JP2002320025A - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal that can simply set a destination in a short time when mail is prepared. SOLUTION: When a user instructs start of an electronic mail application program setting a telephone number as a destination of electronic mail and makes operation of selecting a destination, a CPU 4 extracts a telephone number able to be set as the destination from a telephone directory database stored in a storage device 7 and acquires a name in cross-reference with the extracted telephone number from the telephone directory database. Then the CPU 4 allows a display section 9 to display the acquired names as destination objects. When the user selects any name, the CPU 4 extracts a telephone number in cross- reference with the selected name from the telephone directory database and sets the telephone number as the destination of the electronic mail.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal having a mail function, and more particularly to a portable terminal having a simplified destination setting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a large number of applications have been mounted on portable portable terminals, and the range of use of the terminals has been significantly expanded. In particular, application programs relating to e-mail have been remarkably developed, and various types of e-mail functions are mounted on one terminal.

When an electronic mail is transmitted using the above-described electronic mail application program, it is necessary to set a destination (transmission destination) of the electronic mail. The destination can be set directly by the user from the operation unit of the terminal. However, in the mobile terminal, usually, the user registers the other party's telephone number, mail address, and the like. The user can set a destination by using (searching) the telephone directory.

In setting a destination using a telephone directory, first, the name of a destination (name of a destination) is selected by a telephone directory search, and then several telephone numbers registered per person are registered. Then, an e-mail address to be set as an e-mail destination is selected from contents such as the e-mail address.

[0005]

However, as described above, when a telephone directory is used to set an e-mail destination, all information registered in association with the selected name is displayed on the display screen of the terminal. Is displayed, the user of the terminal must perform an operation of selecting an e-mail address, which is necessary information, from a plurality of pieces of displayed information, and the time required for destination setting is long. There are problems such as complicated key operations.

[0006] Recently, it is not uncommon for one person to have a plurality of e-mail addresses, and in such a case, a plurality of e-mail addresses are displayed. In such a case, the terminal user is asked whether the displayed e-mail address is the e-mail address of the mobile terminal of the other party, the e-mail address of the home, or the e-mail address of the company. Cannot be identified instantly, and hesitate to select an e-mail address.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal capable of setting a destination at the time of creating a mail easily and in a short time.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in a portable terminal having an electronic mail application program, a name is stored in association with at least one of an electronic mail address and a telephone number. When the user instructs the activation of an e-mail application program that sets a telephone number as an e-mail destination, and further performs an operation related to destination selection by the user, the destination can be set as the destination. Telephone number extracting means for extracting a telephone number from the telephone directory database, a destination candidate obtaining means for obtaining the name corresponding to the extracted telephone number from the telephone directory database, and a destination candidate for the obtained name. Display means to display as any one of the above names, If, to provide a portable terminal, characterized by comprising a destination setting means for setting a telephone number associated with the selected name as a destination. According to such a configuration, only the information that can be set as the destination is displayed, so that the user can easily and correctly set the destination. Also, instead of displaying the phone number as the destination, the name (name) is displayed, so if the user selects the name of the person who wants to send the mail, the corresponding phone number is automatically set as the destination Therefore, the destination can be set very easily and quickly. The above-mentioned telephone number extracting means, destination candidate obtaining means, display means and destination setting means are executed by the CPU by loading and executing such a program in an embodiment described later. Step SP12, step SP15, step SP18, and step SP19 shown in FIG.

Further, the portable terminal having the above configuration further comprises a carrier table indicating a correspondence between a part of a telephone number and a carrier, and the telephone number extracting means has the same telephone number as its own telephone number based on the carrier table. A telephone number provided by a carrier is extracted from the telephone directory database. According to such a configuration, since a table indicating the correspondence between telephone numbers and carriers is provided in advance, it is possible to quickly search for the same carrier by referring to this table. Note that a carrier (common carrier) is a telecommunications carrier that provides a core wide-area telecommunications service, and is generally equivalent to a type 1 telecommunications carrier, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
T) and KDDI are examples.

