JP4187379B2 - Telephone book registration device, communication terminal device, and telephone book registration method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable radiotelephone device having an e-mail transmission / reception function and a telephone book function, and a character string described in a received electronic mail (hereinafter referred to as a received electronic mail) is registered in a telephone book information storage unit. By comparing with a character string, connection information related to the character string (phone number, e-mail address, address for browsing resources on the Internet) can be derived, and the connection information is used by the user. It is related with the portable radio telephone apparatus which can perform desired transmission operation | movement by making it select.
[0002]
[Prior art]
JP-A-10-155038 discloses an information communication terminal capable of making a voice call to a telephone number described in a received electronic mail and registering a telephone number described in the received electronic mail. What has been described is known. This retrieves the telephone number in the email received by the information communication terminal, and corresponds to the information of the corresponding partner for the retrieved telephone number or based on the sender email address given to the email Is registered in the telephone directory held in the information communication terminal, and a call is made to the collated telephone number.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, this information communication terminal has a problem that it can deal only with a call to a telephone number in a received electronic mail and a telephone number corresponding to an electronic mail address assigned to the received electronic mail or data transmission.
[0004]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. From a telephone directory information storage unit that holds an arbitrary character string selected by a user, such as a name and name in a received electronic mail, in a mobile phone device. To provide a mobile phone device having a function of searching and making a call to a telephone number set in the corresponding phone book information, creating and sending a mail to an e-mail address, and browsing resources on the Internet. Objective.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The portable wireless telephone device of the present invention communicates with a plurality of wireless base stations wiredly connected to an exchange station connected to a wired telephone line through a wireless channel, and performs voice calls, transmission / reception of e-mails, and resources on the Internet. In a portable wireless telephone device that can be browsed and has a telephone directory function, an arbitrary character string selected from character data of received e-mail being displayed on the display section is registered in the telephone directory information storage section. Phonebook information registration means, phonebook information search means for searching an arbitrary character string selected from the character data of the received e-mail being displayed on the display section from the telephone book information storage section, and the result of the search And a transmission means for transmitting to a destination selected from connection information related to the collated character string. With this configuration, the user is allowed to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, the character string is searched from the telephone directory information storage unit, the connection information related to the collated character string is selected, and the user is selected. It is possible to perform a desired transmission operation.
[0006]
Further, the phone book information registration means determines which item of the phone book information the selected character string corresponds to, and registers it in the corresponding item. With this configuration, it is determined whether the character string selected from the received e-mail is a phone number, e-mail address, address for connecting to resources on the Internet, or other character strings, and the corresponding phonebook information It is possible to set to the item to be.
[0007]
Further, the telephone book information registration means manages a telephone number, an e-mail address, an address for browsing resources on the Internet, and any other character string in association with each other as one telephone book information. And With this configuration, the user can search for desired connection information from an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, and can correct the set contents of the phone book information corresponding to the character string. Become.
[0008]
And it is characterized by transmitting by the transmission means with respect to the electronic mail address selected from the connection information relevant to the character string collated as a result of the search. With this configuration, the user is allowed to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, the character string is searched from the telephone directory information storage unit, and the e-mail address is selected from the connection information related to the collated character string. The user can select and send an e-mail.
[0009]
In addition, the transmission means transmits to an address for browsing resources on the Internet selected from the connection information related to the character string collated as a result of the search. This configuration allows the user to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, retrieves the character string from the phone book information storage unit, and uses resources on the Internet from connection information related to the collated character string. The user can select an address for browsing and browse resources on the Internet.
[0010]
Then, the calling means makes a call to the telephone number selected from the connection information related to the character string collated as a result of the search. This configuration allows the user to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, retrieves the character string from the phone book information storage unit, and uses the telephone number from the connection information related to the collated character string. The user can select and make a call.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
(First embodiment)
First, with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a portable radiotelephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable radio telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the portable radio telephone apparatus shown in FIG.
[0013]
Next, with reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of the portable radio telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile radio telephone apparatus A includes a microphone 1 that inputs sound, a speaker 2 that outputs sound, and a sound signal processing having a function of controlling sound of the microphone 1 and the speaker 2. Control unit 4, communication control unit 4 having a modulation / demodulation function of these signals to enable communication of voice signals and e-mail data, control unit 5 composed of a CPU and the like, and control of information to be displayed Display information control unit 6 to be performed, display 7 composed of a liquid crystal display and the like, input unit 8 composed of a numeric keypad and other keys, and a name, a telephone number, an e-mail address, and a resource on the Internet And a telephone directory information storage unit 9 for storing and managing the address of the telephone number as telephone directory information.
[0014]
The input unit 8 has a function of inputting a key press or the like for operating the mobile radio telephone apparatus A, a function of inputting an e-mail or inputting information stored in the telephone directory information storage unit 9, and a display 7 The user also has a function of selecting an arbitrary character string desired by the user from the characters in the received electronic mail displayed on the screen.
[0015]
The contents of the e-mail received by the portable radio telephone apparatus A are displayed on the display 7 by the display information control unit 6. The control unit 5 controls the display information control unit 6 in accordance with a signal input from the input unit 8 for an arbitrary character string in the displayed received e-mail, and the selected character string is displayed by blinking display, reverse display, or the like. Notify the user. When the user's phone book search command is received from the input unit 8, the control unit 5 searches the phone book information storage unit 9 for the selected character string and displays the collated information on the display 7 by the display information control unit 6. Let When the connection information desired by the user is selected from the input unit 8 among the telephone number, the e-mail address, and the address for browsing resources on the Internet displayed on the display 7, the control unit 5 uses the connection information. The following corresponding processing is performed based on the information selected by the person.
[0016]
When a telephone number is selected, the voice signal processing unit 3 and the communication control processing unit 4 are controlled to perform a call operation, and a voice reception from the microphone 1 and a voice output from the speaker 2 are performed. .
[0017]
When an e-mail address is selected, the display information control unit 6 is controlled, and an input for creating a mail from the user is received and displayed on the display 7 via the input unit 8 and transmitted. The mail information to be created is created, the communication control unit 4 is controlled, and the created mail is transmitted.
[0018]
When an address for browsing resources on the Internet is selected, the communication control unit 4 is controlled to connect to the line, and then information on the corresponding address on the Internet is acquired, and a display information control unit 6 is controlled and displayed on the display 7.
[0019]
When the phone book information registration command from the user is received from the input unit 8, the control unit 5 registers the character string selected by the user in the phone book information storage unit 9 and then handles information other than the registered information. Information input from the user is received by controlling the input unit 8, and the display information control unit 6 is controlled to display the setting information on the display 7.
[0020]
Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 2, an operation procedure is shown when an electronic mail is displayed on the portable wireless telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and a user selects a character string in the electronic mail. explain.
[0021]
First, the mail received in step A100 is displayed on the display 7. In step A200, the user selects an arbitrary character string using the input unit 8. In step A300, the user selects registration of phone book information. Or the phone book information is searched and it is determined whether or not the process to send is selected. If the user selection is registration of phone book information (yes in step A300), the process proceeds to the phone book registration process of step A400, and the user selection is not phone book information registration processing, but phone book information registration. If it is a process of performing a search and making a call (no in step A300), the process proceeds to a telephone directory search process in step A500.
[0022]
In step A400, the selected character string is set for one record of the phone book information, information settings other than the set items are set according to the user input, and all the set information is set to the phone book information. Save in the storage unit 9.
[0023]
In step A500, the selected character string is used as a search target character string, the corresponding information is searched from the telephone directory information storage unit 9, and the process proceeds to step A600. In step A600, the telephone directory information searched in step A500 is displayed, and the input section 8 is used to select a process to be executed, for example, calling a telephone number, creating or sending an e-mail, browsing resources on the Internet, and the like. Use it to let the user go to step A700. In step A700, in accordance with the processing selected in step A600, transmission data is created, voice and data transmission processing is performed, and the operation when the user selects a character string in the e-mail is terminated.
[0024]
In the first embodiment, in step A600, an operation for making a call using the retrieved data, that is, a case where collated data exists as a result of the retrieval is described as an example. If the collated data does not exist as a result of the search, new information that is unregistered information can be registered by executing the phone book registration process in step A400.
[0025]
As described above, the mobile radio telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention does not input destination information such as a telephone number, an e-mail address, or an address for browsing resources on the Internet. Voice calls and data transmission / reception can be performed.
[0026]
(Second Embodiment)
Next, with reference to FIG. 3, a portable radio telephone apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. In this figure, (a) is a display example of a received e-mail according to the second embodiment of the present invention, (b) is a display example when an arbitrary character string is selected from the received e-mail being displayed, (C) is a display example of a process selection screen, (d) is a display example of telephone book information and a display example when selecting a destination, and (e) is a display example of a transmission e-mail editing screen. The basic configuration and basic operation of the portable radio telephone apparatus in the second embodiment of the present invention are the same as those in the first embodiment.
[0027]
The portable radio telephone apparatus according to the second embodiment allows the user to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail described in the first embodiment, search the telephone directory information storage unit, It is configured to make a call. The phone book information includes a name, a phone number, an e-mail address, an address for browsing resources on the Internet, and a memo “MEMO” for setting other information. Name, phone number, e-mail address, and address for browsing resources on the Internet can be stored in association with each other.
[0028]
Next, an operation procedure when making a call from the received mail display of the portable radio telephone apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0029]
The user selects a character string from the contents of the received e-mail displayed in FIG. FIG. 3B shows a state in which an arbitrary character string is selected. “Taro Matsushita” in the received e-mail is selected, and the selection range is highlighted. The selected character string data is arbitrary character string information designated by the user. In the above example, reverse display is used to indicate the selected character string. However, notification may be performed by blinking display, underline display, or reading by voice.
[0030]
In FIG. 3C, the user is allowed to select “send / call” or “register in phone book”. “Sending / Calling” is a process of making a call and making a call when the selected character string is searched from the character string stored in the phonebook information storage unit and verified. “Register” is a process for correcting and registering information registered in the telephone directory information storage unit. Note that, in the case of “calling and calling”, if the verification fails, registration processing in the telephone book information storage unit, “registration in the telephone book” is executed without waiting for the user's input.
[0031]
In FIG. 3D, the selected character string is retrieved from the phone book information storage unit, the phone book information related to the collated character string is displayed, and connection information for transmission is displayed using the input device. Let the user choose. In this example, since the e-mail address “matsushita@matsu.co.jp” is selected, an e-mail is input as shown in the display example of FIG. When the telephone number “06-444-5555” is selected in FIG. 3D, an address “http: /// for making a call to the selected telephone number and connecting to a resource on the Internet. When “www.matsu.com” is selected, the Internet resource at the specified address is browsed. When a plurality of pieces of information are indicated as a result of collation, only the information collated first may be displayed, or the user may select desired information from all the collated results.
[0032]
As described above, the portable radiotelephone apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention is similar to the name and MEMO even when the character string selected by the user is a character string other than the transmission information such as the name. Phone book information storage function (phone book information registration means) that stores information in a telephone book information storage unit by associating information that does not affect outgoing calls and destination information such as a telephone number, and stored in the phone book information storage unit Since it has a phone book information search function (phone book information search means) that can search the corresponding information from the information that is, it is possible to control the correction to the information and operations required for the outgoing operation be able to.
[0033]
(Third embodiment)
Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a portable radio telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. In this figure, (f) is a display example of an e-mail according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and (g) is one when an arbitrary character string is selected from the display e-mail according to the third embodiment of the present invention. A display example, (h) is a display example of a process selection screen, (i) is a display example when registering to the phone book function, and (j) is a screen of a screen registered with the phone book function. It is a display example. Note that the basic configuration and basic operation of the portable radiotelephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention are the same as those of the first embodiment.
[0034]
The portable radio telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention allows the user to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. The telephone directory information storage unit is searched to make a call and make a call. It also has a phone book information registration function (phone book information registration means) that can register the character string selected by the user in the phone book information storage unit. The phone book information registration function has a function of judging the contents of the character string selected by the user, estimating which item of the phone book information is to be set, and setting the corresponding item in advance.
