Mobile terminal and method of controlling same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10033859-B2
Application number	US-201515510474-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2015
Priority date	Sep 12, 2014
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling same, and has the objective of providing a mobile terminal and a method of controlling same which allow a caller to be identified when a call signal is received without having to look at a display. The gist of the present invention is that when a call signal is received through a wireless communication unit, the calling phone number of the received call signal is identified, a melody bell sound corresponding to the identified calling phone number is output, and the key of the melody corresponds to a first number included in the calling phone number.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a wireless communication unit;
an output unit for outputting a bell sound; and
a controller configured to:
receive a call signal through the wireless communication unit,
detect a sender phone number of the received call signal, wherein the sender phone number includes a communication network identification number, a dialing code and a subscriber individual number,
designate a tempo of a melody based on the communication network identification number determined by a first digit string of the sender phone number,
designate a note of the melody determined by the dialing code and the subscriber individual number determined by a second digit string of the sender phone number,
designate a tone of the melody determined by a call frequency from the sender,
determine the melody by combining the designated tempo, the designated note, the designated tone and a chord, and
control the output unit to output a bell sound comprising the melody, wherein the melody includes a plurality of notes,
wherein a tonality of the melody corresponds to a first digit included in the sender phone number,
wherein the dialing code is a number indicating an office name of a telephone exchange office,
wherein the subscriber individual number is comprised of four digits unique to the sender, and
wherein the chord of the melody is determined by a second digit of the subscriber individual number and the tone of the melody.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of notes, which configure the melody, are classified into a first melody area corresponding to the dialing code and a second melody area corresponding to the subscriber individual number.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the chord of the melody includes a first chord of the first melody area and a second chord of the second melody area.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first digit is the last digit of the identified sender phone number.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein a rhythm pattern of the melody corresponds to a third digit of the sender phone number.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , further comprising a memory configured to store at least one phone number,
wherein the rhythm pattern of the melody corresponds to whether the sender phone number belongs to any one or more of 1) a phone number group of which use frequency is a predetermined number of times or more, 2) a phone number group previously stored in the memory, and 3) a phone number group bookmarked by a user.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the tone of the melody is further designated based on the communication network identification number.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the output unit further outputs a vibration feedback, and the controller is further configured to cause the output unit to output a vibration pattern corresponding to the sender phone number to correspond to reception of the call signal.

9. A control method of a mobile terminal, the control method comprising the steps of:
identifying a sender phone number of a call signal received through a wireless communication unit, wherein the sender phone number includes a communication network identification number, a dialing code and a subscriber individual number;
designating a tempo of a melody based on the communication network identification number determined by a first digit string of the sender phone number;
designating a note of the melody determined by the dialing code and the subscriber individual number determined by a second digit string of the sender phone number;
designating a tone of the melody determined by a call frequency from the sender;
determining the melody by combining the designated tempo, the designated note, the designated tone and a chord; and
outputting a bell sound comprising the melody, wherein the melody includes a plurality of notes,
wherein a tonality of the melody corresponds to a first digit included in the sender phone number,
wherein the dialing code is a number indicating an office name of a telephone exchange office,
wherein the subscriber individual number is comprised of four digits unique to the sender, and
wherein the chord of the melody is determined by a second digit of the subscriber individual number and the tone of the melody.

10. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of notes, which configure the melody, are classified into a first melody area corresponding to the dialing code and a second melody area corresponding to the subscriber individual number.

11. The control method according to claim 10 , wherein the chord of the melody includes a first chord of the first melody area and a second chord of the second melody area.

12. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein the first digit is the last digit of the identified sender phone number.

13. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein a rhythm pattern of the melody corresponds to a third digit included in the sender phone number.

14. The control method according to claim 13 , further comprising storing at least one phone number, wherein the rhythm pattern of the melody corresponds to whether the sender phone number belongs to any one or more of 1) a phone number group of which use frequency is a predetermined number of times or more, 2) a phone number group previously stored in a memory, and 3) a phone number group bookmarked by a user.

15. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein the tone of the melody is further designed by the communication network identification number.

16. The control method according to claim 9 , further comprising the step of outputting a vibration pattern determined by at least one of the subscriber individual number, the communication network identification number, the subscriber individual number, a local identification number and the dialing code.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jeon Youjin
• Jeong Byoungzoo
• Won Yoonchan
• Bae Weonbog
• Kim Youngjoon
• Choi Jinhae

Classifications

• H04M3/42051

  where the notification is included in the ringing tone · CPC title

• H04M3/42017 Primary

  Customized ring-back tones · CPC title

• H04M19/047

  Vibrating means for incoming calls · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04M3/42153

  by subscriber · CPC title