JP2001197554A - Mobile communication system and communication method used for it - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of a conventional mobile phone terminal mounted with a multi-call function such as a W-CDMA system that cannot effectively utilize its feature because the mobile phone terminal is designed on the condition of a communication system such as a PDC system having only a capability of one communication for one channel at a time. SOLUTION: The mobile communication system is provided with a mobile phone terminal that can make communication through a plurality of channels at a time, a mobile information terminal that is wirelessly connected or wired to the mobile phone terminal and can make communication through a plurality of channels at a time, and a communication control module that is provided to the mobile phone terminal or the mobile information terminal and assigns processing of an arrived event to a suitable terminal of both the terminals depending on communication information attended with the arrived event and on each communication state of both the terminals while maintaining existing communication on the occurrence of the newly arrived event.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone terminal using a communication system in which a single terminal can communicate with a plurality of lines, and a portable information terminal which can be logically connected to the portable telephone terminal. The present invention also relates to a mobile communication system for performing data communication or voice communication and a communication method used for the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile computing that performs data communication using a portable voice telephone terminal or a small portable information terminal has been receiving attention. In addition, it is becoming essential that the mobile phone itself performs information processing and communication other than voice information, such as a short message service for transmitting and receiving short text data of about several hundred characters and an information distribution service. Furthermore, the standardization of wireless standards such as Bluetooth, which connects two information devices with a short-range wireless interface, is also progressing, and is expected to be one of the important elements in mobile computing in the future.

As a technique relating to such mobile computing, there is a “wireless communication system, a wireless communication method, and a wireless communication device” disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-55752. Here, an incoming call is received using a mobile phone terminal and a mobile information terminal equipped with a mobile phone function, or a mobile phone terminal equipped with an infrared communication function and a portable information terminal equipped with an infrared communication function. If the communication is voice communication, make a call directly using the mobile phone terminal.If the communication is data communication, transfer the call to the portable information terminal to select a user-friendly terminal according to each application. Can communicate.

[0004] In addition, a portable telephone terminal (hereinafter referred to as a base unit) that has made a public communication contract with a public telecommunications carrier,
By registering another mobile phone terminal (hereinafter referred to as a child device) as a self-employed terminal, it is possible to make a call with both the parent device and the child device in the case of an incoming voice communication.

[0005] Similarly, a portable information terminal (hereinafter referred to as a parent device) having a public communication contract with a public communication carrier is
By registering other mobile phone terminals or mobile information terminals (hereinafter referred to as slaves) as self-employed terminals,
In the case of an incoming data communication, data can be transferred to the registered slave unit.

By the way, in the W-CDMA system, which is a next-generation communication system for portable telephone terminals scheduled to start the service in 2001, "multi-call" allows one terminal to perform communication on a plurality of lines. Function will be provided. By using this multi-call function, data communication using the same mobile phone terminal can be performed without interrupting voice communication while one mobile phone terminal is performing voice communication. A use form not available in a mobile phone is conceivable. However, the wireless communication system and wireless communication method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-55752 described above are based on a communication method such as the PDC method, which has only the capability of performing one-line communication at a time. .

[0007]

Since the conventional portable communication system and the communication method used for the same are configured as described above, a communication system having only the capability of performing one line communication at a time, such as the PDC system, is used. Because of the premise, there is a problem that a mobile phone terminal equipped with a multi-call function such as the W-CDMA system cannot effectively utilize its features.

More specifically, since the conventional portable communication system and the communication method used therefor are based on a communication method capable of maintaining communication of one line at a time, a state other than a standby state, that is, data communication When an incoming call occurs during a call or during a voice call, the existing communication is disconnected and a new incoming call is received. It does not have the concept of properly determining and determining whether to receive or disconnect a new communication or to receive or disconnect an existing communication depending on the type of the newly received communication.

[0009] Further, with the recent enhancement of the functions of mobile telephone terminals, it has become possible to perform data communication with the mobile telephone terminals alone. On the other hand, even a portable information terminal has a voice call function. However, there is a problem that determining the destination uniquely based on the information whether the type of incoming communication is “voice incoming” or “data incoming” does not necessarily lead to ease of use. there were.

[0010] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to automatically control not only a received signal but also the internal state of a mobile phone terminal and a mobile information terminal and the use state of a multi-call function. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication system capable of determining a processing method at the time of reception by a user or a user operation, and a communication method used therefor.

[0011]

A portable communication system according to the present invention includes a portable telephone terminal capable of communicating with a plurality of lines at a time, and a wireless or wired connection with the portable telephone terminal and a plurality of lines at a time. A mobile information terminal capable of communicating with a mobile phone terminal or a mobile information terminal. When a new incoming event occurs, the communication information accompanying the incoming event and the two terminals are maintained while maintaining the existing communication. A communication control module for allocating a process of an incoming call event to a preferred terminal among the two terminals in accordance with each communication state.

[0012] In the portable communication system according to the present invention, the communication control module discriminates a communication type as communication information accompanying a new incoming event, and discriminates communication states of the portable telephone terminal and the portable information terminal. A communication state determination unit that performs communication processing associated with an incoming call event and all processing operations corresponding to respective communication states of both terminals, and a determination table in which a terminal suitable for performing the processing is set in advance. A terminal that searches a determination table based on communication information accompanying the incoming call event obtained from the call determining means and the communication state determining means and the communication state of both terminals, and performs a processing operation of the incoming call event and a processing of the incoming call event Is determined.