Further, the portable terminal having the above configuration further comprises a judging means for judging whether or not a plurality of telephone numbers for the same name have been extracted by the telephone number extracting means, and the destination setting means comprises: In the acquisition of the name corresponding to a plurality of telephone numbers, the lower four digits of the telephone number are acquired in addition to the name, and the display unit displays the lower four digits of the telephone number together with the name. It is characterized by displaying. According to such a configuration, when there are a plurality of telephone numbers that can be set as destinations for the same person, the last four digits of each telephone number are displayed together with the name to distinguish each telephone number. can do. As a result, the user can quickly find the intended destination. Note that, in an embodiment described later, the above-described determination unit is performed by the CPU loading and executing such a program. In step SP14 illustrated in FIG. 4, the above-described destination setting unit includes: This corresponds to step SP16 shown in FIG.

Further, the portable terminal having the above configuration further comprises a judging means for judging whether or not a plurality of telephone numbers for the same name have been extracted by the telephone number extracting means, and the destination setting means comprises: In the acquisition of the name corresponding to a plurality of telephone numbers, if the affiliation information of the telephone number is registered in the telephone directory database, acquire the affiliation information of the telephone number in addition to the name. The display means displays the affiliation information of the telephone number together with the name. According to such a configuration, when a plurality of telephone numbers that can be set as destinations are registered for the same person, the affiliation information of the telephone number registered by the user is displayed together with the name. As a result, the displayed affiliation information becomes the information set by the user in advance, so that the affiliation of each telephone number can be accurately identified, and the desired destination can be quickly selected. Become. Note that, in an embodiment described later, the above-described determination unit is performed by the CPU loading and executing such a program. In step SP14 illustrated in FIG. 4, the above-described destination setting unit includes: This corresponds to step SP16 shown in FIG.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal having an electronic mail application program, wherein a name is stored in association with at least one of an electronic mail address and a telephone number. The storage means and the user instruct an activation of an e-mail application program for setting an e-mail address as an e-mail destination, and further, when an operation related to destination selection is performed, the e-mail application program Mail address extracting means for extracting a mail address, destination candidate obtaining means for obtaining the name corresponding to the extracted e-mail address from the telephone directory database, and display means for displaying the obtained name as the destination candidate And one of the above names is selected by the user If it provides a portable terminal, characterized by comprising a destination setting means for setting the email address associated with the selected name as a destination. According to such a configuration, a mail address is not displayed as a list of destinations, but a name (name).
Is displayed. This allows the user to simply select the name of the person to whom the e-mail is to be sent, and the e-mail address corresponding to the selected name is automatically set as the destination of the e-mail. Can be set to the destination. The above-described mail address extracting means, destination candidate obtaining means, display means and destination setting means are executed by the CPU by loading and executing such a program in an embodiment described later. Step SP32, step SP35, step SP38, and step SP39 shown in FIG.

Further, the portable terminal having the above configuration further comprises a judging means for judging whether or not a plurality of mail addresses for the same name have been extracted by the mail address extracting means, and the destination setting means comprises: In the acquisition of the name corresponding to a plurality of e-mail addresses, in addition to the name, a part of the e-mail address and acquire information indicating the affiliation of the e-mail address, respectively, the display means, In addition to the name, information that is a part of the email address and indicates the affiliation of the email address is displayed. According to such a configuration, when a plurality of e-mail addresses are registered for the same person, information indicating the affiliation of each e-mail address is displayed together with the name. As a result, it is possible to accurately notify the user which mail address each mail address is. As a result, the user can quickly select a target destination. Note that, in an embodiment described later, the above-described determination means is performed by the CPU loading and executing such a program. In step SP34 shown in FIG. This corresponds to step SP36 shown in FIG.

In the portable terminal having the above-mentioned structure, the information indicating a part of the e-mail address and indicating the affiliation of the e-mail address may be obtained when the top-level domain of the e-mail address is composed of two alphabetic characters. Is a domain name located two levels below the top-level domain, and if the top-level domain consists of characters other than two alphabets, a domain name located one level below the top-level domain It is characterized by being.

[0015] The portable terminal having the above configuration further comprises a judging means for judging whether or not a plurality of mail addresses for the same name are extracted by the mail address extracting means, and the destination setting means comprises: In the acquisition of the name corresponding to a plurality of e-mail addresses, if the affiliation information of the e-mail address is registered in the telephone directory database, the affiliation information of the e-mail address is acquired in addition to the name. And the display means comprises:
The affiliation information of the mail address is displayed together with the name. According to such a configuration, when a plurality of e-mail addresses are registered for the same person, information indicating the affiliation of each e-mail address registered in advance in the telephone directory database by the user is added together with the name. indicate. As a result, the displayed affiliation information is the information set by the user in advance, so that the affiliation of each mail address can be accurately identified, and the desired destination can be quickly selected. Become. Note that, in an embodiment described later, the above-described determination means is performed by the CPU loading and executing such a program. In step SP34 shown in FIG. This corresponds to step SP36 shown in FIG.

