JP2001320469A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set that can quickly conduct automatic registration of a telephone directory at the arrival of an incoming call with a caller number notice service. SOLUTION: The telephone set of this invention where, when a caller telephone number is not registered in a telephone directory at the arrival of an incoming call with a caller telephone number notice service, the caller telephone number is automatically registered in the telephone directory and the telephone set shifts to a speech communication state, displays a menu urging registration of the caller number to the telephone directory at the end of speech communication.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone, and more particularly, to a telephone capable of automatically registering an unregistered telephone number upon receiving a call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A telephone is provided with a telephone directory, and a telephone number of a communication partner and information relating to the telephone number can be registered in advance by key input operation. On the other hand, such registration of the other party's telephone number in the telephone directory can be automatically performed when a call is received from the other party. This is because, when the caller ID is received, the telephone number of the other party is notified, and it is determined whether or not this is the same as the number already stored in the telephone directory stored in advance. Query,
If the telephone number has not been registered, the incoming telephone number is assigned to a predetermined free memory number, and thereafter the registration can be performed by inputting the name of the destination and other information corresponding to the telephone number.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for automatically registering a caller telephone number at the time of an incoming call in a conventional telephone. When there is an incoming call accompanied by a caller ID notification, a telephone directory search is performed, and if the received telephone number is a telephone number that has not been registered in the telephone directory, it is automatically registered in the telephone directory. In this state, the call is changed to a call, and when the call ends, the state of the screen 310 is set. After a certain time has elapsed or a predetermined key operation is performed, the standby state is entered and the standby screen 320 is displayed. In this state, unregistered telephone numbers have already been registered in vacant memory numbers in the telephone directory.

[0004] If the received telephone number is a memory number 302
In order to complete the registration work, a screen 330 for designating a memory number is called from the telephone directory search menu. Next, a search call is made for the automatically registered telephone directory data, and it is confirmed that the telephone number of the called party is registered in the memory number 302 (step 340). Next, telephone directory edit screens 350 and 360
Then, the name and the reading of the automatically registered destination telephone number are registered to complete the registration work.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional telephone, after automatically registering the unregistered incoming telephone number,
After returning to the standby state, the user must call the phonebook registration screen again from the menu screen to search for the automatically registered phone number, and then perform the editing work to complete the registration work for this phone number. Has to be performed. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has as its object to provide a telephone which can immediately register a telephone directory without calling the telephone directory registration screen from a menu screen after a call is completed. .

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a telephone which, when receiving a caller ID notification, automatically registers in the telephone directory if the caller ID has not been registered in the telephone directory and then transitions to a telephone call. At the end of the call, a screen for prompting telephone directory registration is displayed. In the telephone, after the end of the call, by pressing a predetermined key,
It is also possible to display a screen for prompting telephone directory registration. Further, the telephone may display a screen prompting the user to register the telephone directory after a predetermined time has elapsed after the end of the call. Further, the present invention relates to a telephone which, when an e-mail is received, automatically shifts to a call after registering in the telephone if the sender address of the e-mail is not registered in the telephone directory. A screen for prompting registration is displayed.

[0007]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a telephone to which the present invention is applied, particularly a portable mobile telephone. The transmission / reception circuit unit 10 to which the antenna is connected is a circuit that performs transmission / reception processing in the mobile communication terminal under the control of the control unit 12 including a CPU. That is, the transmission / reception circuit unit 10 modulates a voice message, a text message, a control signal, or the like with a high frequency and sends it out of the antenna, or demodulates a voice message, a text message, a control signal, or the like received from the antenna and controls the control unit 1
Output to 2.

The control unit 12 operates in accordance with control signals from the key operation unit 24 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 10 in accordance with a program stored in the flash memory 14, and controls the transmission / reception circuit unit 10, the LCD driver 18, and the audio processing unit 26. I do. Further, the control unit 12 is connected to the RAM 16,
The RAM 16 is used as a work area when executing a program stored in the flash memory 14. R
The AM 16 also stores learning function data, which is one of dictionary functions at the time of character input. The flash memory 14
It stores font information such as character messages and character patterns (including English and numeric characters) / icons (graphics) received from the message center, and is also used as a telephone directory memory to store a plurality of telephone numbers and names.

