JP2001290830A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience in Internet retrieval by determining one key word as a retrieval key word. SOLUTION: Of a portable telephone set, the CPU displays a menu page on a display (step S2) when operation for displaying the menu page is done, determines one of key words as a retrieval key word (step S4) when operation for determining the retrieval key word is done, and calls the URL corresponding to the key word determined as the retrieval key word as a link destination (step S5). When one key word is to be determined as the retrieval key word, the need for the portable telephone set to wait until a connection with the Internet is established prior to the determination is eliminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone which can be connected to the Internet.

In recent years, portable telephones have become widespread.
RL (Uniform Resource Locator: WWW (World Wide
There are also models that can connect to the Internet by linking to (Web) server address). By connecting to the Internet with one of the URLs as a link destination, this device can display a page provided by the linked URL on a display, whereby the user can display the displayed page. Various information described can be obtained.

[0002] In addition, if a page provided by a URL of a link destination inputs any keyword, selects any title, or selects any URL.
If the menu page allows the user to enter a keyword as a search keyword, a search title, or a search URL, the user can enter any keyword on the menu page, By selecting a title or entering one of the URLs and determining them as a search keyword, a search title or a search URL, the URL and the search title corresponding to the keyword determined as the search keyword are determined. It is possible to link to the URL corresponding to the title or the URL determined as the search URL, and it is possible to perform Internet search.

[0003] However, in the above-described conventional device, the user first provides a menu page.
Connect the mobile phone to the Internet with the RL as the link destination, and then enter any keyword, select any title, or select any URL
, Or enter them as a search keyword, a search title, or a search URL.

[0004] Therefore, when a user decides any keyword, title or URL as a search keyword, search title or search URL, the user waits for the time until the mobile phone is connected to the Internet before proceeding. And it was inconvenient.

Also, while any keyword, title, or URL is determined as a search keyword, search title, or search URL, the mobile phone is connected to the Internet. If the pay-as-you-go method is adopted, the cost is low.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to determine one of the elements as a search element as one of services on the Internet to perform Internet search. Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone which can improve the convenience and, if the pay-per-use method is adopted, can also improve the economic efficiency.

[0007]

According to the portable telephone of the present invention, the storage means can store a menu page indicating that any element can be determined as a search element, and the control means: When a predetermined operation is performed on the operation means, the menu page stored in the storage means is displayed on the display means, and when another predetermined operation is performed on the operation means, one of the elements is determined as a search element, U corresponding to the element determined as the search element
By calling the RL as a link destination, it is connected to the Internet.

[0008] That is, according to this, first, a predetermined operation is performed to display a menu page,
Next, by performing another predetermined operation, one of the elements is determined as a search element, and a URL corresponding to the element determined as the search element is called as a link destination, thereby connecting to the Internet. .

Therefore, the user can determine any one of the elements as a search element without connecting the mobile phone to the Internet. You can eliminate the need to wait for the mobile phone to connect to the Internet beforehand,
Accordingly, convenience can be improved. Further, in this case, if a pay-as-you-go method in which the communication fee is charged for the communication time is employed, the economic efficiency can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the control means is configured to be able to update the menu page stored in the storage means. That is, according to this configuration, since the menu page can be updated, when the menu page is updated on the Internet, the latest menu page can be stored in accordance with the update, and the latest menu page can be stored. A menu page can be displayed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the control means causes the menu page to be received from the Internet, the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page received from the Internet, and the creation of the menu page stored in the storage means. By comparing the menu page received from the Internet with the version information indicating the date and time, the menu page can be updated on condition that the menu page is newer in time series than the menu page stored in the storage means.

That is, according to this, the version information indicating the date and time of creation of the menu page received from the Internet is compared with the version information indicating the date and time of creation of the stored menu page, whereby the menu page is received from the Internet. The menu page can be updated on the condition that the menu page is newer in time series than the stored menu page. Therefore, when the menu page is updated on the Internet, the menu page is created on the mobile phone. By performing the process of comparing the version information indicating the date and time, the latest menu page can be stored, and the latest menu page can be displayed.

