JP2006173899A - Communication terminal device and display control method and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate immediate display of information regarding a specific person such as mail to and from the specific person, an outgoing/incoming call history, and an automatic answering recording history by following a simple operation procedure registered by a user. <P>SOLUTION: One or a plurality of records where one or a plurality of persons that the user keeps secret and simple secret operation procedures corresponding to the persons are paired are registered in advance. When an operation procedure of any one record is inputted, the record is set effective and when transmitted/received mail, mail being edited, an outgoing/incoming call history, and an automatic answering recording history are displayed, those of a person registered in the record which is set effective among the records is excluded and display is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal device and a display control method thereof, and more specifically, a display method of information recorded in the communication terminal device, a communication terminal device capable of executing these processes, and a display control method thereof. And the program.

  In recent years, communication information terminal devices such as mobile information terminals and mobile phones have been widely used. Especially, mobile phones have become one by one due to the decrease in mobile phone prices, communication charges, and infrastructure such as mobile phone networks. It is becoming an era.

  Further, in these communication terminal apparatuses, in addition to the call function which is a basic function, one or a plurality of destination information such as a telephone number and an e-mail address can be integrated and managed in association with one destination. In addition to address book functions, e-mail functions that not only send and receive e-mails, but also temporarily save e-mails being edited, and functions to manage calls made and missed calls What is provided is commercialized in a short period of time. Since the conventional cellular phone provided with the address book function, e-mail function, outgoing / incoming call history management function, and answering machine recording history function is well known, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  Furthermore, depending on the communication terminal device, it is composed of two plate-like casings, and the two casings can be joined together on one side in a superposed state and can be folded. It has two plate-shaped housings, and the two housings can be connected to each other in a single axis and rotated with respect to each other. There are commercially available devices that can change the shape of the communication terminal device, such as those that can be slid with each other in a stacked state.

  Recently, an increasing number of communication terminal devices have a function of protecting information stored in communication terminal devices such as counterpart information. Functions that protect the information stored in the communication terminal device include setting the dial lock mode to request the input of a passcode when using most of the functions of the communication terminal device, sending / receiving mail and editing There is a function that requires you to enter a passcode when displaying specific information such as emails and address books.

  As such a communication terminal device, display permission / non-permission is set for each destination information as in Patent Document 1 below, and in the secret mode, display permission is displayed at the time of outgoing / incoming call history display. There is a method of selectively displaying only the destination information.

  In addition, as in Patent Document 2 below, a plurality of pieces of destination information are registered in association with one destination, secret registration is set for each destination information, and in the secret mode, the destination is displayed. In addition, there is a method of selectively displaying only partner information that is not secret-registered.

JP 2000-307706 (2nd page, FIG. 2 etc.) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-234819 (second page, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, etc.)

  However, the conventional communication terminal device is not limited to the destination information such as the telephone number, but information related to the destination, for example, sent / received mail with the destination, mail to the destination being edited, outgoing with the destination. There was a problem that the incoming call history, the answering machine's answering sound history from the other party, and the like were also seen by those who did not want to see it.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a communication terminal device and a display control method thereof that can be set to a state in which information about a partner that is not desired to be known to others is not displayed by a simple operation. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the communication terminal device of the present invention stores a first storage means for storing information about a destination, and one or a plurality of records storing one or a plurality of destinations and a predetermined operation procedure. Second operation means for inputting the operation procedure, and the operation procedure input from the operation means matches the operation procedure stored in the record of the second storage means. In this case, when the record is set as valid and the information on the other party stored in the first storage means is displayed, it is set as valid among the records stored in the second storage means. And a control means for selectively displaying the information on the destination described in the record.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a display control method for information related to a partner recorded in a communication terminal device, the step of inputting an operation procedure from the outside via an operation means, and one or a plurality of partners. Referring to storage means in which a plurality of records including a destination and an operation procedure corresponding to the other party are registered, comparing the input operation procedure with the registered operation procedure, and the input If the registered operation procedure matches the registered operation procedure, the information related to the destination corresponding to the matched operation procedure is excluded from the information related to the destination recorded in the information terminal device. And a step of setting the display mode to enable display.

  According to the communication terminal device and the display control method of the present invention described above, it is input when displaying information of the communication terminal device by setting a predetermined operation procedure corresponding to one or a plurality of destinations in advance. In the case where the operation procedure does not match the predetermined operation procedure, it is possible to control not to display only the information on the other party set with the predetermined operation procedure.

  In addition, the information on the other party has at least one of the sent mail, the outgoing mail being edited, and the received mail, and the information on the other party to be excluded is described in the record set as valid. It is preferable to have at least one of a transmitted mail including a destination as a destination, a transmission mail being edited, and a received mail including the destination as a transmission source.

