JP2001274879A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone set for giving information on the voice incoming call, mail incoming call, a message memo and the incoming call of automatic answering telephone, which are unanswered. SOLUTION: A communication part 11 receives information and an incoming call information control means 24 judges whether an operation part 21 performs prescribed answering during the informing operation of this received information. When the answering is not performed, information on the unanswered incoming call and the name, the telephone number, etc., of an opposite party of the incoming call are stored in an incoming call memory 17. A timer 22 measures a fixed time and when a fixed period passes, whether unanswered incoming call exists in a call incoming memory is judged. When the unanswered incoming call exists, a vibrator 12 or a speaker 13 is operated to give information on the unanswered incoming call.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone, and more particularly, to a portable telephone having a notifying means when receiving incoming information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional portable telephone has not only a call function but also a function of sending and receiving mails such as characters, and a message memo function of transmitting a response message and recording a message of a partner when a call cannot be answered. And multi-functionalization is progressing. Also, there is an answering machine service in which when the telephone call cannot be answered, the other party's business is recorded on the network side.

[0003] Such a portable telephone displays "incoming call" on the display means when there is an incoming call when the user cannot answer the call (incoming call unanswered notification). When an e-mail is received, an icon indicating that the e-mail has been received is displayed (e-mail arrival notification). When a message of the other party is recorded in the message memo, an icon indicating the message memo and the number of recorded messages are displayed. (Answer message notification), and an icon indicating that an answering machine is present when the answering machine is recorded on the network side (answering machine notification).

[0004]

However, in such a mobile phone, the above-mentioned notification is not received because the above-mentioned notification of unanswered call, notification of incoming mail, message memo notification and answering machine notification are notification by display. However, there is a problem that it is not possible to confirm that it is necessary to look at the display unit.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and provides a portable telephone for notifying the above-described missed call notification, mail arrival notification, message memo notification, and answering machine notification using notification means other than display. The purpose is to:

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a portable telephone having communication means for performing wireless communication and notification means for notifying that information has been received by the communication means.
Control means for determining whether or not a predetermined operation has been performed during the notification operation by the notification means; and periodically determining that there is incoming information when the control means has not performed the predetermined operation during the notification operation. Since the notification is performed by the notification means, it is possible to periodically confirm that the incoming information exists.

Further, the present invention provides a portable telephone having communication means for performing wireless communication and a notifying section for notifying that the information has been received by the communication means, wherein a predetermined operation is performed during a notifying operation by the notifying means. A control means for determining whether or not the notification has been made, and the control means notifies the presence of the incoming information when the predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation by the notification means after a predetermined time, At a predetermined time, the presence of incoming information can be confirmed.

Further, the present invention provides a portable telephone having communication means for performing wireless communication and notification means for notifying that information has been received by the communication means, wherein a predetermined operation is performed during a notification operation by the notification means. The control means for determining whether or not the reception has been performed, and the control means determines that there is incoming information when a predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation, the reception electric field strength becomes lower than a predetermined reception electric field strength. When the received electric field becomes lower than a predetermined electric field intensity, the presence of the incoming call information can be confirmed.

Further, the portable telephone according to the present invention has at least one of the incoming call information of incoming voice, incoming mail, message memo, and answering machine. Further, the mobile phone according to the present invention, when the incoming information is at least two of voice incoming, mail incoming, message memo, and answering machine,
If the operation is not performed within the predetermined time, the notification unit performs a different notification for each piece of incoming information, and thus confirms whether the incoming information is the voice incoming call, the incoming mail, the message memo, or the answering machine. be able to.

Further, the present invention provides a communication terminal having a receiving means for receiving a mail, a notifying means for notifying that the mail has been received by the receiving means, a storage means for storing the received mail, Since there is a judgment means for judging whether or not the caller is a specific caller, and a notification means for making a notification in a different form according to the result of the judgment means, the mail from the specific sender is Can be confirmed without looking at the display.