The portable terminal according to the present invention includes a so-called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system and a PDC (Personal Digital Assistant).
al Digital Cellular System) type mobile phone and PH
In addition to S (registered trademark) (Personal Handyphone System), a portable terminal called PDA (Personal Digital Assistants: personal information equipment) is also included. Here, in the case of the PDA, in addition to the one in which the communication means is built in, the outgoing call (incoming call, communication) process, which is a feature of the present invention, is performed even if the communication means is connected from the outside.
What is performed by the main body is included in the present invention.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
Reference numeral 1 denotes an antenna, reference numeral 2 denotes a receiving unit that performs predetermined processing such as demodulation processing and decoding processing on data received from the base station side via the antenna 1, and reference numeral 3 encodes and modulates transmission data. A transmission unit for transmitting to the base station via the antenna 1;
Reference numeral 4 denotes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls each unit by executing a program. Reference numeral 5 denotes a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a program to be executed by the CPU 5, and reference numeral 6 denotes a nonvolatile readable / writable RAM for temporarily storing data.
(Random Access memory), reference numeral 7 denotes a telephone directory database storing various data such as e-mail addresses and telephone numbers corresponding to individual names (names), and a part of telephone numbers and their telephone numbers. A storage device storing a carrier code table in which correspondence with a carrier code to which the terminal belongs is stored, a reference numeral 9 is a display unit such as a liquid crystal display panel, and a reference numeral 10 is an operation unit including numeric keys, function keys, and the like. is there.

The ROM 5 stores two types of electronic mail application programs. One is
One is to set the other party's telephone number as the mail destination, and the other is to set the other party's mail address as the mail destination. The former is an e-mail application program required to receive e-mail services provided by each carrier independently. Here, the e-mail service independently provided by each carrier is a short message service (SMS; Sh) that allows short-term messages of up to several tens of characters to be directly transmitted and received between telephones.
or "Mail Message on Mobile Telephone" or the like, and an example is an e-mail "C-mail" provided by KDDI. Note that a carrier (common carrier) is a telecommunications carrier that provides a core wide-area telecommunications service, and is generally equivalent to a type 1 telecommunications carrier, such as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), KDDI, or the like. Is given as an example. On the other hand, the latter is an e-mail application program required to receive an Internet mail service for transmitting / receiving e-mail via a mail server. Since this is an e-mail service sent and received via an e-mail server, any terminal that can use the Internet can send and receive e-mail between carriers regardless of whether they are the same or not. it can. In addition, transmission and reception of data with not only the terminal but also a personal computer are of course possible.

The storage device 7 stores a telephone directory and a carrier table. This phone book is
As shown in FIG. 2, a name (name) and data such as a telephone number and a mail address of a terminal, a home, a company, and the like owned by the person are stored as one set of data (one case). For example, referring to data 1 shown in FIG. 2, two telephone numbers “090-1825-xxx” and “070-6510” owned by AAA are associated with the name AAA.
− ○○○○ ”and two email addresses“ AA@csg.kyo ”
cera.co.jp "and" AA@ezweb.ne.jp "are registered. This data is data registered in advance by the terminal user.

The carrier table is a table as shown in FIG. Here, the telephone numbers assigned to the mobile phones and PHS (registered trademark) differ depending on the carrier. That is, part of the telephone number is information for identifying the carrier. For example, the telephone number "0
90-1825-XXXXX "as an example,
The first three digits “090” are information indicating that the mobile phone is a mobile phone, and the next three digits “182” are information for identifying which carrier is providing the mobile phone with the service. ing. The carrier table shown in FIG. 3 is a table showing the correspondence between the three-digit telephone numbers for distinguishing the carriers and the carriers. Here, when determining the carrier corresponding to the above-mentioned telephone number, the three-digit number “18” which is the carrier determination information is used.
2 ”is divided into the upper 2 digits and the lower 1 digit, and the upper 2 digits“ 18 ”
Is searched for a column Q where a row 18 corresponding to... And a column 2 corresponding to the lower one digit "2" intersect (see FIG. 3). Since "A" is described in this column Q, "090-182"
It can be seen that the telephone to which the telephone number "5-OOOO" is assigned is provided by the carrier "A". As shown in FIG. 3, this carrier table does not store information on telephone numbers corresponding to all existing carriers at present, but stores only information on telephone numbers corresponding to carriers of the terminal. It may be what has been done. This makes it possible to quickly and easily extract a telephone number under the same service provision as the carrier of the terminal.

