JP2001127870A - Information terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide information terminal equipment capable of easily registering at a time or every necessary time even telephone directory data for a certain degree of quantity into a telephone directory built in the equipment itself. SOLUTION: When automatic telephone directory registration data 41 are integrated in a mail sentence to be transmitted/received, telephone directory data are extracted from description spots 42 and 43 of start and end positions thereof. Further, the respective constitutive data of the telephone directory are extracted corresponding to respective description spots 46, 47 and 51-54 and added to the telephone directory of the equipment itself. Desired telephone directory data can be selected out of the telephone directory of the present equipment and transmitted to a party by mail as well. An icon number corresponding to an icon expressing the character or the like of a telephone number can be added to the telephone directory data as well.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an information terminal device such as a portable telephone or a personal computer connected to a line or a network, and more particularly to an information terminal device having a function of transmitting or receiving mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In addition to communications by telephone and facsimile,
E-mail communications such as mail and e-mail account for a large proportion of all communications. In particular, e-mail has the advantage that it can simply send only the necessary requirements without omitting the greeting, and that the other party can use the information as it is because it is sent electronically. In addition, there is no need to perform operations such as putting in an envelope or putting a stamp, which is convenient.

However, when sending an e-mail or the like, it is necessary to write the destination e-mail address, address or name without fail in the destination field. If you make a mistake, your email will be sent or mailed to a different party, or you will be returned with an unknown address.
For this reason, it is widely used to create an address book or a phone book (hereinafter simply referred to as a phone book) in which respective destinations are collectively described. The telephone directory is widely used, in addition to the conventional notebook type, electronic ones. For example, software for schedule management and software for creating New Year's cards come with an electronic telephone directory so that individuals can manage the telephone directory. In many cases, an e-mail address is described in a telephone directory in addition to a mailing address.

A general method for creating such an electronic telephone directory is to copy predetermined data such as the mail address of the destination and add it as telephone directory data every time an electronic mail is sent. It is a technique to go. However, in this method, it is not possible to add telephone directory data unless the e-mail is sent to itself once.
Further, it is not necessary to type these e-mail addresses one by one, but an operation for adding the addresses as telephone directory data is required.

Therefore, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-313338, the transmitting unit checks whether a new mail is registered in the database, and if not, the new mail data is registered in the database. However, in this case, the telephone directory data is added based on the mail address of the actually received e-mail.
Therefore, as long as the completeness of the telephone directory does not become high, data such as a mail address and a name are typed in accordance with a predetermined procedure as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-191802, and registered while checking the input contents. You have to do it.

[0006]

In the conventional method of registering a mail address as described above, since an electronic mail arrives and the telephone directory data is registered one by one, the telephone directory is used. There is a problem that it takes time and effort to create a new file.

When data other than e-mail is registered in the telephone directory, the telephone directory data such as address and name are stored in the information terminal device one character at a time, similarly to the case of newly registering data on e-mail. It had to be entered by hand.
When the information terminal device is miniaturized like a portable telephone, there is often no key dedicated to each character such as kana, alphabet, or symbol. When one key is also used for a plurality of characters, it is necessary to switch the function of the key, which makes the input operation more complicated.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information terminal device which can easily register even a certain amount of telephone directory data in a telephone directory incorporated in the device itself at one time or each time. It is in.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided (a) mail reception in which telephone directory data as data representing the address of each person described in the telephone directory is incorporated in a mail. Means, (b) discriminating means for judging whether or not the data received by the mail receiving means includes telephone directory data, and (c) telephone mail data is included in the mail based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means. A telephone directory data extracting means for extracting the telephone directory data when the telephone directory data is extracted, and (d) the telephone directory data extracted by the telephone directory data extracting means being the same as the telephone directory data of the telephone directory electronically stored in the own apparatus. The information terminal device includes: a data conversion unit for converting the data into a format; and (e) a telephone directory data adding unit for adding the telephone directory data converted by the data conversion unit to the telephone directory data of the own device. To.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when telephone directory data is incorporated in a sent mail, the determination unit determines this and the telephone directory data extraction unit extracts it. . Since the data conversion means converts the data into the same data format as the telephone directory data of the telephone directory electronically stored in the own apparatus, the data can be added as telephone directory data by the telephone directory data adding means. That is, by sending necessary data from the existing telephone directory data by e-mail, the data can be added to the telephone directory in the own information terminal device. Therefore,
Necessary telephone directory data can be registered without troublesome input operation of the information terminal device.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, (a) a telephone directory in which telephone directory data as data representing a destination or the like is electronically stored, and (b) a display for displaying each telephone directory data of the telephone directory. Means, (c) telephone directory data selecting means for selecting a desired one from the telephone directory data displayed on the display means, and (d) incorporating the telephone directory data selected by the telephone directory data selecting means into the mail. The information terminal device is provided with: a data conversion means for performing data conversion for transmission; and (e) a telephone directory data transmission means for transmitting the telephone directory data converted by the data conversion section as a mail to a destination.