[0013] In the portable communication system according to the present invention, the judgment table performs communication before the occurrence of the incoming call event as the communication type as communication information accompanying the incoming call event and the communication state of the portable telephone terminal and the portable information terminal. It has a terminal and its communication type as selection items, and is suitable for performing a processing operation of establishing a new line or sharing an existing line and a processing operation of both terminals according to the selection item. The terminal is set.

In the portable communication system according to the present invention, the incoming call discriminating means discriminates the sender of the new incoming event, and when the portable telephone terminal or portable information terminal is performing voice communication, the communication is determined to be data communication. When a new incoming event occurs, the incoming event is compared with the voice communication, and when it is determined that the caller is the same, the data content of the incoming event is displayed on the terminal performing the voice communication. It is.

In the portable communication system according to the present invention, the determination table has, as communication information accompanying the incoming call event, the identity of the sender of the existing communication and the new incoming call event as a selection item.

A portable communication system according to the present invention comprises a telephone terminal side storage means provided in a mobile telephone terminal, and an information terminal side storage means provided in a portable information terminal, wherein the telephone terminal side storage means and the information terminal side storage are provided. The means stores data obtained by communication between the two terminals in accordance with their remaining storage capacity, and both terminals can appropriately display the storage contents of the two storage means.

[0017] In the portable communication system according to the present invention, the telephone terminal side storage means and the information terminal side storage means store personal information corresponding to the caller according to each remaining storage capacity,
The mobile phone terminal is characterized in that when a sender of a new incoming event is determined, both storage means are searched and personal information corresponding to the sender is displayed.

The communication method according to the present invention comprises an incoming call determining step of determining communication information accompanying a new incoming call event generated by a portable telephone terminal or a portable information terminal, and an existing call determining each communication state of both terminals. Based on the communication information accompanying the incoming call event obtained in the incoming call determining step and the existing call determining step and the communication state of both terminals, the process of the incoming call event is allocated to a preferred one of the two terminals. And an incoming call processing terminal determining step.

The communication method according to the present invention is characterized in that the incoming call processing terminal discriminating step includes communication information accompanying the newly generated incoming call event obtained in the incoming call discriminating step and the existing call discriminating step; Based on each communication state of the terminal, a communication table accompanying the incoming call event and all processing operations corresponding to each communication state of both terminals and a judgment table in which a terminal suitable for performing the processing are set in advance are searched. , An incoming event processing operation, and a terminal that processes the incoming event among the two terminals.

In the communication method according to the present invention, in the incoming call determining step, a caller of a new incoming event is determined, and when the mobile telephone terminal or the mobile information terminal is performing voice communication, the communication is determined to be data communication. When a new incoming event occurs, the sender is determined to be the same in the sender identity determining step of comparing the sender of the incoming event and the voice communication, and the sender identity determining step. Then
And a caller information display step of displaying data content relating to the incoming call event on a terminal performing voice communication.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a mobile communication system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a mobile phone (mobile phone terminal) having a “multi-call” function that allows a single terminal to communicate with a plurality of lines using, for example, a W-CDMA system. This mobile phone 1
Performs voice communication with another mobile telephone 23 connected to the W-CDMA public communication network 20, as well as W-CD.
It is also possible to perform data communication such as transmission and reception of electronic mail by connecting to the Internet network 24 via the public communication network 20 of the MA system. 2 is an LCD device provided on the mobile phone 1 for displaying image information and character information, 3 is a keypad for operating the mobile phone 1, 4 is a mobile phone 1
Is a short-range wireless interface for wirelessly connecting the mobile phone to another mobile information terminal 11 or the like, 5 is a speaker device provided on the mobile phone 1 for outputting voice, and 6 is a speaker device for inputting voice to the mobile phone 1. Microphone.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a portable information terminal which can be connected to the portable telephone 1 via the short-range wireless interface 4 and has a voice communication function, an e-mail function, a Web browsing function and the like. The portable information terminal 11 does not have a connection function with the W-CDMA public communication network 20 alone in the illustrated example, but uses the portable telephone 1 as a connection device with the W-CDMA public communication network 20. It can be used, and has a voice communication function and a data communication function through an Internet connection like the mobile phone 1. Further, when a voice call is made by the mobile phone 1, a usage form such as transmitting various data such as image data and electronic mail from the mobile information terminal 11 to the other party via the Internet 24 is possible. Reference numeral 12 denotes a touch-panel type LCD device which displays character information and image information provided on the portable information terminal 11 on the screen and also has a function as an input device for operating the portable information terminal 11. Short-range wireless interface for wireless connection to information terminals, 1
Reference numeral 4 denotes a microphone for inputting sound to the portable information terminal 11, and reference numeral 15 denotes a speaker for the portable information terminal 11 to output sound.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a W-CDM connected to the mobile phone 1.
A type public communication line network, 21 is mobile phone 1 and W-CD
A wireless signal flowing between the MA public communication network 20, a short-range wireless signal 22 flowing between the mobile phone 1 and the portable information terminal 11, and 23 connecting to the W-CDMA public communication network 20. Other mobile phones, 24 are W-CD
This is an Internet network that can be connected from the MA public communication network 20.

Next, the functional configuration of the portable telephone 1 and the portable information terminal 11 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone and the mobile information terminal in FIG. 1 classified according to logical functional units. In the figure, 30 is W-CDM
A wireless communication module comprising a mobile phone 1 and a W-CD
A wireless base station (hereinafter, referred to as a W-CDMA wireless base station) in the MA public communication network 20 is connected to
It exchanges digitized voice signals and data signals with CDMA radio base stations, and control signals such as incoming telephone numbers when making and receiving calls.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a W-CDMA wireless communication module 3
Control of each module in the mobile phone 1 including the control of 0, data search processing in the mobile phone 1, etc.
An information processing module 32 for performing various types of information processing is a short-range wireless interface module 32 that can wirelessly connect the mobile phone 1 to an external device such as the mobile information terminal 11.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a communication control module which constitutes a part of the information processing module 31. The communication control module 33 receives a communication request from a voice communication function module 34 or a data communication function module 35 described later and starts various communication processes. And various kinds of communication such as switching of communication paths for outputting a voice signal / data signal received from the W-CDMA wireless communication module 30 to the voice communication function module 34, the data communication function module 35, and the short-range wireless interface module 32. Control functions. Further, the communication control module 33 responds to the communication information accompanying the new incoming call event and the respective communication states of the terminals 1 and 11 by:
It has a judgment table 33c in which a processing operation of an incoming call event and a terminal that performs this processing are set in advance. As will be described later, the communication control module 33 performs an automatic process for a new incoming event based on the judgment table 33c other than the user operation.

Reference numeral 33a denotes a communication for judging each communication state of the two terminals 1 and 11, such as whether the mobile phone 1 or the portable information terminal 11 is currently performing communication, and whether the communication type is data communication or voice communication. The state discriminating means 33b is an incoming call discriminating means for judging the type of communication such as data communication or voice communication as information accompanying the incoming call event when there is incoming communication. Reference numeral 33c denotes communication information accompanying the new incoming call event,
7 is a determination table in which a processing operation of an incoming call event and a terminal that performs this processing are set in advance according to each communication state of FIG.

Reference numeral 34 denotes the information processing module 3 of the mobile phone 1.
A voice call function module 35 which is a part of 1 and performs information processing for realizing the voice call function, such as decoding / encoding processing of a voice signal in the voice call function and display of a user interface at the time of outgoing / incoming calls; It is a part of the information processing module 31 of the mobile phone 1 and is a data communication function module for realizing protocol processing for various data communication, user interface display processing at the time of data communication, and the like. 36 is a user data memory (telephone terminal side storage means) for storing various data managed by the mobile phone 1
The data managed by the mobile phone 1 includes data obtained by communication between the two terminals 1 and 11, such as a memory dial database and an incoming call history database composed of a telephone number and a name.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a short-range wireless interface module for wirelessly connecting the mobile information terminal 11 to the mobile phone 1 or the like. 41 is provided in the mobile information terminal 11 and operates in response to a user operation or a request from the mobile phone 1. An information processing module 42 performs various information processing such as searching for data in the portable information terminal 11. A communication control module 42 manages a communication state of the portable information terminal 11, and performs a voice communication function module 43 Communication function module 44
In addition to controlling the communication request from the mobile phone 1, switching of the termination destination of the voice signal or data signal transmitted from the mobile phone 1 via the short-range wireless interface module 32 is performed.

Reference numeral 43 denotes a voice communication function module which performs information processing for realizing the voice communication function, such as decoding / encoding processing of a voice signal in the voice communication function and display of a user interface at the time of outgoing / incoming calls. Communication function module for realizing protocol processing for communication, user interface display processing at the time of data communication, etc., 45 is a portable information terminal 11 such as a memory dial database composed of a telephone number and a name and a call history.
The information handled by the user and the user data memory 36 inside the mobile phone 1
Is a large-capacity user data memory (information terminal side storage means) for recording a copy of the data held by the information terminal. The same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone 1 performs a voice call or a data communication and performs a mobile communication when another new communication arrives. The operation of the telephone 1 and the portable information terminal 11 is shown. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG. In the following description, a newly received communication is referred to as a second call, a communication performed before the second call is generated is referred to as a first call, and voice communication and data communication are abbreviated as a voice call and a data call, respectively. .

First, it is assumed that the second call has been received when the mobile phone 1 is in a voice communication state or a data communication state using the first communication line by the multi-call function (step ST1). Communication control module 33 in mobile phone 1
Is received from the W-CDMA wireless communication module 30 as the information accompanying the incoming event, the communication type indicating whether the incoming call is a data call or a voice call (step ST2, incoming call determining step). ).

