JP2002057746A - Communication equipment and method, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide communication equipment that a user can change ringer music for every arrival of a call and recognize that the cal arrives in his (her) own unit. SOLUTION: A control section 29 of a portable telephone 1 groups ringer music sound stored in a ROM 32 and a storage medium 37 into groups, registers them to a RAM 34a of a reproduction control section 34, designated the reproduction sequence of the ringer music in each group and stores the designated result to the RAM 34a. When a ringer detection section 28 detects the arrival of a call, the control section 29 controls the reproduction control section 34 to reproduce the ringer music in the designated group stored in the RAM 23a in the designated sequence.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device, a communication method, and a recording medium. The present invention relates to a communication device and method, and a recording medium that enables a person who has set the information to recognize an incoming call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The sound of a bell or the like has been used as a ring tone for a telephone. However, a technology for playing back music instead of the sound of a bell when a call is received is becoming popular.

[0003] This function is generally called a ring tone melody function, and a ROM (Read Only M
emory) stores music data, and reads out and reproduces the music data every time there is an incoming call.

A plurality of types of music data are stored in the ROM of the main body in advance, and a user can designate an arbitrary incoming music and reproduce it every time an incoming call is received.

[0005]

However, in the conventional ring tone melody function, the same ring tone music is reproduced unless the setting is changed, so that there is a problem that the reproduced music cannot be changed.

In order to make it easy to recognize the called party,
A function has been proposed to specify that a specific incoming music should be played only when an incoming call is received from a certain called party.However, once the incoming music is set, the same incoming music repeats unless the setting is changed. In the same manner as described above, there is a problem that the incoming ring music to be reproduced cannot be changed.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and it is possible to change the incoming music played by the communication device every time an incoming call is received, and the person who sets the incoming music can send it to himself / herself. To recognize the incoming call.

[0008]

A communication device according to the present invention comprises a storage means for storing a plurality of music data, an incoming call detection means for detecting an incoming call, and a storage means when an incoming call is detected by the incoming call detection means. Reproducing means for reproducing predetermined music data of the stored plurality of music data, grouping means for grouping the plurality of music data stored by the storage means into a plurality of groups, and reproduction by the reproducing means A group designation unit for designating a predetermined group of the plurality of music data groups obtained by the grouping unit; and a reproduction unit of the predetermined group designated by the group designation unit. Reproduction order designating means for designating the reproduction order of the predetermined music data to be reproduced.

The storage means may include a removable memory.

[0010] The plurality of music data groups grouped by the grouping means may include an artist group, a genre group, or an album group.

[0011] The group designation means may designate, for each called party, a group of music data reproduced by the reproduction means and grouped by the grouping means.

[0012] The reproduction order designating means may designate a random reproduction order.

According to the communication method of the present invention, a storage step of storing a plurality of music data, an incoming call detection step of detecting an incoming call, and, when an incoming call is detected in the processing of the incoming call detection step, is stored in the storage step. Playing a predetermined music data of the plurality of music data,
A grouping step of grouping a plurality of music data stored in the processing of the storage step into a plurality of groups;
A group designation step of designating a predetermined group of a plurality of music data to be reproduced in the reproduction step processing, the plurality of groups being grouped in the grouping step processing, and a plurality of music data designated by the group designation step processing. A reproduction order specifying step of specifying a reproduction order of predetermined music data to be reproduced in the processing of the reproduction step in the predetermined group.

According to the program of the recording medium of the present invention, an incoming call is detected in the processing of the storage control step of controlling storage of a plurality of music data, the incoming call detection control step of controlling the detection of incoming call, and the incoming call detection control step. In the case, a reproduction control step of controlling reproduction of predetermined music data of the plurality of music data stored in the processing of the storage control step,
A grouping control step of controlling grouping of a plurality of music data stored in the storage control step into a plurality of groups, and a grouping control step of a plurality of music data reproduced in the processing of the reproduction control step A group designation control step of controlling designation of a predetermined group among the plurality of groups grouped in the processing of
A playback order designation control step of controlling the designation of a playback order of predetermined music data to be played back in the playback control step of the predetermined group designated in the group designation control step. I do.

In the communication device and method of the present invention, and the program of the recording medium, when an incoming call is detected,
Predetermined music data of the stored plurality of music data is reproduced and reproduced. A predetermined group of a plurality of grouped groups of the plurality of music data to be reproduced is designated. A reproduction order of predetermined music data to be reproduced in the group is designated.