According to the portable telephone of the fourth aspect, the control means transmits version information indicating the date and time of creation of the menu page stored in the storage means to the Internet, and transmits the version information from the menu page stored in the storage means from the Internet. Also, a menu page can be updated by receiving a new menu page in chronological order.

That is, according to this, the version information indicating the date and time of creation of the stored menu page is transmitted to the Internet, and a menu page newer than the stored menu page is received from the Internet in chronological order. Since the menu page can be updated, when the menu page is updated on the Internet, the mobile phone does not perform the process of comparing the version information indicating the date and time of creation of the menu page, and performs time-series processing from the Internet. By receiving a new menu page, the latest menu page can be stored and the latest menu page can be displayed.

According to the portable telephone of the fifth aspect, the element is a keyword, a title, or a URL.

That is, according to this, a menu page is displayed by first performing a predetermined operation,
Next, by performing another predetermined operation, any keyword, title or URL is determined as a search keyword, search title or search URL, and corresponds to the keyword, title or URL determined as the search keyword, search title or search URL. The URL is sent as a link destination to connect to the Internet.

Therefore, the user can determine any keyword, title, or URL as a search keyword, search title, or search URL without connecting the mobile phone to the Internet. , Title or URL as a search keyword, search title or search U
Prior to the determination as the RL, it is not necessary to wait for the time until the mobile phone is connected to the Internet, and the convenience can be improved accordingly. Further, in this case, if a pay-as-you-go method in which the communication fee is charged for the communication time is employed, the economic efficiency can be improved.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, FIG. 2 schematically shows the configuration of a mobile phone and a network. In the mobile phone 1, the CPU 2 (control means in the present invention) includes a wireless circuit 3 for performing wireless processing, a voice circuit 6 for performing voice processing of transmitted voice input by the microphone 4 and received voice output by the receiver 5, "Call start" key to start the call, "call end" key to end the call, and numbers "0" to
A keypad 7 (operating means according to the present invention) provided with a number of keys such as "numeric" keys for inputting "9", and a display 8 (display according to the present invention) for displaying various display information Means) and a memory 9 (storage means in the present invention) for storing various storage information.

In the mobile telephone network 10, a center 11
Has a function as a protocol conversion gateway with the Internet 12. With such a configuration, in the mobile phone 1, the CPU 2
It is possible to connect to the Internet 12 through 0 (base station 13).

As shown in FIG. 3, the memory 9 can input any keyword as a search keyword and determine it as one of the stored information, and use any title as a search title. The CPU 2 stores a menu page indicating that the menu page can be selected and confirmed or that one of the URLs is input as the search URL and can be confirmed, and the CPU 2 operates a predetermined key for displaying the menu page. When this is detected (when it is detected that the predetermined operation of the present invention has been performed), the menu page can be read from the memory 9 and the read menu page can be displayed on the display 8.
The keywords, titles and URLs correspond to the elements according to the present invention.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 4 to 7. First, CPU
2 detects that a predetermined key for displaying a menu page is operated (detects that a predetermined operation according to the present invention is performed), determines “YES” in step S1, and The menu page is read, and the read menu page is displayed on the display 8 (step S2).

The CPU 2 determines whether one of the keywords is input and fixed as a search keyword on the menu page, one of the titles is selected and fixed as the search title, or one of the URs.
It is determined whether L has been input and determined as a search URL (step S3), and when it is detected that those keys have been operated (when it is detected that another predetermined operation in the present invention has been performed). In step S3, "YES" is determined, and in accordance with the operation, the input keyword is determined as the search keyword, the selected title is determined as the search title, or the input URL is determined as the search URL (step S3). S4).

Then, by causing the radio circuit 3 to call, the CPU 2 sets the URL corresponding to the keyword determined as the search keyword, the URL corresponding to the title determined as the search title, or the URL determined as the search URL as the link destination. Connect to the Internet (step S5), and display the page provided by the linked URL on the display 8 (step S5).
6).

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4A, the CPU 2 inputs, for example, "dog" as one of the keywords, and determines that the inputted keyword "dog" is determined as a search keyword. Then, a URL corresponding to the keyword "dog" determined as a search keyword is connected to the Internet as a link destination, and FIG.
As shown in (5), the page provided by the URL of the link destination is displayed on the display 8.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the CPU 2 selects, for example, "gourmet" as one of the titles and determines the selected title "gourmet" as a search title. The URL corresponding to the determined title “gourmet” is connected to the Internet as a link destination, and a page provided by the link destination URL is displayed on the display 8 as shown in FIG. 5B.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, the CPU 2 sets, as one of the URLs, “http: // www.
Xxxxxx.xx.xx "and search the input URL" http: //www.xxxxxx.xx.xx ".
When the URL is determined as “URL”, the URL “http: //www.xxxxxx.xxxxxx”, which is the URL determined as the search URL, is connected to the Internet as a link destination, and as shown in FIG. The page provided by the linked URL is displayed on the display 8. In this case, "http: /
In "/www.xxxxxx.xx.xx", "x" indicates an alphabetic character or a number that is permitted to be used.

The mobile phone 1 receives a menu page from a specific server on the Internet 12 by connecting to one of the URLs as a link destination to the Internet 12 in this way.

The CPU 2 is connected to the Internet 12
Is compared with the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page received from the Internet 12 and the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page stored in the memory 9 at that time (step S7). If the menu page is newer than the menu page stored in the memory 9 in chronological order, "YES" is determined in the step S7, and an update screen indicating the update of the menu page is displayed on the display 8 as shown in FIG. S8).

When the CPU 2 detects that a predetermined key for updating the menu page has been operated, it determines "YES" in a step S9 and returns to the menu page stored in the memory 9 earlier than this. Instead, the menu page newly received from the Internet 12 is stored in the memory 9, thereby updating the menu page (step S10).

By the way, the case of inputting any keyword, selecting any title, or inputting any URL on one menu page has been described above. They may be different, that is, the menu page for inputting any keyword, the menu page for selecting any title, or the menu page for inputting any URL is different from each other. Performs the same processing.

Also, a case where the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page received from the Internet 12 and the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page stored in the memory 9 at that time are automatically compared is described. However, on condition that the user operates a predetermined key, version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page received from the Internet 12 and version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page stored in the memory 9 at that time It is also possible to configure to compare

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the menu page is first displayed on the display 8 by performing an operation for displaying the menu page, and then the search keyword, the search title or the search URL is displayed. By performing the operation to determine the
Any keyword, any title, or any URL is determined as a search keyword, a search title, or a search URL, and a URL corresponding to the keyword determined as the search keyword, a URL or search corresponding to the title determined as the search title is determined. It is configured to connect to the Internet 12 by calling the URL determined as the URL as a link destination.

Therefore, the user can determine any keyword, title, or URL as a search keyword, search title, or search URL without connecting the mobile phone 1 to the Internet 12, whereby any one of them can be determined. In determining the keyword, title, or URL of the mobile phone 1 as a search keyword, search title, or search URL, it is not necessary to wait for the time until the mobile phone 1 is connected to the Internet 12, Accordingly, convenience can be improved. Further, in this case, if a pay-as-you-go method in which the communication fee is charged for the communication time is employed, the economic efficiency can be improved.

In this case, by comparing the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page received from the Internet 12 with the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page stored in the memory 9,
The menu page received from the Internet 12 is
The menu page can be updated on the condition that it is newer in time series than the menu page stored in the memory 9. Therefore, when the menu page is updated on the Internet 12, the menu page is displayed on the mobile phone 1. The latest menu page can be stored in the memory 9 and the latest menu page can be displayed on the display 8 by performing the process of comparing the version information indicating the creation date and time of the.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The same steps as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same step numbers, and description thereof is omitted. Hereinafter, different parts will be described. In the first embodiment described above, the mobile phone 1 receives a menu page from a specific server on the Internet 12, and the menu page received from the Internet 12 is more time-series than the menu page stored in the memory 9 at that time. The menu page is updated on the condition that the menu page is new. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, version information indicating the date and time of creation of the menu page stored in the memory 9 is stored in the Internet 1.
2, and updates the menu page on the condition that the menu page is received from the specific server on the Internet 12 accordingly.

That is, the CPU 2 executes any of the URLs
Is linked to the Internet 12 to transmit version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page stored in the memory 9 to a specific server on the Internet 12 (step S11).

When the server receives the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page transmitted from the mobile phone 1, the server receives the version information indicating the creation date and time of the received menu page and the version indicating the creation date and time of the menu page held at that time. When the menu page held at that time is newer in time series than the menu page received from the mobile phone 1, the stored menu page is transmitted to the mobile phone 1, and When the menu page held at that time is not newer in time series than the menu page received from the mobile phone 1, the held menu page is not transmitted to the mobile phone 1.

The CPU 2 is connected to the Internet 12
When the menu page is received from, a determination of "YES" is made in step S12, and an update screen indicating the update of the menu page is displayed on the display 8 as shown in FIG. 7 described in the first embodiment (step S8), When it is detected that a predetermined key for updating the menu page has been operated, “YES” is determined in the step S9.
And the menu page previously stored in the memory 9 is replaced with a new Internet 12
Is stored in the memory 9 to update the menu page (step S1).
0).

By the way, in this case as well, on condition that the user operates a predetermined key, version information indicating the date and time of creation of the menu page stored in the memory 9 is transmitted to a specific server on the Internet 12. It is also possible. Also, version information indicating the date and time of creation of the menu page is transmitted to the Internet 12
It is also possible to configure the server to periodically transmit the latest menu page to the mobile phone 1 by having the server manage the version information without having the specific server transmit the version information.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the same functions and effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained. In this case, the date and time of creation of the menu page stored in the memory 9 can be obtained. Is transmitted to the Internet 12 and a menu page that is newer than the menu page stored in the memory 9 is received in time series from the Internet 12, thereby updating the menu page. When the menu page is updated on the mobile phone 12, the mobile phone 1 does not perform the process of comparing the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page.
By receiving a new menu page from the Internet 12 in a time series, the latest menu page can be stored in the memory 9 and the latest menu page can be displayed on the display 8.

(Other Embodiments) The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows. The display format of the menu page may be another format, and the selectable title may be another format.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing control contents according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of electrical functional blocks and a network;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display on a display.

FIG. 4 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing control contents according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawings, 1 is a mobile phone, 2 is a CPU (control means), 7
Denotes a keypad (operation means), 8 denotes a display (display means), 9 denotes a memory (storage means), and 12 denotes the Internet.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone configured to be connectable to the Internet, wherein a storage means capable of storing a menu page indicating that any element can be determined as a search element, and a predetermined operation is performed by the operation means. The menu page stored in the storage means is displayed on the display means, and when another predetermined operation is performed on the operation means, one of the elements is determined as a search element, and the element determined as the search element is determined. And a control unit for connecting to the Internet by calling a URL corresponding to the URL as a link destination. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to be able to update a menu page stored in the storage unit. 3. The control means receives a menu page from the Internet, version information indicating a date and time of creation of the menu page received from the Internet,
By comparing with the version information indicating the creation date and time of the menu page stored in the storage unit, the menu page received from the Internet is chronologically newer than the menu page stored in the storage unit. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein a menu page stored in said storage means is configured to be updated. 4. The control means transmits version information indicating the date and time of creation of the menu page stored in the storage means to the Internet, and updates the menu page from the Internet in a chronologically newer manner than the menu page stored in the storage means. By receiving the menu page,
3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the menu page stored in the storage unit is configured to be updateable. 5. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the element is a keyword, a title, or a URL.