JP2000308142A - Communication starting method for communication equipment, and recording medium recorded with control program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform dial call origination by a suitable communication system without needing complicated operation by a user in a communication equipment capable of performing communication using plural communication systems. SOLUTION: When a memory number is inputted and call origination is instructed by an operating part 8, a main control part 11 reads a communication system corresponding to the memory number from a storage part 10, selects either one of a first radio part 2 or a second radio part 4 corresponding to the read communication system, starts a radio connection with a first radio base station B or second radio base station C according to a prescribed communication protocol by controlling the selected first radio part 2 or second radio part 4 and performs dial call origination on the basis of the telephone number data read from the storage part 10 on the basis of the memory number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device capable of performing communication using a plurality of communication systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a communication device capable of performing communication using a plurality of communication systems, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-98
As shown in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 428, a method of starting communication using a communication method based on a preset priority mode at the time of dialing, or a method of manually selecting a communication method immediately before dialing is performed. Was proposed.

[0003]

However, in the case where the communication is started using a communication method based on a preset priority mode at the time of dialing, as in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, for example, in an office, If the mobile phone is registered in both the local mobile communication network and the public mobile communication network installed and can make outgoing calls to both, and the public mobile communication network is set in priority mode, If you try to make a call using the local telephone number (extension number) in your office and make a call to the public mobile communication network (external line), or if you set the local mobile communication network as priority mode, Local mobile communication network (extension) trying to make a call using a telephone number (external number)
This is a problem that may cause an erroneous call, such as making a call to a telephone, and manually selecting the communication method immediately before dialing requires a manual selection operation every time a call is made. There is a problem that a troublesome operation is required for the user.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device capable of making a dial call by an appropriate communication method without inducing a complicated operation by a user.

[0005]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication start method for a communication apparatus capable of performing communication using a plurality of communication methods, comprising: Are stored as a pair, and when a telephone number is selected, communication is started using the communication method stored corresponding to the selected telephone number.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the method of the first aspect, a plurality of communication systems are stored as communication systems corresponding to telephone numbers, and stored in correspondence with the selected telephone number. The communication is started using any of a plurality of communication methods.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the method of the second aspect, priorities are assigned to a plurality of communication systems corresponding to telephone numbers, and based on the priority order corresponding to the selected telephone numbers. The communication is started using the communication method.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the method according to any one of the first to third aspects, when the communication method corresponding to the selected telephone number is not stored, the communication method of the communication method is not stored. A request for selection is made, and communication is started using the selected communication method in response to the request.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus capable of performing communication using a plurality of communication systems.
A control program for executing the communication start method according to any one of the aspects of the present invention is recorded on a recording medium.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a telephone number is selected, the communication is started by using the communication method stored corresponding to the selected telephone number, whereby the telephone number is selected. The communication can be started by a communication method adapted to the telephone number.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a telephone number is selected, the communication is started by using one of a plurality of communication systems stored in correspondence with the telephone number, thereby selecting the telephone number. The communication can be started according to a communication method adapted to the selected telephone number, which is usable when the selected telephone number is selected.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when a telephone number is selected, the communication system is sequentially determined based on the priority order corresponding to the selected telephone number, and the determined communication system is used. By starting the communication, it is possible to start the communication by a communication method which is adapted to the selected telephone number and which can be used at the time of the selection and has a high priority.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a telephone number is selected and a communication method corresponding to the selected telephone number is not stored, a request for selection of a communication method is made. By starting communication using the selected communication method in response to the request, a communication method is manually selected immediately before dialing for a telephone number for which the communication method is not desired, and communication is performed according to the selected communication method. Can be started.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when a communication device selects a telephone number based on the control program recorded on the recording medium, the communication device stores the communication corresponding to the selected telephone number. By starting communication using a method, a communication device that can communicate using a plurality of communication methods can start communication using a communication method adapted to a selected telephone number.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of a portable telephone which is an embodiment of a communication apparatus for executing a communication start method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a data constitution of a telephone directory in the portable telephone. It is a figure, (a) is an example and (b)
Indicates other examples. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of operation control at the start of communication in the mobile phone, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing another example of operation control at the start of communication in the mobile phone.

A mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an antenna, and 2 denotes a first radio base station B (public PHS service) via an antenna 1.
A first wireless unit for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the second wireless unit 3 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from a second wireless base station C (in-house service) via the antenna 3; A call control unit that performs predetermined signal processing on a signal transmitted and received by the second or second wireless unit 4 and modulates and demodulates a voice signal;
Reference numeral 6 denotes a microphone that collects external voice and supplies the voice signal as a voice signal to the call control unit 5, and 7 denotes a speaker that emits the voice signal supplied from the call control unit 5 to the outside as voice.

Reference numeral 8 denotes an operation unit for inputting / selecting a telephone number and selection of a communication system, 9 denotes a display unit for displaying the telephone number, communication system, and various states input or selected by the operation unit 8, and 10 denotes an operation unit A storage unit that stores telephone directory data created based on a telephone number or a communication method input or selected by the unit 8.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a first radio unit 2 and a second radio unit 2 based on control signals from the first radio unit 2 and the second radio unit 4, various instruction data from the operation unit 8, and data read from the storage unit 10. A main control unit that performs wireless connection control in the wireless unit 4, call control in the call control unit 5, display control in the display unit 9, data write / read control in the storage unit 10, and the like. It is composed of a RAM that stores processing data, a CPU that executes an operation control based on a control program stored in the ROM and processing data stored in the RAM, and the like.

The antenna 1, the first radio unit 2, the antenna 3, the second radio unit 4, the call control unit 5, the microphone 6, the speaker 7, the operation unit 8, the display unit 9, the storage unit 10, and the main control unit 11 constitute a mobile phone A,
The mobile phone A is capable of communicating with a communication device on the other side via the first wireless base station B or the second wireless base station C.

Hereinafter, an example of the operation at the start of communication for the mobile phone A configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.
Description will be made based on the explanatory diagram shown in (a) and the flowchart shown in FIG.

By a user's input operation using the operation unit 8, as shown in FIG. 2A, telephone directory data in which a memory number, a telephone number, and a communication method are paired are stored in the storage unit 10. In this state, when a memory number or a telephone number is input by a user's input operation using the operation unit 8 and a call instruction is issued (step S1).
The main control unit 11 determines whether a communication method corresponding to the memory number or the telephone number input by the operation unit 8 is stored in the storage unit 10 (step S2). By controlling the display unit 9 to display a message requesting the selection of a communication method, the communication method is selected (step S3).

Then, the main control unit 11 recognizes the manually selected communication system or the communication system stored in the storage unit 10 (step S4). Select the radio unit 2 (step S
5) If the service is recognized as an in-house service, the second radio unit 4 is selected (step S6).

The main controller 11 controls the selected first radio unit 2 or second radio unit 4 to establish a radio connection with the first radio base station B or the second radio base station C according to a predetermined communication protocol. At the same time, dialing is performed based on the telephone number data read from the storage unit 10 based on the memory number input by the operation unit 8 or the telephone number data input by the operation unit 8 (step S7).

Then, the main control section 11 determines whether or not the dialing is successful (step S8). If it is determined that the dialing is not successful, the main control section 11 controls the display section 9 to request selection of a communication system. The communication method is selected by displaying a message or the like (step S3), and the above-described operation control (steps S4 to S8) for making a dial call based on the manually selected communication method is executed, and it is determined that the communication is successful. If so, the operation shifts to the communication operation and the communication start operation ends.

Therefore, according to the above operation control, when registering the telephone directory data, the communication method is stored in correspondence with the telephone number, so that the dialing is performed using the telephone number registered in the telephone directory data. When the communication is performed, the communication can be automatically started according to the optimal communication method, and when the communication method is not stored in the phonebook data, or the dialing using the communication method stored in the phonebook data is performed. If unsuccessful, communication can be initiated by any manually selected communication scheme.

In the above operation control, when a communication method corresponding to a telephone number is stored in the telephone directory data, communication is started using this communication method, and when communication cannot be started, manual communication is started. Although the communication method is selected, the present invention is not limited to this. In consideration of the position registration status of the communication method, communication can be started using the communication method stored corresponding to the telephone number. It is determined whether communication is possible or not. When it is determined that communication can be started, communication is started using this communication method, and when it is determined that communication cannot be started, manual communication is performed. The communication method may be selected.

