JP2001268206A - Portable radio telephony equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable radio telephony equipment, that retrieves an optional character string selected from a received electronic mail by a user from telephone directory information stored in the portable radio telephony equipment and can dial a telephone number set in the corresponding telephone directory information, generates and transmit a mail to an electronic mail address and enables browsing resources on the Internet. SOLUTION: A display device 7 displays the contents of a received electronic mail. When a user selects a character string from a displayed electronic mail and enters a telephone directory information retrieval command, the selected character string is retrieved from a telephone directory storage section 9, and the display device 7 displays collated information. When the user selects desired connection information from among a displayed telephone number, an electronic mail address and an address to browse about resources on the Internet, the portable radio telephony equipment dials the telephone number, generates/ transmits a mail to the electronic mail address or browses the resources on the Internet, on the basis of the information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable radio telephone device having an electronic mail transmitting / receiving function and a telephone directory function. By collating with a character string registered in the book information storage unit, connection information (phone number, mail address, address for browsing resources on the Internet) related to the character string can be derived, Further, the present invention relates to a portable wireless telephone device capable of performing a desired calling operation by allowing a user to select the connection information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an information communication terminal capable of making a voice call to a telephone number described in a received e-mail and registering the telephone number described in the received e-mail, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. What is described in 10-1555038 is known. This is to search the telephone number in the e-mail received by the information communication terminal, and to find the information of the corresponding partner based on the searched telephone number or based on the source e-mail address given to the e-mail Is searched for in the telephone directory held in the information communication terminal, and a call is made to the collated telephone number.

[0003]

However, in this information communication terminal, a telephone number in a received e-mail, a call to a telephone number corresponding to an e-mail address given to the received e-mail, and data transmission are provided. There is a problem that can only deal with.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and includes a telephone directory information in which an arbitrary character string selected by a user such as a name or the like in a received electronic mail is stored in a portable telephone device. Providing a mobile phone device that has a function of calling from the storage unit and making a call to the phone number set in the corresponding phonebook information, creating and sending mail to an e-mail address, and browsing resources on the Internet The purpose is to do.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A portable radio telephone device of the present invention communicates with a plurality of radio base stations wired to an exchange connected to a wired telephone line by radio channels,
In a portable radiotelephone device capable of performing voice calls, sending and receiving e-mails, browsing resources on the Internet, and having a telephone directory function, a portable telephone device selected from character data of received e-mails displayed on the display unit Telephone directory information registering means for registering an arbitrary character string in the telephone directory information storage unit, and an arbitrary character string selected from character data of the received e-mail being displayed on the display unit. And telephone call information searching means for searching from the connection information associated with the character string collated as a result of the search. With this configuration, the user is allowed to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, the character string is searched from the telephone directory information storage unit, and the user is allowed to select connection information related to the collated character string, A desired transmission operation can be performed.

Further, the telephone directory information registration means determines which item of the telephone directory information the selected character string corresponds to, and registers the item in the corresponding item. With this configuration, it is determined whether the character string selected from the received e-mail is a telephone number, an e-mail address, an address for connecting to a resource on the Internet, or any other character string. It is possible to set the item to be performed.

Further, the telephone directory information registration means associates and manages a telephone number, an e-mail address, an address for browsing resources on the Internet, and any other character string as one telephone directory information. It is characterized by the following. With this configuration, the user can search for desired connection information from an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, and can correct the setting contents of the telephone directory information corresponding to the character string. Become.

[0008] The transmitting means transmits the electronic mail address to the electronic mail address selected from the connection information related to the character string collated as a result of the search.
With this configuration, the user is allowed to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, search the character string from the telephone directory information storage unit, and enter the e-mail address from the connection information related to the collated character string. This allows the user to make a selection and send an e-mail.

[0009] The present invention is also characterized in that transmission is made by a transmission means to an address for browsing resources on the Internet selected from connection information relating to a character string collated as a result of the search. With this configuration, the user is allowed to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, retrieve the character string from the telephone directory information storage unit, and select a resource on the Internet from the connection information related to the collated character string. Allows the user to select an address for browsing the Internet, and browse the resources on the Internet.

[0010] The transmission means transmits the telephone number to the telephone number selected from the connection information related to the character string collated as a result of the search. With this configuration, the user can select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail, retrieve the character string from the telephone directory information storage unit, and use the telephone number from the connection information related to the collated character string. The user can make a selection and make a call.

[0011]

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

(First Embodiment) First, FIGS.
The portable wireless telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the portable radio telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the portable radio telephone device shown in FIG.

