JP2002353871A - Schedule notice method, schedule management terminal, and schedule reception terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow only a mobile phone to able to make alarm setting when a personal digital assistant and the mobile phone are carried. SOLUTION: The personal digital assistant 1 managing a schedule is provided with a peripheral device discovery section 10 and the mobile phone 2 is provided with an inquiry response section 34. When an alarm ring time comes, the mobile phone 2 transmits/receives a peripheral device inquiry message and a reply message including an ID and the personal digital assistant 1 finds out the mobile phone 2. Then the personal digital assistant 1 gives an alarm instruction and schedule notice by electronic mail and in voice to the mobile phone 2 and the mobile phone 2 activates an alarm operation section 19 or a vibrator operation section 20 according to the alarm setting. Thus, when a user carries the personal digital assistant 1 and the mobile phone 2, the user needs alarm setting by the mobile phone 2 only so as not to trouble surrounding people by missed alarm setting of the personal digital assistant 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a schedule notification method in which a portable telephone and a schedule management terminal device can carry an alarm for a schedule notification only by a portable telephone, and a schedule management for executing the schedule notification method. The present invention relates to a terminal device and a schedule receiving terminal device that executes the above schedule notification method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile terminals such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants have been used by many people. The mobile phone is mainly used for voice communication and e-mail transmission / reception. On the other hand, the portable information terminal is often used for schedule management, address book management, memo, and the like. Therefore, a person who wants to perform a voice call, e-mail transmission / reception, schedule check, and the like while away from home carries both the mobile phone and the portable information terminal, and receives the voice call and the e-mail reception by the alarm sound or vibration of the mobile phone. On the other hand, the schedule time needs to be confirmed by the alarm sound of the portable information terminal.

[0003]

However, when carrying both the portable telephone and the portable information terminal to carry out voice communication, e-mail transmission and reception, schedule confirmation, and the like on the go, the following problems arise. There is.

That is, if the alarm sound of the portable telephone or the portable information terminal sounds unexpectedly during a meeting or during a movie, the surrounding people are inconvenienced. Be careful not to bother others by turning off the alarm setting on the mobile information terminal. At that time, if both the mobile phone and the personal digital assistant are used, it is necessary to set the alarm off for both the mobile phone and the personal digital assistant, which is very troublesome. In addition, there is a problem that the user often forgets to set one of the devices.

As a solution to such a problem, it is conceivable to use a mobile phone equipped with functions such as schedule management, address book management, and memos, in addition to voice communication and electronic mail transmission and reception. In this case, the schedule can be checked in addition to the voice call and the e-mail transmission / reception using only the mobile phone, so that it is not necessary to carry the mobile information terminal. Therefore, by turning off the alarm only for the mobile phone, it is possible to prevent the alarm sound from disturbing the surroundings.

However, such a mobile phone is
Since many functions are provided in one device, there is a problem that the size is large and it is difficult to perform operations such as a voice call, and a problem that a schedule management function and other functions are restricted due to hardware restrictions. .

As another method for solving the above-mentioned problem, there is a method of managing a schedule with a portable telephone by using a schedule notification device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-116632 from the portable telephone. In this case, only the alarm of the mobile phone is activated when a voice call or e-mail is received and at the scheduled time. Therefore, by turning off the alarm only for the mobile phone, it is possible to prevent the alarm sound from disturbing the surroundings.

However, in the case of such a schedule notification device, it is necessary to input and change a schedule from a mobile phone, and there is a problem that operation is difficult. Furthermore, in the method of managing schedules with this mobile phone, in the case of a person who uses a plurality of mobile phones, schedule management is performed for each individual mobile phone, and the schedule management is performed only for the mobile phone that has input the schedule. There is a problem that notification does not come.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to maintain the comfort and convenience by selectively using voice communication with a mobile phone and schedule management and the like at a portable information terminal, and to set an alarm when carrying both of them. It is an object of the present invention to provide a schedule notification method, a schedule management terminal device, and a schedule reception terminal device that can be performed only by telephone and can appropriately perform a schedule notification even when a plurality of mobile phones are properly used.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a schedule notification method for notifying a receiving unit of a schedule managed by a schedule managing unit to a receiving unit via a short-distance wireless line. The schedule management means, when the notification time of the schedule comes,
The present invention is characterized in that a pre-registered receiving means is searched through the short-distance wireless line and a schedule corresponding to the searched receiving means is notified.

[0011] According to the above configuration, the schedule management means searches for the surrounding reception means among the pre-registered reception means and notifies the user of the schedule. There is no need to notify the schedule notification time using an alarm or vibrator. Therefore, the user who has the schedule management means and the reception means only needs to turn off the alarm on the reception means side, and forgets to turn off the alarm on the schedule management means side and troubles the surroundings. Is prevented.

