JP4609571B2 - Mobile phone equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention provides a transmission function for transmitting arbitrary mail data to another telephone device at the time of a call for calling another telephone device or a call with another telephone device, and a reception function for receiving the mail data, The present invention relates to a telephone device having

Conventionally, as one of services provided by a telephone line network for a mobile phone device, a calling signal in which arbitrary mail data is added to a telephone number of a called party is transmitted from a telephone device on the caller side.
By sending a call signal with the mail data to the telephone device on the called party side corresponding to the telephone number, the mail data from the calling party side can be used on the called party side. Mail transfer service is known.

As a telephone device that can enjoy the mail transfer service in such a telephone line network, a calling signal in which message data consisting of a short character string of about several tens to hundreds of digits is added to the telephone number is made to the telephone line network when making a call. When a call is received and a ringing tone is generated by receiving a call signal from the telephone line network, if message data is attached to the call signal, a message is displayed on a display device such as an LCD according to the message data. Configured telephone devices are known.

Also, some telephone devices are known that can send and receive mail data during a call with a telephone device connected via a telephone line network. In this type of telephone device, when the user commands transmission or reception of mail data during a call, the transmission side telephone device transmits message data registered in advance as mail data. The telephone device receives the mail data and stores it in a memory or the like.

However, in the above-described conventional telephone device, mail data that can be transmitted and received at the time of calling or talking is limited to message data consisting of character strings. For this reason, for example, when mail data is transmitted at the time of outgoing call, the called party must check the display screen every time a ring tone sounds and check whether there is a caller or message. It ’s not easy to use, or you want to add a desired melody when you send a birthday celebration message,
However, even though it is possible to send and receive arbitrary mail data, the function cannot be fully utilized.

The present invention provides a portable telephone apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving main Rudeta, by making it possible to use the transmission function of the mail data, and an object thereof is to improve the usability of the portable telephone device.

The cellular phone device according to the present invention includes: a receiving unit that receives mail data from another device; a reception display unit that performs reception display indicating that the mail data has been received by the receiving unit; and the reception unit that receives the mail data. Storage means for storing a plurality of mail data, display means for displaying information on the plurality of mail data stored in the storage means, and selecting one mail data from the plurality of mail data stored in the storage means Selection means, and reproduction means for reproducing the melody data when the mail data selected by the selection means includes melody data, wherein the display means has an abnormality in the melody data received by the reception means Display that there is an abnormality.

  According to the present invention, a telephone device with improved usability can be provided.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a cellular phone device 1 according to an embodiment to which the present invention (specifically, claims 1 to 6) is applied.
These are the external views which looked at the mobile telephone apparatus 1 from the operation part side.

The cellular phone device 1 of the present embodiment is for use in the telephone line network that performs the above-described mail transfer service, and can be operated with one hand, as with a general cellular phone device, as shown in FIG. and it is formed in a convenient manner elongated to carry. And in the center,
As the operation unit 2, a numeric keypad of “0-9, *, #” for inputting the telephone number of the called party,
A large number of key switches including various function keys for switching the operation mode of the mobile phone device 1 and inputting various commands are arranged. A microphone 5 is provided below the operation unit 2 for allowing a user to input voice during a call. Above the operation unit 2, a message transmitted from another telephone device or a mobile phone is provided. A display unit 3 comprising a liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying operation guidance, operation status, and the like of the apparatus 1 is provided, and further above it, a message is sent from a telephone line network or a call partner while listening to the call. A speaker 4 for reproducing the incoming audio signal is provided. Further, a rod antenna 6 formed to be extendable and retractable is provided at a tip portion above the speaker 4 so that wireless communication can be performed with the base station on the telephone line network side via the rod antenna 6. Has been.

