JP2001125843A - Compact portable mail terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide compact portable mail terminal equipment that the abbreviated dial data of a mobile telephone such as a portable telephone can be easily edited. SOLUTION: Compact portable mail terminal equipment 10 connected with a mobile telephone 100 for transmitting and receiving a mail is provided with a dial data editing means 23 for editing and preserving dial data for the mobile telephone, and writing the dial data in the memory of the mobile telephone.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small-sized portable mail terminal device which is carried together with a mobile phone such as a mobile phone or a PHS and is connected to the mobile phone as necessary to transmit and receive Internet mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known a small portable mail terminal device for transmitting and receiving Internet mails by connecting to a portable telephone. In order to reduce the size and cost of these mail terminals, Internet mail can only be used via a specific provider, even if it is Internet mail.
Function was limited.

On the other hand, a mobile phone has a function of registering dial data. However, since it is necessary to register using only a limited number of keys, and the operation method differs for each type of mobile phone, etc. There is a demand to easily edit data.

[0004]

In order to solve this problem, there is a device for reading this data into a dedicated device or a personal computer to edit the data. However, the data structure of the dial data differs depending on the manufacturer of the mobile phone, etc. There is a problem that special equipment and software are required because they are difficult to handle.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a small portable mail terminal device capable of easily editing speed dial data of a mobile phone such as a mobile phone.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is provided a small-sized portable mail terminal device for transmitting and receiving mail by connecting to a mobile telephone. And a dial data editing unit that edits and stores the dial data and writes the dial data to a memory of the mobile phone.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the dial data editing means has a function of reading dial data for the mobile telephone. It is in. A third aspect of the present invention is the small-sized portable mail terminal device according to the first or second aspect, wherein only a predetermined field of the mobile telephone dial data is processed.

[0008] A fourth aspect of the present invention is the small-sized portable mail terminal device according to the first or second aspect, wherein a data structure to be processed is changed according to the type of the mobile telephone. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the synchronization means for synchronizing the dial data stored in the memory of the mobile telephone with the dial data stored by the dial data editing means. And a small-sized portable mail terminal device.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the dial data saved by the dial data editing means is shared with destination data for sending and receiving mail. A small portable mail terminal device characterized by the following. According to such a small portable mail terminal device of the present invention, memory dial data of a portable telephone or the like can be edited easily and without choosing a place.

[0010] Further, by editing only the minimum predetermined fields of the memory dial data, it is possible to easily cope with various types of mobile phones and the like, and to contribute to miniaturization and cost reduction. .

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on embodiments. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a small portable mail terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the small mail terminal device.

The small mail terminal device 10 of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as a small mail terminal device 10)
As shown in the figure, a mail terminal is connected to a mobile phone (PDC) 100 such as a mobile phone or a PHS via an interface (I / F) 11 and performs various processes such as sending and receiving mails. A control unit 20 for controlling, a memory 30 for storing various control programs and the like, and for storing transmitted and received e-mails and various data, for example, a rewritable non-volatile memory such as a FROM; An input device 40 for inputting the above command and a display device 50 for displaying various information are provided.

The control section 20 has a mail control means 21, a net control means 22, and a dial data editing means 23. The mail control means 21 controls transmission and reception of mails and stores, for example, data such as transmitted and received mails and mail addresses. Also, the net control means 22
Performs connection to the Internet, transmission and reception of information, and the like.

The control unit 20 further has dial data editing means 23. This dial data editing means 23 edits and stores dial data for a mobile telephone, that is, data such as a name and a telephone number. At the same time, it has a function of writing edited and saved dial data to the mobile phone 100 and reading dial data registered in the mobile phone 100 to a mail terminal.

Here, the dial data editing means 23
The mobile phone of any manufacturer and model is connected to the mail terminal 10 in order to edit only predetermined fields, in this embodiment, fields of name, reading, phone number, group and secret designation. Also, the dial data can be reliably edited. As shown in FIG. 2, the input device 40 includes character keys 41 for inputting characters, function keys 42 for executing various functions, direction keys 43 for moving a cursor, and execution for performing various operations. The display device 50 is, for example, a keyboard having a key 44, a cancel key 45 for canceling various operations, a power key 46 for turning on / off the power, and the like.
It is a liquid crystal display having 320 pixels 160 pixels. Although not shown, the interface 11 is provided with a connection cord for electrically connecting to the mobile phone 100, and the mail terminal 10 is connected via the connection cord.
Various data are transmitted and received between the mobile phone 100 and the mobile phone 100.

The mail terminal 10 of the present invention having such a configuration
In addition to operations such as sending and receiving Internet mail by the mail control means 21 and browsing various information by connecting to the Internet by the net control means 22, dialing for a mobile telephone by the dial data editing means 23. Data can be easily edited.

Hereinafter, the basic editing operation of the dial data will be described with reference to the dial data creating operation by the mail terminal 10 and the mobile telephone 100 of the created dial data.
A description will be given of an example of a write operation to the file. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing an example of each operation procedure, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing screens displayed on the display device 50 in each step.

First, as a procedure for creating (newly creating) dial data by the mail terminal 10, as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 3, when the power is turned on by the power key 46 in step S1, the display device 5 is turned on in step S2.
0 indicates a sign such as an icon for shifting to each operation of sending / receiving mail, connecting to the Internet, or editing dial data. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. , "Mini Internet" and "Speed Dial" are displayed. Here, if the cursor of the "speed dial" is selected by, for example, moving the cursor to the symbol of "speed dial" with the direction key 43 and pressing the execution key 44, the operation is shifted to the dial data editing operation (step). S3). That is, the dial data editing means 23 calls and activates a predetermined program stored in the memory 30, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a list of dial data having predetermined fields, in this embodiment, names, readings, telephone numbers, and fields indicating whether the data is private data is displayed (step S4).

