JP2002016692A - Mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile communication terminal which can make response suitable to each user in an absence incoming mode and also can accurately and quickly transmit the incoming information without making the user confirm the communication terminal after a call is received. SOLUTION: This mobile communication terminal is provided with a telephone directory function that is connected to a communication network by radio to supply the voice calls or data calls and to record the telephone numbers, names and electronic mail addresses of plural calling opposite parties and users, an incoming mode answer deciding part 32 which retrieves a telephone directory by the caller's number of an incoming call to check presence or absence of a registered telephone number and extracts the character information associated with the caller's number from the telephone directory and an automatic transmission control part 33 which edits and transmits an electronic mail in response to the retrieved result of the part 32.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a telephone directory function (telephone directory function) and an electronic mail transmission function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional mobile communication terminal, when a user cannot answer an incoming call, a message can be transmitted by using an answering machine function by voice recording. When a response message is not input in advance or when the answering machine function is not used (at the time of a missed call), only the record of the incoming call history remains.

The conventional mobile communication terminal has the following problems. If the user is unable to respond to the incoming call and the record remains in the incoming call history, the user often does not notice even after the incoming call, and until the mobile communication terminal is confirmed, the user is informed that there is an incoming call Was not communicated. In particular, when the user does not have the mobile communication terminal or misplaced it, such as when misplaced,
I couldn't answer a call when I was absent for a long time, and I couldn't tell the caller what was happening.

[0004] In addition, when there is no response from the called party, the caller may be connected to the voice mail service by voice recording. At that time, a call fee is added to the calling side at the time of connection, and voice recording is required. It is unwilling to be charged a caller even if not.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when a mobile communication terminal misses a call, the user of the mobile communication terminal receives the missed call. Mobile communication terminal that can notify the caller and, if a mobile communication terminal is missed, makes the caller not bear the call cost by returning the message from the mobile communication terminal without having the caller make an absence recording The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal connected to a base station via a radio line, wherein personal identification information and a message corresponding to the personal identification information are provided. Storage means for storing information, and receiving means for receiving a call signal from the base station,
Extracting means for extracting a caller number included in the received call signal; and an individual in which the extracted caller number is stored in the memory when no response instruction is given to the received call signal. Identification means for identifying the stored message information corresponding to one of the pieces of identification information, and transmission means for transmitting the identified message information to the caller ID, A mobile communication terminal comprising:

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal connected to a base station via a radio line, wherein personal identification information, corresponding message information and an address are stored. Storage means, receiving means for receiving a calling signal from the base station, extracting means for extracting a caller number included in the received calling signal, and a response instruction to the received incoming signal. If no, and if the extracted caller number matches one of the stored personal identification information, a specifying means for specifying the stored message information corresponding to the one personal identification information And a transmitting means for transmitting the specified message information to the stored address.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, mobile communication terminals are roughly divided into a radio system and a control system. Although a detailed description is omitted here, the wireless system modulates the sound from the microphone and transmits it as a wireless signal to the base station, and demodulates the wireless signal received from the base station and reproduces the sound with a speaker. And a receiving unit 2.

On the other hand, the control system includes a control circuit 3, a storage unit 4, a liquid crystal display unit 5, a key input unit 6, and an alarm sounding unit 7.

The liquid crystal display unit 5 is driven by a display drive unit (not shown), and displays a telephone number input by a dial key, a message content at the time of character transmission, and the like. The key input unit 6 includes function keys such as a dial and character input keys, a transmission request key, and an end request key.

The storage unit 4 stores destination information such as a telephone number by a terminal user, a message to be automatically answered when an incoming call cannot be answered, a message transmission destination at the time of automatic answering,
Various setting information such as whether or not to perform an automatic response is stored.

The alarm sounding section 7 sounds an alarm for notifying the user of an incoming call when the incoming call is received.

