JPH1023176A - Information processing unit with telephone function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing unit with a telephone function in which reception processing to be conducted in response to the kinds of received data is selected automatically ands the informing method in this case is flexible changed. SOLUTION: The information processing unit provided with a telephone function discriminates whether received data are voice speech data or other data communication use data based on attribute information denoting the kind of the call data added to the call data received through the telephone function (S21). In the case that the kind of the call data discriminated by the call data discrimination means are another data communication use data (N in S22), the call is accepted (S24) and the call data are stored (S25) and the line is interrupted in response to the end of reception of the call data (S26).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information processing apparatus having a telephone function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a PDA (personal digital assis) is used.
In many cases, portable information processing devices such as tants) have various functions for managing personal information, such as a document creation function, a memo function, a schedule management function, and an address management function. , The user can input necessary information regardless of time and place, or can display and view the information on a screen.

In this type of information processing apparatus, PHS
(Personal handyphone system) and other telephone functions. In such information processing devices, various data such as text data, image data (for example, fax data), etc. Communication was possible.

In some PHSs, when a call is received, the number of the other party can be known without picking up the handset. This is called a calling number display function (sometimes called a caller ID notifying function). By setting this function by the caller, the receiver knows the telephone number of the caller when receiving a call. be able to.

[0005]

For example, in the case of PHS data communication, if the incoming call data is data other than voice data such as text data, image data, etc., the user does not necessarily perform the operation in response to the incoming call on the spot. No need to do.

However, in a conventional information processing apparatus with a telephone function, even if an incoming call is received, the type of the data (voice, text, image, etc.) can be determined only after the acceptance of the incoming call. There was a problem that it was not possible.

Therefore, at the time of an incoming call, there is no distinction whether to ring the bell to prompt the user to receive the call or to automatically perform processing such as data reception. If a ringing of the bell is performed, or the apparatus body once accepts the incoming call and determines that a voice call is necessary, a method of ringing the bell to the user with the line connected must be used.

Further, conventionally, the method of notifying a user of a call is limited to a method such as ringing a bell. For example, a method of notifying a data call according to a schedule of the user is used. It was not possible to flexibly change the method of notifying the data incoming call, such as changing it.

The present invention provides an information processing apparatus with a telephone function that can automatically switch the receiving process to be performed according to the type of incoming data and can flexibly change the notification method at that time. The purpose is to:

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus having a telephone function, which indicates the type of incoming call data added to incoming call data received through the telephone function. Incoming call data identifying means for identifying whether the incoming data is voice communication data or other data communication data from the attribute information, and incoming call data identified by the incoming data identifying means. Means for receiving and storing data of a type other than voice communication data when the type of data is other than data for voice communication, and means for disconnecting a line in response to completion of reception of incoming call data. And

According to the present invention, when communication data other than voice communication data, for example, text data or image data, is received, the received call data is received and stored, and the line is automatically disconnected. . For this reason, the user does not need to perform unnecessary call acceptance processing, and the usability of the telephone function is improved.

According to one aspect of the present invention, in an information processing apparatus having a telephone function, incoming call data is obtained from attribute information indicating the type of incoming call data added to incoming call data received through the telephone function. Incoming call data identifying means for identifying whether the data is voice communication data or other data communication data, and the type of the incoming data identified by the incoming call data identifying means is other than the voice communication data Means for receiving and storing the incoming call data when the data is other data for communication, means for disconnecting the line in response to the completion of receiving the incoming data, and data for other data communication other than the voice communication data And a notifying means for notifying that a call has been received in accordance with a preset notifying method.

In this case, the notification method can be flexibly changed according to the user's need, for example, the notification is not performed by a noticeable method such as a bell during the meeting, so that the usability is further improved.

Here, the notifying means refers to the notifying method designation information indicating the notifying method specified in advance for each time zone, and uses the notifying method corresponding to the incoming call time of the incoming call data to perform data communication data other than voice communication. It is preferable to notify that a call has been received.

The notifying means refers to the schedule data stored in the information processing apparatus with a telephone function, and based on the schedule content at the time of the incoming call of the incoming call data, transmits the data for data communication other than the pre-voice call. A notification method for notifying that a call has been received may be switched.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in an information processing apparatus having a telephone function, incoming call data is determined from attribute information indicating the type of incoming call data added to incoming call data received through the telephone function. Incoming call data identifying means for identifying whether the data is voice communication data or other data communication data, and the type of the incoming data identified by the incoming call data identifying means is other than the voice communication data Means for receiving and storing the incoming call data when the data is other data for communication, means for disconnecting the line in response to the completion of receiving the incoming data, and data for other data communication other than the voice communication data And a notifying means for notifying that the call has been received in accordance with the notifying method indicated by the notifying method designation information added to the incoming call data.

