JP2006109328A - Output device and output method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly output communication histories relating to communication destinations desired by a user. <P>SOLUTION: A communication terminal includes a history memory 214 for storing information indicating the communication histories in association with an association number for specifying a communication destination, a phone book memory 213 for storing a telephone number unique to the communication destination and different from the association number in association with the association number, an antenna 201 for receiving the telephone number, a control unit 211 for searching the association number corresponding to a telephone number received by the antenna 201, and for searching the information indicating the communication histories corresponding to self searched association number, and a display 102 for outputting the information indicating the communication histories searched by the control unit 211. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an output device and an output method, and more particularly to an output device and an output method that can display a communication history.

  A telephone device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes an input device for inputting character data and control data, a display device for displaying a call history, and an update device for calculating a home rate and updating the call history And a storage device capable of reading and writing the call history and a call device for performing an automatic call, and after performing an automatic call using the call device, an update device from the input device whether the call partner is absent or at home The update device calculates the home rate based on the received home / absence information, sorts the call history in descending order of the home rate for each call time, and uses this updated call history for the next call. Based on the automatic call.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to increase the success rate of a call by sequentially calling from a partner with a high home rate.

  The telephone device disclosed in Patent Document 2 is a telephone device that detects an incoming signal from an exchange arriving via a telephone line and outputs a ringing tone. The telephone number of a caller sent from the exchange together with the incoming signal is disclosed. Receiving circuit, a storage circuit that stores the telephone number of the received caller, and a display device that displays the telephone number of the storage circuit based on a predetermined operation.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to identify an incoming call that has been made while the user is away, and when calling to such an incoming call, and when making a call to the same party again after the incoming call ends, the other party number is set. It is possible to make a call without checking, and to record the time of the incoming call and the information on the calling side at this time without responding to the incoming call, thereby reducing the call charge on the calling side.

  The management device disclosed in Patent Literature 3 is an electronic device having a function in which a management device connected to an exchange via a terminal stores at least a telephone number and a name of a partner and searches for a desired telephone number. A telephone book, a history table for automatically recording information representing the history of the call each time an outgoing call and an incoming call, and a registration device for transferring and registering the information recorded in the history table to the electronic telephone book It is characterized by being.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to facilitate registration in the electronic telephone directory by recording the call history.

  The telephone device disclosed in Patent Document 4 is a telephone device used under daylight saving time, and information on the usage status of the user based on the time when the user of the telephone device starts use and the time when use ends. When the information about the usage situation is output, the output device switches the operation time if the operation time at the start of use is different from the operation time at the end of use. It is characterized by further outputting information indicating that it is present.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately display and record a call history on the day when the standard time changes to daylight saving time or the day when the daylight saving time changes. In addition, it is possible to easily notify the user of these switching.

  In the display method disclosed in Patent Document 5, the functions operated during a call and the state of the call are sequentially displayed, the contents are stored, and the contents stored according to the instructions are stored after the call ends. indicate.

  According to the present invention, if the communication is not performed, that is, in the standby state, the outgoing call history can be displayed to be used for re-sending to the other party selected from the list. When the incoming call history is displayed, the caller at the time of missed call can be confirmed. Information displayed in the incoming call history can be used for registration in the phone book. This is because a function for displaying a list of outgoing calls or incoming calls is provided.

However, the inventions disclosed in Patent Literature 1 to Patent Literature 5 have a problem that it is difficult to promptly output a communication history with a partner required by the user.
JP-A-5-327852 JP-A-8-204810 JP 2000-78628 A JP 2001-51081 A JP-A-11-205423

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide an output device and an output method capable of quickly outputting a communication history with a communication partner required by a user. It is in.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, the output device stores information indicating communication history in association with first information specifying a communication partner. The second storage means for storing the second information that is different from the first information and is unique to the communication partner in association with the first information, and the second information Corresponding to the receiving means for receiving, the first searching means for searching for the first information corresponding to the second information received by the receiving means, and the first information searched for by the first searching means Second search means for searching for information representing the history of communication to be performed, and output means for outputting information representing the history of communication searched by the second search means.

  That is, the first search means searches for the first information corresponding to the second information received by the receiving means. The second search means searches for information representing a communication history corresponding to the first information searched by the first search means. The output means outputs information representing a communication history searched by the second search means. Thereby, the communication history with the communication partner received by the receiving means is output. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device that can promptly output a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  The first information described above preferably includes information indicating whether or not the second storage means stores the second information. The first search means preferably includes means for searching for information corresponding to the second information, which is information indicating that the second storage means stores the second information.

  That is, the second search unit searches for information representing a communication history corresponding to information indicating whether or not the second storage unit stores the second information. Thereby, the communication history with the communication partner received by the receiving means can be output more quickly. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device that can more quickly output a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  The information indicating that the second storage means stores the second information preferably includes information indicating that the second storage means stores the telephone number of the other party. .