Further, the schedule management means manages schedules for the plurality of receiving means, and the schedule is notified only to nearby receiving means. Therefore, even when a plurality of receiving means are properly used, the schedule notification is appropriately performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a schedule management terminal device for executing the schedule notification method according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the schedule storage means, the schedule management means, and the schedule reception terminal device identification code storage means. And a schedule receiving terminal device discovering unit, and a short-range wireless communication unit, and when the schedule managing unit detects that the schedule time stored in the schedule storing unit has been reached, the schedule receiving terminal unit finding unit Referring to the schedule receiving terminal device identification code stored in the storage means in advance, finding a nearby schedule receiving terminal device via the short-range wireless communication means, and finding the found schedule receiving terminal device. To the relevant schedule via the short-range wireless communication means. It is characterized by that.

According to the above configuration, when the scheduled time arrives, the surrounding schedule receiving terminal devices are automatically searched, and only the found schedule receiving terminal device is notified of the applicable schedule. Therefore, there is no need to notify the user of the scheduled notification time by using an alarm or a vibrator. For this reason, the alarm setting on the schedule receiving terminal device is only changed, thereby preventing the surroundings from being annoying.

Further, schedules relating to the plurality of schedule receiving terminal devices are managed, and the schedule is notified only to the nearby schedule receiving terminal devices. Therefore, even when a plurality of schedule receiving terminal devices are properly used, schedule notification is appropriately performed.

In one embodiment, in the schedule management terminal device according to the second invention, the schedule reception terminal device identification code is stored in the storage device via the short-range wireless communication device from the schedule reception terminal device. It is characterized by being memorized.

According to this embodiment, the storage means of the schedule management terminal device automatically stores the schedule reception terminal device identification code from the schedule reception terminal device via the short-range wireless communication means. Therefore, the trouble of directly inputting the schedule receiving terminal device identification code from the input means or the like is eliminated.

In one embodiment, in the schedule management terminal device according to the second aspect of the present invention, at least one of the alarm command creation unit, the e-mail creation unit, and the voice conversion unit, and the schedule notification method storage unit are provided. In the case where the schedule management means notifies the schedule, the alarm instruction created by the alarm instruction creation means according to the reference result of the schedule notification method stored in advance in the schedule notification method storage means, or The schedule receiving terminal device is notified by an e-mail created by the e-mail creating unit or a voice converted by the voice converting unit.

According to this embodiment, the notification of the schedule to the schedule receiving terminal device is performed by an alarm command, e-mail, or voice according to the schedule notification method set in advance by the user.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a schedule receiving terminal device for executing the schedule notification method according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the alarm setting storing means, the alarm activating means, the inquiry response means, and the short-range wireless communication. A communication means, the inquiry response means receives an inquiry from the schedule management terminal device managing the schedule via the short-range wireless communication means, and sends a response to the inquiry to the short-range wireless communication means. When the schedule notified from the schedule management terminal device is received via the short-range wireless communication unit, the alarm activation unit sets the alarm and vibrator according to the alarm setting stored in the alarm setting storage unit in advance. It is characterized in that either one is operated.

According to the above configuration, the inquiry responding means responds to the inquiry from the schedule management terminal device, and is automatically notified of being near the schedule management terminal device. Further, the user is notified of the schedule reception from the schedule management terminal device by one of an alarm and a vibrator according to the alarm setting specified by the user. Therefore, by setting the alarm setting to a vibrator, it becomes possible to know the schedule reception without disturbing the surroundings.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a schedule management system including a schedule management terminal device and a schedule reception terminal device that execute the schedule notification method according to the present embodiment. In the schedule management system shown in FIG. 1, the schedule management terminal device is configured by a portable information terminal 1, and the schedule reception terminal device is configured by a mobile phone 2.

In FIG. 1, the portable information terminal 1 has an information processing function such as a schedule management function, and can be carried in a pocket or the like. The mobile phone 2 has a voice communication function and an e-mail transmission / reception function, and can be carried in a pocket or the like.

The portable information terminal 1 includes a schedule input unit 3, a schedule storage unit 4, a schedule time monitoring unit 5, a schedule content display unit 6, an alarm operation unit 7, a peripheral device ID (identifier) input unit 8, a peripheral device ID. It comprises a storage unit 9, a peripheral device discovery unit 10, an alarm instruction creation unit 11, an e-mail creation unit 12, a voice conversion unit 13, a voice communication unit 14, a short-range wireless communication unit 15, and a control unit 16.