The various keys constituting the operation unit 2 function as transmission command input means, melody data input means, message data input means, and command input means of the present invention. In FIG. 2, symbols “0 to 9, *, #” are assigned to the numeric keypad. The numeric keypad inputs a scale such as “do, les, mi,... , it may also be used to enter the character at the time of message input.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone device 1 generates a ringing tone when a call signal is transmitted from the telephone line network, as well as a speaker 4 for a call, and other guidance sounds. Occur
Speaker 8 to call the user has been built. Also, in the cellular phone device 1, a transmission / reception unit 12 for performing wireless communication with a base station via an antenna 6, a ring tone storage unit as a ring tone data storage unit for storing ring tone data described later 14. Received data storage unit 16 as received data storage means for storing mail data from other telephone devices attached to a call signal from the telephone line network as received data, and other devices such as a computer An interface unit (hereinafter referred to as an I / F unit) 18 for inputting / outputting data and a control unit 10 connected to each of the above-described units for performing various control processes are also provided.

The control unit 10 is configured mainly with a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and performs various control processes for realizing functions as a general mobile phone device, that is,
Call processing for transmitting a call signal for calling another telephone device from the transmission / reception unit 12 to the telephone network, and reception for generating a ring tone from the speaker 8 when the call signal is transmitted from the base station When the user inputs a command to connect the mobile phone device 1 to the telephone line network due to the processing and ringing tone, the connection processing, the outgoing call is made to connect the mobile phone device 1 to the telephone line network via the transmission / reception unit 12. When the call destination telephone device is connected to the telephone line network by the call processing and a call with the callee side telephone device becomes possible, the mobile phone device 1 is connected to the telephone line network by the connection processing. When a call with the telephone device on the caller side becomes possible, the voice signal input from the microphone 5 by the user is transmitted from the transceiver unit 12 to the base station side, or the telephone line network (
In other words, a voice input / output process for generating voice from the speaker 4 is executed with the voice signal transmitted from the telephone apparatus on the called party side.

In order to effectively use the mail transfer service of the telephone line network, the control unit 10 transmits message data to the called telephone device via the telephone line network or makes a call from the telephone line network. In addition to a general message transmission / reception process in which a message from the calling party is displayed on the display unit 3 in accordance with the message data attached to the call signal when the incoming call is received, Melody data that sends the composed melody data to the called telephone device via the telephone line network or generates a ringtone corresponding to the melody data given to the ringing signal from the telephone line network when a call is received Performs transmission / reception processing.

Hereinafter, control processing executed in the control unit 10 for transmission / reception of such melody data will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In order to perform such data communication, the control unit 10 includes an encoder 10a that converts message data and melody data into a signal for transmission, and a decoder 10b that restores message data and melody data from the received signal. Yes.

First, FIG. 3 is used to generate a ring tone in the cellular phone device 1 of this embodiment, or to create ring tone data for creating ring tone data to be transmitted as mail data when calling another phone device. Represents a process. This process is a process executed when the user operates the function selection key provided on the operation unit 2 to set the operation mode of the device to the ring tone creation mode, and the process is started. First, in S110 (S represents a step), the user operates the numeric keypad of the operation unit 2 (at this time, the numeric keypad functions as a melody data input means), and for each sound constituting the desired melody. Then, a melody input process is executed in which the scale data indicating the scale or pause such as “do, les, mi...” And the length data indicating the length (time) are sequentially input. In subsequent S120, it is determined whether or not the user has input a melody input end command by operating the confirmation key of the operation unit 2. If the end command is not input, the process proceeds to S110 again. , it waits for the user to exit the melody input.

Next, if it is determined in S120 that a melody input end command has been input, this time S
When the user operates the numeric keypad of the operation unit 2 (at this time, the numeric keypad functions as a message data input means), the user inputs the melody name of the melody previously input or the call destination telephone together with the melody. A character string input process that accepts input of a character string such as a message to be transmitted to the apparatus is executed. In subsequent S140, it is determined whether or not the user has input a character string input end command by operating the confirmation key of the operation unit 2. If the end command has not been input, the process proceeds to S130 again. To wait for the user to finish inputting the character string.

