KR101140213B1

KR101140213B1 - Mobile Comunication Terminals Having Function of Managing User Name, Managing System Using the Same and Method thereof

Info

Publication number: KR101140213B1
Application number: KR20050015820A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 송미호
Original assignee: 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2005-02-25
Filing date: 2005-02-25
Publication date: 2012-05-02
Also published as: KR20060094990A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function in which a user's nickname is arbitrarily designated by a user, a nickname management system using the same, and a method thereof. The instant message management system according to the present invention receives an instant message server in which a first buddy list including a first buddy name of a user is stored, and a first buddy list from an instant message server, thereby receiving a first buddy name of the buddy as a second nickname. And an instant message gateway for transmitting the converted second contact list to the mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal for receiving and displaying the second contact list from the instant message gateway. Therefore, when using the mobile instant messenger, the user's nickname can be arbitrarily changed so that the nickname can be briefly displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal when the nickname is long. In addition, when the screen name of the mobile instant messenger is long, the load on the network can be reduced.

Mobile terminal, instant message service, mobile messenger, instant messenger system, screen name, contact list, instant message server, instant message gateway,

Description

Mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function, a nickname management system using the same and a method thereof {{Mobile Communication Units Having Function of Managing User Name, Managing System Using the Same and Method}}

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a nickname management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a method of registering a second nickname in a nickname management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart sequentially showing a method of managing a nickname of a nickname managing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a method of registering a second nickname in a mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart sequentially showing a method of managing a name of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

7 is an exemplary view showing an example in which a first screen name is converted into a second screen name according to the method of FIGS. 1 and 6.

101: instant message server 102: instant message gateway

103: name conversion unit 104: mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal having a name management function for arbitrarily designating a user's screen name of a conversation partner, a system for managing a message name using the same, and a method thereof.

As computers and the Internet spread rapidly, and their usage increases, users of instant messengers are increasing rapidly.

Instant messenger is a program that can send and receive messages, e-mails, documents, etc. in real time through a computer. With the recent diversification of its functions, it has the ability to open chat rooms, provide real-time news, stock information, and chat functions.

After installing most of the free programs, it is very useful as a means of collecting and exchanging information in real time through various channels with the conversation partners who have registered only when connected to the Internet.

In addition, it is very useful to communicate with each other because it is possible to display their status when they are away, eating, or busy. The list of friends or co-workers registered with each other is called a contact list, and each contact has a unique ID such as an e-mail address and can be identified.

In addition, the conversation partners can directly express their mood or situation by directly inputting a screen name that can express themselves.

Such an instant messenger is spreading to a mobile messenger service which can be called an instant messenger for a mobile communication terminal.

The mobile messenger is rapidly being used as a kind of chat in a mobile communication terminal that can send and receive messages in real time between a computer-to-mobile terminal and a mobile terminal-to-mobile terminal accessor.

By enabling the transmission of messages from a wireless terminal to a computer that is a wired client, the range of wireless services can be extended.

Recently, a mobile messenger service is provided using a Brew (Binary Runtime Environment Wireless) application.

Brew application is a platform that can execute binary file on wireless terminal. It is developed with emphasis on speed and multimedia.

When using the mobile messenger service using the brew, when the user connects to the instant message server, the user's contact list is displayed on the display unit.

In this case, the screen name is also displayed on the computer as the instant message used for instant messenger. If the contact partner has a long screen name, it is difficult to see the long screen name of the user in a mobile communication terminal having a very small display unit compared to the computer. In the worst case, the display unit of the mobile communication terminal may be filled with only the screen name.

In addition, there is a problem that a load is placed on the network when sending and receiving instant messages.

An object of the present invention for solving the problems of the prior art is to enable the user to change the screen name of the other party when using the mobile instant messenger.

Another object of the present invention is to reduce the load on the network when the mobile instant messenger has a long screen name.

Still another object of the present invention is to briefly display a screen name on a display unit of a mobile communication terminal when the screen name of a mobile instant messenger is long.

In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a system for managing a name of a present invention includes an instant message server storing a first list of contacts including a first name of a user, and receiving the first list of contacts from the instant message server. An instant message gateway for transmitting a second contact list converted from the first screen name of the parties to a second screen name to the mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal for receiving and displaying a second contact list from the instant message gateway; It is characterized by including.

The instant message gateway may further include a message name converting unit configured to convert the first message name registered by the chat partner of the mobile communication terminal user into the second chat name arbitrarily designated by the mobile communication terminal user to the chat partner. It is characterized by.

