JP2001078256A - Mobile telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the need for an origination signal system preferential operation for saving a telephone charge by automatically selecting an origination signal system of this station side for a cheaper line use charge for a call with an origination destination according to the discriminated signal system of the originating destination. SOLUTION: When a user indicates origination through a user operation part 104, a control part 103 requests a preferential origination destination judging means 106 to make a judgment. Through this judgment, the starting three digits are extracted from, e.g. the telephone number of the origination destination to instruct the control part 3 to originate preferentially with a signal system 1 which is cheap in line use charge when the starting three digits match '090', a signal system 2 which is cheap in line use charge when '070', and the signal system 2 which is cheap in line use charge in neither case. The preferential origination destination judging means 106 automatically select the best origination signal system for the origination source judging from the origination destination telephone number at the time of origination and stored information in a storage means 107 for line use charges.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile telephone device capable of controlling a plurality of signal systems, which automatically determines a signal system to be prioritized when making a call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional mobile telephone apparatus which can use a plurality of signal systems will be described with reference to FIG. This mobile telephone device uses, for example, a signal system (hereinafter, referred to as a mobile phone).
A radio unit 501, for example, PHS (Pe
rsonal handyphone system)
Signaling method used in the following (hereinafter referred to as signaling method 2)
The wireless communication unit 502 includes a wireless unit 502, a control unit 503, a user operation unit 504, a display unit 505, and the like.

[0005] The signal type 1 radio section 501 transmits and receives a radio signal of the signal type 1. Signaling system 2 Radio unit 5
02 is for transmitting and receiving a radio signal of the signaling system 2. The control unit 503 controls transmission and reception of the signaling system 1 wireless unit 501 and the signaling system 2 wireless unit 502.
The user operation unit 504 transmits operation information based on a user operation to the control unit 503. The display unit 505
It displays information such as user operation information and wireless status.

[0004] This mobile telephone device can select a preferential transmission signal system from among the signal system 1 and the signal system 2 by a user's operation, and perform communication using the selected transmission signal system.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned conventional mobile telephone apparatus has the following problems. First
The problem is that the signal system of the call destination cannot be automatically determined from the telephone number of the call destination, so that the caller cannot automatically select the call method using the signal system with a low line usage fee. A second problem is that the user needs time and effort to perform the operation because the transmission signal system to be prioritized is selected by the operation of the user.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to automatically select a transmission signal system of a transmission source with a low line usage fee,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile telephone device capable of eliminating the need for a troublesome transmission signal system priority operation by a user to save a call charge.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A mobile telephone device according to the present invention identifies a signaling system of a calling party and establishes a communication with the calling party based on the identified signaling system of the calling party. The present embodiment is provided with own-station-side signaling system selection means for automatically selecting an own-station-side outgoing signal system that results in a lower line usage fee during a call.

The mobile telephone device of the present invention identifies the signaling system of the calling party, and lowers the line usage fee when connecting from the own station side to the calling party of the identified signaling system to make a call. The signal system of the local station is automatically selected and prioritized from the signal systems that can be selected by the local station, and connected to the transmission destination with the preferential signal system of the local station. By making the call possible, the line charge required for the call between the local station side and the call destination is suppressed to a low line charge, and the call charge can be reduced, and the call charge is reduced. Eliminates the need for cumbersome operations.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention relates to a mobile telephone device capable of controlling a plurality of signaling systems. Is automatically determined as to whether transmission should be performed, and transmission to the other party is performed using the determined signal method.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile telephone device according to the present embodiment. The mobile telephone device includes a signaling type 1 radio unit 101 that enables a call using a signaling method (hereinafter referred to as a signaling method 1) used in a mobile phone, for example.
For example, PHS (Personal handyphon)
e system) (hereinafter, referred to as a signal system).
Signaling system 2 that enables calls using signaling system 2)
It comprises a radio section 102, a control section 103, a user operation section 104, a display section 105, a priority transmission destination determination section (local station side signal mode selection section, signal mode priority section) 106, transmission / reception antennas AN1, AN2, and the like. .

