier indicating use of the short message phonebook / address book function; A terminal number of the first user for sending a short message; A terminal number of the second user to receive the short message and update a phonebook / address book; A message including a telephone number or address to be added or updated in the telephone book / address book of the second user; An end code indicating the end of the short message data Mobile communication terminal phone book / address book operating method comprising a. Identification of the first user's telephone number / address of the first user who is connected to the server that manages the phonebook / address book through a network to register a new registration or update change in the phonebook / address book database. The mobile communication terminal of the second user, which is wirelessly transmitted to the second user to which the ID is linked, is newly registered or changed in the telephone number / address in a short message of a format selected by the second user. An encoding / decoding module for converting or inversely converting a telephone number or address data into a short message of a predetermined format for wireless communication with the server that adds, changes, or deletes the telephone book / address book of the first user for update management; And A control module for displaying a telephone number or address updated and transmitted from the server or storing the stored telephone number or address in a storage unit, and controlling the transmission and reception of a short message with the server. Mobile communication terminal comprising a. 16. The mobile communication terminal of claim 15, wherein the server accesses the homepage of the server on the Internet, and enters a phone number or address input by the subscriber in a phonebook / address book whose primary key is a mobile phone number. And a short message of a format selected by the mobile communication terminal. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the server accesses the homepage of the server on the Internet, and when the subscriber selects a change function after modifying a phone number or address of the phone book / address book, the modified phone number or address is changed to the server. A mobile communication terminal, which is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal of a subscribed member. The telephone of claim 15, wherein the server accesses the homepage of the server on the Internet, and when the subscribed member changes and inputs his / her phone number or address, the phone of other subscribed members referring to the mobile communication phone number of the subscribed member. A mobile communication terminal, characterized by automatically updating the directory / address book. The method of claim 15, wherein the selected format, An identifier indicating use of the short message phonebook / address book function; Names to search for in the phone book; A string entry that distinguishes a mobile phone, home phone, and office phone; A string message indicating a telephone number or address; Exit code indicating end of data Mobile communication terminal comprising a. 21. The mobile communication terminal of claim 20, wherein the selected format further includes a distinguishing code between the string message and the name indicating that one piece of data is finished in the case of a plurality of pieces of data. The method of claim 15, wherein the selected format is used when the first user transmits his or her phone number or address to the second user. An identifier indicating that the short message phonebook / address book function is used; A terminal number of the first user; A terminal number of the second user; The telephone number or address message; Exit code to end of data Mobile communication terminal comprising a.