In addition, the second screen name is not displayed on the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the second screen name converted by the screen name conversion unit.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal having a chat name management function of the present invention includes a receiver for receiving a first contact list including a first chat name registered by the chat partner of the user of the mobile communication terminal, and a first list of chat partner lists received from the receiver. A second screen name that the mobile communication terminal user arbitrarily designates the first screen name in the first screen of the contact list received from the receiving unit; And a display unit for displaying the second screen name converted by the screen name converting unit on a screen, and a storage unit in which a second list of contacts including the second screen name is stored.

Here, the second screen name is not displayed on the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the second screen name converted by the screen name conversion unit.

In addition, the message management method of the message management system of the present invention is a mobile messenger service method comprising an instant message server, an instant message gateway, and a mobile communication terminal, wherein (a) the mobile communication terminal is the instant message gateway; Accessing the instant message server after the authentication process; (b) the instant message server sending a contact list including a first screen name to the instant message gateway; (c) the instant message gateway converting the first screen names of the contacts in the received list of contacts to a second screen name and transmitting the second screen name to the mobile terminal; And (d) receiving and displaying, by the mobile communication terminal, a contact list including the second screen name converted in the instant message gateway.

The first screen name is a screen name registered by the chat partner of the mobile terminal user, and the second screen name is a screen name arbitrarily designated by the mobile terminal user.

Further, in the step (c), the second screen name is not displayed on the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the converted second screen name.

Hereinafter, a mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a nickname management system using the same, and a method thereof will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a system for managing a nickname according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an instant message server 101, a message gateway 102 having a built-in message converting unit 103, and a mobile communication terminal 104. It is made to include.

Here, the instant message server 101 includes a predetermined storage unit to store a contact list of the user of the mobile communication terminal 104.

The instant message gateway 102 performs a user authentication process when the mobile communication terminal 104 accesses the instant message server 101 described above, and receives a contact list of the user from the instant message server 101.

The chat name conversion unit 103 is embedded in the instant message gateway 102, and when the instant message gateway 102 receives the user's first contact list from the instant message server 101 described above, Convert the first nickname to the second nickname.

Here, the first screen name is a screen name registered by the chat partner of the user of the mobile communication terminal 104, and the second screen name refers to a screen name arbitrarily designated by the user of the mobile communication terminal 104. Thus, the first buddy list includes the first nickname, and the second buddy list includes the converted second nickname.

The mobile communication terminal 104 receives and displays a second contact list including the second screen name converted by the screen name converting unit 103 of the instant message gateway 102 described above.

In this case, it is preferable that the second screen name is not displayed on the mobile communication terminal (not shown) of the chat partner corresponding to the second screen name converted by the screen name conversion unit 103.

A method of registering a second nickname in the nickname management system configured as described above is illustrated in FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a method of registering a second screen name in a screen name management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the method of registering a second nickname in the nickname management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, first, when a user of the mobile communication terminal 104 selects a chat partner who wants to change the nickname (S201). A predetermined menu is output (S202).

In this way, the screen name change is selected from the output menu (S203). When the selection of the change is confirmed (S204), the selected first nickname is in a state that can be changed (S205), and the user inputs any desired second nickname (S206).

For example, referring to FIG. 7, the first communication name registered by the conversation partner of the user of the mobile communication terminal 104 is "New Employee Clinical Honoring." Change to "[Sang]]" (704), which is a randomly designated second screen name for the partner, and store it.

The changed second nickname is transmitted to the instant message gateway 102 (S207) and stored in a predetermined storage unit (S208).

At this time, the instant message gateway 102 checks whether the second message is successfully changed and stored (S209), and if the message is not successfully changed and stored, transmits a change failure message to the mobile communication terminal 104 (S210). If a successful change is stored, a change success message is transmitted (S211).

The mobile communication terminal 104 receiving the message displays a corresponding change success message on the screen (S212).

A method of using a second nickname registered in the nickname management system in the same manner is illustrated in FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a method of managing a nickname of a nickname managing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the method of managing a name of a message management system, a user of the mobile communication terminal 104 first uses the mobile communication terminal 104 to access the instant message server 101. (S301).

After performing the user authentication process in the instant message gateway 102 (S302), the instant message server 101 receives a first contact list including the first screen name of the user (S303).

Subsequently, an e-mail address or a mobile communication number, which is a unique ID of each conversation partner, is stored in a predetermined storage unit (not shown) in the first conversation partner list received by the instant message gateway 102. 2 Compared to the ID of the chat partner on the chat partner list (S304).

Here, the IDs of the conversation partners on the first and second conversation partner lists described above do not match (S305), and if the ID of the conversation partner does not exist, the corresponding conversation partner transmits the message to the mobile communication terminal without conversion of the conversation name. (S306).

Unlike this, however, when there is a matching conversation partner ID in step S305, the first conversation name of the conversation partner is converted into a second conversation name, and the second conversation partner list including the same is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 104 ( S308).