The second aspect of the invention, different from the first aspect of the invention, deals with transmission of a mail with telephone directory data incorporated therein. In this case, the contents of the phone book data of the existing phone book are displayed, the phone book data to be transmitted is selected, the data is converted to incorporate the data into the mail, and then transmitted to the other party by mail. I am trying to do it. Sending by e-mail in this way makes it easier for the person who received the phonebook data to transfer it, add other phonebook data to it, and resend it. It can be shared within a specific group such as between friends.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the telephone directory data transmitted and received as mail by the information terminal device according to the first or second aspect is a data sequence indicating a start position and an end position of the telephone directory data. It is sandwiched between the columns, and is characterized in that each component data of the telephone directory data is associated with a unique data column.

That is, when the telephone directory data is incorporated into the mail and transmitted, the data string indicating the start position of the telephone directory data and the data indicating the end position are distinguished from other description portions of the mail. We are going to have columns. Further, each constituent data of the telephone directory data is associated with a unique data string, such as being arranged after the unique data string, so that each data can be extracted without fail.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information terminal device according to the third aspect, the discriminating means determines whether or not the data sequence indicating the start position and the end position of the telephone directory data exists in the mail text. It is characterized in that it is determined that data is included.

That is, the invention described in claim 4 is the third invention.
The technique described above is premised, and it is determined that the telephone directory data exists when a data sequence indicating the start position and a data sequence indicating the end position of the telephone directory data exist as a description of the mail.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information terminal device according to the third aspect, the data conversion means includes: a telephone directory which is incorporated in the mail text and is arranged in correspondence with a unique data string; Data conversion is performed between each component data stored in each storage area of the book.

The invention according to claim 5 shows the conversion contents of the data conversion means. In other words, the data conversion means distinguishes each component data included in the mail text from a unique data string, and converts each data so that it is stored in each storage area of the telephone directory, and performs the reverse conversion. become.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the telephone number constituting the telephone directory data in the information terminal device according to the first or second aspect has an icon number corresponding to an icon in which the character of the telephone number is classified by pictograms. Is added.

By adding an icon number, it is possible to visually display whether the telephone number is for home use or office use when displaying the contents of the telephone directory. Become. Therefore, even if several telephone numbers are registered for one person, it is possible to instantaneously determine which of these telephone numbers should be called.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an information terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information terminal device of this embodiment is a mobile phone or a PHS (personal handy-pho
ne system). The information terminal device 11 includes a wireless unit 13 that includes an antenna 12 and performs wireless transmission and reception. The wireless unit 13 is connected to the central processing unit 15 via the baseband unit 14. The baseband unit 14 is a circuit unit that codes data transmitted and received by the wireless unit 13 and decodes the coded data.

The central processing unit 15 is a circuit part provided with a CPU (central processing unit) not shown, a ROM (read only memory) for storing a predetermined program, and a working RAM (random access memory). is there. The central processing unit 15 includes, in addition to the baseband unit 14, a keyboard 16 for inputting data, a display unit 17 composed of a liquid crystal display for visually displaying various data, and telephone directory data as an electronic telephone directory. A plurality of telephone directory memories 18 and a mail memory 19 as a memory area for storing electronic mail are connected. The central processing unit 15 realizes various functional units by executing the program stored in the ROM.

Such means include a telephone directory determining means 21 for determining whether telephone directory data is present in the received e-mail, a telephone directory data registering means 22 for registering the telephone directory data in the telephone directory memory 18, and the like. A telephone directory data conversion means 23 for converting the data format of the telephone directory data into a predetermined format, and a telephone for transmitting the telephone directory data converted to the destination format to a predetermined information terminal device. The book data transmission unit 24 is provided. The telephone directory of this embodiment is for registering and managing not only telephone directory data for electronic mail but also telephone directory data such as an address for sending ordinary mail.