[0013] The mobile telephone thus configured is connected to a base station (connected to a mobile communication network) in a predetermined sequence through a radio line. The control circuit 3 includes, for example, a microcomputer as a main control, and is responsible for initial settings of the apparatus, a series of controls relating to outgoing / incoming calls and calls, control of keys including function keys, and the execution thereof. The control circuit 3 includes a call control unit 31, a search unit such as an incoming call response determination unit 32, and a mail sending unit such as a message automatic transmission control unit 33.

The call control unit 31 manages the state of the call of the mobile communication terminal such as outgoing call and incoming call.

The incoming call response determination unit 32 searches the telephone number book from the caller number of the general incoming call to check whether or not the telephone number has been registered, and extracts character information associated with the caller number from the telephone number book. Things. Specifically, the incoming call response determination unit 32 receives a call control signal from the call control unit 31 when the terminal user fails to answer the incoming call, and automatically responds to the storage unit 4 from the caller number of the incoming call. This is to search and judge whether the address and the message information are included.

The mail sending means, for example, the message automatic transmission control section 33 edits and sends an electronic mail from the search result of the incoming call response judgment section 32. In particular,
The message automatic transmission control unit 33 includes the incoming call response determination unit 3
In response to the fact that automatic message transmission is set at the time of an incoming call from the terminal 2, a message transmission instruction is issued to a main control unit (not shown) in the control circuit 3 based on information in the storage unit 4.

A series of operations of the terminal configured as described above will be described with reference to flowcharts (FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6).

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4 as a first embodiment,
When a call cannot be answered (missed call)
2 shows a case where the notification is automatically transferred to a third communication terminal (a communication terminal such as a personal computer provided with an e-mail environment) used by the user.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a setting operation by a user which is necessary in advance to execute the message automatic transmission function described in the present embodiment. When the terminal is in the standby state (step S1), the user performs a predetermined operation from the key input unit 6 and stores the address information of the transfer destination in the storage unit 4.
(Step S2). Next, the user sets the storage unit 4
Is registered (step S3). After registering this message, the system enters a standby state (S10).

Here, as an example, the configuration of the storage unit 4 is shown in FIG.
Shown in The storage unit 4 includes an address information storage unit 41, a message storage unit 42, and an automatic response setting information unit 43.

The address information storage section 41 is used as a telephone number book function (phone book function) for registering the name and telephone number of the other party. The message storage unit 42 is used to store a response message at the time of a missed call. The automatic response setting information section 43 stores information for linking an address and a message for automatically responding to a missed call.

Next, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation for executing the message automatic transmission function described in the present embodiment based on the setting in FIG. When an incoming call is made and the incoming call is received (step S4), the call cannot be answered and the call is terminated (missed call) (step S5). The incoming call response determination unit 32 searches and determines whether there is a transfer destination address and message information in the storage unit 4 when the terminal user cannot respond at the time of the incoming call based on the caller number (step S6). If the message transfer destination address is registered, the message automatic transmission control unit 3
3 issues a message transmission command to a main control unit (not shown) in the control circuit based on the information in the storage unit 4 (step S).
7). Upon receiving the command, the transmitting unit 1 transmits a message to the transfer destination address (step S8). After that, the standby state is set (S10).

Here, it is also possible to add history information such as the arrival time to the message as a transfer message. If the message automatic response registration has not been made, the incoming call history is recorded as in the prior art (Step S).
9). After that, the standby state is set (S10).

According to the embodiment described above, in a mobile communication terminal having a telephone number book function and a character information transmission function, a user utilizes address information registered in advance in the storage unit 4 of the mobile communication terminal. A text message for each address is set. A response message is set. If the mobile communication terminal cannot answer the incoming call, the phone number book is searched from the caller ID information, and the registered text information, for example, text By transferring the message, it is possible to respond to a missed call.

In today's widespread use of the Internet, there are many users who can always use an electronic mail environment by using a personal computer or the like as a communication terminal in addition to a mobile communication terminal. Therefore, by setting the message transfer destination when a call that cannot be answered in the above series of operations occurs to the user's mail address, the user does not need to check the mobile communication terminal after a missed call, and the call can be received accurately and promptly. Information can be transmitted.

