CN1322732C

CN1322732C - Apparatus and method for expanding telephone-book recording function in SIM card

Info

Publication number: CN1322732C
Application number: CNB2004100156270A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 沈建林; 蔡世光; 何代水
Original assignee: Inventec Appliances Shanghai Corp
Current assignee: Inventec Appliances Shanghai Corp
Priority date: 2004-01-05
Filing date: 2004-01-05
Publication date: 2007-06-20
Anticipated expiration: 2024-01-05
Also published as: CN1642189A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for expanding the record contents of a phone book inside an SIM card, which comprises a checking module and a memory, wherein the checking module is used for checking user identification codes inside the SIM card; a mapping memory space which is corresponding to the user identification codes is divided inside the memory. Thus, when a user edits records of the phone book inside the SIM card, a mobile telephone processing unit can open an interface for inputting a plurality of record data; in addition, the record data can be distinguished into primary data saved into the SIM card and subsidiary data saved into the mapping memory space.

Description

Expand the apparatus and method of phone directory recording function in the SIM card

Technical field

The present invention relates to expand the apparatus and method of phone directory recording content in the SIM card, especially a kind of memory space that utilizes mobile phone memory, the apparatus and method of phone directory recording content in the expansion SIM card.

Background technology

Mobile communication is to see through artificial satellite or the base station that generally is provided with, and receives and transmit communication signal.Both call sides utilizes the mobile phone of a hand-hold type, carries out the reception and the transmission of communication signal with the base station, with instant reception communication signal each other.Because between user and the base station is to utilize wireless mode to carry out the signal transmission, therefore, can not be subjected to the restriction in place, follow one's bent and the people links up.

Present widely used global system for mobile communications (Global System for Mobile, GSM), each user inserts Subscriber Identity Module (Subscriber Identification Module Card) among the mobile phone respectively, logining the GSM communication network, and enjoy all facilities of mobile communication.

For the person's of being used demand, in mobile phone, be provided with the phone directory option more, provide the user that each coordinator's related data is stored in mobile phone memory or the SIM card.Illustrate, the number that the user can be different with many groups with each coordinator's household address, Email etc. are recorded among the phone directory.And the user can divide into groups to numerous coordinators, simultaneously, each coordinator is provided with different incoming ring tones thinks with different picture code name etc. and separate.

Yet, the stored contents that the above is abundant only limits to be stored in the phone directory data in the mobile phone flash memory (FlashMemory), as for the phone directory data content that is stored in the SIM card, be subject to the restriction of existing interrecord structure, a contact name and a corresponding number are only arranged usually.Therefore, in the user faces SIM card, both deposited the situation of coordinator's data increase, and can only in the phone directory of mobile phone memory, build this coordinator's data in addition, and can't expand, caused the inconvenience of using at old data.

In view of this, the present invention designs a kind of method of expanding the phone directory recording content of SIM card, to improve the dull not enough shortcoming of phone directory recording content in traditional SIM card.

Summary of the invention

Main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of method that expands the phone directory recording content of SIM card, so that the user to be provided abundanter phone directory recording content.

The present invention is in order to expand the method for phone directory recording function in the SIM card, be to detect by the handset processes unit to insert the user identification code that SIM card comprised in the mobile phone, and in mobile phone memory, be partitioned into a mapping memory space, simultaneously, this user identification code is stored in the above-mentioned mapping memory space thinks mark.By this, behind the phone directory recording in the user edits SIM card, the part content of edit of expansion is stored in the mapping memory space.

Can be further understood by the following detailed description and accompanying drawings about the advantages and spirit of the present invention.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is that the present invention utilizes mobile phone memory, as the schematic diagram that expands the required memory space of phone directory recording content in the SIM card.

Fig. 2 is the device that the present invention expands phone directory recording function in the SIM card, has both had under the situation of mapping memory space of the SIM card of corresponding to the schematic diagram of this device running in memory.

