JP2002209009A - Information processing unit and method, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing unit by which a user can easily retrieve a desired telephone number. SOLUTION: The user sequentially enters desired telephone numbers and an entered numeral display section 71 displays numerals of each entered telephone number. For example, when '0' is entered, the entered numeral display section 71 displays '0'. Furthermore, a telephone number display section 72 displays telephone numbers whose 1st digit is '0' among the registered telephone numbers. When the user newly enters numerals, the telephone number display section 72 displays only telephone numbers including the entered numerals as their arrangement.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, method, and recording medium, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus, method, and recording medium suitable for use in searching for a telephone number.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A portable telephone or the like is provided with a device called a jog dial which is operated when a desired function is selected from a menu or a desired telephone number is selected from registered telephone numbers. Have been. By using the jog dial, a mobile phone or the like can select a telephone number or a desired function with one hand.

[0003]

With reference to FIG. 1, a process for selecting a desired telephone number from a list of registered telephone numbers using a jog dial provided in a portable telephone will be described. . A display unit 201 made of a liquid crystal or the like is provided on an upper part of the mobile phone 200, and a jog dial 202 is provided on a side surface. FIG. 1 shows a state in which a list of telephone numbers is displayed on the display unit 201, and a cursor 2 is displayed on the list.
03 is displayed.

[0004] The user operates the jog dial 202 so that the cursor 203 is positioned on a desired telephone number. When the cursor 203 is a desired telephone number, the user performs, for example, an operation of pressing the upper dial 22 to execute a calling process based on the selected telephone number.

By the way, in order to display a list of telephone numbers as shown in FIG. 1 on the display unit 201, it is necessary for the user to input information such as telephone numbers in advance. When the list is displayed on the display unit 201, the telephone number may be displayed in the order of registration. In such a case, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, the telephone numbers of Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. D all start with “03”, while “04” is between them.
The phone number of Mr. C starting with is displayed.

As described above, if the telephone numbers are displayed in the order of registration, for example, to search for the telephone number at the bottom of the list, there is no information that the telephone number is at the bottom. For this reason, it is necessary to search the telephone numbers from the top to the bottom, and there is a problem that the operation for searching for a desired telephone number is troublesome.

In order to solve such a problem, a method of simplifying the search for a desired telephone number can be considered by providing a rule such that similar telephone numbers are displayed at close positions. On the other hand, if similar telephone numbers are densely populated, on the contrary, it becomes difficult to distinguish individual telephone numbers, and there is a problem that an incorrect telephone number is searched.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and displays a telephone number corresponding to an inputted number, and when the number of inputted numbers increases,
An object of the present invention is to make it easy to search for a desired telephone number by narrowing down telephone number candidates, and to prevent an erroneous telephone number from being searched.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit for storing a telephone number; an input unit for inputting a number; and a telephone number including the number input by the input unit. And a display means for displaying the telephone number read by the reading means.

[0010] The reading means may read out a telephone number having an N-digit number array inputted by the input means in the first N digits.

[0011] The display means may determine the similarity of the telephone numbers read by the reading means, and arrange and display the telephone numbers having a high similarity at close positions.

When a new telephone number is stored, the storage means determines the similarity with the already stored telephone number, and places a new telephone number near the telephone number determined to be most similar. The numbers can be stored so as to be located.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method comprising: an input control step of controlling input of numbers; and a telephone number storing a telephone number including a number whose input has been controlled in the processing of the input control step. A reading step for reading;
A display control step of controlling display of the telephone number read in the processing of the reading step.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for a recording medium, comprising: an input control step of controlling input of a number; and a telephone number storing a telephone number including a number whose input is controlled in the processing of the input control step. And a display control step of controlling display of the telephone number read in the processing of the reading step.

An information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
In the information processing method described in (1) and the recording medium described in (6), the telephone number including the input numeral is read out from the stored telephone number and displayed.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an information processing system to which the present invention has been applied. FIG. 2 shows a network system to which the portable information terminals 1-1 to 1-4 are connected,
Base stations 2-1 to 2-, which are fixed wireless stations, are respectively provided in cells obtained by dividing a communication service providing area into a desired size.
4 are installed. These base stations 2-1 to 2-4
Are mobile information terminals 1-1 to 1-4, which are mobile radio stations.
However, for example, W-CDMA (Wideband-Code Division Multiple
Access) and a maximum of 2 [Mbps] using a 2 [GHz] frequency band.
[s], large-capacity data can be transmitted at high speed at a data transfer speed of [s].