The schedule input unit 3 inputs schedule data such as schedule contents, schedule start / end time, and schedule time for sounding an alarm by an input device (not shown) such as a keyboard or tablet by a user.
Input based on the operation of. Then, the schedule data input from the schedule input unit 3 is stored in the schedule storage unit 4. The schedule content display section 6 displays the schedule data stored in the schedule storage section 4 on a display device (not shown) such as a liquid crystal panel. Further, the schedule time monitoring unit 5 compares the schedule data stored in the schedule storage unit 4 with the current time, and when it is time to activate the alarm, notifies the alarm activation unit 7 or the alarm command. Notify the creating unit 11. Then, the alarm operation unit 7 that has received the alarm operation instruction activates the alarm.

The peripheral device ID input section 8 stores the ID of the peripheral device.
And data of a schedule notification method and the like are input based on the operation of the input device such as a keyboard and a tablet by the user. Note that the peripheral device is the portable information terminal 1
Are devices that can receive a schedule notification from the portable information terminal 1 and activate an alarm. The data thus input from the peripheral device ID input unit 8 is stored in the peripheral device ID storage unit 9.

The peripheral device discovery unit 10 stores the peripheral device ID
The mobile phone 2 corresponding to the ID stored in the storage unit 9
Automatically exist around the portable information terminal 1. When receiving the alarm activation instruction from the schedule time monitoring unit 5, the alarm instruction creation unit 11 creates an alarm instruction to be transmitted to the mobile phone 2. In addition, the e-mail creating unit 12 creates an e-mail to be transmitted to the mobile phone 2. The voice converter 13 converts the contents of the schedule into voice. Then, the created voice is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 by the voice communication unit 14. The short-range wireless communication unit 15 communicates with the mobile phone 2 at a short distance via a short-range wireless line. In this way, the alarm command created by the alarm command creating unit 11 and the email created by the email creating unit 12 are transmitted to the mobile phone 2.

The control unit 16 controls the schedule input unit 3 to the short-range wireless communication unit 15 and when the alarm sounding time of the managed schedule comes, the short-range wireless communication unit 15 sends an alarm. Send instructions and email. Alternatively, the voice communication unit 14 transmits a schedule notification by voice.

On the other hand, the portable telephone 2 has an alarm setting input unit 17, an alarm setting storage unit 18, and an alarm operating unit 1.
9, vibrator operation unit 20, alarm stop operation unit 21,
Alarm time monitoring unit 22, e-mail reception unit 23, e-mail storage unit 24, e-mail display operation unit 25, e-mail display unit 26, off-hook operation unit 27, on-hook operation unit 2
8, a message display unit 29, a voice communication unit 30, a public wireless communication unit 31, a short-range wireless communication unit 32, an ID storage unit 33, an inquiry response unit 34, and a control unit 35.

The alarm setting input section 17 determines how an alarm or a vibrator is activated when a voice call or an e-mail is received, based on a user's operation of the input device such as a keyboard or tablet. Set. Thus, the data set from the alarm setting input unit 17 is stored in the alarm setting storage unit 18. The alarm operating section 19 operates and stops an alarm. The vibrator operating section 20 operates and stops the vibrator. The alarm stop operation unit 21 gives an instruction to stop an alarm or a vibrator based on an operation of an input device (not shown) such as a button by a user. The alarm time monitoring unit 22 measures the operating time of the alarm or the vibrator, and notifies the alarm operating time elapse notification to the alarm operating unit 19 or the vibrator operating unit 20 when a preset time has elapsed, and outputs the alarm or vibrator. To stop.

The e-mail receiving section 23 receives an e-mail. Then, the received e-mail data is stored in the e-mail storage unit 24. The e-mail display operation unit 25 instructs to display the e-mail data stored in the e-mail storage unit 25 on the display device such as a liquid crystal panel based on a user operation of the input device such as a button. I do. The e-mail display unit 26 receives the instruction from the e-mail display operation unit 25 and displays the e-mail data stored in the e-mail storage unit 24 on the display device such as a liquid crystal panel.

The off-hook operation unit 27 instructs the voice call unit 30 or the public wireless communication unit 31 to start a voice call when a voice call is received, based on the operation of the input device such as a button by the user. The on-hook operation unit 28
The end of the voice communication is instructed to the voice communication unit 30 or the public wireless communication unit 31 based on the operation of the input device such as a button by the user.