  That is, the second search means searches for information corresponding to information indicating that the second storage means stores the telephone number of the other party among the information indicating the communication history. As a result, the communication history with the communication partner received by the receiving means can be output more quickly. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device that can more quickly output a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the above-described output device further includes a receiving unit for receiving a user instruction. The output means preferably includes means for outputting information representing a communication history when the accepting means accepts information indicating that information should be outputted.

  Further, the above-described output device includes information that is received by the accepting means, and receiving means that accepts the information of the other party to whom the information representing the communication history corresponds, and first information that corresponds to the information representing the communication history. It is desirable to further include an updating means for updating to meet the above.

  In other words, the accepting unit accepts information on the other party to which the information representing the communication history corresponds. The updating unit updates the first information corresponding to the information representing the communication history so as to match the information received by the receiving unit. The second search means searches for information corresponding to the first information searched by the first search means and updated by the update means. The output means outputs information representing a communication history searched by the second search means. Thus, even if the information representing the communication history stored in the first storage means and the second information stored in the second storage means correspond to different first information, the same first information Information can be updated so that it corresponds to information. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device capable of promptly outputting a communication history with a partner that is regarded as the same among communication partners required by the user.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the above-described output device further includes a determination unit for determining the first information independently of the user's intention.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the output device includes first storage means for storing information representing a communication history in association with first information for specifying a communication partner, A second storage means for storing second information that is different from the information and unique to the communication partner, in association with the first information, and a communication means for communicating with the communication partner Receiving means for receiving a user's instruction; first search means for searching for first information corresponding to information represented by the instruction received by the receiving means among the second information; A second search means for searching for information representing a communication history corresponding to the first information searched by the search means, and an output for outputting information representing the communication history searched by the second search means Means.

  That is, the first search unit searches for the first information corresponding to the information represented by the instruction received by the receiving unit among the second information. The second search means searches for information representing a communication history corresponding to the first information searched by the first search means. The output means outputs information representing a communication history searched by the second search means. As a result, a communication history with the other party indicated by the instruction received by the receiving means is output. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device that can promptly output a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  In addition, the instruction received by the reception unit preferably includes an instruction that the second storage unit should start a call with the other party that stores the second information.

  That is, the instruction accepted by the accepting means includes an instruction that the second storage means should start a call with the other party that has stored the second information. As a result, when a call is started, a communication history with the other party is output. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device capable of accurately and promptly outputting a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  In addition, the instruction received by the receiving unit described above preferably includes an instruction to output any of the plurality of second information. The output means preferably includes means for outputting information representing a communication history together with second information represented by the instruction.

  That is, the instruction received by the receiving unit includes an instruction to output any of the plurality of second information. Thereby, when the second information is output, a communication history with the other party is output. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device capable of accurately and promptly outputting a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the output device receives a storage means for storing information representing a communication history in association with information unique to a communication partner, and information unique to the partner. Receiving means for searching, searching means for searching for information representing the history of communication corresponding to the unique information received by the receiving means, and output for outputting information representing the history of communication searched by the searching means Means.

  That is, the search means searches for information representing a communication history corresponding to the unique information received by the receiving means. The output means outputs information representing a communication history searched by the search means. Thereby, the communication history with the communication partner received by the receiving means is output. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device that can promptly output a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the output device communicates with a communication means and a storage means for storing information representing a communication history in association with information unique to the communication partner. Communication means, accepting means for accepting user instructions, search means for retrieving information corresponding to unique information represented by the instructions accepted by the accepting means, among information representing communication history, and search Output means for outputting information representing a communication history searched by the means.

  That is, the search means searches for information corresponding to the unique information indicated by the instruction received by the reception means from the information indicating the communication history. The output means outputs information representing a communication history searched by the search means. As a result, a communication history with the partner indicated by the instruction received by the receiving means is output. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device that can promptly output a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  In addition, the instruction received by the reception unit described above preferably includes an instruction with information unique to the communication partner that the call with the communication partner should be started.

  That is, the instruction received by the receiving unit includes an instruction accompanied with information unique to the communication partner that the call with the communication partner should be started. As a result, when a call is started, a communication history with the other party is output. As a result, it is possible to provide an output device capable of accurately and promptly outputting a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, the output method stores the information indicating the communication history in association with the first information for specifying the communication partner. A second storage step for storing the second information different from the first information and unique to the communication partner in association with the first information; and a receiving step for receiving the second information A first search step for searching for the first information corresponding to the second information received in the receiving step, and information representing a communication history corresponding to the first information searched for in the first search step. A second search step for searching; and an output step for outputting information representing a history of communication searched in the second search step.

  That is, it is possible to provide an output method capable of promptly outputting a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the output method includes a first storage step of storing information representing a communication history in association with first information specifying a communication partner, and first information. The second storage step for storing second information unique to the communication partner in association with the first information, the communication step for communicating with the communication partner, and the user instruction are received. A receiving step, a first searching step for searching for the first information corresponding to the information represented by the instruction received in the receiving step among the second information, and the first information searched in the first searching step. A second search step for searching for information representing a corresponding communication history; and an output step for outputting information representing the communication history searched in the second search step.

