JP2000341394A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal that can correct specific information in a dial bank storing a caller telephone number and information to specify an opposite party sent from the opposite party attended with the arrival of the incoming call while making the caller telephone number correspond to the information and can enhance of priority of the telephone numbers receiving the correction in this way. SOLUTION: A dial bank 24 that stores a transmitted telephone number and opposite party information specified by the telephone number stores use frequency information of the telephone number corresponding to each telephone number and information denoting the presence of correction of the specific information, and when it is required to delete a telephone number in the dial bank 24, the telephone number with the lowest priority is deleted by taking the correction information and the frequency information into account.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention automatically stores a telephone number input using a numeric keypad in a memory, and
The present invention relates to a communication terminal that can be easily reused.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, communication terminals such as telephones and facsimile machines have a shortened dialing function or a simple dialing function that enables a frequently used telephone number (minimum of 6 digits) to be transmitted by a simple operation of only 1 to 3 keys. A one-touch dial function that enables a call with only one key operation is widely used.

The above-mentioned speed dial function stores, for example, a two-digit numerical value (abbreviated number) and a telephone number in advance, and when dialing, simply inputs a key for instructing a speed dial call and the two-digit abbreviated number. And automatically sends the stored telephone number. On the other hand, the one-touch dial function stores a telephone number in advance in association with a specific key, and automatically transmits the stored telephone number when the specific key is operated.

However, in this type of conventional apparatus, the telephone number stored for the abbreviated dial function and the one-touch dial function has been manually input by the user using a numeric keypad or the like. Therefore, it takes a long time to register such a telephone number, and it is very troublesome because the same operation as that at the time of the initial registration must be performed again to change the telephone number once stored. In addition, the telephone number registered at the time of registration of the above telephone number is considered to be frequently used at that time, but there are cases where the frequency of use is very low when actually used. In such a case, the registration operation is useless.

[0005] In view of the above, various improvement plans have been proposed. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-50672
In the publication, when a telephone number is transmitted using a numeric keypad, the telephone number is transmitted on the condition that there is a high probability that the user will always repeat the call, such as when an error occurs during communication or communication by the other party. There has been proposed a device for automatically storing the information in association with the abbreviated number.

[0006] JP-A-1-270453 and JP-A-4-17439 propose a device for automatically storing a telephone number entered using a numeric keypad in an unconditional manner before associating it with a shortened number. Have been.

In Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 2-202154, a plurality of telephone numbers transmitted using a numeric keypad are unconditionally stored in a memory, and when the memory becomes full, the oldest stored number is deleted. When making a redial using the phone number stored in the memory while storing the phone number of the same number, the number of the same number stored in the memory is detected, and There has been proposed a device that is displayed in order and made to be selected by a user.

In each of the above-mentioned conventional devices, only the telephone number that has been transmitted is simply registered in the memory in a reusable manner. Therefore, in order to recognize the other party specified by the telephone number registered in the memory, a telephone directory or the like is required. Still other means were needed.

As a method for improving this point, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei.
In Japanese Patent Publication No. 189054 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 4-134968, a telephone number input from a numeric keypad and transmitted is shortened or one-touched by pairing a telephone number transmitted from the other party with the above-mentioned transmission, for example, a name. A device for automatically performing registration has been proposed.

[0010]

However, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
In the devices disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 1899054 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-134967, it is essential that the name and the like registered in the memory together with the calling telephone number be transmitted from the other party. For this reason, when the information such as the name is not transmitted from the other party, registration is impossible. Also, even when transmitted from the other party, the information may not be sufficient to specify the other party. For example, despite performing facsimile communication with the b branch of Company A,
The information transmitted from the b-branch is only information indicating that the company is A, and there is a case where the branch is unknown. Furthermore, such information cannot be registered indefinitely. As a result, there is a need to securely delete unnecessary information for the user and register new information. In this case, it is easy to select the deleted information. Was not.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is characterized by an operation unit having a numeric keypad and keys for instructing various functions, and a telephone number input from the numeric keypad. A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing, a dial bank capable of storing a predetermined number of telephone numbers in association with transmission frequency information of the telephone number, character information, and information indicating whether or not the character information has been corrected; A dialer for dialing according to a telephone number input from the numeric keypad or a telephone number selected from the dial bank, and a telephone number transmitted from the dialer is stored in the dial bank. If the frequency information is stored, the frequency information is corrected, and if not stored, the telephone number in the temporary storage unit is stored in the dial bank. A communication terminal for storing the telephone number in the temporary storage unit in the dial bank, when the predetermined number of telephone numbers are already stored in the dial bank, Deletes the phone number that has the lowest frequency and is stored at the closest point in time,
It is an object of the present invention to store the telephone number in the temporary storage unit.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an operation panel of the embodiment.

In FIG. 1, (1) is a control unit composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and (2) is a ROM composed of a semiconductor read-only memory, in which a control program is stored in advance. The control unit (1) controls each unit connected by the bus (3) based on the control program.

(4) is a clock circuit, which measures time under the control of the control unit (1). (5) is a reading section, which has optical reading means such as a CCD and a contact sensor and a circuit for binarizing or multi-leveling a signal read by the means, and The image is read optically and a digital image signal corresponding to the image is output.
A recording unit (61) includes a printer of a known type such as thermal transfer, heat sensitivity, ink jet or electrophotography, and performs printing under the control of the control unit (1). (6) is a modem, which modulates and demodulates an image signal transmitted and received under the control of the control unit (1). (7) is a handset, and (8) is an NCU, which is an interface for selectively switching connection of a telephone line between the modem (6) and the handset (7). (9) is a dialer which, under the control of the control unit (1), transmits a dial signal consisting of a pulse or DTMF to the NCU.
Send it to the telephone line via (8). (10) is an incoming call detection circuit, which detects an incoming call signal transmitted via a telephone line. (11) is an off-hook detection unit, which detects whether the handset (7) is in an off-hook state. (12) is a display unit, which is, for example, a flat display such as an LCD.

(13) is an operation unit, which is shown in FIG.
Numeric keys (1) arranged around the display unit (12) as shown in FIG.
4), one-touch keys (15A) to (15D), abbreviated key (16), start key (17), stop key (1
8) various keys such as an on-hook dial key (19), a menu key (20), a set key (21) and a dial bank key (22).

(23) A RAM comprising a rewritable storage device such as a semiconductor random access memory, for example.
The RAM is formed with a dial bank (24), an abbreviated number storage unit (25), a one-touch number storage unit (26), and an outgoing dial temporary storage unit (27), and also serves as a work memory of the control unit (1). Used.

As shown in FIG. 3, the dial bank (24) stores a plurality of (20 in this embodiment) telephone numbers with information (names) of the other party specified by the telephone numbers and whether or not the information is corrected. Is stored in association with the control word (CW) indicating the number of times (frequency) of using the telephone number.
Note that the CW is "1" when the name is modified as will be clear from the description below, and otherwise is "0".

As shown in FIG. 4, the abbreviated number storage unit (25) stores a telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated number (16 types of 00 to 15 in this embodiment) and information on the other party specified by the telephone number. (Name) is stored. The reading of the telephone number can be performed by inputting a combination of the shortcut key (16) and the numeric keypad (14). For example, the shortcut key (16)
And a combination of "0" and "2" of the numeric keypad (14) to input the abbreviated number "0" in the abbreviated number storage unit (25).
The telephone number "06-992" stored corresponding to "2"
-1234 "can be read.

In the one-touch number storage section (26),
As shown in FIG. 5, each one-touch key (15A) to (15A)
A telephone number and information (name) of the other party specified by the telephone number are stored in association with D). The reading of the telephone number is performed by the one-touch keys (15A) to (15D).
Can be performed by operating. For example, when the one-touch key (15B) is operated, the telephone number “06-332-3939” in the one-touch number storage unit (26) can be read.