[0035]
Next, an operation procedure when making a call from the received mail display of the portable radio telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0036]
The user selects a character string from the contents of the received e-mail displayed in FIG. FIG. 4G shows a state in which an arbitrary character string is selected. “Taro Matsushita” in the e-mail is selected, and the selection range is highlighted. The selected character string data is arbitrary character string information designated by the user. In the above example, reverse display is used to indicate the selected character string. However, similar to the second embodiment, even if notification is performed by blinking display, underline display, or reading by voice. Good.
[0037]
In FIG. 4 (h), the user is allowed to select “send / call” or “register in the phone book” using the input device. “Sending / Calling” is a process of making a call and making a call when the selected character string is searched from the character string stored in the phonebook information storage unit and verified. “Register” is a process for correcting and registering information registered in the telephone directory information storage unit. Note that, in the case of “calling and calling”, if the verification fails, registration processing in the telephone book information storage unit, “registration in the telephone book” is executed without waiting for the user's input. In this embodiment, an example in which collation has failed is shown.
[0038]
When collation fails, the display of FIG. 4 (i) is performed. When performing this display, it is determined to which setting item of the phone book information the selected character string is registered, and the corresponding item is set in advance. If it is information of a telephone number character string, it is set in the corresponding part of the telephone number. In the case of a character string corresponding to an address for browsing a resource on the Internet, the resource on the Internet is set in a corresponding part of the address for browsing. For other character strings, settings are made in the name setting section.
[0039]
The item of the character string is determined by the phone number and the selected character string if the selected character string is composed of a character string used when inputting a telephone number such as “+”, “#”, “−”. If the selected character string is composed of a combination of an arbitrary character string, “@”, and “.”, It is determined as an e-mail address, and the selected character string is “http:”. If it is a character string starting with, it is determined as an address for browsing Internet resources, and automatic setting is performed. The set character string can be corrected by the user. Accepts user input for MEMO items that allow you to set input related to unset items other than automatically inserted items, such as phone numbers, e-mail addresses, addresses for browsing Internet resources, and other information. In the state of 4 (j), registration is performed in the telephone directory information storage unit.
[0040]
In this example, the example in which the collation of the character string selected by the user has failed has been described. However, if successful, the information collated when “Register in phone book” is selected in (h). Is displayed, and the information already set in (i) is corrected. The character used for the determination may be additionally set by the user.
[0041]
As described above, the mobile phone device according to the third embodiment of the present invention can determine what kind of information the selected character string corresponds to and can set the input item in advance. Since the phone book information registration function (phone book information registration means) is provided, the number of input items for the phone book can be reduced.
[0042]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention provides a telephone book information registration means for registering an arbitrary character string selected from the character data of the received electronic mail being displayed on the display unit in the telephone book information storage unit, and the display Phone book information search means for searching an arbitrary character string selected from the character data of the received e-mail being displayed on the phone book information storage unit, and a connection related to the character string collated as a result of the search A transmission means for making a call to a destination selected from the information, so that the user selects an arbitrary character string in the e-mail, and a telephone number, It is possible to provide a portable radiotelephone device that can perform voice call and data transmission / reception without performing input operation of destination information such as an e-mail address and an address for browsing resources on the Internet.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a mobile radio telephone apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the mobile radio telephone apparatus shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display when a call operation is performed on information related to a character string in a received mail of the mobile wireless telephone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display when registering character string information in a received mail of a mobile radio telephone apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
A mobile radio telephone device 1 microphone 2 speaker 3 audio signal processing unit 4 communication control unit 5 control unit 6 display information control unit 7 display 8 input unit 9 telephone directory information storage unit

Claims (2)

A phone book information storage unit that stores phone book information capable of registering a plurality of items including at least an e-mail address, phone number information, and a name ; a display unit that displays electronic text; and the electronic that is being displayed on the display unit Determines whether a character string selected from a document corresponds to either a number, a number and a specific symbol, an arbitrary character string including an at sign and a period, or a character string beginning with http And a phone book information registration unit for registering the character string in a name setting item of the phone book information when the judgment unit judges that none of them is applicable. Phone book registration device. A communication terminal device comprising: a communication unit that communicates with a radio base station to transmit or receive an e-mail; and the telephone directory registration device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic document is an e-mail. Communication terminal device.

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