During the execution of the melody input process of S110 and the character string input process of S130, the display unit 3 displays an input guide and an image representing the scale input by the user, its length, character string, and the like. To do. Next, when it is determined in S140 that a character string input end command has been input, this time,
The process proceeds to S150, where the user operates the outgoing key (corresponding to the outgoing command input means) of the operation unit 2 to determine whether or not the outgoing command for calling another telephone device has been input. If not input, the process proceeds to S160, where it is determined whether or not the user has input a ringtone data registration command by operating a predetermined function key of the operation unit 2. If the user does not input this registration command, the process proceeds to S150 again, and S150 and S16.
By repeating the process of 0, it waits for the user to input a transmission command or a registration command. In this standby state, if the user operates the end key, the process is terminated as it is.

Next, when it is determined in S160 that the user has input a ringtone data registration command, the process proceeds to S170, where the combination of scale data and length data received in the melody input process in S110 is performed. The melody data and the character string data representing the song name or message received in S130 are registered as one ringtone data in the ringtone storage unit 14, and a process as a ringtone data registration unit is executed. Exit.

The ringtone storage unit 14 is composed of a memory, and the number of ringtone data that can be registered is limited.
If there is no free space at the time of registration, new ringtone data will be overwritten in the storage area of the already registered ringtone data, but overwriting of ringtone data and new registration can be done by specifying a registration number. Done.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S150 that the user has input a call instruction, the process proceeds to S180, and the melody data received in S110 and the character string data received in S130 (in this case, character data). The melody transmission data that can be transmitted to the called telephone device via the telephone line network is created by the encoder 10a. In subsequent S190, a call signal in which the melody transmission data is added to the telephone number input or designated by the user by operating the operation unit 2 is generated, and the call signal is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 12 to the telephone number. A calling process as a calling means to be transmitted to the line network is executed, and the process ends.

Note that the melody transmission data transmitted to the telephone line network by this calling process has a data structure that can be recognized as mail data by the telephone line network, and as shown in FIG. And message data corresponding to the input character string and the input melody data. Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, the message data is composed of a character code representing each character constituting the character string and a data length representing the number of characters added as a header at the head thereof. As shown in FIG. 8 (c), note information consisting of scale data representing the scale or pause of each sound constituting the melody and length data representing the length (time), and added to the head as a header. It consists of a data length that represents the number of notes.

Next, FIG. 4 shows an incoming call in which a ring tone is generated using the ring tone data registered in the ring tone storage unit 14 so that the ring tone is set as a standard ring tone normally used in the mobile phone device 1. Represents sound playback / change processing. This process is a process having functions as a ringtone data selection unit and a ringtone setting unit according to the present invention. The user operates a function selection key provided on the operation unit 2 to perform a ringtone change command. It is executed when is entered. When the processing is started, first, in S210, the registration number of the ringtone data registered in the ringtone storage unit 14 is displayed on the display unit 3, thereby indicating the registration status of the ringtone data. To guide.

Next, in S220, the user views the guidance image displayed on the display unit 3 and operates the numeric keypad of the operation unit 2 to input the registration number of the ringtone to be reproduced as a ringtone data selection command. The registration number input process to be accepted is executed, and in subsequent S230, the ring tone data corresponding to the registration number input by the user is read from the ring tone storage unit 14, and the character string data included in the ring tone data is displayed on the display unit. 3 is displayed. In S230, if no character string data is set in the ring tone data, a message indicating that there is no character string data is displayed.

