KR20040033690A - Method for notifying birthday at telephone directory - Google Patents

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KR20040033690A
KR20040033690A KR1020020062916A KR20020062916A KR20040033690A KR 20040033690 A KR20040033690 A KR 20040033690A KR 1020020062916 A KR1020020062916 A KR 1020020062916A KR 20020062916 A KR20020062916 A KR 20020062916A KR 20040033690 A KR20040033690 A KR 20040033690A
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PURPOSE: A method for servicing a birthday alarming function registered in a telephone directory is provided to additionally input a birthday of other party when registering a telephone number of the other party in a cellular phone telephone directory, and to enable a user to recognize a day corresponding to the birthday of the other party when an alarming function is set, thereby executing an alarming service. CONSTITUTION: A user additionally inputs a birthday of other party when inputting a telephone number of the other party(S1). If the birthday is inputted in a telephone directory, a system suggests an input window for selecting whether to set the birthday of the other party as an anniversary(S2). If the user inputs a key for setting the birthday as the anniversary, the system suggests an input window for selecting whether to set an alarming function on the birthday(S3). If the user inputs a short message on the birthday of the other party after setting the alarming function(S4), the system stores the message in a memory, executes the alarming function on a day corresponding to the birthday, and transmits the reserved short message to the telephone number of the other party(S5).

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전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법{Method for notifying birthday at telephone directory}Birthday reminder service method registered in phone book {Method for notifying birthday at telephone directory}

본 발명은 전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법에 관한 것이다.The present invention relates to a birthday notification service method registered in the phone book.

보다 상세하게는, 전화번호부에 상대방의 전화번호를 등록할 때 상기 상대방의 생일을 추가로 입력해 놓고, 상기 상대방 생일을 기념일 및 알림 기능을 설정하면 상기 생일에 해당하는 날짜에 사용자에게 이를 인식시켜 주기 위한, 전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법에 관한 것이다.In more detail, when the other party's birthday is registered in the phone book, the other party's birthday is additionally input, and when the other party's birthday is set as an anniversary and a notification function, the user recognizes the birthday on the date corresponding to the birthday. The present invention relates to a birthday notification service method registered in the phone book.

일반적으로 현재는, 휴대폰의 전화번호부는 상대방의 집전화, 휴대폰 전화, 사무실 전화 등 전화번호만을 입력할 수 있도록 되어 있으며, 메모나 기타 필드를 이용하여 상대방의 생일을 입력해 놓고 있다.In general, currently, the phone book of the mobile phone can only input the phone number of the other party's home phone, mobile phone, office phone, etc., and the other party's birthday is input by using a memo or other fields.

그러나, 상기 메모나 기타 필드는 사용자가 별도로 검색하지 않는 한 그냥 지나치기 쉬운 필드이다.However, the memo or other fields are fields that are easily overlooked unless the user searches separately.

이를 위해, 사용자가 잊지 말아야 할 상대방의 생일은 '일정관리' 메뉴에서 해당 날짜를 찾아 'OOO 생일'등으로 입력해 놓으면, 해당 날짜에 알림 기능이 실행된다.To this end, the other party's birthday that the user should not forget is to find the date in the 'Schedule Management' menu and enter 'OOO birthday', etc., a notification function is executed on the corresponding date.

그러나, 다수의 상대방의 생일을 일정관리 메뉴에 일일이 등록해 놓기는 상당히 번거롭기 때문에 상기 일정관리 메뉴에 등록해 놓지 않은 상대방의 생일은 잊고 지나가는 경우가 많다.However, since it is quite cumbersome to register the birthdays of a plurality of counterparts in the calendar menu, the birthdays of the counterparts who are not registered in the calendar menu are often forgotten.

본 발명은 상기의 문제점을 해결하기 위해 안출한 것으로서, 휴대폰의 전화번호부에 상대방의 전화번호를 등록할 때 상대방의 생일을 추가로 입력하고, 상기 생일에 알림 기능을 서비스 받기 위해 설정하면, 설정된 상대방의 생일에 해당하는 날짜에 사용자에게 이를 인식시켜 주기 위해 알림 서비스를 실행하는 휴대폰을 제공함에 목적이 있다.The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, when registering the phone number of the other party to the phone book of the mobile phone additionally input the birthday, and set to receive the notification function on the birthday, the other party is set The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone running a notification service to remind the user of the date corresponding to the birthday.

상기의 목적을 달성하기 위하여 본 발명의 일 실시 예는, 전화번호부에 상대방의 전화번호 등록 시 상기 상대방의 생일을 입력하고, 상기 상대방의 생일에 알림 기능이 실행되도록 할 것인지를 선택하는 생일 알림기능 실행 여부 선택단계; 상기에서 알림 기능 실행이 설정된 상대방의 생일에 해당하는 날짜에 지정된 알림 기능이 실행되는 생일 알림기능 실행단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법을 제공한다.In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a birthday notification function for inputting a birthday of the other party when registering the other party's phone number in a phone book and selecting whether to execute a notification function on the other party's birthday. Selecting whether to execute; It provides a birthday notification service method registered in the phone book, characterized in that it comprises a step of executing a birthday notification function that is executed on the date corresponding to the birthday of the other party, the notification function execution is set.

