JP2002044221A - Telephone device and information registering/searching method therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to guess the origin of an incoming call with an unregistered telephone number, to easily register a telephone number and information such as the designation or address corresponding to the telephone number, and to search an already registered telephone number even when the user forgets the registration name in searching the already registered telephone number. SOLUTION: An area code and the place name of the area code are preliminarily stored so as to be made correspond to each other in an area code/place name data storing part 103. When called, an area code detecting part 101 detects the area code from the received telephone number. Moreover, a place name searching part 102 searches the place name data corresponding to the detected area code from the area code/place name data storing part 103. Then, the received place name data are displayed at a display 104.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone in a mobile communication system, a mobile station device such as an information terminal device having a portable telephone function and a computer function, and a telephone device and a telephone such as a stationary wired telephone. The present invention relates to an information registration / retrieval method in a device and a telephone device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a telephone apparatus of this type, a telephone apparatus, and an information registration / retrieval method in the telephone apparatus, there is a method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-264643.

[0003] A conventional telephone device having a function of displaying a received telephone number on a display unit is generally known. In addition, a specific telephone number is stored in advance in a storage unit in the telephone device together with information such as a destination name of the number, and when this stored telephone number is received, a storage telephone number that matches the received telephone number is stored. 2. Description of the Related Art There is a telephone device having a function of detecting a number and displaying information such as a destination name associated with the detected telephone number on the display unit together with the detected telephone number.

[0004]

However, in the conventional apparatus, when a call is received from a telephone number that is not registered in advance, even if the telephone number is displayed on the display unit, where is the call received from? There is a problem that I have no idea at all.

Further, when registering a new telephone number in the storage unit in the telephone device, when registering an address in addition to the telephone number and name, an input unit such as a numeric keypad of the telephone device must be used. There is such a problem.

Further, when a user searches for a telephone number registered in a telephone device, if the associated registered name is not appropriate or if the user forgets the registered name, the search is performed. There is a problem that can not be.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such a point, it is possible to determine from where to call even when receiving a call with an unregistered telephone number, the telephone number and the name corresponding to this number Information such as addresses can be easily registered,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device, a telephone device, and an information registration / retrieval method in a telephone device that can search a telephone number even if a user forgets a registered name when searching for a registered telephone number. .

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A telephone device of the present invention comprises a storage means for storing an area code associated with a place name data of the area code, and an area code for detecting an area code from a received telephone number. The present invention employs a configuration including a detecting means and a place name searching means for searching the storing means for place name data associated with the detected area code.

According to this configuration, the area code is detected from the received telephone number at the time of the incoming call, and the place name of the area code stored in association with the detected area code is searched. Even when a call is received from a phone number that is not available, the searched place name can be used as auxiliary information for deciding where to call.

[0010] The telephone apparatus of the present invention, in the above configuration,
An input means for a user to perform an input operation is provided, and when a telephone number is input from the input means, an area code detecting means detects an area code of the input telephone number, A configuration is employed in which the place name search means searches the storage means for the place name data associated with the station number.

According to this configuration, when the user wants to know the place name of the telephone number, the place name can be searched by simply inputting the telephone number.

[0012] The telephone device of the present invention, in the above configuration,
A second storage unit in which a telephone number and any information relating to the number are stored; and when the telephone number is input from the input unit, the place name data searched by the place name search unit is stored in the input telephone number. And a registration means for storing the information in the second storage means in association with each other.

According to this configuration, the simple address is registered in association with the telephone number only by the input operation of the telephone number, so that the address is registered in association with the telephone number without any troublesome operation. Can be.

[0014] The telephone apparatus of the present invention, in the above configuration,
Area code search means for searching the area code corresponding to the area name of the area code inputted from the input means from the storage means, and the second storage of the telephone number of the area code corresponding to the searched area code. And a telephone number searching means for searching from the means.

According to this configuration, when the user searches for the telephone number registered in the telephone device, even if the user forgets the registered name, the user can input the area name of the area code of the registered name. The telephone number of the place name is searched. If there is one search telephone number, that is the telephone number that the user wants to know. In the case of a plurality, it is possible to finally confirm by making a call using those telephone numbers.

The telephone apparatus according to the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration.
The telephone number searching means employs a configuration in which a name or arbitrary information previously associated with the telephone number is searched together with the telephone number.

According to this configuration, even if there are a plurality of search telephone numbers, the name and the optional information are displayed together, so that the user can easily determine.