FIGS. 6 to 14 are flowcharts showing the control operation of the control section (1) based on the control program in the ROM (2). The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to this chart.

In S1 of FIG. 6, the incoming call detector (10) determines whether or not an incoming call has been detected. If an incoming call has been detected, the line is connected in step S2, and a request from the calling side is made. A call or facsimile reception process is performed accordingly. still,
As is well known, the facsimile receiving process demodulates a modulated facsimile signal transmitted via a telephone line by a modem (6) and prints it by a recording unit (61) based on the post-adjusted signal. When the processing in step S2 is completed,
Return to one step.

On the other hand, if no incoming call is detected in step S1, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, it is determined whether the off-hook detection unit (11) has detected that the handset (7) is in an off-hook state, or whether the off-hook dial key (19) of the operation unit (13) has been operated. If it is determined that the hook is off-hook, the off-hook flag (OHF) is set to "1" in step S4, and the process proceeds to step S5. The OHF is set in the RAM (23).

In step S5, it is determined whether or not a key input has been made. If there is a key input, the process proceeds to step S9. On the other hand, if there is no key input, it is determined in step S6 whether or not the handset (7) is in the on-hook state. If not, the process returns to step S5, and the steps S5 and S6 are repeated. When the on-hook state is established, the OHF is reset to "0" in step S7, and the process returns to step S1.

If it is determined in step S3 that the vehicle is not in the off-hook state, the process proceeds to step S8. In step S8, the presence or absence of a key input is determined, and if no key is operated, the process returns to step S1.

That is, in the loop consisting of the steps S1, S3, and S8, an incoming call,
It waits for an off-hook or key operation, and determines a processing operation according to each trigger.

If it is determined in step S8 that there is a key operation, the type of the operated key is determined in step S9, and the next operation to be executed is determined based on the result.

If it is determined that the ten key (14) has been operated, the process proceeds to step S11 shown in FIG. In step S11, the temporary storage section (27) in the RAM (23) is cleared, and in the subsequent step S12, the data of the numeric keypad (14) detected in steps S8 and S9 is stored in the temporary storage section (27). Display (12)
To be displayed. Next, in step S13, time measurement by the clock circuit (4) is started. In the subsequent S14 step, it is determined whether or not the numeric keypad (14) has been operated again.
If it has been operated, the process returns to step S12. That is, S
By repeating steps 12 to S14, the temporary storage unit (27) stores the telephone number to be transmitted one digit at a time, and every time this telephone number is stored one digit, the clock circuit (4)
Is restarted, the clock time of the clock circuit (4) is the elapsed time since the last storage in the temporary storage unit (27).

If it is determined in step S14 that the numeric keypad (14) has not been operated, the process proceeds to steps S15 and S15.
It is determined in step 16 whether the start key (17) or the menu key (20) has been operated, and if it is determined that the start key (17) has been operated, the process proceeds to FIG.
If it is determined that the menu key (20) has been operated, the process proceeds to step S50 in FIG. If it is determined that neither key has been operated, the process proceeds to step S17.

In step S17, it is determined whether or not the stop key (18) has been operated. When the stop key (18) has been operated, the processing so far is invalidated and the processing returns to step S1 in FIG. If no operation has been performed, the clock time of the clock circuit (4) is set to the predetermined time (for example, 1) in step S18.
(0 second) or more. If it is 10 seconds or less, the process returns to step S14. If it is 10 seconds or more, the process returns to step S19.

That is, as will be apparent from the following description, S
When it is determined in step 18 that a predetermined time (10 seconds) has elapsed, dialing is automatically performed when the telephone is in the off-hook state.

In step S19, it is determined whether or not dial dialing can be performed at present (off-hook state). Specifically, even if the OHF is “1” or the OHF is “0”, whether the off-hook of the handset (7) is detected by the off-hook detection unit (11) at that time, or When it is detected whether or not the dial key (19) is operated, it is considered as an off-hook state, and the process proceeds to step S20 in FIG.
If not, the process returns to step S14.