As described above, the portable information terminals 1-1 to 1-4
Can perform high-speed data communication of large amounts of data by the W-CDMA method, so that it can execute not only voice communication but also various types of data communication such as transmission and reception of e-mails, browsing of simple homepages, transmission and reception of images, and the like.

The base stations 2-1 to 2-4 are connected to a public line network 3 via a wired line. The public line network 3 includes the Internet 5 and a number of subscriber wired terminals (not shown). , A computer network, a company network, and the like. An access server 6 of an Internet service provider is also connected to the public network 3, and a content data server 7 owned by the Internet service provider is connected to the access server 6.

The content data server 7 converts content data such as a simple homepage, for example, into a compact HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) in response to a request from a subscriber wire terminal or a portable information terminal 1-1 to 1-4.
Provide as a format file.

The Internet 5 has many WWs.
W servers 8-1 to 8-N are connected, and TCP / IP (Transmi
The WWW servers 8-1 to 8-N can be accessed from the subscriber wired terminals and the portable information terminals 1-1 to 1-4 in accordance with the protocol of the Ssion Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

Incidentally, the portable information terminals 1-1 to 1-4 are:
The base station 2 communicates with the base stations 2-1 to 2-4 (not shown) using a simple transport protocol of 2 [Mbps].
-1 to 2-4 communicate with the WWW servers 8-1 to 8-N via the Internet 3 using the TCP / IP protocol.

The management control device 4 is connected to the subscriber wired terminals and the portable information terminals 1-1 to 1-4 via the public line network 3, and is connected to the subscriber wired terminals and the portable information terminals 1.
The authentication processing and the billing processing for -1 to 1-4 are performed.

Next, the portable information terminals 1-1 to 1-4 will be described. The portable information terminals 1-1 and 1-2 are connected to a PDA (P
The portable information terminals 1-3 and 1-4 are called mobile phones.

FIG. 3 shows an external configuration of a portable telephone as portable information terminals 1-3 and 1-4. Mobile terminal 1-3,
Reference numeral 1-4 denotes a mobile phone provided with a camera capable of capturing an image. In the following description, mobile terminals 1-3 and 1-4 are used.
Is described as a mobile phone 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile phone 10 is divided into a display unit 12 and a main body 13 with a center hinge 11 as a boundary, and is foldable via the hinge 11.

An antenna 14 for transmission / reception is attached to the display unit 12 at the upper left portion so as to be able to be pulled out and housed, and transmits / receives radio waves to / from the base station 2 via the antenna 14. Further, the display unit 12 is provided with a camera unit 15 that is rotatable in an angle range of approximately 180 degrees at the center of the upper end, and a desired imaging target can be imaged by the CCD camera 16 of the camera unit 15.

Here, when the camera unit 15 is rotated by approximately 180 degrees and positioned by the user, the display unit 12 is provided with a speaker 17 provided at the center on the back side of the camera unit 15 as shown in FIG. Side, thereby switching to a normal voice call state.

Further, the display unit 12 is provided with a liquid crystal display 18 in front of the display unit 12 to receive radio wave reception status, remaining battery level, destination name and telephone number registered as a telephone directory, transmission history, and the like. , The contents of an e-mail, a simple homepage, an image captured by the CCD camera 16 of the camera unit 15, and the like.

On the surface of the main body 13, operation keys 19 such as numeric keys "0" to "9", a call key, a redial key, an end and power key, a clear key and an e-mail key are provided. Various instructions can be input using the operation keys 19. The operation key 1 is provided on the main body 13.
A memo button 20 and a microphone 21 are provided at a lower portion of the telephone number 9. The memo button 20 can record the voice of the other party during the call, and the microphone 21 collects the voice of the user during the call.

Further, a rotatable jog dial 22 is provided on the main body 13 above the operation keys 19 so as to slightly protrude from the surface of the main body 13. Various operations such as a scroll operation of a telephone directory list or an e-mail displayed on the display 18, a page turning operation of a simple homepage, and an image sending operation are executed.

