JP2000209358A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily retransmit a message even if an opposite party is in a reception impossible state by providing a function for calling a character message stored in a storage means, arbitrarily altering contents of the character message and retransmitting it. SOLUTION: Plural already inputted character messages stored in a message storage means 2s and the telephone numbers of opposite parties are called. Called character message information and the telephone numbers of the opposite parties are displayed on a display means 20. When character message information is corrected, the message is corrected by using an input means 19 and a transmission key is depressed. When a control means 18 detects the depression of the transmission key, message information is sent to a time division processing means 14 and is modulated, then the information is transmitted from a transmission-reception antenna 11. A retransmission operation is repetitively executed until the opposite party receives the character message or a transmitter terminates transmission for the number of times, which is set in a retransmission number setting means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device capable of transmitting and receiving character information between communication terminal devices in mobile communication represented by a digital portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, as one of mobile communication services represented by a digital cellular phone, there is a character information transmission / reception service performed between communication terminal apparatuses. Incidentally, the character information is constituted by symbols including letters, numbers, exclamation marks and the like. In this service, a fixed message registered in advance in a communication terminal device or a content to be transmitted by a sender is input from character input means of the communication terminal device and transmitted to the other party each time. The received message is stored in the communication terminal device, and can be arbitrarily called by an operator, displayed on the display means, and read. Currently, the text message sending and receiving service methods implemented include:
There are two types, a relay type in which a communication terminal device transmits and receives a text message via a relay center, and a direct type in which a text message is transmitted and received directly to and from a communication terminal device of the other party.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a conventional transmission operation of a character information transmission / reception service.

A text message is input using the input means of the communication terminal device, and this message is temporarily stored in the storage means until it is transmitted. After inputting the message,
Next, enter the telephone number of the other party. After confirming that all inputs are correct, press the send key. The communication terminal device modulates this message and transmits it. If the text message is delivered to the other party, the sender displays a message to that effect and the process ends normally. If the other party cannot receive the text message, it informs the sender that the text message could not be received. A message is displayed.

[0005]

However, it is not always the case that the communication terminal device of the partner who sent the message is in a state where the message can be received. If the communication terminal device of the other party is not turned on or is out of reach of radio waves, the message cannot be received.

In such a situation, in the case of the relay type, even if the other party cannot receive the message, the message is stored in the relay center, so that the sender ends normally. However, since the message stored in the relay center cannot be read unless the user accesses the message, the message is not actually transmitted to the other party at that time. Therefore, in the relay type, the message is not real-time information, and even if it is a message of high urgency, the importance of the message is lost, and in the worst case, the message does not make sense. Would. Further, a fee is charged when the recipient goes to read the message stored in the relay center.

In the case of the direct type, while real-time transmission / reception is possible, the state in which the communication terminal device of the other party is placed has a direct effect. If the communication terminal of the other party cannot receive the message, the transmitting side must stop the transmission without terminating normally.
If you really want to send a message, the sender must send the message again. If the content of the sent message is a fixed message, it can be sent without the need to re-enter the message, but if the sender has entered a text message, the text message with the same content will be input when resending. It takes much time and effort to re-input, which is very troublesome.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device capable of easily retransmitting a message in a direct type character information message transmission / reception service even when a partner cannot receive the message.

[0009]

First, in the present invention, it has been considered that a new message storage means is provided in the communication terminal device. This message storage means can store various information such as the contents of the message that the sender intends to send, for example, the contents of the message and the telephone number of the destination, several times in the past. Thus, even if the message cannot be sent at that time, the character message can be sent without inputting the message again by recalling the information stored in the message storage unit when sending the message again.

[0010] In addition, a transmission interval time counting device and a retransmission number counting device are provided in the communication terminal device in case a message cannot be sent to the other party even at the time of retransmission. This allows
It is possible to automatically resend the text message left in the message storage means a predetermined number of times at regular intervals. In this automatic retransmission function, the other party receives a text message or the retransmission function is executed the number of times set by the sender.

