JP2001257763A - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone that simplifies an entry method of a telephone number when the telephone number is registered, thereby shortening the time for input. SOLUTION: In the mobile phone having a function of registering telephone numbers, after selection of a type of the phone, a station number of the telephone number having been already registered in the type is selected and then the succeeding telephone number is entered for registration.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone having a function of registering a telephone number.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent mobile phones, a user of the mobile phone registers a telephone number of a party to be called in advance in a memory of the mobile phone, and a telephone number registration function (one-touch transmission). That is, those having a telephone directory creation function) are generally used.

At present, there are various types of telephones. For example, mobile phones, PHS (Personal Handy)
-phone System), pager (registered trademark), general telephone, and the like.

In a conventional portable telephone having a telephone number registration function, a telephone number is entered by entering all digits, and then a telephone type is selected to register the telephone number.

[0005] When a caller has a plurality of types of telephones, a telephone number may be registered for each type.

[0006]

As described above, when registering a telephone number in a conventional portable telephone, all digits of the telephone number are entered, and then the type of telephone is selected. There was a problem that the number of input digits was large, the input was troublesome, and the input time was long.

An object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone which can easily input a telephone number when registering the telephone number in the portable telephone and can shorten the input time.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a portable telephone having a function of registering a telephone number, wherein after selecting a telephone type, a registered station number in the type is selected. Then, the subsequent telephone number is input and the telephone number is registered. In addition,
The station number refers to the number of digits from the beginning of the telephone number.

According to the present invention, with the above arrangement, when registering a telephone number in a portable telephone, the number of input digits of the telephone number can be reduced, the telephone number can be easily input, and the input time can be reduced.

[0010]

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

In the present embodiment, in a portable telephone having a function of registering a telephone number (that is, creating a telephone directory), for example, the type of the telephone is selected from "mobile telephone, PHS, pager, ordinary telephone". After the selection, a registered station number set from the time of purchase or registered by the user in the type is selected, and then a subsequent telephone number is input to register the telephone number. Therefore, the number of input digits of the telephone number can be reduced, the input of the telephone number can be easily performed, and the input time can be shortened as compared with the case where the telephone number is conventionally input in all digits. Also, in the present embodiment, a station number can be set for each type of telephone to be called. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a state transition diagram showing a specific example of an operation procedure for registering a telephone number in a portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

An example of an operation procedure for registering a telephone number (creating a telephone directory) will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, first, a "phone directory" is selected and determined by pressing a predetermined key (hereinafter the same) according to the guidance from the standby screen of the portable telephone.

Next, "new creation" is selected and determined according to the guidance. (If you select and decide "Browse", you can browse the registered phone numbers.) To register a new station number, select "Create new" and decide.
Select and decide "Station number registration". Next, the "type" of the telephone to be registered with the station number is selected and determined from, for example, "mobile telephone, PHS, pager, ordinary telephone". Next, the location where the station number should be registered is selected and determined from "I", "II", "III",... Next, the station number is input by pressing the “numeric keypad”, and is confirmed by pressing the “enter key”, and the station number registration is completed. It should be noted that an arbitrary number of station numbers can be registered for each type of telephone.

When creating a telephone directory (registering a telephone number of a party to be called), after selecting and determining the "new creation", the "type" for registering the telephone number is changed to "mobile phone". , PHS, pager, ordinary telephone ". Then, the registered “registered station number” registered by the user (or set from the time of purchase) by the “station number registration” can be selected. Next, the listed "registration station numbers", such as "I" and "II" for mobile phones,
When selecting and determining from "III",..., A station number of a certain number of digits is displayed. Next, the continuation of the telephone number to be registered in the telephone directory is input by pressing the “numeric keypad”, and is confirmed by pressing the “enter key”, and the telephone number registration is completed.

When registering a telephone number of a general telephone, the area number of the general telephone is, starting from the top, an area code (for example, "03" in Tokyo) and a local area code (for example, Tokyo).
(4 digits following "03"), and is generally limited to station numbers within a certain range where the user lives. For example, by registering two or three station numbers, input can be simplified. Can be achieved. Also, at present, "090 ..." is used for a mobile phone, and "070 ..." is used for a PHS.
.. ", The number of digits is displayed on the telephone number input screen when the type is selected, and the input can be simplified by subsequently inputting the remaining telephone numbers.

Although the present invention has been specifically described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When registering a telephone number in a mobile phone, the number of digits of the telephone number can be reduced, the telephone number can be easily input, and the input time can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a state transition diagram showing an example of an operation procedure for registering a telephone number in a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a portable telephone having a function of registering a telephone number, after selecting a telephone type, a registered station number in the type is selected, and then a subsequent telephone number is inputted to register a telephone number. A mobile phone characterized by the above-mentioned.