In step ST2, if the newly arrived communication (second call) is a voice call, the process for voice reception (step ST3) is performed, and if the communication is a data call, the process for data reception (step ST4) is performed. After performing the call and ending the call, a series of processing ends (step ST5). The above is the basic operation of the mobile communication system. The operation after determining the communication type of the second call in step ST2 may be operated by the user or may be performed by an automatic process described later.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the portable telephone and the portable information terminal when the newly received second call is determined to be a voice call, shown as step ST3 in FIG. First, when it is determined that the second call is a voice call, the incoming call determining means 33b of the communication control module 33 sets the W-CD
The caller number (information accompanying the incoming call event) included in the incoming call signal from the MA wireless communication module 30 is obtained (step ST3-1, incoming call determination step). Next, the communication control module 33 searches the telephone number database provided inside the telephone number user data memory 36 for a data record having the same telephone number information as the caller number, and at the same time, searches the data record via the short-range wireless interface 32. The portable information terminal 11 has a large-capacity user data memory 45.
(Step ST3-2). If a data record is found in a database having a record having the same telephone number information as the caller telephone number, the communication control module 33 displays the personal name of the record (personal information corresponding to the caller) on the LCD device 2 (step). ST3-
3). On the other hand, if the corresponding data record is not found in the database, the communication control module 33 displays the telephone number (personal information corresponding to the caller) itself described in the caller telephone number information on the LCD device 2 (step ST3-). 4). In the above description, the personal information corresponding to the sender displayed on the LCD device 2 includes a personal name and the like.
Image information such as a portrait or a photograph may be displayed as information other than the characters that specify the caller. As described above, both terminals 1 and 11 are provided with short-range wireless interface modules 32 and 40 and short-range wireless signal 2
2, the contents stored in the user data memory 36 and the large-capacity user data memory 45 can be appropriately searched and displayed.

Next, the mobile phone 1 is connected to the communication control module 3.
3, the communication type (data reception or voice reception) of the second call, which is communication information accompanying the incoming call event, is received from the incoming call discrimination means 33b, and each of the two terminals 1 and 11 is received from the communication state discrimination means 33a. The type of the first call and the processing terminal thereof are received as the communication state, and based on the communication information attached to these incoming call events and the respective communication states of the terminals 1 and 11, a preferred one of the terminals 1 and 11 is Allocate incoming event processing. The operation of allocating the processing of the incoming call event to a preferred terminal of the two terminals 1 and 11 may be performed each time the user generates a new incoming call event, or may be performed by an automatic process described below. When the user selects the automatic discrimination processing mode and sets this to the communication control module 33, the communication control module 33 transmits the communication information attached to the incoming call event determined by the incoming call discriminating means 33b and the communication state discriminating means 33a. The communication type and the communication state of the terminals 1 and 11 are set as selection items of the judgment table 33c, and the setting contents are searched, and the contents set in the judgment table 33c are automatically determined. The process proceeds to step ST3-6 or step ST3-7 according to the result of the automatic determination process (step ST3-3).
5, incoming call processing terminal determination step).

[0036]

[Table 1] Table 1 shows the setting contents of the judgment table 33c used by the communication control module 33 for the automatic discrimination process of the incoming call event. Here, the communication control module 33 determines whether or not the second call is a voice communication by using the judgment table 3 shown in Table 1.
3c to determine a processing method for the second call.

Next, the communication control module 3 of the mobile phone 1
3 selects one of the following processes (1) and (2) according to the result of the automatic discrimination process. (1) As shown in Table 1, when either of the terminals 1 and 11 is communicating by voice call as the first call, when the second call which is a voice call is generated, the multi-call function is used. Instead, either of the terminals 1 and 11 shares the communication line of the first call and receives the second call using the three-party call function or the call waiting function (step ST3-6). (2) When one of the two terminals 1 and 11 is performing data call communication as the first call and the second call which is a voice call is received, the short-range wireless interface module 3
Communication control module 3 of mobile phone 1 via 2, 40
3 notifies the communication control module 42 of the portable information terminal 11 of the occurrence of the incoming call event as the short-range wireless signal 22. At this time, a new communication line is established using the multi-call function, and the portable information terminal 11 receives a voice signal of the second call and performs answering machine response processing on a communication line independent of the first call. (Step ST3-7). Portable information terminal 11
After performing the answering machine response, the communication control module 42 performs recording processing of the other party's voice message, and the voice message data is stored in the large-capacity user data memory 45 (step ST3-8). Thereafter, the communication control module 42 of the portable information terminal 11 transmits the index information of the voice message data in the large-capacity user data memory 45 to the portable telephone 1 (step ST3-9).
This index information is recorded in the user data memory 36 in the mobile phone 1 and is used for acquiring voice message data stored in the mobile information terminal 11.

When each call ends, the mobile phone 1 performs a line disconnection process and ends a series of processes.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the portable telephone and the portable information terminal when it is determined that the second call is the data reception, shown as step ST4 in FIG. First, when the incoming event is determined to be a data incoming (step ST
4-1. Incoming call discriminating step), the mobile phone 1 receives the incoming call type of the second call as communication information accompanying the incoming call event from the incoming call discriminating means 33b,
a, the type of the first call and the processing terminal thereof are received as the respective communication states of the two terminals 1 and 11 based on the communication information attached to these incoming call events and the respective communication states of the two terminals 1 and 11. , 11 is assigned to the terminal that is preferred to process the incoming call event. The operation of allocating the process of the incoming call event to a preferred terminal of the two terminals 1 and 11 may be performed by the user every time an incoming call event occurs, as in the case where the second call is a voice incoming call. This may be performed by an automatic process described below.

