JP2001339765A - Information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To surely know that a receiver of a message information has confirmed receipt of the message information without executing a reply operation. SOLUTION: When a receiver side information terminal receives message information, a control section 200 drives a buzzer sounding circuit 201 to notify the receiver. When the receiver operates the operation unit 206 to confirm the message information, the control unit 200 detects the operation and sends the reception confirmation message information stored in the reply message storage circuit 205 in advance to the sender information storage circuit 202. The transmitting unit 101 replies to the stored sender. When the sender information terminal receives the acknowledgment message information, the message information is displayed on the display unit 207, and the sender knows that the receiver has confirmed the message information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information terminal capable of transmitting and receiving message information, and more particularly, to an information terminal that allows a sender to know that a partner has confirmed receipt of transmitted message information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When transmitting message information such as characters using an information terminal such as a cellular phone, the sender needs to reply to the message in order to know whether or not the sender has confirmed the transmitted message information. Was needed. In order to reduce this reply work, for example, in the prior art described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-304048, several reply message patterns are prepared in advance in the information terminal, and the receiver receives the reply message information. It describes that an appropriate one is selected from among the above, and the selected reply message information is returned.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the reply operation performed by the receiver is reduced, the sender cannot send the message information until the receiver actually performs the reply operation. You cannot know that you acknowledged the receipt. For this reason, for example, when the message information is transmitted when the other party cannot reply the reply message information, the reply work is not performed even though the transmitting party has actually confirmed the message information,
The sender cannot know that the sender has confirmed the message information.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a sender can confirm that a receiver of message information has confirmed receipt of message information without performing a reply operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information terminal that can be known to the public.

[0005]

An information terminal according to claim 1 includes a transmitting / receiving means (transmitting unit 101 and receiving unit 103) for transmitting and receiving a call signal having caller information indicating a caller;
Notification means (buzzer sounding circuit 201) for notifying that the call signal has been received; sender information storage means (sender information storage circuit 202) for storing the sender information as a reply destination; Reply information storage means (reply message storage circuit 205) for storing reply information for replying in advance, and reception information storage means (reception message storage circuit 203) for storing reception information received by the transmission / reception means (reception unit 103). A display unit (display unit 207) for displaying the received information; an operation unit (operation unit 206) for instructing the display unit to display the received information based on an operation of a receiver; It is determined whether the received information displayed based on is the message information from the sender who needs the reply of the reply information, and returns the reply of the reply information. When necessary, control means (control section 200) for controlling the reply information to be automatically returned from the transmission / reception section (transmission section 101) to the caller specified by referring to the caller information storage section. ).

The information terminal according to claim 2 has clock means (clock circuit 204), and the control means refers to the clock means for the time at which the recipient displayed the message information on the display means. The transmission / reception means automatically replies to the sender with reply information in which the time is specified as the reception confirmation time.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information terminal having transmission history storage means (transmission history storage circuit 208) for storing a transmission history of the message information, wherein the reception information storage means stores reply information corresponding to the message information. And the control unit causes the display unit to display the message information stored in the transmission history storage unit and the reply information stored in the reception information storage unit in association with each other. And

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the reply information cannot be returned, the control section repeatedly returns the reply information at a fixed time interval until the reply information is returned. And

According to this configuration, the reception confirmation of the message information from the sender by the receiver is detected based on the instruction of the operation means for instructing the display means to display the message information.
Then, reply information stored in advance based on the detection result is automatically returned to the sender specified based on the sender information. Therefore, the receiver of the message information automatically returns the reply information to the sender of the message information without performing a special reply operation,
The sender can know for sure that the recipient has acknowledged the message. Further, it is determined whether or not the received information is message information that requires a reply of the reply information, and the reply information is returned only when the message information is received. Accordingly, since the reply information is not returned when the received information is the reply information from the other party, it is possible to avoid an infinite loop of returning the reply information to the received reply information.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the information terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In this information terminal, 100 is an antenna, 101 is a transmission unit (transmission / reception means) for transmitting reception confirmation message information (reply information), normal transmission message information or a voice signal, and 102 captures voice input to the transmission unit 101 Microphone, 103
Is a receiving unit (transmitting / receiving means) for performing a receiving process including a demodulating process of a calling signal including caller information received by the antenna 100; 104, a receiver for outputting a voice signal received and processed by the receiving unit 103; A buzzer sounding circuit (notifying means) for notifying the reception at 103, a sender information storage circuit (sender information storage means) 202 for storing the sender information received and processed by the receiving unit 3, and a reception processing section 203 for reception. A reception message storage circuit (reception information storage means) for storing the received acknowledgment message and a normal transmission message (reception information), a clock circuit 204 having a clock function,
Reference numeral 205 denotes a reply message storage circuit (reply information storage means) for storing a return receipt confirmation message in advance, 206 denotes an operation unit (operation means) for confirming reception information and performing other operations, and 207 denotes reception information, sender information and A display unit (display means) 208 for displaying other information; a transmission history storage circuit (transmission history storage means) 208 for storing a transmission history;
Is a control unit (control means) for managing the processing of the entire device.