In the communication terminal device and the display control method thereof, the operation procedure may include a series of procedures for pressing one or more buttons of the communication terminal device.
In this way, the predetermined operation procedure can be performed by a simple operation such as a button operation, and a third party or the like can be set so as not to display information related to the other party corresponding to the predetermined operation procedure. .
In addition, by performing control so that information is not displayed on the other party on the basis of the predetermined operation procedure, it is possible to avoid making a person other than the user recognize such control itself.

In the communication terminal device and the display control method thereof, the operation procedure may be set to a procedure in which one or more buttons of the communication terminal device are continuously pressed for a certain period or longer.
In this way, the predetermined operation procedure can be performed by a simple operation such as pressing and holding the button for a certain period of time, and the third party or the like is set not to display information on the destination corresponding to the predetermined operation procedure. can do.
In addition, by performing control so that information is not displayed on the other party on the basis of the predetermined operation procedure, it is possible to avoid making a person other than the user recognize such control itself.

In the communication terminal device and the display control method thereof, the operation procedure may be set to a procedure for changing the shape of the communication terminal device.
In this way, the predetermined operation procedure can be set to a simple operation such as changing the shape of the communication terminal device, so that information relating to the other party corresponding to the predetermined operation procedure is not displayed by a third party or the like. Can be set.
In addition, by performing control so that information is not displayed on the other party on the basis of the predetermined operation procedure, it is possible to avoid making a person other than the user recognize such control itself.

  As described above, according to the present invention, by performing a predetermined operation procedure that can be easily set, the owner can keep it secret from others when displaying information on the other party stored in the communication terminal device. It is possible to set not to display information about the destination to be kept.

  An embodiment of a communication terminal device and a display control method thereof according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone is used as an example of a communication terminal device, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication terminal device according to the present embodiment.
In FIG. 1, a communication terminal device 100 is an information storage unit (hereinafter referred to as an information storage unit) 101 that functions as a first storage unit, and a destination unit that functions as a second storage unit. A record storage unit 102, a control unit 103, an operation unit 104 that can be operated by a user, and a display unit 105 that displays information stored in the communication terminal device 100.

The information storage means 101 stores transmitted / received mail, mail being edited (including transmitted mail and received mail), outgoing / incoming history, and answering voice recording history.
As sent / received mail and mail being edited, a destination, a transmission source corresponding to the destination, and the content of a message corresponding to the destination are stored. Also, as the outgoing / incoming call history and answering machine recording history, the other party, outgoing / incoming call corresponding to the other party, and answering voice recording data corresponding to the other party are stored.

  The information storage means 101 may store information other than the above, and at least one of sent mail, outgoing mail being edited, received mail, outgoing / incoming history, and answering voice recording history is stored. May be.

  Further, the record storage unit 102 stores one or a plurality of records, each of which includes a record name, an operation procedure, a valid / invalid flag, and one or a plurality of destinations.

  The operation means has not only a function of executing selection or determination when operating the communication terminal apparatus 100 but also a function of inputting an operation procedure to be described later, such as a telephone number, an e-mail address, a homepage, and the like. In this embodiment, the operation means includes a button corresponding to a numeric keypad. The operation means is not limited to a numeric keypad button, and may be provided with a dial key.

Next, the operation of the communication terminal device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 as appropriate. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for registering an operation procedure in the communication terminal device according to the present embodiment.
The user inputs an arbitrary operation procedure from the operation means 104 in correspondence with the other party to be kept secret (step S11). Then, the control means 103 registers the input operation procedure in the record storage means 102 as an operation procedure corresponding to the other party to be kept secret (step S12).

  Here, the registering operation procedure can be a series of procedures for pressing one or more arbitrary buttons of the communication terminal device. A series of procedures means an operation procedure in which the order of the pressed buttons is set in random order when the buttons are pressed a plurality of times. The number of times the button is pressed is not particularly limited.

  In addition, the registerable operation procedure may be a procedure in which one or a plurality of arbitrary buttons of the communication terminal device are kept pressed for a certain period or longer.

  When the communication terminal device has two plate-like housings, and these housings are coupled to each other on one side and can be folded, It can be set as the operation procedure for changing the shape of a communication terminal device which spreads the housing | casing folded.

  In addition, if the communication terminal device has two plate-shaped housings, and these housings are connected to each other at one point and have a shape that can be rotated relatively, an operation that can be registered The procedure may be an operation procedure for changing the shape of the communication terminal device, in which the housings are rotated to change the relative angle between the housings.

  The operation procedure that can be registered may be an operation procedure that combines the above-described operation procedure for pressing a button and an operation procedure for changing the shape of the communication terminal device.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, a description will be given of a procedure for not displaying information related to a destination to be kept secret in advance. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for comparing an input operation procedure with a registered operation procedure in the communication terminal device according to the present embodiment.
First, an operation procedure corresponding to information on the other party to be kept secret is input (step 21). And it is discriminate | determined whether it corresponds with the operation procedure memorize | stored in either of the records of the other party record memory | storage means 102 (step S22). When the operation procedure input from the operation device 103 by the user matches the operation procedure stored in one of the records in the destination record storage device 102, the control device 103 determines whether the record is valid / The invalid flag is changed to valid (step S23). If the record is already set as valid, the record may be changed to invalid.

  On the other hand, if the operation procedure input from the operation device 103 by the user does not match the operation procedure stored in any of the records in the destination record storage device 102, the control device 103 determines whether the record is valid / The invalid flag is not changed (step S24).

  In this way, when displaying the information about the other party, the control unit 103 acquires the information about the other party from the information storage unit 101 about the other party, and among the records in the other party record storage unit 102, the record that can be set as valid. Are displayed on the display means 105 (step S25).

  Next, as the information on the other party, a case of a sent mail, a sent mail being edited, and a received mail will be described. When displaying the sent mail, the sent mail being edited, and the received mail, the control means 103 acquires information on the sent mail, the sent mail being edited, and the received mail from the information storage means 101, and Of the records, information excluding information included in the destination and the transmission source corresponding to the other party registered in the record in which the valid / invalid flag is set as valid is displayed on the display unit 105.

  When displaying the outgoing / incoming history, the control hand 103 acquires the outgoing / incoming history from the information storage means 101, and the valid / invalid flag of the record storage means 102 is set to valid in the acquired outgoing / incoming history. The telephone number corresponding to the other party registered in the record is excluded from the display means 105.

  When displaying the answering machine recording history, the control unit 103 acquires the answering machine recording history from the information storage unit 101, and among the acquired answering machine recording history, the record in which the valid / invalid flag of the record storage unit 102 is set to be valid The phone number corresponding to the other party registered in is excluded and displayed on the display means 105.

  The present invention is triggered by an arbitrary button operation procedure registered in advance by the user or an operation procedure for changing the shape of the communication terminal device, such as sent / received email, email being edited, call history, answering record history, When displaying the information stored in the communication terminal device, it is controlled so that it can be selectively displayed excluding information such as mail sent / received with a specified destination, mail being edited, call history, answering record history, etc. It is useful for software and the like built in a communication terminal device, particularly a mobile terminal device.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of embodiment of the communication terminal device which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which registers an operation procedure. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which compares the input operation procedure and the registered operation procedure.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Communication terminal device 101 Information storage hand-picking regarding the other party 102 Counter party record storage means 103 Control means 104 Operation means 105 Display means

Claims (11)

First storage means for storing information about the other party;
Second storage means for storing one or a plurality of records storing one or a plurality of destinations and a predetermined operation procedure;
Operating means for inputting the operating procedure,
When the operation procedure input from the operation means matches the operation procedure stored in the record of the second storage means, the record is set as valid and stored in the first storage means. When the information on the other party is displayed, the information on the other party described in the record set as valid is excluded from the records stored in the second storage means and selectively displayed. A communication terminal apparatus comprising control means.   The recipient has at least one of sent email, outgoing email being edited, and received email, and the recipient information is listed in the record set as valid The communication according to claim 1, comprising at least one of a transmitted mail including a destination as a destination, a transmitted mail being edited, and a received mail including the destination as a transmission source. Terminal device.   The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the operation procedure includes a series of steps of pressing one or more buttons of the communication terminal device.   The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the operation procedure includes a procedure of pressing one or more buttons of the communication terminal device for a certain period or longer.   The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the operation procedure includes a procedure of changing a shape of the communication terminal device. A method for controlling the display of information related to a destination recorded in a communication terminal device,
A step in which an operation procedure is input from the outside via an operation means;
Reference is made to a storage means in which a plurality of records including one or a plurality of counterparts and operation procedures corresponding to the counterparts are registered, and the input operation procedure is compared with the registered operation procedure. Steps,
When the input operation procedure matches the registered operation procedure, information on the counterpart corresponding to the matched operation procedure is excluded from the information on the counterpart recorded in the information terminal device. A display control method comprising: setting the display mode to a display mode in which the display can be displayed.   The recipient has at least one of sent email, outgoing email being edited, and received email, and the recipient information is listed in the record set as valid The display according to claim 6, comprising: at least one of a transmitted mail including a destination as a destination, a transmitted mail being edited, and a received mail including the destination as a transmission source. Control method.   The display control method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the registered operation procedure includes a series of steps of pressing one or a plurality of buttons of the communication terminal device.   The display control according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the registered operation procedure includes a procedure of pressing one or more buttons of the communication terminal device for a certain period or more. Method.   The display control method according to claim 5, wherein the registered operation procedure includes a procedure of changing a shape of the communication terminal device.   A program for causing a computer to execute the display control method according to any one of claims 6 to 10.

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