JP2001268165A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set, with which convenience is improved and the number of data can be reduced in the case of setting a DL incoming melody as incoming tone. SOLUTION: Only when DL incoming melody data are already downloaded and the DL incoming melody can be really set as incoming tone, the choices of the DL incoming melody are displayed on the screen of a display part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone such as a cordless telephone and a fax telephone, and more particularly to a method for setting a ring tone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, ringtones have been distributed to home fixed telephones in addition to mobile communication terminals. This is to download a melody of a popular song from a distribution source (such as a distribution center of a telephone company) and use it as a ringtone. The downloaded ringtone is called “DL ringtone” and the ringtone At the time of setting, “D” appears on the LCD display
L melody "is displayed. On the other hand, the telephone is provided with a plurality of standard ringtones such as a ringtone and a melody from the beginning, and these are displayed on the LCD display when the ringtone is set, such as "Bell", "Melody1", "Melody2", and the like. Is displayed.

[0003] In a telephone, the D
A desired ringtone can be set by selecting a desired ringtone from L ringtones and standard ringtones. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a conventional ring tone setting method, and shows a screen display on an LCD display unit. G1 is a screen in a standby state displaying the date and the current time. When a predetermined key is operated from this state, a ring tone setting operation is performed, and screens G2 and G are displayed on the LCD display screen.
A choice of ringtone is displayed as shown at 3. here,
Since all ring tones cannot be displayed at once due to the screen size of the LCD display unit, all ring tones are displayed by switching (scrolling is possible) as shown in screens G2 and G3.
Looking at the display of the ring tone, the user selects a desired ring tone with the numeric keys or the cursor and the set key. For example, if the number “1” key is pressed in the screen state of G2, “bell sound” is selected, and in the screen state of G3, the number “2” is selected.
Pressing the key selects “DL ringtone”. Then, when the ring tone is selected in this manner, "SET UP" is displayed on the screen of the LCD display section as shown by a screen G4, and the ring tone is set to the selected ring tone. After that, the screen of the LCD display unit returns to the standby screen as shown by the screen G5 by a key operation or timeout.

[0004]

The above operation has already been performed in DL
If the ringtone has been downloaded to the phone and DL ringtone (DL melody) is selected on screen G3, "SETTING SHIMASTA" is displayed on screen G4 in the same way as when a standard ringtone is selected, and the DL ringtone is received. This is the case where the sound can be set. However, with the conventional ringtone setting method,
Even if the DL ringtone has not been downloaded yet and the DL ringtone cannot be actually operated as the ringtone even if the DL ringtone is selected, the DL ringtone (DL melody) is displayed as an option for the ringtone at the time of setting. There is a problem that the DL ringtone is erroneously selected as a ring tone because the ring tone is displayed on the screen of the unit.

[0005] This point will be described in detail.
13 shows a screen display of the LCD display unit when a ringtone has not been downloaded yet. Even if the DL ringtone has not yet been downloaded, the screen G shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, options of the DL ring tone, that is, “DL melody” are displayed on the screen of the LCD display unit. Therefore, the user misunderstands that the DL ringtone can be set as the ring tone and selects the DL ringtone. Then
On the screen of the LCD display section, a warning message "DATA GAME" appears as shown on screen G6, and after the key operation or timeout, the ring tone must be selected again on the selection screen of screen G7.

As described above, the conventional setting method is very inconvenient and very misunderstanding about the DL ringtone. In addition, there is a problem that data for displaying a warning of "data garbage" is required for the telephone.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone with improved usability when DL ringtone is set as a ring tone and capable of reducing the number of data.

[0008]

A telephone according to the present invention has a first means for determining whether or not a ring tone has been downloaded from a distribution source, and the first means for not setting the ring tone when the ring tone is set. Is determined, the standard ring tone is displayed on the display unit as a choice of the ring tone, and if it is determined that the download is performed by the first means, the downloaded ring tone and the standard ring tone are selected. A second means for displaying on the display unit as a message, and, when a desired ring tone is selected from the options displayed by the second means, a third means for setting the ring tone as the ring tone of the own device thereafter. Means are provided.

[0009] In the above telephone, whether or not the ring tone is downloaded from the distribution source can be determined by the CPU by determining whether or not the data of the ring tone is stored in the memory.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the telephone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing only a main part of the embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention. This telephone has a CPU 11, a key operation unit 12,
A first memory 13, a second memory 14, a sound source unit 15,
It has a speaker 16 and a display unit 17. The CPU 11 is connected to the line 18 and controls the entire telephone. The key operation unit 12 includes a plurality of keys such as a numeric key and a set key, and is connected to the CPU 11, and performs input of a telephone number, selection of a ringtone, setting of various operation modes, and the like. The first memory 13 is connected to the CPU 11 and stores data of a standard ringtone such as a bell sound and a melody. The second memory 14 is the CPU 1
1 and stores, via the CPU 11, data of DL ringtones downloaded from a distribution center (hereinafter referred to as a DL center) of a telephone company as a distribution source. Speaker 1
Reference numeral 6 is connected to the CPU 11 via the sound source unit 15, and the data read from the first and second memories 13 and 14 are processed by the sound source unit 15 and supplied to generate a ring tone. The display unit 17 is connected to the CPU 11 and displays various information such as a telephone number, ringtone options, and a telephone operating state.

