JP2000078654A - Method for transmitting message in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the method for sending a message in a mobile communication terminal with excellent operability where a mail is simply transmitted with a few procedures. SOLUTION: An opposite party of a transmission destination is entered at first (S102), when the transmission destination displayed on a display section is OK (S104), a message service key to execute mail transmission is depressed (S106). When the message service key is depressed, since the display section displays an entry menu of a new message (S108), a key operation section enters the new message and a speech key is depressed, then transmission of the message is finished (S112). Furthermore, in the case of transmitting a message with a set option, 'option' is selected by an operation of a prescribed key, after setting a desired option relating to the transmission message (S110) and the speech key is depressed, then the transmission of the message is finished (S112).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal, more specifically, a mobile communication terminal having a function of transmitting a message such as an electronic mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile communication terminals such as portable telephones and PHSs have become more sophisticated, and mobile communication terminals having not only voice communication but also a mail function capable of transmitting and receiving text messages have been developed. Sold. For example, when transmitting a message using a mobile phone, a PHS, or the like, the transmission message is temporarily stored in a mail center, and then the transmission message is transmitted to a transmission destination via the mail center.

[0003] A procedure from creation of a transmission message by this type of portable telephone or PHS to transmission thereof will be described below. (1) Perform a predetermined key operation to enter the message service mode. (2) When there are a plurality of applications, for example, a normal transmission, a broadcast transmission, a broadcast with a reply, a circulation board, and the like, a desired function is selected from these applications. (3) The communication medium of the transmission destination (mobile phone, E-mail
Etc.). (4) Specify the transmission destination. (5) Create a transmission message. (6) Set options (notification sound, privacy level, etc.). (7) Send the message.

[0004]

However, the mail function in the prior art required a complicated procedure (key operation) before transmitting a message as described above. For this reason, there was a problem that a message could not be easily transmitted. In particular, in a mobile phone, a PHS, or the like, since a message is transmitted from a destination, the operability of easily transmitting an e-mail with a small number of steps is very important.

[0005] In addition, the above procedure was followed in order to transmit a message. However, if a telephone call was to be made directly, a dial input or the like of the transmission destination was necessary again, and no flexible response was taken. . In addition,
When trying to make a dial call and suddenly want to switch to message transmission, the operability was poor and it took a lot of time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems of the prior art and to provide a message transmission method in a mobile communication terminal which is excellent in operability and enables easy mail transmission with a small number of procedures.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal, in which a message transmission function is started after designating a destination of a message to create a transmission message. Then, a message is created on this message creation screen, and the message is sent to the destination.

Further, according to the present invention, a message transmission method in a mobile communication terminal comprises an application in a message transmission function such as a broadcast transmission, a broadcast transmission with a reply, and a circulation board, which is constituted by a plurality of members. A desired group is selected from the registered mail groups at the time of transmitting a message. After the group is selected, when the message transmission function is activated, the screen shifts to a message creation screen for creating a message, and a message to be sent to the destination is created on the message creation screen to transmit the message.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a message transmitting method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, that is, a functional block diagram of a mobile communication terminal having a message transmission function.

The mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment has a microcomputer (M) that controls the entire terminal device.
PU) 50, and a key operation unit 60 provided with various keys for inputting a telephone number, inputting a text message, registering in an electronic telephone directory, setting a mail group, and the like.
An E ² PROM 62 for storing data registered in an electronic telephone directory and data set as a mail group;
LCD for displaying telephone numbers and message information input from the key operation unit 60 or icons for various operation modes
And the like, and a display unit 64 including The display unit 6
For example, in the case of transmitting a message, the message 4 indicates, in addition to the message to be transmitted, a message being transmitted, success or failure of message transmission, and the like.

The terminal device also includes a vibration motor 66 that vibrates the device when an incoming call is made to notify the incoming call, an antenna 68 that receives a radio wave from the base station or transmits a radio wave to the base station, and an antenna 68. An RF circuit 70 for performing RF transmission processing or RF reception processing on audio signals and data signals transmitted and received by the speaker, a speaker 72, and a microphone 74. The terminal device further performs an AF process on the reception signal that has been subjected to the RF reception processing in the RF circuit 70 to output a sound from the speaker 72, and performs an AF process on an audio signal input from the microphone 74 to output the AF signal to the RF circuit 70. 76
Is provided.

The MPU 50 has a CPU 51 and an R
OM52, RAM53, clock 54, I / O port 5
5 and a timer 56. CPU 51
The RAM 53 operates in synchronization with a clock supplied from the clock 54, and executes a specified process based on a program stored in the ROM 52 and defining an operation processing procedure of the terminal device. The RAM 53 stores operation data and external information. Execute using The CPU 51 also has an I / O port 55
Is connected to each component other than the MPU 50 via the MPU 50, and performs predetermined functions by transmitting and receiving signals and data.

An operation procedure and operation of an embodiment of a message transmission function particularly related to the present invention will be described below with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 1 and a functional block diagram of FIG. In the present embodiment, when performing e-mail transmission, instead of first transitioning to the e-mail transmission mode as in the related art,
When the power is turned on and the apparatus is in the standby state (S100), the destination terminal of the transmission destination is input first (S102). At this time, a telephone number or an e-mail address may be input using the dial keys of the key operation unit 60, or a destination is searched for by a telephone directory function including a memory dial or a call history, and transmission is performed from the search destination. You may search ahead. The transmission destination selected in this way is displayed on the display unit 64 under the control of the CPU 51 (S104).

If the destination displayed on the display section 64 is acceptable, the user presses a message service key for executing mail transmission (S106). Note that, in the present embodiment, the message service key is the key operation unit 6 like the call key.
Since it is assigned as an independent key of 0, it is possible to easily transit to the mail mode with one key. When the message service key is pressed, the CPU 51 displays a new message input screen on the display unit 64 (S1).
08).

When a new message is input by the key operation unit 60 and the input message is determined as a transmission message, the CPU 51 displays a selection screen of “transmission / option” on the display unit 60, for example. If the message is to be transmitted as it is, the transmission is executed by pressing, for example, a call key of the key operation unit 60 in a state where “transmission” is selected (S112). In addition, when setting the option and sending, the "Option"
Is selected, and options relating to the transmission message are set (S110). As options, for example, "party notification sound", "privacy level", "delivery confirmation setting",
“Priority setting”, “partner PIN number”, “designation of distribution terminal”, and the like are prepared, and a desired function can be selected from these when transmitting.

[0016] Specifically, the "party notification sound" is a function that gives a sound when a message is delivered to a destination, and the "privacy level" is that a password is required when reading a message, and the message can be transferred or edited. It is a function to prevent it. “Delivery confirmation setting” is a function of receiving from the center a distribution result indicating whether or not the message has reached the other party, and “Priority setting” is a function of notifying the other party of the priority of the message. Further, the "party PIN number" is a function for registering a corresponding PIN number when a 4-digit recite number is set to permit the destination terminal to accept an incoming call. Is a function to specify When the setting of the options is completed, the "Send / Option" selection screen is displayed. As described above, the call key is pressed in this state to execute the transmission (S11).
2).

When the call key is depressed and the message is transmitted, the CPU 51 displays the message "transmitting message" on the display unit 64, and when the message reaches the other party safely, the character "message transmitted" is displayed. Is displayed. On the other hand, if the message cannot be transmitted to the other party, the CPU 51
Displays on the display section 64 the characters "Message could not be sent" and "Please check delivery unconfirmed delivery".

On the other hand, when the message transmission is not performed, the transmission destination is displayed on the display unit 64 in step S1.
The call key is pressed in the state of 04 (S116). By this operation, a dial call, which is a normal call process, is performed (S118), and a call is started by a response operation of the partner terminal (S120). As described above, FIG. 1 shows the processing flow when mail is sent to an individual, but in the present embodiment, the same message can be sent to a plurality of parties using a mail group.

An embodiment in which the same message is transmitted to a plurality of parties will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Applications (functions) for transmitting the same message to a plurality of parties include, for example, broadcast transmission, broadcast with reply, and a circulation board. The broadcast transmission and the broadcast with reply function are functions in which the transmitting side sequentially transmits mail to a plurality of parties. The difference between broadcast transmission and broadcast with reply is that the response from the receiver is not received but the broadcast with reply is received. In addition, the circular notice is also called relay mail, and the terminal that received the mail sends the mail to the next destination specified in this mail,
This is the function to receive the mail sent by the terminal that sent the mail last.