[0016]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention. Mobile phone 1
Is a mobile radio station, for example, W-CDMA (Wideband-Cod
e-Division Multiple Access) and wirelessly connected to a base station (not shown) by a code division multiple access method.
Using the frequency band of z, large-capacity data can be communicated at a high speed at a data transfer rate of up to 2 Mbps. As described above, since the mobile phone 1 can communicate a large amount of data at a high speed by the W-CDMA system, the mobile phone 1 can transmit and receive e-mails, browse a simple homepage, transmit and receive images as well as voice calls. Can communicate data.

The antenna 21 of the mobile phone 1 receives a radio wave from a base station (not shown), outputs the radio wave to the distributor 22, and transmits a signal output from the distributor 22 to the base station. The distributor 22 includes an antenna 21 and a modulator 24
The input signal is distributed and output so that the input signal is output to the demodulator 23 and the antenna 21 respectively.

The demodulator 23 demodulates the signal input from the distributor 22 into a predetermined format, and performs DSP (Digital Signal Prism) processing.
ocessor) 25. The modulator 24 demodulates the signal input from the DSP 25 and outputs the signal to the distributor 22.
The DSP 25 is controlled by the control unit 29, converts a signal input from the demodulator 23 into a voice signal, and outputs the voice signal from the speaker 26 as a voice signal. The DSP 25 converts the audio signal input from the microphone 27 into a predetermined signal and outputs the signal to the modulator 24. Further, the DSP 25 outputs an incoming signal input via the antenna 21, the distributor 22, and the demodulator 23 to the incoming detection unit 28. Further, the DSP 25 converts a signal downloaded via the antenna 21, the distributor 22 and the demodulator 23 into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal to the control unit 29. The incoming call detection unit 28 detects an incoming call based on the incoming call signal input from the DSP 25 and outputs an incoming call detection signal to the control unit 29.

The control unit 29 controls the overall operation of the mobile phone 1 and appropriately stores a predetermined program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 32 into a RAM (Random Access Memory).
emory) 31 and execute. The control unit 29
Displays a telephone number input from the operation unit 30 on the display unit 33, a function screen as a so-called telephone directory, and the like, and also displays a screen necessary for setting operation of incoming music. The control unit 29 outputs the download data input via the DSP 25 to the reproduction control unit 34. Further, when the incoming call detection signal is input from the incoming call detection unit 28, the control unit 29 controls the reproduction control unit 34 to instruct the reproduction of the incoming music.

As described above, the RAM 31 stores the ROM in the control unit 29.
In addition to being used as appropriate when executing the program 32, the telephone number and the name of the other party input from the operation unit 30 are stored and read out as a telephone directory function. ROM3
2 stores a program executed by the control unit 29 as described above, and stores in advance a plurality of types of music data of incoming music indicating an incoming call, and the like. When notified, the incoming music data stored in the ROM 32 or the storage medium 37 is read out,
The reproduction control section 34 is controlled so that the incoming music is output from the speaker 35.

The display unit 33 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Disp.).
lay) and displays various images based on a command from the control unit 29.

The reproduction control section 34 reproduces various music data stored in the storage medium 37 based on the instruction of the control section 29 and causes the speaker 35 to output the music data. Further, the reproduction control unit 34 causes the storage medium 37 to store various downloaded data input from the control unit 29 via the driver 36. Further, the reproduction control unit 34 reproduces various data stored in the storage medium 37 via the driver 36 based on a command from the control unit 29, and transmits, for example, image data and text data to the control unit 29. Output and display 33
To be displayed. In the case of music data, the reproduction control unit 3
4 reproduces the sound as music (music),
Output. The function of the speaker 35 is different from that of the speaker 26, and the speaker 26 reproduces a call sound that can be heard at the ear.
The speaker 35 is connected to music data stored in the ROM 32 or the storage medium 37 or a hands-free phone function (the mobile phone 1).
The function is to reproduce the call voice as a function that allows the user to make a call without having to place his or her ear. Therefore, the speaker 35 has a higher audio output level than the speaker 26.

The RAM 34a is built in the playback control section 34, and stores whether the program reception or the random playback is used as the method of receiving the call of the mobile phone 1. The music reproduction order is stored, and a counter value corresponding to each incoming music for managing the order of the incoming music is stored.

The driver 36 encrypts the data input from the reproduction control unit 34 and stores the data in the storage medium 37, and decrypts the data encrypted and stored in the storage medium 37 to perform the reproduction control. Output to the unit 34. The encryption process of the driver 36 is performed, for example, by using an ATRAC (Adaptive
Compression processing such as ive Transform Acoustic Coding 3) may be used.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the mobile phone 1 will be described.

