JP2000188780A - Portable telephone set telephone number registration device, and portable telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a portable telephone set by which a user side can register/ eliminate a destination available of dialing depending on the circumstances and to obtain its telephone number registration device. SOLUTION: A portable telephone set 1 can made dialing only to destination telephone numbers that are stored in its storage section. In the case of loading the portable telephone set 1 whose battery is worn out to a telephone number registration device 30, charging terminals of a registration/charging section 36 and of a registration/charging section 7 of the portable telephone set 1 are connected to each other, the power supply of the portable telephone set 1 is activated, a current is supplied to the battery to start charging. When a registration key 33 is depressed and a telephone number is entered in a state of charging, a central controller controlling the telephone number registration device 30 communicates with a system control section 18 of the portable telephone set 1 via the registration/charging section 36 to store a destination telephone number to a storage section 21. When a delete key 34 is depressed and a telephone number is selected, the central controller deletes one of the destination telephone number stored in the storage section 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable mobile telephone and a telephone number register thereof, and more particularly, to a mobile telephone capable of making a call only to a destination telephone number stored in a number storage means. And its telephone number registration machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile phones such as mobile phones and PHSs have become widespread not only among businessmen and OLs but also among young people and students. The reason for its widespread use is the convenience of being able to talk freely over the phone anytime, anywhere. In addition, communication costs have been greatly reduced due to the spread of communication, and the number of users is expected to further increase.

[0003] For example, there has been an increasing use of a system in which parents have a mobile phone for each child and go to school or cram school for the purpose of crime prevention and security check. It is now possible to enjoy conversations freely, but on the other hand, although the call charges have been reduced, the financial burden on parents has been enormous.

[0004] In order to prevent the increase of the communication cost, a contract is made with a communication carrier so that the mobile mobile phone itself can be used for reception only, or a special partner (for example, a home or a company where a parent works) can be used in the communication business. A method has been adopted in which a call is registered in the telephone exchange of the other party so that calls cannot be made to anyone other than the other party.

[0005]

However, if the conventional mobile mobile phone is set to receive only, it is impossible for children to contact in an emergency when danger is imminent, and the original purpose of crime prevention and security is not achieved. Cannot be achieved. In addition, in a system for registering destinations from which calls can be made, the communication carrier limits the number of registrations due to network management reasons, so that not only can the user not freely register the desired number of registrations. However, the procedure was troublesome or time-consuming, so the use was very poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a portable mobile telephone capable of registering and deleting a callable destination on a user side and a telephone therefor. It aims to provide a number registration machine.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable mobile telephone, comprising: a number storage unit for storing a destination telephone number; It is characterized in that a call can be made only to the destination telephone number to be stored.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone number registration apparatus for a portable mobile telephone which is capable of making a call only to a destination telephone number stored in number storage means. It is characterized in that the storage means is provided with a number registration means for registering the other party's telephone number.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the telephone number register according to the second aspect of the present invention, the telephone number register further comprises a number deleting means for deleting a destination telephone number stored in the number storing means. It is characterized by.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone number register according to the second or third aspect, further comprising a charging means for charging the portable mobile telephone. .

A portable mobile telephone system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a portable mobile telephone system comprising a mobile telephone and a telephone number register which are independent from each other.
The mobile phone, which is not attached to the telephone number register, includes a number storage unit for storing a destination telephone number, and the telephone number register stores the number in the number storage unit of the mobile phone. The portable mobile telephone is provided with number input means for inputting the other party's telephone number, and the mobile phone can make a call only to the other party's telephone number stored in the number storage means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the portable mobile telephone system according to the fifth aspect, the telephone number registration device is a destination telephone stored in a number storage means of the portable mobile telephone. It is characterized by comprising a number deleting means for deleting a number.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the portable mobile telephone system according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the telephone number registration device includes charging means for charging the mobile mobile phone. It is characterized by having.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the portable mobile telephone system according to any one of the fifth to seventh aspects, wherein the portable mobile telephone system is attached to the telephone number register. The telephone is characterized in that it can make a call to an arbitrary destination telephone number input by the telephone number register.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a portable mobile telephone according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a portable mobile telephone main body, an operation unit 2 comprising a telephone directory key 2a, a call key 2b, an end key 2c, a volume control 2d, and a power switch 2e, and displays a destination telephone number and various information. A display 3, a receiving speaker 4, a transmitting microphone 5, an antenna 6, and a registration / charging unit 7 are provided.

A telephone directory key 2a of the operation unit 2 is a key for calling a destination telephone number stored in a RAM (not shown) built in the portable mobile telephone 1, and is a telephone directory key 2a.
Can be searched by pressing up and down, the search display is terminated when the hand is released, and the telephone number is dialed by pressing the call key 2b.