Next, another example of the operation at the start of communication is shown in FIG.
The description will be made based on the explanatory diagram shown in (b) and the flowchart shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2 (b), by the user's input operation using the operation unit 8, as shown in FIG. In the state stored in the unit 10, when a memory number or a telephone number is input by a user's input operation using the operation unit 8 and an outgoing call instruction is issued (step S11), the main control unit 11 operates the operation unit. It is determined whether or not the first communication method corresponding to the memory number or telephone number input by step 8 is stored in the storage unit 10 (step S12), and if it is determined that the first communication method is not stored, the display unit 9 is controlled. Then, a message requesting the selection of a communication method is displayed, and the communication method is selected (step S13).

Then, the main control unit 11 recognizes the manually selected communication system or the first communication system stored in the storage unit 10 (step S14), and when it is recognized as a public PHS service, The first radio unit 2 is selected (step S15), and if the service is recognized as an in-house service, the second radio unit 4 is selected (step S16).

The main controller 11 controls the selected first radio unit 2 or second radio unit 4 to establish a radio connection with the first radio base station B or the second radio base station C according to a predetermined communication protocol. At the same time, dialing is performed based on the telephone number data read from the storage unit 10 based on the memory number input by the operation unit 8 or the telephone number data input by the operation unit 8 (step S1).
7).

Then, the main control unit 11 determines whether or not the dialing is successful (step S18). If it is determined that the dialing is successful, the main control unit 11 shifts to the communication operation, ends the communication start operation, and succeeds. If it is determined that the user has not
It is determined whether or not the second communication method corresponding to the memory number or the telephone number input by the user is stored in the storage unit 10 (step S19). Then, a message requesting the selection of a communication method is displayed to select a communication method (step S20).

Then, the main control unit 11 recognizes the manually selected communication system or the first communication system stored in the storage unit 10 (step S21), and when it is recognized that the service is a public PHS service, The first radio unit 2 is selected (step S22), and if the service is recognized as an in-house service, the second radio unit 4 is selected (step S23).

The main control unit 11 controls the selected first radio unit 2 or second radio unit 4 to establish a radio connection with the first radio base station B or the second radio base station C according to a predetermined communication protocol. At the same time, dialing is performed based on the telephone number data read from the storage unit 10 based on the memory number input by the operation unit 8 or the telephone number data input by the operation unit 8 (step S2).
4).

Then, the main control unit 11 determines whether or not the dial transmission has succeeded (step S25). If it determines that the dial transmission has not succeeded, the main control unit 11 controls the display unit 9 to request selection of a communication method. A communication method is selected by displaying a message or the like (step S20), and the above-described operation control (steps S21 to S25) for dialing based on the manually selected communication method is executed, and it is determined that the communication is successful. If so, the operation shifts to the communication operation and the communication start operation ends.

Therefore, according to the above-described operation control, when registering the telephone directory data, a plurality of communication methods are assigned with priorities corresponding to the telephone numbers and stored, whereby the telephone directory registered in the telephone directory data is stored. When making a dial call using a number, communication can be started by automatically selecting the most appropriate communication method based on the priority, and one or more communication methods are stored in the phonebook data. When there is no such communication, or when dialing using the communication method stored in the telephone directory data is not successful, communication can be started by an arbitrary manually selected communication method.

In the above operation control, when the first communication method and the second communication method corresponding to the telephone number are stored in the telephone directory data, the communication is started using the first communication method, and the communication is started. When the communication cannot be started, the communication is started using the second communication method. When the communication cannot be started, the communication method is manually selected. However, the communication method is not limited to this. It is determined whether communication can be started using the first communication method or the second communication method stored corresponding to the telephone number in consideration of the position registration status of the method, and the like. When it is determined that communication can be started, communication is started using the first communication method, and communication cannot be started using the first communication method and communication is started using the second communication method. be able to When it is determined, communication is started using the second communication method. When it is determined that communication cannot be started using the first communication method and the second communication method, the communication method is manually selected. You may make it do.