The information terminal device 11 of the present embodiment can transmit the telephone directory data stored in the telephone directory memory 18 to an information terminal device of a destination (not shown) or receive the data from the information terminal of the destination. A telephone directory data conversion means 23 is provided for data conversion at that time. The telephone directory data converted into the format of the destination is transmitted to the destination via the baseband unit 14 as a part of the mail. In addition, for the electronic mail sent from the wireless unit 13, the telephone directory determination unit 21 determines whether telephone directory data exists. If the telephone directory data exists, the telephone directory data is converted by the telephone directory data conversion means as necessary, and then registered in the telephone directory memory 18.

FIG. 2 shows an outline of the operation when the information terminal device shown in FIG. 1 receives a mail. Such processing is realized by executing a program stored in the ROM. First, the CPU (Central Processing Unit) monitors the arrival of an e-mail (step S31). When the electronic mail arrives (Y), it is checked whether or not the mail contains telephone directory automatic registration data for automatically registering the telephone directory or the telephone directory data constituting the telephone directory (step S32). . The presence or absence of the telephone directory automatic registration data is determined by the telephone directory determination unit 21. This determination will be described later in detail.

If the telephone directory automatic registration information does not exist as a result of the determination by the telephone directory determination means 21 (N), the electronic mail is regarded as a normal mail and stored in the mail memory 19 shown in FIG. The contents of the mail are stored (step S33). Then, the process for receiving the e-mail is terminated (END). That is, thereafter, normal processing other than the reception of the e-mail, such as reading the e-mail received by the owner of the information terminal device, is performed.

On the other hand, when the telephone directory automatic registration information exists in the received e-mail (step S32: Y),
The telephone directory data to be registered in the telephone directory memory 18 is extracted from the electronic mail (step S34). Then, the telephone directory data is registered in the telephone directory memory 18 (step S35). At the time of this registration, the extracted telephone directory data may not match the format of the information terminal device 11 in some cases. Therefore, when registering the telephone directory data in step S35, the telephone directory data
Thus, the format of the data is converted, and the converted telephone directory data is registered in the telephone directory memory 18.

FIG. 3 shows an example of telephone directory automatic registration data. The telephone directory automatic registration data 41
Two description locations 42, with the description location 42 of "[Phonebook automatic registration data]" as the start position and the subsequent description location 43 of "[data end]" as the end position,
This is represented by a region 44 sandwiched between the reference numerals 43. Therefore, the telephone directory determining means 21 checks whether or not there is a data string indicating each of the areas 44 satisfying such a start position and an end position in the contents of the e-mail.
If the area 44 exists, it is determined that the telephone directory automatic registration data 41 exists. In this area 44, one or a plurality of telephone directory data 45 are continuously arranged. Each telephone directory data 45 is “[add
[res]] is the start position, and the first description portion [[end] ”47 is the end position. Therefore, in the case of the telephone directory automatic registration data 41 shown in FIG. Phonebook data 45 ₁ , 4
It will be composed of 5 _2.

Each of the telephone directory data 45 ₁ and 45 ₂ is
“Name” 51, “group” 52, and “te”
1 ”53 and a plurality of items such as“ email ”54. However, these items need not all be present in the respective telephone directory data 45. Although the mail address exists, the electronic mail This is because a case where the user does not own the address is assumed.

Further, specific items of the telephone directory data 45 may include two or more data. For example, in FIG.
“Name” 51 existing in the first telephone directory data 45
In this item, "Suzuki-kun" as the name of the telephone directory to be registered and "Suzuki-kun" as the reading are sequentially described. The distinction between name and pronunciation is the punctuation mark ","
Has been done by That is, the notation is “Suzuki-kun, Suzuki-kun”. In the following telephone directory data 45, the name is “Sato-kun, Satokun”, so the name is “Sato-kun” and the reading is “Satokun”.

After "name" 51, "grou"
The item p.52 is described. This indicates the group numbers under the assumption that the telephone directory is managed by a plurality of group numbers. In some cases, the telephone directory may be divided into groups such as for private use and private use.The group number is “001” in “group” 52 existing in the first telephone book data 45 in FIG. The group number is “002” in the data 45. Therefore, in the example shown in Fig. 3, the telephone directory data managed by the different group numbers is described.

After "group" 52, "tel"
Item 53 is described. Here, a telephone number and an icon number corresponding to the telephone number are sequentially described. These divisions are made by the punctuation marks "," as described above. First phone book data 4
5, "09011112222, 02"
It is described. Here, the first item “09011”
“112222” represents a telephone number, and the next item “02” represents an icon number, where the icon number is a number for specifying an icon as a pictogram to be additionally written in the telephone directory. is there.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the correspondence between the icon numbers and the icon figures. As described above, the icon number indicates a destination written in the telephone directory, its address, or a feature of the address. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the icon number “00” represents “telephone number of the portable telephone”, and “01” represents “house”. “02” represents “company” and “0”
“3” represents “facsimile”, and “04” represents “being a friend”. Therefore, FIG.
In the telephone directory data 45 _1, because the icon number is "02", the telephone number of the "Suzuki-kun" It is understood that a number of the company.

[0036] Also in the telephone directory data 45 ₂ of FIG. 3,
"Sato-kun" has three phone numbers.
The telephone directory data 45 ₂ It is seen that in which marked a plurality of sets of telephone numbers (multi-dial). By referring to the icons, it is possible to know which of these telephone numbers can be called. In this example of "Sato-kun", one type of e-mail address is described. Similarly, when e-mails are classified into a plurality of groups such as work and private use, each of these e-mail addresses is also referred to. Mail (multi-email) can also be written.

FIG. 5 shows a flow of a registration operation to the telephone directory when the telephone directory data as described above is received. The information terminal device 11 shown in FIG. 1 has a description location 4 "[Phonebook automatic registration data]" shown in FIG.
After data conversion in first telephone directory data 45 ₁ phonebook data conversion means 23 after 2, this is selected as the registration (step S61). Next, it is checked whether there is room in the telephone directory memory 18 shown in FIG. 1 for registering new telephone directory data (step S62). If it is determined that there is not enough free space (N), a warning is displayed (step S63), and the process ends (END). That is, in this case, the process ends without performing registration. Unless the owner of the information terminal device 11 takes measures to increase the memory capacity of the telephone directory memory 18 or deletes unnecessary telephone directory data, new telephone directory data will be added to the telephone directory thereafter. Can not.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S62 that there is sufficient space in the telephone directory memory 18 (Y),
The telephone directory data is registered in the telephone directory memory 18 (step S64). The CPU checks whether there is telephone directory data to be registered (step S65), and if it does not exist, displays registration completion (step S66) and ends the process (END). If it is determined in step S65 that the telephone directory data to be registered remains (Y), the next received telephone directory data is selected (step S67). Phone book data 45 ₂ is selected in the case of the present embodiment. Then, step S62
Then, the same processing as described above is performed.

FIG. 6 shows the registration status of the telephone directory memory before the reception data shown in FIG. 3 is registered.
In this example, the group number of the telephone directory memory 18 is "00".
Only the telephone directory data of "Ishii-kun" is registered at the location "0".

FIG. 7 shows the registration status of the telephone directory memory after the reception data shown in FIG. 3 has been registered. It can be seen that the telephone directory data is registered in the area allocated to each group number in the telephone directory memory 18.

FIG. 8 shows the flow of processing when transmitting telephone directory data from the information terminal device of this embodiment to another device. To transmit the telephone directory data, the owner of the information terminal device 11 first sets the device to the telephone directory data transmission mode (step S71). For example, when a telephone directory data transmission button (not shown) of the information terminal device 11 is pressed, the mode becomes the telephone directory data transmission mode. In this state, the CPU reads the data from the telephone directory memory 18 (FIG. 1) and displays the contents registered in the telephone directory on the display unit 17 (FIG. 1) (step S72). In this state the CPU
Is the telephone directory data selected (step S73)
And whether the selection operation has been completed (step S74). When one phonebook data is selected (step S
73: Y), which is the RAM described above as transmission data
Is registered (step S75). And step S7
Returning to step 2, the next process is on standby.

When there are a plurality of pieces of telephone directory data to be transmitted at the same time as described above, after the selection of the number of pieces of telephone directory data is performed, the owner performs a predetermined button operation to instruct the CPU to complete the selection. It is determined (step S74:
Y). In the case of transmitting only one telephone directory data, the owner may select one telephone directory data and, when this is registered in the RAM, perform the process of terminating the selection.

When the selection end is instructed (step S7)
4: Y), the telephone directory data conversion means 23 shown in FIG.
The telephone directory data registered in the AM is converted into transmission data for transmission by being incorporated into a mail (step S7).
6). Then, using the telephone directory data transmitting means 24 (FIG. 1), this is transmitted to the destination as part or all of the mail text (step S77). Thus, the transmission process ends (END).

When all the telephone directory data registered in the information terminal device 11 is collectively transferred to another device for backup or the like, "all telephone directory data" is used instead of the individual selection processing in step S73. If the processing operation of “selection” can be performed, the processing can be performed easily and quickly.

