JP2002141998A - Electronic phonebook management device, electronic phonebook management system and electronic phonebook management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic phonebook management system capable of easily notifying acquaintances of a telephone number after change. SOLUTION: This electronic phonebook management system 10 is provided with an electronic phonebook management device 12 and plural portable telephones connected with the electronic phonebook management device 12 through a network 100. The electronic phonebook management device 12 is provided with a phonebook registration part 14 for registering the electronic phonebook of a user, a storage part 16 for storing notifying destinations for notifying the other users of the telephone number after the change of the user, a telephone number reception part 18 for receiving the telephone number after the change notified from the user, a telephone number notifying part 20 for notifying the other users of the telephone number after the change on the basis of the notifying destinations stored in the storage part 16 and an electronic phonebook updating part 22 for updating the phonebook of the other user on the basis of the telephone number after the change.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an electronic telephone directory management apparatus, an electronic telephone directory management system, and an electronic telephone directory management method for managing electronic telephone directories of a plurality of users.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known an electronic telephone directory management apparatus for managing a user's electronic telephone directory on a server connected to a network. Such an electronic telephone directory management device creates an electronic telephone directory (including names of acquaintances, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and the like) of the user based on the input of the user, stores the electronic telephone directory in a server, and stores the electronic telephone directory as necessary. The user is referred to. The user of the electronic telephone directory management apparatus creates his / her own electronic telephone directory in the electronic telephone directory management apparatus, so that the user of the electronic telephone directory management apparatus (for example, even if he or she owns two mobile phones) can use his / her own electronic telephone directory. Books can be managed in a unified manner.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional electronic telephone directory management apparatus has the following problems. In other words, in recent years, the spread of mobile phones has been remarkable, and new models have been circulating in the market one after another. In such a flow, the user of the mobile phone tends to frequently change the model of the mobile phone, cancel the mobile phone service, and re-contract. In addition, the telephone number is often changed due to a model change, cancellation of a mobile phone service, and renewal of a contract. Even in such a case, the electronic telephone directory management device has no means for notifying an acquaintance of the changed telephone number when the telephone number is changed. Therefore, the user who has changed the telephone number needs to individually notify the changed telephone number to each of a plurality of acquaintances using a telephone, an e-mail, a letter, or the like, and such a procedure becomes extremely complicated. .

The present invention solves the above problems and provides an electronic telephone directory management device, an electronic telephone directory management system, and an electronic telephone directory management method that can easily notify an acquaintance of a changed telephone number. That is the task.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic telephone directory management device of the present invention is an electronic telephone directory management device for managing electronic telephone directories of a plurality of users. Storage means for storing information about a notification destination of the other user, for notifying another user of the changed telephone number of the one user when the telephone number of one user is changed, A telephone number receiving means for receiving a changed telephone number notified by the one user when the telephone number of the one user is changed; and a notification destination of the other user stored in the storage means. Telephone number notifying means for notifying the other user of the changed telephone number received by the telephone number receiving means on the basis of the information on the telephone number.

[0006] Information about the notification destination of the changed telephone number is stored, and when the changed telephone number is received, the changed telephone number is notified based on the information about the notification destination. The later telephone number can be easily notified to an acquaintance.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the telephone number notifying means notifies the other user of the changed telephone number by e-mail. It is.

By notifying the changed telephone number by e-mail, the changed telephone number can be notified very easily.

In the electronic telephone directory management apparatus of the present invention, the storage means stores the electronic telephone directory of the other user, and stores the electronic telephone directory of the one user received by the telephone number receiving means. It is preferable that an electronic telephone directory updating means for updating the electronic telephone directory of the other user based on the changed telephone number is further provided.

[0010] By updating the electronic telephone directory of another user based on the changed telephone number of one user, the other user has the trouble of updating the telephone number of the one user in his / her own electronic telephone directory. Can be omitted.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management device of the present invention, it is preferable that the electronic telephone directory updating means updates the electronic telephone directory based on an instruction of the other user. .

By updating the electronic telephone directory based on an instruction from another user, it is possible to prevent the other user from updating the electronic telephone directory when the user does not want to update the electronic telephone directory. .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic telephone directory management system according to the present invention notifies the above-mentioned electronic telephone directory management device and the above-mentioned changed telephone number to the above-mentioned electronic telephone directory management device. And a first user terminal device.

The provision of the above-mentioned electronic telephone directory management device makes it possible to easily notify the acquaintance of the changed telephone number.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management system of the present invention, it is preferable that the first user terminal device is a mobile phone.