도 1은 본 발명에 따른 휴대폰의 구성 블록도1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone according to the present invention

도 2는 본 발명에 따른 전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법의 일 실시예를 설명하기 위한 순서도Figure 2 is a flow chart for explaining an embodiment of a birthday notification service method registered in the phone book according to the present invention

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본 발명의 이들 목적과 특징 및 장점은 첨부 도면 및 다음의 상세한 설명을 참조함으로서 더욱 쉽게 이해될 수 있을 것이다.These objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description.

첨부된 도면 도 1 및 도 2는 본 발명에 따른 휴대폰의 구성 블록도와, 본 발명에 따른 전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법의 일 실시예를 설명하기 위한 순서도를 도시하고 있다.1 and 2 illustrate a block diagram of a mobile phone according to the present invention, and a flowchart for describing an embodiment of a method of a birthday notification service registered in a phone book according to the present invention.

도 1을 참조하면, 본 발명의 서비스를 위한 휴대폰은, 다수의 숫자 및 기능키로 구성되며 사용자에 의해 선택되는 키에 해당되는 키 데이터를 발생하여 제어부(20)로 전송하는 키패드(10)와, 휴대폰의 전반적인 동작제어를 수행하는 제어부(20)와, 휴대폰의 동작을 위한 알고리즘 및 전화번호 또는 문자 메시지 등을 저장하는 메모리(50), 휴대폰 동작 운용과정에서 발생되는 정보신호를 표시하는 표시부(40), 음성 신호 또는 문자 메시지 등을 기지국으로 송/수신하는 무선 주파 송/수신부(30)를 포함하여 구성되며, 설명하지 않은 다른 구성요소들은 기존의 휴대폰 구성 요소와 동일하므로 설명을 생략하기로 한다.Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile phone for a service of the present invention includes a keypad 10 which is composed of a plurality of numbers and function keys and generates key data corresponding to a key selected by a user and transmits the generated key data to the controller 20; Control unit 20 for performing overall operation control of the mobile phone, memory 50 for storing the algorithm and phone number or text message for the operation of the mobile phone, the display unit 40 for displaying the information signal generated during the operation of the mobile phone operation ), A wireless frequency transmitter / receiver 30 for transmitting / receiving a voice signal or a text message to a base station, and other components which are not described are the same as the existing mobile phone components, and thus description thereof will be omitted. .

특히, 상기 메모리(50)는 전화번호부에 생일을 입력할 수 있는 필드를 더 포함하며, 상기 제어부(20)는 전화번호부에 입력되어 있는 생일(알림 기능이 설정된 것)에 해당하는 날짜에 알림 기능이 실행되도록 한다.In particular, the memory 50 further includes a field for inputting a birthday in the phone book, and the control unit 20 notifies a date corresponding to a birthday (notification function is set) inputted in the phone book. To be executed.

이하, 도 2를 참조하여 전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법을 설명하기로 한다.Hereinafter, a birthday notification service method registered in the phone book will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

휴대폰 사용자가 상대방의 전화번호를 전화번호부에 등록하고자 할 때, 상기 전화번호부에 생일을 입력할 수 있는 필드가 더 마련되어 있으며, 따라서 사용자는 상대방 전화번호 입력 시, 상대방의 생일을 추가로 입력한다(S1).When the mobile phone user wants to register the other party's phone number in the phone book, a field for inputting a birthday in the phone book is further provided. Therefore, when the other party's phone number is input, the user additionally inputs the other's birthday ( S1).

전화번호부에 상대방의 전화번호 입력 시에 생일을 입력하면, 상기 상대방의 생일을 기념일로 설정할 것인지를 선택할 수 있는 입력창이 표시부(40)에 제시된다(S2).When a birthday is input when the other party's phone number is input to the phone book, an input window for selecting whether to set the other party's birthday as an anniversary is presented on the display unit 40 (S2).

사용자가 기념일로 설정하기 위한 키를 입력하면 기념일로 설정된 상대방의 생일에 알림 기능을 설정할 것인지를 선택할 수 있는 입력창이 표시부(40)에 제시된다(S3).When the user inputs a key for setting an anniversary, an input window for selecting whether to set a notification function on the birthday of the other party set as the anniversary is presented on the display unit 40 (S3).

상기 S2 단계의 기념일 설정 선택단계는 기념일로는 설정하기를 원하지만 생일 알림 기능까지는 필요치 않은 상대방을 지정하고자 할 때 유용하며, 상기 S2 단계는 생략 가능하다.The anniversary setting selection step of step S2 is useful when you want to designate the other party who wants to set as an anniversary, but not until the birthday reminder function, and the step S2 can be omitted.