Hereinafter, the operation of the information terminal will be described.
In the information terminal on the receiver side, the calling signal received by antenna 100 is demodulated by receiving section 103. Receiver 103
Sends a buzzer sound signal informing the buzzer incoming
And the control unit 200 drives the buzzer sounding circuit 201 to notify the receiver of the incoming call.

The receiving section 103 sends message information included in the demodulated call signal to the control section 200, and the control section 200 stores the message information in the received message storage circuit 203. At the same time, the control unit 200 specifies the reception time of the message information with reference to the clock circuit 204, and stores the time information as a reception time in the received message storage circuit 203 as a time stamp in association with the message information. Further, receiving section 103 sends the caller information included in the demodulated call signal to control section 200, and control section 200 causes caller information storage circuit 202 to store the caller information as a reply destination.

The receiver can recognize the reception of the message information by the buzzer sound. When the receiver operates the operation unit 206 to confirm the received message information, the control unit 200 reads the message information and the reception time information stored in the reception message storage circuit 203 and displays them on the display unit 207.

The control section 200 detects that the recipient has confirmed the reception of the message information by operating the operation section 206 and reads out the reception confirmation message stored in the reply message storage circuit 205 in advance. Further, the control unit 200
With reference to the sender information stored in the sender information storage circuit 202, the sender who returns the reception confirmation message is specified. The transmitting unit 101 transmits a reception confirmation message to the specified sender.

Since the transmitted message information is stored in the transmission history storage circuit 208, the receiver of the message information confirms whether or not reception confirmation has been performed by referring to the transmission history storage circuit 208. be able to.

In the information terminal on the sender side, the antenna 1
The reception acknowledgment message received at 00 is received similarly to the information terminal on the receiver side, and the reception acknowledgment message information as shown in FIG.

[0017] When the information terminal on the receiver side executes the procedure of transmitting the acknowledgment message information again with respect to the acknowledgment message information, an infinite loop in which the exchange of the acknowledgment message information between both information terminals is repeated. Therefore,
The control unit 200 determines the type of the reception information, and if the reception information is the reception confirmation message information, does not return the reception confirmation message information corresponding to the reception confirmation message information. For example, the determination can be made by adding an identification signal indicating reception confirmation message information. On the other hand, when the reception information is information of a normal transmission message from the sender, the reception acknowledgment message information is returned to the sender.

In some cases, the received information is ordinary transmitted message information, but no reply is required. Therefore, even when control unit 200 determines that it is not necessary to return the reception confirmation message information, it does not return the reception confirmation message information. For example, when transmitting normal transmission message information, an identification signal indicating that reception confirmation is required by an operation from the operation unit 206 is provided, and the reception confirmation is performed only for the message information to which the identification signal is provided. Establish procedures for performing Further, even if the message information has no identification signal, a procedure for executing the reception confirmation only on the message information from the other party (specified by a telephone number or the like) registered in the information terminal is defined. Note that, even when message information requiring reception confirmation is received, the reply of the reception confirmation message information can be stopped by the receiver's instruction from the operation unit 206. Further, an individual message input by the recipient may be returned instead of the reception confirmation message stored in the received message storage circuit 203 in advance.

The transmission information is stored in the transmission history storage circuit 20.
8, the sender of the message information can confirm whether or not the message information has been transmitted reliably by referring to the transmission history storage circuit 208.

[0020] With this configuration, the sender of the message information allows the other party to receive the message information.
You can be sure that you have confirmed the contents. Further, the receiver can notify the sender of the receipt confirmation without performing the reply operation of the message information.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.
In the second embodiment, in order to know the time at which the receiver has confirmed the message information transmitted by the sender, the reception confirmation message information is transmitted with the time confirmed by the recipient.
The configuration of the information terminal is the same as that shown in FIG. Further, the basic processing is the same as that of the first embodiment, so that the detailed description will be omitted.

When the control unit 200 detects that the recipient has confirmed the message information by operating the operation unit 206,
The control unit 200 reads out the acknowledgment message information stored in the reply message storage circuit 205 in advance. Further, control unit 200 refers to the sender information stored in sender information storage circuit 202 and specifies the sender who returns the reception confirmation message information. Furthermore, the control unit 2
00 specifies the current time (reception confirmation time) with reference to the clock circuit 204 and adds the time information to the reception confirmation message information stored in the reply message storage circuit 205. The transmitting unit 101 transmits reception confirmation message information to which reception confirmation time information is added to the specified sender.

The data transmitted by the transmitting unit 101 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the return destination call signal is a call signal obtained by referring to the caller information stored in caller information storage circuit 202, and the reception confirmation message is stored in reply message storage circuit 205 in advance. Message information (including reception time), the recipient information is information indicating the recipient who received the message information, and the time data is time information indicating the time at which the recipient confirmed the message information.

In the information terminal on the sender side, the antenna 1
The reception acknowledgment message received at 00 is received and processed in the same manner as the information terminal on the receiver side, and the display unit 207 displays the message information transmitted by the caller, the time at which the message information was transmitted (that is, Yes) and the time at which the recipient confirmed the message information are displayed (see FIG. 4).

[0025] With this configuration, the sender of the message information receives the message information from the other party.
The time at which the content was confirmed can be known with certainty. Further, the receiver can notify the sender of the time at which the message information was confirmed without performing any special operation.

Next, a third embodiment will be described.
In the third embodiment, when the sender transmits message information to a plurality of parties, the message is transmitted when the transmission history is displayed in order to identify the party who has confirmed the message information and the unconfirmed party. The message information and the returned receipt confirmation message are displayed in association with each other. The configuration of the information terminal is the same as that shown in FIG. Also,
The basic processing is the same as in the first embodiment, and a detailed description will be omitted.

FIG. 5 shows data transmitted by the information terminal on the transmitting side. In FIG. 5, the destination call signal is a call signal for specifying the transmission destination, the information on the necessity of the acknowledgment message is information indicating whether or not a reception acknowledgment message for notifying the acknowledgment of the message information is sent, The message number is the message information to be transmitted first, and the message number is the control unit 200
Is an identification number given in association with the message information, and the sender information is information indicating the sender who transmitted the message information. When the message information is transmitted, the history storage circuit 208 stores information of the transmitting party and the message number as transmission history information.

FIG. 6 shows data transmitted from the information terminal on the receiving side to the sender. In FIG. 6, the return destination call signal is a call signal obtained by referring to the caller information stored in caller information storage circuit 202, and the reception confirmation message is stored in reply message storage circuit 205 in advance. Message information, the message number is an identification number given in association with the message information sent by the sender, the recipient information is information indicating the recipient who received the message information, and the time data is This is time information indicating the time at which the message information was confirmed.

In the information terminal on the receiving side, when the message information is displayed on the display unit 207 and the reception confirmation is executed,
The message number associated with the message information is added together with the reception confirmation message information, and the data shown in FIG. 6 is generated.

When the information terminal on the sender side receives the data shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 200 stores the received data in the received message storage circuit 203. Control unit 200
Associates the acknowledgment message information and the message number stored in the received message storage circuit 203 with the destination information and the message number stored in the transmission history storage circuit 208.

FIG. 7 shows the result of the above-mentioned correspondence. The display unit 207 displays the time when the sender transmitted the message information, the destination of the message information, the time when the recipient confirmed the message information, and the confirmation state. You. That is, when the recipient is confirming the message information, the confirmation time and “confirmed” are displayed. When the recipient is not confirming the message information, the confirmation time is not displayed and “unconfirmed”. Is displayed.