The operation of the mobile phone 1 is started when the power is turned on. In step S1, the control unit 29
The mobile phone 1 is placed in a state of waiting for an incoming call. In step S2, the control unit 29 determines whether or not an incoming call is detected by the incoming call detection unit 28. If it is determined that there is no incoming call, the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the control section 29 determines whether or not the power has been turned off. If it is determined that the power has been turned off, the process is terminated. If the power is not off, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, the control unit 29 determines whether or not a function key (not shown) of the operation unit 30 has been pressed. Until it is determined that the function key has been pressed, the above-described steps S1 to S3 are performed. When it is determined that the function key has been pressed, the control unit 29 proceeds to step S5.
3 displays a function screen displaying a list of various setting modes as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, "function setting", "ring tone setting", and "return" are displayed on the function screen, indicating the modes that can be set. The incoming call mode setting mode and the ring tone setting mode will be described later. The user can move the cursor 41 in FIG. 3 up and down by operating the operation unit 30. When the user sets the cursor 41 at a desired mode position, the user presses an OK button (not shown). Then, the setting mode is selected.

At the bottom of the displayed list of setting modes, "return" is displayed from the function list display to return to a standby screen (not shown).
When the enter button is pressed while the cursor 41 is set to “return”, the control unit 29 returns the display on the display unit 33 to a normal standby screen.

In step S6, the control unit 29 determines whether a setting mode has been selected, and repeats this processing until any setting mode is selected.
Continue to display the function screen shown in. If it is determined that any one of the modes has been selected, the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, the control unit 29
Determines whether the "song data selection mode" has been selected. For example, in the state shown in FIG.
Is set to the position of "Song data selection", and the determination button is pressed, the control unit 29 determines that the "Song data selection mode" is selected, and proceeds to the process of step S8.

In step S8, the control unit 29 executes a music data selection mode process.

Here, the processing in the music piece data selection mode will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S21, the control unit 29
Instead of displaying the function screen as shown in FIG. 5A (similar to the display in FIG. 3), as shown in FIG.
The screen of the song data selection mode is displayed on the display unit 33, and a list of songs that can be selected as incoming music is displayed. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, “Song A”, “Song B”, “Song C”, and “Song D” are displayed on the display unit 33 as a list of selectable songs. I have. A mark 51 is displayed at the bottom of the display unit 33, indicating that there is further music data that can be selected as incoming music. For example, in this state, when the user operates the operation unit 30 to perform a process of moving the cursor downward, the list of song data on the screen is scrolled upward, and “Song D” is displayed.
Thereafter, for example, “Song E”, “Song F”, etc. are sequentially displayed. "Back" at the end of the list of selectable song names
Is displayed (not shown), and when the enter button is pressed in a state where the cursor 41 is set at the position of "return", the processing of the music data selection mode is terminated and the display returns to the function screen.

In step S22, the control unit 29
It is determined whether any music has been selected from the list of incoming music displayed on the display unit 33, for example, as shown in FIG.
When the determination button is pressed and “Song C” is selected in the state shown in (B), the control unit 29 determines that a song has been selected, and the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S23, the control unit 29
As shown in FIG. 5C, an input screen for the artist name of "Song C" is displayed. In FIG. 5C, a cursor 41 for inputting characters is displayed, and the user can operate the operation unit 30.
To input a desired artist name.

In step S24, the control unit 29
Judge whether the input of the artist name is completed,
Repeat until artist name is entered.
For example, as shown in FIG.
Is operated, and the enter button is pressed in a state where "Beatles" is input as the artist name, the control unit 29
Determines that the input of the artist name has been completed, and the process proceeds to step S25.

In step S25, the control unit 29
A confirmation screen for the registered artist name is displayed as shown in FIG. Here, the artist name confirmation screen shown in FIG. 5 (D) displays “Yes” and “No” options together with the input artist name “Beatles”. The user operates the operation unit 30 to move the cursor 41 to the position of “Yes” if the artist name is a desired artist name, and to the position of “No” if the artist name is not the desired artist name. Confirm the registered contents by pressing.

In step S26, the control unit 29
It is determined whether the registered artist name is “Beatles” and is OK. At this time, for example, the user
If the enter button is pressed while the cursor 41 is set to the position of “Yes” in FIG. 3D by operating “0”, the control unit 29 determines that the input content is OK,
The process proceeds to step S27.

