JP3605686B2 - Telephone - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a telephone, and more particularly, to a telephone capable of notifying a user of various pieces of history information relating to outgoing or incoming calls.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a mobile telephone such as a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), generally, the display of the calling / incoming call history only displays the date and time when these operations were performed or the telephone number of the other party. Also, in this type of telephone, only the missed calls that have not been answered are stored as a received call history, and when the display operation is performed, the contents are displayed, and from the stored history information, Some display a list of contents selected by the user who responded or did not respond.
[0003]
Further, some mobile telephones have a message function for recording a voice message of the other party. When the message of the other party is recorded on the mobile telephone equipped with this function, for example, a part of the display characters in the standby state display changes to a display notifying that the recording is present. By confirming this display, the user can understand that the message has been recorded.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional call history display, it is impossible to display information other than information such as the date and time of making or receiving a call and the telephone number of the other party, or the state of a missed call that has been answered or not answered. Can be displayed, the user has to make the setting after the calling / receiving operation. Further, in a mobile telephone having a message function, there is a problem that it is difficult to understand that a message is recorded only by looking at the display unit.
[0005]
For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-107203 discloses a conventional technique in which number information, time information, or telephone number information for outgoing / incoming calls is stored and a list is displayed based on the information. However, according to this conventional technique, it was not possible to simultaneously refer to various pieces of additional information relating to a telephone number retrieved from accumulated call information.
[0006]
Further, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-95396 discloses a prior art for determining the priority order of telephone numbers to be re-originated based on number information, time information, telephone number information or other call information in outgoing / incoming calls. Have been. However, in this prior art, it is clear from the figures showing the display state of the telephone directory information (FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. 12, or FIG. 13 described on pages 15 to 17 of the publication). In addition, the information such as "answer", "no answer" or "line in use" included in the call information is collected data used to determine the priority for display to the last, and is actually displayed. Was only a name and a phone number.
[0007]
Therefore, various information related to the displayed telephone number cannot be simultaneously notified to the user. Further, in the case of this conventional technique, the priority order is determined based on the reference data in the collected data, and the display content changes. For this reason, there is also a problem that it is difficult to search for a target partner when a criterion to be searched by a user changes.
[0008]
The present invention solves such a problem of the prior art, and displays various information in addition to a telephone number and a name at the same time when a call history or a call history is searched, so that the telephone number displayed by the user at a glance is displayed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone capable of grasping information related to a telephone.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
For the present invention to solve the above problems, and stores the calling telephone number, in the telephone having a function of displaying the stored telephone number on the display unit as call history, and stores the additional information as the outgoing call history , the stored in the additional information, whether the call, whether the answer phone, information on the presence or absence of the conversation recording and displays an icon which simulates the information content, date and time information was the outgoing, corresponding to a telephone number If the name of the previously registered is the telephone and displaying the information of the name as simultaneously the outgoing call history on the display unit.
[0010]
Further, the present invention, which was stored when receiving the telephone number of the calling terminal from the network when a call arrives, the telephone having a function of displaying the stored telephone number as a call history, the storing the additional information as a received call history, the stored in the additional information, whether the call, whether the answer phone, information on the presence or absence of the conversation recording and displays an icon which simulates the information content, was the called date and time information, if the name corresponding to the telephone number received is previously registered to telephone and displaying as the incoming call history on the display unit the information of the name at the same time.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring to FIG. 3, there is shown a functional block diagram showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a mobile phone. In this embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a mobile phone will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not particularly limited to a mobile phone, for example, a PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) terminal or a fixed telephone. Is also applicable.
[0012]
In FIG. 3, a transmission / reception circuit unit 10 to which an antenna is connected is a circuit that performs transmission / reception processing in a mobile phone under the control of a control unit 12 having a built-in microcomputer. That is, the transmission / reception circuit unit 10 modulates display information such as a voice message or character or numeric data or a control signal or the like at a high frequency and sends it out from the antenna, or displays display information such as a voice message or character or numeric data received from the antenna or It demodulates a control signal and the like and outputs it to the control unit 12.
[0013]
The control unit 12 operates according to a program described in the ROM 14 by operating keys 24 and control signals from the transmission / reception circuit unit 10, and controls the transmission / reception circuit unit 10, the LCD driver 18, and the voice processing unit 26 to control calls in voice communication. Perform processing. Further, the control unit 12 is connected to the RAM 16 and uses the RAM 16 as a work area when executing a program described in the ROM 14. Further, the control unit 12 is connected to the E ² PROM 17 and stores outgoing call history information and incoming call history information.
[0014]
FIG. 4 is a data format showing an example of the contents of the transmission history information (A) and the reception history information (B) stored in the E ² PROM 17. Each of the history information (A) and (B) indicates the content of the registration data for one case. The transmission history information (A) stores “date and time of transmission”, “name of the other party”, “telephone number” of the other party, “transmission history flag”, and “memo” regarding the call. Here, the "outgoing call history flag" is a flag that indicates a history of exchanges, such as canceling outgoing calls, talking to the other party, talking on the phone, recording a message on the other party's terminal, or recording the contents of the call. .
[0015]
The “transmission history flag” is, for example, 3 bits if the exchange state is five as described above, and if more than that, assigns the number of bits according to the number. More specifically, “000” is stored in the “transmission history flag” when the transmission is stopped, “010” when the other party is busy, “100” for the telephone call, and “110” for the answering machine. When the content of the call is recorded, the last bit becomes “1” and becomes “101”. In addition, the call can be automatically determined on the telephone side during the outgoing call or the other party's talking, but if a message is recorded on the other terminal, the telephone side cannot automatically determine the message, so the key operation of the user is required. . Therefore, if there is no key operation by the user, the “transmission history flag” is set as “100” in the call state even when a message is recorded.
[0016]
On the other hand, the incoming call history information stores “incoming date and time”, “name of the other party”, “telephone number” of the other party, “other party type”, “incoming call history flag”, and “memo” regarding the call. Here, "other party type" stores whether or not the calling terminal has set a non-notification of a telephone number and whether or not the call is from a public telephone. If the phone number is not set or the call is from a public phone, the phone number is not stored. Is displayed.
[0017]
Also, the "incoming call history flag" is used to indicate whether a call was made in response, whether the other terminal performed a disconnection operation before answering, switched to an answering machine after receiving a call, or recorded a conversation during a call. This is a flag indicating the history. The “incoming call history flag” is, for example, 2 bits if the exchange state is four in this way, and if more than that, assigns the number of bits according to the number. Specifically, "00" is set for the response, "10" is disconnected for disconnection, and "11" is set for the answering history flag when the answer hold operation is performed and the answering machine is set. Further, when a conversation during a call is recorded after the call enters a call state in response to the call, “01” is set in the “reception history flag”.
[0018]
The outgoing call history information and the incoming call history information each store about ten latest outgoing / incoming call information in the E ² PROM 17. In the present embodiment, since various kinds of information are stored using the transmission history flag or the reception history flag as described above, the state can be effectively managed with a small number of bits. Therefore, even when, for example, the outgoing call history information and the incoming call history information are referred to each other by a telephone having the same function, a large amount of information can be transmitted with a small amount of data.
[0019]
The control unit 12 controls the LCD driver 18 to display the outgoing call history information (A) and the incoming call history information (B) shown in FIG. The LCD driver 18 drives the display unit 22 which is an LCD under the control of the control unit 12 and controls the display of the display unit 22. That is, the LCD driver 18 reads a character pattern (including numbers or symbols) and a pictogram (hereinafter referred to as an icon) pattern corresponding to the control signal from the control unit 12 from the font ROM 20 and displays the same on the display unit 22.
[0020]
The operation keys 24 include a function selection key for turning on the power, responding to a call / incoming call (on / off hook), selecting a function and performing various settings, and inputting a telephone number when making a call, and storing a telephone number and a name in a telephone directory. It is composed of a numeric keypad for registering the password. In particular, in the case of the present embodiment, a display key for displaying a transmission history and a reception history, and a “▲ key” and a “▼ key” for switching information of the history display are provided as function selection keys.
[0021]
The audio processing unit 26 is connected to the speaker 28 and the microphone 30 and amplifies the audio signal input from the control unit 12 and outputs the amplified audio signal from the speaker 28, or amplifies the audio signal input from the microphone 30 and outputs the amplified audio signal to the control unit 12. Is performed.
[0022]
FIG. 2 shows an example of an icon used on the display screen of the outgoing call history or the incoming call history. In the present embodiment, a case where an icon is used in the outgoing call history or the incoming call history will be described. For example, instead of such an icon, a symbol or the like may be used on the display screen. These icons are stored in the font ROM 20, and those corresponding to the contents of the transmission history flag and the reception history flag are called and displayed on the display unit 22.
[0023]
Hereinafter, each icon will be described. Icon number 1 indicates that the call has been established, and icon number 2 indicates that the call has not been established. Icon number 3 indicates that the message was recorded in the answering machine of the partner terminal, and icon number 4 indicates that the message was not left in the answering machine.
