JP2000174858A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience in a telephone set by adding/editing arbitrary information based on originating/incoming histories stored in the telephone set, storing the information by relating call contents with the originating/ incoming histories and enabling the information to be transmitted to any facsimile. SOLUTION: Information which is arbitrarily edited based on information of the originating/incoming histories or the like is stored in an information storage part 34 and is read out arbitrarily. Information stored in the part 34 is converted into a signal for the facsimile by an information converting part 42 and transmitted to an arbitrarily facsimile machine via a transmitting/ receiving part 50.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone such as a portable telephone, and more particularly to a telephone capable of reading and editing information stored in the telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a conventional telephone.

In FIG. 2, a conventional telephone includes a transmitting / receiving unit, an input unit 10, a display unit 20, a memory unit 30,
And a control unit 40. The transmission / reception unit receives an incoming signal and transmits voice / data.

[0004] The input unit 10 is composed of buttons such as numbers and characters, and controls input from a user.

[0005] The display unit 20 displays incoming information and displays information transmitted from the input unit 10.

[0006] The memory unit 30 stores information associated with arbitrary information, for example, destination information such as a destination telephone number and a name, information of a destination where a telephone makes and receives a call, and the like.

[0007] The control unit 40 controls each of the above units.

In this conventional telephone, when a user presses a button assigned to a telephone number reading function,
The input unit 10 sends information that a button has been pressed to the control unit 40.
Send to The control unit 40 controls the memory unit 30 according to the transmitted information, reads out the transmitted / received telephone number, and transmits it to the display unit 20. The display unit 20 displays the transmitted telephone number on a display device. In addition, when information is added to the stored telephone number, the input unit 10 transmits the pressed button information to the control unit 40. The control unit 40
This information is transmitted to the display unit 20 and the memory unit 3
Send to 0. The display unit 20 displays the sent information,
The memory unit 30 stores the sent information as additional information.

In this way, the information stored in the telephone is operated.

[0010]

In a conventional telephone, auxiliary information such as a destination name of a telephone number stored in the telephone can be added and stored. However, arbitrary information can be stored based on the transmitted / received telephone number. No function is added for adding / editing or transmitting / outputting the information.

An object of the present invention is to allow a user to add / edit information on arbitrary information stored in a telephone, thereby making it possible to associate a call content with a transmission / reception history. An object of the present invention is to improve the usability of a telephone by enabling the information after the addition / edit to be transmitted to an arbitrary facsimile.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephone which displays input means for inputting numbers / characters / symbols and the like and information input through the input means. Display means, incoming call history storing means for storing incoming call history, outgoing call history storing means for storing outgoing call history, destination information storing means for storing a telephone number and information related to the telephone number, An information storage means for storing information added / edited based on the transmission history, a memory control means for controlling the reception history storage means, the transmission history storage means, the telephone number storage means, and the information storage means; Information conversion means for converting an output from the memory control means into a facsimile signal.

In this way, not only the telephone number stored in the telephone and the auxiliary information of the telephone number can be edited and added, but also arbitrary information can be added to the outgoing / incoming call history information. Further, the edited information can be transmitted to any facsimile.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention. Reference numeral 10 denotes an input unit such as a button for inputting numbers / characters / symbols, and 20 denotes the input unit 1.
0 is a display unit for displaying information input via the telephone 0, and 30 is a memory unit 30 and 31 for storing information such as a telephone number, telephone setting information, and the like. A telephone number registered by a user and a telephone number are added to the telephone number. Destination information storage unit for storing arbitrary information
Reference numeral 32 denotes a transmission history storage unit for storing telephone numbers and times transmitted in the past, 33 denotes a reception history storage unit for storing telephone numbers and times received in the past, and 34 denotes the transmission history storage unit 3 described above.
The information storage units 34 and 40, which store information arbitrarily added / edited by the user based on the information stored in the incoming call history storage unit 33 and the information stored in the incoming call history storage unit 33, respectively, include a control unit that controls each unit.
41 is a memory controller for selecting and controlling a memory for reading and writing, 42 is an information converter for converting information sent from the memory controller 41 into a facsimile signal, and 50 is a transmitter / receiver for transmitting and receiving information. It is a receiving unit.

First, an embodiment of the operation of the telephone when the present invention is applied will be described.

When a user presses a button to make a call to a pre-registered destination, the memory control unit 41 follows the command transmitted via the input unit 10 and sends destination information, for example, from the destination information storage unit 31 to the destination information storage unit 31. The call destination telephone number, destination name, and the like are read and transmitted to the display unit 20, and the display unit 20 displays them. When the desired destination is displayed, the telephone sets a call to the telephone number corresponding to the destination and stores the call in the transmission history storage unit 32 via the memory control unit 41.

