CN100515110C - Search shortening method in mobile communication terminal and its mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A shortening search method in a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal thereof, the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is characterized in that it includes the following parts: memory, corresponding to the number keys within the predetermined position specified by the user, storing and enabling the retrieval The shortened search information set by specifying the user data of the menu; the control unit reads the stored shortened search information from the memory corresponding to the number key input and displays it when inputting the above-mentioned number keys and the search keys assigned in advance , to retrieve the user data of a specific menu based on the execution request of the displayed shortened retrieval information. The present invention selects the pre-set shortened search information to search corresponding user data, so that the user data of a specific menu can be searched according to the user. In particular, it relates to a shortened retrieval method in a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal, which can easily retrieve required user data through simple key operations without entering the lower menu from the upper menu.

Description

A shortening search method in mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal thereof

technical field

The present invention relates to a shortened retrieval method in a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal thereof, in particular to select preset shortened retrieval information to retrieve corresponding user data, so that the user data of a specific menu can be retrieved according to the user, even for retrieval from above The menu does not enter the lower menu, and the required user data is conveniently retrieved by simple key operation.

Background technique

A general mobile communication terminal contains menus for performing various functions. The menus of such mobile communication terminals are classified according to the category specified by the developer. Therefore, in order to find the menu desired by the user, the user starts from the upper menu and searches along the relevant lower menus.

Such a mobile communication terminal has the following cumbersome problem: since the menu tree is set in descending order, the user requests this descending order to be displayed on the screen in order, and the user enters the menu corresponding to the user data in order to retrieve the data required by the user. After entering the menu, you need to press the search menu repeatedly to search in the entered menu.

And there is also the following inconvenience, if there is no required menu, then return to the previous step and enter the lower menu from another top menu to start re-retrieval, because the retrieval command entered in the menu is not stored in the memory, so each retrieval Re-enter the keywords for each search.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, even if the user does not enter the lower menu from the upper menu, the data required by the user can be retrieved conveniently.

Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to save the shortened search information in the memory so that it is not necessary to re-input the search keyword each time for each search.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following parts: a memory for storing pre-designated number keys and shortened search information set corresponding to the number keys, the shortened The search information includes search keywords, search types, and search fields; the control unit reads the saved shortened search information from the memory corresponding to the number keys input and displays them when the above-mentioned number keys and the search keys assigned in advance are input. , to retrieve the user data of a specific menu based on the execution request of the displayed shortened retrieval information.

The above-mentioned control part also includes the following parts: a search information generation part, which receives input of any number key and receives input corresponding to the number key to execute the search keyword of the shortened search command to be saved, the search type, and the search option of the search field , to generate shortened search information; the reading unit, according to the numeric keys input by the user and the shortened search keys allocated in advance or the menu keys allocated in advance, reads the shortened search information stored by the corresponding input numeric keys from the memory; the search information is executed A part for searching user data of a specific menu according to a search option of the shortened search information of the execution request when an execution request signal is input to the shortened search information read and displayed by the reading part, and outputting the retrieved user data.

The search information generation unit generates shortened search information by the first generation module and/or the second generation module. The 1st generation module, when the shortened retrieval information that is preserved corresponding to the above-mentioned numerical key of input does not exist in memory, receive input and will execute the retrieval option of the shortened retrieval command corresponding to above-mentioned numerical key, generate shortened retrieval information; The 2nd generation module According to the input window of the selection output of the shortened search generation menu assigned in advance, the search option for executing the shortened search command is received and an arbitrary number key is received to generate the shortened search information.

The control unit further includes an updating unit configured to update the shortened search information changed according to the request in the memory when one of addition, modification, or deletion is requested for the shortened search information.