In the embodiment, up to three telephone numbers can be registered as a multi-dial in the telephone directory memory 18 shown in FIG. 7, but telephone numbers that can be registered simultaneously by one telephone directory data are stored. The number may be four or more, or may be limited to one or two less than in this embodiment. If there is a telephone directory memory in which up to three telephone numbers can be registered for multi-dial, and if four or more telephone numbers are transmitted as telephone directory data for one person, there are several possible solutions. One is to register only the first three telephone numbers in the telephone directory memory 18 and discard the rest. It is also effective to change the data structure of the telephone directory memory 18 each time so as to always deal with the person who has the largest telephone number.

When part of the telephone directory data is to be discarded, it is effective to display a warning indicating that some telephone directory data has not been registered. This warning may be issued to the source of the telephone directory data, or may be displayed on the receiving side.

Although the embodiment has been described with reference to an information terminal device such as a portable telephone using wireless communication, the present invention is similarly applied to an information terminal device such as a small personal computer connected by a wire and having a built-in modem. can do.

[0048]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when telephone directory data is incorporated in a sent mail, the determination means determines this and extracts the telephone directory data. In addition to the means for extraction, the data conversion means converts the data into the same data format as the telephone directory data of the telephone directory stored electronically in its own device, so even if each device has a different type of telephone directory, It can be registered and used as telephone directory data suitable for its own device. Therefore, if the telephone directory data created by a device such as a relatively large information processing device which is easy to input data is selected and transmitted by a simple means of e-mail without limiting the destination,
This can be immediately added to the telephone directory without performing complicated operations.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, unlike the first aspect of the present invention, since the telephone directory data is incorporated into the mail and transmitted, the telephone can be used for a wide range of products that can receive the mail. Phone book data for book creation or replenishment can be sent. Also, since the phonebook data is sent by e-mail, the person who received the phonebook data can easily transfer it, add other phonebook data to it, and resend it. Data can be shared within specific groups, such as between friends.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the telephone directory data transmitted and received as mail by the information terminal device according to the first or second aspect indicates a data string indicating a start position of the telephone directory data and an end position. It is sandwiched between data strings, and each constituent data of the phone book data is associated with its own data string, so there is no need to send a file with a special data format attached to e-mail,
Any device that can send and receive mail can send and receive phone book data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an outline of a work when the information terminal device shown in FIG. 1 receives a mail.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of telephone directory automatic registration data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a correspondence relationship between an icon number and an icon figure in the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a registration operation to a telephone directory when telephone directory data is received in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a registration state of a telephone directory memory before registering the reception data shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the registration status of the telephone directory memory after the reception data shown in FIG. 3 is registered in the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing when transmitting telephone directory data from the information terminal device to another device in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Information terminal device 13 Radio part 15 Central processing part 17 Display part 18 Phonebook memory 19 Mail memory 41 Phonebook automatic registration data 42, 43, 46, 47, 51-54 Description place 45 Phonebook data

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A mail receiving means for receiving telephone directory data as data representing an address of each person described in a telephone directory in a form of being embedded in a mail, and said mail receiving means includes: Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not telephone directory data is included; telephone directory data extracting means for extracting telephone directory data when the mail contains telephone directory data based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means; Data conversion means for converting the telephone directory data extracted by the means into the same data format as the telephone directory data of the telephone directory electronically stored in the own apparatus; An information terminal device, comprising: telephone directory data adding means for adding to telephone directory data of the device. 2. A telephone directory in which telephone directory data as data representing a destination or the like is electronically stored, display means for displaying each telephone directory data of the telephone directory, and telephone directory data displayed on the display means. Phonebook data selecting means for selecting a desired one from the list, data converting means for converting the phonebook data selected by the phonebook data selecting means into a mail for transmission, and conversion by the data converting means. An information terminal device, comprising: telephone directory data transmission means for transmitting the telephone directory data after the completion to the transmission destination as mail. 3. The telephone directory data transmitted / received as mail is sandwiched between a data sequence indicating a start position and an end position of the telephone directory data, and each constituent data of the telephone directory data is unique. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the information terminal device is associated by a data string of: 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the judging means judges that the telephone directory data is included when the data string indicating the start position and the data line indicating the end position of the telephone directory data exist in the mail text. The information terminal device according to claim 3. 5. The data conversion means according to claim 1, wherein each of the configuration data of the telephone directory embedded in the mail text and arranged corresponding to the unique data string, and each of the configuration data stored in the respective storage areas of the telephone directory. 4. The information terminal device according to claim 3, wherein data conversion is performed during the period. 6. The telephone numbers constituting the telephone directory data include:
3. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein an icon number corresponding to an icon in which the character of the telephone number is classified by pictogram is added.