The use of an electronic telephone directory management system is facilitated by using a mobile phone that has already become widespread as the first user terminal device.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic telephone directory management system of the present invention receives the above-mentioned electronic telephone directory management device and the above-mentioned changed telephone number notified from the electronic telephone directory management device. And a second user terminal device.

The provision of the above-mentioned electronic telephone directory management device makes it possible to easily notify the acquaintance of the changed telephone number.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management system of the present invention, it is preferable that the second user terminal device is a mobile phone.

The use of the electronic telephone directory management system is facilitated by using a mobile phone that has already been spread as the first user terminal device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic telephone directory management method for managing an electronic telephone directory of a plurality of users. A storage step of storing information on a notification destination of the other user in a storage unit for notifying another user of a changed telephone number of the one user when the telephone number of the user is changed; A telephone number receiving step of receiving a changed telephone number notified from the one user when the telephone number of one user is changed, and a notification destination of the other user stored in the storage unit. A telephone number notifying step of notifying the other user of the changed telephone number received in the telephone number receiving step based on the information.

By storing information on the notification destination of the changed telephone number and notifying the changed telephone number based on the information on the notification destination when the changed telephone number is received, The later telephone number can be easily notified to an acquaintance.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management method according to the present invention, it is preferable that the telephone number notification step notifies the other user of the changed telephone number by electronic mail. It is.

By notifying the changed telephone number by e-mail, the changed telephone number can be notified very easily.

In the electronic telephone directory management method of the present invention, the storage means stores the electronic telephone directory of the other user, and stores the electronic telephone directory of the one user received in the telephone number receiving step. It is preferable that the method further includes an electronic telephone directory updating step of updating the electronic telephone directory of the other user based on the changed telephone number.

Updating the electronic telephone directory of another user based on the telephone number of one user after the change allows the other user to update the telephone number of the one user in his / her own electronic telephone directory. Can be omitted.

In the electronic telephone directory management method according to the present invention, it is preferable that the electronic telephone directory updating step updates the electronic telephone directory based on an instruction from the other user. .

By updating the electronic telephone directory based on the instruction of another user, it is possible to prevent the other user from updating the electronic telephone directory when the user does not want to update the electronic telephone directory. .

[0029]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An electronic telephone directory management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The electronic telephone directory management system according to the present embodiment includes the electronic telephone directory management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. First, the configuration of the electronic telephone directory management system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic telephone directory management system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to the present embodiment
And the electronic telephone directory management device 12 and the network 100
And a plurality of mobile telephones (first and second user terminal devices) connected via the Internet. Here, the electronic telephone directory management device 12 includes a telephone directory registration unit 14, a storage unit 16
(Storage unit), a telephone number receiving unit 18 (telephone number receiving unit), a telephone number notifying unit 20 (telephone number notifying unit), and a telephone directory updating unit 22 (electronic telephone directory updating unit). For convenience of description, the plurality of mobile phones will be described using two mobile phones 24 and 26 as an example. Hereinafter, each component will be described in detail.

The telephone directory registration unit 1 of the electronic telephone directory management device 12
4 registers the electronic telephone directory of the user of each of the plurality of mobile phones. More specifically, the telephone directory registration unit 14 creates an electronic telephone directory for each of a plurality of mobile phones and inputs a telephone number to the registered electronic telephone directory.
Here, the function of the telephone directory registration unit 14 will be described in more detail by taking as an example a case where the electronic telephone directory of “Higashino Ichiro” is registered from the mobile phone 24 used by “Higashino Ichiro”.

With respect to the creation of the user's electronic telephone directory, the telephone directory registering section 14 first asks the cellular phone 24 whether or not to create an electronic telephone directory, as shown in FIG. Is presented. When "1. Yes" is selected on the telephone directory creation screen 30, the telephone directory registration unit 14
Presents to the mobile phone 24 a telephone directory creation screen 32 that prompts the user to turn on the caller ID notification as shown in FIG. In the telephone directory creation screen 30, "2.
If "No" is selected, the telephone directory registration unit 14 ends the presentation of the telephone directory creation screen 30 for the mobile phone 24.
Subsequently, the telephone directory registration unit 14 determines that the telephone number of the mobile phone 24 is “090-000-00” based on the caller number notification.
01, and presents a telephone directory creation screen 34 for confirming that the telephone number of the mobile phone 24 is "090-000-0001", as shown in FIG. When "1. Yes" is selected on the telephone directory creation screen 34, the telephone directory registration unit 14 further prompts the mobile phone 24 to input a name as shown in FIG. 36 is presented. On the phonebook creation screen 36,
When the name (“Ichiro Higashino”) is input and “OK” is selected, the telephone directory registration unit 14 transmits the message to the mobile phone 24 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a telephone directory creation screen 38 for asking whether to register the telephone directory is presented. When "1. Yes" is selected on the telephone directory creation screen 38, the telephone directory registration unit 14
Displays the telephone directory creation screen 40 for registering the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" and notifying the mobile phone 24 that the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" has been registered, as shown in FIG. Present. When "2. No" is selected on the telephone directory creation screen 38, the telephone directory registration unit 14
Terminates the presentation of the telephone directory creation screen 38 to the mobile phone 24 without registering the electronic telephone directory of “Ichiro Higashino”.