When a call is transmitted based on information transmitted or received in the past, the memory control unit 41 sends the destination information from the transmission history storage unit 32 and the reception history storage unit 33 in accordance with a command transmitted through the input unit 10. The information is read, transmitted to the display unit 20, and the display unit 20 displays the information. The display device includes, for example, a liquid crystal or the like. When the desired destination is displayed, the telephone sets a call to the telephone number corresponding to the destination and stores the call in the transmission history storage unit 32 via the memory control unit 41.

When a call is received by the telephone set, the transmission / reception unit 50 transmits to the control unit 40 that the call has been received, and also receives the incoming information, for example, the destination telephone number and the like.
Send to 0. In response to the command transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 50, the control unit 40 outputs a sound notifying of the incoming call to a sound output device such as a speaker attached to the telephone, which is omitted in FIG. Further, the control unit 40 compares the incoming telephone number transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 50 with the telephone number stored in the destination information storage unit 31, and if there is the same telephone number, the telephone number is stored in the destination information storage unit 31. The received information, for example, a destination name corresponding to the telephone number is added to the incoming call information and transmitted to the display unit 20. Further, the control unit 40 stores the incoming call information via the memory control unit 41 into the incoming call history storage unit 33.
To be stored. The display unit 20 displays the incoming call information transmitted from the control unit 40 and clearly indicates to the user that the incoming call has been received.

A case where information is added / edited based on the transmission history record and the reception history record will be described.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a telephone display when the present invention is applied. One example of a screen displaying one of transmission information stored in the transmission history storage unit 32 is shown in FIG. A display screen, 101 is a level display unit indicating a radio wave level, 102 is a selection cursor for selecting a key on the display screen 100, 110 is a transmission date and time included in transmission information, and 12
0 is a destination telephone number included in the outgoing information, 130 is a display key for displaying information already stored for the displayed outgoing information, and 140 is a mode for adding / editing information. Is a transmission key for shifting to a mode for transmitting the added / edited information.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a display screen 100 to which a transition is made after the editing key 140 is selected, which is a screen for editing transmission information. 160 is an edited content and any number
Characters and symbols can be added. 161 is an input cursor indicating the current input location. 170 is a save key for storing edited information in the telephone. Store.

When information is added based on the transmission history, when the user operates the input unit 10, the memory control unit 41 transmits the transmission information from the transmission history storage unit 32 in accordance with the command transmitted from the input unit 10. For example, a destination telephone number, a transmission time, a destination name, and the like are acquired and transmitted to the display unit 20. The display unit 20 displays the transmission information. At this time, the display screen 100 is as shown in FIG. When the user wants to add information based on the displayed transmission information, the user can change the mode to the edit mode with a button on the telephone body or move the cursor on the display screen 100 and select the edit key 140 to transmit the information. Information can be added to the information. When the edit mode is selected, the display screen 100 is as shown in FIG.
The user inputs an arbitrary character, numeral, symbol, or the like to the position indicated by the input cursor 161 via the input unit 10 such as a button of the telephone.

The input information is sequentially transmitted to the control unit 40 and added to the transmission information. The information after the information is added is transmitted to the display unit 20, and the input cursor 161 is moved by the input character and displayed. Input cursor 161 after input
Indicates the next input position. For example, when an erroneous input is made, the input can be canceled by deleting the input using a delete button provided on the telephone, or by inputting the input cursor 161 correctly according to the information to be deleted. By repeating this series of operations, any information can be combined with the transmission information.

A case where the edited information obtained by adding / editing any information to the transmission information is stored in the telephone will be described.
In FIG. 4, when saving the edited information, the selection cursor 102 is moved to the save key 170 via the input unit 10 and selected. When the save key 170 is selected, the memory control unit 41 stores the transmission information and the added information in the information storage unit 34. The information stored in the information storage unit 34 can be arbitrarily extracted and edited.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of a method of storing information in the information storage unit 34 when the present invention is applied. Reference numeral 300 denotes information indicating a storage unit based on information such as outgoing / incoming / destination information. An identifier 310 is additional information that has been added or edited. FIG.
When the outgoing information edited and added in the above step is stored in the telephone with the save key 170, the stored telephone number and destination name can be stored. However, the information identifier 300 is provided and associated with the existing information. Information is stored in the area. The information stored in the format of FIG.
Can be read out by the display key 130 in. When the display key 130 is input, the control unit 40 extracts from the information storage unit 34 information corresponding to the outgoing information or the incoming information displayed via the memory control unit 41. Control unit 40
Transmits the obtained information to the display unit 20 and displays it. The display screen 100 at this time is as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a display example in the case where the already stored information is read out.
A return key for returning to 0, 190 is a delete key for deleting the displayed information from the information storage unit 34, and 200 is stored information. Return key 180 by the selection cursor 102 or a button provided on the telephone body
When selected, the control unit 40 controls the display unit 20, and the display unit 20 changes the display screen 100 as shown in FIG.
Similarly, when the delete key 190 is selected, the memory control unit 41 deletes the information stored in the information storage unit 34,
The display unit 20 is controlled, and the display unit 20 changes the display screen 100 as shown in FIG.