[0024]
Icon number 5 indicates that conversation recording in which the contents of the call were recorded was performed. The number between the two circles in the icon with the icon number 5 indicates the recording number. Therefore, in the case of FIG. 2, since the numeral "3" is displayed, it can be seen from the numeral that this is the third recording. Icon number 6 indicates that conversation recording was not performed. Icon number 7 indicates a case of an incoming call from a public telephone, and icon number 8 indicates that the other terminal has set non-notification of the telephone number.
[0025]
Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown an example of a display screen (A) of an outgoing call history or a display screen (B) of an incoming call history displayed on the display unit 22 (see FIG. 3), including the display of the icons shown in FIG. Have been. In FIG. 1, in the case of the call history shown in FIG. 1A, the date and time of the call, the other party's name, telephone number, the presence or absence of a call (icon display), the presence or absence of an answering machine (icon display), and the presence or absence of a conversation recording (icon Display) and the contents of the memo are displayed.
[0026]
That is, at 16:40 on Wednesday, December 30, 1998, a call is sent to Mr. Ichiro Suzuki of the telephone number 03-111-1111 from the display content of FIG. It turns out that was left. Further, it is found that the recording process of the content during the call is not performed, and the memorandum of “Tennis on Sunday” is left. As a condition for displaying the other party's name as shown by Ichiro Suzuki in FIG. 1A, the telephone number and the corresponding name need to be registered in the telephone directory in advance.
[0027]
In the case of the incoming call history shown in (B), the date and time of the incoming call, the name of the other party, the telephone number, the type of the other party, the presence / absence of a call (icon display), the presence / absence of an answering machine answering the answering machine (icon display), the conversation The presence or absence of recording (icon display) and the contents of the memo are displayed. That is, from the display contents of FIG. 1B, it can be seen that there was a call from a public telephone at 20:00 on December 28, 1998 (Monday), and the call contents were recorded.
[0028]
Note that although there is no answering machine in the contents shown in the incoming call history display (B), if there is an answering machine, the recorded message can be easily reproduced by pressing a predetermined key. Also, if the displayed answering machine has never been played back, the user may be notified by flashing an icon, for example, or may be notified by voice when the history is displayed, or notified by vibration. Informs the user that no playback operation has been performed.
[0029]
When an icon indicating that a conversation is recorded is displayed in the incoming call history display, by pressing a predetermined key in this state, the recorded conversation can be easily reproduced. This kind of operation when there is a conversation recording is the same even when the outgoing call history is displayed.
[0030]
FIG. 5 shows an operation flow of a calling process in the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention. If the user dials the telephone number of the other party's terminal during standby or designates a call destination from the registered data in the telephone directory and performs a call operation, the state changes to a call transmission state (S100).
[0031]
When the call is stopped without answering the other party while listening to the ring back tone calling the other party terminal (S110), the outgoing call history flag in the outgoing call history information shown in FIG. The value is set to “000” (S112), and the process proceeds to a standby process (S114).
[0032]
If the other terminal is busy (S120), the outgoing call history flag is set to "010" indicating "busy" (S122), and the process proceeds to a standby process (S124).
[0033]
Further, when the call is started in response to the partner terminal (S130), the outgoing call history flag is set to "100" indicating "connected" (S132), and the operation shifts to a call in progress (S134). When the user performs a call recording operation during a call, the transmission history flag is changed from “100” to “101”.
[0034]
Further, when the other party terminal becomes ready to record a message by automatically answering by the answering machine function (S140), the transmission history flag is set to "100" indicating "connected" (S142). In this state, you will be able to record messages from here, but the outgoing call history flag will be set to "100" indicating "connected" as it is, so if you look at the outgoing call history later, the message I do not know that I left. Therefore, in order to make the history information that the message is left by the answering machine function, it is necessary to change the transmission history flag from “100” to “110” by performing a predetermined key operation by the user.
[0035]
FIG. 6 shows an operation flow of the incoming call processing in the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention. When there is an incoming call (S200) and the call is answered (210), a call is started (S212). As a result, "00" indicating "connected" is set in the incoming call history flag (S214), and the call is in progress (S216).
[0036]
If the caller terminal performs a disconnection operation without receiving a response during an incoming call (S220), "10" indicating "not connected" is set in the incoming call flag (S222), and a standby state is set (S224). ).
[0037]
Further, when the end key is pressed during the incoming call (S230), the process shifts to a response holding process (S232), and the answering machine enters the answering machine state (S234). As a result, the incoming call history flag is set to "11" indicating "answering is present" (S236), and the message of the other party is recorded (S238).
[0038]
FIG. 7 is a processing flow when a call memo is left. When the disconnection operation is performed during the call shown in the processing S134 of FIG. 5 or the processing S216 of FIG. 6 to end the call (S302), it is determined whether or not the operation of the call recording is performed during the call (S304). . As a result, if a call recording operation is performed, the call history flag is changed from "100" to "101", and the call history flag is changed from "00" to "01" (S306). Then, the state shifts to the standby state (S308). If the call recording operation is not performed, the history flag is not changed and the process shifts to the standby state (S310).
[0039]
FIG. 8 is a processing flow showing the display processing of the transmission history. When a display operation for displaying the transmission history is performed (S400), a screen of the transmission history of the immediately preceding transmission operation is first displayed with, for example, the content shown in FIG. 1A (S402). When the screen is displayed, the user may be notified of the display content by outputting a sound or vibration corresponding to the content (S404). Specifically, for example, in the case of an outgoing call that was busy and could not talk to the other party, if a predetermined sound is output, it can be confirmed that the call to the other party could not be made without looking at the contents. .
[0040]
When confirming other transmission histories, the stored transmission histories are displayed in order by pressing the “▲ key” or the “▼ key”. Of course, if the "call key" is pressed while the outgoing call history is displayed, the displayed telephone number is transmitted to the network, and the connection operation is performed. When the operation for exiting the transmission history display is performed, the display mode of the transmission history is released, and the screen shifts to, for example, a standby screen (S406).
[0041]
FIG. 9 is a processing flow showing the display operation of the incoming call history. When a display operation for displaying the incoming call history is performed (S500), a screen of the incoming call history of the last incoming call is first displayed, for example, with the contents shown in FIG. 1B (S502). At this time, the display content may be notified to the user by sound or vibration according to the content (S504). If there is an unread answering message in the displayed incoming call history (S506), a display or sound prompting the user to listen to the recorded message or an announcement that the answering message is not being played is issued (S508). .
[0042]
When confirming other incoming histories, pressing the "▲ key" or "▼ key" causes the stored incoming histories to be displayed in order. When the operation for exiting the transmission history display is performed, the display mode of the transmission history is released, and the screen shifts to, for example, a standby screen (S510, S512).
[0043]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the telephone set of the present invention, a user can be notified of a lot of information as a transmission history or a reception history. That is, only by looking at the history information, it is possible to confirm under what circumstances the user has dealt with the partner or how he / she responded at that time. Therefore, by checking the history even after a lapse of time, the situation at that time can always be grasped, and appropriate measures can be taken.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a screen display diagram showing an example of an embodiment on a display screen of a call history and a call history of a telephone according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of types of icons used for the screen display shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a data format showing an example of contents of outgoing call history information (A) and incoming call history information (B).
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of a calling process in the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of an incoming call process in the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing when a call memo is left in the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a display operation of a call history in the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of displaying an incoming call history in the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 transmission / reception circuit unit 12 control unit 14 ROM
16 RAM
17 E ² PROM
18 LCD driver 20 Font ROM
22 Display 24 Operation keys

Claims (5)

In a telephone equipped with a function of storing a transmitted telephone number and displaying the stored telephone number as a transmission history on a display unit,
Storing additional information as the transmission history,
In the stored additional information, information on the presence / absence of a call, the presence / absence of an answering machine, and the presence / absence of a conversation recording are displayed by icons simulating the information contents, and correspond to the information of the date and time when the call was made and the telephone number. If the name is registered in advance, the information of the name is simultaneously displayed on the display unit as the transmission history. When the telephone number of the calling terminal is received from the network at the time of an incoming call, the telephone number is stored, and the stored telephone number is displayed on the display unit as a received call history.
Storing additional information as the incoming call history,
In the stored additional information , the presence / absence of a call, the presence / absence of an answering machine, and the presence / absence of a conversation recording are displayed by icons simulating the information contents, and information on the date and time of the incoming call and the received telephone number are displayed. If the corresponding name is registered in advance, information of the name is simultaneously displayed on the display unit as the incoming call history. In the telephone of claim 2, wherein when there is indication that recorded the message from the other party in the incoming call history, pressing a predetermined key when the display has been indicative of the record is recorded sound message telephone, characterized in that can be played in. 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is notified by voice output such as a melody or a voice announcement corresponding to each content, or by vibration corresponding to each content. Te telephone odor according to claim 1 or 2, when the note about passing talk is stored, the memo, characterized in that it is displayed as part of the display content as information in the outgoing call history or incoming call history Phone.

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