In subsequent S240, a melody is generated in accordance with the melody data included in the read ring tone data and the speaker 8 is activated, and then the melody reproduction process is executed.
At 0, the reproduced melody is then set as a standard ringtone for use with the device (in other words, the melody data used to play the melody this time is set as data for ringtone generation), The process ends.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a melody transmission process in which the ring tone data registered in the ring tone storage unit 14 is transmitted as mail data to the called telephone device. This process is a process having functions as a ring tone data selection unit and a calling unit according to the present invention (particularly claim 5), and the user operates a function selection key provided in the operation unit 2. This is executed when the operation mode of the device is set to the ring tone data transmission mode. When this process is started, first, S31.
At 0, as in S210, the user is informed of the registration status of the ringtone data in the ringtone storage unit 14, and in S320, the user operates the operation unit 2 as in S220. Then, a registration number input process is executed for accepting input of a registration number of a ring tone to be transmitted as mail data as a ring tone data selection command.

In the subsequent S330, the character string data included in the ring tone data corresponding to the registration number input by the user is displayed on the display unit 3 as in S230. In subsequent S340, a melody data is generated according to the amount of data that can be transmitted as a call signal from among the melody data included in the read ring tone data, and a transmittable melody reproduction process for causing the speaker 8 to ring is executed. To do.

That is, the ring tone data registered in the ring tone storage unit 14 is basically data for generating its own ring tone, and any data amount can be stored in the ring tone storage unit 14.
The mail data that can be transmitted as a call signal is limited by the regulations on the telephone line network side, and the upper limit is less than the amount of data that can be stored in the ringtone storage unit 14, so in S340,
Of the ringtone data stored in the ringtone storage unit 14, a melody is generated using only melody data that can be transmitted as mail data, and the speaker 8 is sounded, so that the telephone of the called party is transmitted via the telephone line network. it is to play actual melody sent to the device.

In subsequent S350, it is determined whether or not the user has input the transmission command by operating the transmission key of the operation unit 2, and when the transmission command is input, Then, the process proceeds to S360, and melody transmission data is created from the selected, displayed, and reproduced ringtone data as in S180. Further, in the subsequent S370, similar to S190, a call signal in which a melody transmission data is added to the telephone number is generated, and a call process is performed for transmitting the call signal from the transmission / reception unit 12 to the telephone line network. The process ends. S350
If the user operates the end key while waiting for the transmission command at, the process ends as it is.

Next, FIG. 6 is executed when the transmission / reception unit 12 receives a call signal transmitted from the base station of the telephone network to the device when the operation mode of the mobile phone device 1 is the normal mode. Represents the receiving process. As shown in FIG. 6, when this process is started, first, in S410, the decoder 10b is used to decode (restore) the reception data given to the call signal from the reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 12. In subsequent S420, the received data is stored in the received data storage unit 16. The reception data storage unit 16 is composed of a memory like the ring tone storage unit 14, and the decoded reception data is stored in the reception data storage unit 16 together with the data number, the received date and time, and the like. Further, when the reception data storage unit 16 has a small free area when the reception data is stored, the reception data received this time is written in a data area such as old reception data or reception data designated by the user.

When the received data is stored in the received data storage unit 16 in this way, in the subsequent S430, the received data includes mail data such as message data, melody data, or data composed of melody data and message data. Judge whether or not. Also,
If the received data includes mail data, in subsequent S440, whether or not the mail data includes melody data (that is, the mail data includes melody data or melody data and message data). Whether or not the data is made up of data) is executed. When the melody data is included in the mail data, the process proceeds to S450, where the incoming call guidance and the received message represented by the message data included in the mail data are alternately displayed on the display unit 3 at predetermined intervals. The incoming call is displayed on the screen.

The incoming call display performed in S450 is a process for realizing the function as the message display means of the present invention. Specifically, for example, data other than mail data in the received data stored in the received data storage unit 16 is used. That is, the date and time when the received data is received and the telephone number of the calling party transmitted from the telephone apparatus on the calling party side are displayed as incoming guidance for 1 second, and then the message data included in the mail data is displayed. displaying one second reception message indicating it is performed in Step like. When the mail data does not include message data (that is, when the mail data is only melody data), no message is displayed.