Each of the processes shown in FIGS.
In steps S8, S9 and S11 to S14, the main purpose of transmitting the telephone number stored in the temporary storage unit (27) is to perform a telephone call, facsimile transmission, and polling reception, respectively. explain.

The step S20 in FIG. 8 corresponds to the step S1 shown in FIG.
The step proceeds when it is determined in step 9 that the mobile telephone is in the off-hook state. In step S20, dialing is performed by the dialer (9) based on the telephone number stored in the temporary storage unit (27). In the subsequent step S21, the OHF is reset to "0", and then in step S22 the line is connected, that is, the response of the other party who has dialed in step S20 is awaited. During this time, it is determined in step S23 whether the stop key (18) has been operated or the change of the handset (7) from the off-hook state to the on-hook state has been detected by the off-hook detection unit (11) (hereinafter referred to as on-hook determination). If it is determined that any of them has occurred, the line is forcibly disconnected and the process returns to step S1 to be in a standby state.

On the other hand, when the line with the other party is connected in the step S22, the telephone call is made possible in the step S24, and then the clocking of the clock circuit (4) is restarted in the step S25.

In the following step S26, it is determined whether or not the start key (17) has been operated. This judgment is
It is to determine whether or not the start of facsimile transmission is requested following the call started in step S24. If the operation of the start key (17) is detected, it is determined that the request is for facsimile transmission, and the process proceeds to step S32. Proceed. Step S32 is the same as step S29 described later, and will be described later.

In step S26, the start key (1
If it is determined that 7) has not been operated, on-hook determination is performed in the subsequent S27 step in the same manner as in S23 step.
It returns to one step and enters a standby state.

If it is determined in step S27 that the hook is not on-hook, the clock circuit (4) determines in step S28 that S2
It is determined whether or not the time has been measured for 10 seconds or more after the start of the 5-step time measurement.
On the other hand, if it is longer than 10 seconds, the process proceeds to step S29.

Steps S29 and S32 are steps for storing the telephone number stored in the temporary storage section (27) in the dial bank (24). Specifically, the control unit (1) first sorts the telephone numbers in the dial bank (24) in descending order of the frequency information. In this rearrangement, the order relationship before the rearrangement is respected for those having the same frequency information. Then, the bank (2
4) It is determined whether or not there is a free space. If there is a free space, the newly stored data is stored so as to be located at the end of the data in the bank (24). On the other hand, when there is no free space in the bank (24), the control word (CW) having the lowest frequency is selected from those having the control word "0". If CW = 0 and a plurality of telephone numbers having the lowest frequency exist due to this selection, the telephone number stored at the highest position among them is further selected, and the selected telephone number and the name corresponding thereto are selected. CW and frequency information are deleted. And
In order to make the lowest position in the bank (24) empty, the data is re-packed, and the telephone number in the temporary storage unit (27) is stored in the empty lowest position telephone number column, and correspondingly. “0” is stored in the CW column and “1” is stored in the frequency column.

As an example, assuming that the state shown in FIG. 3 is a stage where the rearrangement based on the frequency information has been completed, there is no space in the dial bank (24). Phone number "085" from position
7-82-1234 "and the corresponding information are deleted and repacked, the new telephone number is stored, and
Correspondingly, information of CW = 0 and frequency = 1 are also stored.

The above processing is performed when the same telephone number as the telephone number in the temporary storage section (27) is not stored in the dial bank (24), but the same number is already stored in the dial bank (24). If so, the frequency information corresponding to the telephone number is simply incremented by "1", and then the above-described rearrangement is performed to end the processing.

Further, in this embodiment, only the object having CW = 0 is to be deleted. However, as will be apparent from the later description, the object having CW = 1 is the one whose name has been corrected by the user. Since it is considered that it is desired that the data is stored at least in the dial bank (24), it is excluded from the above-mentioned automatic deletion. In addition, those with the same frequency were placed at the top of the list, but those at the top of the same frequency are unlikely to have been used recently and are considered to be relatively infrequently used. Because it is possible.

