JP4672246B2 - Mobile terminal and telephone directory management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone having a telephone directory search function and a telephone directory management system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a mobile terminal that realizes a telephone directory search function without own telephone directory data, and the mobile phone. The present invention relates to a telephone directory management system for realizing a telephone directory search function in a terminal.

  Conventionally, a mobile terminal such as a general mobile phone has a phone book function in its own memory. In recent years, personal information described in the phone book has been increasing more and more in these mobile terminals. For example, various personal information such as a fixed phone number, a mobile phone number, a mail address of various mobile phones, or a mail address of a provider is recorded in the phone book of the mobile phone. Furthermore, it is also possible to register the face image of the communication target person in the telephone directory and display the corresponding face image of the communication target person when receiving an incoming call. Therefore, an increase in the internal memory of the mobile terminal is required as the personal information described in the phone book of the mobile terminal increases.

The following Patent Document 1 reports a technique related to a portable terminal having a telephone directory function for storing a plurality of telephone numbers.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-200236

  In addition, a technique is disclosed in which a telephone body does not have a telephone directory function, but a server on the Internet has a telephone directory function. As a result, a large amount of phone book data can be registered in the server without increasing the internal memory of the telephone. And when calling a communication partner from the telephone, you can easily know the telephone number of the other party by connecting to the corresponding server and downloading and searching the phone book data in sequence. It becomes possible to call the other party.

  However, the portable terminal having the conventional telephone directory function must be equipped with a large-capacity memory in order to store a large number of telephone directory data, image data, and the like. Becomes a factor that increases the cost and cost. Further, in the above-described conventional technique for retrieving the telephone directory data from the server, the telephone body does not have a telephone directory function, so that only the telephone number of the caller can be displayed when an incoming call is received. Therefore, unless the telephone user himself (hereinafter referred to as user) remembers the telephone number and the name of the other party of communication, he / she cannot know who the other party of the displayed telephone number is. . In other words, you may not know who called from you until you call. In addition, even if the name of the communication partner corresponding to the telephone number is remembered, there are many inconveniences such as being able to answer the telephone with confidence, such as remembering it by mistake or mistaken the number.

  Currently, there is also a service for receiving a caller's name and displaying it together with a telephone number. In this case, however, the user of the portable terminal cannot determine the name of the caller to be displayed. Therefore, even if the name of the caller is displayed when an incoming call is received, it may take time to confirm what party the caller is related to. Furthermore, the user of the mobile terminal himself / herself sets the incoming call settings that depend on the caller's preference, such as whether the caller's name and face image are displayed on the telephone when receiving a call, and what kind of ringtone to use. Since it is not possible to make a decision, the usability of mobile terminals is still not good.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and an object of the present invention is to refer to a large number of destinations without increasing the capacity of a memory for storing telephone directory data and image data. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal and a telephone directory management system having a telephone directory function that can easily specify a caller before picking up a handset when an incoming call is received.

In order to achieve the above object, the mobile terminal of the present invention creates data relating to a plurality of communication partners, transmits data to the server and registers the data, and communication received from the communication partner upon arrival. Using the identification information for identifying the other party as a search key, download the data corresponding to the identification information, which is a search result based on the identification information and information indicating the mobile terminal, from the server , and the data that is the search result Storage means for storing, and notifying means for notifying the incoming call based on data stored in the storage means are provided.

  According to the portable terminal of the present invention, phone book data of a plurality of communication partners is created, and the phone book data is registered and stored in an information processing device existing on the Internet without being stored in its own memory. Keep it. The mobile terminal automatically accesses the information processing device every time an incoming call is received, and downloads phone book data corresponding to the telephone number of the communication partner who has received the incoming call.

  As a result, the mobile terminal retrieves the phone book data of the communication partner that received the call while referring to the phone book data of a large number of communication partners without having a large memory. Notification can be made by a method that is easy to distinguish using a unique ring tone or the like. Therefore, since the user of the portable terminal can instantly know who has received the call, the user can answer the call as soon as the ringtone sounds. Further, not only a telephone call but also an incoming mail can be operated in the same manner using the other party's mail address as a search key.

In the portable terminal of the present invention, before Kide chromatography data includes identification information, the name of the communication partner corresponding to the identification information, ring tone for informing when a call comes in the identification number, the identification information It is at least one of a corresponding image and unique personal data.
In other words, according to the portable terminal of the present invention, when there is an incoming call, it is possible to notify in a notification form that specifies the communication partner. For example, it is possible to display by the name of the callee, the face image of the callee, etc., or to ring by a ringtone that is unique to each callee.
As a result, the user can intuitively know from whom the call has been received, and can immediately answer the call after identifying the communication partner as soon as the ring tone sounds.
The partner identification information refers to information such as a mail address and other information that can identify the partner.

In the portable terminal of the present invention, a public network for communication with a communication partner, the Internet network to download data by accessing said server, characterized in that it is connected for communication at the same time.

  That is, according to the portable terminal of the present invention, since a public line network for performing a call and the like and an Internet network to which an information processing device is connected can be simultaneously connected, even if the portable terminal receives an incoming call, Can be connected. As a result, upon receiving an incoming call, the mobile terminal can immediately download the desired phone book data from the information processing device and notify the incoming call with a desired display format (such as the name of the communication partner or a unique ringtone). it can.

In the portable terminal of the present invention, the storage unit may store the substantially same time data and incoming call automatically downloaded from the server.
In other words, according to the mobile terminal of the present invention, there is almost no time delay from receiving the incoming signal from the base station until the name of the communication partner is displayed, so the usability of the phone book search on the mobile phone is very good.

In the portable terminal of the present invention, the storage unit may erase the data that is store at the end of the communication.
That is, according to the portable terminal of the present invention, since the old telephone book data after communication is not erased and stored in the storage means, the telephone book data is stored when the portable terminal encounters theft or loss. There is no risk of abuse.
In addition, since the storage means only temporarily stores only the phone book data necessary for the current communication, it may be a memory with a small capacity. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost of a mobile terminal having a telephone directory search function.
In addition, if the configuration is such that the phonebook data is deleted after a predetermined time even if it is not deleted immediately at the end of the call, this phonebook data can be used if there is an incoming call again within the predetermined time, so the predetermined time has passed Then, the configuration of erasing is preferable from the viewpoint of data communication traffic.

The present invention is also a telephone directory management system including a mobile terminal and a server, wherein the mobile terminal creates data relating to a plurality of communication partners, and transmits the data to the server for registration. The identification information, which is a search result based on the identification information and the identification number of the portable terminal, is generated from the server using the identification information for identifying the communication partner received from the communication partner when a call is received as a search key. Storage means for downloading the corresponding data and storing the search result data; and notification means for notifying the incoming call based on the data stored in the storage means; Data storage means for storing the received data in association with the identification number of the mobile terminal, and storing data corresponding to the identification information from the mobile terminal Upon receiving the downloaded request, characterized by comprising a transmitting means for transmitting the data as a retrieval result based on said identification number and said identification information to said portable terminal.

  That is, in the telephone directory management system according to the present invention, the mobile terminal stores the telephone directory data created in a desired notification format in a server or the like, and downloads the telephone directory data from the server or the like as needed to notify the desired notification. It can be notified in the form. In other words, even if there is no phone book data on the mobile terminal, it is possible to know who received the call by name, ringtone, face image, etc. before answering the call when you receive a call. Can go out. In addition, the user of the mobile terminal can freely set the method for displaying the caller's name and the screen for specifying the caller when a call is received, and the ringing method for specifying the caller. it can.

In the telephone directory management system of the present invention, before Kide over data creation unit performs new registration and change to create the data about the communication partner, before Kide chromatography data storage means, before Kide chromatography update storing Kide over data before on the basis of an instruction of the new registration and change from data creation means, characterized in that.

  That is, according to the telephone directory management system of the present invention, the telephone directory data can be constantly updated and stored in the server so that the portable terminal does not have a large-capacity memory. Therefore, the portable terminal can be reduced in size and the cost can be reduced. In addition, since there is no limit on the data capacity and memory capacity for storing the phone book data of the mobile terminal, it is possible to eliminate the user's anxiety that old data must be erased taking care of the memory capacity. Furthermore, even when the mobile terminal itself is changed, the latest phone book data is stored in the server, so that the trouble of moving personal data such as phone book data from the old mobile terminal to the new mobile terminal can be saved.

  As described above, according to the portable terminal and the telephone directory management system of the present invention, even if the telephone directory data is not in the portable terminal, the name of the person who has received the call before answering the call at the time of incoming call is named. , You can know by the incoming melody, face image, etc., so you can answer the call with confidence.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a mobile terminal according to the present invention and a telephone directory management system for realizing a telephone directory search function in the mobile terminal will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, in order to facilitate understanding, an embodiment of a telephone directory management system including a mobile terminal and a server will be described, not an embodiment of a mobile terminal alone.

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone directory management system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the telephone directory management system includes a mobile terminal 1 such as a mobile phone and a server 9 that stores telephone directory data of the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 can be connected to the public line network 11 and the Internet network 12, and the server 9 is always connected to the Internet network 12. The portable terminal 1 can also be connected to the Internet network 12 at all times.

  The portable terminal 1 includes a public line network communication unit 2 for connecting to the public line network 11, an IP network communication unit 3 for connecting to the Internet network 12, a CPU 4 for controlling each part of the portable terminal 1, a telephone book From the display unit 5 for displaying data and sent / received mail, the operation unit 6 serving as a user interface such as a push button key, the terminal operation memory 7 serving as a minimum memory for operating the mobile terminal 1, the server 9 and the like It has a configuration including a temporary memory 8 for temporarily storing downloaded phone book data and the like.

  The public line network communication unit 2 has a function of performing control for performing a call or communication. When there is an incoming call or communication, or when a call is made, the public line network communication unit 2 is used. Through the telephone line (not shown) of the communication partner connected to the public line network 11 via the telephone line. The IP network communication unit 3 can be connected to the Internet network 12 whenever necessary, or can be always connected. Further, the two communication networks of the public line network 11 and the Internet network 12 can establish communication at the same time. For example, it is possible to perform data communication via the Internet network 12 while making a call via the public line network 11.

  In the database 10 of the server 9, a plurality of storage areas for storing individual information are allocated. For example, a telephone directory database 10a used by Mr. A, a telephone directory database 10b used by Mr. B, a telephone directory database 10c used by Mr. C, and the like are allocated as individual storage areas. Each person's phone book database 10a, 10b, 10c stores each user's phone book data, that is, private information of each user and communication partner, such as personal information, image information, and incoming melody information of many communication partners. Has been. In response to a download request from the mobile terminal 1, desired phone book data can be transmitted from the database 10 of the server 9 to the mobile terminal 1.

  Next, an outline of the operation of the telephone directory management system shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The mobile terminal 1 stores in advance the telephone directory data of a number of destinations in the database 10 of the server 9 from the IP network communication unit 3 via the Internet network 12 in advance. When there is an incoming call to the public line network communication unit 2 of the portable terminal 1 via the public line network 11, the portable terminal 1 first receives the telephone number of the other party from the IP network communication unit 3 via the Internet network 12. Is transmitted to the server 9. Then, the server 9 retrieves desired phone book data from the phone book databases 10a, 10b, and 10c in the database 10. The mobile terminal 1 uses the other party's telephone number as a key, downloads the telephone book data of the incoming communication party from the server 9 via the data communication line of the Internet network 12, for example, the telephone of the name of the other party The book data is displayed on the display unit 5. Alternatively, it is possible to ring an incoming melody according to the destination. Thereby, even if there is no phone book data in the portable terminal 1, the other party can be specified by the display / ringing mode (name, incoming melody, etc.) set by the user almost simultaneously with the incoming call.

That is, according to the present invention, the CPU 4 of the portable terminal 1 and the IP network communication unit 3 constitute telephone book data creating means, and this telephone book data creating means transmits the telephone book data to the server 9 existing on the Internet. And register the function.
In addition, the temporary memory 8 of the portable terminal 1 and the IP network communication unit 3 constitute storage means, and this storage means corresponds to the telephone number from the server 9 when the incoming call is received, using the telephone number of the communication partner that has received the incoming call as a search key. The function of downloading the phone book data to be stored and temporarily storing the phone book data is realized.
Further, the CPU 4 and the display unit 5 of the portable terminal 1 constitute notification means, which extracts the telephone book data stored in the temporary memory 8 and specifies communication partner identification information based on the telephone book data. Is realized in a desired notification form.

The CPU 4 and the IP network communication unit 3 of the portable terminal 1 constitute a registration unit, and this registration unit realizes a function of newly registering or changing the registration of the telephone book data of the communication partner with the server 9.
Further, the database 10 of the server 9 constitutes phone book data storage means, and this storage means updates and stores the phone book data based on the new registration and registration change information received from the registration means of the portable terminal 1. Or the function of transmitting the latest phone book data stored in the database 10 to the portable terminal 1 is realized.