  That is, it is possible to provide an output method capable of promptly outputting a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the output method includes a storage step of storing information representing a communication history in association with information unique to a communication partner, and reception of receiving information unique to the partner. A step for searching for information representing a communication history corresponding to the unique information received in the receiving step; and an output step for outputting information representing the communication history searched for in the searching step.

  That is, it is possible to provide an output method capable of promptly outputting a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, an output method includes a storing step of storing information representing a communication history in association with information unique to a communication partner, and a communication step of communicating with the communication partner. A reception step for receiving a user instruction; a search step for searching for information corresponding to unique information represented by the instruction received in the reception step among information indicating a communication history; and a communication history searched for in the search step. And an output step for outputting information to represent.

  That is, it is possible to provide an output method capable of promptly outputting a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  The output device and the output method according to the present invention can quickly output a communication history with a communication partner required by the user.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  1 and 2, a communication terminal according to the present embodiment includes a speaker 101, a display 102, a keyboard 103, a microphone 104, an antenna 201, an RF (Radio Frequency) unit 202, and processing. Unit 203, voice unit 204, display unit 207, input unit 209, control unit 211, program memory 212, telephone directory memory 213, and history memory 214. FIG. 1 is an external view of a communication terminal according to the present embodiment. The communication terminal according to this embodiment is a mobile phone with a display device. FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the communication terminal according to the present embodiment. The speaker 101 outputs the signal output from the audio unit 204 as audio. The display 102 displays information. The keyboard 103 receives user instructions and the like. The microphone 104 converts sound into a signal. The antenna 201 receives a telephone number, which is information unique to a communication partner, as a radio wave. The antenna 201 is also a device that communicates with a communication partner. The RF unit 202 converts the radio wave received by the antenna 201 into a signal that can be used by the processing unit 203. The processing unit 203 performs processing on the signal. This process is a process for communicating information. The audio unit 204 mutually converts a signal that can be used by the processing unit 203 and a signal that can be used by the speaker 101 and the microphone 104. The display unit 207 converts a signal that can be used by the processing unit 203 into a signal that can be used by the display 102. The input unit 209 converts the signal output from the keyboard 103 into a signal that can be used by the processing unit 203. The control unit 211 controls each unit of the communication terminal according to the present embodiment. The program memory 212 stores a program for realizing the communication terminal according to the present embodiment. The telephone directory memory 213 stores a communication destination telephone number and information associated with the telephone number. Specific contents of the information will be described later. The history memory 214 stores a communication history and the like. Details of the specific information will be described later.

  Referring to FIG. 3, a set of data stored in telephone directory memory 213 includes data number 301, name 302, telephone number 303, mail address 304, other information 305, and custom setting 306. Including. The data number 301 represents a serial number. This serial number is a number determined for each set of data. The name 302 represents the name and name of the communication destination. A telephone number 303 represents a telephone number of a communication destination. A set of data may include a plurality of telephone numbers 303. A mail address 304 represents a mail address of a communication destination. A plurality of mail addresses 304 may be included in one set of data. The other information 305 represents information arbitrarily stored by the user. The custom setting 306 represents a setting defined for each communication destination (this setting can be arbitrarily determined by the user).

  Referring to FIG. 4, the set of data stored in history memory 214 includes number 401, outgoing and incoming calls 402, start time 403, duration 404, response 405, and association number 406. This set of data is newly stored when the call ends after a call by outgoing or incoming call, when there is no response to the outgoing call and the call ends, or when the call ends before answering the incoming call. The Number 401 represents any of the following information. The first is the telephone number represented by telephone number 303. The second is a telephone number entered with the numeric keys of the keyboard 103. The third is a caller telephone number notified when an incoming call is received. Thus, information representing the communication history is stored in association with the telephone number, which is information unique to the communication partner. The fourth is information indicating that the telephone number has not been notified. The fifth is information indicating that the incoming call is from a public telephone. The outgoing call and incoming call 402 indicate whether there is an outgoing call or an incoming call. The start time 403 represents the time when communication is started when there is communication. The duration 404 represents one of the following times. The first is the time during which communication is continued when there is communication. The second is the time that the call continued. The response 405 indicates whether or not there is a response to the incoming call. The association number 406 represents a telephone number described below. When a call is made by calling a telephone number stored in the telephone book memory 213, the association number 406 represents the same content as that corresponding to the called telephone number among the data numbers 301 stored in the telephone book memory 213. When the telephone number is transmitted by using the numeric keys of the keyboard 103 and the telephone number accepted by the keyboard 103 is stored in the telephone directory memory 213, the association number 406 is accepted by the keyboard 103 among the numbers represented by the data number 301. The number corresponding to the telephone number. When the telephone number is transmitted by using the numeric keys of the keyboard 103 and the telephone number accepted by the keyboard 103 is not stored in the telephone book memory 213, the association number 406 is the telephone book memory 213 among the numbers represented by the data number 301. Represents information that the telephone number is not stored. When the number notified at the time of the incoming call is stored in the telephone directory memory 213, the association number 406 represents a number corresponding to the telephone number notified at the time of the incoming call among the numbers indicated by the data number 301. As a result, the telephone directory memory 213 stores a telephone number that is different from the association number 406 and unique to the communication partner in association with the association number 406. In the case of other incoming calls, the association number 406 represents information indicating that the telephone number is not stored in the telephone directory memory 213. As a result, the association number 406 includes information indicating whether the telephone directory memory 213 stores the telephone number. The association number 406 is determined by the control unit 211 independently of the user's intention.