According to a shortened search method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the following steps: the first step is to receive and input any number key and set it to shorten the user data corresponding to the number key for searching a specific menu. The retrieval information is stored in the memory, and the shortened retrieval information includes retrieval keywords, retrieval types, and retrieval domains; in the second step, when receiving and inputting a retrieval key assigned in advance, the stored shortened retrieval is made corresponding to the number key input. The information is read and displayed, and user data of a specific menu is retrieved according to the execution request of the displayed shortened retrieval information.

The above-mentioned first step also includes the following steps: a generating step, receiving and inputting arbitrary numeric keys and receiving input corresponding to the above-mentioned numeric keys to execute the retrieval keyword, retrieval category, and retrieval options of the shortened retrieval command to be saved, and generating a shortened Retrieve information; save step, save the shortened retrieve information and numeric keys generated according to the above generating step into the memory.

The above-mentioned second step also includes the following steps: a reading step, when inputting the key for shortening search and the menu key allocated in advance according to the number key input by the user, read the data corresponding to the input number key from the memory. Saved shortened search information; the search information execution step, for the shortened search information read and displayed according to the above-mentioned reading step, when the execution request signal is input, according to the search option of the shortened search information of the execution request, the user data of the specific menu is retrieved, Output the retrieved user data.

After the above first step, an updating step is also included: when one of the addition, modification or deletion of the shortened search information is requested, the shortened search information changed according to the above request is updated into the memory.

According to the present invention as described above, there is an effect that, in order to search through multiple key operations, it is not necessary to enter the lower menu from the corresponding upper menu in order, and it is also possible to perform shortened search information with shortened search options set, thereby simply Actions make it easy to retrieve the data the user needs.

Furthermore, according to the present invention as described above, there is also an effect that the shortened search information used once at the time of search is stored in the memory, thereby reducing the inconvenience of inputting a search keyword for each search.

Description of drawings

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal performing a shortened search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of the control unit shown in FIG. 1 in detail;

FIG. 3 is an operation flow chart for illustrating a shortened retrieval method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the accompanying drawing that is applicable to the flip open state of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a menu item for executing and generating shortened search information;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the screen showing the stored shortened search information corresponding to the corresponding number keys;

7 is a schematic diagram of a screen illustrating a short message notifying that there is no shortened search information stored in a memory;

FIG. 8 is a screen diagram illustrating an input window where shortened search information can be input.

Explanation of the symbols of the main parts of the accompanying drawings:

100: Mobile communication terminal 110: Camera department

120: Control Department 121: Mobile Communication Processing Department

122: Search information generating unit 123: Reading unit

124: Retrieval Information Execution Department 125: Update Department

130: RF Department 140: Speech Processing Department

150: speaker 160: microphone

170: Key input unit 180: Display unit

190: memory

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, a shortened retrieval method in a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal executing a shortened retrieval method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to Fig. 1, according to the mobile communication terminal 100 of the execution shortening retrieval method of the embodiment of the present invention, its composition comprises as follows: memory 190, stores the various terminal information of mobile communication terminal, stores the numerical key of pre-assignment and corresponding to its numerical key And the shortened search information that is set, makes to search the user data of specific menu; Display, execute the search according to the execution request of the displayed shortened search information, and output the search result; the RF part 130; the voice processing part 140; the loudspeaker 150; the microphone 160; External screen window and/or internal screen window.

The memory 190 stores operating programs and system programs of the control unit 120 . Work programs or system programs are generally stored in the read-only memory (ROM) area, and can be deleted as needed. The electrically erasable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory, etc. are included in the ROM that can be electrically erased. Also, the memory 190 also includes random access memory (RAM) that temporarily stores data occurring in the execution of various work programs.

Such memory 190 stores search information based on numeric keys within a predetermined number of digits designated by the user and shortened numbers corresponding to the numeric keys. At this time, it is easy to designate the number keys that are easy for the user to remember according to the number keys within the predetermined number of digits designated by the user.

