JP2000004281A - Production of telephone memo - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively perform telephone communication by utilizing an electronic note, a portable information terminal, etc., by providing a telephone set with an infrared communication device and transmitting the other party telephone number to the portable information terminal. SOLUTION: A telephone set 1 includes an infrared communication device. A telephone number register stores the other party telephone number that is dialed when called and the other party telephone number that is received on a number display at the time of receiving a call. When a communication button is pressed down and the transmission of the other party telephone number is indicated during speech communication, content of the telephone number register is synchronized with a clock, sent to a modulator, modulated there, amplified by an amplifier and added to an infrared ray emitting diode. The ray going outside reaches a portable information terminal 7 through an optical path 9. In such a case, the terminal 7 also incorporates the same kind of infrared communication device. Thus, it becomes unnecessary to mount functions such as a telephone directory and handwriting memo which are standardly included in a portable information terminal in the telephone set.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to telephone communications,
More specifically, the present invention refers to a telephone memo creation function during communication, and relates to a telephone memo creation method in an information communication system including at least a telephone and a portable information device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-35043 discloses a telephone, a character / graphic input device, a display, a keyboard handwritten character recognition device, a clock device, a character / graphic storage memory, and a control device for these devices. And a bus circuit connecting these devices, and when connected to a telephone subscriber line, when calling or receiving a call, the character / graphic corresponding to the number is automatically called from the storage memory and displayed on the display screen. During a call or during a non-call, a memo about the contents of a call is added to the screen or a new screen is added, and when the ending or the storage is instructed, the memo is stored in the character / graphic storage memory corresponding to the other party number. .

[0003]

For example, in a company,
There are around 10 telephones near each person. Having each of the telephones in the above-described configuration is costly. Furthermore, when a person answers a nearby telephone, the telephone often does not have the necessary information entered therein, and the telephone has no personal information. Can not leave a memo. The same is true for home phones, where privacy is a concern, no information is entered, and no notes are taken.

[0004] Further, if a telephone is installed at the front door or the like at home, it is difficult to input information to the telephone and use the acquired memo. An object of the present invention is to make telephone communication effective using an electronic notebook, a portable information terminal, or the like, which has already become widespread.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone memo making method comprising a telephone provided with a wireless communication means such as an infrared ray and a communication executing means for executing the communication, and a wireless communication means such as an infrared ray. A telephone memo making method in an information communication system including a portable information device such as an electronic organizer, wherein the telephone number data of the other party is transmitted from the telephone to the portable information device by wireless communication such as infrared rays. The information device displays information on the telephone number,
A phone memo creation method characterized in that a memo function for allowing a user to write data in the portable information device can be executed.

A telephone memo making method according to claim 2, wherein the portable information device saves the memo created each time a call is made by sequentially adding a number or date. This is how to create a phone memo.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the telephone memo creating method, the portable information device displays a means for numbering a memo created in the past or a means for adding a date, and displays the information. 3. The telephone memo creation method according to claim 2, wherein the contents can be confirmed by instructing each of the performed means.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings based on an example of a portable information terminal.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a telephone and 7 is a portable information terminal. Reference numeral 2 denotes a button group. Reference numeral 3 denotes a button for instructing reception of a calling number when the telephone is not in a call, and for instructing transmission of the other party's telephone number during a call. 4 is a handset, 5 is its code, and 6 is a telephone subscriber line. A display device 8 is provided on the upper surface of the portable information terminal 7. The display device 8 is composed of liquid crystal, and the number of dots is, for example, 239 (horizontal) and 168 (vertical). On the surface of the display device 8, a tablet for detecting a touch position is overlaid. Many portable information terminals 7 are already commercially available, and include a telephone directory, a schedule, a handwritten memo with a pen,
Has functions such as infrared communication.

The telephone 1 incorporates an infrared communication device. The transmitting unit is as shown in FIG. 2, and the receiving unit is as shown in FIG. The telephone number register 10 contains the telephone number of the other party dialed when calling, and the telephone number received on the "number display" when receiving a call. During communication, when the communication button 3 is pressed to instruct transmission of the other party's telephone number, the contents of the telephone number register 10 are sent to the modulator 11 in synchronization with the clock, and are modulated there.
The signal is amplified by the amplifier 12 and applied to the infrared light emitting diode 13. The light emitted to the outside reaches the portable information terminal 7 through the optical path 9.