In this case, since the incoming call data having a high degree of urgency or importance to which the notification method designation information is added is notified according to the notification method indicated by the notification method designation information, necessary information is obtained. Failure to do so can be prevented.

The notifying means may notify according to the notifying method indicated by the notifying method specifying information when the priority of the notifying method specifying information added to the incoming call data is higher than the priority of the notifying method set in advance. Preferably, by doing so, the notification method indicated by the notification method designation information and the notification method set in advance in the apparatus main body are switched as necessary, and the optimal method is always selected according to the importance of the incoming call data. Notification will be performed by the method.

On the other hand, when the present invention is viewed from the calling side, in an information processing apparatus having a telephone function, the outgoing data to be transmitted through the telephone function includes the outgoing data as voice call data or other data. It is characterized by comprising identification information adding means for adding identification information for identifying whether the data is communication data.

At this time, it is preferable to further include notification method designation information adding means for adding notification method designation information indicating a notification method on the called side to the call data to be called through the telephone function.

[0021]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus with a telephone function according to an embodiment of the present invention. This information processing apparatus with a telephone function is a battery-driven PDA with a built-in PHS telephone function, and has an electronic organizer function (PIM function) for managing personal information such as memo information, schedule information, and address information. It is roughly composed of an information processing control unit 1 and a wireless communication control unit 2.

The information processing control section 1 includes a CPU section (main control section) 3, a wireless communication control interface 4, an input section 5, an input control section 6, a display section 7, a display control section 8, a ring tone generation section 9, an LED, (Light emitting diode) 10 and a timepiece 11.

The CPU section 3 controls the entire information processing apparatus. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the CPU unit 3.
0, ROM21, RAM22 and other memory chips. A program for controlling the system is stored in the ROM 21 or the RAM 22, and the apparatus operates when the CPU 20 executes the program. Also, R
The AM 22 stores priority information 23, notification method designation information 24, time designation information 25, and schedule designation information 26, which are described later, in addition to personal information such as memo information, schedule information, and address information in the PIM function.
Further, received data 27 is stored.

The wireless communication control interface 4 is an interface circuit with the wireless communication control unit 2. This wireless communication control interface 4 performs outgoing and incoming call processing,
Further, it performs transmission / reception processing of voice and other data such as text and image data. In particular, when the called data is data such as text data or image data that does not require the user to interact with the data, the user automatically performs the call acceptance (hereinafter referred to as "automatic call acceptance"). Is received and stored, and then the line is automatically disconnected.

The input unit 5 is an input device for inputting data and giving instructions, and is constituted by, for example, a transparent tablet device capable of inputting with a pen. The input control unit 6 controls input of data input from the input unit 5.

The display unit 7 is a display device for displaying data, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Displa).
y). The display control unit 8 includes the display unit 7
The display control of the data to be displayed in is performed. In this embodiment, the input unit 5 and the display unit 7 are integrally formed, and both display and input (pen input) are performed on the same screen.

The ring tone generator 9 generates a single sound such as a bell or a beep (hereinafter, referred to as "beep") under the control of the CPU 3.
A predetermined ringtone such as a "beep" sound is generated. The LED 10 is used as an indicator for displaying various operation states in the information processing device, and operation control such as blinking is performed by control of the CPU unit 3. The clock 11 is a timer for measuring the current time, and outputs the time at the time of data call to the CPU unit 3.

On the other hand, the wireless communication control unit 2 includes a transmission / reception module 12, a transmitter 13 and a receiver 14. The transmission / reception module 12 is for controlling data transmission / reception processing by a general digital telephone. For example, a PHS wireless telephone unit, that is, an ADPC
M (adaptive defferential pulse code modulation
), A modem / codec and a communication control CPU. The transmitter 13 is a microphone for inputting an audio signal, and the receiver 14 is a speaker or the like for outputting an audio signal.

In this information processing apparatus, a method of notifying (notifying) the incoming call to the user when the automatic incoming call acceptance is made needs to be set in advance as described below. First, it is set which of the notification method set in the apparatus main body and the notification method added to the incoming call data is prioritized.
That is, when the setting of the priority is instructed through the input unit 5, a setting screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 7. On this setting screen, select which of the notification method set in the main unit and the notification method specified by the data received from the calling side in accordance with the notification method when receiving data other than the voice data for communication. . If "according to the notification method of the received data" is selected, the priority of the notification method of the main body is further set. As will be described later, when the priority of the main body is higher than the priority of the received data, the notification method in the main body is prioritized even if “follow the notification method of received data” is selected.

Further, the notification method in the main body is set in detail. That is, when a setting of the notification method is instructed through the input unit 5, a setting screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 7. On this setting screen, it is set whether the notification method at the time of accepting the automatic incoming call is any one of "time designation", "schedule designation", "always bell ringing", and "always LED blinking". Various notification methods other than those described above, such as vibrating the apparatus main body, can be used.

Here, the time designation means that the notification method is changed according to the time at the time of accepting the automatic incoming call. A specific time designation method is a time zone as shown in FIG. This is performed using a time designation table in which a notification method to be set is set. This time designation table is stored in the RAM 22 as time designation information 25.

The schedule designation means that the notification method is changed according to the schedule corresponding to the time at the time of accepting the automatic incoming call. A concrete schedule designation method is as shown in FIG.
This is stored as schedule designation information 26 in the AM 22. The schedule designation may be linked to schedule information in the PIM function.
In this case, when an incoming call is received, the schedule information corresponding to the time is referred to, and the notification method is automatically switched according to the schedule content at that time.

Hereinafter, data communication using the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
Hereinafter, data communication between information processing apparatuses according to the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the calling process in the present embodiment. When a call request is made by the user, it is first determined whether or not the transmission data is a voice call (step S1). If the call is a voice call, voice attribute information indicating that fact is added to the data (step S2), and a call is made (step S8).

If the transmission data is not a voice call (No in step S1), it is further determined whether the transmission data is text data (step S1).
3). If the transmission data is text data, text attribute information indicating the fact is added to the data (step S4). If the transmission data is not text data, it is regarded as image data (here, fax data) and the fact is indicated. The fax attribute information is added to the data (step S5). These pieces of attribute information are represented by, for example, 8-bit data as shown in FIG.

Further, when the notification method when the transmission data is received is specified by the user, the notification method and the notification information indicating the priority are added to the data (step S7), and the call is made. (Step S8). Here, when the data to be called is data having high importance or urgency, it is desirable to make the notification method a conspicuous method such as ringing a bell or the like and to give a higher priority.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the incoming call processing in this embodiment. Wireless communication control unit 2
In step S21, when the incoming call data is received, the attribute information added to the incoming call data is determined (step S21).

When the incoming call data indicates a voice call (Yes in step S22), it is necessary to urge the user to accept the incoming call, so that the ringing tone generator 9 rings the bell (step S23).

If the incoming call data indicates anything other than a voice call (No at step S22), the user does not need to respond directly, so an automatic incoming call acceptance process is performed (step S2).
4) Receiving the incoming call data and storing the incoming call data in RAM
22 is stored as received data 27 (step S25), and the line is automatically disconnected (step S25).
27). Thereafter, the user is notified that the automatic call acceptance processing has been performed in the following procedure.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the notification processing in the present embodiment. As described above, the received data is other than a voice call, and after the automatic call acceptance processing is performed, first, it is checked whether or not notification information is added to the received data. If the notification information is not added (step (No in S31), the notification method designated by the user is acquired from the notification method designation information 24 in the RAM 22.

When the notification information is added to the received data (Yes in step S31), the priority of the reception data indicated by the notification information is compared with the priority 23 specified by the user stored in the RAM 22. (Step S3
2) If the priority of the received data is higher than the priority specified by the user, the notification method indicated by the notification information specified by the received data is obtained (step S33); otherwise, the notification method of the RAM 22 is obtained. The notification method designated by the user is acquired from the designated information 24 (step S35).

Based on the notification method thus obtained, notification such as blinking of an LED, generation of a "beep" sound, and ringing of a bell is performed. When the notification method designated by the user is acquired, the time designation information 2 in the RAM 22 is determined according to the notification method.
5 or the schedule designation information 26, and
The notification is performed by a method corresponding to the time at the time of the incoming call measured in step 1.

As described above, in the data communication using the present embodiment, the data calling side transmits the transmission data with the attribute information indicating the contents thereof and the notification information added thereto.
The data receiving side first examines the attribute information, and when the data is voice data, prompts the user to accept the incoming call. When the data is other than text data or fax data, the data receiving side accepts the incoming call / receives the data / disconnects the line. The processing is performed, and the fact that the data has been received is notified by any one of a notification method based on the received data and a notification method specified by the user.