Fig. 3 is the device that the present invention expands phone directory recording function in the SIM card, does not correspond to the mapping memory space of SIM card in memory, and has in the memory under the situation of enough remaining spaces, the schematic diagram of this device running.

Fig. 4 A and 4B are the devices that the present invention expands phone directory recording function in the SIM card, do not correspond to the mapping memory space of SIM card in memory, and lack in the memory under the situation in enough spaces, the schematic diagram of this device running.

Fig. 5 is the flow chart that the present invention expands the method for phone directory recording in the SIM card.

Embodiment

The following stated is the preferred embodiment that the present invention expands the method and apparatus of phone directory recording content in the SIM card.

The interrecord structure that generally is stored in phone directory in the SIM card is as follows:

typedef?struct?PhonebookRecordStructOnPhoneTag

{

Int8 name[SIM_NAME_LEN]; ... .... contact name

Int8 number[SIM_NUMBER_LEN]; ... telephone number

}PhonebookRecordOnSim

And the interrecord structure that generally is stored in phone directory in the mobile phone memory is as follows:

typedef?struct?PhonebookRecordStructOnPhoneTag

{

AgCharCode lastName[LASTNAME_MAX_LEN+1]; ... contact names

AgCharCode firstName[FIRSTNAME_MAX_LEN+1]; ... coordinator's surname

AgCharCode mobilePhone[PHONE_MAX_LEN+1]; ... phone number

AgCharCode familyPhone[PHONE_MAX_LEN+1]; .... home phone number

AgCharCode officePhone[PHONE_MAX_LEN+1]; ... .. company telephone number

AgCharCode beepNumber[PHONE_MAX_LEN+1]; ... ..CALL plane No. sign indicating number

AgCharCode faxNumber[PHONE_MAX_LEN+1]; ... ... facsimile telephone number

Int8 group; ... ... ... ... ... ... affiliated group

UINT32 ringTone; ... ... ... ... .... incoming ring tone

UINT32 photo; ... ... ... ... ... ... the .. representative picture

AgCharCode email[EMAIL_MAX_LEN+1]; ... ... ... Email

AgCharCode address[ADDR_MAX_LEN+1] ... ... the .. home address

.

. .

.

}PhonebookRecordOnPhone

As seen be subject to interrecord structure, the recorded content of phone directory only includes the contact name and first telephone number in the SIM card, and can't provide as the abundant recorded content of phone directory in the mobile phone.Therefore, please refer to Fig. 1, the present invention is partitioned into and includes the mapping memory space 41 that user identification code N thinks mark in mobile phone memory 40, as expanding the required memory spaces of phone directory recording content in the corresponding SIM card 20.By this, see through the phone directory recording data of user's interface 50 inputs, can divide into main data 52 that is stored to SIM card 20 and the supporting material 54 that is stored to mapping memory space 41.This main data 52 is the interrecord structures corresponding to phone directory in the SIM card 20, therefore only includes the contact name and first telephone number.Second telephone number, the 3rd telephone number, the 4th telephone number, individual character the tinkle of bells, individual pictures, Email, home address, CompanyAddress and memorandum etc. that supporting material 54 then can provide the user to write down the coordinator.Therefore, make things convenient for the inquiry, the caller identification and the tinkle of bells of more personalized also is provided, make things convenient for user's incoming call recognizing person's identity except abundanter recorded content can be provided.

Below be to be described further in order to the method that expands phone directory recording function in the SIM card 20 at the present invention.Please refer to Fig. 2 and Fig. 5, after SIM card 20 is inserted the SIM card slot of mobile phone,, detect module 10 and detect and capture the user identification code N1 that this SIM card 20 is comprised immediately as step 120.Subsequently, when the user imports an instruction to open or to edit the phone directory recording content in the SIM card 20, as step 130, processing unit 30 is compared immediately and had respectively both been deposited the user identification code N1 that mapping memory space 41 is comprised in this user identification code N1 and the mobile phone memory 40, N2, N3.If the user identification code N1 that matches is arranged, as step 180, processing unit 30 together with the phone directory recording content in the above-mentioned SIM card 20, is presented in the handset displays panel with being about to the recorded content that this had both deposited mapping memory space 41a in the lump.