  With reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the program executed by the communication terminal according to the present embodiment has the following control structure for storing the communication history.

  In step 500 (hereinafter, step is abbreviated as S), when the processing unit 203 processes the signal, the control unit 211 searches the telephone number 303 stored in the telephone directory memory 213 for the telephone number of the call destination. . Thus, it is determined whether or not the communication destination is stored in the telephone directory memory 213 before the communication history data is created. This is the same as a general mobile phone. When the number is retrieved, the control unit 211 determines whether or not the processing unit 203 has processed the signal for an incoming call. If it is determined that the signal has been processed for the incoming call (YES in S500), the process proceeds to S502. If not (NO in S500), the process proceeds to S526.

  In S502, history memory 214 stores the telephone number of the caller as number 401. The caller telephone number is the number received by the antenna 201. The number received by the antenna 201 is information unique to the other party. In S504, history memory 214 stores information indicating that there was an incoming call as outgoing and incoming call 402. In S506, the history memory 214 stores the time when there was an incoming call as the start time 403.

  In step S <b> 507, the control unit 211 searches the telephone number of the caller from the telephone numbers 303 stored in the telephone directory memory 213. When a number that matches the caller's phone number is stored in the phonebook memory 213, the control unit 211 corresponds to the caller's phone number among the data numbers 301 and names 302 stored in the phonebook memory 213. Read data. When the data is read, control unit 211 corresponds to the caller from among association numbers 406 stored in history memory 214 (however, corresponding outgoing call and incoming call 402 are limited to those indicating that there was an incoming call). Search for data that matches the data number 301. In this way, the control unit 211 is an association number 406 corresponding to the telephone number received by the antenna 201 (specifically, information indicating that the telephone directory memory 213 stores the telephone number of the other party). The telephone number received by the antenna 201). When the search is completed, the control unit 211 searches for information representing a communication history corresponding to the association number 406 searched by the control unit 211. When the information is retrieved, the control unit 211 outputs the caller telephone number to the display unit 207. When the number is stored in the telephone book memory 213, the name and name of the caller (data represented by the name 302) are output at the same time. When the communication history corresponding to the number is stored in the history memory 214, the communication history data is also output at the same time. However, the communication history is output after the keyboard 103 receives an instruction to display the communication history. The display unit 207 outputs a telephone number, name, and communication history to the display 102. The display 102 displays a telephone number, name, and communication history. As a result, the display 102 outputs information representing the communication history searched by the control unit 211. When display 102 receives information that keyboard 103 should output information, display 102 outputs information representing a communication history. When the number that matches the telephone number of the caller is not stored in the telephone directory memory 213, the control unit 211 stores the communication history corresponding to the telephone number received by the antenna 201 among the information stored in the history memory 214. Search for information to represent. When the information is searched, the display 102 outputs information indicating the history of communication searched by the control unit 211 (this information is output via the display unit 207). In the case of the present embodiment, the communication history is displayed as a list in order from the latest start time. The control unit 211 controls whether the communication history is represented by characters or images such as icons. It is selected according to the size of the display area of the display 102 whether it is represented by characters or icons. When the control unit 211 determines that the amount of communication history data exceeds an arbitrarily determined threshold, the control unit 211 scrolls and displays the communication history. In this case, when the keyboard 103 receives an instruction to scroll, the display scrolls.

  In S508, control unit 211 determines whether or not it has responded to the incoming call. This determination is made based on whether or not a key on the keyboard 103 for starting a call is pressed. If it is determined that the incoming call has been answered (YES in S508), the process proceeds to S510. If not (NO in S508), the process proceeds to S514.

  In S510, after the call is finished, the history memory 214 stores the duration of communication as the duration 404. In S512, the history memory 214 stores, as a response 405, information indicating that a response has been received.

  At S514, history memory 214 stores the time that the call was continued as duration 404. In S516, the history memory 214 stores, as a response 405, information indicating that there is no response.

  In S518, control unit 211 determines whether or not the caller's telephone number is stored in telephone directory memory 213. If it is determined that it is stored in telephone book memory 213 (YES in S518), the process proceeds to S520. If not (NO in S518), the process proceeds to S524.