사용자가 기념일로 설정된 생일에 알림 기능이 실행되도록 하기 위한 키를 입력하면 생일 알림 기능 등록이 완료되며, 휴대폰에서 상기 생일에 해당하는 날짜를 체크하고, 해당 날짜가 되면 생일 알림 기능이 실행되도록 한다.When the user inputs a key for executing the notification function on the birthday set as the anniversary, the birthday notification function registration is completed, the date corresponding to the birthday is checked on the mobile phone, and the birthday notification function is executed when the date is reached.

즉, 표시부(40)를 통해 "OOO 생일입니다" 등과 같은 메시지가 제시되거나, 스피커를 통해 특정 멜로디나 문장이 출력될 수 있다.That is, a message such as "OOO birthday" may be presented through the display unit 40, or a specific melody or sentence may be output through the speaker.

단순히 사용자에게 상대방의 생일을 알려주는 기능 이외에, 해당 상대방에게 예약된 SMS를 발송하거나, 예약 통화를 설정하여 상대방과 사용자가 통화할 수 있도록 하는 예약 메시지 설정단계가 더 포함될 수 있다.In addition to the function of simply notifying the user of the other party's birthday, a reservation message setting step of sending a scheduled SMS to the corresponding party or setting a reserved call may be further included.

상기 S3 단계에서 알림 기능을 설정한 후에, 사용자가 상대방 생일에 발송할 SMS를 입력하고자 하면(S4) 이를 입력받아 메모리(50)에 저장하고, 상기 상대방의 생일에 해당하는 날짜에 알림 기능을 실행하면서, 예약된 SMS를 상기 상대방의 전화번호로 발송한다(S5).After setting the notification function in step S3, if the user wants to input the SMS to be sent to the other party's birthday (S4) receives it and stores it in the memory 50, while executing the notification function on the date corresponding to the birthday of the other party The reserved SMS is sent to the other party's phone number (S5).

사용자가 SMS 발송을 예약하는 대신, 예약 통화를 설정하면(S6) 상기 상대방의 생일에 해당하는 날짜에 알림 기능을 실행하면서, 상기 상대방의 전화번호부에 등록된 전화번호가 표시부(40)에 제시되어 사용자가 '통화'키를 눌러 상대방과 통화가 가능하도록 한다(S7).When the user sets up a scheduled call instead of scheduling an SMS transmission (S6), a phone number registered in the other party's phonebook is displayed on the display unit 40 while executing a notification function on the date corresponding to the birthday of the other party. The user presses the 'call' key to enable the call with the other party (S7).

이상의 본 발명은 상기에 기술된 실시예들에 의해 한정되지 않고, 당업자들에 의해 다양한 변형 및 변경을 가져올 수 있으며, 이는 첨부된 청구항에서 정의되는 본 발명의 취지와 범위에 포함된다.The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

이상에서 살펴본 바와 같이, 본 발명은 휴대폰의 전화번호부에 상대방의 전화번호를 등록할 때 상대방의 생일을 추가로 입력할 수 있도록 하여, 상기 생일에 해당하는 날짜에 휴대폰 사용자가 이를 인식할 수 있도록 알려줌으로써 휴대폰 사용자에게 더욱 편리함을 줄 수 있다.As described above, the present invention allows the mobile phone user to recognize the birthday on the date corresponding to the birthday by additionally inputting the birthday of the other party when registering the other party's phone number in the phone book of the mobile phone. By giving it more convenience to the mobile phone user.

더욱이, 비즈니스를 위해 상대방의 생일을 기억하고 챙겨야하는 사용자인 경우에는더욱 유용하게 생일 알림 서비스를 이용할 수 있다.In addition, if the user needs to remember and take care of the other party's birthday for business, it is more useful to use the birthday reminder service.

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전화번호부에 상대방의 전화번호 등록 시 상기 상대방의 생일을 입력하고, 상기 상대방의 생일에 알림 기능이 실행되도록 할 것인지를 선택하는 생일 알림기능 실행 여부 선택단계;Selecting whether or not to execute a birthday reminder function to select whether or not to execute a reminder function on the birthday of the other party when registering the other party's phone number in a phone book; 상기에서 알림 기능 실행이 설정된 상대방의 생일에 해당하는 날짜에 지정된 알림 기능이 실행되는 생일 알림기능 실행단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법.And a birthday notification function executing step of executing a notification function specified on a date corresponding to a birthday of the counterpart to which the notification function execution is set. 제 1항에 있어서, 상기 생일 알림기능 실행 여부 선택단계는The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the birthday reminder function is performed. 상기 상대방의 생일에 해당하는 날짜에, 상기 상대방의 전화번호로 발송될 문자 메시지를 미리 입력하거나 예약 통화를 설정할 수 있도록 하는 예약 메시지 설정단계를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 전화번호부에 등록된 생일 알림 서비스 방법.On the date corresponding to the birthday of the other party, a birthday message registered in the phone book further comprises a step of setting a reservation message for inputting a text message to be sent to the other party's phone number in advance or setting a reservation call; Service method.
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