When the electronic telephone directory of the user ("Ichiro Higashino") of the mobile phone 24 is registered, the telephone directory registration unit 14 stores the electronic telephone directory in accordance with the request of the user of the mobile phone 24. Enter your phone number. Regarding the input of the telephone number to the created electronic telephone directory, the telephone directory registration unit 14 firstly inputs the mobile phone 24 of “Ichiro Higashino” to the mobile phone 24 “Higashino” as shown in FIG. "Ichiro" presents a telephone number input screen 42 for prompting the input of the name of the person whose telephone number is to be registered in his / her electronic telephone directory. On the telephone number input screen 42, the name (“Jiro Minamino”) is entered,
When “OK” is selected, the telephone directory registration unit 14 makes a call to the mobile phone 24 to prompt the user to input the telephone number of the person whose name has been entered on the telephone number input screen 42 as shown in FIG. The number input screen 44 is presented. On the telephone number input screen 44, the telephone number ("090-000-00
02 ") and" OK "is selected, the telephone directory registration unit 14 transmits the name of the person whose name is entered on the telephone number input screen 42 to the mobile phone 24 as shown in FIG. A telephone number input screen 46 for prompting the input of an e-mail address is presented. In the telephone number input screen 46, an e-mail address (“minamino @ kccs.
co. jp ”) and“ OK ”is selected,
As shown in FIG. 11, the telephone directory registration unit 14 inputs the name of the user (“Ichiro Higashino”) to the mobile phone 24 when the user (“Ichiro Higashino”) changes his / her telephone number, as shown in FIG. "Jiro Minamino") is presented with a telephone number input screen 48 asking whether to notify. When "1. Yes" or "2. No" is selected on the telephone number input screen 48,
The telephone directory registration unit 14 registers the telephone number of “Jinro Minamino” in the electronic telephone directory of “Ichiro Higashino” (instructs the storage unit 16 to store), and registers the mobile phone 24 in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a telephone number input screen 50 for notifying that the telephone number of "Jiro Minamino" has been registered in the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" is presented. Note that the telephone directory registration unit 14 similarly registers an electronic telephone directory for other users.

[0034] The storage unit 16 stores, when the telephone number of one user among a plurality of users has been changed, the other user's notification of the changed telephone number of the other user. Stores information about the notification destination. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the storage unit 16 stores the electronic telephone directory of each of the plurality of users (for example, the electronic telephone directory 52 of "Ichiro Higashino", the electronic telephone directory 54 of "Jiro Minamino", etc.). Is stored. Here, taking the telephone directory 52 of "Ichiro Higashino" as an example, the configuration of the electronic telephone directories 52 and 54 will be described in detail.
The electronic telephone directory 52 includes user information on a user of the electronic telephone directory 52 and telephone number information including a telephone number of an acquaintance or the like registered by the user of the electronic telephone directory 52. The user information includes the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of the user of the electronic telephone directory 52. The telephone number information includes the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of an acquaintance or the like registered by the user of the electronic telephone directory, and the user of the electronic telephone directory, that is, "Higashino When the telephone number of "Ichiro" is changed, information on notification / non-notification indicating whether to notify the changed telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" is included. Here, when the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” who is the user of the mobile phone 24 is changed, the notification / non-notification column is notified (here, “Jiro Minamino” and “Hanako Haruta”). And "Naoko Natsuda") are notified of the changed telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" (details will be described later). Also, the e-mail address is the mobile phone 2
When the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino”, which is the user of No. 4, is changed, the notification destination is the notification destination of the changed telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino”.