The message display section 29 displays a message on the display device such as a liquid crystal panel when an electronic mail arrives. The voice communication unit 30 transmits and receives voice to and from the portable information terminal 1. The public wireless communication unit 31 wirelessly communicates with a public telephone line. The short-range wireless communication unit 32 communicates with the portable information terminal 1 at a short distance via a short-range wireless line.

The ID storage section 33 stores an ID capable of specifying the mobile phone 2. The inquiry response unit 34 responds to an inquiry from the portable information terminal 1.

The control unit 35 controls the alarm setting input unit 17 to the inquiry response unit 34 to receive the alarm command or the e-mail by the short-range wireless communication unit 32 or the voice communication unit 30 When the schedule notification sound is received, the alarm operation unit 19 or the vibrator operation unit 2 is set in accordance with the alarm setting preset in the alarm setting storage unit 18.
Activate 0 to activate alarm and vibrator.

In FIG. 1, a schedule input unit 3, a schedule storage unit 4, a schedule time monitoring unit 5, a schedule content display unit 6, and an alarm operation unit 7 of the portable information terminal 1 are mounted on a conventional portable information terminal. Is equivalent to In addition, the alarm setting input unit 17, the alarm setting storage unit 18, and the alarm operating unit 1 of the mobile phone 2
9, vibrator operation unit 20, alarm stop operation unit 21,
Alarm time monitoring unit 22, e-mail reception unit 23, e-mail storage unit 24, e-mail display operation unit 25, e-mail display unit 26, off-hook operation unit 27, on-hook operation unit 2
8, a message display unit 29, a voice communication unit 30, a public wireless communication unit 31, and an ID storage unit 33 are the same as those mounted on a conventional mobile phone.

Then, the peripheral device ID input unit 8, the peripheral device ID storage unit 9, the peripheral device discovery unit 10, the alarm command creation unit 11, and the e-mail creation unit 1 in the portable information terminal 1.
2. The voice conversion unit 13, the voice communication unit 14, and the short-range wireless communication unit 15 are unique to the present embodiment. Similarly, the short-range wireless communication unit 32 and the inquiry response unit 34 in the mobile phone 2 are unique to the present embodiment.

The portable information terminal 1 and the portable telephone 2
The wireless communication between them is performed using, for example, Bluetooth.

Hereinafter, the operation of the schedule management system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of the schedule management processing operation shown in FIG. It is assumed that the user of the present schedule management system carries the portable information terminal 1 and the mobile phone 2 constituting the present schedule management system in a pocket or a bag.

In step S1, the portable information terminal 1
I of the mobile phone 2 to which the user notifies the schedule
D, a schedule notification method, various schedules, and the like are input by operating a keyboard, tablet, or the like.
In this case, the ID of the mobile phone 2 and the schedule notification method are input through the peripheral device ID input unit 8, and the input data is stored in the peripheral device ID storage unit 9 by the control unit 16. In addition, about the ID of the mobile telephone 2,
The mobile information terminal 1 is transferred from the mobile phone 2 to the mobile information terminal 1 by a user operation.
It is also possible to configure so as to perform wireless communication. In this case, since the ID is read from the ID storage unit 33, the user does not need to remember the ID of the mobile phone 2 and is relieved from the trouble of directly inputting the ID. FIG. 3 shows an example of data stored in the peripheral device ID storage unit 9. In FIG. 3, the peripheral device ID is a sequence of numbers and symbols unique to all devices that can specify the peripheral device.
The schedule notification method is a method for performing a schedule notification from the mobile information terminal 1 to the mobile phone 2, and “e-mail” means notifying the schedule contents by e-mail, and “voice” means voice communication. Means that the schedule content is notified, and the "alarm instruction" means that only the scheduled time is notified by an alarm.

On the other hand, the schedule is input through the schedule input unit 3, and the input schedule data is stored in the schedule storage unit 4 by the control unit 16. Further, when the alarm sounding flag included in the schedule data stored in the schedule storage unit 4 is on, the control unit 16 registers the schedule time and the schedule number included in the schedule data in the schedule time monitoring unit 5. You. FIG. 4 shows an example of schedule data stored in the schedule storage unit 4. In FIG. 4, "schedule number" is a unique number automatically added to the input schedule data, and the schedule can be specified by the schedule number. "Start time"
And “end time” are the time when the schedule starts and the time when it ends. The "alarm sound flag"
This specifies whether or not to notify the user of the presence of the schedule by an alarm. When the schedule time is reached by setting “ON”, the user is notified by an alarm. The “schedule contents” are the title and detailed contents of the schedule.