Next, a case where the edited / added information is transmitted will be described. In FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. 5, when transmitting the displayed information, the transmission key 15 is pressed by the selection cursor 102 or a button provided on the telephone body.
After selecting 0, the destination is determined and the call button provided on the telephone is pressed. The input unit 10 transmits to the control unit 40 that the call button has been pressed. The control unit 40 transmits the displayed information to the information conversion unit 42 according to a command from the input unit 10. The information converter 42 converts the signal into a facsimile signal and transmits the signal to the controller 40. Control unit 40
After receiving the information transmitted from the information conversion unit 42, the telephone calls the determined destination facsimile number. When the called party receives the call, the information converted to the facsimile signal is transmitted.

In this embodiment, the case where information is added based on outgoing information is particularly shown. For the case of incoming information and destination information, the telephone is provided with the block diagram shown in FIG. It is feasible. 3, 4, and 5, a read key and an edit key 1 are displayed on the display screen 100.
40, send key 150, save key 170, return key 18
0, the delete key 190 is displayed. However, even if the key is not displayed on the display screen 100, it can be realized by preparing a button having the same function on the telephone body or assigning a function to an existing button. It is possible. Also, an example has been described in which an arbitrary facsimile is used as an information transmission destination. However, for example, a personal computer (PC: Personal Compute
r), and the information conversion unit 42 converts the transmission content into a format such as a text format that can be used in electronic mail,
It can also be sent as an e-mail.

With the above configuration, information can be added / edited based on outgoing call history information, incoming call history information, and the like stored in the telephone, and the telephone contents can be associated with the outgoing / incoming call history. Can be stored in the telephone, and the usability of the telephone is improved. Further, by making it possible to transmit the information stored in the telephone to an arbitrary facsimile, the usability of the telephone is further improved.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The telephone has destination information storage means, transmission history storage means, reception history storage means, information storage means, memory control means, and information conversion means, and stores the information stored in the destination information storage means and the transmission history storage means. Information can be added / edited based on the stored information and the information stored in the incoming call history storage means. By storing the information in the information storage means, the call information and outgoing / history information are stored in the telephone in association with each other. As a result, the usability of the telephone is improved. Further, by enabling the above information to be transmitted to any facsimile, call information can be notified to a third party, and the usability of the telephone is further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a conventional telephone.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example when calling history information is displayed on a telephone.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example in a case where arbitrary information is added / edited to transmission information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example when displaying information stored in an information storage means on a telephone.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an information storage method when storing in an information storage means.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 input unit, 20 display unit, 30 memory unit, 31
Destination information storage unit, 32: transmission history storage unit, 33: reception history storage unit, 34: information storage unit, 40: control unit, 41: memory control unit, 42: information conversion unit, 50: transmission / reception unit,
100: display screen, 101: level display section, 102: selection cursor, 110: outgoing date and time, 120: destination telephone number, 130: display key, 140: edit key, 150: send key, 160: edited content, 161 ... Input cursor, 1
70: save key, 180: return key, 190: delete key, 200: stored information, 300: information identifier, 310 ...
Additional information.

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A telephone having input means for inputting information, display means for displaying information input via the input means, and transmission history recording means for storing telephone numbers transmitted in the past. A telephone capable of adding information to a call history. 2. The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising signal change means for converting the information added to the transmission history into a facsimile signal, and capable of transmitting the information to a facsimile apparatus in a public telephone network. . 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the information added to the outgoing call history can be recorded. 4. The telephone according to claim 3, further comprising signal changing means for converting the recorded information into a facsimile signal.
A telephone set capable of transmitting to a facsimile apparatus in a public telephone line network. 5. A telephone having input means for inputting information, display means for displaying information input via the input means, and incoming call history recording means for storing telephone numbers received in the past. A telephone set capable of adding information to an incoming call history. 6. A telephone according to claim 5, further comprising signal changing means for converting the information added to the incoming call history into a facsimile signal, and capable of transmitting the information to a facsimile apparatus in a public telephone network. . 7. The telephone according to claim 5, wherein information added to the incoming call history can be recorded. 8. A telephone according to claim 7, further comprising signal changing means for converting the recorded information into a facsimile signal.
A telephone set capable of transmitting to a facsimile apparatus in a public telephone line network.