In step S27, the control unit 29
As shown in FIG. 5E, a screen for selecting the genre name of the selected “song C” is displayed on the display unit 33. FIG.
On the screen for selecting the genre name of “Song C” shown in (E), a list of genre names that can be selected as genre names is displayed. In this case, “classic”, “rock”, and “reggae” are displayed. Is displayed, but the cursor 41
Is further moved to a lower position, the genre list is scrolled upward, and other genres are also displayed. The user operates the operation unit 30 to set the cursor 41 at a position of a desired genre name, and can select a genre by pressing a decision button.

In step S28, the control unit 29
It is determined whether the input of the genre name has been completed. For example, as shown in FIG. 5E, when the determination button is pressed in a state where the cursor 41 is set at the “lock” position, the control unit 29 determines that the input is completed, and performs the processing. Proceeds to step S29.

In step S29, the control unit 29
As shown in FIG. 5F, a display screen for confirming the registered genre name is displayed on the display unit 33. Here, on the confirmation screen of the registered genre name shown in FIG. 5 (F), choices of “Yes” and “No” are displayed together with the input genre name “Lock”. The user operates the operation unit 30 to confirm the input content, and moves the cursor 41 to the position of “Yes” when the genre is the desired genre, and to the position of “No” when the genre is not the desired genre, Confirm the registered contents by pressing the decision button.

In step S30, the control unit 29
It is determined whether the input genre name is OK.
At this time, for example, when the user operates the operation unit 30 to set the cursor 41 at the position of “Yes” in FIG. It is determined to be OK, and the process proceeds to step S
Go to 31.

In step S31, the control unit 29
As shown in FIG. 5 (G), a screen displaying the registered contents is displayed on the display unit 33, and the processing is performed in step S21.
Return to That is, in this case, as shown in FIG. 5 (G), the display unit 33 displays that “C song”, “Beatles” is registered as the artist name, and “Rock” is registered as the genre name. are doing.

If no incoming music is selected in step S22, that is, if the enter button is pressed with the cursor 41 set at the "return" display position, the processing is terminated.

If it is determined in step S26 that the input artist name is not OK, that is, if it is not the desired artist name, the process returns to step S23, and the artist name input screen (FIG. 5) (C)) is displayed.

If it is determined in step S30 that the input genre name is not OK, that is, if it is not the desired genre name, the process proceeds to step S30.
27, the genre name input screen (FIG. 5)
(E)) is displayed.

As described above, the artist name and the genre name are registered as data for each music by the processing in the music data selection mode. register.
As a result, all incoming music registered in the ROM 32 or the storage medium 37 can be grouped by category such as artist or genre. The data for each piece of music to be registered is not limited to these. For example, an album in which the music is recorded may be registered. As a result, incoming music is grouped by album. Will be able to do that.

Here, the description returns to the flowchart of FIG.

When the process in step S8 is completed, the process returns to step S1 and the subsequent processes are repeated.

If it is determined in step S7 that the music data selection mode has not been selected, step S9
In, the control unit 29 determines whether or not the incoming call method setting mode is selected. For example, as shown in FIG. 6A, when the determination button is pressed with the cursor 41 set at the position of “incoming method setting”, the control unit 29
Determines that the incoming call mode setting mode has been selected, and executes the incoming call mode setting process in step S9.

Here, the processing in the incoming call mode setting mode will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

In step S41, the control unit 29
As shown in FIG. 6B, a notification type selection screen is displayed on the display unit 33. As shown in FIG. 6B, on the notification type selection screen, “music”, “ringtone 1”, “ringtone 2”,
“Vibrator” and “light emission” are displayed. “Music” is a mode for notifying (notifying) the incoming call by incoming music, and “Ring tone 1” and “Ring tone 2” are incoming with preset ring tones (including incoming music), respectively. Is the mode that informs the user. "Vibrator"
Is a mode for transmitting an incoming call by vibrating a vibrator (not shown) built in the mobile phone 1. “Light emission” uses an attached LED (Light Emission
Diode) is a mode in which an incoming call is transmitted by blinking.

In step S42, the control unit 29
It is determined whether "music" has been selected. For example, FIG.
As shown in (B), when the determination button is pressed in a state where the cursor 41 is set at the position of “music”, the control unit 29 determines that “music” is selected, and the processing is as follows. Proceed to step S43.