In step S2, the user operates the keyboard, tablet, or the like, immediately before a conference or the like, by operating the keyboard or tablet.
The alarm setting is input through the alarm setting input unit 17 of the mobile phone 2. Then, the alarm setting data input from the alarm setting input unit 17 is stored in the alarm setting storage unit 18 by the control unit 35. Here, an example of the alarm setting data stored in the alarm setting storage unit 18 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, “current mode” indicates an alarm setting used when receiving an incoming call such as a voice call, and the alarm and vibrator operate according to the alarm setting in which “yes” is designated. In that case, yes is always specified for only one alarm setting, and no for the remaining alarm settings. “Alarm mode” is a name given for each alarm setting. “Alarm volume” is the volume of the alarm sound, and OFF means that the alarm is not activated. The “alarm sound type” designates a tone color or the like of the alarm sound. “Vibration intensity” is the intensity of vibration, and OFF means that the vibrator is not operated. “Vibration type” designates a vibration pattern.

In step S3, the schedule time monitoring unit 5 of the portable information terminal 1 compares the current time with the schedule time registered in step S1. Then, it is determined whether or not the current time is after the schedule time. As a result, when it becomes after the schedule time, the control unit 16 is notified of the schedule time together with the schedule number. Then, the schedule time and the schedule number are deleted from the schedule time monitoring unit 5. After that, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, the control unit 16 instructs the peripheral device discovery unit 10 to search for the mobile phone 2 having the ID stored in the peripheral device ID storage unit 9. Then, a peripheral device inquiry message is created by the peripheral device discovery unit 10 that has received the instruction, and is transmitted wirelessly via the short-range wireless communication unit 15. When the peripheral device inquiry message is received by the short-range wireless communication unit 32 of the mobile phone 2, the message is notified to the control unit 35, and the control unit 35 inquires the inquiry response unit 34 of the peripheral device inquiry. An instruction to respond to the message is issued. Then, the inquiry response unit 34 receiving the instruction causes
The own ID stored in the D storage unit 33 is read, a response message including the ID is created, and the response message is returned to the portable information terminal 1 via the short-range wireless communication unit 32.

The response message from the portable telephone 2 returned in this way is received by the short-range wireless communication unit 15 of the portable information terminal 1, and this is notified by the peripheral device discovery unit 1.
0 is notified. Then, the peripheral device ID is read from the received response message by the peripheral device discovery unit 10 and compared with the peripheral device ID stored in the peripheral device ID storage unit 9. If there is a matching peripheral device ID, the control unit 16 is notified of the same. Then, the control unit 16 determines whether or not a peripheral device has been found based on the notification from the peripheral device finding unit 10. If a peripheral device has been found, the process proceeds to step S7. Proceed to.

In step S5, since the peripheral device discovery unit 10 cannot find the peripheral device by the control unit 16, it is determined that the user carries only the portable information terminal 1, and the schedule time monitoring unit The schedule content stored in the schedule storage unit 4 is read out using the schedule number obtained from the key 5 as a key and sent to the schedule content display unit 6. Then, the schedule content display unit 6 displays the schedule content on the display device. In step S6, the alarm operation unit 7 is controlled by the control unit 16, and the alarm is sounded for a certain period of time to notify the user that the scheduled time has come. After that, the schedule management processing operation ends.

In step S 7, the peripheral device discovery unit 10 has found the peripheral device by the control unit 16.
Using the peripheral device ID obtained by the peripheral device discovery unit 10 as a key, the schedule notification method stored in the peripheral device ID storage unit 9 is read, and whether the schedule notification method is the “alarm command notification” is determined. Is determined. If the result is “alarm command notification”, the step S
Proceed to step 8; otherwise, proceed to step S12.

In step S8, since the schedule notification method is the alarm instruction notification, the alarm instruction creation unit 11 is controlled by the control unit 16 to create an alarm instruction message. FIG. 6 shows an example of the alarm command message. The first byte is data indicating the type of message. In the case of this message, "1" indicating that it is an alarm command message is stored. The next 3 bytes are the data length of the entire message
(Unit is byte). In the case of this message, "8" is stored. The last four bytes are the transmission time (unit is minute).

In step S9, the short-range wireless communication section 15 is controlled by the control section 16 and the portable telephone 2 is controlled.
Is sent an alarm command message. Step S10
Then, the short-range wireless communication unit 32 of the mobile phone 2 that has received the alarm command message notifies the control unit 35 of the fact. Then, the control unit 3 receiving the notification
5, a message indicating that the scheduled time has been reached, for example, "schedule alarm has arrived" is displayed on the display device by the message display unit 29.
At the same time, the alarm operating section 19 or the vibrator operating section 20 is operated according to the alarm setting stored in the alarm setting storing section 18, and the user is notified that the scheduled time has come.