  In S520, history memory 214 stores, as association number 406, a number corresponding to the telephone number stored in S502 among data numbers 301 stored in telephone book memory 213. Through the processing of S502 to S520, the history memory 214 stores information such as the start time 403 and the duration 404 representing the communication history in association with the association number 406 that identifies the communication partner.

  At S522, control unit 211 controls history memory 214 to associate the data represented by number 401, outgoing and incoming calls 402, start time 403, duration 404, and response 405. As a result, the data represented by the number 401, outgoing and incoming calls 402, start time 403, duration 404, and response 405 are stored in the history memory 214 as data representing the communication history.

  In S524, the history memory 214 stores, as the association number 406, information indicating that the number corresponding to the telephone number stored in S502 is not stored in the telephone directory memory 213.

  At S526, history memory 214 stores the destination telephone number as number 401. The destination telephone number is the number accepted by the keyboard 103. At S528, history memory 214 stores information indicating that there is a call as outgoing and incoming calls 402. In S530, history memory 214 stores the time of transmission as start time 403.

  In step S531, the control unit 211 searches the telephone number 303 stored in the telephone directory memory 213 for the destination telephone number. The destination is an instruction from the user (in the present embodiment, this instruction includes one of the following two types of instructions. The first instruction is the communication with the other party whose telephone number is stored in the telephone book memory 213. The second instruction is an instruction to start a call with the other party indicated by the telephone number received by the keyboard 103. In this case, the second instruction is a communication instruction. The keyboard 103 accepts the telephone number of the other party. When a number that matches the destination telephone number is stored in the telephone directory memory 213, the control unit 211 corresponds to the destination telephone number among the data numbers 301 and names 302 stored in the telephone directory memory 213. Read data. When the data is read, control unit 211 corresponds to the destination of association number 406 stored in history memory 214 (however, the corresponding outgoing call and incoming call 402 are limited to those indicating that there was a call). Search for data that matches the data number 301. As a result, the control unit 211 searches for the association number 406 corresponding to the information indicated by the instruction received by the keyboard 103 among the telephone numbers. When the search is completed, the control unit 211 searches for information representing a communication history corresponding to the association number 406 searched by the control unit 211. When the search is completed, the control unit 211 outputs the destination telephone number to the display unit 207. When the number is stored in the telephone directory memory 213, the name and name of the destination (data represented by the name 302) are also output at the same time. When the communication history corresponding to the number is stored in the history memory 214, the communication history data is also output at the same time. However, the communication history is output after the keyboard 103 receives an input for displaying the communication history. The display unit 207 outputs a telephone number, name, and communication history to the display 102. The display 102 displays a telephone number, name, and communication history. As a result, the display 102 outputs information representing the communication history searched by the control unit 211. When the number that matches the caller's telephone number is not stored in the telephone directory memory 213, the control unit 211 selects the telephone number (in this case, the keyboard 103 from the information indicating the communication history stored in the history memory 214. The information corresponding to the telephone number indicated by the received instruction) is searched. When the information is searched, the display 102 outputs information indicating the history of communication searched by the control unit 211 (this information is output via the display unit 207). In the case of the present embodiment, the communication history is displayed as a list in order from the latest start time. The control unit 211 controls whether the communication history is represented by characters or images such as icons. It is selected according to the size of the display area of the display 102 whether it is represented by characters or icons. When the control unit 211 determines that the amount of communication history data exceeds an arbitrarily determined threshold, the control unit 211 scrolls and displays the communication history. In this case, when the keyboard 103 receives an input for scrolling, the display scrolls.

  In S532, control unit 211 determines whether or not the call destination has responded. This determination is made based on whether or not the antenna 201 has received a signal indicating that there has been a response. If it is determined that the call destination has responded (YES in S532), the process proceeds to S534. If not (NO in S532), the process proceeds to S538.

  In S534, after the call is finished, the history memory 214 stores the duration of communication as the duration 404. In S536, the history memory 214 stores information indicating that there is a response as a response 405.

  At S538, history memory 214 stores the time that the call was continued as duration 404. In S540, history memory 214 stores, as response 405, information indicating that there was no response.

  In S542, control unit 211 determines whether or not the telephone number of the call destination is stored in phone book memory 213. If it is determined that it is stored in telephone book memory 213 (YES in S542), the process proceeds to S544. If not (NO in S542), the process proceeds to S546.

  In S544, the history memory 214 stores a number corresponding to the telephone number stored in S526 among the data numbers 301 stored in the telephone book memory 213 as the association number 406.

  In S546, the history memory 214 stores information that the number corresponding to the telephone number stored in S526 is not stored in the telephone book memory 213 as the association number 406.

  Referring to FIG. 7, the program executed by the communication terminal according to the present embodiment has the following control structure regarding the display of data stored in telephone directory memory 213.