When the user selects the automatic discrimination processing mode and sets this to the communication control module 33, the communication control module 33 attaches to the incoming call event determined by the incoming call discriminating means 33b and the communication state discriminating means 33a. Based on the communication type as the communication information to be performed and the communication state of the terminals 1 and 11, the setting contents of the judgment table 33c are searched and the automatic discrimination processing is performed. The process proceeds to -6 (step ST4-2, incoming call processing terminal determination step).

As in the case where the second call is an incoming voice call, the communication control module 33 uses the judgment table 33c shown in Table 1 for the automatic discrimination process of the incoming call event. The communication control module 33 determines the processing method for the second call by searching the determination table 33c of Table 1 according to the case where the second call is data communication.

Next, the communication control module 33 of the mobile phone 1
Performs one of the following processes (3) and (4). (3) When the portable information terminal 11 is performing voice communication or data communication as the first call, the communication control module 33 of the portable telephone 1 establishes a new communication line using the multi-call function, and performs the first call. Independently of this, the mobile phone 1 receives the data communication of the second call and performs processing. After receiving the data, the received data is stored in the user data memory 36 in the mobile phone 1 (step ST4-3). Next, the communication control module 33 of the mobile phone 1 transmits a copy of the received data to the mobile information terminal 11 via the short-range wireless interface module 32 (step ST4-4). The transmission processing of the reception data by the mobile phone 1 may be performed according to the remaining storage capacity of the user data memory 36. That is, if the remaining storage capacity of the user data memory 36 is not sufficiently larger than the capacity of the received data, a copy of the received data is transmitted to the portable information terminal 11; It is stored in the data memory 36. The communication control module 42 of the mobile information terminal 11 receives the data from the mobile phone 1 via the short-range wireless interface module 40 and stores it as a copy in the large-capacity user data memory 45 (step S).
T4-5). Through these processes, the user can view the received data not only on the mobile phone 1 but also on the mobile information terminal 11. (4) When the mobile phone 1 is performing voice communication or data communication as the first call, the communication control module 33 of the mobile phone 1 establishes a new communication line using the multi-call function, and establishes the first call. Independently, the portable information terminal 11 performs the reception process of the data communication of the second call. After the portable information terminal 11 receives the data, the received data is stored in the large-capacity user data memory 4.
5 (step ST4-6). Portable information terminal 1
The communication control module 42 extracts personal information corresponding to the caller, such as information about the caller and information about the arrival time, from the received data and sends it to the mobile phone 1 as index information (step ST4-7). . In the mobile phone 1, the index information is transmitted to the communication control module 33 via the short-range wireless interface module 32.
Are received and stored in the user data memory 36 (step ST4-8). Through these processes, the user can browse the index information on the sender and the arrival time of the received data on the mobile phone 1 as well. Further, if necessary, based on the same index information, the mobile phone 1 can receive the corresponding data body from the large-capacity user memory 45 of the mobile information terminal 11, and the user can display the screen of the LCD device 2 of the mobile phone 1. The information of the portable information terminal 11 can be browsed from above.

Finally, when the data reception processing or the telephone call of each call is completed, the mobile phone 1 ends a series of processing (step ST4-9).

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the mobile phone 1 can communicate with a plurality of lines at a time, or the mobile phone 1 is connected to the mobile phone 1 wirelessly or by wire, and is connected by a plurality of lines at a time. The portable information terminal 11 capable of communication determines the communication type of the incoming call, which is the communication information accompanying the new incoming call event,
1 based on the communication type of these incoming events and the communication status of both terminals 1 and 11, the process of the incoming event is assigned to a suitable terminal out of both terminals 1 and 11. Even in the case of performing communication using a communication line at the same time, it is possible to select a user-friendly terminal and perform communication according to the communication type of the incoming call and the communication state of both terminals 1 and 11. In addition, unnecessary errors such as an unsuccessful reception of an incoming call event can be reduced, and efficient use of communication network resources and reduction of communication costs for users can be achieved.

Further, according to the first embodiment, the communication accompanying the incoming call event is performed based on the communication information accompanying the newly generated incoming call event and the communication state of the mobile phone 1 and the portable information terminal 11. The information and all the processing operations corresponding to the respective communication states of the terminals 1 and 11 and the judgment table 33c in which a terminal suitable for performing the processing are preset are searched. Since the terminal that performs the processing of the incoming call is determined out of 11, it is not necessary to establish a new communication line every time there is a new incoming event, the number of used communication lines is reduced, and the communication line is used. The effective use of the communication resources according to this becomes possible. Thereby, the communication cost of the user can be reduced.

Further, in the first embodiment, the judgment table 33c indicates that the communication type as the communication information accompanying the incoming call event and the communication status of the mobile phone 1 and the portable information terminal 11 perform communication before the occurrence of the incoming call event. Terminal and its communication type as selection items. According to the selection items, a processing operation for establishing a new line or sharing an existing line and a processing operation for both terminals 1 and 11 are described. Since a suitable terminal is set, it is not necessary to establish a new communication line every time there is a new incoming event, the number of communication lines used is reduced, and communication resources according to the usage state of the communication lines are reduced. Can be used effectively.

