JP2002204285A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone set capable of notifying a user of unopened important mails. SOLUTION: In this portable telephone set for notifying the existence of unopened received mail by ring or display, the user sets a call interval, the number of call times and flickering key color for a call instruction with respect to the received mail including keywords set preliminarily by the user, received mail in which sender names set preliminarily by the user coincide with the sender name of the unopened received mail or all of unopened received mails, and the user is notified that the important mail exists in such a manner that received mail unopened notification (remainder chirp) is rung and displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone which sounds and displays a sound when an unopened received mail exists.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of portable telephones, mail functions have been increasingly used and the number of incoming mails has increased. Therefore, there has been known a mobile phone which, when a received mail has not been opened even after a predetermined time elapses, notifies the existence of the unopened received mail by a sound. According to this mobile phone, even when the user puts the mobile phone in his pocket or the like and the message indicating that there is mail received without his knowledge disappears, he can be made aware of the presence of the received mail. .

[0003]

However, according to the conventional technology, when a user opens at least one unopened received mail, the presence of the remaining unopened received mail is not recognized. You may not notice that important mail exists because you are not notified by the sound.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and when there is a predetermined unopened received mail, a received mail unopened notification (hereinafter, reminder) regardless of whether or not other mail has been opened. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone capable of informing a user that an unopened mail exists by operating the chirp).

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a portable telephone according to the present invention provides a portable telephone which notifies the presence of an unopened received mail by sounding or displaying. A predetermined keyword is searched for, and when the keyword is included in the unopened received mail, the sound or the sound is generated at a predetermined interval until the unopened received mail is opened. The display is performed.

In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a sender name of a previously set sender and a sender name of the unopened received mail are matched with each other in a portable telephone which notifies the presence of an unopened received mail by sound or display. In this case, the sound or the display is performed at a preset interval until the unopened received mail is opened.

According to such a configuration, the operability can be improved by the user designating a notification method suitable for the application, such as the call interval and the number of calls.

In the portable telephone according to the present invention, the presence of an unopened received mail is notified by a sound or a display.
N, and in a state where the unopened received mail exists,
After the power of the mobile phone is turned off, the sound is displayed or the display is performed at the same time as the power is turned on again.

According to such a configuration, the user can know that the received mail is stored unopened at the same time when the power of the portable telephone is turned on.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment.
Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of each unit will be briefly described. The wireless signal is received by the wireless unit 101, subjected to signal processing by the control unit 102, and output to the speaker 107. Speaker 10
7 converts the electric signal from the control unit 102 into sound and outputs the sound to the user. On the other hand, the voice from the user
The signal is converted into an electric signal in 6, subjected to signal processing in the control unit 102, and output to the wireless unit 101. Radio section 101 transmits a transmission signal from control section 102 as a radio signal.

The storage unit 104 stores processing programs, keywords, and the like used by the control unit 102, and outputs the stored contents to the control unit 102 as needed. The display unit 105 displays character data and the like input by the operation unit 103.

The control unit 102 performs processing for a received mail, reminder chirp activation processing, and the like. The operation unit 103 is provided with a mail key for receiving a mail and a decision key for deciding a user setting, in addition to a key of a conventional mobile phone, and performs a reminder chirp setting. The contents set by the control unit 102 based on the user's input from the operation unit 103 are stored in the storage unit 104
, And output from the storage unit 104 to the control unit 102 in response to an incoming mail. Further, the control unit 102 outputs a message for notifying a mail, a setting screen, and the like to the display unit 105.

Next, the reminder chirp setting process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by the control unit 102 when the user performs the reminder chirp setting. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display on a display unit when a user performs a reminder chirp setting.

First, when the user selects the reminder chirp setting, the control unit 102 displays the reminder chirp setting screen (a) on the display unit 105. here,
The user sets or cancels the reminder chirp (S201). When “2 (cancel)” is selected on the operation unit 103 (N in S202), the control unit 102 displays the cancel screen (j) on the display unit 105 and turns off the reminder chirp activation flag (S219). Then, the reminder chirp setting process ends. On the other hand, when “1 (setting)” is selected (S202, Y), the display unit 10
5 displays the keyword setting screen (b). here,
The user sets a keyword for searching for a keyword in the received mail (S203).