Next, with reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of the portable radio telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 1, the portable wireless telephone device A includes a microphone 1 for inputting sound, a speaker 2 for outputting sound, and an audio signal processing having a function of controlling sound of the microphone 1 and the speaker 2. A communication control unit 4 having a function of modulating and demodulating these signals to enable communication of voice signals and e-mail data; a control unit 5 including a CPU and the like; A display information control unit 6, a display 7 constituted by a liquid crystal display or the like, and an input unit 8 constituted by numeric keys and other keys
And a telephone directory information storage unit 9 for storing and managing, as telephone directory information, a name, a telephone number, a mail address, an address for browsing resources on the Internet, and the like.

The input unit 8 has a function of inputting a key press or the like for operating the portable radio telephone device A, a function of inputting an e-mail, and a function of inputting information to be stored in the telephone directory information storage unit 9. Also, it has a function of selecting an arbitrary character string desired by the user from characters in the received e-mail displayed on the display 7.

The contents of the e-mail received by the portable radio telephone A are displayed on the display 7 by the display information control unit 6. The control unit 5 controls the display information control unit 6 according to a signal input by the input unit 8 to display an arbitrary character string in the displayed received e-mail, and the selected character string is displayed by blinking display, reverse display, or the like. Notify the user. When a telephone directory search command of the user is received from the input unit 8, the control unit 5
Retrieves the selected character string from the telephone directory information storage unit 9,
The collated information is displayed on the display 7 by the display information control unit 6.
To be displayed. The telephone number displayed on the display 7,
When connection information desired by the user is selected from the input unit 8 from the e-mail address and the address for browsing resources on the Internet, the control unit 5 transmits the next information based on the information selected by the user. The corresponding processing of is performed.

When a telephone number is selected, the voice signal processing unit 3 and the communication control processing unit 4 are controlled to perform a calling operation, to receive a voice from the microphone 1 and to receive a call from the speaker 2.
The call operation of voice output from is performed.

When an e-mail address is selected, the display information control unit 6 is controlled to input an input for creating a mail from the user to the display 7 via the input unit 8.
, And creates mail information to be displayed and transmitted, and controls the communication control unit 4 to transmit the created mail.

When an address for browsing resources on the Internet is selected, the communication control unit 4 is controlled to establish a line connection, acquire information on the corresponding address on the Internet, and display the information. Controls the information control unit 6,
It is displayed on the display 7.

When a telephone directory information registration command from the user is received from the input unit 8, the control unit 5 registers the character string selected by the user in the telephone directory information storage unit 9 and then stores the character string other than the registered information. The input unit 8 controls the input unit 8 to receive the input of the information corresponding to the information, and the display information control unit 6 controls the display 7 to display the setting information.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 2, an electronic mail is displayed on the portable radio telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and a character string in the electronic mail is selected by the user. The operation procedure will be described.

First, in step A100, the received mail is displayed on the display 7, and in step A200, the user selects an arbitrary character string using the input unit 8.
In step A300, it is determined whether the user has selected registration of the telephone directory information or searched for the telephone directory information and selected a process of making a call. If the user's selection is the registration of the telephone directory information (yes in step A300), the process proceeds to the telephone directory registration process of step A400, and the selection of the user is not the registration process of the telephone directory information but the registration of the telephone directory information. If it is a process of performing a search and transmitting (No in step A300), step A5
The process proceeds to the telephone directory search process of 00.

In step A400, the selected character string is set for one record of the telephone directory information, information other than the set items is set according to the user's input, and all the set information is set. The information is stored in the telephone directory information storage unit 9.

In step A500, the selected character string is set as a search target character string, and the corresponding information is searched from the telephone directory information storage unit 9, and the flow advances to step A600. In step A600, the telephone directory information searched in step A500 is displayed, and processing to be executed, for example, calling a telephone number, creating an e-mail,
The user is caused to make a selection such as transmission or browsing of resources on the Internet using the input unit 8, and the process proceeds to step A700. In step A700, according to the process selected in step A600,
The transmission data is created, voice and data transmission processing is performed, and the operation when the user selects a character string in the e-mail is ended.

In step A600 in the first embodiment, an operation for making a call using the retrieved data, that is, a case where the collated data exists as a result of the retrieval will be described as an example. However, if there is no collated data as a result of the search, by executing the telephone directory registration process of step A400, the unregistered information,
New information can be registered.

As described above, in the portable wireless telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the user inputs destination information such as a telephone number, a mail address, or an address for browsing resources on the Internet. Voice communication and data transmission / reception can be performed without any need.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a portable radio telephone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In this figure, (a) is a display example of a received e-mail according to the second embodiment of the present invention, (b) is a display example when an arbitrary character string is selected from the displayed received e-mail, (C) is a display example of a process selection screen, (d) is a display example of displaying telephone directory information and selecting a destination, and (e) is a display example of a transmission electronic mail editing screen. Note that the basic configuration and basic operation of the portable wireless telephone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention are the same as those of the first embodiment.

The portable wireless telephone device according to the second embodiment allows the user to select an arbitrary character string in the received e-mail described in the first embodiment, and searches the telephone directory information storage unit. , Outgoing and outgoing calls.
The telephone directory information includes a name, a telephone number, an e-mail address, an address for browsing resources on the Internet, and a memo “MEMO” for setting other information. , Name, phone number,
An e-mail address and an address for browsing resources on the Internet can be stored in association with each other.

Next, a description will be given of an operation procedure when a call is transmitted from the received mail display of the portable radio telephone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The user selects a character string from the contents of the received electronic mail displayed in FIG. FIG. 3B shows a state in which an arbitrary character string is selected. “Taro Matsushita” in the received electronic mail is selected, and the selection range is highlighted. The selected character string data is arbitrary character string information specified by the user. In the above example, the reverse display is used to indicate the selected character string. However, the notification may be performed by blinking display, underlining display, or voice reading.

In FIG. 3 (c), the user is prompted to select "send / call" or "register in telephone directory".
“Sending and making a call” is a process of searching for the selected character string from the character strings stored in the phonebook information storage unit and, if the character strings can be matched, making a call and making a call. "Register" is a process for correcting and registering information registered in the telephone directory information storage unit. If the collation fails in "sending and calling", registration processing to the telephone directory information storage unit and "registration to telephone directory" are executed without waiting for input by the user.

In FIG. 3D, the selected character string is retrieved from the telephone directory information storage unit, the telephone directory information relating to the collated character string is displayed, and connection information for transmission is input to the input device. And let the user make a selection. In this example, since the e-mail address "matsushita@matsu.co.jp" is selected, an e-mail is input as shown in the display example of FIG. In FIG. 3D, the telephone number "06-444-5"
If "555" is selected, a call is made to the selected telephone number, and if the address "http://www.matsu.com" for connecting to resources on the Internet is selected, , Allows the user to browse the resources on the Internet at the specified address. If the result of the comparison indicates a plurality of pieces of information, only the information first matched may be displayed,
The user may be allowed to select desired information from all the collated results.

As described above, the portable radiotelephone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention can provide a name and a name even if the character string selected by the user is a character string other than transmission information such as a name. A telephone directory information storage function that associates information that does not affect outgoing calls such as MEMO with destination information such as telephone numbers and stores them in the telephone directory information storage unit (phone directory information registration means)
And from the information stored in the phonebook information storage,
Since it has a telephone directory information search function (phone directory information search means) capable of searching for the relevant information, it is possible to suppress the correction of the relevant information and the operation required for the transmission operation.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a portable radio telephone device according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In this figure, (f) is a display example of an electronic mail according to the third embodiment of the present invention,
(G) is a display example when an arbitrary character string is selected from the display e-mail according to the third embodiment of the present invention, (h) is a display example of a process selection screen, and (i) is a registration in a telephone directory function. (J) and a display example of a screen in which registration to the telephone directory function is performed. Note that the basic configuration and basic operation of the portable radio telephone device according to the third embodiment of the present invention are the same as those of the first embodiment.

The portable radiotelephone device according to the third embodiment of the present invention provides a user with an arbitrary character string in a received e-mail described in the first and second embodiments. The selection is made, the telephone directory information storage unit is searched, and a call is made and a call is made. It also has a telephone directory information registration function (phone directory information registration means) capable of registering a character string selected by the user in the telephone directory information storage unit. The telephone directory information registration function has a function of determining the content of a character string selected by the user, estimating which item of the telephone directory information to set, and setting the corresponding item in advance.

Next, a description will be given of an operation procedure when a call is transmitted from the received mail display of the portable radio telephone device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

The user selects a character string from the contents of the received e-mail displayed in FIG. FIG. 4G shows a state in which an arbitrary character string is selected. “Taro Matsushita” in the e-mail is selected, and the selection range is highlighted. The selected character string data is arbitrary character string information specified by the user. In the above example, the reverse display is used to indicate the selected character string. However, similar to the second embodiment, the notification may be performed by blinking display, underlining display, or voice reading. Good.