In operation S309 ˜ S310, the second conversation partner list received by the received mobile communication terminal 104 is displayed on the screen.

Here, the IDs of the conversation partners are compared and converted according to the match, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

As such, in the nickname managing system according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, the nickname converting unit 103 may be embedded in the mobile communication terminal 104 in another embodiment.

Referring to the case in which the name conversion unit 103 embedded in the instant message gateway 102 is embedded in the mobile communication terminal in more detail as follows.

As shown in FIG. 4, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function includes a receiver 401, a controller 402, a display unit 403, a nickname converter 404, and the like. And a storage unit 405.

The receiving unit 401 receives a user's contact list from the instance message server.

The display unit 403 displays the converted second screen name on the screen under the control of the controller 402.

The conversation name converting unit 404 may be configured to display the first conversation name registered by the conversation partner of the mobile communication terminal user in the conversation partner list received by the receiver 401 under the control of the controller 402. Convert to a second screen name that is arbitrarily specified for the other party.

The storage unit 405 stores the first screen name and the second screen name converted by the screen name conversion unit 404 described above.

The controller 402 controls the above-mentioned chat name converter 404 to convert the first chat name from the chat partner list received from the receiver 401 into a second chat name to be displayed on the screen of the display 403. In this case, it is preferable that the second screen name is not displayed on the mobile communication terminal (not shown) of the chat partner corresponding to the second screen name converted by the screen name converting unit 404.

A process of registering a second screen name in a mobile communication terminal having the screen name management function configured as described above is as shown in FIG. 5.

5 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a method of registering a second nickname in a mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, a method of registering a second nickname in a mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is first performed after the node 2 of FIG. 2. In step S501, the first screen name of the corresponding partner is converted into the input second screen name.

Thereafter, when the converted second screen name is desired to be stored (S502), it is stored in the memory unit 405 (S503).

Referring to FIG. 6, a method of using a second nickname registered in a mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function is as shown in FIG. 6.

6 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a method of managing a name of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, according to another embodiment of the present invention, in the method of managing a nickname of a mobile communication terminal, an instant message having received a contact list including a first nickname from an instant message server after node 1 of FIG. 3. The gateway transmits this to the mobile communication terminal (S601).

Thereafter, the mobile communication terminal receives the conversation partner list including the aforementioned first conversation name through the reception unit 401 (S602).

Upon receiving this, the controller 402 compares the e-mail address or the mobile communication number, which is a unique ID of each chat partner, with the IDs of the chat partner on the chat partner list in which the second chat name is designated (S603).

In this case, the IDs of the conversation partners in the aforementioned conversation partner list are not matched (S604), and if the ID of the conversation partner does not exist, the corresponding conversation partner is displayed on the screen of the display unit 403 without conversion of the conversation name (S605). ).

However, differently, when there is a matching conversation partner ID in step S604, the conversation partner list is converted into a second conversation name stored in the memory unit 405 and the conversation partner list including the same is displayed on the display unit 403. Display on the screen (S607).

For example, referring to FIG. 7, the mobile phone terminal user, the first screen name registered by the user of the mobile communication terminal user, "[Sungyoung] will be closed for tomorrow." It is changed to "[Sungyoung]" 705, which is a randomly designated second screen name, and stored.

Therefore, when the mobile instant messenger uses the mobile instant messenger, the user may randomly change the other party's screen name so that the screen name can be briefly displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal when the screen of the chat partner is long.

In addition, when the screen name of the mobile instant messenger is long, the load on the network can be reduced.

According to the present invention, when using the mobile instant messenger, the user's nickname is arbitrarily changed so that the nickname can be briefly displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal when the nickname is long.

Claims

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A receiving unit which receives a first contact list including a first chat name registered by a chat partner of the mobile communication terminal user;

A control unit which controls to convert the first screen name of the contact list received from the receiving unit into a second screen name and to display it on the screen;

A chat name converting unit converting a first chat name from the first chat partner list received from the receiving unit into a second chat name arbitrarily designated by the mobile communication terminal user for the chat partner;

A display unit which displays on the screen a second screen name converted by the screen name converter;

A storage unit storing a second contact list including the second chat name

Mobile communication terminal having a nickname management function comprising a.

The method of claim 4, wherein

And a second screen name is not displayed on the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the second screen name converted by the screen name converting unit.

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The method of claim 4, wherein

The control unit,

If the second ID that matches the ID does not exist on the second contact list based on at least one of the IDs for identifying each chat partner, the first chat name is displayed without conversion of the chat name.

The ID is,

A mobile communication terminal having a name management function, based on at least one of an e-mail address and a mobile communication number.