When "2 (none)" is selected on the operation unit 103 (N in S204), the control unit 102 displays the call interval setting screen (c) on the display unit 105, and proceeds to step S209. . On the other hand, when “1 (Yes)” is selected (Y in S204), the display unit 105 displays the keyword storage destination setting screen (h). Here, the user selects and sets a keyword storage destination from, for example, “1”, “2”, and “3” (S205).

The control unit 102 controls the operation unit 103
If the enter key has not been pressed after the keyword storage destination is selected (S206, N), the reminder chirp setting process ends. On the other hand, when the enter key is pressed after the keyword storage destination is selected (S206, Y), the display unit 105
To display the keyword input screen (i). Here, the user actually inputs a keyword (S207).

The control unit 102 controls the operation unit 103
If the enter key has not been pressed after completion of the keyword input (S208, N), the reminder chirp setting process ends. On the other hand, if the enter key is pressed after completion of the keyword input (S208, Y), the display unit 105 displays the call interval setting screen (c). Here, the user sets the calling interval when there is an unopened received mail,
For example, it is set as a value in units of one minute within a range of 1 to 60 minutes (S209).

The control unit 102 controls the operation unit 103
If the enter key has not been pressed after the completion of the calling interval setting (S210, N), the reminder chirp setting process ends. On the other hand, if the enter key is pressed after the completion of the calling interval setting (S210, Y), the display unit 105 displays the calling number setting screen (d). Here, the user sets the number of ringing sounds for notifying that there is a mail when there is an unopened received mail, for example, in a unit of 1 to 5 times (S211). Also,#
Is selected, the number of calls is infinite.

The control unit 102 controls the operation unit 103
If the enter key has not been pressed after the completion of the setting of the number of calls (S212, N), the reminder chirp setting process ends. On the other hand, when the enter key is pressed after the completion of the setting of the number of times of calling (S212, Y), the display unit 105 displays the color setting screen (e). Here, the user sets the color of the mail key to blink when there is an unopened received mail, for example, “1 (white)”, “2 (yellow)”, “3 (purple)”.
(S213).

The control unit 102 controls the operation unit 103
If the enter key is not pressed after the color setting is completed (S
214, N), the reminder chirp setting process ends. On the other hand, if the enter key is pressed after the completion of the color setting (S214, Y), an interval setting screen (f) is displayed on the display unit 105. Here, the user sets the flashing speed (interval) of the mail key to “1 (fast)”, “2 (standard)” when there is an unopened received mail.
A selection is made from "3 (slow)" (S215).

The control unit 102 controls the operation unit 103
If the enter key has not been pressed after the completion of the interval setting (S216, N), the reminder chirp setting process ends. On the other hand, if the enter key is pressed after the completion of the interval setting (S216, Y), the reminder chirp activation flag is turned on (S217), each set data is stored in the storage unit 104 (S218), and the display unit 10
Then, a setting completion screen (g) is displayed on 5 and the reminder chirp setting process is terminated.

When the sender name is set in the reminder chirp setting process, the same process as the above-described keyword setting is performed.

Next, a process for a received mail will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a process performed by the control unit 102 on received mail. First, the control unit 102 performs a mail receiving process (S401), displays a message of “mail received” on the display unit 105 (S402), and simultaneously sounds a sound (hereinafter, referred to as “sound”) when the mail is received.
(S403), and starts a reminder chirp activation timer (S404).
It is determined whether an event for stopping the sounding of the mail pattern occurs (S405). When the event for stopping the sound of the mail pattern does not occur (S
405, N), and returns to step S405. When an event for stopping the sound of the mail pattern has occurred (S40)
5, Y), the sound of the mail pattern is stopped (S40).
6), the display of the message “mail received” on the display unit 105 is deleted (S407). Next, the control unit 102
Determines whether the user opens the mail (S
408).