For example, the main body 13 selects a desired telephone number from a plurality of telephone numbers in a telephone directory list displayed on the liquid crystal display 18 in response to a rotation operation of the jog dial 22 by a user, and the jog dial 22 is turned on. When pressed inward, the selected telephone number is determined and the calling process is automatically performed on the telephone number.

The main body 13 has a battery pack (not shown) inserted on the rear side. When the call is ended and the power key is turned on, power is supplied from the battery pack to the respective circuit sections, so that the main body 13 can operate. Start up in a proper state.

The main body 13 is provided with a memory stick slot 23 for inserting a detachable memory stick (trademark of Sony Corporation) 30 on the upper left side of the main body 13, and the memo button 20 is pressed. Then, the voice of the other party during the call can be recorded on the memory stick 30, or an e-mail, a simple homepage, or an image captured by the CCD camera 16 can be recorded according to the operation of the user.

The mobile phone 10 is a memory stick 3
Since the configuration is such that 0 can be inserted, data can be shared with other electronic devices via the memory stick 30.

As shown in FIG. 5, the portable telephone 10 has a power supply circuit section 41 and an operation input control section with respect to a main control section 40 which controls the display section 12 and the main body 13 in an integrated manner. 42, image encoder 43, camera interface (I / F) unit 44, LCD (Liquid Crystal D)
isplay) control unit 45, image decoder 46, demultiplexing unit 4
7, the recording / reproducing unit 52, the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 48, and the audio codec 49 are connected to each other via the main bus 50, and the image encoder 43, the image decoder 46, the demultiplexing unit 47, the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 48, and the audio codec 49 are connected to each other. They are connected to each other via a synchronous bus 51.

The power supply circuit section 41 supplies power to each section from the battery pack and activates the mobile phone 10 to an operable state when the end of the call and the power key are turned on by the user's operation. .

The mobile phone 10 has a CPU, a ROM and an R
Under the control of the main control unit 40 composed of AM or the like, the audio signal collected by the microphone 21 in the audio communication mode is converted into digital audio data by the audio codec 49, and this is subjected to spectrum spread processing by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 48, After the digital-analog conversion processing and the frequency conversion processing are performed by the transmission / reception circuit unit 53, the data is transmitted via the antenna 14.

The cellular phone 10 amplifies the received signal received by the antenna 14 in the voice communication mode, performs a frequency conversion process and an analog-to-digital conversion process, performs a spectrum despreading process in the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 48, and After being converted into an analog audio signal, this is output via the speaker 17.

Further, when transmitting an e-mail in the data communication mode, the cellular phone 10 transmits the text data of the e-mail input by operating the operation keys 19 and the jog dial 22 to the main controller 40 via the operation input controller 42. To send to.

The main control section 40 performs spread spectrum processing on the text data in the modulation / demodulation circuit section 48,
After performing the digital-analog conversion processing and the frequency conversion processing in 3, the signal is transmitted to the base station 2 (FIG. 2) via the antenna 14.

On the other hand, when receiving an electronic mail in the data communication mode, the portable telephone 10
After the received signal received from the base station 2 is despread by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 48 to restore the original text data, it is displayed as an e-mail on the liquid crystal display 18 via the LCD control unit 45. Thereafter, the mobile phone 10 can also record the received e-mail on the memory stick 30 via the recording / reproducing unit 52 according to the operation of the user.

On the other hand, when transmitting image data in the data communication mode, the portable telephone 10 supplies the image data picked up by the CCD camera 16 to the image encoder 43 via the camera interface unit 44.

When the mobile phone 10 does not transmit image data, the mobile phone 10 transmits the image data captured by the CCD camera 16 to the camera interface 44 and the LCD controller 4.
It is also possible to display the information directly on the liquid crystal display 18 via the display 5.

The image encoder 43 converts the image data supplied from the CCD camera 16 into, for example, an MPEG (Moving Pic).
The data is converted into coded image data by compression coding according to a predetermined coding method such as a frame expert group 2), and is transmitted to the demultiplexing unit 47. At this time, the mobile phone 10 simultaneously transmits the voice collected by the microphone 21 during the imaging by the CCD camera 16 to the demultiplexing unit 47 as digital voice data via the voice codec 49.

The demultiplexer 47 multiplexes the coded image data supplied from the image encoder 43 and the audio data supplied from the audio codec 49 in a predetermined system, and multiplexes the resulting multiplexed data into a modem circuit. The signal is subjected to spread spectrum processing at 48 and subjected to digital / analog conversion processing and frequency conversion processing at the transmission / reception circuit unit 53, and then transmitted via the antenna 14.