When the telephone number of one user is changed, the telephone number receiving unit 18 receives the changed telephone number notified from the one user. Here, a case where the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" is changed as the one user will be described as an example. More specifically, the telephone number receiving unit 18 first responds to the request of the user by using the mobile phone 24.
14 (it is conceivable that the mobile phone of “Ichiro Higashino” has changed, but is hereinafter referred to as mobile phone 24).
A telephone number change screen 56 for prompting the user to input a telephone number after the change is presented as shown in FIG. The changed telephone number (“090-000-001”) is displayed on the telephone number change screen 56.
0 ”) and“ OK ”is selected, the mobile phone 24 sets the telephone number receiving unit 18 of the electronic telephone directory management device 10
The telephone number after the change is transmitted (notified). The telephone number receiving unit 18 receives the telephone number after the change, and sends the telephone number to the mobile phone 24 as shown in FIG.
Phone number change screen 5 to prompt confirmation of the phone number after the change
8 is presented. On the telephone number change screen 58,
When “1. Yes” is selected, the telephone number receiving unit 18
While changing the telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" in the electronic telephone directory of "Higashino Ichiro", the mobile phone 24
As shown in FIG. 7, a telephone number change screen 60 for notifying that the telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" in the electronic telephone directory of "Higashino Ichiro" has been changed is presented.

"Ichiro Higashino" by the telephone number receiving unit 18
When the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” in the electronic telephone directory is changed, the storage unit 16 stores the electronic telephone directory 52 of “Ichiro Higashino” stored in the storage unit 16 as shown in FIG.
The telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” included in the user information is changed to “090-000-0010”. At this point, the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" included in the telephone number information of the electronic telephone directory of another user (for example, "Jiro Minamino") is not changed.

The telephone number notifying unit 20 notifies another user of the changed telephone number received by the telephone number receiving unit 18 based on the information on the notification destination of another user stored in the storage unit 16. I do. Here, as described above,
The case where the telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" is changed will be described as an example. The telephone number notifying section 20 includes a telephone number receiving section 18.
When the telephone number of “Higashino Ichiro” in the electronic telephone directory of “Higashino Ichiro” is changed, first, as shown in FIG. A telephone number notification screen 62 for asking whether to notify another user of the telephone number is presented. When “2. Confirmation of notification destination” is selected on the telephone number notification screen 62, the telephone number notification unit 20 refers to the electronic telephone directory 52 of “Ichiro Higashino” stored in the storage unit 16 and As shown in FIG. 19, “Ichiro Higashino” who is the user of the mobile phone 24
Who should be notified of the changed telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" when the telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" is changed, that is, the notification / non-notification column of the telephone number information of the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" becomes a notification. A telephone number notification screen 64 showing a list of persons (in this case, “Jiro Minamino”, “Hanako Haruta” and “Kaiko Natsuda”)
It is presented to the mobile phone 24. When "OK" is selected on the telephone number notification screen 64, the telephone number notification unit 20 presents the mobile phone 24 with the telephone number notification screen 62 shown in FIG. 18 again. On the other hand, when “1. Notification” is selected on the telephone number notification screen 62, the telephone number notification unit 20 refers to the electronic telephone directory 52 of “Ichiro Higashino” stored in the storage unit 16 and When the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" who is the user of the telephone 24 is changed, the person who should be notified of the changed telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino", that is, the telephone number information of the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" The telephone number after the change of "Ichiro Higashino" is sent by e-mail to the person whose notification / non-notification column of "" is notified (here, "Jiro Minamino", "Hanako Haruta" and "Kaiko Natsuda") Notify. When notified of the changed telephone number, the telephone number notification unit 20 also presents the mobile phone 24 with a telephone number notification screen 66 indicating that the changed telephone number has been notified, as shown in FIG. I do.

On the other hand, when the e-mail notifying the changed telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" is transmitted from the telephone number notifying section 20 to the mobile phone 26 of "Jiro Minamino", the "Jiro Minamino" The mobile phone 26 receives (receives) the changed telephone number notified from the telephone number notifying section 20 of the electronic telephone directory management device 12, and notifies that the e-mail has arrived as shown in FIG. Screen 68 is displayed. In addition, the mobile phone 26 displays a screen 70 indicating the content of the received mail, as shown in FIG. 22, in response to the user's request. On the screen 70 showing the contents of the received mail, the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" is displayed as "090-0000-0010".
And a button for selecting whether or not to update the telephone number of “Higashino Ichiro” in the electronic telephone directory of the user, that is, “Jiro Minamino”. I have. That is, when “1. End” is selected on the screen 70 showing the contents of the received mail, the mobile phone 26 does not update the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” in the electronic telephone directory of “Jiro Minamino”. End browsing of received mail. On the other hand, a screen 70 showing the contents of the received mail
When "2. Update phonebook" is selected, the mobile phone 26 sends an instruction to update the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" in the electronic phonebook of "Jiro Minamino" to the electronic telephone directory management device. 12 to the telephone directory update unit 22.