When mail is sent by such an application, the application to be executed and its members are registered in a mail group. In this registration,
In the present embodiment, an electronic telephone directory in which personal telephone numbers and the like shown in FIG. 3 are registered is used. In the example of the electronic telephone directory shown in FIG. 3, there are items for registering “name”, “reading”, “telephone number” and “PIN number”, and necessary items are registered in these items. For example, if a PIN number has been registered in the other party's terminal and the corresponding PIN number is registered here, it is not necessary to enter the PIN number one by one at the option setting when making a call, and the erroneous input is also prevented. it can.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show the contents at the time of registration of the mail group.
FIGS. 5A and 5B show the contents registered in FIG. 4 at different angles. That is, FIG. 4A shows a registration example in which the application of the “circulation board” is set in the memory group 1 that is the first memory group, and the group name is “company”. Further, the members to be registered in the group 1 are searched from the electronic telephone directory of FIG. 3 and “Sato”, “Suzuki” and “Ito” are designated.

Similarly, FIG. 4B shows a registration example in which an application of “broadcast transmission” is set in the memory group 2 and the group name is “friend”. The members to be registered in the group 2 are searched from the electronic telephone directory of FIG. 3 and "Sugano", "Kimura", "Kamiya", and "Nagao" are designated. As shown in FIG. 5, in each mail group, a group name, an application name, and a plurality of members are registered by being linked to an electronic telephone directory. When the registered mail group name is selected and the message transmission function is activated, the CPU 51 executes the mail function registered for each group. FIG. 6 shows an operation flow of an operation procedure when a message service is performed using a registered mail group. Hereinafter, a case where the same message is transmitted to a plurality of parties will be described with reference to FIG.

In the power-on standby state (S
200), when a mail group is selected by a predetermined key operation (S202), the CPU 51 displays the selected group name and the execution application name registered in association with this group on the display unit 64. If the message service key is pressed in this state (S204), the CP
U51 displays a new message input screen on the display unit 64 (S206). After the message is created, if the message is to be sent as it is, the call key is pressed to send the message. When setting the above-mentioned options, after setting the options (S208), a message is transmitted (S210).

More specifically, for example, if the group of “company” shown in FIG. 4A is selected, “Sato”, “Suzuki”
And the application of "circulation board" is automatically executed for "Ito". Also, if the group of “friends” shown in FIG. 4B is selected, “Sugano”, “Kimura”,
The application of “broadcast transmission” is automatically executed for “Kamiya” and “Nagao”. As described above, even when these applications are used, message transmission can be performed with a very small number of operations as compared with the related art.

As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, after selecting a transmission destination or a group name,
By simply pressing the message service key, selection and setting can be automatically performed for an application or the like, and it is possible to shift to a message creation screen and send an e-mail. Therefore, message transmission can be performed without requiring complicated key operations as in the related art.

[0026]

As described above, according to the method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal of the present invention, detailed settings of a transmission destination do not have to be made each time, and a message can be transmitted with a small number of key operations. Since it is possible, improvement in operability for the user can be expected. In addition, since it is possible to select whether to make a call or to send a message after selecting a destination, even when changing from a telephone to a message transmission after selecting a destination, there is no need to perform the operation again from the beginning. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a message transmission method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a message transmission method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of registration of an electronic telephone directory according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing registered contents of a mail group according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing registration contents of the mail group shown in FIG. 4 in another format.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when using the circulation board or broadcast transmission function shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

50 MPU 51 CPU 52 ROM 53 RAM 54 clock 55 I / O port 56 timer 60 key operation unit 62 E ² PROM 64 display unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] In a method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal, a message transmission function is started after designating a destination of a message, and the display is shifted to a message generation screen for generating a transmission message, and a message is generated on the message generation screen. And transmitting a message to the transmission destination. 2. The method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the transmission destination is selected and specified by a telephone directory function including a dial key or a memory dial, or a transmission / reception history. Message transmission method in mobile communication terminal. 3. The method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, further comprising selecting means for selecting whether the transmission destination is to be specified, and then selecting whether to make a dial call or to transmit the message. A message transmission method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized by: 4. The method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein said selecting means selects whether dial transmission or message transmission is performed by pressing a predetermined operation key. Message transmission method in mobile communication terminal. 5. A method for transmitting a message in a mobile communication terminal, wherein an application in a message transmission function such as a broadcast transmission, a broadcast with a reply, and a circular notice board corresponds to a mail group composed of a plurality of members. At the time of sending a message, a desired group is selected from the registered mail groups, and then, when the message sending function is activated, the screen shifts to a message creating screen for creating a message. A message transmission method in a mobile communication terminal, wherein a message is transmitted after a transmission message to be sent to the transmission destination is created on a screen. 6. The message transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the message transmission function is activated by one key after specifying a transmission destination, and shifts to a message creation screen for creating a message. Message transmission method in mobile communication terminal.