Next, the operation of the portable terminal having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, it is assumed that the carrier of the terminal is “A”. First, by operating the operation unit 10 by the user,
A case in which use of a carrier-specific mail service for setting a telephone number as an e-mail destination is requested will be described. When a signal indicating that such an operation has been performed is output from the operation unit 10 to the CPU 4, the CPU 4 accesses the ROM 5, loads an e-mail application program for setting a telephone number as an e-mail destination from the ROM 5, and executes the e-mail application program. I do.

Subsequently, after an instruction to create an e-mail is issued by the user, when an operation for selecting and setting an e-mail destination is performed, the CPU 4 stores a telephone number that can be set as the destination in the telephone directory. The name of the partner having the mobile terminal to which the telephone number is assigned, that is, the name registered in association with the extracted telephone number is displayed on the display screen as a destination selection candidate. The telephone number that can be set as the destination is only the telephone number of the mobile terminal of the same carrier as the terminal, that is, only the mobile terminal under the service of the carrier “A”. Therefore, the CPU 4 performs a process of extracting a telephone number provided by the service of the carrier “A” from the data registered in the telephone directory database and displaying a name corresponding to the telephone number on the display unit 9.

Hereinafter, this processing will be described in detail with reference to FIG. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that four pieces of registration data from data 1 to data 4 shown in FIG. 2 are stored in the telephone directory database. First, CP
U4 reads data 1 which is the first registration data among the registration data registered in the telephone directory database in step SP11 of FIG. Subsequent step S
In P12, the CPU 4 determines the telephone number registered in the data 1 read in step SP11 described above,
That is, it is determined whether or not the telephone numbers 1 and 2 correspond to the carrier "A" (step SP1).
2). In this process, the upper three digits of the telephone number first have “090” indicating that it is a mobile phone, and the lower three digits
This is performed by determining whether the carrier corresponding to the digit number is “A” based on the carrier table shown in FIG. As a result, the carrier corresponding to the telephone number 1 is determined to be “A”, while the telephone number 2 is in the top three.
Since the digit is “070”, it is determined that the carriers are different.

Subsequently, at step SP13, the CPU 4
Determines whether the telephone number corresponding to the carrier "A" has been retrieved in step SP12, that is, whether at least one telephone number corresponding to the carrier "A" has been registered in the data 1. As a result, since one telephone number provided by the carrier "A" has been registered in the data 1, the determination result is "NO", and the subsequent step SP1
At 4, it is determined whether a plurality of telephone numbers have been extracted for the same name. As a result, the above-described step S
Since only one telephone number was extracted in P12, the determination result is "YES", and the routine proceeds to step SP15. Subsequently, in step SP15, the name of the data 1 is extracted and temporarily stored in the RAM 6. And the following step S
In P17, it is determined whether or not the processing from step SP11 to step SP15 or step SP16 has been performed on all the registered data registered in the telephone directory database. As a result, since the processing from data 2 to data 4 has not been performed yet, the determination result is “NO”, and the process returns to step SP11 again. Then, similarly to the above, the processing from step SP11 to step SP15 or step SP16 is performed for data 2, data 3, data 4
For each of Data 2 and data 3
In, since the telephone numbers corresponding to the carrier "A" are extracted one by one, the determination result in step SP14 is "YES", and the names of the data 2 and data 3 are stored in the RAM 6 in the subsequent step SP15. That is, in the data 4, two telephone numbers corresponding to the carrier "A" are extracted. In this case, the result of the determination in step SP14 is "NO", and the process proceeds to step SP16. In step SP16, the affiliation information of the extracted telephone numbers is extracted so that the correspondence between the detected telephone number, that is, the telephone number corresponding to the carrier "A" and the name can be understood. Is stored in the RAM 6. Here, the affiliation is clarified by extracting the last four digits of the telephone number as affiliation information. That is, the last four digits of the telephone number 1 in the data 4 are associated with the name DDD and R
Store in AM6 and the last 4 digits of telephone number 2
And the name DDD are stored in the RAM 6 in association with each other.