Further, according to the first embodiment, the user data memory 36 provided in the portable telephone 1 and the large-capacity user data memory 45 provided in the portable information terminal 11 are provided. The user data memory 45 stores data obtained by communication between the terminals 1 and 11 in accordance with the remaining storage capacity of each terminal.
1 can appropriately display the contents stored in both memories 36 and 45, so that the user can realize the voice communication function and the data communication function without being conscious of the storage location of the data, thereby improving the usability. can do.

Further, according to the first embodiment, the user data memory 36 and the large-capacity user data memory 45
Further stores personal information corresponding to the caller according to the remaining storage capacity, and when the caller of the new incoming event is determined, the mobile phone 1 searches both memories 36 and 45 to make a call. Since the personal information corresponding to the caller is displayed, the personal information corresponding to the caller such as the caller number and the information about the arrival time obtained at the time of the incoming call can be shared between the terminals 1 and 11.

Note that, in the first embodiment, an example in which the answering machine response process in the case where the second call is a voice call is performed by the portable information terminal 11 has been described. If it is higher, the answering machine response process may be performed using the multi-call function on the mobile phone 1 side.

In the first embodiment, when the second call is a data call and the portable information terminal 11 receives the data, the index information of the received data is passed to the portable telephone 1. If the user data memory 36 of the mobile phone 1 is sufficiently large for the data, the data itself may be passed. Further, in the first embodiment, when either of the terminals 1 and 11 is performing data communication in the first call, and the data communication is performed by either of the terminals 1 and 11 as the second call, the multi Although the example in which the data communication of the second call is performed on the new communication line using the call function has been described, the communication network used for the data communication of the first call and the data communication of the second call are used. When the incoming call discriminating means 33b determines that the communication network is the same, the data communication of the second call is performed by sharing the communication line used for the data communication of the first call without establishing a new communication line. The determination table 33c may be set as described above. As a result, the number of used communication lines is further reduced, and communication resources can be effectively used according to the use state of the communication lines.

Embodiment 2 In the second embodiment, as the information accompanying the incoming call event, it is determined whether or not the sender is the same.

An outline of the mobile communication system according to the second embodiment will be described.

[Table 2] Table 2 shows a determination table 33c used by the mobile communication system according to the second embodiment. As shown in Table 2, in this determination table 33c, in addition to the type of the first call, the corresponding terminal, and the type of the second call, information indicating whether or not the caller is the same can be used. Here, the operation will be described. For example, consider a case where the mobile phone 1 is performing voice communication as a first call and a data call is generated as a second call. When a data call is generated as the second call, the incoming call discriminating means 33b of the communication control module 33 transmits the W-CDMA wireless communication module 30 as in the first embodiment.
Of the incoming call signal (information accompanying the incoming call event) included in the incoming call signal from. Next, the communication control module 33 executes the judgment table 33 as in the first embodiment.
A new communication line is established according to the setting contents of c, and the portable information terminal 11 receives data independently of the first call. At this time, if the caller number of the voice communication of the first call and the caller number of the data communication of the second call are compared and are the same, the communication control module 42 of the portable information terminal 11 performs the communication of the data communication being received. The content is transmitted as a short-range wireless signal 22 to the mobile phone 1 performing the voice communication of the first call via the short-range wireless interface module 40 (caller identity determination step). When the mobile phone 1 receives the content of the data communication being received via the short-range wireless interface module 32, the communication control module 33 causes the LCD device 2 to display the content of the data communication being received (caller information Display step). On the other hand, if the caller number of the voice communication of the first call is not the same as the caller number of the data communication of the second call, that is, if the callers are not the same, the communication control module 33 displays the caller telephone number itself on the LCD device 2. To be displayed.

When the portable information terminal 11 performs voice communication as the first call and a data call occurs as the second call, similarly, the caller number of the voice communication of the first call and the second call If the caller number of the data communication is the same, the mobile phone 1 receives the data call of the second call, and the mobile information terminal 11 immediately displays the data content being received on the touch panel LCD device 12. I do.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, when the portable telephone 1 or the portable information terminal 11 is performing voice communication and a new incoming call event determined to be data communication occurs. When the caller of the incoming call is compared with the caller of the voice communication of the first call, and when the caller is determined to be the same, the data content of the call incoming event is displayed on the terminal performing the voice communication. It is possible to perform processing such as checking the character information and image information, etc., received from the other party using a second call using a second call on the terminal currently in use. A new communication mode combining information can be provided to the user.

In the second embodiment, an example is shown in which the caller number is used to compare the identity of the callers of the voice communication of the first call and the data communication of the second call. The present invention is not limited to this, and any personal information corresponding to the caller that can be extracted by the incoming call discriminating means 33b at the time of an incoming call in the voice communication of the first call and the data communication of the second call may be used.

In the above embodiment, the W-C
Although an example is shown in which the portable information terminal 11 having no function of connecting to the public communication network 20 such as the DMA system is used, the present invention is not limited to this, and the function of connecting to the public communication network 20 alone is not limited to this. Mobile information terminal 11 having
The communication control module 42 of the mobile information terminal 11 may have the same function as the communication control module 33 of the mobile phone 1.