By doing so, the data calling side can
Depending on the urgency and importance of the data to be transmitted, the notification method on the data receiving side is changed, for example, only the LED blinks for low urgency data, and the bell rings for high urgency messages. Can be done. Moreover, since the priorities can be added at the same time, it is possible to prevent the data call side from overlooking the data call.

On the other hand, on the data receiving side, there is no need to perform unnecessary incoming call acceptance processing, and when automatic receiving processing is performed, for example, if a notification is made in accordance with the designation of the user, For example, it is possible to prevent a notification such as a ringing of a bell when the user does not want to be notified (for example, during a meeting), and if the notification method of the received data is followed, it is possible to prevent the information that the user wants to be notified from failing to be acquired. As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to improve the usability on both the calling side and the called side when using the data communication function of the information processing apparatus.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a communication data other than the voice call data is received, the received call data is received and stored, and the line is automatically disconnected. Therefore, the receiving process to be performed is automatically switched according to the type of the received data.

Further, the fact that the communication data other than the voice call data has been received is notified by a preset notification method or a notification method indicated by the notification method designation information added to the received data. Thus, the notification method can be flexibly changed according to the user's settings, the importance of the incoming call data, and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus with a telephone function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a CPU unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a priority setting screen used in the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a notification method setting screen used in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a time setting table used in the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a view showing a schedule designation table used in the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a calling process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of attribute information used in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an incoming call process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a notification process according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 information processing control unit 2 wireless communication control unit 3 CPU unit 4 wireless communication control interface 5 input unit 6 input control unit 7 display unit 8 display control unit 9 ringtone generation unit 10 LED 11 ... Timepiece 12 ... Transceiver module 13 ... Transmitter 14 ... Receiver 20 ... CPU 21 ... ROM 22 ... RAM 23 ... Priority information 24 ... Notification method designation information 25 ... Time designation information 26 ... Schedule designation information 27 ... Received data

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having a telephone function, wherein, based on attribute information indicating the type of the incoming call data added to the incoming call data received through the telephone function, the incoming call data is used for a voice call. Incoming call data identifying means for identifying whether the data is data or other data for data communication; and the type of the incoming call data identified by the incoming data identifying means is other than the voice call data. An information processing apparatus with a telephone function, comprising: means for receiving and storing the data when the data is other data communication data; and means for disconnecting the line in response to the completion of the reception of the incoming call data. . 2. An information processing apparatus having a telephone function, wherein the call data is used for voice communication based on attribute information indicating the type of the call data added to the call data received via the telephone function. Incoming call data identifying means for identifying whether the data is data or other data for data communication; and the type of the incoming call data identified by the incoming data identifying means is other than the voice call data. Means for receiving and storing the data when the data is other data communication means; means for disconnecting the line in response to the completion of the reception of the incoming call data; data for data communication other than the data for voice communication And a notifying means for notifying that a call has been received according to a preset notifying method. 3. The notifying means refers to notifying method designation information indicating a notifying method specified in advance for each time zone, and uses a notifying method corresponding to an incoming call time of the incoming call data, and transmits data other than the voice call. 3. The information processing apparatus with a telephone function according to claim 2, wherein a notification is received that communication data has been received. 4. The data communication means other than the voice call, based on schedule contents at an incoming call time of the incoming call data, by referring to schedule data stored in the information processing apparatus with a telephone function. 3. The information processing apparatus with a telephone function according to claim 2, wherein a notification method for notifying that incoming call data has been received is switched. 5. An information processing apparatus having a telephone function, wherein the incoming call data is used for voice communication based on attribute information indicating the type of the incoming call data added to the incoming call data received through the telephone function. Incoming call data identifying means for identifying whether the data is data or other data for data communication; and the type of the incoming call data identified by the incoming data identifying means is other than the voice call data. Means for receiving and storing the data when it is other data for communication, means for disconnecting the line in response to the completion of the reception of the incoming call data, and data for data communication other than the data for voice communication Notification means for notifying that a call has been received in accordance with a notification method indicated by the notification method designation information added to the incoming call data. apparatus. 6. The notifying means according to the notifying method indicated by the notifying method specifying information when the priority of the notifying method specifying information added to the incoming call data is higher than the priority of a notifying method set in advance. The information processing device with a telephone function according to claim 5, wherein the notification is performed. 7. An information processing apparatus having a telephone function, wherein the call data transmitted through the telephone function is identified as to whether the call data is voice communication data or other data communication data. An information processing apparatus with a telephone function, comprising: identification information adding means for adding identification information for performing a call. 8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising a notification method designation information adding means for adding notification method designation information indicating a notification method on the called side to the call data originated through the telephone function. Information processing device with telephone function.