In this embodiment, a sign and various menus to be described later can be selected by the direction key 43 and the execution key 44. In the case of the sign displayed in step S2, a predetermined function key 42 is used. The operation can also be shifted to various operations by pressing. Also, since this example is an example in which dial data is newly created, personal data is not displayed in the dial data list, but if dial data is already registered, the personal data is not displayed. Is displayed.

Next, when the menu key 47 is pressed in step S5, various types of information such as "search" for searching for desired personal data or "new personal registration" for newly inputting personal data are obtained in step S6. When an edit item menu is displayed in a pop-up, and an item of "new personal registration" in the menu is selected in step S7, an input screen for personal data is displayed as shown in FIG. 5C (step S7).
8). Here, data such as a name and a telephone number are input (step S9). After inputting the data, step S10
When the menu key 47 is pressed, a pop-up menu is displayed as shown in FIG. 5D (step S1).
1) In step S12, the data input by selecting the item of "personal registration" is registered in the memory 30,
The contents are displayed on the screen as a list. Thereafter, by repeating the same operation, desired dial data can be created, for example, as shown in FIG.

When the dial data created in this manner is edited, the desired personal data is selected from the dial data list by using the direction key 44 and the execution key 45, as described above. An input screen is displayed (see FIG. 5C), and individual data can be edited on this screen. The operation procedure for registering the dial data thus created or edited in the mobile phone is as follows. First, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, a list of dial data created or edited in the above-described steps is displayed. When the menu key 47 is pressed (step 21), a pop-up menu of various editing items is displayed as described above (step S22). Here, when the “read / write” item is selected by the direction key 43 and the execution key 44, a pop-up menu of “read” and “write” is displayed as shown in FIG. 6B (step S23), Similarly, when "write" is selected (step S24), a selection screen for selecting dial data to be written to the mobile phone 100 in step S25 is displayed (see FIG. 6C). On this screen,
When desired dial data is selected by the direction key 43 and the execution key 44, for example, by marking "all" and selecting "write" (step S26), the dial data created via the interface 11 is transferred to the mobile telephone 100. Is written and saved (step S2
7).

In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which the mail terminal 10 creates dial data and writes the dial data to the mobile telephone 100.
Dial data already registered in the mail terminal 1
0, and the dial data can be edited. As an operation procedure in this case, the pop-up menus of “read” and “write” are displayed in the same procedure as the above-described writing step (see FIG. 6B), and by selecting “read”, the interface 11 is selected.
The dial data of the mobile phone 100 is read into the mail terminal 10 via the mobile phone 100 and displayed as a list of dial data. At this time, the read data also includes only fields for name, reading, phone number, group, and secret designation. Therefore, the dial data read from the mobile phone 100 can be edited and written in the same manner as the dial data created by the mail terminal 10.

As described above, the small-sized portable mail terminal device of the present embodiment can send and receive mail, browse information on the Internet, and edit and save dial data for a mobile phone. Further, it is possible to write the edited dial data to the mobile phone and edit the dial data read from the mobile phone. This makes it possible to easily edit dial data for a mobile phone without using a special device or personal computer.

(Other Embodiments) The small portable mail terminal device of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the mail terminal according to the above-described embodiment, only predetermined fields are processed regardless of the type of mobile phone. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A data structure to be processed according to the type of mobile phone , For example, the number of fields may be increased or decreased.

Further, for example, a synchronizing means for synchronizing the dial data stored in the memory of the mobile telephone with the dial data stored by the dial data editing means may be further provided. That is, when dial data is edited or the like between the mobile phone and the mail terminal, these data may be synchronized.

Further, for example, the dial data stored by the dial data editing means and the destination data for mail transmission stored by the mail control means may be partially shared, whereby the duplicated personal data Need not be stored, and the amount of memory used can be saved.

[0027]

As described above, the small portable mail terminal device of the present invention is provided with the dial data editing means. Therefore, in addition to sending and receiving mails and browsing information on the Internet, the small portable mail terminal device for mobile phones can be used. Editing and saving of dial data can be easily performed. Further, since the small-sized portable mail terminal device of the present invention can be easily carried and carried, it is possible to easily edit dial data without limiting the place.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a small portable mail terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a small portable mail terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the small portable mail terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the small portable mail terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed during operation of the small portable mail terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed during operation of the small portable mail terminal device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Small portable mail terminal device 11 Interface 20 Control part 21 Mail control means 22 Net control means 23 Dial data editing means 30 Memory 40 Input device 50 Display device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A small-sized portable mail terminal device for transmitting and receiving mail by connecting to a mobile telephone. A dial for editing and storing dial data for the mobile telephone and writing the dial data to a memory of the mobile telephone. A small portable mail terminal device comprising data editing means. 2. The small portable mail terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the dial data editing means has a function of reading dial data for the mobile phone. 3. The small portable mail terminal device according to claim 1, wherein only a predetermined field of the dial data for the mobile phone is processed. 4. The small portable mail terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a data structure to be processed is changed according to a type of the mobile telephone. 5. The mobile telephone according to claim 1, further comprising a synchronization unit for synchronizing the dial data stored in the memory of the mobile telephone with the dial data stored by the dial data editing unit. Characterized small mobile mail terminal device. 6. The small portable mail terminal according to claim 1, wherein the dial data stored by the dial data editing means is shared with destination data for sending and receiving a mail. apparatus.