The signal system 1 wireless unit 101 transmits and receives a radio signal of the signal system 1 used in a mobile phone or the like. The signaling system 2 wireless unit 102 transmits and receives wireless signals of the signaling system 2 used in PHS and the like. The control unit 103 controls transmission and reception of the signaling system 1 wireless unit 101 and the signaling system 2 wireless unit 102. The user operation unit 104 transmits operation information by a user operation to the control unit 103. The display unit 105 displays information such as user operation information and wireless status. The priority transmission destination determination means 106 automatically selects an optimal transmission signal system for the transmission destination by judging from the transmission destination telephone number at the time of transmission.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the configuration of FIG. 1 with the addition of a line usage fee storage means (own station side signal system selection means, line usage fee information storage means) 107. Are line usage fee information 301 per minute according to the signal system of the caller and the callee, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, and a three-digit telephone number from the beginning of the callee's telephone number. The communication system 1 holds signaling system 1 and signaling system 2 such as a mobile phone and PHS of a calling party, which are clarified from the number information, and further holds calling party information 302 for discriminating a general telephone line in the case of a general subscriber telephone. I have. Note that the line usage fee information 301 and the destination information 302 stored in the line usage fee etc. storage means 107 can be changed when the situation changes due to the user of the mobile telephone device or the like. is there. Then, the priority transmission destination determination unit 106 determines from the storage information of the storage unit 107 such as the transmission destination telephone number and the line usage fee at the time of the transmission,
Automatically select the optimal transmission signal system at the source.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a characteristic operation of the mobile telephone device according to the present embodiment.
6 shows an example of the processing procedure. In FIG. 4, when the user instructs the transmission from the user operation unit 104, the control unit 103 requests the priority transmission destination determination unit 106 to make a determination. This determination is made by extracting the first three digits from the telephone number of the call destination (step S1, call destination signal type identification means), and then, the extracted three digits are "09".
(Step S2, transmission destination signaling system identification means), and as a result, the first three digits are "090".
Is determined, the transmission destination is determined to be the signaling system 1, and the transmission system of the transmission source connected to the transmission destination of the signaling system 1 and having a low line charge, that is, the signaling system 1
Instruct the control unit 103 to give priority to transmission.

In step S2, if the first three digits do not match "090", it is further determined whether the first three digits are "070" (step S3, transmission destination signal system identification means). If the first three digits match "070", it is determined that the transmission destination is signaling system 2,
The control unit 103 instructs the control unit 103 to transmit the signal using the signaling method of the transmission source connected to the transmission destination of the signaling method 2 and having a low line charge, that is, the transmission with the priority of the signaling method 2.

If it is determined in steps S2 and S3 that neither the signaling method 1 nor the signaling method 2 is used, the calling party is determined to be a general telephone line, and the signaling method with a low line usage fee, The control unit 103 is instructed to perform transmission with the signaling system 2 priority at the transmission source.

The signal system 1 radio unit 10 shown in FIG.
1. Signaling system 2 Radio unit 102, control unit 103, user operation unit 104, and display unit 105 are well known to those skilled in the art and are not directly related to the present invention. Omitted.

Next, the operation for determining the signal system in steps S2 and S3 in the flowchart of FIG. 4 will be further described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, first, a judgment condition is acquired (step S11, a transmission destination signal system identification unit). Acquisition of this determination condition is performed by calling destination information 30 shown in FIG.
2, for example, "090" for the first three digits of the telephone number
Is read from the line usage fee etc. storage means 107, and then the first three digits of the read telephone number are compared with the destination telephone number operated by the user on the user operation unit 104 (step S12). , The other party's signaling method identification means) determines whether the first three digits of the telephone number match or not, and if not, the next determination, ie, "070" for the first three digits of the telephone number is sent to the line. The data is read from the usage fee storage means 107, and the first three digits of the read telephone number are compared with the destination telephone number operated by the user operating unit 104 by key operation (step S).
15).

In step S12, if the first three digits of the telephone number read from the line usage fee etc. storage means 107 match the telephone number of the destination key operated by the user operation unit 104, the destination telephone number The signaling system is determined to be the signaling system 1, and then the line usage fee information 301 corresponding to the determined signaling system 1 shown in FIG.
Transmission destination signal system identification means). In this case, as is clear from FIG. 3A, the line usage fee information corresponding to the case where the transmission destination is the signaling method 1 is 100 yen and 140 yen, and the transmission signal method of the transmission source is the signaling method 1. Or the signaling method 2.

Subsequently, the transmission source determines the signal system 1 and the signal system 2 based on the judgment of the magnitude of the line usage fee corresponding to the case where the transmission signal system of the transmission source is the signaling system 1 and the case where the transmission system is the signaling system 2. It is determined which of the two methods is used to make the line usage fee lower (step S1).
4, transmission destination signal system identification means). In step S14, it is determined whether the line usage fee corresponding to the signaling method 1 is lower than the line usage fee corresponding to the signaling method 2. In this case, if the destination is signaling system 1 and the originating signaling system is signaling system 1, the line usage fee is 10
If the destination is signaling system 1 and the originating signaling system is signaling system 2, the line usage fee is 140 yen. As a result, the signal system with the lower line usage fee, that is, the signaling system 1 of the transmission source is prioritized, and transmission is performed using the signaling system 1 (step S16, step ST17, step ST17).
Transmission destination signal system identification means).

Note that the line usage fee in FIG. 3A may be changed, and is not always the same as the line usage fee in FIG. 3A. The relationship between the line usage fee when the outgoing signal system is signaling system 1 and the line usage fee when the destination is signaling system 1 and the originating outgoing signaling system is signaling system 2 is reversed. It is also possible. Therefore, in such a case, the process proceeds to step S16 based on the determination result of step S14, and in any case, the transmission signal system of the transmission source with the lower line usage fee is given priority.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the transmission signal system of the transmission source that is most appropriate at the time of transmission (the one with the lower line usage fee) is determined by the signal system of the transmission destination. , Automatically select according to the line usage fee information when connected to the destination of the signal system, and automatically select the calling signal system of the source with the lowest line usage fee at the time of outgoing, so every time you send There is an effect that it is possible to provide a mobile telephone device in which a user does not have to select a transmission signal system.

Further, the line usage fee and the criterion for determining the destination telephone number are specified by the destination telephone number operated by the user, and automatic determination is made based on the destination telephone number operated by the user. Since the transmission signal system of the transmission source with the lowest line usage fee is selected, even if the line usage fee is changed, it is stored in the line usage fee etc. storage means 107 in FIG. It is possible to provide a mobile telephone device that can automatically respond as long as the line usage fee is changed, and that can save troublesome operations such as changing the outgoing signal method used by the user each time the user uses the connection. effective.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the signaling system of the transmission destination is identified, and the communication with the transmission destination is performed based on the identified signaling system of the transmission destination. The system is configured to include the local station signal system selection means that allows selection of the local station's transmission signal system that results in a lower line usage fee, so the line usage fee between the local station and the destination is lower. Automatically give priority to the transmission signal method of the local station side, and can perform a call between the local station side and the call destination, thereby automatically reducing the line usage fee without any troublesome operation. There is an effect that a call can be made between the local station side and the call destination.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention to which a storage means such as a line usage fee is added.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of line usage fee information stored in a storage device such as a line usage fee of the mobile telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a characteristic operation of the mobile telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention for determining the signaling system of the call destination.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

106... Priority transmission destination determination means (own station side signal system selection means, signal system priority means), 107... Line usage fee storage means (own station side signal system selection means, line usage fee information storage means), step S1, step S2, step S
3, step S11, step S12, step S1
3, step S14, step S16, step S17
... Transmission destination signaling system identification means.

Claims (6)

[Claims] In a mobile telephone device capable of making a call by prioritizing any one of a plurality of signal systems, a signal system of a call destination is identified, and a signal system of the identified call destination is also identified. And an own-station-side signaling system selecting means for automatically selecting an own-station-side outgoing signaling system that results in a lower line usage fee in a call with the calling party. Mobile phone equipment. 2. The local station signal system selecting means includes: a transmitting destination signaling system identifying means for identifying a signaling system of a transmitting destination when transmitting a signal; and a signaling system selectable by the local station. Line usage fee information storage means for storing line usage fee information according to the signaling system of the transmission destination, the signaling system of the transmission destination identified by the transmission destination signaling system identification unit, and the line usage fee information storage unit Based on the line usage fee information stored in the above, automatically selects and prioritizes a signal system of the local station which has a lower line usage fee in a call between the local station and the call destination. 2. The mobile telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising system priority means. 3. The mobile communication system according to claim 2, wherein said calling party signaling system identification means identifies the signaling system of the calling party based on the telephone number of the calling party when making a call. Telephone equipment. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the identification of the signaling system of the transmission destination by the transmission destination signaling system identifying means is performed based on the telephone number of the transmission destination of the first three digits. A mobile telephone device as described. 5. The line usage fee information storage means includes: a signaling system selectable on the local station side; a signaling system of a transmission destination for each signaling scheme; and a signaling system selectable on the local station side. The mobile telephone device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein line usage fee information corresponding to the signaling system of the call destination is stored. 6. The signaling system selectable on the own station side is a signaling system used as a PHS and a mobile phone, and the signaling system of the transmission destination is used as a PHS, a mobile phone and a general telephone line. 6. The mobile telephone device according to claim 5, wherein the mobile telephone device uses a signaling method.