With this configuration, a sender who has transmitted message information to a plurality of parties can specify a party who has confirmed the message information and a party who has not confirmed the message information.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described.
In the fourth embodiment, when the reception confirmation message information is returned, the reception confirmation message information is transmitted because the radio wave condition of the own station is poor, or the own station is out of the service area, or the other party is communicating. If not, the reply of the reception confirmation message information is repeated at regular intervals until the reply is completed. The information terminal is the same as that shown in FIG. Further, the basic processing is the same as that of the first embodiment, so that the detailed description will be omitted.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a reply process in the information terminal on the receiver side. When the control unit 200 detects that the recipient has confirmed the message information by operating the operation unit 206, the control unit 200 executes a reply process (S1). The control unit 200 determines whether or not the own station can communicate including the service area based on the radio wave condition (S2). If communication is possible, a reply process of the reception confirmation message is executed (S
3), disconnect the connection when the reply processing is completed (S
4).

On the other hand, when communication is not possible, such as when the terminal of the other party is in a communication state, a reply operation reservation is executed (S5 to S5).
7). That is, the procedure of the reply operation is stored (S5), and the clock circuit 204 is operated to measure a certain time (S6).
When the clock circuit 204 measures a certain time (S7),
A reply process is executed (S1). This reply process is repeatedly executed at regular time intervals until the reception confirmation message information is returned.

With this configuration, the sender of the message information can surely know that the other party has received the message information and confirmed the contents. Further, the receiver can surely notify the sender of the receipt confirmation without performing any special operation.

[0037]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the receiver confirms the message information from the sender, the reply information is automatically returned to the sender without the reply operation of the receiver. You. Therefore, the reply information can be reliably returned even when the receiver cannot perform the reply work during work or the like. Further, the sender can surely know that the receiver has confirmed the message information.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the time information at which the message information from the sender is confirmed by the receiver is returned together with the reply information, the sender can set the time at which the receiver has confirmed the message information. You can know.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the message information sent by the sender and the reply information returned in response to the message information are displayed in association with each other.
Even when the sender has transmitted message information to a plurality of parties, it is possible to determine a recipient who has confirmed the message information and a recipient who has not yet confirmed the message information.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, even when the reply information cannot be returned, the reply information is repeatedly returned at regular time intervals until the reply information is returned. I can reply reliably.
Further, the sender can surely know that the receiver has confirmed the message information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a reception confirmation message displayed on a display unit of the information terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of data returned from an information terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a reception confirmation message displayed on a display unit of an information terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of data transmitted from an information terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of data returned from an information terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a list of transmission histories displayed on a display unit of an information terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a reply process of the information terminal according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 antenna 101 transmission unit 102 microphone 103 reception unit 104 receiver 200 control unit 201 buzzer sounding circuit 202 sender information storage circuit 203 received message storage circuit 204 clock circuit 205 reply message storage circuit 206 operation unit 207 display unit 208 transmission history storage circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A transmitting / receiving means for transmitting / receiving a call signal having caller information indicating a caller, a notifying means for notifying that the call signal has been received, and a caller storing the caller information as a reply destination Information storage means, return information storage means for storing return information for replying to the sender in advance, reception information storage means for storing reception information received by the transmission / reception means, and display means for displaying the reception information Operating means for instructing the display means to display the received information based on an operation of a receiver; and the received information displayed based on the instruction of the operating means requires a return of the reply information. It is determined whether or not the message information is from the sender, and if it is necessary to return the reply information, the reply information is sent to the sender specified by referring to the sender information storage means. Information terminal and a control means for controlling to automatically return from the transceiver means. 2. The apparatus further comprises clock means, wherein the control means specifies a time at which the recipient displayed the message information on the display means with reference to the clock means, and uses the time as a reception confirmation time. 2. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the reply information is automatically returned from the transmitting / receiving means to the sender. 3. A transmission history storage means for storing a transmission history of the message information, wherein the reception information storage means stores reply information corresponding to the message information, and wherein the control means comprises a transmission history storage means. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the message information stored in the information terminal and the reply information stored in the reception information storage unit are displayed on the display unit in association with each other. 4. When the reply information cannot be returned,
4. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit repeatedly returns the reply information at regular time intervals until the reply information is returned. 5.