In step S11, when the control unit 35 receives a notification from the alarm time monitoring unit 22 that the determined time has elapsed, or receives a notification from the alarm stop operation unit 21 that the operation has been performed by the user. Then, the operation of the alarm operating section 19 or the vibrator operating section 20 is stopped. After that, the schedule management processing operation ends.

In step S12, the control unit 16 determines whether or not the schedule notification method read from the peripheral device ID storage unit 9 is the "e-mail notification". As a result, if the notification is “e-mail notification”, the process proceeds to step S13; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S13.
Go to 19.

In step S13, the e-mail creating section 12 is controlled by the control section 16 to create an e-mail including the schedule start time, schedule end time, and schedule contents stored in the schedule storage section 4. Is done. FIG. 7 shows an example of the created e-mail. The first byte is data indicating the type of message. In the case of this message, “2” indicating that the message is an electronic mail is stored. The next three bytes are the message length (unit is byte), and the next four bytes are the transmission time (unit is minute). Further, a data length (unit is byte) and data of a source mail address, a destination mail address, a mail title, a mail text, and the like are stored. More specifically, the ID of the portable information terminal 1 is used as the “source mail address” data, the ID of the mobile phone 2 is used as the “destination mail address” data, and the character string “schedule content notification” is used as the “mail title”. "But,
A character string indicating the schedule start time, schedule end time, and schedule contents is stored as the “mail body”.

In step S14, the short-range wireless communication unit 15 is controlled by the control unit 16 to
An email is sent to In step S15, when the short-range wireless communication unit 32 of the mobile phone 2 receives the e-mail, the control unit 35 is notified of the reception.
Then, the e-mail received via the e-mail receiving unit 23 is stored in the e-mail storage unit 24 by the control unit 35 having received the notification. After that, the message display unit 29 is controlled, and a message indicating that the e-mail has arrived, for example, “mail arrived” is displayed on the display device. At the same time, the alarm operating section 19 or the vibrator operating section 20 is controlled in accordance with the alarm setting stored in the alarm setting storing section 18, and the user is notified of the arrival of the e-mail.

In step S 16, when the control unit 35 receives a notification from the alarm time monitoring unit 22 that the determined time has elapsed, or receives a notification from the alarm stop operation unit 21 that the user has operated. Then, the operation of the alarm operating section 19 or the vibrator operating section 20 is stopped. After that, the control unit 35 receives an instruction to display an e-mail from the e-mail display operation unit 25 by the user. In step S17, the e-mail display unit 26 is controlled by the control unit 35, and the e-mails stored in the e-mail storage unit 24, that is, the schedule start time, the schedule end time, and the schedule contents are displayed on the display device. Is done.

In step S18, when the control unit 35 receives an instruction to delete an electronic mail from the on-hook operation unit 28 by the user, the electronic mail display unit 26 is controlled and displayed on the display device. The email is deleted. After that, the schedule management processing operation ends.

In step S19, the control unit 16 determines that the schedule notification method is "voice call notification", and the schedule start time, schedule end time and schedule contents stored in the schedule storage unit 4 are changed. Converted to sentences. Then, the voice conversion unit 13 is controlled to convert the sentence into voice. For example, if the data of schedule number 1 shown in FIG.
10:00, January 1, 2000, end time January 1, 2000
It is 12:00 a day. Is converted. Step S20
Then, the short-range wireless communication unit 15 is controlled by the control unit 16, and a voice call transmission message is transmitted to the mobile phone 2. FIG. 8 shows an example of the voice call transmission message. The first one byte is data indicating the type of message. In the case of this message, "3" indicating that it is a voice call is stored. The next three bytes are a message length (unit is byte), and the next four bytes are a transmission time (unit is minute).

In step S21, when the short-range wireless communication section 32 of the portable telephone 2 receives the voice call transmission message, the short-range wireless communication section 32 notifies the control section 35 of the reception. Then, the message display unit 29 is controlled by the control unit 35 that has received the notification, and a message indicating that a voice call has been received, for example, “voice call has been received”
Is displayed on the display device. At the same time, according to the alarm setting stored in the alarm setting storage unit 18,
The alarm operating unit 19 or the vibrator operating unit 20 is controlled to notify the user of the incoming voice call. Thereafter, when the control unit 35 receives an instruction to start a voice call from the user from the off-hook operation unit 27, the operation of the alarm operation unit 19 or the vibrator operation unit 20 is stopped, and the short-range wireless The start of the voice call via the communication unit 32 is notified. Then, the voice communication unit 30 receiving the notification of the start of the voice communication,
A voice call start message is transmitted to the portable information terminal 1 via the short-range wireless communication unit 32. If the user does not perform the off-hook operation until receiving a notification from the alarm time monitoring unit 22 that the preset time has elapsed, the control unit 35 controls the alarm operation unit 19 or the vibrator operation unit 20 to operate. Operation is stopped.