In the above-described embodiment, the description has been given of the portable telephone which can be connected to the public PHS service and the in-house service as the communication device for executing the communication start method of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this. But, for example,
It goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly applied to a dual-type mobile phone that can be connected to the public PHS service and the mobile phone service, a communication device that can perform communication using three or more communication methods, and the like.

Further, in the above embodiment, the main controller 11
The above-described operation control is executed based on a control program stored in advance in the ROM constituting the ROM. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a control program for executing the above-described operation control may be a CD. Recording on a recording medium such as a ROM and executing the above-described operation control in accordance with the control program read from the recording medium, or flowing a control program for executing the above-described operation control through a communication network; A control program received from the network may be stored, and the above-described operation control may be executed according to the stored control program.

[0041]

As described above, according to the first or fifth aspect of the present invention, when a telephone number is selected, a communication method stored in correspondence with the selected telephone number is used. By starting communication, communication can be started by a communication method adapted to the selected telephone number, for example, both a local mobile communication network and a public mobile communication network installed in a business office. , And even if it is possible to make a call to either of them, it will try to make a call using the local telephone number (extension number) in the business office and make a call to the public mobile communication network (external line) Conversely, it is possible to prevent an erroneous call such as trying to make a call using a public telephone number (external line number) and making a call to a local mobile communication network (extension), and to perform a manual selection operation every time a call is made. Since but longer necessary, without causing a complicated operation in user can perform dialing by appropriate communication scheme.

According to the second or fifth aspect of the present invention, when a telephone number is selected, communication is started using any of a plurality of communication systems stored corresponding to the telephone number. Accordingly, since communication can be started using a communication method adapted to the selected telephone number and usable when the selected telephone number is selected, dialing can be performed using an appropriate communication method. ,
Complex operations by the user can be further reduced.

According to the third or fifth aspect of the present invention, when a telephone number is selected, the communication system is sequentially determined based on the priority order corresponding to the selected telephone number, and the determined communication is performed. By starting the communication using the communication method, the communication method is adapted to the selected telephone number, and can be started by the communication method that is usable when the selected telephone number is selected and has a high priority. In addition, dial transmission can be performed by a more appropriate communication method while reducing complicated operations by the user.

According to the fourth or fifth aspect of the present invention, when a telephone number is selected, if a communication method corresponding to the selected telephone number is not stored, a request for selecting a communication method is made. In addition, by starting communication using the communication method selected in response to the request,
A communication method can be manually selected immediately before dialing for a telephone number for which it is not desired to specify a communication method, and communication can be started in accordance with the selected communication method, so that user convenience can be further improved. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a mobile phone as an embodiment of a communication device that executes a communication start method of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams showing a data structure of a telephone directory in the mobile phone, wherein FIG. 2A shows an example and FIG. 2B shows another example.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of operation control at the time of starting communication in the mobile phone.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another example of operation control at the time of starting communication in the mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 3 antenna 2 1st radio section 4 2nd radio section 5 call control section 6 microphone 7 speaker 8 operation section 9 display section 10 storage section 11 main control section

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A communication start method for a communication device capable of performing communication using a plurality of communication methods, wherein a telephone number and a communication method are stored as a pair, and when a telephone number is selected, the selected telephone A communication start method for a communication device, wherein communication is started using a communication method stored corresponding to a number. 2. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of communication systems are stored as communication systems corresponding to the telephone numbers, and communication is started using one of the plurality of communication systems stored corresponding to the selected telephone number. 2. The communication start method for a communication device according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The communication method according to claim 2, wherein priorities are assigned to a plurality of communication methods corresponding to the telephone numbers, and communication is started using a communication method based on the priority corresponding to the selected telephone numbers. The communication start method of the communication device according to the above. 4. When a communication method corresponding to a selected telephone number is not stored, requesting selection of a communication method and starting communication using the selected communication method in response to the request. The communication start method for a communication device according to claim 1, wherein: 5. A recording apparatus for recording a control program for executing a communication start method according to claim 1 in a communication apparatus capable of performing communication using a plurality of communication methods. Medium.