JP2004054374A - Portable communication terminal and its e-mail arrival control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an e-mail arrival control system suitable for a cell phone unit provided with a telephone directory and an e-mail address book function. <P>SOLUTION: This e-mail arrival control system is provided with a memory registering an e-mail address book and a plurality of groups of identifiers, attributes and precedence ranks and a control means detecting coincidence of an e-mail address sent from an exchange at arrival of an e-mail and the e-mail address in the memory, and controlling an e-mail arrival sound, a vibrator, an e-mail arrival LED and e-mail arrival message voice based on the attribute information and precedence rank information of the e-mail address when a coincident e-mail address is detected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal device and a mail reception control method thereof, and more particularly to a mail reception control method suitable for a mobile communication terminal device having a mail address book function.
[0002]
[Prior art]
At present, mobile communication has exploded, and the number of individual users who carry and use portable communication terminal devices such as cellular phones, PHSs, and mail communication terminals on a daily basis is increasing.
[0003]
By always carrying a mobile communication terminal device, the ideal environment for communication “anytime, anywhere, with anyone” becomes a reality, and the mobile communication terminal device allows users to be outdoors or moving. Calls can be made in almost any situation.
[0004]
However, the above-mentioned ideal environment, when changed from a different viewpoint, raises an important problem that "anytime, anywhere, anyone" is forced to communicate.
[0005]
In other words, even if the user of the portable communication terminal wants to avoid ringer / display / vibrator / incoming announcement by voice message / incoming call announcement by mail incoming LED, the portable communication terminal can be used. Incoming mail is generated regardless of the circumstances of the user of the apparatus, and a ringer / display / vibrator / incoming announcement in voice message / incoming mail status of the incoming mail LED is notified.
[0006]
It is conceivable that the user of the mobile communication terminal device may want to avoid the notification of the mail reception status depending on the situation (when and where) and the content of the information (who). That is, depending on the situation, there are ringer / display / vibrator / voice message announcement / mail arrival LED of mail arrival indicating the arrival of the information of mail reception / control and selection of mail arrival LED.
[0007]
Conventional techniques relating to incoming calls on telephones, selection and restriction of ringers include, for example, "Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-26581" and "Japanese Patent Application No. 11-233174". Of incoming call notification.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The spread of telephones and information terminals with mail transmission / reception functions continues to increase, and there are few models that do not have a mail function on currently released mobile phones. Incoming call notification may be reported in any way as well as incoming telephone calls.
[0009]
The problem here is that the basis for selecting and restricting the information of incoming mail is not an objective condition but depends only on the subjectivity of the user of the mobile communication terminal device, and furthermore, the user of the same mobile communication terminal device However, the requirement changes depending on the situation.
[0010]
In other words, for the same mail content A, the user of the portable communication terminal apparatus states, "Even if" information of A "is obtained in" current situation "," mail notification is not required "." If "information of A" can be obtained for "situation", "I want a mail arrival notification".
[0011]
In the conventional method, the ringer / display / vibrator / voice announcement / voice message LED of incoming mail is controlled collectively for incoming mail without distinguishing the mail sender.
[0012]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a notification control system for incoming mail, which is suitable for a portable communication terminal device having a mail address book function, and to provide a device with excellent operability. And
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Most mobile communication terminals currently on the market are equipped with a mail address book function. The present invention is directed to a portable communication terminal device having a mail address book function to improve the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional technology by applying this mail address book function to determine whether to permit mail arrival notification by a ringer or the like. Select and limit the email addresses that were sent.
[0014]
That is, the invention according to claim 1 includes a memory for registering a plurality of sets of a mail address, a name, an attribute, and a priority rank, setting means for setting an attribute and a priority rank for permitting a mail arrival notification, If the e-mail address sent from the side and the e-mail address in the memory are found to be inconsistent with each other, and a coincident e-mail address is detected, the attribute information of the e-mail address, the priority rank information, and the set attribute And a control means for performing a predetermined process based on a result of the determination as to whether or not to notify the arrival of the mail based on the priority rank.
[0015]
Further, according to the present invention, when the mail reception control means determines that a reception from a matching mail address is detected, the mail reception is performed based on the attribute information of the mail address and the priority rank information. This is an incoming call control system that controls ringing tone, vibrator, incoming call LED, and mail incoming message voice sound.
[0016]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method in which, when a reception from a mismatched mail address is detected as a result of the determination by the mail reception control means, the received mail is discarded without being stored in a memory for storing the received mail. This is an incoming call control method.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile communication terminal device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment includes an antenna 1 and a wireless unit 11 for wireless communication, a control unit 2 for controlling the overall operation, and a mobile communication terminal device for a user. An operation unit 6 for operating the user 20; a display unit 10 for displaying information to the user; a message memory 7 for storing a message; a mail address book memory 8 for storing a mail address book; It comprises a voice synthesizer 9 for performing synthesis, a microphone 4, a speaker 5, an audio unit 3 for controlling the name 4 and the speaker 5, and a vibrator 12 for notifying a user by vibration. You.
[0020]
The user of the mobile communication terminal uses the operation unit 6 to pre-register the names and the like of persons expected to be transmitted and received and their mail addresses in the mail address book memory 8.
[0021]
In the mobile communication terminal device 20 of the present embodiment, in addition to the name and the like and the mail address, the attribute and priority rank of the person are registered in the mail address book memory 8. For example, the attributes may be A: company relationship, B: family, C: friend, and the like. For example, three priority ranks of 1, 2, and 3 are defined. Attributes and priority ranks are registered. The priority rank has a concept of a set, 1 includes 2 and 3, and 2 includes 3.
[0022]
Further, portable communication terminal device 20 of the present embodiment transits to a mail incoming control mode by a user operation.
[0023]
Upon transition to the mail arrival control mode, the mobile communication terminal device 20 requests that the attributes and priority ranks of the callers permitted to receive the mail arrival call be specified. In the case where a registration operation such as a key input performed by the user in response to this request is specified as “A, 3”, an incoming mail call from “A, 2” is permitted, and “B, 3: In the case where "C, 3" is specified, incoming mail calling from "A, 2" is not permitted.
[0024]
As described above, a plurality of attributes and priority ranks can be registered and input, and it is permitted that they are not registered in the mail address book. If the person is not registered, the person is regarded as a person not to be registered in the telephone directory in this function, and the portable communication terminal device 20 may not perform the mail arrival notification according to the setting of the user, and may discard the mail. is there.
[0025]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a processing procedure by the control unit illustrated in FIG. 1.
[0026]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a processing procedure by the control unit illustrated in FIG. 1, and is a diagram illustrating a process subsequent to FIG. 2.
[0027]
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, when the control unit 2 detects an incoming mail (S1), the control unit 2 determines whether the mail is registered in the mail address book (S2). In the case of the discard setting, the incoming mail is deleted (S4), and the process is terminated.
[0028]
If it is registered in the mail address, it is determined whether there is an incoming call ringing (S5), and if there is a sound, an incoming call ringing process (S6) is performed.
[0029]
Next, it is determined whether there is a mail LCD display (S7), and if there is a display, LCD display processing (S8) is performed.
[0030]
Next, it is determined whether there is a mail LED display (S9). If there is a display, an LED display process (S10) is performed.
[0031]
Next, it is determined whether or not there is a vibrator operation (S11). If the vibrator operation is necessary, a vibrator control process (S12) is performed.
Next, it is determined whether or not there is an e-mail incoming operation voice announcement (S13). If there is an announcement, a voice announcement process (S14) is performed.
[0032]
Thereafter, the mail data is stored (S15), and the process ends.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
A first effect is that an e-mail address book memory for registering a plurality of sets of e-mail addresses, names, attributes, and priority ranks, a setting means for setting an attribute for notifying the arrival of an e-mail and a priority rank, The detected e-mail address and the e-mail address in the memory are detected as being inconsistent with each other, and if a coincident e-mail address is detected, the attribute and priority rank of the e-mail address and the set attribute and priority rank are determined. And a control means for performing a predetermined process based on a result of the determination. The control unit performs a predetermined process based on the determination result. The point is that mail arrival control can be realized.
[0034]
A second effect is that a setting means for setting an attribute for permitting incoming mail, and a match / mismatch between a mail address sent from the base side at the time of mail arrival and a mail address in the memory are detected. The mail arrival control method is characterized in that control means for judging whether to discard the mail and performing predetermined processing based on the judgment result is provided, so that the mail storage memory can be effectively used by receiving unnecessary mail. It can be used.
[Brief description of the drawings]
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[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 1 antenna 2 control unit 3 audio unit 4 microphone 5 speaker 6 operation unit 7 message memory 8 mail address book memory 9 voice synthesis unit 10 display unit 11 radio unit 12 vibrator