In step S22, when the short-range wireless communication section 15 of the portable information terminal 1 receives the voice call start message, the short-range wireless communication section 15 notifies the voice call section 14 of the message. Then, the voice converted by the voice conversion unit 13 as described above is transmitted through the short-range wireless communication unit 15 by the voice communication unit 14 having received the notification. Step S
At 23, when the on-hook operation unit 28 of the mobile phone 2 detects the end of the voice call from the user or when all voices are transmitted by the voice call unit 14 of the portable information terminal 1, the voice call is started. Will be terminated. After that, the schedule management processing operation ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the portable information terminal 1 managing the schedule is provided with the peripheral device ID input unit 8, the peripheral device ID storage unit 9, and the peripheral device discovery unit 10. ing. In addition, the mobile phone 2 is provided with an inquiry response unit 34. And
When the alarm sounding time comes, the peripheral device discovery unit 10 and the inquiry response unit 34 cause the short-range wireless communication unit 15,
By transmitting and receiving the peripheral device inquiry message and the response message including the ID via the P. 32, the mobile phone 2 as the peripheral device is found by the mobile information terminal 1.

Then, according to the schedule notification method previously input from the portable information terminal 1 to the portable telephone 2 and stored in the peripheral device ID storage unit 9, an alarm command,
Schedule notification is performed by e-mail or voice. The mobile phone 2 operates the alarm operation unit 19 or the vibrator operation unit 20 according to the alarm setting stored in the alarm setting storage unit 18 in advance.

Therefore, even when both the portable information terminal 1 and the portable telephone 2 are carried, the alarm setting may be performed only by the portable telephone 2, and the alarm setting of the portable information terminal 1 may be forgotten to the surroundings. Can be prevented.

In addition, the portable information terminal 1 is provided with a schedule management function for a plurality of portable telephones including the portable telephone 2, and a nearby portable telephone is searched to notify the portable telephone of the schedule. . Therefore, even when a plurality of mobile phones are properly used, the schedule notification can be appropriately and reliably performed.

The schedule management function is mounted not on the mobile phone 2 but on the mobile information terminal 1. Therefore, the alarm setting function, alarm sounding function, e-mail receiving function, voice call function, and the like, which are conventionally mounted on the mobile phone 2, can be used as they are, and newly added for cooperation with the mobile information terminal 1. Very few functions to be done. Therefore, the size of the mobile phone 2 is not increased, and the operability of the mobile phone 2 is not impaired.
Also, there is no restriction on the schedule management function and other functions due to hardware restrictions.

Further, since the input and change of the schedule can be performed directly from the portable information terminal 1 having the schedule management function, the operability relating to the input and change of the schedule is not impaired.

Although the description is omitted in the present embodiment for the sake of simplicity, the portable information terminal 1 is also provided with a vibrator operating unit, an alarm setting input unit, and an alarm setting storage unit. When the portable information terminal 1 alone is carried, it goes without saying that the alarm setting of the portable information terminal 1 can be changed to a vibrator.

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As is clear from the above description, in the schedule notification method of the first invention, when the notification time of the schedule comes, the schedule management means searches for the pre-registered reception means via the short-distance wireless line. And notifies the schedule corresponding to the searched receiving means.
The schedule management means does not need to notify the arrival of the schedule by the alarm or the like. Therefore, the user only has to change the alarm setting on the receiving means side, and it is possible to prevent the surroundings from being inconvenienced by forgetting to change the alarm setting on the schedule management means side. Furthermore, the schedule management means manages the schedules related to the plurality of receiving means, and the schedule notification is performed only to the nearby receiving means. Therefore, even when the plurality of receiving means are properly used, the schedule notification is appropriately performed. Can be.

Further, in the schedule management terminal device of the second invention, when the schedule management means detects that the scheduled time has come, the schedule reception terminal device discovery means refers to the schedule reception terminal device identification code and locates therearound. Since the schedule receiving terminal device is found and the schedule corresponding to the found schedule receiving terminal device is notified, it is not necessary to notify the user of the arrival of the schedule notification time by an alarm. Therefore, it is possible to prevent annoying surroundings only by changing the alarm setting on the schedule receiving terminal device side. Further, since the schedule notification is performed only to the nearby schedule receiving terminal devices, the schedule notification can be appropriately performed even when a plurality of schedule receiving terminal devices are properly used. Furthermore, it is not necessary to mount a schedule management function on the schedule receiving terminal device, and it is possible to prevent operability from being impaired when the schedule receiving terminal device is a mobile phone. There is no restriction on other functions. Furthermore, since schedule input and change can be performed directly on a device equipped with a schedule management function, operability related to schedule input and change is not impaired.