In step S43, the control unit 29
As shown in FIG. 6C, a display screen of the music selection mode is displayed on the display unit 33. On the display screen of the song selection mode, a screen for selecting a group of incoming music is displayed.
In this case, "by artist", "by genre", "by album", and "whole" are displayed.

The “by artist”, “by genre”, and “by album” are stored in the ROM 32 or the storage medium 37.
Of the incoming music stored in the music data selection mode according to the artist name, genre name, or album name registered in the above-described music data selection mode.

The “whole” refers to the ROM 32 or the storage medium 3.
In this mode, all of the incoming music stored in No. 7 is used as incoming music.

In step S44, the control unit 29
It is determined whether "by genre" is selected. For example, as shown in FIG. 6C, when the cursor 41 is set at the position of “genre”, the user operates the operation unit 3.
When the user operates “0” and presses the enter button, the control unit 29
Determines that the genre has been selected, and the process proceeds to step S45.

In step S45, the control unit 29
As shown in FIG. 6D, a list of registered genre names is displayed on the display unit 33. As the genre name, the genre input in the processing in the music data selection mode is displayed. In this case, “classic”, “rock”, “reggae”, and “ballad” are displayed as a list of genre names, as shown in FIG.

In step S46, the control unit 29
It is determined whether any genre is selected, and this process is repeated until any genre is selected (a list of genre names is kept displayed). For example, FIG.
As shown in (D), the cursor 41 is positioned at the "lock" position.
When the user operates the operation unit 30 and presses the determination button in a state where is set, the control unit 29 recognizes that “lock” has been selected, and the processing is performed in step S47.
Proceed to.

In step S47, the control unit 29
Among the incoming music stored in the ROM 32 and the storage medium 37, a search is made for incoming music in which “rock” is registered as a genre name, and as shown in FIG. Is displayed. That is, the ROM 32
And among the incoming music stored in the storage medium 37, one of the incoming music for which “Rock” is registered as the genre name is
If there are 0 songs, a message "Please select a playing method that corresponds to 10 songs" is displayed. Below it, there are displayed options of two playing methods, “program” and “random”.

The "program" is a performance method (a method of reproducing the incoming music) in which the order of the incoming music of the ten songs belonging to the "rock" genre is registered in advance and played in the order of the performance. "Random" is a playing method in which the order of the incoming music of the ten songs belonging to the "rock" genre is randomized.

In step S48, the control unit 29
It is determined whether or not a performance method has been selected, and the process is repeated until a performance method is selected. In step S48, for example, as shown in FIG. 6E, when the determination button is pressed while the cursor 41 is set at the position of "program", the control unit 29 determines that the playing method has been selected. It is determined, and the process proceeds to step S49.

In step S49, the control unit 29
It is determined whether or not the selected performance method is “program”. In this case, since “program” has been selected, the control unit 29 determines that “program” has been selected, and the process proceeds to step S50.

In step S50, the control unit 29
An order selection screen is displayed as shown in FIG. The user operates the operation unit 30 to set the performance order of the ten songs belonging to the “rock” genre, and presses the enter button.

In step S51, the control unit 29
As shown in FIGS. 6 (G) and 6 (H), a performance order confirmation screen is displayed on the display unit 33. That is, in this case, as shown in FIG. 6 (G), the display section 33 displays the set performance information on the following portion displaying "Is the performance order below?""1. Song C" in order
“2. Song A” and “3. Song F” are displayed. The user operates the operation unit 30 to scroll the display screen upward, and as shown in FIG.
It displays up to "Song X", "9. Song Y", and "10. Song Z", and confirms the playing order of the incoming music registered as a lock. Further, at the bottom, options of “Yes” and “No” are displayed for confirmation of the playing order.
Operate 0 to move the cursor 41 to the position of "Yes" and press the decision button. If the order is not the desired order, set the cursor to the position of "No" and press the decision button. I do.

In step S52, the control unit 29
It is determined whether the set order is OK. For example, as shown in FIG. 6 (H), when the cursor 41 is set at the position of “Yes” and the enter button is pressed, the control unit 29 determines that the performance order is OK, and the processing is performed. The process proceeds to step S53.

In step S53, the control unit 29
The programmed incoming music and its playing order are stored in the RAM 34a of the playback control unit 34. In step S54, the control unit 29 displays a screen for confirming that the settings have been registered, as shown in FIG.

If it is determined in step S42 that music has not been selected, then in step S55,
The control unit 29 determines whether the ringtone 1 is selected. At this time, when it is determined that the ring tone 1 is selected, in step S56, the control unit 29 causes the RAM 34a of the reproduction control unit 34 to play the ring music preset as the ring tone 1 when an incoming call is received. And the process proceeds to step S54.

If it is determined in step S55 that ring tone 1 has not been selected, in step S57, control unit 29 determines whether ring tone 2 has been selected. At this time, if it is determined that the ring tone 2 has been selected, the control unit 29 determines in step S58 that the RAM 34a of the playback control unit 34 plays back the ring tone preset as the ring tone 2 at the time of an incoming call. To memorize,
The process proceeds to step S54.

If it is determined in step S57 that ringtone 2 has not been selected, control unit 29 determines in step S59 whether a vibrator has been selected. At this time, when it is determined that the vibrator has been selected, in step S60, the control unit 29
Causes the RAM 31 to store a mode for vibrating a vibrator (not shown) when an incoming call is received, and the process proceeds to step S54.

If it is determined in step S59 that the vibrator has not been selected, that is, if light emission has been selected, in step S61, the controller 2
9 is to make the LED blink on the RAM 31 when an incoming call is received.
1 and the process proceeds to step S54.

If "by genre" has not been selected as the music selection mode in step S44, the control section 29 proceeds to step S62, in which "by artist" is selected.
It is determined whether or not is selected. For example, when "by artist" is displayed, in step S63, the control unit 29 displays a list of registered artist names on the display unit 33 in the same manner as in FIG. "The Beatles" instead of "Classic").
In step S64, the control unit 29 determines whether or not any artist has been selected from the artist list, and repeats the process until the determination is made. When any artist is selected, in step S47, A list of incoming music corresponding to the selected artist (belonging to the selected artist group) is displayed.

If "artist" is not selected in step S62, control unit 29 determines in step S65 whether album is selected. For example, when album-by-album is selected, the process proceeds to step S66.

In step S66, the control unit 29
A list of the registered album names is displayed on the display unit 33. In step S67, the control unit 29 determines whether any album has been selected from the album name list, repeats the process until any album name is selected, and any one of the albums has been selected. If
In step S47, a list of incoming music corresponding to the selected album (belonging to the selected album group) is displayed.

In step S 65, “by album”
Is not selected, "all" is selected at this time, and in step S47, a list of all the incoming music stored in the ROM 32 and the storage medium 37 as the incoming music is displayed.

If no program is selected as the playing method in step S49, that is, if random is selected, in step S68, the control unit 29 stores the selected group in the RAM 34a of the reproduction control unit 34. The fact that the incoming music to which it belongs is reproduced at random is stored, and the process proceeds to step S54.

With the above processing, the RAM of the reproduction control unit 34
In 34a, a group of incoming music to be played upon receiving an incoming call and a performance method (program or random) are stored.

Here, the description returns to the flowchart of FIG.

If the incoming call mode setting mode is not selected in step S9, that is, if "return" is selected, the process returns to step S1.

If it is determined in step S2 that there is an incoming call, in step S11, the control unit 29 executes an incoming call process.

Here, the incoming call processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S71, the control unit 29
Based on the incoming call detection signal input by the incoming call detection unit 28, an incoming call is transmitted to the reproduction control unit 34. In step S72, based on the signal from the control unit 29, the reproduction control unit 34 determines whether the RAM 3
4a, the processing content at the time of incoming call is read.

At step S74, the reproduction control unit 34
Determines whether the incoming call playing method is a program. For example, in the case of a program, the reproduction control unit 34
Determines that the playing method is a program, and determines in step S
At 74, a set value, for example, a counter value that designates incoming music corresponding to the program playing order registered in “rock” for each genre set in the above-described incoming call method setting mode processing. RAM34
Read from a.

In step S75, the reproduction control section 34
Reads the incoming music (music data thereof) corresponding to the read counter value from the storage medium 37 or the ROM 32,
The data is output to the speaker 35 and reproduced.

In step S76, the control unit 29
Determine whether a call button (not shown) has been pressed,
The determination is repeated until the button is pressed. That is, the incoming music continues to be played. When it is determined in step S76 that the call button has been pressed, in step S77, the control unit 29 places the mobile phone 1 in a call state.

In step S78, the control unit 29
It is determined whether or not a call end button (not shown) is pressed, and the process is repeated until the call end button is pressed. If it is determined in step S78 that the call end button has been pressed, in step S79, the control unit 29 disconnects the communication state.

At step S80, the reproduction control unit 34
Increments the counter value corresponding to the order of the incoming music stored in the RAM 34a by 1 (to advance the playing order of the program by one).

If it is determined in step S73 that the received music is not a program performance, the reproduction control section 34 reads a counter value for identifying incoming music at random, and the processing proceeds to step S75.

That is, in the incoming call processing, FIG.
As shown in (D), for example, “rock” is selected as the genre, and the registered incoming music is, for example,
In the case of three songs “song AA”, “song BB”, and “song CC” (all registered song names), the RAM 34a stores 1 in the order in which each registered incoming music is played. Each song is registered so as to correspond to the counter value. For example,
“Song AA”, “Song BB”, and “Song CC” are registered, and when the music is played in this order, “Song AA” is 1,
"Song BB" is registered as 2 and "Song CC" is registered as 3.

Here, when the counter value of the RAM 34a is 1, the reproduction control section 34 reproduces "song AA" as incoming music, and when the call is finished, the counter value is incremented. , "Song BB" with a counter value of 2
Will be reproduced as incoming music.

Therefore, in this case, when “song AA” is output from the speaker 35 as the incoming music, the user determines that the incoming music belongs to the “rock” genre group. From your own mobile phone 1
Can recognize that a call has arrived. Also, in this case, the incoming music is one of “Song AA”, “Song BB”, and “Song CC” belonging to the “rock” genre group.
Since the music is reproduced every time a call is received in the programmed order or randomly, it is possible to change the incoming music.

Furthermore, the user can recognize the called party only by listening to the incoming music by setting the group of the incoming music by the called party.

That is, for example, “song AA”, “song BB”, “song C” are stored in the ROM 32 and the storage medium 37 as incoming music.
It is assumed that “C”, “Song DD”, “Song EE”, and “Song FF” are stored as music data (songs AA to FF are all song names).

Here, as a group for each artist, the incoming music “Song AA”, “Song BB” and “Song CC”
Is registered in the "Beatles" group, and "Song DD" and "Song
It is assumed that "EE" and "Song FF" have been registered in the "Presley" group.

At this time, when a call is received from, for example, "Mr. Suzuki", the incoming music of the "Beatles" group is set to be reproduced, and the call is received from, for example, "Mr. Tanaka". When you do
A setting is made so that the incoming music of the group of "Presley" is played.

With the above setting, when the portable telephone 1 receives an incoming call and, for example, “song AA” is played as incoming music, the user receives the incoming music that belongs to the “Beatles” group by artist. Because it ’s music,
It is possible to recognize that the call is from "Mr. Suzuki". If the incoming music is, for example, "Song DD",
The user can recognize the incoming call from “Mr. Tanaka” because the incoming music belongs to the “Presley” group by artist.

Further, when a call is received from "Suzuki-san",
The incoming music belonging to the "Beatles" group is "Song A
A '', `` Song BB '', and `` Song CC '' will be played in the order of songs set by the program or in the order of random songs each time there is an incoming call. Each time a call arrives from “Tanaka-san”, the song order will be the one set by the program from “Song DD”, “Song EE”, and “Song FF” belonging to the “Presley” group.
Alternatively, the music is reproduced in a random music order. Therefore, in each case, the user can recognize that the user's own mobile phone is receiving a call and the called party, and can further change the incoming music every time a call is received.

In the above description, a portable telephone has been described as an example of a communication device. However, any communication device having an incoming call function may be used, such as a fixed telephone or a pager (registered trademark). .

Furthermore, in the above description, the categories of grouping are described by example of "by artist", "by genre", and "by album". However, other categories may be used. If there is a service that distributes the music data of the top ten songs, the music data of the top ten songs is automatically downloaded every week or every fixed period such as every month and stored in the storage medium 37. If the top 10 songs are used as ringing music as one group, the ringing music can be changed at regular intervals.

According to the above, the incoming music can be set together with the playback order in group units, so that the incoming music can be changed within the set group each time there is an incoming call, and the incoming music can be set. By playing the incoming music in the group, it is possible to recognize that the own communication device has received an incoming call.

The above series of processing can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software may be executed by a computer built into dedicated hardware or by installing various programs to execute various functions. It is installed from a recording medium to a possible general-purpose personal computer or the like.