When the processing from step SP11 to step SP15 or step SP16 is completed for data 1 to data 4 as described above, step SP
The result of the determination at step 17 is "YES", and a step SP18
Proceed to. In step SP18, the CPU 4 reads the data such as the name stored in the RAM 6 in step SP15 and step SP16, and displays the information on the display unit 9 as a destination selection candidate of the e-mail. As a result, a display as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, when the user selects any destination from the destination candidates displayed on the display unit 9, in step SP19, the CPU 4 stores the telephone number corresponding to the selected name in the telephone directory database. And sets it as the destination of the e-mail, and terminates the processing.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when the user gives an instruction to select an e-mail destination, a telephone number that can be set as the e-mail destination is displayed as a destination candidate. Therefore, any of the displayed destinations is a destination to which an e-mail can be transmitted, so that the user can select a desired destination with ease. Also, the displayed content is the name of the party to whom the e-mail can be transmitted, so that the user can instantly recognize the destination and can easily perform the selection operation. As a result, it is possible to easily and quickly set the destination of the e-mail, and it is possible to significantly reduce the time required for creating the e-mail.

In the above-described embodiment, when a plurality of telephone numbers are detected for the same person in step SP14, the last four digits of the telephone number are adopted as the affiliation information of each telephone number. However, for example, when a user registers data in the telephone directory database, the affiliation information for each registered telephone number, for example, information such as an individual mobile phone, a company mobile phone, and a home phone number is used. When registered, these affiliation information may be displayed instead of the last four digits of the telephone number.

Next, a case will be described in which a user operates the operation unit 10 to request use of a mail service for setting a mail address as a destination of an electronic mail. In this case, the CPU 4 loads an e-mail application program for setting a mail address as a destination of the e-mail from the ROM 5, and executes the program.

Subsequently, after an instruction to create an e-mail is given by the user and an operation for selecting and setting the destination of the e-mail is performed, the CPU 4 proceeds to FIG. 5 similarly to step SP11 in FIG. In step SP31 of No. 6,
The data 1 registered in the telephone directory database is read. Subsequently, the CPU 4 determines in step SP32
The mail address registered in the read data 1,
That is, the mail address 1 and the mail address 2 are extracted. Subsequently, in step SP33, the CPU 4 determines whether at least one mail address has been extracted in step SP32. Here, since two mail addresses have been extracted in step SP32, the determination result is "NO", and in subsequent step SP34, it is determined whether a plurality of mail addresses have been extracted for the same name. As a result, the determination result is "NO", so that the process proceeds to step SP36, and the affiliation information of the mail address and the name are stored in the RAM 6 in association with each other so that the correspondence between the name of the data 1 and the mail address can be understood. That is, in step SP36, the CPU 4 firstly sets the top level domain (TLD; Top Level) of the extracted mail address.
l) is “jp” or a general TLD such as “com”. The domain name of the e-mail address is divided into a plurality of domains by ". (Dot)". The divided domains have a hierarchical structure, and the domain arranged on the right side corresponds to a higher hierarchy. The rightmost domain corresponds to the above-mentioned TLD. When the TLD is composed of two alphabets such as “jp”, the CPU 4
A domain located two levels below the top-level domain, that is, a domain located immediately before the TLD, is defined as mail address affiliation information. For example, the mail address 1 “csg.kyocera.co.j of the data 1 shown in FIG.
For example, this address is "cs"
g "," kyocera "," co ", and" jp ". Since the TLD is “jp” and two letters of the alphabet among these divided domains, the CPU 4 assigns “kyocera”, which is the domain located immediately before “jp”, to the affiliation of the mail address. Extract as information. On the other hand, in addition to TLDs indicating a country such as "jp" described above, there are also TLDs such as "com", "edu", and "gov", which are composed of three letters of the alphabet, which are called general TLDs. If the mail address has such a TLD, that is, if the TLD is other than two alphabetic characters, the CPU 4 sets the domain located immediately before the TLD as the mail address affiliation information.