Furthermore, the shortened search information stored in the memory 190 includes search options such as search keywords, search categories, and search fields. Now, it is easy to retrieve keywords as user data, and above-mentioned user data is stored in menus such as telephone directory, short message, schedule, camera, MP3, etc. that are distributed in memory 190; The detailed menu of corresponding user data stored in the message receiving box, message sending box, message storage box, spam storage box, temporary storage box, telephone directory, photo album, video album, MP3 storage box, etc. is easy; the search field is defined It is easy to store corresponding user data stored in all memory, built-in memory, external memory, etc.

While controlling all operations of the mobile communication terminal, the control unit 120 receives input of any number key and a search option corresponding to the number key to perform a shortened search command, generates shortened search information, and stores the generated shortened search information in the memory 190 .

More specifically, when the control unit 120 receives any number key designated by the user for input, and continuously inputs a search key (for example, a shortcut key for shortened search, a menu key) assigned in advance, the control unit outputs a message indicating that the shortened search information can be set. The input window receives and inputs search options including search keywords, search types, search fields, etc. through the output input window, and generates shortened search information. At this time, the generated shortened search information is stored in the memory 190 in association with the numeric keys.

In this embodiment, the shortened search service can be used regardless of whether it is a mobile communication terminal that has a shortcut key for shortened search assigned in advance or a mobile communication terminal that does not have a shortcut key for shortened search. That is, if the mobile communication terminal has a short-cut key for shortened search, after inputting an arbitrary number key, input the existing short-cut key for shortened search. However, if the mobile communication terminal does not have a short-cut key for shortened search, the shortened search service can be used only after inputting an arbitrary number key and then entering a menu key.

Moreover, when the control unit 120 inputs any number key and a search key for shortening the search, it reads the shortened search information stored corresponding to the entered number key from the memory 190, displays it on the screen, and performs the search according to the displayed shortened search information. Request to perform a retrieval.

More specifically, the control unit 120 determines whether the shortened search information stored corresponding to the entered numeric key is stored in the memory 190 when an arbitrary numeric key and a previously assigned short-cut search key or a pre-assigned menu key is input. If it is in the memory 190, the corresponding shortened search information is output on the screen; if it is not in the memory 190, it outputs a short message notifying that there is no shortened search information and a menu that can add shortened search information simultaneously. When the corresponding shortened search information exists in the memory 190, a request signal is output to select one of the shortened search information execution or editing or addition request signals on the screen, and the control unit 120 executes search or modification according to the search options of the shortened search information according to the request signal. Shorten the search options for retrieving information or delete the shortened search options.

Moreover, when the corresponding shortened search information does not exist in the memory 190, the control unit 120 outputs an input window in which the shortened search information can be set to the screen when the user inputs a request signal for adding the shortened search information, and the control unit 120 The shortened search information as described above can be generated by receiving a search option input to execute a shortened search command. At this time, the generated shortened search information is stored in the memory in association with the number keys input in advance.

The RF unit 130 is controlled by the control unit 120, and converts the signal output from the control unit 120 into a wireless signal. Furthermore, the RF unit 130 converts the wireless signal received through the antenna (ANT) into a desired signal and outputs it.

The voice processing unit 140 modulates the voice signal input from the microphone (microphone) 160 and converts it into voice data, demodulates the voice data input from the RF unit 130 and the voice data stored in the memory 190 into a voice signal, and transmits the voice signal through the speaker (speaker). ) 150 is output by voice.

The key input unit 170 is composed of a plurality of numeric keys, menu keys, and function keys for executing various functions, and outputs key data to the control unit 120 according to external operations.

When the key input unit 170 operates any number key, shortcut key for shortened search provided for continuous input shortened search, and menu key, the key input unit outputs the corresponding key data to the control unit 120 .

According to the user's menu display request from the operation key input unit 170 , the control unit 120 reads the corresponding menu from the memory 190 and displays it on the display unit 180 . That is, the key input unit 170, as a common user information input device, is provided with a plurality of keys suitable for mobile communication terminals such as a plurality of numeric keys and function keys, so that when an input operation of each key occurs, the output and each input The inherent key data corresponding to the key is sent to the control unit 120, so that the entry of the menu display mode and the selection operation of the menu are performed through the key input operation of the above-mentioned key input unit 170. At this time, the control unit 120 will read from the memory 190. The menu corresponding to the corresponding key input is fetched and displayed on the display section 180 .

The display unit 180 is a display device like a liquid crystal display (LCD), and is controlled by the control unit 120 to display the status of the mobile communication terminal or the progress status of the program. That is, all statuses of the mobile communication terminal, user information to be input, and the like are displayed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a control unit shown in FIG. 1 in detail.

With reference to Fig. 2, control part 120, its composition comprises following part: mobile communication processing part 121, carries out the signal processing that carries out for mobile communication service; Part 123, when inputting arbitrary number keys and search keys, corresponding to the input number keys, reads the shortened search information stored; the search information execution unit 124 executes the search according to the execution request of the read shortened search information; the update unit 125 , update the corresponding shortened search information stored in the memory 190 according to the addition, modification and deletion request of the shortened search information.

The mobile communication processing unit 121 is a module in the mobile communication terminal for performing mobile communication services using wireless resources, and is configured and operates using known mobile communication technologies, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

The search information generating part 122 also includes: a first generating module, inputting any number key, generating a menu along with the input shortening search information, receiving and inputting a search option for executing a shortened search command through the output input window, and generating shortened search information; 2. The generation module receives and inputs a search option to execute a shortened search command and generates shortened search information when the user inputs a number key and a search key, and if there is no stored shortened search information corresponding to the inputted number key.

That is, after the search information generating unit 122 inputs a number key within a predetermined number of digits to execute a shortened search command, the detailed menu item (for example, generate shortened search information, execute shortened search information) that is outputted in accordance with the selection of the menu key assigned in advance In, according to the selected menu item (for example, generate shortened search information), an input window for inputting shortened search information is provided, and input search options are received through the provided input window, corresponding user data is shortened, and searchable shortened search information is generated.

Moreover, when the search information generation unit 122 inputs the numeric keys and the shortcut keys for shortened search allocated in advance or the corresponding key data is input according to the menu keys allocated in advance by the user, it determines whether there is a shortened search stored in the memory 190 corresponding to the input numeric keys. information. As a result of the judgment, if there is no shortened search information stored corresponding to the corresponding number key in the memory 190, the shortened search information will be generated according to the search options of the shortened search command executed by the user upon receiving the input.

When inputting a number key designated in advance and a search key for performing a search on the number key in order to execute a shortened search, the reading unit 123 performs the following function of reading from the memory 190 the shortened search information stored corresponding to the number key inputted above. . At this time, when there is no shortened search information stored corresponding to the corresponding number key in the memory 190, a message notifying that there is no shortened search information is output, so that it is easy to know that the user designated a wrong number key for performing a shortened search.

The search information executing unit 124 executes a search based on preset search options in response to an execution request of the shortened search information read and displayed by the reading unit 123 . In this case, the shortened search information is based on search options specified by the user in advance, and the user can change the search options.

The update unit 125 performs the following function of updating the corresponding shortened search information stored in the memory 190 according to the addition, modification or deletion request of the shortened search information.

More specifically, when the update unit 125 inputs a request signal for adding shortened search information from the user, it receives an input of a search option to execute a shortened search command through an input window through which the outputted shortened search information can be input according to the input request signal, The generated shortened search information is stored in the memory 190 .

Furthermore, when the update unit 125 inputs an edit request signal for shortened search information, the state of reading the corresponding shortened search information stored on the screen corresponding to the number keys input by the user is changed to a state where the search options displayed on the screen can be edited. state. Execute editing with the desired search option on the thus converted editing screen.