  Next, the operation flow of the telephone directory management system shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail using a flowchart. First, the operation flow of the telephone directory management system when an incoming call is received by the mobile terminal 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when an incoming call is received by the mobile terminal in the telephone directory management system shown in FIG. That is, in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the flow on the mobile terminal side and the flow on the server side are shown according to the flow of operation.

  First, in the flow on the mobile terminal side, in the normal standby state of the mobile terminal 1, the public line network communication unit 2 is in a standby state for incoming calls, and the IP network communication unit 3 is always connected to the Internet network 12 for communication. (Step S1). When the public line network communication unit 2 detects an incoming call from this standby state (step S2), the public line network communication unit 2 acquires the telephone number of the other party from the public line network 11 by a number notification service or the like (step S3). ). Then, the CPU 4 of the mobile terminal 1 immediately sends the IP phone communication unit 3 with the other party's telephone number and the mobile terminal 1's own telephone number or the network carrier-specific identification number acquired together with the information that the incoming call has been received. The data is automatically transmitted from the Internet network 12 to the server 9 (step S4).

  Here, an example of a format of information automatically transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 to the server 9 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data format transmitted from the mobile terminal to the server. That is, in FIG. 4, the “access information” column corresponding to the column (a) in the column is written with “call incoming” information indicating information that the mobile terminal 1 has received a call. When an incoming call is received, the information on the “call incoming” and the information on “0312345678” in the “destination number” field are automatically sent to the mobile terminal 1, so nothing is written in the password field or the keyword field. Absent. Alternatively, the mobile terminal 1 may automatically write a specified value such as “0” in these fields.

  Returning to FIG. 2 again, the transmission information such as the telephone number of the other party in step S4 is transmitted through the Internet 12 to the server 9 on the Internet where the phone book data is registered. The server 9 may be a server prepared by a telecommunications carrier or a personal personal computer that is always connected to the Internet of the user of the mobile terminal 1. That is, the flow on the server side proceeds, and the server 9 receives and identifies the identification number of the mobile terminal 1 (for example, “09012345678” that is “recognition number” in the column (a) in FIG. 4) (step S5). ) To identify why the mobile terminal 1 has accessed. That is, as shown in the column (a) of FIG. 4, it is determined whether or not the access is made by “call incoming” (step S6).

  Here, when the access information is not “call incoming” (No in step S6), the process proceeds to other processing, but when the access information is “call incoming” (Yes in step S6), An area of the database 10 in the server 9 corresponding to the identification number of the portable terminal 1 is accessed. That is, any one of the phone book databases 10a, 10b, and 10c corresponding to the identification number (for example, “09012345678”) of the mobile terminal 1 is accessed (step S7). Next, the server 9 recognizes the telephone number of the incoming call destination, and from any area of the phone book databases 10a, 10b, 10c in the database 10, the telephone directory corresponding to the incoming call destination telephone number. Information (for example, name, image, incoming melody, etc.) is searched (step S8). Then, search data such as the search result name, image, and incoming melody are automatically transmitted as notification data to the IP network communication unit 3 of the portable terminal 1 (step S9).

  Next, moving to the flow on the mobile terminal side, the mobile terminal 1 receives notification data such as an incoming melody transmitted from the server 9 (step S10), and notifies according to the content of the received notification data. For example, if the notification data is a name, it is displayed on the screen, and if it is a ringing melody, the ringing melody is set and a desired ringing tone is played (step S11). In this way, the user of the mobile terminal 1 can know who is calling before taking the call by the displayed name or ringtone of the ringtone, and can make a call with peace of mind. It can start (step S12). Further, when the call ends (step S13), the portable terminal 1 deletes the data of the other party acquired at the time of the incoming call from the temporary memory 8 (step S14), and returns to the standby state (step S15). In addition, if the configuration is such that the phonebook data is deleted after a predetermined time even if it is not deleted immediately at the end of the call, this phonebook data can be used if there is an incoming call again within the predetermined time, so the predetermined time has passed The configuration to delete after that is preferable from the viewpoint of data communication traffic

  By performing such incoming call control on the mobile terminal 1, there is no need to save the phone book data in the main body of the mobile terminal 1, and the user of the mobile terminal 1 can arbitrarily select the incoming call. The name and image of the set partner can be displayed, and the ringtone of the desired melody can be played. In addition, as for the connection mode in which the mobile terminal 1 is connected to the server 9 via the Internet network 12 by the IP network communication unit 3, a continuous connection mode, a flat rate connection mode, etc. are assumed in the future, and further, the communication speed Therefore, downloading of the phone book data can be completed in an instant. For this reason, it takes almost no time to display the name of the communication partner after the download is completed after receiving an incoming call. In addition, by using the flat rate system, a communication fee is not incurred every time the phone book data is downloaded.