Please refer to Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, in step 130, if each both deposited the user identification code that comprised of mapping memory space 41 all therewith user identification code N1 do not match, or in memory 40, do not exist to include the mapping memory space 41 that user identification code is thought mark.As step 140, processing unit 30 inspects whether have enough remaining spaces in the memory 40 immediately.If right, as step 160, processing unit 30 is partitioned into a blank mapping memory space 41a immediately in this remaining space, and, think mark within the so far blank mapping memory space of the user identification code N1 storage 41a with this SIM card 20.Subsequently, as step 180, processing unit 30 together with the phone directory recording content in the above-mentioned SIM card 20, is presented in the handset displays panel with the recorded content of this mapping memory space 41a in the lump.

Please refer to Fig. 4 A and Fig. 5, if the memory space of memory 40 is saturated, processing unit 30 is inspected the mapping memory space 41b that had both deposited in this memory 40 immediately, 41c, 41d, 41e, and deletion access time point mapping memory space 41b the earliest is to discharge memory space.Subsequently, shown in Fig. 4 B, processing unit 30 is partitioned into a blank mapping memory space 41a in this memory space, and, think mark within the so far blank mapping memory space of the user identification code N1 storage 41a with this SIM card 20.

As described below, be the advantage of the present invention in order to the method for phone directory recording in the expansion SIM card:

One, provide abundanter recorded content to make things convenient for outside the user inquires about, and, the caller identification and the tinkle of bells of more personalized are provided, make things convenient for user's incoming call recognizing person's identity.

Two, can the phone directory recording content in the old SIM card be expanded, and must not change the interrecord structure of phone directory in the SIM card.

Three, after the user opens the interior phone directory recording of SIM card, can produce a mapping memory space corresponding to this SIM card automatically, convenient user expands the phone directory recording content of both having deposited in the SIM card.

Four, method of the present invention, not only the situation of suitable single SIM card if the user has multiple SIM card, can also be utilized method of the present invention, in the flash memory of mobile phone, produces a plurality of mapping memory spaces, respectively corresponding each SIM card.

The above is to utilize preferred embodiment to describe the present invention in detail, but not limit the scope of the invention, and know this type of operator and all can understand, suitably do slightly change and adjustment, will not lose main idea of the present invention place, also not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1, a kind of method that expands phone directory recording content in the SIM card is characterized in that, comprises the following steps: at least

Detect the user identification code that this SIM card comprises;

In mobile phone memory, be partitioned into a mapping memory space, and, this user identification code is stored in this mapping memory space thinks mark; And

The user edits the phone directory recording in this SIM card, and the essential record data is stored in this SIM card, and the supporting record data is stored in this mapping memory space;

In this mobile phone memory, searching has the mapping memory space that this SIM card user identification code is thought mark immediately for phone directory recording in the user edits this SIM card, this processing unit;

If this processing unit does not find to have the mapping memory space that this SIM card user identification code is thought mark, this processing unit in the remaining space of this mobile phone memory, is partitioned into one and comprises the mapping memory space that this SIM card user identification code is thought mark immediately;

If this mobile phone memory is filled with, this processing unit is chosen access time point this mapping memory space the earliest immediately, and whether the inquiry user deletes this mapping memory space, provides with Free up Memory and cuts apart one and comprise the mapping memory space that this SIM card user identification code is thought mark.

2, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, this essential record data includes the contact name and first telephone number.

3, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, this supporting record data includes second telephone number, the 3rd telephone number, the 4th telephone number, individual character the tinkle of bells, individual pictures, Email, home address, CompanyAddress and memorandum.

4, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, the phone directory recording in the user edits this SIM card, and this processing unit is presented in the handset displays panel in the lump with the record of the corresponding mapping memory space with this of phone directory recording in this SIM card.