On the other hand, when the mobile phone 10 receives data of a moving image file linked to, for example, a simple homepage in the data communication mode, the mobile phone 10
The spectrum demodulation circuit 48 performs spectrum despread processing on the received signal received from the base station 2 via the base station 2.

The demultiplexing section 47 separates the multiplexed data into encoded image data and audio data,
The coded image data is supplied to the image decoder 46 via the synchronization bus 51 and the audio data is supplied to the audio codec 49.

The image decoder 46 generates reproduced moving image data by decoding the encoded image data by a decoding method corresponding to a predetermined encoding method such as MPEG2.
This is sent to the liquid crystal display 18 via the LCD control unit 45.
, Thereby displaying, for example, moving image data included in the moving image file linked to the simplified homepage.

At this time, at the same time, the audio codec 49 converts the audio data into an analog audio signal and supplies it to the speaker 17, whereby, for example, the audio data included in the moving image file linked to the simplified homepage is Will be played.

In this case, similarly to the case of the electronic mail, the portable telephone 10 can record the data linked to the received simple homepage or the like on the memory stick 30 via the recording / reproducing unit 52 by the operation of the user. .

As described above, the portable telephone 10 can perform not only the function as a telephone but also the transmission / reception of mail, the browsing of a homepage, and the like. When performing a process such as selecting a desired function from such various functions or searching for a homepage to be browsed, it is important for the mobile phone 10 having a small display screen to provide an easy-to-use graphic user interface. .

Here, a program related to the graphic user interface of the mobile phone 10 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a program used for a graphic interface for controlling the display of a menu displayed on the liquid crystal display 18. The program of the graphic user interface is stored in a ROM (not shown) in the main control unit 40, and by reading out the stored program, processing described later is executed.

The physical device 61 in FIG. 6 means, for example, a memory area necessary for generating an image according to an application on the liquid crystal display 18. The graphic device interface (GDI) 62 generates on the liquid crystal display 18 image components necessary for generating the above-described application image, such as a cursor image, a scroll bar, a window frame, and an image input from the CCD camera 16. In this case, a program required for the above, that is, a logical device is associated with a memory area in which the logical device is recorded.

These logical devices are stored as menu selection object data in a ROM (not shown) incorporated in the main control unit 40, for example. For the application image, a logical device and its positional relationship are specified by the GUI, and the graphic interface 62 is displayed.
Is formed as bitmap data on a memory (on the physical device 61) through the interface, and is repeatedly read out and displayed on the liquid crystal display 18, whereby an application image is generated on the liquid crystal display 18.

The external operator 63 is the operation key 19 and the jog dial 22. When an event such as rotating the jog dial 22 to move the image (for example, a cursor) of the logic device displayed on the liquid crystal display 18 or keeping the jog dial 22 pressed is generated, the address of the above-described memory area is changed. And the point on the screen of the liquid crystal display 18, for example, the direction and how much the jog dial 22 has been rotated can be determined by the device handler (device driver) 6.
4, the device handler 64 detects that the dialog manager 6
Communication with 5 starts.

The dialog manager 65 interacts with the application program 66 based on the detected information. The application program 66 is created according to the purpose of use of the graphic user interface. The application image displayed on the liquid crystal display 18 and the processing procedure corresponding to an input event from the external operator 63 are determined in detail. It is a program. When the application 66 and the dialog manager 65 determine the configuration of the application image in response to the input event, the application 66 informs the display operation program 67 of the result.

The display calculation program 67 calculates and determines the display method of the response application image. For example, the image elements generated before the event input and which have not changed are displayed as they are. The image element whose position has been changed specifies the display position by calculation, and if a new logical device is required, the device is read from the memory area where the device is recorded, and the application image of the response image is stored in the memory described above. It instructs the GDI 62 to form.

Next, the operation when a desired telephone number is selected from the telephone number list provided by the graphic interface as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As a premise, a list of telephone numbers is already stored by the user in the mobile phone 10 (for example, the ROM provided in the main control unit 40).
(Not shown), stored in the memory stick 30 or the like).