As described above, the CPU 4 executes step SP
When the processing for extracting the belonging information is performed in 36, the extracted belonging information and the name are associated with each other and the RA
It is temporarily stored in M6. That is, the name AAA of the data 1 and the attribute information kyocera are stored in the RAM 6 in association with each other, and the name AAA is associated with the attribute information ezweb in the RAM 6.
6 is stored.

Then, the CPU 4 proceeds to the next step SP3
In step 7, in all data registered in the telephone directory database, steps SP31 to SP35
Alternatively, it is determined whether or not the processing up to step SP36 has been performed. As a result, since data 2 to data 4 have not been processed yet, the result is “NO”, and step S
It returns to P31. Then, as described above, step SP21
The processing from step SP35 to step SP36 is performed for each of data 2, data 3, and data 4. In the case of data 2, the mail address is 2 as in data 1.
The CPU 4 stores the affiliation information of the two mail addresses and the name of the data 2 in the RAM 6 in association with each other. On the other hand, for data 3, since there is only one mail address, the determination result in step SP34 is "YES", and the flow proceeds to step SP35. In this step SP35, only the name of the data 3 currently being processed is stored in the RAM 6. Therefore, instead of storing the name and the affiliation information in the RAM 6 in association with each other as in the case of the data 1 or the data 2 described above, only the name of the data 3 is stored in the RAM 6. Also,
Regarding data 4, since no mail address is stored, “YES” is determined in step SP33,
The process moves to step SP37 bypassing steps SP35 to SP36. Then, as described above, when all the data stored in the telephone directory database, that is, the search processing of data 1 to data 4 is completed, the determination result of step SP37 becomes “YES”, and step SP37 is performed.
Proceed to 38. In step SP38, the CPU 4 reads the data such as the name stored in the RAM 6 in step SP35 and step SP36, and displays the information on the display unit 9 as a destination selection candidate of the e-mail. As a result, a display as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, when one of the destination candidates displayed on the display unit 9 is selected by the user, in step SP39, the CPU 4 checks the mail address corresponding to the name selected by the user. Is read from the telephone directory database, set as the destination of the e-mail, and the process ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when the user gives an instruction to select an e-mail destination, the destination name is displayed as a setting candidate.
The user can easily select a destination, and can easily and quickly perform a destination setting operation. Also, if a plurality of e-mail addresses are registered for one destination name, affiliation information indicating what the e-mail addresses are is displayed together with the name.
A plurality of addresses can be clearly identified, and the user can select a mail destination without hesitation. Thereby, the process of setting the destination of the e-mail can be significantly simplified. In addition, since the selection instruction can be given instantaneously, the e-mail creation process can be performed quickly, and the time required for e-mail creation can be significantly reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, if a plurality of e-mail addresses are extracted for the same person in step SP36, they are placed immediately before or two before the TLD as the affiliation information of each telephone number. For example, when a user registers data in a telephone directory database, information on the affiliation of each registered e-mail address, such as a personal mobile phone, a company mobile phone, If you have registered information such as the telephone number of these, instead of these affiliation information,
It may be displayed.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes a design and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is.

[0037]

As described above, according to the portable terminal of the present invention, when a user gives an instruction to select an e-mail destination, a telephone number which can be set as the e-mail destination is a destination candidate. Display as Therefore,
Since any of the displayed destinations is a destination to which an e-mail can be transmitted, the user can select a desired destination with ease. Also, the displayed content is the name of the party to whom the e-mail can be transmitted, so that the user can instantly recognize the destination and can easily perform the selection operation. As a result, it is possible to easily and quickly set the destination of the e-mail, and it is possible to significantly reduce the time required for creating the e-mail. Furthermore, when there are a plurality of telephone numbers that can be set as destinations for the same person, the last four digits of each telephone number are displayed together with the name, so that the user can distinguish each telephone number. . As a result, the user can quickly find the intended destination, can easily and quickly set the destination of the e-mail, and can significantly reduce the time required for creating the e-mail. .

Further, according to the portable terminal of the present invention, when the user gives an instruction to select an e-mail destination, the destination name is displayed as a setting candidate, so that the user can easily select the destination. In addition, it is possible to easily and quickly perform a destination setting operation. Further, when a plurality of e-mail addresses are registered for one destination name, affiliation information indicating what the e-mail addresses are is displayed together with the name. Can be clearly identified, and the user can select the destination of the mail without hesitation. Thereby, the process of setting the destination of the e-mail can be significantly simplified. In addition, since the selection instruction can be given instantaneously, the e-mail creation process can be performed quickly, and the time required for e-mail creation can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of data registered in a telephone directory database.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a carrier code table.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process performed by the terminal when a use of a mail service for setting a telephone number as a destination of an e-mail is instructed by a user;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by the terminal when a use of a mail service for setting a mail address to an e-mail address is instructed by a user;

FIG. 6 is a step SP of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display unit at 18.

FIG. 7 is a step SP of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5;
FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit at 38.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna, 2 ... Receiving part, 3 ... Transmitting part, 4 ... CPU
(Phone number extraction means, mail address extraction means, destination candidate acquisition means, display means, destination setting means, determination means), 5
.. ROM, 6 RAM, 7 storage device, 9 display unit, 1
0 ... operation unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A mobile terminal provided with an electronic mail application program, a telephone directory database in which a name is associated with at least one of an electronic mail address and a telephone number, and an electronic mail destination specified by a user. A telephone number extracting means for instructing activation of an e-mail application program for setting a telephone number as a destination and further extracting a telephone number that can be set as the destination from the telephone directory database when an operation related to destination selection is performed. Address candidate obtaining means for obtaining the name corresponding to the extracted telephone number from the telephone directory database, display means for displaying the obtained name as the destination candidate, and any of the names by the user If selected, the phone number associated with the selected name And a destination setting means for setting the destination as a destination. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a carrier table indicating a correspondence relationship between a part of a telephone number and a carrier, wherein said telephone number extracting means is provided with a telephone provided with the same carrier as its own telephone number based on said carrier table. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein a number is extracted from the telephone directory database. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether a plurality of telephone numbers have been extracted for the same name by the telephone number extraction unit, wherein the destination setting unit determines that the plurality of telephone numbers correspond to each other. In the acquisition of the name,
3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising acquiring the last four digits of the telephone number in addition to the name, and displaying the last four digits of the telephone number together with the name. 4. Mobile terminal. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether a plurality of telephone numbers have been extracted for the same name by the telephone number extraction unit, wherein the destination setting unit determines that the plurality of telephone numbers correspond to each other. In the acquisition of the name,
When the affiliation information of the telephone number is registered in the telephone directory database, the affiliation information of the telephone number is acquired in addition to the name, and the display unit includes the affiliation information of the telephone number together with the name. 3. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein 5. A portable terminal having an electronic mail application program, wherein a storage means for storing a name and at least one of an electronic mail address and a telephone number in association with each other; The user is instructed to start an email application program that sets an email address as the destination,
Further, when an operation related to destination selection is performed, an e-mail address extracting means for extracting the e-mail address from the telephone directory database, and acquiring the name corresponding to the extracted e-mail address from the telephone directory database Destination candidate acquisition means, display means for displaying the acquired name as the destination candidate, and an e-mail address associated with the selected name when one of the names is selected by the user And a destination setting means for setting the destination as a destination. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether a plurality of e-mail addresses have been extracted for the same name by the e-mail address extraction unit, wherein the destination setting unit corresponds to the plurality of e-mail addresses. In the acquisition of the name, in addition to the name, information indicating a part of the e-mail address and indicating the affiliation of the e-mail address is obtained, and the display unit includes the e-mail address together with the name. 6. The portable terminal according to claim 5, wherein information indicating the affiliation of the e-mail address is displayed. 7. The information which is a part of the e-mail address and indicates the affiliation of the e-mail address, when the top-level domain of the e-mail address is composed of two alphabets, The domain name is located two levels below, and when the top-level domain consists of characters other than two letters, the domain name is located one level below the top-level domain. The mobile terminal according to claim 6. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether a plurality of e-mail addresses are extracted for the same name by the e-mail address extraction unit, wherein the destination setting unit determines that the plurality of e-mail addresses correspond to each other. In the acquisition of the name, when the affiliation information of the e-mail address is registered in the telephone directory database, acquire the affiliation information of the e-mail address in addition to the name, respectively, the display means, 6. The mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein affiliation information of the mail address is displayed together with the name.