JP4378690B2 - Foldable mobile phone, received mail display processing method, and received mail display processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a foldable mobile phone, and more particularly to a foldable mobile phone including a rear LCD that displays information in a closed state, a received mail display processing method, and a received mail display processing program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a folding mobile phone, a front LCD (main display) used for main operation with the housing opened and a back surface for displaying information such as time and incoming call history with the housing closed Mobile phones equipped with an LCD (sub display) have become widespread.

  In such a mobile phone, in order to reduce power consumption in a state where the housing is closed, an LCD on the rear surface is usually a smaller LCD that consumes less power than the front LCD.

  In addition, buttons that can be operated are provided on the side and back of the case so that certain functions of the mobile phone can be used even when the case is closed. The functions that can be used with the housing closed are extremely limited.

As a conventional folding type mobile phone provided with an LCD on the back, there are those disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-141993 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-320006 (Patent Document 2). The mobile phone disclosed in Patent Document 1 is provided with a rear LCD (second LCD), and displays information informing the arrival of an email with the casing closed on the rear LCD.
JP 2002-141993 A (FIGS. 3 and 5) JP 2002-320006 A (FIG. 1)

  The conventional foldable mobile phone described above has the following problems.

  Since the rear LCD is made small to reduce power consumption, when multiple mails arrive in a standby state with the housing closed, the incoming mail is displayed on the rear LCD as shown in Patent Document 1. The incoming mail is displayed only in the order of the incoming time, or the incoming mail is displayed in the order of the incoming time. The incoming mail of high importance cannot be confirmed unless the housing is opened and the mail function is activated and confirmed on the front LCD. There was a drawback.

  As described above, conventional folding mobile phones are provided with buttons that are operated with the casing closed, but the functions that can be used with these buttons are extremely limited, and the casing is closed. It was not possible to select unread mail with high importance by operating those buttons in the state.

  The object of the present invention has been devised in view of the above problems, and it is possible to automatically select and display unread mail with high importance on the rear LCD with the casing closed. An object of the present invention is to provide a folding cellular phone, a received mail display processing method, and a received mail display processing program.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a foldable mobile phone comprising a rear LCD for displaying information in a state where the casing is closed, and is used for sorting received mails. Specify the field, the search keyword in the field, the distribution condition table that sets the distribution condition that specifies the folder number of the storage folder, and the importance and folder number of the mail to be stored for each of multiple folders that store mail Folder management table that stores the folder management information in association with each other, and stores the mail information including unread / read information indicating whether the mail received date, mail contents, unread and read / unread for each folder Read the distribution conditions in the mail information management table and the distribution condition table, and read the distribution condition Searches of Rudo and within the field, searches whether there the mail received, if present, and distribution means for distributing the folder specified by the folder number of the sorting condition mail folders folder management table Based on the mail information in the management information and the mail information management table, in order from the folder storing the mail of high importance , the selection means for sequentially selecting the new mail that has not been read and the reception date, and the casing is closed, And means for displaying the mail selected by the selection means on the rear LCD.

In the foldable mobile phone of the present invention according to claim 2, the selecting means sorts the folder information in descending order of importance, and reads mail stored in the folder in order of importance from the unread / read information. And by the received date, mails that are not yet read and that have a new received date are selected in order .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a foldable mobile phone including means for setting a distribution condition in the distribution condition table and means for setting folder management information in the folder management table, which is activated by an operation means provided on the casing. It is characterized by that.

The received mail display processing method in the foldable mobile phone of the present invention according to claim 4 is a received mail display processing method in a foldable mobile phone including a rear LCD for displaying information with the casing closed. Specification of at least the subject, sender, and body fields used for mail distribution, a distribution condition table that sets distribution conditions specifying the search keyword in the field and the folder number of the storage folder, and multiple mail storage Folder management table that stores the folder management information that associates the importance and the folder number of the mail to be stored for each folder, the received date of the mail stored for each folder, the contents of the mail, whether it is unread and read A mail information management table for storing mail information consisting of unread / read information indicating Reads the sorting conditions in the sorting condition table, searches the received sorting condition field and the search keyword in the field for whether it exists in the received mail, and if so, specifies the mail with the folder number of the sorting condition Based on the distribution step of distributing to the selected folder and the folder management information of the folder management table and the mail information of the mail information management table, in order from the folder storing the mail with the highest importance, the unread new mail with the received date in order It has a selection step of selecting, and a display step of displaying the mail selected in the selection step on the rear LCD with the casing closed .