According to the telephone apparatus of the present invention,
Output means for recognizing and outputting to the user the received telephone number, the place name indicated by the place name data searched by the place name search means, the telephone number or the name searched by the telephone number search means, or any information or a combination thereof. Is adopted.

According to this configuration, any one or a combination of the retrieved telephone number, place name, or name or arbitrary information is output as a display or a voice, so that the user can easily recognize them. Can be.

The mobile station apparatus of the present invention employs a configuration having the function of a telephone apparatus having the same configuration as any of the above.

According to this configuration, in the mobile station device,
The same operation and effect as any of the above can be obtained.

In the telephone apparatus and the information registration / retrieval method in the telephone apparatus of the present invention, the area code and the place name data of this area code are stored in association with each other, and the area code of the received telephone number or the user inputs the area code. The place name data associated with the area code of the telephone number is searched and output so that the user can recognize it.

According to this method, the area code is detected from the received telephone number at the time of receiving a call, and the place name of the area code stored in association with the detected area code is searched. Even when a call is received from a phone number that is not available, the searched place name can be used as auxiliary information for deciding where to call. Further, when the user wants to know the place name of the telephone number, the place name can be searched only by inputting the telephone number.

According to the telephone apparatus and the information registration / retrieval method in the telephone apparatus of the present invention, in the above method, place name data retrieved from the area code of the inputted telephone number is stored in association with the telephone number. did.

According to this method, the simple address is registered in association with only the input operation of the telephone number, so that the address can be associated with the telephone number and registered without any troublesome operation.

According to the telephone apparatus and the information registration / retrieval method in the telephone apparatus of the present invention, in the above-described method, the area code corresponding to the input area code of the area code is stored in advance in association with the area name. The area code is searched from the area code, and the telephone number of the area code corresponding to the searched area code is searched from the telephone numbers stored in advance and output so that the user can recognize it.

According to this method, when the user searches for a telephone number registered in the telephone device, even if the user forgets the registered name, the user can input the area name of the area code of the registered name. The phone number of the place name is displayed. If there is only one display telephone number, that is the telephone number that the user wants to know. In the case of a plurality, it is possible to finally confirm by making a call using those telephone numbers.

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

The telephone device shown in FIG. 1 is a mobile telephone device in a mobile communication system, a mobile station device such as an information terminal device having a mobile telephone function and a computer function, or a stationary wired telephone. A station number detection unit 101;
Place name search unit 102 and area code / place name data storage unit 10
3 and a display unit 104.

The area code detecting unit 101 detects the area code from the received telephone number (received number).

The place name search unit 102 is provided by the area code detection unit 10
A place name corresponding to the area code detected in step 1 is retrieved from the area code / place name data storage unit 103.

The area code / place name data storage section 103 stores the area code associated with data indicating the place name (place name data). For example, the place name data "Yokosuka City" is associated with the area code "045", and the place name data "Yokosuka City" is stored with the area code "0468".

The display section 104 displays the reception number and also displays the place name indicated by the place name data searched by the place name search section 102 in characters.

In such a configuration, the reception number is displayed on the display unit 104 when the telephone device receives a call. The area code detecting unit 101 extracts the area code, for example, 04 from the received number.
68 is detected and output to the place name search unit 102. In the place name search unit 102, the place name data of Yokosuka City associated with the area code 0468 is stored in the area code / place name data storage unit 1.
03, and the searched place name data is output to the display unit 104.

On the display unit 104, the Yokosuka city indicated by the place name data is displayed in characters along with the already displayed reception number.

As described above, according to the telephone apparatus of the first embodiment, the area code is detected from the reception number at the time of the incoming call, and the place name of the area code stored in association with the detected area code is detected. , And received number.

Thus, even when a call is received from a telephone number that has not been registered in advance, it can be used as auxiliary information for determining where the call is from based on the displayed place name.

The reception number and the place name are displayed, but both the reception number and the place name or the reception number are displayed.
The place name may be output by voice.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
However, in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2, portions corresponding to the respective portions of the first embodiment in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The telephone apparatus shown in FIG.
The difference from the above is that an external input unit 201 such as a numeric keypad operated by a user is provided.

The external input unit 201 is connected to the area code detection unit 10
When the user inputs a telephone number, the input telephone number is output to the area code detecting unit 101 and the display unit 104.

When the telephone number is input from the external input unit 201 in this manner, the telephone number and the area name of the area code of this number are displayed on the display unit 104 by the same operation as described in the first embodiment. You.