Further, the portable terminal of the present invention has a control means for judging whether or not a predetermined operation has been performed during the notification of the mail reception, and a control means for determining whether or not the predetermined operation has been performed during the notification operation by the control means. In addition, since the notification means is periodically notified, it is possible to confirm that there is an unanswered mail from a specific sender without watching the display after a lapse of a predetermined time.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A specific description will be given with reference to embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a communication unit 11 for transmitting and receiving a radio signal via an antenna 10 and the reception and reception information of a radio signal (voice reception, mail reception, message memo, answering machine, etc.) ) By vibrating, and a speaker 13 for notifying the arrival of a radio signal and confirming the incoming information by sound and outputting a voice of a call, and a microphone 14 for inputting a voice.
And a ROM 15 in which a control program is stored, and a telephone directory memory in which the name, telephone number, mail address, etc. of the other party and setting information of various functions are stored.
16, a receiving memory 17 for storing the name and telephone number of the called party, a mail storing memory 18 for storing received mails and the like, and a voice content of the called party when the user cannot answer the phone. A voice memory 19 to be stored, a display unit 20 for displaying the name and telephone number of the called party, a received mail, and the like, and an operation unit 2 for operating the mobile phone
1, a timer 22 for measuring time, and a control unit 23 for controlling the above-mentioned units.

The control section 20 further comprises incoming call notification control means 24 for controlling the notification operation at the time of incoming call, which is a characteristic part of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the procedure for processing the notification operation of the first embodiment when an incoming call arrives at the portable telephone according to one embodiment of the present invention. Here, a description will be given of an incoming voice call as an example. In the standby state, if there is an incoming voice to the communication unit 11 via the antenna 10 (step S20)
1) The incoming call notification control means 24 determines whether or not the operation unit 21 has been operated to respond to the incoming voice (step S202). If a response operation has been performed, the call ends. Return to the standby state.

If no response operation is performed in step S202, the incoming call notification control means 24 stores the name and telephone number or telephone number of the called party together with the information on the unanswered incoming call in the incoming call memory 17, and stores the information for a predetermined time ( For example, the timer 22 for measuring 5 minutes is started.
Next, the incoming call notification control means 24 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed (step S203). When the predetermined time has elapsed, it determines whether or not there is an incoming call unanswered in the incoming call memory ( If there is no unanswered incoming call in step S204, the process returns to the standby state.

If there is an incoming call unanswered in step S204, the incoming call notification control means 24 outputs a sound different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, if the normal incoming call notification is set to a sound notification operation). The loudspeaker 13 is operated so as to report the non-response of the incoming call with a short ringing sound (step S205), and returns to the standby state after the completion of the non-response-notifying operation. When the normal incoming call notification is set to a notification operation by vibration, a notification operation of an unanswered incoming call is performed with a vibration different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, a vibration shorter in time than the incoming call notification operation or an intermittent vibration). The vibrator 12 is operated so as to perform the following. This process is repeated as long as there is an incoming call unanswered. Further, in the present embodiment, the vibrator 12 and the speaker 13 are separately described as the incoming call notification means, but the notification may be performed using both of them.

As described above, in this embodiment, when there is an incoming call unanswered, by notifying the incoming call unanswered periodically, it is possible to check that the incoming call unanswered exists without checking the display unit. You can check.

Next, another notification operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for processing a notification operation according to the second embodiment when an incoming call is received by the mobile phone according to one embodiment of the present invention. Here, a description will be given of an incoming voice call as an example. In the present embodiment, an unanswered incoming call notification time (for example, a meeting end time) by operating the operation unit 21.
Is set in the RAM 16 in advance.

First, in the standby state, when there is an incoming voice to the communication unit 11 via the antenna 10 (step S30).
1) The incoming notification control means 24 determines whether or not the operation unit 21 has been operated to respond to the incoming voice (step S302). Return to the standby state. Step S3 above
When the answering operation is not performed in 02, the incoming call notification control means 24 stores the name and telephone number or telephone number of the called party together with the information of the unanswered incoming call in the incoming call memory 17.

