MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PHONE BOOK DATA THEREOF

• US 20110053570A1
• Filed: 06/29/2010
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SONG, Jiyoung, Chung, Youngseung
• Granted Patent: US 8,515,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27457 Management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for managing various phone book data of the mobile terminal are disclosed. A file name of a photo received from the external source or a captured photo are compared with the phone book information and automatically stored in the phone book, thereby minimizing the user manipulation and the process of storing the photo data of the phone book. Also, when a photo of a particular user is selected, a phone book photo is requested from a corresponding user according to a certain requesting method, and when the phone book photo is received from the counterpart user, the corresponding photo is added or updated as a phone book photo, thus improving user convenience.

Claims

1. A method for managing phone book data of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a phone book search screen;

comparing a file name of a photo to be stored with a record name of a phone book when photo storage is executed in the phone book search screen; and

automatically designating a photo having the same file name as the record name of the phone book in a photo field of the phone book.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically designating of the photo, comprises:

storing a photo having the same file name as the record name of the phone book in a memory; and

storing access path information of the stored photo in the photo field of the phone book.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically designating of the photo further comprises:

updating information of the photo field with a photo received from an external source or a captured image when a different photo is designated in the photo field of the phone book.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the automatically designating of the photo further comprises:

storing the photo with a plurality of record names of the phone book in the memory; and

simultaneously designating the photo in the photo field of each record.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the updating of the information of the photo field comprises:

recognizing a face from a received photo or a captured image;

recognizing a face of a designated photo in the photo field of the phone book;

calculating a similarity between the recognized face of the received photo or the captured photo and the face of the designated photo; and

updating the information of the photo field of the phone book with the recognized face of the received photo or the captured photo when the calculated similarity is higher than a certain threshold value.

6. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory configured to display a phone book search screen;

a camera configured to capture a photo;

an interface unit configured to receive a photo from an external source; and

a controller configured to compare a file name of a photo received via the interface unit or captured by the camera with a record name of the phone book, and automatically designating a photo having the same file name as the record name of the phone book in a photo field of the phone book.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller stores a photo having the same file name as the record name of the phone book in the memory and stores access path information of the stored photo in the photo field of the phone book.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller updates information of the photo field with a received photo or a captured image when a different photo is designated in the photo field of the phone book.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller recognizes a face in the received photo or the captured photo, calculates a degree of similarity between the recognized face of the received photo or the captured photo and the face of the designated photo and updates the information of the photo field with the recognized face of the received photo or the captured photo having the highest similarity with respect to the designated photo in the photo field of the phone book.

10. A method for managing phone book data of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a phone book search screen;

providing a menu option for requesting a photo when a photo field of a particular user is selected from the phone book search screen;

transmitting a photo transmission request to the particular user according to the user'"'"'s selection on the menu option; and

automatically designating the photo received from the particular user in a photo field of the phone book.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the transmitting a photo transmission request comprises:

checking whether or not a photo of the selected user exists in the photo field of the phone book ;

displaying one or more menu options indicating photo requesting methods when the photo of the selected user does not exist in the photo field of the phone book;

displaying the menu options according to a user confirmation when the photo of the selected user exists in the photo field of the phone book; and

requesting the photo of the user by using the menu option selected by the user among the displayed requesting methods.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the menu option is one of a video call, a message, a social network service (SNS) message, and an SNS (Social Network Service).

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the phone book search screen comprises:

a counterpart user, a photo, a phone number, an e-mail, and an address.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein when the menu option is a video call, the counterpart user it requested to take a photo, to request a phone book photo.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein a phone book photo request message is transmitted through an SMS or an e-mail to request transmission of a phone book photo when the menu option is a message.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the phone book photo request message comprises an ID or a tag indicating a message requesting a phone book photo.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the phone book photo request message comprises an ID or a tag indicating a message requesting a photo including geographical information.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein a phone book photo request is performed by requesting an approval of a phone book photo addition to counterpart user in a photo album of the counterpart user when the menu option is an SNS.

19. A method for managing phone book data of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

performing video call communication;

capturing an image of a counterpart user during the video call communication;

adding or updating an image selected by a user from among the captured images as a phone book photo when the video call communication is terminated.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the figure of the counterpart user is captured by pre-set conditions such as a particular pause or figure are detected.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the pre-set conditions comprise:

a user permitted for image capturing;

a predefined user;

a user whose photo is not in the phone book;

a user, friend, family member having an SNS relationship;

a person whose speed number or phone number is in the phone book; and

a user with which the user has performed call communication by more than a certain value.

22. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store phone book information;

a display unit configured to display a phone book search image; and

a controller configured to request a phone book photo from a particular user according to a certain requesting method when a photo of the corresponding user is selected from the phone book search screen, and add or update the photo received from the particular user as a phone book photo.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the requesting method comprises a video call, a message, and a social network service (SNS).

24. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the controller requests the counterpart user to take a photo when the certain requesting method is a video call, and transmits a phone book photo request message through an SMS or an e-mail to request a phone book photo and when the certain requesting method is a message.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the phone book photo request message comprises an ID or a tag indicating a message requesting a phone book photo or an ID or a tag indicating a message requesting a photo including geographical information.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the controller accesses a photo album of the counterpart user to request a phone book photo addition approval to thereby request a phone book photo when the certain requesting method is an SNS.

27. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store content of a video call; and

a controller configured to capture an image of a counterpart user when pre-set conditions are met during the video call communication, and adding or updating an image selected by a user from among the captured images of the counterpart user as a phone book photo.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 27, wherein the pre-set conditions comprises a case where a user selection, a particular pause, and a particular figure are detected.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the pre-set conditions comprise:

a user permitted for image capturing;

a predefined user;

a user whose photo is not in the phone book;

a user, friend, family member having an SNS relationship;

a person whose speed number or phone number is in the phone book; and

a user with which the user has performed call communication by more than a certain value.