When an incoming call is displayed on the display unit 3 in S450, in S460, the device determines whether or not the ringtone change permission is set according to a command from the user. That is, the mobile phone device 1 of this embodiment has a function of changing the ring tone according to the melody data transmitted from the caller side phone device, but the user may not want to change the ring tone. Therefore, the change of the ring tone can be appropriately set by the user, and in S460, whether or not the ring tone can be changed is determined based on the already set operation data.

If permission to change the ringtone is set, the process proceeds to S470, where a melody is generated according to the melody data included in the mail data received this time, and the speaker 8
, A received melody reproduction process (corresponding to a ringing tone generating means) is executed, and then S480
Then, call processing is executed. In S480, the calling telephone device cuts off the connection with the telephone line network and the reception of the calling signal is stopped, or the user connects the apparatus to the telephone line network and makes a call. Processing for a series of calls until the connection with the telephone network is cut off.

Next, if it is determined that the melody data is not included in the mail data received in S440, that is, if the mail data is only message data, the following S49 is performed.
After shifting to 0, the incoming call guidance and the received message are alternately displayed on the display unit 3 in the same manner as in the above S450, and in the subsequent S500, a ringtone is generated with a preset standard ringtone, S
The process proceeds to 480, and the above call processing is executed.

If it is determined in S430 that the received data does not include mail data, in S510, only the incoming call guidance including the reception date and time and the caller's telephone number is displayed on the display unit. In S500, after generating a ring tone with a preset standard ring tone, S4
Then, the call processing is executed.

When the call processing in S480 is completed, it is determined in S520 again whether the received data received this time includes mail data. If the mail data is not included, End the process. If mail data is included in the received data, the process proceeds to S530, and a display (mail reception) indicating that the current mail data has been received is displayed on the display unit 3, and then in S540. Then, after a predetermined notification sound is generated from the speaker 8, the processing ends.

Next, FIG. 7 shows a received melody search / registration process in which the received data stored in the received data storage unit 16 is searched and the desired melody data is registered as the ringtone data in the ringtone storage unit 14. This process is a process having functions as a reception data search unit and a reception data registration unit of the present invention, and the state in which the mail reception is displayed in S530 of the reception process is continued (in other words, The function provided in the operation unit 2 when the user operates the received data selection key in the state in which the operation mode of the apparatus has not been changed after the reception process 6 is executed) This is executed when the operation mode of the device is set to the received data search mode by operating the selection key.

When this process is started, first, in S610, a reception data selection screen including melody data is displayed on the display unit 3, and the user operates the operation unit 2 while viewing the screen. A data number input process for receiving input of a data number of desired received data as a received data search command is executed. In subsequent S620, the received data (reception date / time, received message, etc.) of the input data number is displayed on the display unit 3, and in subsequent S630,
Play received melody in accordance with the melody data in the received data.

Next, in S640, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed a re-search of received data by operating a predetermined function key of the operation unit 2. S6
The process of 10-S630 is performed. If it is determined in S640 that a re-search command has not been issued by the user, the process proceeds to S650, and this time the user operates the end key of the operation unit 2 to end the process. Is input, and if an end command is input, the process ends as it is.

If it is determined in S650 that the user has not input an end command, S66 follows.
The process proceeds to 0 to determine whether or not the user has input a received data registration command by operating a predetermined function key of the operation unit 2. If the received data registration command is not input, the process proceeds to S640 again. If the received data registration command is input, the process proceeds to S670.
Then, the reception data including the melody data reproduced in the reception melody reproduction process of S630 is registered in the ringtone storage unit 14 as the ringtone data, and the process ends. The registration of the ring tone data in the ring tone storage unit 14 is executed in the same manner as in S170.