The LCD driver 18 drives the LCD display unit 22 under the control of the control unit 12 to display the same.
That is, the LCD driver 18 reads a character pattern (including English and numeric characters) and an icon (graphic) pattern corresponding to the control signal from the control unit 12 from the flash memory 14 and displays the same on the LCD display unit 22. Voice processing unit 26
Is connected to the speaker 28 and the microphone 30 to perform processing for amplifying the audio signal input from the control unit 12 and outputting the amplified audio signal from the speaker 28, or amplifying the audio signal input from the microphone 30 and outputting the amplified audio signal to the control unit 12. .

The illumination 32 is controlled to be turned on and off by the control unit 12 when a key is pressed or an incoming call is received, and when lit, the key operation unit 24 and the LCD display unit 22 are brightly illuminated. The vibrator 34 is connected to the control unit 12, and the control unit 12
Under the control of, it vibrates at the time of an incoming call etc. to notify it. The ringer or speaker 36 is controlled by the control unit 12 and sounds at the time of an incoming call or the like to notify it. The incoming LED (incoming light emitting diode) 38 is connected to the control unit 12 and, under the control of the control unit 12, blinks at the time of an incoming call or the like to notify it. The incoming call LED 38 is usually provided at the upper end of the front surface of the mobile communication terminal, and the speaker 28 is provided below the terminal front surface, and the LDC display unit 22 is provided below the terminal front surface.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a procedure for registering an unregistered telephone number by the telephone according to the present invention. Also in the present invention, the procedure of registering only the phone number in the phone book of the unregistered phone number received by the caller phone number notification,
This is the same as the procedure of the conventional automatic registration. That is, when a call is received with the caller ID notification, it is automatically determined whether or not the telephone number of the called party is a registered telephone number by performing a telephone directory search. As a result of the telephone directory search, if the telephone number is not registered in the telephone directory, only the other party's telephone number is automatically registered in the telephone directory first, and then the call is transferred.

When the call is completed in this way, a screen 110 shown in FIG. 1 is displayed. Thereafter, a screen 130 prompting for telephone directory registration is displayed without returning to the standby screen.
The transition from the screen 110 to the screen 130 can be performed immediately, or can be performed after a predetermined time has elapsed. In addition, the screen can be shifted by performing a predetermined key operation from the call termination screen 110. In any case, without returning to the standby screen, the screen 130
Is displayed. When the user selects telephone directory edit on screen 130, the edit menu is called immediately and screen 15
0 is displayed.

Since only the registered telephone numbers are displayed on this screen 150, the telephone directory registration is completed by inputting the names and readings for the telephone numbers one after another according to the display on the screen. . The editing operation from the screen 150 is the same as the conventional procedure. In addition,
When it is not desired to proceed with the phonebook registration while the screen 130 for prompting the phonebook registration is displayed (when No is selected), the screen returns to the standby screen.

Therefore, when the registration procedure for the automatically registered telephone number is performed again, the telephone directory search menu is called from this standby screen, and the registration is performed according to the normal registration procedure. In the above-described embodiment, only the registration for the telephone number has been described. However, the case where the e-mail address of the other party is automatically registered at the time of receiving the e-mail can be similarly performed.

[0015]

As described above, in the telephone according to the present invention, since the user can immediately proceed to the telephone directory registration after the end of the telephone call, there is no need to call the telephone directory registration menu, and the registration operation can be easily realized. There are advantages.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a telephone directory registration procedure by a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a conventional telephone directory registration procedure.

Claims (4)

[Claims] When a caller's number notification is received, if the caller's number is not registered in the telephone directory, the telephone automatically transitions to a telephone call after registering in the telephone directory. A telephone displaying a screen prompting registration. 2. When a caller's number notification is received, if the caller's number is not registered in the telephone directory, the telephone automatically transitions to a telephone call after registering in the telephone directory. By pressing the key,
A telephone displaying a screen for prompting telephone directory registration. 3. When a caller's number notification is received, if the caller's number is not registered in the telephone directory, the telephone automatically changes to the telephone directory and then switches to a telephone call. A screen that prompts the user to register a telephone directory after a lapse of time. 4. A telephone which, when an e-mail is received, automatically shifts to a telephone after registering in the telephone if the sender address of the e-mail is not registered in the telephone directory. A screen displaying a screen prompting the user.