JPH1132116A - Mobile telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the mobile telephone set by which a caller recognizes immediately whether or not a recipient confirms a character message. SOLUTION: In the case that an automatic reply mode is set to a mode storage section 108, a control section 103 discriminates whether or not a caller telephone number and a character message are respectively received at the arrival of an incoming call. When the transmission of the caller telephone number and the character message is discriminated, the control section 103 sends a reply message stored in a character message table 106 to the caller telephone number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile telephone having a character transmission function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile telephones having a character transmission function have been used. For example, in a PHS (Personal Handy phone System) which is one of mobile telephones, a character transmission function called P-mail and a character transmission function called character mail have been put to practical use.

[0003] A P-mail system will be described below. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram briefly showing a procedure for transmitting and receiving a P-mail between two mobile telephones. In the figure, A is a mobile telephone that transmits P-mail, and B is a mobile telephone that receives it. First, A dials the telephone number of B (601). At this time, a P-mail set by the user A in advance,
A signal indicating the caller's telephone number is mixed with the incoming signal and B
Sent to The caller's telephone number may not be sent, if desired by the user of A. Upon receiving these signals, B displays the caller telephone number of A on the display, and simultaneously outputs a ringing tone (602). When the user of B who answers the ringing tone answers (off-hook) (603), P-mail is displayed on the display of B, and A is charged (call charge). Thereafter, A automatically disconnects the call even if the user of A does not go on-hook (604).

[0004] The above is the procedure of ordinary P-mail transmission and reception. In the above description, the user goes off-hook, but if the P-mail is sent while the user cannot answer the call in a conference or the like, the mobile telephone automatically goes off-hook and receives the P-mail. (Automatic reception function).

[0005]

In the above-mentioned mobile telephone, when a text message is transmitted to the other party while the other party is away or in a meeting, the message is received by the automatic receiving function. In this case, it is impossible to distinguish whether the other party has gone off-hook by manual operation or the mobile phone has gone off-hook by the automatic reception function. That is, when the sender sends a text message of an important message, there is a problem that the sender does not know whether the other party has confirmed the text message.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile telephone which allows a sender to immediately recognize whether or not a receiver has confirmed a text message.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile telephone according to the present invention is a mobile telephone having a text message receiving function, and a first storage means for storing whether or not an automatic answer mode is set. A determination unit for determining whether or not a caller's telephone number and a text message have been transmitted when an incoming call is received when the automatic response mode is stored; a second storage unit for storing a response message in advance; When it is determined that the telephone number and the text message have been transmitted, a transmission unit for transmitting a response message in the second storage unit to the caller's telephone number can be provided.

Further, the mobile telephone further includes a telephone directory storage means for storing a specific telephone number and information indicating whether or not the mobile telephone of the telephone number has a text message receiving function. When it is determined that a caller telephone number without a message has been transmitted, a second reference is made to the telephone directory storage means to determine whether the mobile telephone of the caller telephone number has a text message receiving function. Determining means, wherein the transmitting means transmits the response message to the sender's telephone number when the second determining means makes a positive determination.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile telephone according to a first embodiment. In FIG. 1, the mobile telephone is
Input device 101, transmitting / receiving device 102, control unit 103
, RAM 104, telephone directory 105, character message table 106, character table 107, mode storage unit 108, display 109, handset 110,
And a voice message storage unit 111.

The input device 101 has a call button, a number button, a telephone directory button, and the like, and controls a user's request such as input of a telephone number, mode setting, and input of a text message for character transmission. Tell 103. The transmission / reception device 102 converts a voice signal input from the handset 110 into a high-frequency signal and sends it out of the antenna, converts a high-frequency signal input from the antenna into a voice signal, and outputs the signal to the handset 110.

The control section 103 controls the entire telephone. In particular, the control unit 103 controls transmission of a response message in response to reception of a text message. RAM10
4 is a telephone directory 105 and a character message table 106
, A character table 107, a mode storage unit 108, and a voice message storage unit 111.

[0012] The telephone directory 105 holds a name of a destination, a telephone number thereof, and a flag indicating whether or not the mobile telephone has a text message receiving function by registering a user. FIG. 2A shows an example of the telephone directory 105. For example, the first
In the line, the telephone number is "xxx-xxx-xxxxx" for the name "Itojirou", indicating that the mobile telephone has a text message receiving function.

The text message table 106 holds text messages for responses for text transmission by the user. FIG. 2B shows an example of the character message table 106. The character table 107 holds input signals representing characters constituting a character message and fonts to be displayed on a display in association with each other. The character table 107 is referred to by the control unit 103 when displaying characters on the display 109. The input signal representing the character is represented by, for example, a combination of numeric keys and “1”.
A combination of numeral keys "1" is represented as "A", and a combination of "12" is represented as "I".

The mode storage unit 108 stores a flag indicating whether or not the operation mode of the mobile telephone during standby is the answer mode. When the flag indicates the response mode, it means that the response message is transmitted without the user operation in response to the reception of the text message. The flag is set in the control unit 103 according to the user operation.
Is set by

The display 109 displays a text message and others under the control of the control unit 103. The voice message storage unit 111 stores voice messages that can be transmitted in the response mode. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure in the response mode by the control unit 103.

When receiving the incoming call (S30)
0) The information transmitted from the caller's telephone number, the text message, and the continuous call request is temporarily stored in the RAM 104. Here, the continuous call request is a signal for requesting that the caller continue to talk after transmitting the text message. Then, the control unit 103 determines which information is stored in the RAM 104 (S302 to S302).
The subsequent processing is determined by S304). The processing according to this determination result is described below.

If the RAM 104 stores the caller telephone number and the text message but does not store the continuous call request,
The control unit 103 goes off-hook to make a call, and then goes on-hook (S305, 306). This operation is performed to charge the sender of the text message. Subsequently, the control unit 103 extracts the caller telephone number stored in the RAM 104 and the character message in the character message table 106, passes them to the transmitting / receiving device 102, and sends the character message to the caller telephone number (S307).

If the RAM 104 stores the caller's telephone number and the text message, and further stores the continuous call request, the control unit 103 goes off-hook to make a call (S309) and responds from the voice message storage unit 111. The message is taken out and sent to the sender (S310).
The response message at this time is “voice message” or “voice message + DTMF (Dual Tone Multiple Frequent).
quency). Which one to send is set in advance by the user. After sending the response message, if a character message is to be sent further (S311: yes), S306,
The character message transmission process of S307 is performed. The user also sets in advance whether or not to send a text message.

If the RAM 104 stores the caller's telephone number but does not store a text message (S30)
3: no), the control section 103 checks whether or not the caller's mobile telephone has a function of receiving a text message. That is, the control unit 103 refers to the telephone directory 105 based on the caller telephone number stored in the RAM 104 and checks whether or not the caller's mobile telephone has a text message receiving function. As a result, if there is a text message receiving function, thereafter, the same processing as described above is performed (S304: yes)
s). Conversely, if there is no text message receiving function (S308: no), the user goes off-hook to perform a "voice message" or "voice message + DTM" as in a normal mobile phone.
F "(S312, S313).

If the caller telephone number is not stored in the RAM 104 (S302: no), even if the caller's mobile telephone has a text message receiving function, the caller's telephone number is not known. The unit 103 cannot send a text message. Therefore, as in the case where the caller's mobile telephone does not have a text message receiving function, off-hook is performed and either "voice message" or "voice message + DTMF" is transmitted.

In the above S310 and S313,
Transmission of a message combining DTMF depends on the setting of the user. For example, if the other party who is frequently talking on a regular basis has a function of receiving a message by a DTMF signal, it may be set to transmit a message combining DTMF. (Second Embodiment) A mobile telephone according to a second embodiment is different from the block diagram shown in FIG.
5 and the contents of the character message table 106 are different from the processing contents of the control unit 103, and therefore, the same points will not be described below, and different points will be mainly described.

The telephone directory 105 stores a type of a response message to be transmitted in the response mode, in addition to a name, a telephone number, the presence or absence of a character message receiving function. The text message table 106 stores a plurality of text messages together with their types. FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b)
An example of a telephone directory 105 and a text message table 106 is shown. In FIG. 9A, a message type column specifies a message type corresponding to a name column. If the message type column is blank, it means that no text message is transmitted. In FIG. 6B, the telephone message 1 is stored in the text message table 106.
Three character messages A, B, and C are stored in correspondence with the designated type 05.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the response mode by the control unit 103. FIG.
The only difference is that S315 is newly added between steps S306 and S307 as compared with the flow shown in FIG.
In the drawing, the control unit 103 receives a text message and a caller telephone number in a response mode and temporarily goes on-hook (S301 to S306), and then determines that the type of the text message to be returned to the caller telephone number is a text message It is determined whether the information is stored in the table 106. For example, in S301, the caller telephone number “xxx-x
Xx-xxxx ", the message type corresponding to the caller's telephone number is stored in the telephone directory 105 as" A ", so the control unit 103 responds to the message of this message type" A ". It is determined that the text message should be sent (S315: yes). Further, control unit 103 transmits the text message (S307).

At S315, if the received caller telephone number does not exist in the telephone directory 105 (S31).
5: no), do not send text messages. Also, even if the received caller telephone number exists in the telephone directory 105,
If the message type is not specified, no text message is sent. As described above, according to the mobile telephone of the present embodiment, the telephone directory 10
Only when a text message from a specific partner registered in 5 is received, a text message for response can be transmitted. In other words, in a response mode, transmission of a response text message is prohibited for a text message transmitted from a device other than a specific partner. In addition, different text messages are sent depending on who the particular party is.