As described above, in the mobile phone device 1 according to the present embodiment, when a call signal for calling a call destination phone device is transmitted, the ring tone data that is composed by the user and registered in the ring tone storage unit 14 is stored. The message data can be transmitted to the telephone network. For this reason, at the time of calling, melody data or melody data and message data can be transmitted to the telephone device on the called party side via the telephone line network. Further, when melody data is included in the call signal transmitted from the telephone line network, a ringing tone corresponding to the melody data can be generated.

Therefore, if the cellular phone device 1 of the present embodiment is used in the telephone line network that performs the above-described mail transfer service, the caller can arbitrarily set the ringtone of the callee side,
The called party can intuitively know the other party who made the call from the ringtone, and can construct a very convenient telephone system.

Further, in the cellular phone device 1 of this embodiment, the mail data received from the caller side is stored in the received data storage unit 16, and a desired melody is stored from the stored received data as necessary. Since received data including data can be selected and registered as ringtone data in the ringtone storage unit 14, its own ringtone can be changed to a melody received from another telephone device and transmitted from the caller side. Data that has been used can be used effectively.

Also, since the data registered as ringtone data can be transmitted to the called telephone device when a call is made, for example, when only sending and receiving messages between groups, the ringtone of each telephone device is made common. also, it is possible to improve the convenience of the mobile phone device 1.

The mobile phone device 1 according to the embodiment to which the invention according to claims 1 to 6 is applied has been described above, but the mobile phone device 1 according to the embodiment is also applied to the invention according to claims 7 to 10.
When By using substantially the same hardware configuration it can be easily realized.

Then, next, a mobile phone device of an embodiment to which the invention according to claims 7 to 10 is applied will be described as a second embodiment of the present invention. First, when the mobile phone device according to any one of claims 7 to 10 is realized, in the mobile phone device 1 of the above embodiment, the mail data transmission encoder 10a shown in FIG. And the decoder 10b for receiving mail data is configured to restore the mail data from the DTMF signal included in the received signal input from the transmitter / receiver 12. Then, the mail data transmission / reception process executed in the control unit 10 is executed as shown in FIG. 9, and the received mail data is read out as shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 shows the case where mail data (message data and melody data) to be transmitted is stored in the ring tone storage unit 14 in the same procedure as the ring tone data creation process shown in FIG. Automatic mail transmission processing executed by operating the operation unit 2 to input an automatic mail data transmission command, and automatic mail reception executed when mail is automatically received in response to the automatic mail transmission processing It is a flowchart showing a process.

In this case, the ring tone storage unit 14 functions as the message data storage unit according to claim 7, and the operation unit 2 functions as the transmission command input unit according to claim 7, as shown in FIG. The ring tone data generation process functions as melody data input means according to claim 7. The automatic mail reception process is a process that is executed when the operation mode is set by the user so that the mobile phone device automatically receives mail data.

As shown in FIG. 9, in the automatic mail transmission process, first, in step S705, for the telephone line network,
A calling signal for calling another mobile phone device to which mail data is to be transmitted is transmitted, and then S710
By waiting for the connection of the line by determining whether or not it is connected to the mobile telephone apparatus to which the mail data is to be transmitted through the telephone line network by the transmission of the calling signal. When the line is connected, in S715, the message data constituting the mail data for transmission designated by the user simultaneously with the input of the automatic transmission command is read from the ringtone storage unit 14 and converted into a DTMF signal. Then send.

On the other hand, in the incoming side mobile phone device corresponding to the outgoing call signal transmitted by the outgoing side mobile phone device, by executing the automatic mail receiving process, first, in S805, the call signal from the telephone line network is received. Is received. And, if not able to receive the call signal, again S
By executing 805, it waits for a call signal to be received. When the call signal is received, the mobile phone device is connected to the telephone line network. Then, the mobile phone device of the caller, the S71
In step S815, it is determined whether or not the message data has been received within a predetermined period of time. If the message data cannot be received, some abnormality is detected. If it is determined that there is, the telephone line is disconnected in S865, and the process is terminated.

If it is determined in S815 that the message data has been received, it is checked in S820 whether the received message data is normal. If it is normal, the message data is stored in the mail data storage means ( The message data storage process stored in the received data storage unit 16 according to claim 8 is executed. In subsequent S825, a message reception code indicating the reception state (normal / abnormal) of the message data is transmitted to the calling-side mobile phone device using the DTMF signal.

Then, in S720, the calling mobile phone device receives this message reception code, temporarily stores it in a buffer or the like, and then in S725, whether there is melody data to be transmitted as mail data this time. Judge whether or not. If it is determined that there is no melody data to be transmitted to the called side, the process proceeds to S750, and conversely, if it is determined that there is melody data to be transmitted to the called side, the process proceeds to S730. A melody code indicating that melody data is to be transmitted is transmitted to the callee side using a DTMF signal.

On the other hand, the mobile phone device on the called side transmits the message reception code in S825.
At 830, it is determined whether or not a melody code has been received within a predetermined time, and if a melody code cannot be received, the process proceeds to S865, and conversely, if a melody code can be received. In S835, it is determined whether or not melody data can be received by checking the memory capacity or the like. And, if you can not receive the melody data, S8
If the melody data can be received on the contrary, in S840, a receivable code indicating that fact is transmitted to the calling-side mobile phone device using the DTMF signal.

For this reason, in the mobile phone device on the calling side, after transmitting the melody code in S730,
In S735, it is determined whether or not a receivable code has been received during a predetermined period of time.
If a receivable code cannot be received, the process proceeds to S750. Conversely, if a receivable code is received, the process proceeds to S740, and the melody data is transferred to the mobile phone device on the called side.
Send by signal.

In addition, when the receiving side mobile phone device transmits the receivable code in S840, the following S
At 845, it is determined whether or not the melody data has been received, so that the reception of the melody data is waited. When the reception of the melody data is completed, the process proceeds to S850, and the received melody data is normal. If it is normal, if it is normal, the melody data is stored in the received data storage unit 16 and a melody data storage process is executed. In subsequent S855, a melody reception code representing the reception state (normal / abnormal) of the melody data is transmitted to the mobile phone device on the calling side using a DTMF signal.
The reception result of the mail data by the series of mail data reception processing of S855, that is, the message data reception normality / abnormality and the melody data reception normality / abnormality are displayed on the display unit 3, and the process proceeds to S865.

Next, in the mobile phone device on the calling side, when melody data is transmitted in S740,
In subsequent S745, the melody reception code transmitted from the called mobile phone device is received.
Remember. In subsequent S750, the transmission result of the mail data is determined based on the various codes transmitted from the mobile phone device on the called side, and the determination result, that is, the normal / abnormal transmission of the message data, and the melody data Display normal / abnormal on the display unit 3,
In subsequent S755, the telephone line is disconnected, and the process is terminated.

In the automatic mail transmission process and the automatic mail reception process shown in FIG. 9, when the user inputs an automatic mail data transmission command via the operation unit 2 on the mobile phone device side that transmits the mail data. The mobile phone device according to the present embodiment starts transmission / reception of mail data, but the user of each device can receive the mail data even during a call connected to another mobile phone device via the telephone line network. By sending a transmission command and a reception command, transmission / reception of mail data is started. In the mail data transmission process in this case, the processes of S715 to S750 of the automatic mail transmission process shown in FIG. 9 are executed, and in the mail data reception process of S815 of the automatic mail reception process shown in FIG. The process of S860 is executed. Then, when each process is completed, the state returns to a state where the user can talk.

Next, FIG. 10 shows that when the mail data is received by the mail automatic receiving process or the mail data receiving process, and the received mail data is stored in the received data storage unit 16, the user operates the operation unit. 2 is a message reading process executed by operating 2 and inputting a mail data reading command. In this case, the operation unit 2 functions as a read command input means.

As shown in FIG. 10, when this message reading process is started, first, mail data (received mail) is read from the received data storage unit 16 in S910, and message data included in the read mail data in subsequent S920. Based on the above, processing as mail data reading means (claim 8) for displaying a message consisting of a character string on the display unit 3 is executed.

In subsequent S930, the mail data read in S910 is subjected to processing as received data determination means for determining whether or not melody data is included, and the mail data includes melody data. If not, the process is terminated as it is.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S930 that the read mail data includes melody data, in S940, an audio signal for reproducing the melody is generated based on the melody data, and this is generated as the speaker 8. To generate a melody from the speaker 8 to execute a process as melody reproduction means (Claim 8), and the process ends.

As described above, according to the mobile phone device of the second embodiment, the mail data can be transmitted not only at the time of calling but also during a call. Further, when mail data is received, the mail data is stored in the received data storage unit 16 without generating a ring tone, and when the user subsequently inputs a mail data read command, the mail data is stored. Message data is displayed, and if the melody data is included in the mail data, the speaker 8 is activated according to the melody data to reproduce the melody.

For this reason, according to the mobile phone device of the present embodiment, the sending user and the receiving user of the mail data can send and receive the mail data after meeting the sending and receiving of the mail data through a call. Even if the user of the mail data sending side sends the mail data without permission, it is possible to prevent the ringing tone from being inadvertently ringed on the receiving side. Therefore, the cellular phone device according to the present embodiment can also effectively use the mail data transmission / reception function.

In particular, according to the cellular phone device of the present embodiment, since transmission / reception of mail data and transmission / reception of various codes associated therewith are all performed using a DTMF signal, a telephone used for transmission / reception of mail data. There is no restriction on the line network, and mail data can be transmitted and received in any telephone line network.

As mentioned above, although one Example of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various aspect can be taken. For example, in the mobile phone devices of the above two embodiments, the timing of sending and receiving mail data and the playback timing of the melody by the received melody data are different, but the functions of these devices are effective, so The functions of the telephone device of each embodiment may be provided in one telephone device so that the user can select the function as necessary.

Further, for example, in the above embodiment, the ring tone data has been described as being input by operating the operation unit 2, but the mobile phone device 1 has an I / O that can directly input data from an external computer or the like. Since the F unit 18 is provided, the ring tone data may be input via the I / F unit 18.

It is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a cellular phone device. It is an external view of the cellular telephone device from the operation unit side. Is a flowchart showing the ring tone data creation processing. It is a flowchart showing a ring tone reproduction-changing process. Is a flow chart showing a melody transmission process. It is a flowchart showing a reception process. It is a flowchart illustrating a receiving melody retrieval and registration process. It is a diagram of the data structure of the melody transmitted data. It is a flowchart showing the mail automatic transmission process performed by the mobile telephone apparatus of 2nd Example, and a reception process. Is a flow chart also representative of the message reading process.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... operation part, 3 ... display part. 4 ... Speaker (for calling), 5 ... Microphone, 6 ... Antenna, 8 ... Speaker (for calling), 10 ... Control unit, 10a ... Encoder, 10b ... Decoder,
Reference numeral 12 denotes a transmission / reception unit, 14 denotes a ring tone storage unit, 16 denotes a reception data storage unit, and 18 denotes an I / F unit.

Claims (2)

Receiving means for receiving mail data from another device;
A reception display means for performing a reception display indicating that the mail data has been received by the reception means;
Storage means for storing a plurality of mail data received by the receiving means;
Display means for displaying information on a plurality of mail data stored in the storage means;
Selecting means for selecting one mail data from a plurality of mail data stored in the storage means;
Replay means for replaying the melody data when the mail data selected by the selection means includes melody data,
The mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays that there is an abnormality when the melody data received by the receiving means is abnormal.   The mobile phone device according to claim 1, further comprising: a transmission unit that transmits a reception code indicating that the received melody data is abnormal when the melody data received by the reception unit is abnormal to the other device. A mobile phone device characterized by that.

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