  In S550, keyboard 103 receives an instruction from the user. The received instruction is converted into a signal that can be used by the control unit 211 by the input unit 209 and output to the control unit 211.

  In S552, control unit 211 determines whether or not the input accepted by keyboard 103 is an instruction to display data (phone book data) stored in phone book memory 213. If it is determined that the display of the phone book data is instructed (YES in S552), the process proceeds to S554. Otherwise (NO at S552), the process ends.

  In S554, keyboard 103 accepts an initial input from the user. In S556, control unit 211 causes display 102 to display data whose initial character matches the character input by the user in name 302. In S558, the keyboard 103 accepts designation of the name 302 corresponding to the data to be displayed from the user. In S560, the keyboard 103 accepts designation of the type of data to be displayed from the user.

  In step S562, the control unit 211 determines whether or not the designation of the data type accepted by the keyboard 103 is designation that the display of the communication history is involved. If it is determined that the display of communication history is to be accompanied (YES in S562), the process proceeds to S564. If not (NO in S562), the process proceeds to S566.

  In S564, control unit 211 reads data in which the content of association number 406 matches the content of data number 301 corresponding to name 302 specified in S558 among the data stored in history memory 214. When the data is read, the control unit 211 causes the display 102 to display the read data and data corresponding to the designation received by the keyboard 103 via the display unit 207. In step S566, the control unit 211 causes the display 102 to display data corresponding to the designation received by the keyboard 103. In S568, the keyboard 103 receives an input from the user.

  In S570, control unit 211 determines whether or not the input accepted by keyboard 103 indicates the end of display of the phone book data. If it is determined that it represents the end of display of the phone book data (YES in S570), the process ends. If not (NO in S570), the process proceeds to S572. In step S572, the control unit 211 performs a process according to the input received by the keyboard 103.

  An operation of the communication terminal based on the above structure and flowchart will be described.

[When the call is answered after receiving a call from the other party registered in the phone book]
The control unit 211 determines whether or not the processing unit 203 has processed the signal for an incoming call (S501). If it is determined that the signal has been processed for the incoming call (YES in S500), history memory 214 stores the telephone number of the caller as the number 401 and the contact number (S502). When the number is stored, the history memory 214 stores information indicating that there is an incoming call as outgoing and incoming calls 402 (S504). When the information is stored, the history memory 214 stores the incoming time as the start time 403 (S506). When the time is stored, the display 102 displays the telephone number, name, and communication history (S507). FIG. 8 shows the contents of the display 102 at this time. When the communication history or the like is displayed, the control unit 211 determines whether or not the incoming call has been answered (S508). In this case, since it is determined that the incoming call has been answered (YES in S508), history memory 214 stores the duration of communication as duration 404 (S510). When the time is stored, the history memory 214 stores information indicating that there is a response as the response 405 (S512). When the information is stored, the control unit 211 determines whether or not the caller telephone number is stored in the telephone directory memory 213 (S518). In this case, since it is stored in the telephone book memory 213 (YES in S518), the history memory 214 uses the telephone number stored in S502 among the data numbers 301 stored in the telephone book memory 213 as the association number 406. The number corresponding to is stored (S520). When the number is stored, control unit 211 stores data represented by number 401, outgoing and incoming calls 402, start time 403, duration 404, and response 405 in history memory 214 as data representing a communication history (S522). ).

[If the phone number is manually entered when making a call to a caller who has not been registered in the phonebook and has made a call in the past, and the caller ends without answering]
The control unit 211 determines whether or not the processing unit 203 has processed the signal for an incoming call (S501). Since it is determined that the signal has been processed for transmission (NO in S500), history memory 214 stores the telephone number accepted by keyboard 103 as number 401 (S526). When the number is stored, the history memory 214 stores information indicating that a call has been made as outgoing and incoming calls 402 (S528). When the information is stored, the history memory 214 stores the time of transmission as the start time 403 (S530). When the time is stored, the display 102 displays the telephone number, name, and communication history (S531). FIG. 9 shows the contents of the display 102 at this time. When a communication history or the like is displayed, the control unit 211 determines whether or not the call destination has responded (S532). In this case, since the call destination did not respond (YES in S532), history memory 214 stores the time during which the call was continued as duration 404 (S538). When the time is stored, the history memory 214 stores, as a response 405, information indicating that there was no response (S540). When the information is stored, the control unit 211 determines whether the destination telephone number is stored in the telephone directory memory 213 (S542). In this case, since it is not stored in the telephone book memory 213 (NO in S542), the history memory 214 stores the number corresponding to the telephone number stored in S526 as the association number 406 in the telephone book memory 213. Information indicating that there is no data is stored (S546).