In step S1, n indicating the number from the beginning of the telephone number that has been input is set to 1. The timing at which the n-th is set to the first is determined by the operation key 19 or the jog dial 22.
Is operated, and the first digit of the telephone number is input. In step S2, the determination is performed using the n-th number that has already been input. The determination made in step S2 is a process of searching for and reading out whether or not a telephone number that matches the input arrangement of the n-th number is stored.

The telephone numbers determined and read in step S2 are listed on the liquid crystal display 18 in step S3. FIG. 8 shows a display example displayed as a list. On the liquid crystal display 18, an input numeral display section 71 on which numerals input by the user are displayed
And a telephone number display section 72 on which a list of telephone numbers as a result of the search is displayed. Of the plurality of telephone numbers displayed on the telephone number display section 72, 1
A cursor 73 is located at one of the telephone numbers. The cursor 73 moves up and down based on the operation of the jog dial 22.

In the display example shown in FIG. 8, since the user inputs "0" by operating the operation keys 19 or the jog dial 22, the input numeral display section 71
"0" is displayed at the bottom. Then, all the telephone numbers whose first number is “0” are read out, and among the telephone numbers that can be displayed, the telephone number display section 7
2 is displayed. When the cursor 73 is moved downward, the telephone numbers that are not displayed are sequentially displayed with the movement.

In the list displayed in this way, the user determines in step S4 whether or not a caller who wants to make a call is displayed. In this case, if the first few digits entered by the user are correct, there should be someone to call in the searched list, but if the number of phone numbers in the list is large, the cursor is In a situation where the user 73 is not displayed in a range where the user 73 is not moved (existing in a list outside the range displayed on the telephone number display unit 72), the user selects a desired person name (telephone) in step S4. Number) is not displayed, and the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, n is updated to n + 1. That is, the user inputs the next number. When a new number is input, the process returns to step S2, and the subsequent processing is repeated. For example, in the state shown in FIG. 8, the process proceeds to step S5, and when the user newly inputs "3", the display state changes to the display state shown in FIG. 9A. That is, "03" is displayed on the input numeral display section 71, and a list of telephone numbers starting with "03" is displayed on the telephone number display section 72.

When the user additionally inputs "5", the display on the liquid crystal display 18 is as shown in FIG. 9B. "03" is displayed in the input numeral display section 71.
5 ". By inputting a number up to the third digit, candidate telephone numbers are narrowed down, and FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 3, three telephone numbers are displayed as candidates. As described above, when the candidates are narrowed down, the user can easily determine in step S4 that the desired personal name (telephone number) is displayed.

When it is determined in step S4 that the user is displaying the desired personal name, the flow advances to step S6, and the jog dial 22 is operated to move the cursor 72 on the desired personal name (telephone number). Move.
For example, when the desired person name is "H", FIG.
As shown in (C), the user operates the jog dial 22 to move the cursor 73 to the position of “H”. In this way, when the destination to be called is selected, it is determined in step S7 whether or not the jog dial 22 has been pressed.

After the destination to be called is selected,
Pressing the jog dial 22 is an instruction to call the telephone number or an instruction to edit the information of the other party by the mobile phone 10. Further, even if a predetermined key of the operation keys 19 is operated, an instruction to call the telephone number can be similarly given. In step S7, the apparatus waits for an instruction until it is determined that the jog dial 22 has been pressed (instruction to make a call has been made). A process for calling a telephone number is executed.

In the mobile phone 10, if the jog dial 22 is pressed to indicate that the instruction to edit the other party's information is set, a process for editing is executed.

As described above, by sequentially inputting telephone numbers, candidates are narrowed down by the number of the inputted numbers, so that a desired telephone number (person name) can be easily searched. Also, even if you do n’t remember the exact phone number,
If only the first telephone number is correctly input, the correct telephone number is retrieved and displayed, so that it is easy to easily search for a desired telephone number.

In step S8, a process of calling the corresponding telephone number is executed. When the telephone is in a call state, in step S9, it is determined whether or not the call has ended.
This determination is made by determining whether a predetermined key in the operation keys 19 is assigned as a key for instructing the end of the call, and whether or not an input from the key has been made to the operation input control unit 42 (FIG. 5). Will be In step S9, the call state is maintained until it is determined that the call has ended,
If it is determined that the call has ended, the call state is released,
Returning to step S1, the subsequent processing is repeated.

In the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the telephone number whose first n-th digit matches is displayed on the liquid crystal display 18 as a search result.
The input telephone number including the same sequence of numbers may be displayed as a search result. For example, "03
When "5" is input, a telephone number such as "04285035 **" is displayed in addition to the telephone number shown in Fig. 9 (B). Instead, the included telephone number may be displayed.

In the above description, a search is made from a list of telephone numbers that have already been registered (stored), but a transmission history, an incoming history, and the like may be searched. In this case, only the history may be searched, or both the history and the list may be searched. Such search-related conditions may be set by the user.

Referring to FIG. 10, a description will be given of a function in mobile phone 10 for executing the above-described process of selecting a telephone number. The registration list storage unit 81 includes the main control unit 40
(Not shown), a memory stick 30, and the like, in which information on a telephone number registered by the user is stored. The list related to the telephone number read from the registration list storage unit 81 is stored in the digit / number comparison unit 82.
Is input to

The digit / numerical comparison unit 82 compares the telephone number up to the nth digit input by the user from the input list with, for example, the Euclidean distance (first digit (first digit)). ) Is distinguished based on the absolute value of the difference between the telephone numbers weighted with the first digit) as the highest order. For example, if "035" is input, "03500000"
000 "(for a 10 digit phone number)
The distance from the registered telephone number is calculated.

The display level judging section 83 includes the digit / number comparing section 8
2, a telephone number determined to be at a short distance (for example, a threshold is set and a telephone number within the threshold is determined) is selected from the telephone numbers whose distances are calculated, and the selection result is displayed and set by the display arrangement setting unit 84. Output to The display arrangement setting unit 84 sets the telephone number determined to be similar among the telephone numbers remaining as a result of the selection by the display level determining unit 83 at a nearby position (so as to be located at a vertical position). Arrange so that it is displayed.

The arrangement result from the display arrangement setting section 84 is L
Output to the ED control unit 45, the LED control unit 45 controls the display based on the arrangement result, so that the n-th telephone number input by the user is displayed on the liquid crystal display 18. , A plurality of telephone numbers as candidates are displayed in the order of similar telephone numbers as described above.

When the user inputs the n-th telephone number, the telephone number list is read from the registration list storage unit 81, and the Euclidean distance is calculated for each telephone number by the digit / number comparison unit 82. You can do it,
When a new telephone number is stored in the registration list storage unit 81, the digit / number comparison unit 82 calculates the Euclidean distance of the newly registered telephone number, and the information on the Euclidean distance is also registered. You may make it memorize | store in connection with a telephone number.

As described above, when a new telephone number is registered, the information on the Euclidean distance is stored in association with the Euclidean distance. Only the telephone numbers within the threshold may be read.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another functional configuration for explaining a function in the mobile phone 10 for executing a process of selecting a telephone number. The functional configuration shown in FIG.
Compared with the functional configuration shown in FIG. 0, the configuration is the same except that the digit / number comparison unit 82 is replaced with a coincidence number comparison unit 91, and therefore the description of the same portions will be omitted.

The matching number comparing section 91 compares the telephone number up to the n-th telephone number (the number displayed on the input numeral display section 71) inputted by the user from the list read from the registration list storage section 81. Filter phone numbers that contain a matching digit. For example, when the telephone numbers up to the n-th telephone number input by the user are “045”, a telephone number matching “0”, a telephone number matching “04”, and “04”
The telephone numbers matching 5 ″ are selected and output to the display level determination unit 83.

The display level judging section 83 ranks the input telephone numbers in the order of display from the one with the largest number of matching numbers. Then, the display arrangement setting unit 84 sets the telephone numbers based on the order of the display level determination unit 83 so that the telephone numbers are displayed closer to each other in the descending order of the matching numerals. At this time, if the number of telephone numbers to be displayed (telephone numbers as candidates) is large, the setting may be made so as to be displayed in page units.

As described above, the user enters a telephone number one digit at a time, and as the number of digits increases, the number of telephone numbers displayed on the liquid crystal display 18 decreases (the search results are narrowed). ) Facilitates retrieval of a desired telephone number.