As described above, according to the telephone apparatus of the second embodiment, when the user wants to know the place name of the telephone number, the place name is displayed simply by inputting the telephone number. You can know.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
However, in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3, parts corresponding to the respective parts of the second embodiment in FIG.

The telephone apparatus shown in FIG.
The difference from the first embodiment is that a data registration unit 301 and a telephone number / registration data storage unit 302 are provided. However,
In FIG. 3, the display unit 104 is omitted.

When the user performs an operation of registering a telephone number and a name such as the name of the number in association with each other from the external input unit 201, the data registration unit 301 according to the second embodiment is used when the telephone number is input. In the same manner as described above, the searched place name data is associated as address data of a telephone number and a name associated with each other, and registered in the telephone number / registration data storage unit 302.

As described above, according to the telephone apparatus of the third embodiment, the simple address is registered in association with only the input operation of the telephone number. The address can be registered in association with the address.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
However, in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 4, portions corresponding to the respective portions of the third embodiment in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The telephone apparatus shown in FIG.
The difference from the first embodiment is that an area code search unit 401 and a telephone number search unit 402 are provided. However, the area code detection unit 101, the place name search unit 102, and the data registration unit 301 are omitted in FIG.

The area code search unit 401 is connected to the external input unit 20
When a place name of an area code is input in step 1, the area code corresponding to the input place name is searched from the area code / place name data storage unit 103.

The telephone number search unit 402 searches for the telephone number of the area code that matches the area code searched by the area code search unit 401, and outputs it to the display unit 104. The display unit 104
Display the searched telephone number.

As described above, according to the telephone apparatus of the fourth embodiment, if the place name of the area code is input, the telephone number of the area code corresponding to the area code of the place name can be displayed. As a result, when the user searches for the telephone number registered in the telephone device, even if the user forgets the registered name,
If the area name of the area code of the registered name is input, the telephone number of the area name is displayed. If there is only one display telephone number, that is the telephone number that the user wants to know. In the case of a plurality, it is possible to finally confirm by making a call using those telephone numbers.

Further, the telephone number search unit 402 may display not only the telephone number but also a name and any information previously associated with the telephone number. In this case, even if there are a plurality of search telephone numbers, the name and the optional information are displayed together, so that the user can easily determine.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Even when an incoming call is made with an unregistered phone number, it is possible to know where the call came from, and it is possible to easily register the phone number and information such as the name and address corresponding to this number, and The telephone number can be searched even if the user forgets the registered name when searching the number.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 area code detection unit 102 place name search unit 103 area code / place name data storage unit 104 display unit 201 external input unit 301 data registration unit 302 telephone number / registered data storage unit 401 area code search unit 402 telephone number search unit

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing an area code associated with an area code of an area code, an area code detection means for detecting an area code from a received telephone number, and the detected area code. And a place name search means for searching the place name data associated with the place name from the storage means. 2. An input means for a user to perform an input operation, and when a telephone number is input from the input means, an area code detecting means detects an area code of the input telephone number. 2. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the place name search means searches the storage means for the place name data associated with the detected area code. 3. A second storage means for storing a telephone number and arbitrary information relating to the number, and the place name data searched by the place name search means when the telephone number is inputted from the input means. 3. The telephone device according to claim 2, further comprising a registering unit that stores the registered telephone number in the second storage unit in association with the registered telephone number. 4. An area code search means for searching an area code corresponding to a place name of an area code inputted from an input means from a storage means, and a telephone of an area code matching the searched area code. 4. The telephone device according to claim 3, further comprising a telephone number search means for searching a number from the second storage means. 5. The telephone device according to claim 4, wherein the telephone number searching means searches the telephone number together with a name or arbitrary information previously associated with the telephone number. 6. The user can recognize the received telephone number, the place name indicated by the place name data searched by the place name search means, the telephone number or name searched by the telephone number search means, or any information or a combination thereof. The telephone device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising output means for outputting the data to the telephone device. 7. A mobile station device having the function of the telephone device according to claim 1. 8. The area name data of the area code is stored in association with the area code, and the area name data associated with the area code of the received telephone number or the area code of the telephone number entered by the user. And information registration / registration in the telephone device, characterized in that
retrieval method. 9. The telephone device according to claim 8, wherein the location name data retrieved from the area code of the input telephone number is stored in association with the telephone number. Method. 10. An area code corresponding to an input area code of an area code is searched from area codes stored in advance in association with the area name, and an area code corresponding to the searched area code is searched. 10. The telephone device according to claim 9, wherein the telephone number of the area code is retrieved from a telephone number stored in advance and output so that the user can recognize it.
retrieval method.