  Next, the flow of processing when the mobile terminal 1 performs telephone directory registration will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when the mobile terminal registers the phone book with the server in the phone book management system shown in FIG. That is, in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the flow on the mobile terminal side and the flow on the server side are shown according to the flow of operation.

  First, when the mobile terminal 1 starts telephone directory registration (step S21), it confirms whether it is a new registration or a change in existing registration contents (step S22). Here, when the change of the existing registration content is selected, the mobile terminal 1 accesses the server 9 and transmits the command information for downloading the existing registration content (step S23).

  An example of a data format transmitted from the portable terminal 1 to the server 9 at the time of telephone directory registration is shown in the (b) column of FIG. That is, as shown in the column (b) of FIG. 4, the contents of downloading the “phone book list” are written in the “access information” column. Although nothing is written in the “addressee number” field, a password (for example, “ABCD”) entered by the user when accessing the server 9 is written in the “password” field. Further, in the “keyword” column, keywords of items that the user of the mobile terminal 1 wants to search, such as the name of the other party to download and the telephone number of the other party (for example, “031234”) are written.

  Returning to FIG. 3 again, in the server-side flow, the server 1 gives the identification number of the portable terminal 1 (for example, “09012345678” shown in the column (b) of FIG. 4) included in the command information received from the portable terminal 1. Receiving and identifying (step S24), the reason why the mobile terminal 1 has accessed is identified from "access information" in FIG. For example, it is identified whether or not “phone book list” is downloaded in the “access information” column (step S25), and if “phone book list” is not written to be downloaded (No in step S25). ), Move to other processing. On the other hand, if it is written that the “phone book list” is downloaded (in the case of Yes in step S25), the server 9 determines whether or not “password” can be verified (step S26). If collation is not possible (in the case of collation NG in step S26), the mobile terminal 1 is notified that the “phone book list” cannot be downloaded (step S27), and the phone book change operation is terminated.

  On the other hand, when “password” verification, for example, “ABCD” verification can be performed in step S26 (in the case of verification OK in step S26), the recognition number (for example, “09012345678”) is stored in the database 10 in the server 9. ) Is accessed (step S28), display data is retrieved from the destination telephone number in the database 10 (step S29), and the retrieved display data, that is, the retrieved data is stored in the portable terminal 1. Automatic transmission is performed (step S30). Here, the search data automatically transmitted from the server 9 to the mobile terminal 1 is a list of corresponding names searched based on the keywords transmitted by the mobile terminal 1.

  Accordingly, the flow returns to the flow on the portable terminal side again, and the portable terminal 1 downloads desired telephone directory data to the temporary memory 8 (step S31). The downloaded phone book data is stored in the temporary memory 8 in the portable terminal 1 and a list is displayed on the display unit 5. Then, the user of the portable terminal 1 searches for information on the target phone book data from the list, and determines a person who changes the phone book data (step S32). Then, a download command for all the phone book data relating to the communication partner who has decided to change the phone book data is transmitted to the server 9 (step S33). Furthermore, after transmitting the download instruction of all the data to the server 9, the portable terminal 1 deletes the telephone directory data displayed on the list of the display part 5 from the temporary memory 8 (step S34).

  Note that the format of the download command for all data transmitted from the portable terminal 1 to the server 9 in step S33 is data as shown in the column (c) of FIG. That is, “phone book data” is downloaded and written in the “access information” column. In this case, if the user searches from the downloaded “Phonebook data” list, the password is confirmed when viewing the list, so you do not have to enter it again in the “Password” field. If the phone book data can be downloaded, the trouble of inputting a password can be saved. Similarly, the input in the “keyword” field can be omitted.