In the received mail display processing method in the foldable mobile phone of the present invention according to claim 5, in the selection step, the folder information is sorted in descending order of importance, and mail stored in the folder in descending order of importance. Sorting mails by unread / read information and reception date selects mails that are unread and that have a new reception date in order .

The received mail display processing program in the foldable mobile phone of the present invention according to claim 6 is executed on the foldable mobile phone having a rear LCD for displaying information with the casing closed, and controls display of received mail. This is a received mail display processing program that sets at least the subject, sender, and body fields used for sorting received mail, as well as sorting conditions that specify the search keyword in the field and the folder number of the storage folder. Distribution condition table to be stored, folder management table for storing folder management information in which the importance of the stored mail and the folder number are associated with each other for each of the folders storing the mail, and the reception date of the mail stored for each folder , Mail that consists of unread / read information indicating the contents of the mail, unread and read / not read A mail information management table for storing information, read the sorting condition in the sorting condition table, and search whether the field of the read sorting condition and the search keyword in the field exist in the received mail. The folder that stores mail with high importance based on the distribution function that distributes mail to the folder specified by the folder number in the distribution condition, the folder management information in the folder management table, and the mail information in the mail information management table. A selection function that sequentially selects mails that are unread and that have a new reception date, and a display function that displays the mails selected by the selection function on the rear LCD while the casing is closed are executed .

The received mail display processing program in the foldable mobile phone of the present invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the selection function sorts the folder information in descending order of importance and stores the mail in the folder in order from the highest importance folder. The mail is sorted by unread / read information and reception date, thereby executing a process of sequentially selecting mails that are unread and that have a new reception date .

The received mail display processing program in the foldable mobile phone of the present invention according to claim 8 is activated by an operating means provided in the casing, and sets a distribution condition in the distribution condition table, and folder management information in the folder management table It has the function to set .

  According to the present invention, the following excellent effects are achieved.

  This is that unread mail with high importance can be automatically selected and displayed on the LCD on the back surface with the case of the folding cellular phone closed.

  As a result, it is possible to check whether or not an important mail has arrived with the housing closed, and it is possible to provide extremely high convenience for the user.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a foldable mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which the foldable mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention is opened, and FIG. These are top views which show the state which closed the folding type mobile telephone by 1st Example of this invention.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the foldable mobile phone 10 of this embodiment selects an e-mail receiving means 11 for receiving an e-mail using wireless communication, and an unread e-mail with high importance, and the contents of the e-mail. For displaying unread mail on the rear LCD, rear LCD display means 13 for displaying the designated characters and graphics on the rear LCD, and mail for storing folder distribution conditions for received mail Functions as a distribution table 14, a folder management means 15 for managing folder names, importance levels, and mails in each folder for storing mail, and a user interface for setting distribution conditions stored in the mail distribution table 14 And a user interface for setting the folder name and importance of each folder. And a folder setting means 17, which functions as a nest.

  The e-mail receiving unit 11 refers to the distribution condition of the mail distribution table 14 and the folder management information of the folder management unit 15 to automatically distribute the received mail to a plurality of folders based on the subject, sender (sender address), and the like. It has a function.

  Further, the unread mail confirmation display means 12 has a function of using this to automatically select unread mail of a folder with high importance and display it on the rear LCD.

  In FIG. 1, only the characteristic configuration requirements of the present invention are shown for convenience, but the actual folding mobile phone 10 includes a computer processing unit (CPU) and a memory that can be programmed, A function as a mobile phone is realized by loading and executing a program (control program) for realizing various functions of the mobile phone including the above components on a computer processing device (CPU). This control program is stored in a semiconductor memory or other recording medium, loaded from the recording medium to a computer processing apparatus, and controls the operation of the computer processing apparatus.

  Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the foldable mobile phone of this embodiment includes an antenna 21, a front LCD 22 used for display in an open state, and a rear LCD 23 used for display in a closed state, as shown. The hinge unit 24 has operation buttons 25 for performing operations of various functions such as calls and mails in the opened state, and side buttons 26 and 27 capable of operating predetermined functions even in the closed state.

  FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of the sorting conditions stored in the mail sorting table 14 and designates a search field (specifying one of a subject name, a sender address, a destination address, and a text) used for sorting received mail. A search target field 31, a keyword field 32 for specifying a keyword to be searched in the search field specified in the search target field 31, and a storage for specifying a folder when the condition indicated in the field and the keyword matches that in the received mail. A plurality of sorting condition records with one set of destination folder numbers 33 are stored.

  5 and 6 show an example of the configuration of the management table stored in the folder management means 15. FIG. 5 shows a folder management table 40 for storing folder management information for managing the entire folder such as the name and importance of each folder, and FIG. 6 manages mail information (mail information) stored in each folder for each folder. It is a mail information management table 50.

  In FIG. 5, the folder management table 40 holds a folder number 41, an importance level 42, a folder name 43, and an unread mail number 44 for each folder. Regarding the importance level 42, for example, “0” is defined as the maximum importance level, and 0xFF (255 in decimal) is defined as the minimum importance level.

  In FIG. 6, the mail information management table 50 holds, for each folder, mail information including a reception date (date and time) 51, mail contents 52, and unread / read information 53 of the mail stored in the folder. ing.

  Next, the operation of the foldable mobile phone according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the e-mail receiving means 11 when an e-mail is received in the foldable mobile phone 10 of this embodiment.

  When mail reception is started by an incoming call notification from the base station or a user mail reception operation, the mail is received from the mail server by wireless communication (step 701).

  Next, one sorting condition record is read from the mail sorting table 14 (step 702).

  The search field specified in the search target field 31 of the read sorting condition record and the keyword specified in the search keyword field 32 are read, and it is searched whether the search field and the target keyword exist in the received mail (steps 703 to 703). Step 707).

  In this search, if the search field is “subject” (step 703), it is determined whether the subject of the received mail matches the keyword specified in the search keyword field 32 (partial match) (step 705). If the search field is not “subject” but “sender address” (step 704), it is determined whether the content of the sender address in the received mail matches the keyword specified in the search keyword field 32 (step match) (step 704). 706) If the search field is not “sender address”, it is determined whether the content of the body of the received mail matches the keyword specified in the search keyword field 32 (partial match) (step 707).

  In step 705 to 707, if the keyword matches in the subject, sender address or text of the received mail, the storage folder number 33 of the read distribution condition record is read (step 708), and the folder management means 15 is read. On the other hand, the received mail is requested to be stored in the target folder designated by the storage folder number 33 (step 711).

  In Steps 705 to 707, if the contents of each field of the received mail do not match the keyword, it is determined whether the search processing has been performed for all the distribution condition records in the mail distribution table 14 (Step 709), and unprocessed distribution is performed. If there is a condition record, the next sorting condition record is read in step 702, and the same keyword search processing as described above is performed in steps 703 to 707.

  If the search process has been completed for all the distribution condition records in the mail distribution table 14 in step 709, the storage folder number is set to “0” (number for specifying the default reception folder) (step 710), and folder management is performed. The means 15 is requested to store the received mail in the default receiving folder designated by the number “0” (step 711).

  As described above, when an e-mail is received, the e-mail receiving unit 11 designates the received mail according to the condition specified in the distribution condition record of the mail distribution table 14 (the folder specified by the storage destination folder number). Is stored.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation when the unread mail confirmation display means 12 displays mail information on the rear LCD in the folding cellular phone 10 of this embodiment.

  Regarding the function by the unread mail confirmation display means 12, the function for executing the unread mail confirmation display means 12 is assigned to the side buttons 26 and 27 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 so that the case can be used in a closed state. To do.

  In this embodiment, a case where the side button 26 is activated for the unread mail confirmation display means 12 and the side button 27 is assigned to the next mail display will be described.

  When the unread mail confirmation display means 12 is activated by pressing the side button 26 of the foldable mobile phone 10, all the folder management information in the folder management table 40 shown in FIG. 5 is read from the folder management means 15 (step 801). .

  Next, the folder management information in the read folder management table 40 is sorted in the descending order of importance (from “0” in this embodiment) using the importance 42 as a sort key (step 802).

  One folder management information is read from the head of the sorted folder management table 40 (step 803), and the presence / absence of unread mail in the target folder specified by the folder number 41 is determined from the number of unread mails 44 (step 804).

  If there is no unread mail in step 804, the next folder management information in the folder management table 40 is read and repeated until the processing is completed for all folders (step 805).