When the mail is not opened (S408,
N), it is determined whether there is an unopened received mail (S412). When there is no unopened received mail (S41
2, N), the process for the received mail ends. If there is an unopened received mail (S412, Y), a reminder chirp activation process is performed (S413), and a process S408 is performed.
Return to

On the other hand, when the user opens the mail (S
(408, Y), the control unit 102 performs a mail opening process (S409), and as a result, determines whether there is an unopened received mail (S410). If there is an unopened received mail (S410, N), the process returns to step S408. If there is no unopened received mail (S410, Y), the start timer of the reminder chirp is stopped (S411),
The process for the received mail ends.

Next, the reminder chirp activation process (S
413) will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a reminder chirp activation process performed by the control unit 102. First, the control unit 102 sets the standby state (S
In 501), the time of the reminder chirp activation timer is compared with a call interval time arbitrarily set by the user (S502). If the reminder chirp activation timer does not exceed the calling interval (N in S502), the reminder chirp activation process ends.

On the other hand, when the activation timer of the reminder chirp exceeds the calling interval (S502, Y), it is determined whether or not the user has set a keyword or a sender name (S503). If not (N in S503), the process proceeds to S506. On the other hand, if it is set (S503, Y), a search is performed to determine whether or not the specified keyword exists in the unopened received mail, or the sender of the unopened received mail is specified. A determination is made as to whether the received keyword matches the specified name (S504). If the specified keyword exists in the unopened received mail, or the sender name of the unopened received mail matches the specified sender name. In this case (S505, Y), the timer of the reminder chirp is restarted (S506), the reminder chirp sound is emitted (S507), and the mail key is blinked at the same time (S508). On the other hand, if the specified keyword does not exist in the unopened received mail, or if the sender name of the unopened received mail does not match the specified sender name (S505, N), the reminder chirp activation process To end.

Next, the control unit 102 determines whether or not an event for stopping the reminder chirp sound occurs (S509). When the event for stopping the reminder chirp sound does not occur (S509,
N), the process moves to step S509. On the other hand, when an event for stopping the reminder chirp sound occurs (S
(509, Y), the mail key is turned off (S510), the reminder chirp sound is stopped (S511), and the reminder chirp activation process ends. Also, for example, when the user performs a reminder chirp setting, turns off the power of the mobile phone and turns on the power again when there is an unopened received mail, the reminder chirp sounds at the same time as the power is turned on, and the mail key Lights up.

[0029]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
In the setting of the reminder chirp that sounds when the received mail is stored unopened, when the received mail is all unopened, and when the keyword set by the user is included in the unopened received mail The operability can be improved by selectively using the case where the sender name preset by the user matches the sender name of the unopened received mail according to the purpose. In addition, the operability can be improved by the user designating a notification method suitable for the purpose such as the call interval and the number of calls.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a control unit when a user performs a reminder chirp setting.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of display on a display unit 105 when a user performs reminder chirp setting.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process for a received mail performed by a control unit 102;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a reminder chirp activation process performed by a control unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 wireless unit, 102 control unit, 103 operation unit, 1
04 storage unit, 105 display unit, 106 microphone, 107
Speaker.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Atsushi Yoneyama 3-14-20 Higashinakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo Inside Hitachi Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd. Electric F-term (reference) 5K027 AA11 BB02 CC08 FF03 FF22 FF25 HH23 MM13 MM17 5K067 AA34 BB04 DD51 EE02 EE10 EE16 FF13 FF23 FF27 GG11 HH05 KK05 5K101 KK02 KK16 LL12 NN02 NN12 NN12 NN12 PP

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone for notifying the presence of an unopened received mail by sounding or displaying, wherein a search is made for a keyword set in advance for the unopened received mail, and the keyword is received when the unopened received mail is received. A mobile phone that performs the sound or the display at predetermined intervals until the unopened received mail is opened when the mail is included in the mail; 2. A mobile phone for notifying the presence of an unopened received mail by sounding or displaying, wherein when a preset sender name matches a sender name of the unopened received mail, the unopened received mail is displayed. The mobile phone performs the sound or the display at predetermined intervals until a received mail is opened. 3. A portable telephone for notifying the presence of an unopened received mail by a sound or a display, wherein the setting of the sound or the display is ON and the portable telephone is in a state where the unopened received mail is present. A mobile phone, wherein after turning off the power of the phone, the sound or the display is performed simultaneously with turning on the power again.