By providing these devices, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting a message again at the time of retransmission and to transmit information in real time.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication terminal apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a communication terminal device, 11 is a transmitting / receiving antenna, 12 is a wireless transmitting / receiving means, 13 is a modulation / demodulation means, 14 is a time division processing means, 15 is a voice coding means, 16 is a receiver, 17 is a microphone, and 18 is a communication. Control means for controlling the terminal device 10; 19, input means for inputting a text message, a telephone number, etc .; 20, display means for displaying a telephone number, a text message, etc .; 21, storage means; Message storage means for storing information for several times in the past; 23, a retransmission interval time counting means for counting the time until the message is retransmitted; 24, a retransmission number counting means for counting the number of message retransmissions; Retransmission interval time setting means for setting the time until the message is retransmitted, which can be arbitrarily set by the user, 26
Is a retransmission number setting unit that sets the number of retransmissions of the message, which can be set arbitrarily by the sender.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a conventional text message transmission control procedure in the text information transmission / reception service.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a text message transmission control procedure in the communication terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for controlling retransmission of a text message in communication terminal apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for correcting and retransmitting the text message in the communication terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for automatically retransmitting a text message in the communication terminal device 1 according to the second embodiment.

Next, the retransmission operation of the text message according to the present invention will be described.

First, an operation of transmitting a direct type text message, which is conventionally performed, will be described with reference to FIGS.

The sender inputs a text message from the input means 19 (S101). The input text message is temporarily stored in the storage unit 21 until the transmission operation ends. After inputting the text message, the telephone number of the other party is input (S102). As a method of inputting the other party's telephone number, a method of inputting from the input unit 19 and a method of calling from the storage unit 21 when the telephone number has been registered in the storage unit 21 in advance can be considered.

After confirming that there is no error in the input information, the transmission key is pressed (S103). When the control means 18 detects that the transmission key has been pressed, the message information stored in the storage means 21 is called up, and the time division processing means 14
Is converted into a baseband signal that has been subjected to time division multiplexing processing, and sent to the modulation / demodulation means 13.

The baseband signal input to the modulation / demodulation means 13 is subjected to modulation processing, converted into an RF signal by the radio transmission / reception means 12, and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 11. If the other party is in a place where reception is not possible, a message indicating that the message has not been received is displayed on the display means 20, (S105) the text message information once stored in the storage means 21 is deleted, and the message transmission operation is forcibly terminated. I do. Similarly, when the text message reaches the other party, the text message information in the storage means 21 is erased, and the message transmission operation ends.

Next, the transmission operation of a text message in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

When a text message is inputted by the sender from the input means 19 (S101), the text message is temporarily stored in the storage means 21 until it is transmitted. After entering the text message,
The telephone number of the other party is input (S102). When it is confirmed that there is no error in the input information, the transmission key is pressed (S103). When the control unit 18 detects that the transmission key is pressed, the character message information temporarily stored in the storage unit 21 is transferred to the message storage unit 22 (S11).
1) The message information stored in the storage means 21 is deleted.

The message storage means 22 stores the past several times of text message information and its accompanying additional information as a history, and the additional information may include the telephone number of the other party, the transmission date and time, and the like. The control means 18 transfers the message information to the message storage means 22 and at the same time sends the message information to the time division processing means 14 as before, and after the modulation processing, transmits the message information from the transmission / reception antenna 11. If the other party is in a place where reception is impossible, a message indicating that the message has not been received is displayed on the display means 20, and the message transmission operation is forcibly terminated (S105). When the text message reaches the other party, the message transmission operation ends.

Next, the retransmission operation of the text message in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

A plurality of previously input text messages stored in the message storage means 22 and the telephone number of the other party are called (S121). The called text message information and the telephone number of the other party are displayed on the display means 20, and after confirming that the sender desires the message to be retransmitted, the transmission key is pressed (S103) and the text message is transmitted. . When the control means 18 detects that the transmission key has been pressed, the message information is sent to the time division processing means 14 as before, and after the modulation processing, the message information is transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 11. If the other party is in a place where reception is impossible, a message indicating that the message has not been received is displayed on the display means 20, and (S10
5) The message transmission operation is forcibly terminated. When the text message reaches the other party, the message transmission operation ends.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment for correcting and retransmitting the text message information in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

A plurality of previously input text messages stored in the message storage means 22 and the telephone number of the other party are called (S121). The called text message information and the telephone number of the other party are displayed on the display means 20, and the user selects whether to correct the information (S131). If no correction is required, the transmission key is pressed as it is (S10
3). When correcting the text message information, the text message is corrected (S132) and the telephone number of the other party is re-input (S133) using the input means 19, and is temporarily stored in the storage means 21. When the correction is completed, the transmission key is pressed (S103).

When the control means 18 detects that the transmission key is pressed, the corrected text message information temporarily stored in the storage means 21 is transferred to the message storage means 22 (S111) and stored in the storage means 21. The modified message information is deleted. The control means 18 transfers the message information to the message storage means 22 and at the same time sends the message information to the time division processing means 14 as before, and after the modulation processing, transmits the message information from the transmission / reception antenna 11. If the other party is in a place where reception is impossible, a message indicating that the message has not been received is displayed on the display means 20, and the message transmission operation is forcibly terminated (S105). When the text message reaches the other party, the message transmission operation ends.