In this way, telephone numbers frequently used by the user or considered to be important can be preferentially stored and held in the dial bank (24).

When the above step S32 is completed, the process proceeds to step S44 in FIG. 9 to start preparation for facsimile transmission.

On the other hand, when the step S29 ends, the steps S30 and S31 are then processed. The step S30 is similar to the step S26 in that the start key (1
It is determined whether or not the operation of 7) has been performed. If the operation has been performed, the telephone number has already been stored in the bank (24). Therefore, the process directly proceeds to step S44 in FIG. 9 to prepare for facsimile transmission. Start. In step S31, an on-hook determination is performed in the same manner as in step S27 described above.
If it is determined that the terminal is on-hook, the line is forcibly disconnected and the process returns to step S1 to be in a standby state. The loop consisting of steps S30 and S31 is repeated indefinitely unless the start key (17) is operated or the on-hook state is set, that is, during a call.

As is apparent from the above description, in the call processing shown in FIG. 8, unless the start key (17) is operated, the call is not continued for a predetermined time (10 seconds). Enter the phone number in the dial bank (2
The configuration is made so that the telephone number is not stored in the dial bank (24) because the telephone number is not stored in the dial bank (24) due to an operation error of the numeric keypad (14). On the other hand, as soon as the start key (17) is operated within the predetermined time, the telephone number in the temporary storage (27) is stored in the dial bank (24). This is because it can be assumed that the correct person is being called.

The step S40 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the step S1 shown in FIG.
This step proceeds when it is determined in step 5 that the start key (17) is operated. In step S40, the telephone number in the temporary storage unit (27) is stored in the dial bank (24) as in steps S29 and S30 described above. To be stored. Note that the specific processing is the same as the steps S29 and S30, and thus the description is omitted.

In the subsequent step S41, dialing is performed based on the telephone number stored in the temporary storage unit (27), as in the step S20, and the subsequent steps S42 and S43.
In step S22, the on-hook determination is performed in the same manner as in steps S22 and S23, and a line connection with the other party is waited. When the line is connected, the process proceeds to step S44.

In step S44, various kinds of signals (digital identification signal DIS, non-standard device signal NSF, digital transmission command signal DTC, non-standard device command signal NSC) for setting functions between devices in transmitting and receiving image signals.
Etc.). In the subsequent S45 step, the NSF transmitted from the partner side in the above S44 step
It is determined whether or not the signal contains information indicating the own station name (name) of the other party.
In step 46, the name is entered into the dial bank (2
Store in the name field of 4). Specifically, steps S40, S32 or S29 are processed before reaching step S44, and in these steps the telephone number in the temporary storage unit (27) is already stored in the dial bank (24). Therefore, the name is stored in association with the telephone number.

In step S47, the image signal output from the reading unit (5) is encoded for each line, modulated by the modem (6), and then transmitted to the other party via the NCU (8). When the end of the transmission process is detected in step S48, the line is forcibly disconnected, and the process returns to step S1 to be in a standby state.

As described above, when the start key (17) is operated following the input of the telephone number by operating the ten keys (14) in steps S12 to S14 shown in FIG. 7, the start key (17) is operated in step S26. The telephone number in the temporary storage unit (27) is immediately stored in the dial bank (24) in the same manner as when the telephone number is dialed. When the own station name of the other party is obtained during the process of step S44, it is immediately stored in the dial bank (24) in correspondence with the telephone number.

The step S50 in FIG. 10 corresponds to the step S1 shown in FIG.
In step S50, it is determined whether polling reception has been selected by a combination operation of the menu key (20) and another key in step S50. And
When a function other than the polling reception is selected, the process returns to step S14 (FIG. 7).