  If there is one or more unread mails in the determination of the presence / absence of unread mail (step 804), all the mail information (FIG. 6) of the target folder specified by the folder number 41 is read from the mail information management table 50, Sort processing is performed using the sort key in the order of the read information 53 and the reception date 51 (step 807). The unread / read information 53 is sorted in the order from unread to read, and the received date 51 is sorted in order of date.

  Next, one mail is read from the target folder in the mail information sort order (from the newest mail) (step 808).

  If the mail has been successfully read (step 809), it is determined whether the read mail is an unread mail (step 810). If the mail has not been read, a request for displaying the content of the mail is made to the rear LCD display means 13. (Step 811).

  Upon receiving this request, the rear LCD display means 13 displays the requested mail content on the rear LCD 23. FIG. 9B shows a display example of the rear LCD 23 at that time. As shown in the figure, the contents of the mail are displayed on the rear LCD 23 in the order of subject, sender, received date, and text.

  After the e-mail content is displayed on the rear LCD 23, it waits for the side button to be pressed (step 812). If the side button 26 is pressed, the process ends. If the side button 27 is pressed, the process from step 808 is performed. Is executed again to display the next unread mail.

  If the mail reading failed in step 809 (no remaining mail) or not unread mail in step 810 (read mail), the process returns to step 803 and the folder specified by the next folder management information is the same as above. Process.

  If the processing of all folders is completed in the determination of completion of all folder processing (step 805), the rear LCD display means 13 is requested to display that there is no unconfirmed mail, and the processing is completed. FIG. 9A shows a display example of the rear LCD 23 at that time. As shown in the figure, a message “There is no unconfirmed mail” is displayed on the rear LCD 23.

  With respect to the distribution conditions of the mail distribution table 14, by using the function of the distribution condition setting means 16, an arbitrary distribution condition can be set by the user. The distribution condition setting means 16 is called by a user operation (operation by the operation button 25) with the case of the folding cellular phone 10 opened, and a screen for setting distribution conditions as shown in FIG. (Distribution condition setting screen 60) is displayed on the front LCD 22, and input results (search field, keyword, storage destination folder) by the user are set in the mail distribution table 14 from the distribution condition setting screen 60.

  In the example of FIG. 10, the name is designated as the storage folder, but the number corresponding to the storage folder specified here is set as the storage folder number 33 in the mail distribution table 14. The

  For the information of each folder name 43 and importance 42 stored in the folder management table 40 of the folder management means 15, the user can set an arbitrary name and importance by using the function of the folder setting means 17. Is possible. This folder setting means 17 is called by a user operation (operation by the operation button 25) with the case of the folding cellular phone 10 opened, and is a screen for setting a folder as shown in FIG. (Folder setting screen 70) is displayed on the front LCD 22, and the input result (designation of folder name and importance) by the user is set in the folder management means 15 from the folder setting screen 70.

  Since the foldable mobile phone 10 according to the present embodiment is configured and operates as described above, an unread mail with high importance is automatically selected on the rear LCD 22 with the case of the foldable mobile phone 10 closed. Can be displayed. Accordingly, it is possible to check whether or not an important mail has been received with the housing closed, and it is possible to provide high convenience to the user.

  The received mail display processing function of the foldable mobile phone 10 of the present invention is not only realized by hardware, but also includes a received mail display processing program (application) for executing the functions of the respective units shown in FIG. It can be realized by software by being executed by a computer processing device (CPU) of the folding cellular phone. This received mail display processing program is stored in a magnetic disk, semiconductor memory, or other recording medium, loaded from the recording medium to a computer processing apparatus, and implements the functions described above by controlling the computer processing apparatus.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiments. It goes without saying that various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a foldable mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the state which opened the folding type mobile telephone by 1st Example of this invention. It is a top view which shows the state which closed the folding type mobile telephone by 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the distribution conditions stored in the mail distribution table by 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the folder management table stored in the folder management means by 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the mail information management table which manages the mail information of the mail stored in each folder by the 1st Example of this invention for every folder. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the electronic mail receiving means when the electronic mail by 1st Example of this invention is received. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation when the unread mail confirmation display unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention displays mail information on the rear LCD. It is a figure which shows the example of a display on back LCD by the 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which displayed on the front LCD the screen for sorting condition setting by 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which displayed on the front LCD the screen for performing the setting of the folder by 1st Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10: Folding type mobile phone 11: E-mail receiving means 12: Unread mail confirmation display means 13: Rear LCD display means 14: Mail distribution table 15: Folder management means 16: Distribution condition setting means 17: Folder setting means 22: Front LCD
23: Rear LCD
26, 27: Side buttons 40: Folder management table 50: Mail information management table 60: Sorting condition setting screen 70: Folder setting screen

Claims (8)

A foldable mobile phone having a rear LCD for displaying information in a closed state,
A sorting condition table for setting at least a subject, a sender, and a body field used for sorting the received mail, and a sorting condition that specifies a search keyword in the field and a folder number of a storage folder;
A folder management table for storing folder management information in which the importance of the mail to be stored and the folder number are associated with each other for each of the plurality of folders storing the mail;
A mail information management table for storing mail information consisting of unread / read information indicating the reception date of the mail stored for each folder, mail content, unread and read / not read;
The distribution condition table of the distribution condition table is read, and the field of the read distribution condition and the search keyword in the field are searched to determine whether or not the received mail is present. Sorting means for sorting to the folder specified by the folder number;
Selection means for selecting, in order from the folder storing mails of high importance, the unread new mails with the reception date in order from the folder management information of the folder management table and the mail information of the mail information management table. When,
And a means for displaying the mail selected by the selection means on the rear LCD in a state where the casing is closed. The selection means sorts the folder information in descending order of importance, and sorts the mail stored in the folder in order of importance from the unread / read information and the reception date. The foldable mobile phone according to claim 1 , wherein mails having a new reception date are selected in order. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising means for setting the distribution condition in the distribution condition table and means for setting the folder management information in the folder management table, which is activated by an operation means provided in a housing. The foldable mobile phone according to claim 2 . A received mail display processing method in a foldable mobile phone including a rear LCD for displaying information in a state where a housing is closed,
A sorting condition table for setting at least a subject, a sender, and a body field used for sorting the received mail, and a sorting condition that specifies a search keyword in the field and a folder number of a storage folder;
A folder management table for storing folder management information in which the importance of the mail to be stored and the folder number are associated with each other for each of the plurality of folders storing the mail;
A mail information management table for storing mail information consisting of unread / read information indicating the reception date of the mail stored for each folder, mail content, unread and read / not read,
The distribution condition table of the distribution condition table is read, and the field of the read distribution condition and the search keyword in the field are searched to determine whether or not the received mail is present. A distribution step of distributing to the folder specified by the folder number of
A selection step of selecting, in order from the folder storing mails with high importance, the unread new mails with the reception date in order from the folder management information of the folder management table and the mail information of the mail information management table. When,
And a display step of displaying the mail selected in the selection step on the rear LCD in a state in which the housing is closed. In the selecting step, the folder information is sorted in descending order of importance, and the mails stored in the folder are sorted in order of importance from the unread / read information and the reception date. 5. The received mail display processing method for a foldable mobile phone according to claim 4 , wherein mails having a new reception date are selected in order. A received mail display processing program that is executed on a foldable mobile phone including a rear LCD that displays information in a state where the casing is closed, and controls display of received mail,
A sorting condition table for setting at least a subject, a sender, and a body field used for sorting the received mail, and a sorting condition that specifies a search keyword in the field and a folder number of a storage folder;
A folder management table for storing folder management information in which the importance of the mail to be stored and the folder number are associated with each other for each of the plurality of folders storing the mail;
A mail information management table for storing mail information consisting of unread / read information indicating the reception date of the mail stored for each folder, mail content, unread and read / not read,
The distribution condition table of the distribution condition table is read, and the field of the read distribution condition and the search keyword in the field are searched to determine whether or not the received mail is present. A sorting function for sorting to the folder specified by the folder number;
A selection function for selecting, in order from the folder storing mails of high importance, the unread new mails with the reception date in order from the folder management information of the folder management table and the mail information of the mail information management table. When,
A received mail display processing program for a foldable mobile phone, wherein a display function for displaying the mail selected by the selection function on the rear LCD is executed with the casing closed. The selection function sorts the folder information in descending order of importance, and sorts the mail stored in the folder in descending order of importance according to unread / read information and reception date. The received mail display processing program for a foldable mobile phone according to claim 6 , further comprising: a process of sequentially selecting mails having a new reception date. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a function that is activated by an operating means provided in a housing and sets the distribution condition of the distribution condition table and the folder management information of the folder management table. The received mail display processing program in the foldable mobile phone according to claim 7 .

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