[When displaying communication history together with data stored in phonebook memory]
The keyboard 103 receives an instruction from the user (S550). In this case, the instruction accepted by the keyboard 103 is an instruction to output one of a plurality of telephone numbers. When the instruction is accepted, the control unit 211 determines whether or not the input accepted by the keyboard 103 is an instruction to display the phone book data (S552). In this case, since it is determined that the display of the phone book data is instructed (YES in S552), keyboard 103 accepts an initial input from the user (S554). When the input is accepted, the control unit 211 causes the display 102 to display data whose initial character matches the character input by the user in the name 302 (S556). When the data is displayed, the keyboard 103 accepts designation of the name 302 corresponding to the data to be displayed from the user (S558). When the designation is accepted, the keyboard 103 accepts designation of the type of data to be displayed from the user (S560). When the designation is accepted, the control unit 211 determines whether or not the designation of the type of data accepted by the keyboard 103 is designation that the display of the communication history is involved (S562). If it is designated that the communication history is to be displayed (YES in S562), the control unit 211 corresponds to the name 302 designated in S558 in the contents of the association number 406 in the data stored in the history memory 214. Data matching the content of the data number 301 to be read is read. When the data is read, the control unit 211 causes the display 102 to display the read data (communication history) and data corresponding to the instruction accepted by the keyboard 103 via the display unit 207 (S564). Accordingly, when display 102 accepts an instruction that keyboard 103 should output one of a plurality of telephone numbers in S550, display 102 responds to the telephone number represented by the instruction together with the telephone number represented by the instruction accepted by keyboard 103. The information representing the communication history is output. When the communication history is displayed, the keyboard 103 receives an input from the user (S568). When the input is accepted, control unit 211 determines whether or not the input accepted by keyboard 103 indicates the end of display of the phone book data (S570). Initially, it does not indicate the end of the display of the phone book data (NO in S570), and thus control unit 211 performs a process according to the input accepted by keyboard 103 (S572). Thereafter, through the processing of S560 to S568, the control unit 211 determines whether or not the input accepted by the keyboard 103 indicates the end of display of the phone book data (S570). If it is determined that it represents the end of display of the phone book data (YES in S570), the process ends.

  As described above, the communication terminal according to the present embodiment adds the association number for associating with the data stored in the telephone directory memory as the communication history. When referring to the data stored in the telephone directory memory, the associated communication history can be displayed. Further, when a call is received, if the caller's telephone number is stored in the telephone directory memory, a communication history associated with the telephone number is displayed. In addition, even if you enter a destination number and make a call to a party that is not stored in the phone book memory, you can search the telephone number in the call history to display the communication history as the same party. it can. Further, even when there is an incoming call from a partner not stored in the telephone directory memory, the communication history can be displayed as the same partner by searching for the telephone number of the call history. Thus, the call history with the communication destination can be confirmed before making a call or responding to an incoming call. Once the history is confirmed, you can recall various things with the other party. Conventionally, in order to know what kind of communication has been performed with a certain partner in the past, it has been necessary to pick out necessary information from all the communication history lists. It was not possible to display a list with limited contacts. This is because it is more efficient to display all the communication histories than to accept the designation of the other party. The communication history list can be displayed during standby. It was impossible to refer to the past communication history with the caller at the time of incoming call. There was no choice but to rely on the user's own memory when and what kind of communication was made with the caller at the time of the incoming call. Since the communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention can confirm the history, it is possible to consider whether or not to consider or respond to the requirement. As a result, it is possible to provide a communication terminal that can quickly output a communication history with the other party. Moreover, the communication terminal according to the present embodiment can display the associated communication history even when confirming the phone book data. Thereby, it is possible to check the communication history with any registered partner at any time.

  In S507 and S531, the control unit 211 may output communication history data regardless of whether or not the keyboard 103 accepts an input for displaying the communication history.

  Further, in S507 and S531, the control unit 211 sets the destination of the association numbers 406 stored in the history memory 214, regardless of whether the corresponding outgoing call and incoming call 402 indicate that there was a call. You may search the thing which corresponds to the corresponding data number 301. FIG.

  In S562 to S566, the communication history may be automatically displayed without waiting for the determination that the communication history is to be displayed.

  In addition, the control unit 211 may update the association number 406 corresponding to the information representing the communication history so as to match the information received by the keyboard 103. In this case, the keyboard 103 is an association number 406 to which information representing a communication history corresponds (may not be an association number 406 but information on the other party such as a telephone number 303 stored in the telephone directory memory 213). Accept. As a result, the other party stored in the phone book memory 213 is associated with the same call partner even in the communication history when a call is made on a different communication terminal or public telephone than the one stored in the phone book memory 213. be able to.

  Further, when the above-described communication terminal can perform transmission to a facsimile or data communication, the response 405 may store information indicating that.