The call key 2b instructs a hook control when receiving a call, and the end key 2c instructs the end of the call.
The registration / charging unit 7 includes an optical communication unit for performing infrared communication with a telephone number registration machine described later and a charging terminal for charging a built-in storage battery. However, the optical communication unit is not limited to infrared communication. For example, the optical communication unit may be configured to be connected to a telephone number register using a connector so that necessary information can be communicated.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a portable mobile telephone according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a portable mobile telephone (indicated by a broken line in the figure) for performing telephone and character data communication.

A radio unit 12 demodulates a radio signal received by the antenna 11 and modulates a transmission signal during transmission.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a TDMA processing unit that performs time division multiplexing.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a digital signal processing unit which performs various processes on digital signals used for communication.

Reference numeral 15 denotes an AD / DA converter which includes an A / D converter and a D / A converter for exchanging signals with the digital signal processing unit 14, the receiving speaker 16 and the transmitting microphone 17.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a system control unit for controlling the entire portable mobile phone, based on various control signals input from an operation unit 19 described later and control signals from a TDMA processing unit and a digital signal processing unit. It controls communication such as outgoing and incoming calls and the state inside the apparatus. In particular, the system control unit 18 stores the other party's telephone number permitted to make a call to the storage unit 21 by communicating with the telephone number registration machine.

An operation unit 19 for inputting necessary information to the system control unit 18 includes a telephone directory key, a call key, an end key, a volume control, and a power switch.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a display unit including a liquid crystal display device for displaying the telephone number of the other party and various information.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a communication / charging unit, which comprises an optical communication unit for performing infrared communication with a telephone number registration device described later and a charging terminal for charging a built-in storage battery.

Next, the calling operation of the portable mobile telephone according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2, but it is assumed that the destination telephone number has already been stored in the storage unit 21. Since the receiving operation is not directly related to the present invention, the description is omitted.

When the operator turns on a power switch included in the operation unit 19, the system control unit 18 performs an initial check and then enters a standby state. In this state, when the operator presses the telephone directory key up and down, the system control unit 18 searches the storage unit 21 and, in accordance with the pressed direction, scrolls the other party's telephone number on the display unit 20 one after another. I do. When the operator releases the telephone directory key after searching for a desired destination telephone number, the system control unit 18 stops the scroll display and displays the selected destination telephone number on the display unit 20. Then, when the operator presses the call key, the system control unit 18 gives a call instruction command to the radio unit 12 together with the selected destination telephone number information. Communicates with a base station device (not shown) in accordance with the above and establishes a telephone connection with the other party.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a telephone number register according to the present invention. Note that this telephone number registration device also serves as a charger, and this figure shows a state in which a portable mobile telephone is attached to the telephone number registration device and charging is being performed.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a telephone number registration machine main body, a display 31 for displaying a destination telephone number to be registered, a callable telephone number registered in the portable mobile phone 1 and various information, and a numeral 0. To 9, * and # keys, a registration key 33 for registering a telephone number in the mobile phone 1, a delete key 34 for deleting a registered destination telephone number, and searching for a destination telephone number. Search keys 35a and 35b for performing mobile phone 1
There is provided a registration / charging unit 36 comprising an optical communication unit for performing infrared communication and a charging terminal for charging the built-in storage battery.

Next, the operation of registering and deleting a destination telephone number and making a call to an arbitrary destination in the telephone number registration machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIGS. 4 to 6 are enlarged views of the display 31 and show the changing state of the screen when registering, deleting, and calling a destination telephone number.

When the operator attaches the portable mobile telephone 1 whose power is turned off or the battery has run out to the telephone number registration unit 30, the registration / charging unit 36 and the registration / charging unit 7 of the portable mobile telephone 1 are charged. The terminals are connected, the power of the mobile phone 1 is turned on, and at the same time, a current flows through the storage battery to start charging. At this time, the display 31 and the display 3 of the mobile phone 1 detect the current flowing through the storage battery and display "charging" (see FIG. 4A).

In this charged state, the operator operates the registration key 3
When the user presses 3, the central control device (hereinafter simply referred to as "central control device") controlling the entire telephone number register 30 generates a "beep" sound indicating that the registration key 33 has been effectively pressed. At the same time, "number registration" is displayed on the display 31 (see FIG. 4B).