The above-mentioned telephone can communicate with the DL center and download DL ringtones from the DL center. The communication method at that time is shown in FIG.
That is, first, the key operation unit 12 is operated by the telephone to download the DL.
A call is made to the center (step S1). When receiving a call from the telephone, the DL center returns voice guidance explaining a method of selecting a DL ringtone to the telephone (step S2). The user of the telephone listens to the voice guidance, selects a DL ringtone to be selected, and inputs the number of the selected DL ringtone from the key operation unit 12. Then, a DTMF signal corresponding to the number is sent from the telephone set to the DL center (step S3), and the DL center reads the DTMF signal to recognize the selected DL ringtone, and transmits the data of the selected DL ringtone to the DTMF signal. Return to phone by
(Step S4). Then, the telephone receives the DL ringtone data from the DL center, and stores the data (DL ringtone) in the second memory 14. When the storing is completed, the telephone returns the communication end to the DL center by the DTMF signal (step S5). When the DL center recognizes the communication end by the DTMF signal, the telephone transmits a line disconnection signal to the telephone by the DTMF signal (step S6). . The telephone sets the line disconnection in response to the line disconnection signal, and the DL center also executes the line disconnection at the same time.

In the telephone of FIG. 3, the DL ringtone downloaded as described above and the first memory 1 are stored from the beginning.
The user can select a desired ring tone from among the standard ring tones stored in No. 3 and use it as a ring tone of his own device thereafter. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an operation when a desired ring tone is set, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display state of the display unit screen when a desired ring tone is set. The ring tone setting operation of the telephone according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to these drawings.

A screen G11 in FIG. 2 is a screen of the display unit 17 in a standby state displaying the date and the current time. From such a standby state of the screen display, a predetermined key of the key operation unit 12 is operated to shift to a ringtone setting operation. Then, CP
U11, as shown in step S11 of FIG. 1, has already been downloaded and there is DL ringtone data in the second memory 14, or has not been downloaded yet and there is no DL ringtone data in the second memory 14. Judge. If the DL ringtone data is stored in the second memory 14
Is determined, the DL ringtone (DL melody name) and the standard ringtone (bell, melody) are displayed on the screen of the display unit 17, as shown in step S12 in FIG. 1 and screens G12 and G13 in FIG. 1, melody 2... Melody 9 name) are displayed as ringtone options. on the other hand,
If it is determined in the above determination that the DL ringtone data is not in the second memory 14, the standard ringtone (see FIG. 1) and the screen G14 and G15 of FIG. Only the bell, melody 1, melody 2,... Melody 9) are displayed as ringtone options. Here, all ring tones cannot be displayed at one time due to the screen size of the display unit 17, so the screens G12, G13
Alternatively, all ring tones are displayed by switching (scrolling is also possible) as shown in screens G14 and G15.

When the ring tone options are displayed on the screen of the display unit 17 as described above, the user of the telephone sees the selection and selects a desired ring tone. At this time, if the DL ringtone data has already been downloaded and the DL ringtone can be actually operated as a ring tone, the DL ringtone option (DL melody) is displayed on the screen of the display unit 17 as shown by the screen G13. Is displayed, this DL
A ringtone can be selected as a desired ringtone by a numeric key or a cursor and a set key as shown in step S13 of FIG. On the other hand, when the DL ringtone is not yet downloaded and the DL ringtone cannot be operated as an actual ring tone even if the DL ringtone is selected, the DL ringtone is not displayed as an option on the screen of the display unit 17. There is no error in selecting the DL ringtone, and the user selects a desired ringtone from the standard ringtones on the screens G14 and G15 as shown in step S17 in FIG. Of course, screens G12, G13
Also, when the DL ringtone is displayed as an option,
As shown in step S14 of FIG. 1, a standard ringtone can be selected as a desired ringtone.

When the ring tone is selected as described above, the screen G16 in FIG. 2 and the step S15 in FIG.
Alternatively, as shown in S18, the screen of the display unit 17 displays "SET UP" on the screen. After that, the screen of the display unit 17 returns to the standby screen as shown by the screen G17 by a key operation or timeout.

As described above, in the above-mentioned telephone, D
Display unit 17 only when L ringtone data has been downloaded and DL ringtone can be actually set as a ring tone.
Is displayed on the screen, the DL ringtone data is not yet downloaded, and when the DL ringtone cannot be operated as an actual ring tone even if the DL ringtone is selected. There is no need to select a ringtone and redo the selection. Therefore, the convenience in setting the DL ringtone as the ring tone is improved. In addition, data for displaying a warning of “data loss” becomes unnecessary, and the number of data can be reduced.

The ring tone setting method according to the present invention as described above is used for a fixed telephone such as a cordless telephone or a fax telephone, but it is also applicable to a mobile communication terminal such as a portable telephone or a PHS telephone.

[0018]

As described above in detail, according to the telephone of the present invention, the convenience in setting the DL ringtone as a ring tone is improved, and the number of data can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen display on a display unit and showing an operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a communication method when downloading a DL ringtone from a DL center in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display of an LCD display unit and showing a conventional ring tone setting method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display on the LCD display unit when a DL ringtone has not been downloaded yet in the conventional ringtone setting method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 12 Key operation unit 13 First memory 14 Second memory 15 Sound source unit 16 Speaker 17 Display unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first means for determining whether or not a ring tone has been downloaded from a distribution source. When a ring tone is set, if the first means determines that there is no download, a choice of a ring tone is provided. A second means for displaying, on the display unit, a standard ring tone as a selection, and when the first means determines that there is a download, the downloaded ring tone and the standard ring tone are displayed as options on the display unit. And when the desired ring tone is selected from the options displayed by the second means, a third means for setting the ring tone as the ring tone of the own device thereafter. Phone to do. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determination as to whether or not the ring tone has been downloaded from the distribution source is performed by the CPU determining whether or not the data of the ring tone is stored in the memory. The telephone according to 1.