In addition, when the corresponding shortened search information stored on the screen corresponding to the number keys input by the user is read and displayed on the screen, when the update unit 125 inputs a delete request signal for the shortened search information, the shortened search information displayed on the screen and other information will be displayed on the screen. The corresponding number key will be deleted from the memory 190.

In this way, the shortened search information for executing the shortened search command specified by the user can be generated, and user data required for execution of the generated shortened search information can be easily retrieved.

According to the embodiment of the present invention thus constituted, a shortened search method in a mobile communication terminal will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of a shortened retrieval method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The control unit 120 of the mobile communication terminal 100 saves in the memory 190 in advance the number keys designated by the user and shortened search information corresponding to the number keys (see step S101).

Next, the user operates the key input unit 170, and the control unit 120 accepts input of a number key within a predetermined number of digits (see step S103).

Again, after the control unit 120 receives the input of the number keys, it continuously receives the input of the search keys assigned in advance (see step S105). At this time, in the mobile communication terminal as shown in Figure 4a, there is a shortcut key A for shortening search, or in the mobile communication terminal as shown in Figure 4b, there is no shortcut key for shortening search, the search key that accepts input is Refers to the input pre-allocated menu key B or B', B is a software shortcut key, B' is a hardware shortcut key. At this time, when there is no shortcut key for shortened search, if the menu key B or B' assigned in advance is input, as shown in FIG. When the shortened search for information generates a menu item, the user inputs the shortened search information and executes the menu item in the output menu item.

Next, if the user inputs a search key, the control unit 120 judges whether the shortened search information stored corresponding to the number key input in the above-mentioned step S103 exists (see step S107).

As a result of the determination in step S107 above, if there is no stored shortened search information corresponding to the input numeric keys, as shown in FIG. 7 , the control unit 120 outputs a message notifying that there is no stored shortened search information (see step S108).

Next, the control section 120 judges whether or not an addition request signal for shortened search information has been input (see step S110). As a result of the judgment in the above step S110, if the request signal for adding shortened search information is not input, the routine is terminated.

As a result of the judgment of the above-mentioned S110 step, when the addition request signal of the shortened search information is input, as shown in FIG. The shortened search information generated by inputting search options including search keywords, search categories, and search fields is stored in the memory 190 (see step S112).

As a result of the determination in step S107 above, when the shortened search information stored corresponding to the input numeric keys exists, the control unit 120 reads the corresponding shortened search information from the memory 190 and displays it on the screen (see step S109) (refer to FIG. 6 ).

Next, the control section 120 judges whether or not an execution request signal of the shortened search information displayed on the screen is input (see step S111).

As a result of the judgment of the above-mentioned S111 step, when the execution request signal of the shortened search information displayed on the screen is input, the control unit 120 executes the search with the search option of shortened search information, and outputs the retrieved user data on the screen (see step S113 ).

As a result of the determination in step S111 above, if the execution request signal of shortened search information displayed on the screen is not input, the control unit 120 determines whether to request addition, modification or deletion of shortened search information (see step S114).

As a result of the judgment in step S114 above, if addition, modification, or deletion of shortened search information is not requested, the procedure is terminated.

As a result of the determination in step S114 above, when the addition, modification or deletion of the shortened search information is requested, the shortened search information changed by the control unit 120 according to the request of addition, modification or deletion is updated in the memory 190 (see step S115).

Referring to Fig. 4 a to Fig. 8 detailed description, control unit 120 is shown in Fig. 4 a according to user's input arbitrary number key (for example, key 1), when inputting the shortcut key (A) of shortening retrieval that distributes in advance, reads from memory 190. Get the shortened search information saved corresponding to the above-mentioned number keys, and display it on the screen as shown in FIG. 6 . When the execution request signal of the shortened search information displayed on the screen is input later, the user data of a specific menu can be searched in the corresponding shortened search information, the corresponding user data is retrieved according to the set search option, and the retrieved user data is output to on screen.