The telephone directory updating unit 22 is provided with a telephone number receiving unit 18.
The electronic phone book of another user (“Jiro Minamino” in the above example) is updated based on the changed telephone number of one user (“Ichiro Higashino” in the above example) received by the user. More specifically, the telephone directory updating unit 22 sends an instruction to update the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” in the electronic telephone directory of “Jiro Minamino” transmitted from the mobile phone 26 of “Jiro Minamino”. , The telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" in the electronic telephone directory of "Jiro Minamino" is changed to "090-0000-0".
010 ". Further, when the telephone directory update unit 22 updates the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” in the electronic telephone directory of “Jiro Minamino”, the mobile phone 26 of “Jiro Minamino”
As shown in FIG. 23, a telephone directory update screen 72 indicating that the telephone number of “Higashino Ichiro” has been updated in the electronic telephone directory of “Jinro Minamino” is presented.

When the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" in the electronic telephone directory of "Jiro Minamino" is updated by the telephone directory update unit 22, the storage unit 16 is stored in the storage unit 16 as shown in FIG. The telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" in the telephone number information of the electronic telephone directory 54 of "Jiro Minamino" is "090-
0000-0010 ".

Next, the operation of the electronic telephone directory management system according to the present embodiment will be described, and the electronic telephone directory management method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to the present embodiment.

In order to operate the electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to this embodiment, first, as shown in FIG. 25, the telephone directory registration unit 14 registers the electronic telephone directory of each of a plurality of mobile phones. Is performed (S12).
More specifically, creation of an electronic telephone directory of a user of each of a plurality of mobile phones and input of a telephone number to the created electronic telephone directory are performed.

Regarding the creation of the user's electronic telephone directory, first, as shown in FIG. 2, a telephone directory creation screen 30 asking whether to create an electronic telephone directory is displayed on the mobile phone 24. When "1. Yes" is selected on the telephone directory creation screen 30, the telephone directory creation screen 3 prompts the mobile phone 24 to turn on the caller ID notification as shown in FIG.
2 is displayed. When "2. No" is selected on the telephone directory creation screen 30, the telephone directory creation screen 3
The display of 0 ends. Subsequently, based on the caller ID notification, the telephone directory registration unit 14 recognizes that the telephone number of the mobile phone 24 is “090-000-0001”, and the mobile phone 24 has the information shown in FIG. Thus, the telephone directory creation screen 34 for confirming that the telephone number of the mobile phone 24 is “090-000-0001” is displayed. When "1. Yes" is selected on the telephone directory creation screen 34, a telephone directory creation screen 36 for prompting entry of a name is displayed on the mobile phone 24, as shown in FIG. When the name (“Ichiro Higashino”) is input on the telephone directory creation screen 36 and “OK” is selected, as shown in FIG. An inquiry telephone book creation screen 38 is displayed. When "1. Yes" is selected on the telephone directory creation screen 38, the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" is registered, and the mobile phone 24 is displayed in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a telephone directory creation screen 40 for notifying that the electronic telephone directory of "Higashino Ichiro" has been registered is displayed.
In the telephone directory creation screen 38, “2.
Is selected, the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" is not registered, and the display of the telephone directory creation screen 38 ends.

When the electronic telephone directory of the user of the mobile phone 24 is registered, in response to a request of the user of the mobile phone 24,
A telephone number is input to the created electronic telephone directory.
Regarding the entry of telephone numbers into the created electronic phonebook,
First, as shown in FIG. 8, a user of the mobile phone 24 "Ichiro Higashino" prompts the user to input the name of a person who wants to register a telephone number in his / her electronic telephone directory. A number input screen 42 is displayed. On the telephone number input screen 42, the name (“Jiro Minamino”) is entered,
When "OK" is selected, a telephone number input screen 44 prompting the mobile phone 24 to input the telephone number of the person whose name has been entered on the telephone number input screen 42 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed. The telephone number (“090-000-0002”) is input on the telephone number input screen 44,
When "OK" is selected, a telephone number input screen 46 for prompting the user to input an e-mail address of a person whose name has been entered on the telephone number input screen 42 is displayed on the mobile phone 24, as shown in FIG. You. The telephone number input screen 46
At the e-mail address ("minamino @ k
ccs. co. jp ”) is input and“ OK ”is selected. When the user of the mobile phone 24 (“ Higashino Ichiro ”) changes his / her own phone number as shown in FIG. Person whose name is entered ("Jiro Minamino")
A telephone number input screen 48 for asking whether or not to notify is displayed. When "1. Yes" or "2. No" is selected on the telephone number input screen 48, "Ichiro Higashino" is displayed.
The telephone number of "Jiro Minamino" is registered in the electronic telephone directory of "No. 1" (the storage is instructed to the storage unit 16), and the "Ichiro Higashino" is stored in the mobile phone 24 as shown in FIG.
A telephone number input screen 50 for notifying that the telephone number of "Jiro Minamino" has been registered in the electronic telephone directory of the user is displayed. Note that electronic telephone directories of other users are registered in the same manner.

The electronic telephone directory registered as described above is stored in the storage unit 16. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the storage unit 16 stores the electronic telephone directories of the plurality of users (for example, the electronic telephone directory 52 of “Ichiro Higashino”,
"Jiro Minamino's electronic telephone directory 54" is stored. still,
The electronic telephone directories 52 and 54 are as described with reference to FIG. Here, in particular, the telephone number management system 1 is stored in the electronic telephone directories 52 and 54 stored in the storage unit 16.
When a telephone number of one of the plurality of users is changed, information on a notification destination of the other user for notifying another user of the changed telephone number of the one user is included. ing.

When the telephone number of one user whose electronic telephone directory is registered is changed by the telephone directory registration unit 14, the user is notified of the changed telephone number. The changed telephone number is received by the telephone number receiving unit 18 (S14). here,
The case where the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” is changed as one user will be described as an example. More specifically, first, in response to a request from the user, a telephone number change screen 56 for prompting the user to input a changed telephone number is displayed on the mobile phone 24 as shown in FIG. The changed telephone number (“090-000-001”) is displayed on the telephone number change screen 56.
0 ") and" OK "is selected, the mobile phone 24 sends the telephone number receiving unit 18 of the electronic telephone directory management device 10
, The changed telephone number is transmitted (notified). The changed telephone number transmitted from the mobile phone 24 is
The telephone number receiving unit 18 of the electronic telephone directory management device 10 receives the telephone number, and the mobile phone 24 displays a telephone number change screen 58 prompting the user to confirm the telephone number after the change, as shown in FIG.
Is displayed. On the telephone number change screen 58,
When “1. Yes” is selected, the telephone number receiving unit 18 changes the telephone number of “Higashino Ichiro” in the electronic telephone directory of “Higashino Ichiro”, and the mobile phone 24 displays FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, a telephone number change screen 60 for notifying that the telephone number of “Higashino Ichiro” in the electronic telephone directory of “Higashino Ichiro” has been changed is displayed.

When the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” in the electronic telephone directory of “Ichiro Higashino” is changed, the electronic telephone directory 52 of “Ichiro Higashino” stored in the storage unit 16 is changed as shown in FIG. The telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” included in the user information is changed to (“090-000-0010”).
At this time, another user (for example, "Jiro Minamino")
The telephone number of “Higashino Ichiro” included in the telephone number information of the electronic telephone directory of “No.

When the telephone number after the change is received by the telephone number receiving unit 18, the telephone number notifying unit 20 receives the telephone number based on the information on the notification destination of another user stored in the storage unit 16. The changed telephone number received by the unit 18 is notified to another user (S1).
6). Here, a case where the telephone number of “Higashino Ichiro” is changed as described above will be described as an example. When the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” in the electronic telephone directory of “Ichiro Higashino” is changed by the telephone number receiving unit 18, first, as shown in FIG. A telephone number notification screen 62 asking whether to notify another user of the changed telephone number is displayed. When “2. Notification destination confirmation” is selected on the telephone number notification screen 62, the electronic telephone directory 52 of “Ichiro Higashino” stored in the storage unit 16 is referred to, and as shown in FIG. When the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" who is the user of the telephone 24 is changed, the person who should be notified of the changed telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino", that is, the telephone number information of the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" Is displayed on the mobile phone 24, showing a list of persons (here, “Jiro Minamino”, “Hanako Haruta”, and “Kaiko Natsuda”) whose notification / non-notification column is “notification”. . When "OK" is selected on the telephone number notification screen 64, a telephone number notification screen 62 shown in FIG. 18 is displayed on the mobile phone 24 again. On the other hand, when “1. Notification” is selected on the telephone number notification screen 62, the electronic telephone directory 52 of “Ichiro Higashino” stored in the storage unit 16 is referred to, and the user of the mobile phone 24 “ When the telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" is changed, the said "Higashino Ichiro"
Who should be notified of the telephone number after the change, ie, those who are notified in the notification / non-notification column of the telephone number information in the electronic telephone directory of "Ichiro Higashino" (here, "Jiro Minamino" and "Harita "Hanako" and "Natsuda Kaiko") are notified of the changed telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" by e-mail. When the changed telephone number is notified, the mobile phone 24 displays a telephone number notification screen 66 indicating that the changed telephone number has been notified, as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when the e-mail for notifying the changed telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" is transmitted from the telephone number notifying section 20 to the portable telephone 26 of "Jiro Minamino", the electronic telephone directory management device The telephone number after the change notified from the telephone number notification unit 20 of No. 12 is received by the mobile phone 26 of “Jiro Minamino”, and the mobile phone 26
As shown in FIG. 1, a screen 68 indicating that the e-mail has arrived is displayed. In addition, a screen 70 showing the contents of the received mail is displayed on the mobile phone 26 as shown in FIG. 22 in response to the user's request. On the screen 70 showing the content of the received mail, the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” is displayed as “09
0-0000-0010 ", and select whether or not to update the telephone number of" Higashino Ichiro "in its own electronic telephone directory, that is," Jiro Minamino "'s electronic telephone directory. Button is included. That is, on the screen 70 showing the contents of the received mail, “1.
When "end" is selected, the reference to the received mail is ended without updating the telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" in the electronic telephone directory of "Jiro Minamino". On the other hand, when "2. Update phonebook" is selected on the screen 70 showing the contents of the received mail, "Ichiro Higashino" in the electronic phonebook of "Jiro Minamino" is selected.
Is transmitted from the mobile phone 26 to the telephone directory update unit 22 of the electronic telephone directory management device 12 (S18).

When the above-mentioned instruction is transmitted from the mobile phone 26, one user ("Ichiro Higashino" in the above example) received by the telephone number receiving unit 18 by the telephone directory updating unit 22 is received.
The electronic telephone directory of another user (“Jiro Minamino” in the above example) is updated based on the telephone number after the change (S2).
0). More specifically, the mobile phone 26 of "Jiro Minamino"
Based on the instruction to update the telephone number of "Higashino Ichiro" in the electronic telephone directory of "Jiro Minamino", the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" in the electronic telephone book of "Jiro Minamino" Is updated to “090-0000-0010”. Also, when the telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” in the electronic telephone directory of “Jiro Minamino” is updated, the mobile phone 26
23, a telephone directory update screen 72 indicating that the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" in the electronic telephone directory of "Jiro Minamino" has been updated is displayed as shown in FIG.

When the telephone number of "Ichiro Higashino" in the electronic telephone directory of "Jiro Minamino" is updated by the telephone directory update section 22, "Jiro Minamino" stored in the storage section 16 is updated as shown in FIG. The telephone number of “Ichiro Higashino” in the telephone number information of the electronic telephone directory 54 is “090-0000-00”.
10 ".

Next, the operation and effect of the electronic telephone directory management system according to the present embodiment will be described. The electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to the present embodiment stores information (specifically, an e-mail address) relating to the notification destination of the changed telephone number of one user in the storage unit 16, and stores the changed telephone number. When the number is received by the telephone number receiving unit 18, the telephone number notifying unit 20 notifies another user of the changed telephone number based on the information on the notification destination. Therefore, it is possible to easily notify the acquaintance of the changed telephone number.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to the present embodiment, the telephone number notification unit 20 notifies the telephone number after the change by electronic mail. Therefore, it is possible to notify the acquaintance of the changed telephone number very easily.

In the electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to the present embodiment, the telephone directory updating unit 22 updates the electronic telephone directory of another user based on the changed telephone number of one user. Therefore, it is not necessary for the other user to update the telephone number of the one user in his / her own electronic telephone directory.

In the electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to the present embodiment, when the telephone directory updating unit 22 updates the electronic telephone directory of the other user, the electronic telephone directory is updated based on the instruction of the other user. To update. Therefore, when the other user does not want to update the electronic telephone directory, the electronic telephone directory can be prevented from being updated.

In the electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to the above embodiment, the changed telephone number is notified by electronic mail, but this is not limited to electronic mail. For example, the changed telephone number can be notified by a voice message or the like by telephone.

In the electronic telephone directory management system 10 according to the above embodiment, a user terminal device that notifies the electronic telephone directory management device 12 of the changed telephone number, or a notification from the electronic telephone directory management device 12 Mobile phone 2 as a user terminal device for receiving the changed telephone number
4, 26, etc., but this may be another communication terminal such as a personal computer, a PHS or the like.

[0058]

According to the electronic telephone directory management apparatus, the electronic telephone directory management system, and the electronic telephone directory management method of the present invention, information on a notification destination of a changed telephone number is stored, and the changed telephone number is received. At this time, the telephone number after the change is notified based on the information on the notification destination. Therefore, it is possible to easily notify the acquaintance of the changed telephone number.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management apparatus, the electronic telephone directory management system and the electronic telephone directory management method of the present invention, the changed telephone number is notified by e-mail so that the changed telephone number can be extremely easily. Can be notified.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management apparatus, the electronic telephone directory management system and the electronic telephone directory management method of the present invention, the electronic telephone directory of another user is updated based on the changed telephone number of one user. This eliminates the need for the other user to update the telephone number of the one user in his or her electronic telephone directory.

Further, in the electronic telephone directory management apparatus, the electronic telephone directory management system and the electronic telephone directory management method of the present invention, by updating the electronic telephone directory based on an instruction of another user, the other user can be updated. When it is not desired to update the electronic telephone directory, the electronic telephone directory can be prevented from being updated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic telephone directory management system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a telephone directory creation screen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a telephone directory creation screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a telephone directory creation screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a telephone directory creation screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a telephone directory creation screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a telephone directory creation screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a telephone number input screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a telephone number input screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a telephone number input screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a telephone number input screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a telephone number input screen.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic telephone directory stored in a storage unit.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a telephone number change screen.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a telephone number change screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a telephone number change screen.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic telephone directory stored in a storage unit.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a telephone number notification screen.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a telephone number notification screen.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a telephone number notification screen.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a screen indicating that an e-mail has arrived.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a screen showing the contents of a received mail.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a telephone directory update screen.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic telephone directory stored in a storage unit.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic telephone directory management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10: electronic telephone directory management system, 12: electronic telephone directory management device, 14: telephone directory registration unit, 16: storage unit, 18: telephone number reception unit, 20: telephone number notification unit, 22: telephone directory update unit, 24 , 26… Mobile phone

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An electronic telephone directory management device that manages electronic telephone directories of a plurality of users, wherein, when a telephone number of one of the plurality of users is changed, the changed telephone number of the one user And a storage unit for storing information on a notification destination of the other user for notifying another user of, after the change notified by the one user when the telephone number of the one user is changed Telephone number receiving means for receiving the telephone number of the other user, based on the information on the notification destination of the other user stored in the storage means, the telephone number after the change received by the telephone number receiving means, An electronic telephone directory management device, comprising: a telephone number notifying unit for notifying a user. 2. The electronic telephone directory management device according to claim 1, wherein the telephone number notifying unit notifies the other user of the changed telephone number by electronic mail. 3. The electronic telephone directory of the other user is stored in the storage unit, and based on the changed telephone number of the one user received by the telephone number receiving unit, 2. The electronic telephone directory management device according to claim 1, further comprising an electronic telephone directory updating unit that updates the electronic telephone directory of the user. 4. The electronic telephone directory management device according to claim 3, wherein the electronic telephone directory updating unit updates the electronic telephone directory based on an instruction of the other user. 5. The electronic telephone directory management device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first user terminal device for notifying the electronic telephone directory management device of the changed telephone number. Electronic telephone directory management system. 6. The electronic telephone directory management system according to claim 5, wherein said first user terminal device is a mobile phone. 7. An electronic telephone directory management device according to claim 1, further comprising: a second user terminal device for receiving the changed telephone number notified from the electronic telephone directory management device. Electronic telephone directory management system. 8. The electronic telephone directory management system according to claim 7, wherein said second user terminal device is a mobile phone. 9. An electronic telephone directory management method for managing electronic telephone directories of a plurality of users, wherein, when a telephone number of one of the plurality of users is changed, a telephone number after the change of the one user Storing the information on the notification destination of the other user in storage means for notifying the other user of the notification, and when the telephone number of the one user is changed, the notification is sent from the one user. A telephone number receiving step of receiving the changed telephone number, and the changed telephone number received in the telephone number receiving step based on the information about the notification destination of the other user stored in the storage unit. A telephone number notifying step of notifying the other user. 10. The electronic telephone directory management method according to claim 9, wherein in the telephone number notification step, the changed telephone number is notified to the other user by electronic mail. 11. The electronic telephone directory of the other user is stored in the storage unit, and based on the changed telephone number of the one user received in the telephone number receiving step, The electronic telephone directory management method according to claim 9, further comprising an electronic telephone directory updating step of updating the electronic telephone directory of the user. 12. The electronic telephone directory management method according to claim 11, wherein the electronic telephone directory updating step updates the electronic telephone directory based on an instruction of the other user.