Next, when the operator operates the numeric keypad 32 and inputs, for example, "09012345678", the telephone number of the party to whom the call is permitted, the central controller displays the number on the display 31 (FIG. 4 ( C)).
Further, when the operator presses the registration key 33 in this state, the central control device communicates with the system control unit 18 of the mobile phone 1 via the registration / charging unit 36, and the other party's telephone number “09012345678”. Is stored in the storage unit 21,
A beep sounding that the registration has been made valid is generated, and a message indicating that the registration has been newly made is displayed on the display 31 (see FIG. 4D). Return to the display state.

In the initial display state of FIG. 5A, when the operator presses the delete key 34, the central control unit generates a "beep" sound indicating that the delete key 34 has been effectively pressed. It communicates with the system control unit 18 of the mobile phone 1 via the registration / charging unit 36, and stores one of the other party's telephone numbers “0902345” stored in the storage unit 21.
6789 "is taken out and displayed on the display 31 together with a message of" number deletion "(see FIG. 5B). In this state, the operator operates the search key 35a or 35b.
Is pressed, the central control unit communicates with the system control unit 18, searches for the destination telephone number stored in the storage unit 21, and displays the next telephone number "090345567890" together with "number deletion" (FIG. 5 (C)).

Next, when the operator presses the delete key 34,
The central control unit emits a "beep" sound indicating that the delete key 34 has been effectively pressed, and requests the operator to confirm the deletion together with the destination telephone number to be deleted (FIG. 5).
(See (D)), when the operator presses the delete key 34 again, the central control device deletes the specified telephone number from the destination telephone numbers stored in the storage unit 21, and then makes a beep. Is displayed on the display 31 and a message (see FIG. 5E) notifying that the number has been deleted is displayed, and after a few seconds, the display returns to the initial display state of FIG. 5A.

In the initial display state shown in FIG. 6A, the operator operates the numeric keypad 32 to display, for example, "0903456".
When inputting the telephone number of the other party who calls "7890", the telephone number information is transmitted to the portable mobile telephone 1, and the central controller displays the number on the display 31 (see FIG. 6B). Further, when the operator presses the talk key 2b of the portable mobile phone 1 in this state, the central control unit displays on the display 31 that the call is being made (FIG. 6C).
Mobile phone 1 dials the other party's telephone number received from telephone number register 30. It should be noted that the operator can talk even after removing the portable mobile phone 1 from the telephone number registration device 30 after the call-in-progress display of FIG. 6C is displayed.

[0041]

As described above, according to the portable mobile telephone according to the present invention, a call can be made only to the destination telephone number registered in the storage unit, so that a call charge is generated within the range. It is possible to limit. Also, if you register an emergency contact number on the other party's phone number, children will be able to contact you even in an emergency when danger is imminent,
The primary purpose of crime prevention and security can be achieved.

Further, according to the telephone number registration device of the present invention, the destination telephone number which can make a call to the portable mobile telephone can be registered / deleted with a simple button operation. The time and effort required for
Usability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a portable mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a portable mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a telephone number register according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a display 31.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a display 31.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a display 31.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile mobile phone 2 Operation part 3 Display 7 Registration / Charging part 10 Mobile mobile phone 18 System control part 21 Storage part 30 Phone number registration machine 31 Display 32 Numeric keypad 33 Registration key 34 Delete key 35a Search key 35b Search key

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A portable mobile telephone comprising a number storage means for storing a destination telephone number, wherein a call can be made only to the destination telephone number stored in the number storage means. 2. A telephone number registration device for a portable mobile telephone capable of making a call only to a destination telephone number stored in a number storage means, wherein the number registration registers the destination telephone number in the number storage means. Means, a telephone number register. 3. The telephone number registration device according to claim 2, further comprising: a number deletion unit that deletes a destination telephone number stored in the number storage unit. 4. The telephone number registration device according to claim 2, further comprising a charging means for charging the mobile phone. 5. A portable mobile telephone system comprising a mobile telephone and a telephone number register, each of which is independent of each other, wherein said mobile mobile telephone comprises number storage means for storing a destination telephone number. The telephone number registration device includes number input means for inputting a destination telephone number to be stored in number storage means of the portable mobile phone.The portable mobile phone not attached to the telephone number registration device, A portable mobile telephone system, wherein a call can be made only to a destination telephone number stored in the number storage means. 6. The portable mobile telephone system according to claim 5, wherein the telephone number registration device includes a number deleting unit that deletes a destination telephone number stored in a number storage unit of the mobile mobile telephone. A portable mobile telephone system characterized by the following. 7. The portable mobile telephone system according to claim 5, wherein the telephone number registration device includes charging means for charging the portable mobile telephone. . 8. The portable mobile telephone system according to claim 5, wherein the portable mobile telephone attached to the telephone number registration device is inputted by the telephone number registration device. A portable mobile telephone system characterized by being able to make a call to an arbitrary destination telephone number.