Further, if the telephone number and the telephone number are provided as described above, it is possible to search even if the telephone number of the other party to be called is ambiguously stored.
Furthermore, usually, "03" is in Tokyo 23 wards and "04" is in Yokohama.
The arrangement of numbers up to the first few digits of the telephone number is determined by the area, such as 5 ". If you remember the area where you want to call the telephone number, you can change the telephone number from that area. Searching is also possible.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, it is possible to execute various functions by installing a computer in which the programs constituting the software are embedded in dedicated hardware, or by installing various programs For example, it is installed from a recording medium to a general-purpose personal computer or the like.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of a general-purpose personal computer. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) 111 of the personal computer has a ROM (Rea
d Only Memory) 112 executes various processes according to a program stored in the memory. RAM (Random Access Mem
The ory 113 stores data and programs necessary for the CPU 111 to execute various processes. The input / output interface 115 is connected to an input unit 116 including a keyboard and a mouse.
6 is output to the CPU 111. Further, the input / output interface 115 is also connected to an output unit 117 including a display, a speaker, and the like.

Further, the input / output interface 115 has a storage unit 118 such as a hard disk,
Further, a communication unit 119 for exchanging data with another device via a network such as the Internet is also connected. The drive 120 includes a magnetic disk 131, an optical disk 132, a magneto-optical disk 133, a semiconductor memory 13
4 is used when reading data from or writing data to a recording medium such as a recording medium.

As shown in FIG. 12, the recording medium is a magnetic disk 131 (including a floppy disk) on which the program is recorded and an optical disk 132 which are distributed separately from a personal computer in order to provide the user with the program. (CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memor
y), DVD (including Digital Versatile Disk), magneto-optical disk 133 (including MD (Mini-Disk)), or package media such as semiconductor memory 134, as well as being pre-installed in a computer. A hard disk including a ROM 112 storing a program and a storage unit 118 provided to the user in a state where the program is stored.

In this specification, steps for describing a program provided by a medium are not limited to time-series processing, but may be performed in parallel according to the described order. Alternatively, it also includes individually executed processing.

In this specification, the system is
It represents the entire device composed of a plurality of devices.

[0088]

As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the information processing method according to the fifth aspect, and the sixth aspect.
According to the recording medium described in the above, since the telephone number including the input number is read out from the stored telephone number and displayed, the desired telephone number can be obtained even from the ambiguously stored telephone number. Can be easily read.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a list of telephone numbers displayed on a conventional mobile phone.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of an information processing system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a mobile phone.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of an external appearance of an upper part of the mobile phone.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a graphic interface.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation related to a telephone number.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example displayed on a liquid crystal display.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another display example displayed on the liquid crystal display.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of a function related to a search for a telephone number in a mobile phone.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another configuration of a function related to a search for a telephone number in a mobile phone.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a medium.

[Description of Signs] 10 mobile phone, 18 liquid crystal display, 19
Operation keys, 22 jog dial, 40 main control unit, 42 operation input control unit, 61 physical device,
62 graphic interface, 63 external operator, 64 device handler, 65 dialogue manager, 66 application, 67 display operation program, 71 input numeral display section, 72 telephone number display section, 73 cursor

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 5B075 ND03 ND23 NK13 PP12 PQ02 QM08 UU09 5C062 AB20 AB23 AB41 AB42 AC05 AC22 AF03 5K036 AA07 BB01 DD16 DD25 DD46 JJ03 JJ12 KK09

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing a telephone number, an input unit for inputting a number, a reading unit for reading the telephone number including the number input by the input unit from the storage unit, and a reading unit for reading the telephone number. Display means for displaying the issued telephone number. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit reads a telephone number having an N-digit number array input at the input unit at the first N digits. 3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the display unit determines the similarity of the telephone numbers read by the reading unit, and arranges and displays the telephone numbers with high similarity at close positions. Item 2. The information processing device according to item 1. 4. When a new telephone number is stored, the storage unit determines the similarity with the already stored telephone number, and determines a similarity to the telephone number that is determined to be most similar. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information is stored so that a new telephone number is located in the information processing apparatus. 5. An input control step of controlling input of a number, a reading step of reading the telephone number including a number whose input has been controlled in the processing of the input control step from a stored telephone number, and a reading step. A display control step of controlling the display of the telephone number read in the processing of (a). 6. An input control step of controlling input of a number, a reading step of reading the telephone number including a number whose input has been controlled in the processing of the input control step from a stored telephone number, and the reading. A display control step of controlling display of the telephone number read in the processing of the step, wherein the computer readable program is recorded.