Claims (6)

A plurality of pairs of an e-mail address, a name, an attribute, and a priority rank are registered, and when an e-mail address sent from the exchange when an e-mail is received coincides with or does not coincide with the e-mail address in the memory, a coincidence e-mail address is detected. If detected, the operation of notifying of mail reception is determined based on the attribute and priority rank of the mail address and the set attribute and priority rank, and a predetermined process is performed based on the determination result. The incoming mail control method of the mobile communication terminal device. As a result of the determination, when reception from a matching mail address is detected, control of a mail ringtone, a vibrator, a ringing LED, and a mail ringing message sound is performed based on the attribute information and the priority rank information of the mail address. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the incoming mail is controlled by the mobile communication terminal. As a result of the above determination, when reception from a mismatched mail address is detected, a limited mail storage memory is enabled by providing a control means for discarding an incoming mail without storing it in a memory for storing the received mail. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is used for controlling an incoming mail of a portable communication terminal device. A memory for registering a plurality of pairs of a mail address, a name, an attribute, and a priority rank; setting means for setting an attribute for determining mail arrival control and a priority rank; a mail address sent from the exchange when a mail arrives; The operation of detecting a match or mismatch of the e-mail addresses in the above and, when a coincident e-mail address is detected, notifying of the reception of the e-mail based on the attribute and the priority rank of the e-mail address and the set attribute and the priority rank And a control means for performing a predetermined process based on the determination result. When the control means detects that the mail address is received from the matching mail address, the mail ring tone, vibrator, incoming LED, mail incoming message sound sound are generated based on the attribute information of the mail address and the priority rank information. The mobile communication terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the control is performed. When the control unit detects that the received mail is not received from the mismatched mail address as a result of the determination, the received mail is discarded without being stored in the memory for storing the received mail, thereby enabling the limited mail storage memory. The mobile communication terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the mobile communication terminal device is used for:

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