Next, the incoming call notification control means 24 compares the time of the clock with the unanswered incoming call response time set in the RAM 16 (step S303). It is determined whether or not there is a response (step S304). If there is no unanswered call, the process returns to the standby state.

If there is an unanswered incoming call in step S304, the incoming call notification control means 24 outputs a sound different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, if the normal incoming call notification is set to a sound notification operation). The loudspeaker 13 is operated so as to report the non-response of the incoming call with a short sound (such as a short sound) (step S305). When the normal incoming call notification is set to a notification operation by vibration, a notification operation of an unanswered incoming call is performed with a vibration different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, a vibration shorter in time than the incoming call notification operation or an intermittent vibration). The vibrator 12 is operated so as to perform the following.

In this embodiment, the incoming call notifying means includes:
Although the vibrator 12 and the speaker 13 have been described separately, the notification may be performed using both of them. As described above, in the present embodiment, when there is an incoming call unanswered, by notifying the incoming call unanswered at a predetermined time, it is possible to confirm that the incoming call unanswered exists without checking the display unit. Can be confirmed.

Next, another notification operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing a notification operation according to the third embodiment at the time of an incoming call of the mobile phone according to one embodiment of the present invention. Here, a description will be given of an incoming voice call as an example.

In this embodiment, the electric field strength of the weak electric field for notifying the incoming call unanswered is stored in the ROM 15 in advance, and the received electric field strength of the signal received by the communication unit in FIG.
When the received electric field intensity becomes equal to or less than the electric field intensity stored in the ROM 15, an incoming call unanswered is notified.

First, in the standby state, when there is an incoming voice to the communication unit 11 via the antenna 10 (step S40).
1) The incoming call notification control means 24 determines whether or not the operation unit 21 has been operated to respond to the incoming voice (step S402). If a response operation has been performed, the call is terminated. Return to the standby state.

If no response operation is performed in step S402, the incoming call notification control means 24 stores the name and telephone number or telephone number of the incoming caller in the incoming call memory 17 together with the information of unanswered incoming call.

Next, the incoming call notification control means 24
The received electric field intensity measured in step 1 is compared with the electric field intensity preset in the ROM 15 (step S403).
When the received electric field strength becomes equal to or less than the preset electric field strength, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call unanswered in the incoming call memory (step S404). Returns to the standby state.

If there is an unanswered incoming call in step S404, the incoming call notification control means 24 outputs a sound different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, if the normal incoming call notification is set to a sound notification operation). The loudspeaker 13 is operated so as to report the incoming call unanswered by a short ringing sound or the like (step S405), and returns to the standby state after the end of the incoming call unanswered notification operation. When the normal incoming call notification is set to a notification operation by vibration, a notification operation of an unanswered incoming call is performed with a vibration different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, a vibration shorter in time than the incoming call notification operation or an intermittent vibration). The vibrator 12 is operated so as to perform the following.

Further, in this embodiment, as the incoming call notifying means,
Although the vibrator 12 and the speaker 13 have been described separately, the notification may be performed using both of them. As described above, in the present embodiment, when there is an incoming call unanswered, when the received electric field strength becomes equal to or less than the preset electric field strength, the incoming call unacknowledged is notified so that the incoming call can be received without confirming the display unit. It can be confirmed that there is a non-response.

Although the first to third embodiments of the present embodiment have been described for the case of voice incoming as the incoming information, the present invention can also be applied to incoming mail, message memo, answering machine and the like. Also,
If there are multiple pieces of incoming information, for example, incoming voice and incoming email, by making each notification different, it is possible to confirm which notification is being performed without looking at the display unit it can.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Second
The configuration of the mobile phone of the embodiment is the same as that of FIG.
The configuration of the telephone directory memory that stores the name, telephone number, mail address, and the like of the other party stored in the AM 16 is different.