In one embodiment, the schedule management terminal device stores the schedule receiving terminal device identification code in the storage device from the schedule receiving terminal device via the short-range wireless communication device. The user can be relieved of the trouble of directly inputting the schedule receiving terminal device identification code.

Further, the schedule management terminal device according to the embodiment, when notifying a schedule to the schedule receiving terminal device, notifies the schedule receiving terminal device by an alarm command or e-mail or voice according to a preset schedule notifying method. The schedule can be notified by a notification method desired by the user. Therefore, for example, during a meeting, the contents of the schedule can be known without disturbing the surroundings by e-mail.

Further, when the schedule receiving terminal device of the third invention receives the inquiry from the schedule management terminal device, it responds to the inquiry by the inquiry response means, so that the schedule receiving terminal device is located near the schedule management terminal device. Can be automatically notified. Further, since the schedule reception is notified according to the alarm setting specified in advance, if the alarm setting is made a vibrator, the schedule reception can be known without disturbing the surroundings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a schedule management system including a schedule management terminal device and a schedule reception terminal device that execute a schedule notification method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a schedule management processing operation performed by the schedule management system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a peripheral device ID storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of schedule data stored in a schedule storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of alarm setting data stored in an alarm setting storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an alarm command message.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a created e-mail.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a voice call transmission message.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable information terminal, 2 ... Mobile telephone, 4 ... Schedule storage part, 5 ... Schedule time monitoring part, 7, 19 ... Alarm activation part, 8 ... Peripheral device ID input part, 9 ... Peripheral device ID storage part, 10 ... Peripheral device discovery unit, 11: alarm command creation unit, 12: e-mail creation unit, 13: voice conversion unit, 14, 30: voice communication unit, 15, 32: short-range wireless communication unit, 16, 35: control unit, 18 Alarm setting storage unit 20 Vibrator operation unit 21 Alarm stop operation unit 22 Alarm time monitoring unit 23 Email receiving unit 26 Email display unit 29 Message display unit 31 Public Wireless communication unit 33 ... ID storage unit 34 ... Inquiry response unit

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A schedule notifying method for notifying a receiving means of a schedule managed by a schedule managing means to a receiving means via a short-distance wireless line, wherein the schedule managing means is adapted to execute when a schedule notification time comes. And searching for a pre-registered receiving means via the short-distance wireless line and notifying a schedule corresponding to the searched receiving means. 2. A schedule management terminal device for executing the schedule notification method according to claim 1, wherein the schedule storage device, the schedule management device, the schedule reception terminal device identification code storage device, and the schedule reception terminal device. When the schedule management means detects that the schedule time stored in the schedule storage means has been reached, the schedule reception terminal device discovery means comprises:
With reference to the schedule receiving terminal device identification code stored in the storage means in advance, a nearby schedule receiving terminal device is found through the short-range wireless communication means, and the found schedule receiving terminal device is assigned to the found schedule receiving terminal device. A schedule management terminal device for notifying a corresponding schedule via the short-range wireless communication means. 3. The schedule management terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the schedule reception terminal device identification code is stored in the storage device from the schedule reception terminal device via the short-range wireless communication device. Characteristic schedule management terminal device. 4. The schedule management terminal device according to claim 2, further comprising at least one of an alarm command creation unit, an e-mail creation unit, and a voice conversion unit, and a schedule notification method storage unit. When the management unit notifies the schedule, the alarm instruction created by the alarm instruction creation unit or the electronic mail creation according to the reference result of the schedule notification method stored in advance in the schedule notification method storage unit. A schedule management terminal device for notifying the schedule receiving terminal device by e-mail created by the means or by voice converted by the voice conversion means. 5. A schedule receiving terminal device that executes the schedule notification method according to claim 1, comprising: an alarm setting storage unit, an alarm activation unit, an inquiry response unit, and a short-range wireless communication unit. When the inquiry response means receives an inquiry from the schedule management terminal device managing the schedule via the short-range wireless communication means, the response to the inquiry is performed via the short-range wireless communication means, When the schedule notified from the management terminal device is received via the short-range wireless communication means, the alarm operating means operates one of the alarm and the vibrator according to the alarm setting stored in the alarm setting storage means in advance. Schedule receiving terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. .