[0057]

As described above, according to the present invention, a portable telephone terminal capable of communicating with a plurality of lines at a time, and a wireless or wired connection with the portable telephone terminal and communicating with a plurality of lines at a time. A mobile information terminal that can be installed in a mobile phone terminal or mobile information terminal, and when a new incoming event occurs, while maintaining the existing communication,
According to the communication information attached to the incoming call event and the communication state of both terminals, a communication control module for allocating the processing of the incoming call event to a preferred terminal of the two terminals is provided, so that a plurality of communication lines can be used simultaneously. Even when communicating, depending on the communication type of the incoming call and each communication state of both terminals,
There is an effect that communication can be performed by selecting a user-friendly terminal. In addition, unnecessary errors such as an unsuccessful reception of an incoming event can be reduced, and there is an effect that efficient use of communication network resources and reduction of communication costs for a user can be achieved.

According to the present invention, the incoming call discriminating means for discriminating the communication type as the communication information accompanying the new incoming event by the communication control module, and the communication state for discriminating the respective communication states of the portable telephone terminal and the portable information terminal An incoming call discriminating means having communication information accompanying the incoming call event and all processing operations corresponding to each communication state of the two terminals and a terminal table suitable for presetting a terminal suitable for performing the processing; And, based on the communication information attached to the incoming event obtained from the communication state determining means and the communication state of both terminals, a determination table is searched to determine the processing operation of the incoming event and the terminal to process the incoming event. Therefore, it is not necessary to establish a new communication line every time there is a new incoming event, the number of communication lines used is reduced, and It is possible to make effective use of credit resources. As a result, there is an effect that the communication cost of the user can be reduced.

According to the present invention, the judgment table indicates the communication type as the communication information accompanying the incoming call event, the communication status of the portable telephone terminal and the portable information terminal, and the terminal performing communication before the occurrence of the incoming call event. A communication type is selected as a selection item, and a processing operation for establishing a new line or sharing an existing line and a terminal suitable for performing a processing operation of both terminals are performed according to the selection item. Since it is set, there is no need to always establish a new communication line every time there is a new incoming event, the number of communication lines used is reduced, and communication resources can be effectively utilized according to the usage state of the communication lines. effective.

According to the present invention, the incoming call discriminating means discriminates the originator of the new incoming event, and a new call which is determined to be data communication when the portable telephone terminal or portable information terminal is performing voice communication. When an incoming event occurs,
If the caller is determined to be the same by comparing the incoming call event and the voice communication, the data content relating to the incoming call event is displayed on the terminal performing the voice communication. It is possible to perform processing such as checking the character information and image information, etc., received from the second call on the terminal currently in use, and a new communication form combining voice and image or voice and character information There is an effect that can be provided to the user.

According to the present invention, the same effect as in paragraph 0060 is obtained because the judgment table has, as the communication information attached to the incoming call event, the identity of the sender of the existing communication and the new incoming call event as a selection item. Play.

According to the present invention, there is provided a telephone terminal-side storage means provided in a portable telephone terminal, and an information terminal-side storage means provided in a portable information terminal, wherein the telephone terminal-side storage means and the information terminal-side storage means comprise: The data obtained by communication between both terminals is
The storage is performed according to each remaining storage capacity, and both terminals can appropriately display the storage contents of both storage means, so that the voice communication function and the data communication function are realized without the user being conscious of the storage location of the data. This has the effect of improving usability.

According to the present invention, the telephone terminal-side storage means and the information terminal-side storage means store personal information corresponding to the caller in accordance with each remaining storage capacity, and the portable telephone terminal stores a new incoming event. When the sender of the caller is determined, the personal information corresponding to the caller, such as information on the caller number and arrival time obtained at the time of the incoming call, is displayed by searching both storage means and displaying the personal information corresponding to the caller. Is shared between the two terminals.

According to the present invention, an incoming call determining step of determining communication information accompanying a new incoming event generated by a portable telephone terminal or a portable information terminal, and an existing call determining step of determining each communication state of both terminals. And an incoming call process for allocating an incoming event process to a preferred one of the two terminals based on the communication information accompanying the incoming call event obtained in the incoming call determining step and the existing call determining step and the respective communication states of the two terminals. Since the terminal determination step is provided, the same effect as in paragraph 0057 is achieved.

According to the present invention, the incoming call processing terminal discriminating step includes the communication information associated with the newly generated incoming call event obtained in the incoming call discriminating step and the existing call discriminating step, and the communication information of the portable telephone terminal and the portable information terminal. Based on each communication state, the communication information accompanying the incoming call event and all processing operations corresponding to each communication state of both terminals and a judgment table in which a terminal suitable for performing the processing is preset are searched, and the incoming call is searched. The event processing operation and the terminal that processes the incoming event among the two terminals are determined.
It has the same effect as.

According to the present invention, in the incoming call determining step, the caller of the new incoming event is determined, and when the portable telephone terminal or the portable information terminal performs voice communication,
When a new incoming event determined to be data communication occurs, a caller identity determining step of comparing the incoming event with the sender of the voice communication, and a caller identity determining step, If it is determined that they are the same, a caller information display step of displaying data content relating to the incoming call event on the terminal performing voice communication is provided.
060 has the same effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a mobile communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone and the mobile information terminal in FIG. 1 classified into logical functional units.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone and the mobile information terminal when the newly received second call is determined to be a voice call, shown as step ST3 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 shows a second step shown as step ST4 in FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a mobile telephone and a portable information terminal when a call is determined as a data reception.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 mobile phone (mobile phone terminal), 2 LCD device, 3
Keypad, 4, 13 short-range wireless interface, 5
Speaker device, 6,14 microphone, 11 portable information terminal, 12 touch panel type LCD device, 15 speaker, 20W-CDMA public communication line network, 21
Wireless signal, 22 Short-range wireless signal, 23 Other mobile phone, 24 Internet network, 30 wireless base station, 31
Information processing module, 32, 40 short-range wireless interface module, 33, 42 communication control module, 33a communication state determination means, 33b incoming call determination means, 33c determination table, 34, 43 voice communication function module, 35, 44 data communication function Module, 3
6. User data memory (telephone terminal side storage means), 41
Information processing module, 45 Large-capacity user data memory (information terminal side storage means).

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A portable telephone terminal capable of communicating with a plurality of lines at a time, a portable information terminal which is connected to the portable telephone terminal wirelessly or by wire and capable of communicating with a plurality of lines at a time, Provided in the terminal or the portable information terminal, when a new incoming event occurs, while maintaining the existing communication, according to the communication information attached to the incoming event and the respective communication states of the two terminals, A mobile communication system comprising: a communication control module for allocating processing of the incoming call event to a preferred terminal of the two terminals. 2. A communication control module, comprising: an incoming call determining unit that determines a communication type as communication information accompanying a new incoming event; and a communication state determining unit that determines each communication state of the mobile phone terminal and the mobile information terminal. A communication table attached to the incoming call event and all processing operations corresponding to the respective communication states of the two terminals, and a judgment table in which a terminal suitable for performing the processing is set in advance. And, based on the communication information accompanying the incoming call event obtained from the communication state determination means and the communication state of the two terminals, search the determination table,
2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein a processing operation of the incoming event and a terminal that performs the processing of the incoming event are determined. 3. The judgment table includes: a communication type as communication information accompanying the incoming call event; a terminal performing communication before the occurrence of the incoming call event; and a communication type as each communication state of the mobile phone terminal and the portable information terminal. According to this selection item, a processing operation for establishing a new line or sharing an existing line, and a terminal suitable for performing the processing operation of the two terminals The mobile communication system according to claim 2, wherein the setting is performed. 4. An incoming call discriminating means for discriminating a caller of a new incoming event, and when a mobile telephone terminal or a portable information terminal is performing voice communication, a new incoming event determined to be data communication is received. In the case where the incoming call occurs, the incoming call event is compared with the voice communication, and when it is determined that the caller is the same, the data content of the incoming call event is displayed on the terminal performing the voice communication. Claim 2
Or the mobile communication system according to claim 3. 5. The decision table according to claim 3, wherein the communication information accompanying the incoming call event has, as a selection item, the identity of the sender of the existing communication and the new incoming call event. A mobile communication system as described. 6. A telephone terminal-side storage means provided in a portable telephone terminal, and an information terminal-side storage means provided in a portable information terminal, wherein the telephone terminal-side storage means and the information terminal-side storage means comprise The data obtained by the communication of the terminal is stored according to each remaining storage capacity, and the two terminals can appropriately display the storage contents of the two storage means.
The mobile communication system according to claim 1. 7. The telephone terminal-side storage means and the information terminal-side storage means store personal information corresponding to a caller according to their remaining storage capacity. 7. The portable communication system according to claim 6, wherein when the determination is made, the storage means is searched to display personal information corresponding to the caller. 8. The communication method used in the mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone terminal or the mobile information terminal transmits the communication information attached to a newly generated incoming call event. An incoming call determining step of determining the communication state of the two terminals; an existing call determining step of determining the communication state of the two terminals; communication information accompanying the incoming call event obtained in the incoming call determining step and the existing call determining step; and An incoming call processing terminal determining step of allocating a process of the incoming call event to a preferred one of the two terminals based on each communication state of the two terminals. 9. The incoming call processing terminal discriminating step includes: communication information accompanying the newly generated incoming call event obtained in the incoming call discriminating step and the existing call discriminating step; and communication states of the mobile phone terminal and the portable information terminal. Based on the above, the communication information accompanying the incoming call event and all the processing operations corresponding to the respective communication states of the two terminals and a judgment table in which a terminal suitable for performing the processing is preset are searched, and the incoming call is searched. 9. The communication method according to claim 8, wherein an event processing operation and a terminal that processes the incoming call event among the two terminals are determined. 10. An incoming call discrimination step in which a caller of a new incoming event is discriminated, and a new incoming event that is discriminated as data communication when the portable telephone terminal or portable information terminal is performing voice communication. Occurs, the caller identity determination step of comparing the caller of the incoming call event and the voice communication, and in the caller identity determination step, if the caller is determined to be the same, the voice 10. The communication method according to claim 8, further comprising: a caller information display step of displaying data content relating to the incoming call event on a terminal performing communication.