Although the above embodiment has been described on the premise of a character transmission function called P-mail,
A character transmission function other than this, for example, a character transmission function called character mail may be assumed. However, the latter character transmission function is different from the former in that the text message is temporarily stored in the base station, and that the text message is transmitted not after being transmitted together with the ringing signal at the time of an incoming call but after being off-hook. Therefore, the flow shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 can cope with the latter character transmission function by adopting a procedure of receiving a message after off-hook.

[0026]

According to the mobile telephone of the present invention, the first storage means for storing whether or not the mobile phone is in the automatic answering mode, and when the automatic answering mode is stored, the caller's telephone number and the text message are respectively stored at the time of an incoming call. Determination means for determining whether or not the message has been transmitted; second storage means for storing a response message in advance; and when it is determined that the caller's telephone number and the text message have been transmitted, the second message is sent to the caller's telephone number. 2
Since the transmission means for transmitting the response message in the storage means is provided, the response message can be transmitted even when the user cannot perform the response operation to the incoming of the text message. Therefore, the sender of the text message can immediately understand whether the mobile phone user has gone off-hook by the user's own operation or off-hook by the automatic response function in the response mode.
Therefore, when the sender sends a text message of an important message, whether or not the other party has confirmed the text message can be immediately notified.

Further, the mobile telephone has a telephone directory storing means for storing a specific telephone number and information indicating whether or not the mobile telephone of the telephone number has a text message receiving function, When it is determined that a caller telephone number not accompanied by a caller has been transmitted, a second determination is made by referring to the telephone directory storage means to determine whether or not the mobile telephone of the caller telephone number has a text message receiving function. Means for transmitting the response message to the caller's telephone number when the second determination means makes an affirmative determination. Even if a text message is not transmitted to the other party, the text message can be transmitted to the other party of the transmitted caller telephone number.

The mobile telephone further includes a telephone directory storage means for storing a specific telephone number and information indicating whether or not to respond to the mobile telephone of the telephone number, and a determination means for transmitting a text message. A second determining means for determining whether or not to transmit a text message to the mobile telephone of the caller's telephone number by referring to the telephone directory storing means when it is determined that the caller's telephone number has been transmitted; And a prohibiting means for prohibiting transmission by the transmitting means when the second determining means determines that the text message is not to be transmitted. The response character message can be transmitted only to the character message transmitted from the other party of the telephone number.

Further, the second storage means stores a plurality of response messages, and the telephone directory storage means further indicates a correspondence between the specific telephone number and the response message stored in the second storage means. Information is stored, and when the second determination means determines that the text message is to be transmitted, the second determination means further notifies the transmission means to transmit the text message corresponding to the caller's telephone number. , Different response text messages can be transmitted depending on who is the other party of the specific telephone number preset in the telephone directory storage means by the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile telephone according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2A shows an example of a telephone directory 105; (B) An example of the character message table 106 is shown.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in a response mode by a control unit 103;

FIG. 4A shows an example of a telephone directory 105 in the second embodiment. (B) An example of the character message table 106 in the second embodiment is shown.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in a response mode by a control unit 103;

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for transmitting and receiving a P-mail between two mobile telephones.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 input device 102 transmission / reception device 103 control unit 104 RAM 105 telephone directory 106 character message table 107 character table 108 mode storage unit 109 display 110 handset 111 voice message storage unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A mobile telephone having a text message receiving function, comprising: first storage means for storing whether or not an automatic answering mode is set; Determining means for determining whether a text message has been transmitted; second storage means for storing a response message in advance; and, when it is determined that the caller telephone number and the text message have been transmitted, the caller Transmitting means for transmitting a response message of the second storage means to the telephone number. 2. The mobile telephone further comprising: a telephone directory storage unit for storing a specific telephone number and information indicating whether or not the mobile telephone of the telephone number has a text message receiving function; When it is determined that a caller telephone number without a text message has been transmitted, a reference is made to the telephone directory storage means to determine whether the mobile telephone of the caller telephone number has a text message receiving function. 2. The transmitting device according to claim 1, further comprising a second determining unit, wherein the transmitting unit further transmits the response message to the caller's telephone number when the second determining unit makes a positive determination. 3. Mobile phone. 3. The mobile telephone further comprises: a telephone directory storage means for storing a specific telephone number and information indicating whether or not to respond to the mobile telephone of the telephone number; When it is determined that the caller's telephone number has been transmitted, a second determination is made by referring to the telephone directory storage means to determine whether or not to respond to the text message to the mobile telephone having the caller's telephone number. 2. The mobile telephone according to claim 1, further comprising: means; and prohibiting means for prohibiting transmission of the transmitting means when the second determining means determines not to transmit the text message. 4. The second storage means stores a plurality of response messages, and the telephone directory storage means further stores the specific telephone number and a response message stored in the second storage means. Storing information indicating a correspondence relationship, wherein the second determination unit, when determining to transmit a text message, notifies the transmission unit to further transmit a text message corresponding to the caller's telephone number. 4. The mobile telephone according to claim 3, wherein: