METHOD OF STORING PHONE BOOK DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL IMPLEMENTING THE SAME

• US 20120233162A1
• Filed: 05/21/2012
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ryu, Shin-Dong, Kwon, Dong-Wook
• Application Number:
  US13/476,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20120233162A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• 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 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A method and mobile communication terminal for storing phone book data in the mobile communication terminal are provided in which phone book data can be registered group-by-group, where a predetermined is selected group among the registered groups in response to a user'"'"'s request, and at least one of phone book data stored in the selected group is moved and stored into a group assigned by the user when a phone book data movement request is input by the user. Accordingly, a plurality of phone book data stored in a predetermined group among phone book data stored in a group basis in a mobile communication terminal can be easily moved and stored into another group. In addition, since the user can easily store phone book data whose group is not identified in a predetermined group, user convenience improves.

Claims

1. A method of storing phone book data in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

displaying phone book data having one or more phone book data entries in a mobile communication terminal in response to a phone book data display request, the phone book data having a plurality of registered data groups;

selecting at least one of the phone book data entries, when a phone book data movement is requested;

after selecting the phone book data entry, displaying the registered data groups;

selecting one of the registered data groups; and

moving and storing the selected phone book data entry into the selected registered data group.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the phone book data comprises displaying the phone book data not being associated with the registered data groups, if the phone book data display request is input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing the selected phone book data comprises:

associating the selected phone book data entry with the selected registered data group; and

moving and storing the at least one phone book data into the selected registered data group, if confirmed.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

requesting input of a name of a registered data group to be created, if a registered data group creation is requested where the registered data groups are displayed;

creating a registered data group comprising the input group name, if the group name is input; and

moving and storing the selected phone book data into the created registered data group, if confirmed.

5. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display unit in a mobile communication terminal for displaying phone book data having one or more phone book data entries in response to a phone book data display request, the phone book data having a plurality of registered data groups;

a key input unit for selecting one of the displayed phone book data entries in response to a selection; and

a controller for, after selecting the phone book data entry, displaying the registered data groups, selecting one of the registered data groups, and moving and storing the selected phone book data entry into the selected data group.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller displays the one or more phone book data entries not being associated with the registered data groups in the display unit in response to a phone book data display request.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 5, wherein when at least one of the one or more phone book data entries is selected, the controller displays the registered data groups in the display unit for storing the selected display phone book data, and moves and stores the selected phone book data entry into one of the registered data groups.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein, if a registered data group creation is requested where the registered data groups are displayed, the controller creates a new registered data group, and moves and stores the selected phone book data entry into the new registered data group.