On the other hand, if it is determined that the polling reception has been performed, S5
Steps 1 to S59 are sequentially processed. S51 to S54
The steps are the same as the steps S40 to S43 in FIG. 9, and the dialing is performed on the telephone number stored in the temporary storage unit (27) in the dial bank (24) (step S51) (step S52). Upon connection, the process proceeds to step S55 (step S53). S55
The step is basically the same as the step S44 except that the signal for polling reception is exchanged.
If the name of the other party is included in this signal (determination in step S56), the name is stored in the dial bank (24) in step S57 as in step S46. Next, in step S58, the image signal sent from the other party is received via the NCU (8) and the modem (6), and based on the received image signal, it is printed out by the recording unit (61). When the end of such reception is detected in step S59, the line is forcibly disconnected, and the process returns to step S1 to enter a standby state.

As described above, also in the processing shown in FIG. 10, the telephone number in the temporary storage unit (27) is stored in the dial bank (24) immediately after the selection of the polling reception function, and the name of the telephone number is received from the other party during the polling reception. When obtained, the name is also immediately stored in the dial bank (24).

Returning to FIG. 6, if it is determined in step S9 that the shortcut key (16) has been operated, the process proceeds to FIG.
To step S60.

In step S60, input of the abbreviated number by the operation of the ten keys (14) is waited.
In step 61, the telephone number stored in the abbreviated number storage unit (25) is read out corresponding to the abbreviated number. Then S
In step 62, dialing is performed from the dialer (9) via the NCU (8) based on the telephone number.

In the subsequent steps S63 and S64, a line connection is waited for while performing on-hook determination as in the above-described steps S22 and S23, and when a line is connected, the process proceeds to step S65.

In step S65, it is determined whether or not a document to be read is set in the reading section (5). When the document is set, the document is read in step S66, and an image signal is output in accordance with a well-known facsimile procedure. Send. When this transmission is completed, the line is disconnected and the process returns to step S1 to enter a standby state. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S65 that there is no original, the call can be made in step S67, and the process returns to step S1 to be in a standby state similarly to the end of the call.

If it is determined in step S9 in FIG. 6 that any of the one-touch keys (15A) to (15D) has been operated, the process proceeds to step S68 in FIG. S6
In step 8, the telephone number stored in the one-touch number storage section (26) is read out in association with the operated one-touch key, and in the subsequent step S62, the shortcut key (16) is read.
Dialing is performed as in the case of the operation. Subsequent processing is the same as the above-described steps S63 to S67, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Returning to FIG. 6, if it is determined in step S9 that the dial bank key (22) has been operated, the process proceeds to step S70 in FIG.

In step S70, the telephone number and the name located at the highest position in the dial bank (24) are displayed on the display section (12). Specifically, assuming that data is stored as shown in FIG. 3, the telephone number "12-3456" and the corresponding name "Company A" will be displayed on the display unit (12).

In the following step S71, it is determined whether or not the dial bank key (22) has been operated. If it is determined that the operation has been performed, the process returns to step S70 to return to the telephone number displayed on the display unit (12) at the time of the operation. Instead, the telephone number located next to the storage position of the number in the dial bank (24) and the corresponding name are displayed on the display unit (1).
Display in 2). Thereafter, every time the operation of the dial bank key (22) is detected in step S71, the display on the display unit (12) is sequentially switched in the same manner. When the dial bank key (22) is operated while the lowest telephone number and name in the dial bank (24) are displayed on the display unit (12), the display unit (1) is operated.
2) On the top, the telephone number and name located at the highest position in the dial bank (24) are displayed.

That is, by repeating the operation of the dial bank key (22), the telephone numbers and names in the dial bank (24) are sequentially and cyclically displayed on the display section (12).

On the other hand, if it is detected in step S72 that the start key (17) has been operated, the process proceeds to step S73.
Proceed to step. In step S73, the frequency information stored in the dial bank (24) corresponding to the telephone number currently displayed on the display unit (12) at that time is incremented by "1", and the process proceeds to step S74.