FIG. 9 shows the configuration of an embodiment of a personal computer when the image processing apparatus is realized by software. Personal computer CPU
101 controls the entire operation of the personal computer. Further, when a command is input from a user via a bus 104 and an input / output interface 105 from an input unit 106 including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, the CPU 101 is stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102 correspondingly. Execute the program. Alternatively, CP
U101 is read from the magnetic disk 111, optical disk 112, magneto-optical disk 113, or semiconductor memory 114 connected to the drive 110, and
Program installed in RAM (Random Acces
s Memory) 103 for execution. This allows
The functions of the image processing apparatus described above are realized by software. Further, the CPU 101 controls the communication unit 109 to communicate with the outside and exchange data.

The recording medium on which the program is recorded is
As shown in FIG. 9, a magnetic disk 111 (including a floppy (registered trademark) disk) on which a program is recorded and an optical disk 112 (CD-ROM) which are distributed in order to provide the program to a user separately from the computer. (Com
pact Disk-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatil
e Disk), magneto-optical disk 113 (MD (Mini-D
isc)) or packaged media including the semiconductor memory 114, etc.
It is provided with a ROM 102 in which a program is recorded, which is provided to a user in a state of being incorporated in a computer in advance, and a hard disk included in a storage unit 108.

In this specification, the step of describing a program recorded on a recording medium is not limited to processing performed in chronological order according to the described order, but is not necessarily performed in chronological order. , And processing executed in parallel or individually.

[0106]

According to the communication apparatus and method of the present invention and the program of the recording medium, when an incoming call is detected, predetermined music data among a plurality of stored music data is reproduced and reproduced. Since a predetermined group of a plurality of grouped groups of music data is specified, and a reproduction order of predetermined music data to be reproduced among the specified predetermined groups is specified, the communication device The music data to be reproduced can be changed for each incoming call, and the person who sets the music data can recognize the incoming call to himself.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the mobile phone of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating processing in a music data selection mode.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a display unit in a music data selection mode.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit in a receiving method setting mode.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process in a receiving method setting mode.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an incoming call process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a medium.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 mobile phone, 21 antenna, 22 distributor, 23
Demodulator, 24 modulator, 25 DSP, 26 speaker,
27 microphone, 28 incoming call detection unit, 29 control unit, 30 operation unit, 31 RAM, 32 ROM, 33 display unit, 34 playback control unit, 34a RAM, 35 speaker, 36 driver, 37 storage medium

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a plurality of music data, an incoming call detection means for detecting an incoming call, and, when an incoming call is detected by the incoming call detection means, a plurality of music data stored in the storage means Reproduction means for reproducing the predetermined music data; grouping means for grouping the plurality of music data stored by the storage means into a plurality of groups; and the plurality of music data reproduced by the reproduction means. A group designation unit that designates a predetermined group among the plurality of groups grouped by the grouping unit; and a reproduction unit that reproduces the predetermined group specified by the group designation unit. A reproduction order designating means for designating a reproduction order of predetermined music data to be reproduced. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein said storage means includes a removable memory. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of music data groups grouped by the grouping unit include a group by artist, a group by genre, or a group by album. The communication device as described. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said group designation means designates, for each called party, a group of said music data reproduced by said reproduction means and grouped by said grouping means. The communication device according to claim 1. 5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reproduction order designation means designates a random reproduction order. 6. A storage step of storing a plurality of music data, an incoming call detecting step of detecting an incoming call, and when an incoming call is detected in the processing of the incoming call detecting step,
A reproduction step of reproducing predetermined music data of the plurality of music data stored in the processing of the storage step; and a group for grouping the plurality of music data stored in the processing of the storage step into a plurality of groups. Grouping step, a plurality of music data to be reproduced in the processing of the reproduction step, a group specification step of specifying a predetermined group of the plurality of groups grouped in the processing of the grouping step, And a reproduction order specifying step of specifying a reproduction order of predetermined music data to be reproduced in the processing of the reproduction step, of the predetermined group specified in the processing of the group specification step. Method. 7. A storage control step of controlling storage of a plurality of music data; an incoming call detection control step of controlling detection of an incoming call; and if the incoming call is detected in the processing of the incoming call detection control step, the storage control step A reproduction control step of controlling reproduction of predetermined music data among a plurality of music data stored in the processing of the step; and grouping the plurality of music data stored in the processing of the storage control step into a plurality of groups A grouping control step of controlling the plurality of music data to be reproduced in the processing of the reproduction control step, a predetermined group of the plurality of groups grouped in the processing of the grouping control step A group designation control step for controlling designation, and the predetermined group designated in the processing of the group designation control step A reproduction order designation control step of controlling designation of a reproduction order of predetermined music data to be reproduced in the processing of the reproduction control step. Medium.