During a non-call, when the communication button 3 is pressed to instruct reception of the other party's telephone number, the portable information terminal 7 transmits the light path 9
The light arriving through is detected by the photodiode 20, the signal is amplified by the amplifier 21, demodulated by the demodulator 22, and received by the telephone number register 23 in synchronization with the clock. Also,
A similar infrared communication device is incorporated in the portable information terminal 7.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation when the communication button 3 of the telephone 1 is pressed. Communication button 3
Is depressed (S1), it is determined whether the telephone is busy (S2). If the telephone is busy, it is determined whether the other party's telephone number is in the telephone number register 10 (S3).

If so, the other party's telephone number is transmitted (S4).

If not, wait until the telephone number of the other party is determined. If no call is in progress, a telephone number is received from the portable information terminal 7 (S5).

When the telephone number is correctly received (S6), a calling operation is performed (S7).

If the reception of the telephone number cannot be completed, the reception is continued.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation when using the portable information terminal 7 during a call. To start the software of the present invention (S10), the user may touch a button on the display device 8 indicating the same, or may start automatically when the portable information terminal 7 is turned on. . The portable information terminal 7 starts receiving the other party's telephone number (S11).

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the portable information terminal 7 is arranged with the infrared communication device facing thereto, and the communication button 3 of the telephone 1 is pressed to instruct transmission of the other party's telephone number. When the reception of the telephone number is completed (S12), a field related to the telephone number in the telephone directory is searched (S13).

When there is a corresponding telephone number (S14),
Information such as a name, a telephone number, and a company name, a plurality of memo buttons related to memos created in the past, memo buttons related to memos to be created, and a handwritten area of the memo are displayed (S15).

FIG. 6 shows an example of the display. Information such as a name, a telephone number, and a company name is displayed in an area 30, and a button and a date of a new handwritten memo created in the past are displayed in an area 3.
1 is displayed. “Memo 17” on the bottom line is a memo that can be created. An area 32 is an area for a handwritten memo that can be input using an attached pen. During or after the call, the remaining memo is stored as "memo 17". If no handwritten memo is left, “memo 17” is not stored. If a past memo button in the area 31 is touched, the content is displayed in the area 32.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone is provided with the infrared communication device, and the telephone number of the other party can be transmitted to the portable information terminal. There is no need to add functions such as text and handwritten notes.

Further, since the portable information terminal can be carried around freely, there is no privacy problem, and the input information and the acquired memo can be effectively used.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a memo can be numbered and left in chronological order.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily confirm a memo left unwritten in the past.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an apparatus configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a transmission unit of the infrared communication device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a receiving unit of the infrared communication device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the telephone according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the portable information terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display unit according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone 2 Button group 3 Transmission instruction button 4 Handset 5 Code 6 Telephone subscriber line 7 Personal digital assistant 8 Display device 9 Optical path 10 Telephone number register 11 Modulator 12 Amplifier 13 Infrared light emitting diode 20 Photodiode 21 Amplifier 22 Demodulator 23 Telephone number Register 30, 31, 32 area

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information communication system comprising: a telephone equipped with a wireless communication means such as an infrared ray and a communication execution means for executing the communication; and a portable information device such as an electronic notebook provided with a wireless communication means such as an infrared ray. In the method of creating a phone memo, the telephone number data of the other party is transmitted from the telephone to the portable information device by wireless communication such as infrared rays, and the portable information device displays information about the telephone number,
A method for creating a telephone memo, wherein the memo function allows a user to write data to the portable information device. 2. The telephone memo creating method according to claim 1, wherein the portable information device saves the memo created each time a call is made by sequentially adding a number or a date. 3. The portable information device displays a unit that has performed numbering on a memo created in the past or a unit that has added date, and indicates each of the displayed units. 3. The telephone memo creation method according to claim 2, wherein the contents can be confirmed.