In step S74, dialing is performed from the dialer (9) based on the telephone number currently displayed on the display section (12). Subsequent S75 to S7
In step 9, as in steps S63 to S67 shown in FIG. 11, the on-hook determination (step S75) is performed, and the connection of the line is waited for (step S76). Based on the detection (step S77), a facsimile transmission (step S78) or a telephone call (step S79) is selectively executed.

Returning to FIG. 6, if it is determined in step S9 that the operation is the operation of the menu key (20), the process proceeds to step S8 in FIG.
Go to step 0.

The operation of the menu key (20) is for shifting to a mode for setting various functions and initial values (own station name, etc.) of the apparatus.

Steps S80 and S81 in FIG. 13 are modes for transferring data in the dial bank (24) to the abbreviated number storage unit (25) or the one-touch number storage unit (26) among the various modes, respectively, or the dial bank. (24) It is determined whether or not the edit mode for correcting the name data in the middle is selected. When the transfer mode is selected, the process proceeds from step S80 to step S91 in FIG. 14, and the edit mode is selected. And steps S83 to S90. When a mode other than the transfer and edit modes is selected, the flow advances to step S82 to perform processing according to the selected mode, and then returns to step S1.

In the loop consisting of steps S83 and S84, the telephone number and name in the dial bank (24) are sequentially cyclically changed every time the dial bank key (22) is operated, similarly to the loop consisting of steps S70 and S70 shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit (12).

In step S85, the stop key (1
8) It is determined whether or not an end of the edit mode is instructed by an operation. If it is determined that the end is instructed, the edit mode is ended, and the process returns to step S1 to be in a standby state.

By the above S83 step, the display unit (12)
FIG. 15 shows an example of the data in the dial bank (24) displayed in FIG. The first line of the display unit (12) is an area (first area) for displaying a telephone number, and the second line is an area (second area) for displaying a name. Also, the second
A cursor (30) is displayed in the area. The cursor (30) is movable only to the left and right within the second area. This is because, of the data in the dial bank (24), any correction by the user is limited to only the name. Thus, it is possible to prevent the telephone number from being changed undesirably.

In the editing mode, the cursor (30) can be moved using the "*" and "#" keys of the numeric keypad (14). In addition, input of various characters is done with ten keys (1
This can be done by the combination of the 0-9 keys in 4).

In step S86 in FIG. 13, it is determined whether the ten-key (14) operation or the set key (21) operation for cursor movement, character input, or the like has been performed. The process returns to step S84.

If it is determined that the cursor movement key or # key has been operated, the cursor (30) is moved left and right by one character corresponding to the operation key in step S87, and the process returns to step S84. When the 0-9 keys for character input are operated, the character specified by the key operation is displayed on the display unit (12) in step S88.
Is replaced with the character on the position of the cursor (30), and the process returns to step S84. When the operation of the set key (21) is detected in step S86, the name currently displayed on the display unit (12) at step S89 is changed to the name field in the dial bank (24) corresponding to the telephone number displayed therewith. Then, in step S90, the CW corresponding to the name field is set to "1", and the process returns to step S84.

As an example, the cursor (3
0) By operating the numeric keypad (14) to change the upper letter "T" to the letter "K" and then operating the set key (21), the telephone number "0857" in the dial bank (24) shown in FIG. −82-1234 ”is“ KO ”
TTORI ”and the CW becomes“ 1 ”.

Next, the processing in the transfer mode will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in S91 and S92, the above-mentioned S83
And the dial bank key (2
2) In response to the operation, the telephone numbers in the dial bank (24) and their corresponding names are sequentially and cyclically displayed on the display section (12).

The one-touch keys (15A) to (15A)
When one of the operations D) is detected in step S93, the telephone number and the name displayed on the display unit (12) at that time are stored in the one-touch number storage unit (26) in step S95. The data is stored in the telephone number column and the name column corresponding to the one-touch key, and the corresponding data in the dial bank (24) is deleted.

At this time, if data has already been stored in correspondence with the operated one-touch key, the stored data is displayed on the display unit (12), and the user is allowed to determine whether or not deletion is possible. It is preferable to configure.