  Returning again to FIG. 3, the flow proceeds to the server side, and whether the server 9 is based on the download command information of all data transmitted from the mobile terminal 1, is the command information a phone book data download command? If it is not a download command for telephone directory data (No in step S35), the process proceeds to another process (step S36). On the other hand, if it is a phone book data download command in step S35 (Yes in step S35), download of desired phone book data to the portable terminal 1 is started based on the download command (step S37). Then, returning to the flow on the mobile terminal side again, the mobile terminal 1 downloads the phone book data transmitted from the server 9 and temporarily stores it in the temporary memory 8 (step S38), and the registration contents can be changed. To make sure

  On the other hand, returning to step S22, if the phone book registration is a new registration (in the case of a new registration in step S22), and the phone book data transmitted from the server 9 by the portable terminal 1 in step S38 is stored in the temporary memory 8 In the case of downloading to the user, the user arbitrarily creates each person's telephone directory data in the temporary memory 8 on the portable terminal 1. The contents of the telephone book created at this time are a telephone number, the name of the other party, a nickname, a display image, a ringing melody, a mail address, an address, etc. (step S39). When the user finishes creating the phone book data in the portable terminal 1 in this way, the user transmits the identification number and password together with the phone book data transfer command to the database 10 of the server 9 in which the phone book data is stored. (Step S40).

  At this time, the phone book data transfer command, the identification number, and the password format transmitted from the portable terminal 1 to the server 9 are as shown in the column (d) of FIG. That is, “phone book registration” is written in the “access information” column, and the password (for example, “ABCD”) entered by the user of the mobile terminal 1 is written in the “password” column. Note that nothing may be written in the “keyword” column.

  Returning to FIG. 3 again, the server 9 moves to the flow on the server side, and the server 9 collates the password received from the portable terminal 1 (step S41). If the password collation results do not match (step S41: ), The server 9 transmits a notification of registration failure or password re-transmission to the portable terminal 1 (step S42). In this case, since transfer of the phone book data is rejected, the mobile terminal 1 cannot register the phone book data. On the other hand, if the password verification results match in step S41 (in the case of verification OK in step S41), a transfer start permission signal is transmitted from the server 9 to the portable terminal 1 as information indicating that the transfer start is OK (step S41). S43).

  Again, returning to the flow on the mobile terminal side, the mobile terminal 1 starts automatic transfer of the phone book data created on the temporary memory 8 when receiving the information of the transfer start OK (step S44). When the transfer of the phone book data is completed (step S45), the flow proceeds to the server side, and the server 9 transfers the transferred phone book data to the corresponding phone book database in the database 10 to the personal phone book data. (Step S46). When the registration is completed, the server 9 transmits a registration completion notification to the mobile terminal (step S47).

  Then, the flow moves to the flow on the mobile terminal side, and the mobile terminal 1 receives the registration completion notification (step S48), and deletes the contents of the phone book data at the time when the transfer is completed in step S45 from the temporary memory 8 (step S49). ). At this time, when the registration completion notification comes from the server 9, the mobile terminal 1 can automatically delete the contents of the phone book data, and can inquire the user whether or not to delete the data. It can also be. Then, final phone book data is created in the temporary memory 8, and when the transferred phone book data is deleted, the phone book registration operation is completed, and the next phone book data registration operation can be started. A ready state is set (step S50).

  The mobile terminal 1 registers a large amount of telephone book data with a small memory capacity by sequentially deleting the internal data of the mobile terminal 1 while sequentially transmitting the created telephone book data to the server 9. be able to. In addition, since there is no phone book information inside the mobile terminal 1, even when the mobile terminal 1 is lost or stolen, there is no possibility that the phone book data is misused. In addition, since access to the database 10 existing on the server 9 is also protected by an ID or password, it is possible to prevent the third party from browsing the contents of the phone book information or changing the phone book information without permission. You can also.

  The embodiment described above is an example for explaining the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the invention. In the above embodiment, an example of the format of the phone book data is shown in FIG. 4, but the present invention is not limited to this. Personal data such as still images, moving images, application data, etc. is stored in the database 10 in the server 9. It can be stored in the area and downloaded to the portable terminal 1 using the Internet network 12 whenever necessary. At this time, write “data list” in the “access information” field of FIG. 4 to download a list of stored data, and write “data download” to download actual data. Similar to the example in the phone book, still images, moving images, application data, etc. can be downloaded. By storing the data in the mobile terminal 1 in the server 9 in this way, it is not necessary to mount a large capacity memory in the mobile terminal. In addition, a situation in which the capacity of the memory of the mobile terminal becomes full and old data must be erased does not occur.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, by storing personal information such as phone book data in an information processing device other than the mobile terminal such as a server or a personal computer at home, the phone book data is stored in the mobile terminal itself. And memory for storing image data and the like can be omitted. Further, since the portable terminal can be connected to the public line network and the Internet network at the same time, it can always be connected to the Internet network even while waiting for a call.