And, as shown in FIG. 4a, when there is no shortcut key (A) for shortening search assigned in advance in the mobile communication terminal, the control unit 120, as shown in FIG. When the menu key of the software shortcut key displayed on the screen or the menu key of the hardware shortcut key provided in the key input unit 170 is input, the generation of shortened search information and the menu options for execution as shown in FIG. 5 are displayed. on the screen. When the control unit 120 requests shortened search information to execute the menu option in the displayed menu options, it retrieves the corresponding user data according to the search options corresponding to the shortened search information stored in the above-mentioned numbers. The input window shown in FIG. 8 receives and inputs a search option corresponding to the above-mentioned number to execute a shortened search command to generate shortened search information.

The data desired by the user can be easily retrieved by operating the corresponding number keys and retrieval keys in order to shorten the retrieved information.

The present invention as described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, and these include the gist and scope of the present invention defined in the claims.

Claims (8)

1. A mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises the following parts: The memory is used to store the number keys designated in advance and the shortened search information set corresponding to the number keys, the shortened search information includes search keywords, search types, and search fields; The control unit reads and displays shortened search information stored in the memory corresponding to the inputted numeric keys when inputting the numeric keys and the search key assigned in advance, and executes a search request based on the displayed shortened search information. User data for a specific menu. 2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises the following parts: The retrieval information generating unit receives and inputs arbitrary numeric keys and receives and inputs the retrieval keywords, retrieval types, and retrieval options of the shortened retrieval command to be stored corresponding to the numeric keys, and generates shortened retrieval information; The reading unit, according to the number keys input by the user and the keys for shortening search assigned in advance or the menu keys assigned in advance, reads the shortened search information stored corresponding to the number keys input from the memory; The search information execution unit searches the user data of the specific menu according to the search option of the shortened search information of the execution request when an execution request signal is input to the shortened search information read and displayed by the reading unit, and outputs the retrieved user data. 3. mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, is characterized in that, comprises following part in described retrieval information generation part: The first generation module, when the shortened search information stored corresponding to the input number key does not exist in the memory, receives the search option to execute the shortened search command corresponding to the number key, and generates the shortened search information; The second generating module generates shortened search information by receiving input of a search option to execute a shortened search command and an arbitrary number key according to the input window of the selection output of the shortened search generation menu assigned in advance. 4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the control unit includes the following part: when one of addition, modification or deletion is requested for the shortened search information, the information changed according to the request The shortened search information is updated to the update unit in the memory. 5. A shortening retrieval method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in comprising the steps of: The first step is to receive and input any number keys and be set as the shortened search information of the user data corresponding to the number keys for searching the specific menu, and store them in the memory. The shortened search information includes search keywords, search types, search field; The second step is to read and display the saved shortened search information according to the number keys corresponding to the input when the search key assigned in advance is received, and to search the user data of the specific menu according to the execution request of the displayed shortened search information. 6. according to the shortening search method in a kind of mobile communication terminal described in above-mentioned claim 5, it is characterized in that described first step comprises the steps: The generation step is to receive and input any number key and the search option corresponding to the number key to execute the shortened search command to be saved, the search type, and the search field to generate shortened search information; The saving step is to save the shortened search information and the numeric keys generated in the generating step in the memory. 7. according to the shortening retrieval method in a kind of mobile communication terminal described in above-mentioned claim 5, it is characterized in that described second step comprises the following steps: The reading step is to read from the memory the shortened retrieval information stored by the corresponding input numeric keys according to the numeric keys input by the user and the shortened retrieval keys allocated in advance or the menu keys allocated in advance; The search information execution step is to search the user data of a specific menu according to the search option of the shortened search information of the execution request when the execution request signal is input for the shortened search information read and displayed according to the reading step, and output the retrieved user data. data. 8. The shortening search method in a mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, characterized in that after the first step, the following steps are included: requesting the addition or modification or deletion of the shortened search information In one case, the shortened search information changed according to the request is updated in the memory.

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