On the other hand, if it is detected in step S94 that the shortening key (16) has been operated, in step S96 awaiting the abbreviated number input using the numeric keypad (14), the process proceeds to step S97.
In step S97, the telephone number and name currently displayed on the display unit (12) are stored in the telephone number column and name column of the abbreviated number storage unit (25) corresponding to the abbreviated number input in step S96. Each is stored, and the corresponding data in the dial bank (24) is deleted.

When data is already stored corresponding to the designated abbreviated number as in the case of operating the one-touch key, the stored data is displayed on the display unit (12), and the data is stored. It is preferable for the user to determine whether or not to delete the.

When the key operation cannot be detected in steps S92 to S94 and when the processing in steps S95 and S97 is completed, the processing proceeds to step S98.

In step S98, it is determined whether the stop key (18) or the like for instructing the end of the transfer mode has been operated. If it is determined that the end has not been instructed, the process returns to step S92. On the other hand, if it is determined that the end has been instructed, the process returns to step S1 to enter a standby state.

As described above, in this embodiment, the data in the dial bank (24) can be transferred to the abbreviated number storage section (25) and the one-touch number storage section (26) by a simple operation. The transferred data is stored in the dial bank (24).
Since the data is deleted from the middle, unnecessary waste of memory due to duplicate storage can be avoided.

Returning to FIG. 6, in step S9, the numeric keypad (14), the shortcut key (16), the one-touch key (1
5A) to (15D), for example, a copy key (31) other than the dial bank key (22) and the menu key (20)
Is operated, a well-known copying operation is performed in step S10, and the process returns to step S1 to enter a standby state.

[0085]

According to the present invention, it is possible to correct the above-mentioned specific information in the dial bank which stores the calling telephone number and the information for specifying the other party transmitted from the other party in association with the calling. Since it is possible, specific information that can be easily recognized by the user can be obtained, and correction of the telephone number in the dial bank is prohibited. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an incorrect rewriting due to undesired rewriting. In addition, since data indicating the presence or absence of such a correction is stored in the dial bank, the presence or absence of the correction can be recognized, and such a correction is considered important to the user, so that the dial bank becomes full. Even if it is necessary to delete some data, only the data that has been corrected based on the data on the above-mentioned corrections can be excluded from deletion, and only the phone numbers that the user considers necessary are included in the dial bank. Because it can be stored, convenience is improved. Further, among the deletion targets, the one to be actually deleted is determined based on the frequency of use and the latest usage status, so that the telephone number with the lowest priority for the user can be automatically deleted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an operation panel of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a dial bank according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a shortened number storage unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a one-touch number storage unit according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display mode according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 4 Clock circuit 7 Handset 11 On-hook detection part 12 Display part 13 Operation part 14 Numeric keypad 15 One-touch key 16 Short key 17 Start key 18 Stop key 20 Menu key 22 Dial bank key 23 RAM 24 Dial bank 25 Short number storage part 26 One-touch number storage unit 27 Outgoing dial temporary storage unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An operation unit having a numeric keypad and keys for instructing various functions, a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing a telephone number input from the numeric keypad, and a predetermined number of telephone numbers as transmission frequency information of the telephone number; A dial bank that can be stored in association with character information and information indicating whether or not the character information has been corrected; a means for correcting the character information; and a telephone number input from the numeric keypad or selected from the dial bank. And a dialer for making a dial call according to the telephone number. When the telephone number transmitted from the dialer is stored in the dial bank, the frequency information is corrected, and when the telephone number is not stored, the frequency information is corrected. A communication terminal for storing a telephone number in a temporary storage unit in the dial bank, wherein the telephone number in the temporary storage unit is stored in the dial bank. When storing, if a predetermined number of telephone numbers are already stored in the dial bank, the frequency is the lowest among the telephone numbers in which the uncorrected information is stored correspondingly in the dial bank, and A communication terminal which deletes a telephone number stored at the closest point in time and stores a telephone number in the temporary storage unit.