In this embodiment, the received mail address of the sender is compared with the mail address stored in the RAM, and if there is a matched mail address, the matched mail address is set. The notification operation is performed in a notification form of the unanswered incoming call.

First, the configuration of the telephone directory memory will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. Area 51, a name area 52 for storing a name, a company name, etc., a telephone number area 53 for storing a telephone number, a mail address area 54 for storing a mail address, and whether or not to notify when a call has not been answered. And an incoming call non-response setting area 55 for storing information on whether or not the call has been answered. In this embodiment,
Each memory NO. The notification of the unanswered call is set for each group. However, the name, the telephone number, the mail address, etc. are divided into groups (for example, company, friends, etc.) in advance, and the notification of the unanswered call is set for each group. It does not matter.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing a notification operation at the time of an incoming call of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Here, a description will be given of an incoming mail as an example.

First, when a mail arrives at the communication unit 11 via the antenna 10 in the standby state (step S6).
01), the incoming call notification control unit 24 determines whether or not the operation unit 21 has been operated to respond to the incoming mail (step S602). If a response operation has been performed, the call ends. Return to the standby state.

If no response operation is performed in step S602, the incoming call notification control means 24 stores the mail address and the like of the called party and the received mail text together with the information on the unanswered call in the mail storage memory 18, and stores the information. The timer 22 for measuring time (for example, 5 minutes) is started. Next, the incoming call notification control means 24 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed (step S603). After the predetermined time has elapsed, it determines whether or not there is an incoming call unanswered in the mail storage area. (Step S604),
If there is no unanswered incoming call, the process returns to the standby state.

If there is an unanswered incoming call in step S 604, the incoming call notification control means 24 determines whether the unanswered incoming mail address stored in the mail storage memory 18 and the mail address stored in the RAM 16 correspond to each other. A comparison is made (step S605), and if there is no matching mail address, the process returns to the standby state.

If there is a matching mail address in step S605, the setting status of the incoming call unanswered setting area 55 corresponding to the next matched mail address is checked (step S606), and the incoming call unanswered setting is changed to " OF
If it is set to "F", the terminal returns to the standby state without notifying of the incoming call unanswered.

If the incoming call unanswered setting is set to "ON" in step S606, the notification of the incoming call unanswered is notified by a sound (for example, a short ringing sound) different from the normal incoming call notification. The speaker 13 is operated so as to perform the notification (step S607), and returns to the standby state after the completion of the non-answering notification operation. When the normal incoming call notification is set to a notification operation by vibration, a notification operation of an unanswered incoming call is performed with a vibration different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, a vibration shorter in time than the incoming call notification operation or an intermittent vibration). The vibrator 12 is operated so as to perform the following.

Further, in this embodiment, as the incoming call notifying means,
Although the vibrator 12 and the speaker 13 have been described separately, the notification may be performed using both of them. As described above, in the present embodiment, when there is an unanswered mail to a preset mail address, the display unit notifies the presence of unanswered mail at regular time intervals, thereby displaying the display unit. , It can be confirmed that there is an unanswered mail.

Although the present embodiment has been described for the case of mail arrival as the arrival information, the present invention can also be applied to voice arrival, message memo, answering machine, etc. In this case, not a comparison of email addresses. This can be done by comparing names and phone numbers. When a plurality of notification modes of unanswered calls can be set, the telephone directory memory stores the information in groups, and sets a different notification mode of unanswered calls for each group. By simply listening to the notification of the unanswered call, the user can confirm which group of unanswered mails exists.

Although the present embodiment has been described with respect to a mobile phone,
The present invention can be applied not only to a mobile phone but also to a communication terminal having a function of receiving mail. Further, in the case of the present embodiment, the description has been given of the unanswered mail.
When an incoming call is notified, the operation of notifying the arrival of mail from a specific sender and the arrival of mail from other senders is different, so that it is applied to determine whether the mail is important when the mail arrives It is also possible.