In FIG. 4 (h), the user is prompted to select "call or make a call" or "register in the telephone directory" using the input device. “Sending and making a call” is a process of searching for the selected character string from the character strings stored in the phonebook information storage unit and, if the character strings can be matched, making a call and making a call. "Register" is a process for correcting and registering information registered in the telephone directory information storage unit. In the case of "outgoing call, outgoing call", if the collation fails, registration processing to the telephone directory information storage unit is performed.
Execute “register in phone book” without waiting for user input. In the present embodiment, an example in which the matching has failed will be described.

If the collation fails, the display shown in FIG. When performing this display, it is determined which setting item of the telephone directory information the selected character string is to be registered with, and the corresponding item is set in advance. If it is the information of the telephone number character string, it is set in the corresponding part of the telephone number, and if it is the character string of the e-mail address, it is set in the corresponding part of the e-mail address. In the case of the character string corresponding to the address for browsing the resource on the Internet, the resource on the Internet is set in the corresponding part of the address for browsing. In the case of other character strings, the setting is made in the name setting section.

The item of the character string is determined if the selected character string is composed of a character string such as numeric characters, "+", "#", "-", etc. used when inputting a telephone number. Judge as a phone number, the selected character string is an arbitrary character string,
If it is composed of a combination of “@” and “.”, It is determined to be an e-mail address, and if the selected character string starts with “http:”, Internet resources are Judge as an address for browsing and perform automatic setting. The set character string can be modified by the user. Accepts input from the user for MEMO items, such as input for unset items other than those automatically inserted, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, addresses for browsing resources on the Internet, and other information. In the state of 4 (j), registration is performed in the telephone directory information storage unit.

In this example, an example in which the collation of the character string selected by the user has failed has been described.
When "register in telephone directory" is selected, the collated information is displayed, and in (i), the already set information is corrected. The character used for the determination may be additionally set by the user.

As described above, the portable telephone device according to the third embodiment of the present invention determines what kind of information the selected character string corresponds to, and sets the information as an input item in advance. It has a telephone directory information registration function (phone directory information registration means) capable of reducing the number of input items for the telephone directory.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, the telephone directory information registration for registering an arbitrary character string selected from the character data of the received electronic mail displayed on the display unit in the telephone directory information storage unit. Means, telephone directory information retrieval means for retrieving an arbitrary character string selected from character data of the received e-mail displayed on the display unit from the telephone directory information storage unit, and a character collated as a result of the retrieval. By providing a sending means for sending to a destination selected from connection information related to the column, a user can select an arbitrary character string in the e-mail and associate it with the character string. A portable wireless telephone device capable of performing voice communication and data transmission and reception without inputting destination information such as a telephone number, a mail address, and an address for browsing resources on the Internet. Than it is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a portable wireless telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the portable wireless telephone device shown in FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display when a transmission operation is performed on information related to a character string in a received mail of the portable wireless telephone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display when registering character string information in a received mail of a portable wireless telephone device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A portable wireless telephone device 1 microphone 2 speaker 3 audio signal processing unit 4 communication control unit 5 control unit 6 display information control unit 7 display 8 input unit 9 telephone directory information storage unit

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method of communicating with a plurality of wireless base stations wired to a switching center connected to a wired telephone line via a wireless channel to perform voice calls, send and receive e-mails, and browse resources on the Internet. Phonebook information registration for registering an arbitrary character string selected from character data of a received e-mail being displayed on a display unit in a phonebook information storage unit in a portable wireless telephone device having a telephone directory function. Means, a telephone directory information search unit for searching an arbitrary character string selected from character data of the received electronic mail displayed on the display unit from the telephone directory information storage unit, and the result of the search is compared. A transmitting means for transmitting a call to a destination selected from connection information relating to a character string. 2. The portable radio according to claim 1, wherein the telephone directory information registration means determines which item of the telephone directory information the selected character string corresponds to, and registers the item in the corresponding item. Telephone equipment. 3. The telephone directory information registration means associates and manages a telephone number, an e-mail address, an address for browsing resources on the Internet, and any other character string as one telephone directory information. 3. The portable wireless telephone device according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The transmitting means for transmitting to an e-mail address selected from connection information relating to a character string collated as a result of the search by a transmitting means.
The portable wireless telephone device according to claim 1. 5. A transmitting means for transmitting to an address for browsing a resource on the Internet selected from connection information relating to a character string collated as a result of the search by a transmitting means. The portable wireless telephone device according to 1. 6. The portable radio telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting means transmits the telephone number selected from the connection information related to the character string collated as a result of the search.