  Furthermore, if the mobile terminal transmits the other party's telephone number to the server via the Internet when receiving an incoming call, the name of the other party can be downloaded to a temporary memory and displayed as a screen. As a result, even if the mobile terminal does not have a telephone directory, the name or face image of the other party can be displayed when receiving a call. Further, since the downloaded data is erased from the temporary memory at the end of the call and personal data is not stored in the portable terminal during normal standby, the memory capacity of the buffer such as the temporary memory may be extremely small. Furthermore, the phone book data can be arbitrarily registered from the mobile terminal to the server, and the user of the mobile terminal can arbitrarily register desired information. In addition, the telephone directory data can be displayed on the screen by a method set by the user of the mobile terminal when receiving an incoming call.

  As described above, according to the mobile terminal and the phone book management system of the present embodiment, even if the phone book data is not in the mobile terminal, it can be determined from whom the call arrives before answering the call when a call is received. You can know by name, incoming melody, face image, etc., so you can answer the call with confidence. In addition, the user of the mobile terminal can freely set the method for displaying the caller's name and the screen for specifying the caller when a call is received, and the ringing method for specifying the caller. it can.

  Furthermore, since necessary information such as phone book data is stored on the server side, it is not necessary to install a large-capacity memory in the mobile terminal, resulting in the miniaturization of the mobile terminal and cost reduction. Can be achieved. In addition, since there is no limit on the data capacity and memory capacity for storing the phone book data of the mobile terminal, it is possible to eliminate the user's anxiety that old data must be erased while taking care of the memory capacity. In addition, since personal information is not stored on the mobile terminal side, there is no need to worry about personal information being misused or necessary phone book data being lost when the mobile terminal is stolen or lost. Further, when the mobile terminal is changed, it is possible to save the trouble of moving personal data such as telephone directory data from the old mobile terminal to the new mobile terminal.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the telephone directory management system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when an incoming call is received by a mobile terminal in the telephone directory management system shown in FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when a mobile terminal registers a phone book with a server in the phone book management system shown in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the data format transmitted to a server from a portable terminal.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable terminal, 2 ... Public network communication part, 3 ... IP network communication part, 4 ... CPU, 5 ... Display part, 6 ... Operation part, 7 ... Terminal operation memory, 8 ... Temporary memory, 9 ... Server, 10 ... Database, 10a, 10b, 10c ... Phonebook database, 11 ... Public line network, 12 ... Internet network

Claims (7)

Data creating means for creating data relating to a plurality of communication partners, and transmitting and registering the data to a server;
Data corresponding to the identification information, which is a search result based on the identification information and information indicating the mobile terminal, is retrieved from the server using the identification information for identifying the communication partner received from the communication partner when a call is received. Storage means for downloading and storing the data as the search result ;
Informing means for informing the incoming call based on the data stored in the storage means;
A portable terminal characterized by comprising:   The data is at least one of identification information, a name of a communication partner corresponding to the identification information, a ring tone for notification when an incoming call is received, an image corresponding to the identification information, and unique personal data. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is provided.   The public network for communicating with a communication partner and the Internet network for accessing the server and downloading data are simultaneously connected for communication. Mobile device.   The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the storage means automatically downloads and stores data from the server almost simultaneously with an incoming call.   5. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit deletes the stored data at the end of the communication. A telephone directory management system comprising a mobile terminal and a server,
The portable terminal is
Data creating means for creating data relating to a plurality of communication partners, sending the data to the server and registering the data;
Data corresponding to the identification information, which is a search result based on the identification information and the identification number of the portable terminal, is retrieved from the server using the identification information for identifying the communication partner received from the communication partner when a call is received. Storage means for downloading and storing the data as the search result ;
An informing means for informing the incoming call based on the data stored in the storage means,
The server
Data storage means for storing the data received from the mobile terminal in association with the identification number of the mobile terminal;
Upon receiving a download request for data corresponding to the identification information from the portable terminal, a transmission unit that transmits the data that is a search result based on the identification information and the identification number to the portable terminal;
A telephone directory management system characterized by comprising: The data creation means creates data relating to a communication partner, performs new registration and registration change,
The data storage means updates and stores the data based on instructions for new registration and registration change from the data creation means,
The telephone directory management system according to claim 6.

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