[0044]

As described above, according to the portable telephone of the present invention, when there is an incoming call unanswered, the user is notified of the incoming call unanswered periodically, so that the user can check the display unit without checking the display unit. It is possible to confirm that there is an incoming call unanswered, and to improve an opportunity to miss an important voice incoming call, mail, message memo, answering machine, etc., thereby improving the usability of the user.

In addition, according to the portable telephone of the present invention, when there is an unanswered call, the user is notified of the unanswered call at the set time, so that the user can check the unanswered call without checking the display unit. Can be confirmed, and the opportunity to miss important voice calls, e-mails, message memos, answering machines, etc. can be improved, so that the usability of the user can be improved.

Further, according to the portable telephone of the present invention, when there is an incoming call unanswered, the user is notified of the incoming call unanswered when the electric power is weakened, so that the user does not need to check the display unit.
It is possible to confirm that there is an incoming call unanswered, and to improve an opportunity to miss an important voice incoming call, mail, message memo, answering machine, etc., thereby improving the usability of the user.

Further, according to the portable terminal of the present invention, when there is an unanswered mail to a preset mail address, it is notified that there is an unanswered mail at regular time intervals. Without confirming the display unit, it is possible to confirm that there is an unanswered mail, and it is possible to improve an opportunity to miss an important mail, thereby improving the usability of the user. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a first example of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention when a call is received.
It is a flowchart which shows the procedure for processing the alerting | reporting operation | movement of 1st Embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a second example of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention when a call is received.
It is a flowchart which shows the procedure for processing the alerting | reporting operation | movement of 1st Embodiment.

FIG. 4 shows a third example of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention when a call is received.
It is a flowchart which shows the procedure for processing the alerting | reporting operation | movement of 1st Embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a telephone directory memory of a RAM according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for processing a notification operation at the time of an incoming call of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Antenna 11: Communication unit 12: Vibrator 13: Speaker 14: Microphone 15: ROM
16: RAM 17: Incoming memory 18: Mail storage memory 1
9: Voice memory 20: Display unit 21: Operation unit 22: Timer 2
3: control unit 24: incoming call notification control means

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone having communication means for performing wireless communication and notification means for notifying that information has been received by said communication means, wherein a predetermined operation is performed during a notification operation by said notification means. A control unit that determines whether or not there is incoming information when a predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation, and controls the notification unit to periodically notify the presence of incoming information. A mobile phone characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. A portable telephone having a communication unit for performing wireless communication and a notification unit for notifying that information has been received by the communication unit, wherein a predetermined operation is performed during a notification operation by the notification unit. A control unit that determines whether or not there is incoming information when a predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation, the control unit notifies the presence of the incoming information after a predetermined time by the notification unit Mobile phone characterized by the following control. 3. A mobile phone having communication means for performing wireless communication and notification means for notifying that information has been received by said communication means, wherein a predetermined operation is performed during a notification operation by said notification means. Control means to determine whether or not, the control means, the presence of incoming information when a predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation, the reception field strength is lower than a predetermined reception field strength A mobile phone, which is controlled so as to be notified by the notifying unit when the mobile phone is turned off. 4. The incoming call information includes a voice incoming call, a mail incoming call,
4. A message memo or an answering machine, wherein at least one is provided.
The described mobile phone. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the incoming information is a voice incoming, a mail incoming,
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein when there is at least two of a message memo and an answering machine, the notifying unit performs a different notification for each incoming call information when no operation is performed within the predetermined time. A mobile phone according to claim 2 or claim 3. 6. A communication terminal comprising: receiving means for receiving a mail; and notifying means for notifying that the mail has been received by the receiving means; storage means for storing the received mail; and a sender of the received mail. A communication terminal comprising: a determination unit that determines whether or not is a specific sender; and a notification unit that performs notification by changing a notification mode according to a result of the determination unit. 7. A control means for judging whether or not a predetermined operation has been performed during the notification of the reception of the mail, and when the control means has not performed the predetermined operation during the notification operation, 7. The communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the notifying unit notifies the notifying unit periodically.