  The communication terminal described above may be a wired telephone such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a facsimile connected to a subscriber line.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is an external view of the communication terminal concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a control block diagram of the communication terminal concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing the data which the telephone directory memory concerning embodiment of this invention memorize | stores. It is a figure showing the data which the history memory concerning embodiment of this invention memorize | stores. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows the procedure of control of the memory | storage process of the communication history which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows the procedure of control of the memory | storage process of the communication history which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of control of the display process of the data memorize | stored in the telephone directory memory which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is FIG. (1) which shows the content of the display which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is FIG. (2) which shows the content of the display which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  101 speaker, 102 display, 103 keyboard, 104 microphone, 201 antenna, 202 RF unit, 203 processing unit, 204 audio unit, 207 display unit, 209 input unit, 211 control unit, 212 program memory, 213 phone book memory, 214 history Memory, 301 Data number, 302 Name, 303 Phone number, 304 Email address, 305 Other information, 306 Custom settings, 401 Number, 402 Outgoing and incoming calls, 403 Start time, 404 duration, 405 Response, 406 Association number.

Claims (16)

First storage means for storing information representing a communication history in association with first information for specifying a communication partner;
Second storage means for storing second information different from the first information and unique to the communication partner in association with the first information;
Receiving means for receiving the second information;
First search means for searching for first information corresponding to the second information received by the receiving means;
Second search means for searching for information representing a communication history corresponding to the first information searched by the first search means;
And an output unit for outputting information representing a history of communication searched by the second search unit. The first information includes information indicating whether or not the second storage means stores the second information;
The first search means includes means for searching for information corresponding to the second information, the information indicating that the second storage means stores the second information. Item 4. The output device according to Item 1.   The information indicating that the second storage unit stores the second information includes information indicating that the second storage unit stores the telephone number of the destination. Output device according to. The output device further includes accepting means for accepting a user instruction,
The output device according to claim 1, wherein the output unit includes a unit for outputting information indicating the communication history when the reception unit receives information indicating that the information should be output. The output device is
Accepting means for accepting information of a counterpart to which the information representing the communication history corresponds;
The output device according to claim 1, further comprising update means for updating the first information corresponding to the information representing the communication history so as to match the information accepted by the accepting means.   The output device according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit for determining the first information independently of a user's intention. First storage means for storing information representing a communication history in association with first information for specifying a communication partner;
Second storage means for storing second information different from the first information and unique to the communication partner in association with the first information;
A communication means for communicating with the communication partner;
An accepting means for accepting user instructions;
First search means for searching for first information corresponding to information represented by an instruction received by the receiving means among the second information;
Second search means for searching for information representing a communication history corresponding to the first information searched by the first search means;
And an output unit for outputting information representing a history of communication searched by the second search unit.   The output device according to claim 7, wherein the instruction received by the receiving unit includes an instruction that the second storage unit should start a call with the other party that stores the second information. The instruction received by the receiving unit includes an instruction to output any of the plurality of second information,
The output device according to claim 7, wherein the output means includes means for outputting information representing the history of communication together with second information represented by the instruction. Storage means for storing information representing a communication history in association with information unique to the communication partner;
Receiving means for receiving information unique to the destination;
Search means for searching for information representing a history of communication corresponding to the unique information received by the receiving means;
Output means for outputting information representing a history of communications searched by the search means. Storage means for storing information representing a communication history in association with information unique to the communication partner;
A communication means for communicating with the communication partner;
An accepting means for accepting user instructions;
Search means for searching for information corresponding to unique information represented by the instruction accepted by the accepting means among information representing the communication history;
Output means for outputting information representing a history of communications searched by the search means.   The output device according to claim 11, wherein the instruction received by the accepting unit includes an instruction accompanied with information unique to the communication partner that a call with the communication partner should be started. A first storage step for storing information representing a communication history in association with first information for specifying a communication partner;
A second storage step of storing second information different from the first information and unique to the communication partner in association with the first information;
A receiving step of receiving the second information;
A first search step for searching for first information corresponding to the second information received in the receiving step;
A second search step of searching for information representing a communication history corresponding to the first information searched in the first search step;
And an output step of outputting information representing the history of communication searched in the second search step. A first storage step for storing information representing a communication history in association with first information for specifying a communication partner;
A second storage step of storing second information different from the first information and unique to the communication partner in association with the first information;
A communication step of communicating with the communication partner;
A reception step for receiving user instructions;
A first search step for searching for the first information corresponding to the information represented by the instruction received in the receiving step among the second information;
A second search step of searching for information representing a communication history corresponding to the first information searched in the first search step;
And an output step of outputting information representing the history of communication searched in the second search step. A storage step of storing information representing a communication history in association with information unique to the communication partner;
A receiving step for receiving information unique to the destination;
A search step for searching for information representing a communication history corresponding to the unique information received in the receiving step;
An output step including outputting information representing a history of communication searched in the search step. A storage step of storing information representing a communication history in association with information unique to the communication partner;
A communication step of communicating with the communication partner;
A reception step for receiving user instructions;
A search step for searching for information corresponding to unique information represented by the instruction received in the reception step, among the information indicating the communication history;
An output step including outputting information representing a history of communication searched in the search step.

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