Next, the operation of automatically retransmitting a text message in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, various conditions relating to retransmission are set and a counter is initialized. Initializing a retransmission counter for counting the number of retransmissions of the text message (S141);
Retransmission interval time setting (S142) for setting the time until retransmission when the other party does not respond to the call, setting of the number of retransmissions (S143), and retransmission until the other party does not respond to the call. The retransmission interval time counter for counting time is initialized (S144).

After making the above settings, a plurality of previously input text messages stored in the message storage means 22 and the telephone number of the other party are called (S1).
21), select whether to correct the transmission contents. If the correction is unnecessary, the user directly presses the transmission key to transmit the message (S103). When correcting the text message information, the text message is corrected (S132) and the telephone number of the other party is re-input (S133) using the input means 19, and is temporarily stored in the storage means 21. When the correction is completed, the transmission key is pressed (S103). When the control unit 18 detects that the transmission key is pressed, the corrected character message information temporarily stored in the storage unit 21 is transferred to the message storage unit 22 (S111), and the storage unit 21
Is deleted, and the retransmission interval time counting means 23 starts the counting operation (S145).

If the other party can receive the message, the retransmission normally ends, and the character message transmission process ends. However, if the other party cannot receive the message, it executes an automatic retransmission sequence.

When the retransmission interval time counting means 23 confirms that the time a (s) set in the retransmission interval time setting means 25 has elapsed (S146), the retransmission number counting means 24 counts +1. Up (S147),
The transmission operation is temporarily stopped. Retransmission number counting means 2
4 is the value N set in the retransmission number setting means 26.
(S) or not (S148). If no match is found, the counter value of the retransmission interval time counting means 23 is cleared (S149), and the message storage means 2 is cleared.
The character message information stored immediately before from step 2 is recalled (S150), and is temporarily stored in the storage means 21. When the information is called again, the transmission process is started by software processing (S151).

Here, if the retransmission is started by pressing a transmission key relying on an external action, the sender needs to constantly monitor the display means 20 of the communication terminal device 10, so that the transmission is started by software processing. And this,
Upon receiving the transmission start by the software processing, the retransmission interval time counting means starts the counting operation again (S1).
45).

This series of operations is performed until the other party receives the text message information or the sender sets the value N (times) set in the retransmission number setting means 26. If the text message information cannot be transmitted to the other party even after retransmission of the value N (times) set in the retransmission number setting means 26, a message for notifying the sender to that effect is displayed on the display means 20.
(S105), and the message transmission operation is forcibly terminated.

[0040]

As described above, by using the present invention, the trouble of re-inputting a text message which may occur when the text message is retransmitted can be omitted, and the importance of the information can be maintained while real-time processing. Character messages can be transmitted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a communication terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a message transmission operation in a conventional character information transmission / reception service.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a message transmission operation using the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a message retransmission operation using the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation of correcting a message content and retransmitting the message using the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an operation of automatically retransmitting a message to a partner a certain number of times using the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 communication terminal device, 11 transmission / reception antenna unit, 12
Wireless transmission / reception means, 13: modulation / demodulation means, 14: time division processing means, 15: voice coding means, 16: receiver, 17
... Microphone, 18 control means, 19 input means, 20 display means, 21 storage means, 22 message storage means,
23 ... retransmission time interval counting means, 24 ... retransmission number counting means, 25 ... retransmission time interval setting means, 26 ... retransmission number setting means.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An antenna for transmitting and receiving radio waves, means for converting transmission and reception data to a radio frequency, means for performing modulation and demodulation processing on transmission and reception data, means for performing time division processing on transmission and reception data, and audio coding. It is configured by means for performing processing, a receiver, a microphone, means for controlling the group of means, input means such as buttons and dials, means for displaying, and storage means for storing information unique to the terminal device. A communication terminal device comprising means for storing a plurality of previously transmitted text messages and respective information associated therewith, recalling the text messages stored in the storage means, and retransmitting or rewriting the contents of the text messages. A communication terminal device having a function of arbitrarily changing and retransmitting. 2. In the communication terminal device, a retransmission interval time setting means which can be arbitrarily set by a sender for retransmission, a time counting means for counting the transmission interval time, It has retransmission number setting means that can be set arbitrarily by the sender, and counting means for counting the number of retransmission times, and automatically repeats retransmission by calling a character message stored in the storage means. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein