Method for controlling external key lock of mobile phone and mobile phone thereof

Abstract

Provided is a method for controlling external key of mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal thereof. The mobile communication terminal provided includes: a memory for storing lock setting information determining whether to perform an external key lock operation based on at least one status mode which shows the act status of the mobile communication terminal; a control part extracts the set lock setting information from the memory when inputting key data of the external key, and performs a lock act to prevent key data inputted of the external key transferring to the mobile communication terminal when the act status of the mobile communication terminal comes under the extracted status mode. By this invention, lock act of the external key can be set according to the status mode which shows the act status of the mobile communication terminal preventing mistake act caused by external key operation by mistake.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method for controlling external keys of a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal thereof, in particular to setting external key (external key) locking action with a state mode category showing the operation status of the mobile communication terminal, so as to prevent misoperation caused by misoperation of the external key A mobile communication terminal external button control method and the mobile communication terminal thereof. Background technique [0002] In the prior art, the keys of the mobile communication terminal are equipped with flip covers, slide covers, face covers, etc. (hereinafter referred to as devices capable of protecting many keys) that can protect many keys, so misoperation can be prevented. [0003] However, recently, as the mobile communication terminal has more and more functions, frequently used function keys such as camera and multimedia are arranged on the outsi...

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Problems solved by technology

However, it is cumbersome to operate specific keys every time when using specific keys to prevent misuse

[0007] Moreover, when using a timer to prevent misoperation of external keys, it can only sense whether a key is pressed within a certain period of time

Therefore, there is no way to prevent misoperations that occur when performing other functions such as calling, surfing the Internet, and playing games.

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