Also, even when the user does not have the mobile communication terminal or loses it, such as when he or she has left it, by replying to the caller a response message at the time of an incoming call that could not be answered, the caller can be contacted. And this situation can be accurately communicated.

Further, if the caller cannot answer the incoming call, the character information can be transferred to a preset destination, and in some cases, the information from the called side can be transmitted before the caller is connected to the voice mail service by voice recording. As a result, a call fee is not charged to the calling side, and a service in which the calling cost is suppressed can be provided by using the character information also for the called side.

As described above, it is possible to provide a mobile communication terminal having high added value to a user.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6 as a second embodiment,
When a call cannot be answered (missed call)
Shows a case where a notification is automatically returned to the sender. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a setting operation by a user which is necessary in advance to execute the message automatic transmission function described in the present embodiment. When the terminal is in the standby state (step S11), the user performs a predetermined operation from the key input unit 6 to select or register address information to be returned to the storage unit 4 (step S12). Next, a message to be transmitted to the address is created and registered in the storage unit 4 (step 13). After that, the standby state is established (S1).
0).

Here, it is possible to make settings such as not to send a message when the address of the caller is unknown due to a caller ID non-notification or the like.

Next, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation for executing the message automatic transmission function described in the present embodiment based on the setting in FIG. When an incoming call occurs and the incoming call is in a call receiving state (step S14), the user cannot answer the call, and the call ends (missed call) (step S15). When the terminal user fails to respond to the incoming call based on the caller ID,
Is determined whether there is no message information (step S1).
6).

If it is determined in step S16 that the message has been automatically registered, the message automatic transmission control unit 33 sends a message transmission command to a main control unit (not shown) in the control circuit based on the information in the storage unit 4. Is issued (step S17). Upon receiving the command, the transmitting unit 1 transmits a message to the caller number (step S18). If the message automatic response registration has not been made, the incoming call history is left as in the prior art (step S19). Step S
After 18, S19, it becomes the standby state.

The second embodiment described above can also respond to a missed call.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and may have the following configuration, for example. That is, the mail sending unit, for example, the message automatic transmission control unit 33 may be configured as one of the following. The above-mentioned message automatic transmission control unit 33 may add a caller number of an incoming call to the character information. The aforementioned automatic message transmission control unit 33 may add the name registered in the telephone number book.

[0035]

According to the present invention, when a missed call of a mobile communication terminal is received, the user of the mobile communication terminal can be notified that there is a missed call, and further, the missed call of the mobile communication terminal is received. In this case, it is possible to provide a mobile communication terminal that does not cause the caller to bear the call cost by not allowing the caller to make an absence recording and returning a message from the mobile communication terminal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a setting operation in the first embodiment of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile communication terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a setting operation in a second embodiment according to the mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile communication terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Transmission part 2 ... Reception part 3 ... Control circuit 31 ... Call control part 32 ... Incoming-time response determination part 33 ... Message automatic transmission control part 4 ... Storage part 41 ... Address information storage part 42 ... Message storage part 43 ... Automatic response Setting information section 5 LCD display section 6 Key input section 7 Alarm sound section

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mobile communication terminal connected to a base station via a wireless line, a storage means for storing personal identification information and message information corresponding to the personal identification information, and reception for receiving a call signal from the base station. Means for extracting a caller number included in the received call signal; and in the case where no response instruction is given to the received call signal, the extracted caller number is stored in the storage. Specifying means for specifying the stored message information corresponding to one of the identified personal identification information, and transmitting the identified message information to the caller number; A mobile communication terminal comprising: 2. A mobile communication terminal connected to a base station via a radio line, a storage means for storing personal identification information, corresponding message information and an address, and receiving a call signal from the base station. Receiving means; extracting means for extracting a caller number included in the received call signal; and in a case where no response instruction is given to the received call signal, the extracted caller number is Identification means for identifying the stored message information corresponding to one of the stored personal identification information when the information matches one of the stored personal identification information; and storing the specified message information in the stored address. A mobile communication terminal comprising: