JP2002366489A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the display function of an electronic mail list. SOLUTION: At the time of operating the list display of electronic mails to be displayed at a display part 8 by the list display of subjects, a control part 2 displays the transmitter information of the electronic mails selected in the subject list with the subject list. At the time of operating the list display of the electronic mails by the list display of transmitters, the control part 2 displays the subjects of the electronic mails selected in the transmitter list with the transmitter list. The control part 2 displays the subjects of the selected electronic mails according to an operation preliminarily decided to an operating part 6, or by automatically scrolling them.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone, and more particularly to display of a list of electronic mails and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a list of electronic mails is displayed on a conventional mobile phone, a mobile phone having a small display unit cannot display a plurality of items at once. Even when multiple items can be displayed, the display part is small to display the subject and the sender at the same time. Especially when displaying one email information per line, only a part of the email information is displayed. Will do. Also, even when a list of subjects is displayed, if the subject is long, all characters cannot be displayed, and portions that cannot be displayed are displayed as header information when the mail text is displayed.

[0003]

As described above, in a conventional portable telephone, when displaying an e-mail list, one is required.
When displaying the information of one e-mail on a line, the display screen is small to display the subject and the caller information at the same time, so only the list of the subjects is displayed. There is a problem that the user must open the body of the mail to view the sender information. Similarly, when only the list of senders is displayed, there is a problem that the user has to open the mail body in order to view the subject. In addition, the display screen of the mobile phone is too small to display information such as a mail list, and cannot display the entire subject. Therefore, to imagine the contents of the mail from the range of the displayed subject, the number of displayed characters There was a problem that there were too few. The purpose of the present invention is
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone capable of improving convenience for a user by improving a display function of an electronic mail list.

[0004]

A portable telephone according to the present invention comprises:
In the case where the list of electronic mails is displayed as a list of subjects, a control unit (2) for displaying the sender information of the electronic mail selected in the subject list together with the list of subjects is provided. In one configuration example of the mobile phone of the present invention,
When the electronic mail is displayed in a list of senders, the control unit displays the subject of the electronic mail selected in the sender list together with the sender list. In one configuration example of the mobile phone of the present invention, the control unit changes a list display from the subject list to the sender list or from the sender list to the subject list according to a user's designation. Is what you do. In one configuration example of the mobile phone of the present invention, the control unit scrolls and displays a subject of the selected e-mail according to a predetermined operation performed on an operation unit. In one configuration example of the mobile phone of the present invention, the control unit automatically scrolls and displays a subject of the selected e-mail. Also,
In one configuration example of the mobile phone of the present invention, the control unit searches the stored e-mails for an e-mail matching a search condition specified by a user, and searches the searched e-mails in the list. It is displayed with highlighting or changing colors. In one configuration example of the mobile phone of the present invention, the control unit moves a cursor to a position of the searched e-mail in the list each time a cursor movement key is pressed.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [First Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone includes a radio unit 1 that is a unit that performs transmission and reception with a base station.
A control unit 2 that performs processing control of the entire mobile phone; a notifying unit 3 that notifies a user that a call has been received by a beep sound, vibrator vibration, or the like when a call is received; A microphone 4 and a receiver 5 for performing voice communication when a user answers an incoming call, and an operation unit 6 as a means for a user to operate various functions of the mobile phone.
And a storage unit 7 for storing and storing created or received e-mails and information such as an address book, and a display unit 8 for displaying information.
It is composed of

The data of the e-mail created by the user operating the operation unit 6 is stored in the storage unit 7, converted into a radio signal by the radio unit 1, and transmitted to the base station. On the other hand, in the case of receiving an e-mail, a radio signal transmitted from the base station is received by the antenna, demodulated by the radio unit 1, and the demodulated e-mail data is stored in the storage unit 7.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the received mail list is changed from a subject list to a sender list while the received mail list is being displayed on the display unit 8 in the mobile phone of the present embodiment. . Normally, when no outgoing / incoming call or function operation is performed, the control unit 2 of the mobile phone displays the date, the current time, and the like on the display unit 8. When the user wants to display the received mail list from this state, the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 6 so that the control unit 2 reads out the mail information from the storage unit 7 and 2A displays a received mail list as shown in FIG.

In the example shown in FIG. 2A, a mail status such as unread / read, a reception date and time, and a subject are displayed for each received mail list (subject list). Here, the mail status of a read mail is displayed as “read”, an unread mail is displayed as “not yet”, and a mail that is protected from being deleted is displayed as “preserve”. The storage unit 7
The number of all mails, the number of unread mails, and the number of protected mails stored in the list of received mails are displayed at the top of the received mail list. In the example of FIG. 2A, it can be seen that there are a total of six stored mails, one unread mail, and one protected mail.

When a certain period of time has elapsed since the display of the received mail list, the control unit 2 displays the sender information of the mail currently pointed to by the cursor at the top of the received mail list instead of displaying the number of mails. (FIG. 2 (b)).
In the initial state, the cursor is the latest mail (Fig. 2 (a),
2 (b), and the sender information of the latest mail is displayed at the top of the list display. The user of the mobile phone operates the operation unit 6 to move a cursor to a mail to be viewed in the received mail list, and performs a selection / decision operation to read the mail text.

Here, when the user wants to change the display from the subject list to the sender list, the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 6. In response to this operation, the control unit 2
Causes the display unit 8 to display a reception list menu as shown in FIG. The reception list menu displays menus such as search and change of list display contents. In this reception list menu, there is an item called “Subject → Display Caller” that changes the display content from the subject list to the sender list.
The user operates the operation unit 6 to move the cursor to this item and performs a selection / decision operation. Thereby, the control unit 2 causes the display unit 8 to display a caller list as shown in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 2D, a list of senders is
The mail status such as unread / read, the reception date and time, and the sender information are displayed for each case. This allows the user to search for mail by sender rather than by subject. During the display of the sender list, the control unit 2 displays the subject of the mail currently pointed by the cursor at the top of the sender list.

[0012] Since the number of characters differs depending on the person sending the message, it is sufficiently considered that the subject cannot be displayed on one line.
Therefore, two or more lines of the subject display area may be secured.
In the example of FIG. 2D, the display area of the subject has two lines.
If the sender of the e-mail is a person registered in the address book in the storage unit 7 of the mobile phone, the name of the sender is displayed as the sender information. The telephone number of the caller is displayed as caller information.

When the user wants to return the display from the sender list to the subject list, he performs the above-mentioned operation to call the reception list menu. Change the display content from the sender list to the subject list in the reception list menu, "Sender → Subject display"
Appears, the user operates the operation unit 6 to move the cursor to this item and performs a selection / decision operation. Thus, the control unit 2 causes the display unit 8 to display a list of subject names.

When the mail list display is performed again after returning to the display of the time or the like from the mail confirmation operation, the control unit 2
Displays the subject list when the last displayed list is the subject list, and displays the sender list when the last displayed list is the sender list.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
It is explanatory drawing which shows embodiment. Also in the present embodiment, the configuration of the mobile phone is exactly the same as that of the first embodiment, and therefore the description will be given using the reference numerals in FIG. The functions for displaying the received mail list and displaying the subject list and the sender list are the same as those in the first embodiment. When the received mail list is displayed from the time display state in which no operation is performed, FIG. The number of mails (the number of all mails, the number of unread mails, and the number of protected mails) is displayed at the top of the received mail list as shown in FIG. 3 (a), and after a certain period of time, the cursor moves to the current position as shown in FIG. 3 (b). The sender information of the indicated mail is displayed at the top of the received mail list.

Here, since the subject cannot be grasped due to the small number of displayed characters, if the user wants to check the remaining part of the subject that has not been displayed, the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 6. Do it for This allows
The control unit 2 scrolls the subject of the mail currently pointed by the cursor as shown in FIGS. 3C and 3D, so that the entire subject can be confirmed.

The number of characters scrolled by one operation is one.
It can be a letter or multiple letters. It is considered that the method of scrolling one character by one operation is relatively easy to read. However, when it is desired to reduce the number of operations, a method of scrolling by the number of characters that can be displayed may be considered. Further, in the case of scrolling one character at a time, if the user keeps pressing a key for scrolling in the operation unit 6, if the user continuously scrolls at an appropriate speed that is easy for the user to read, it is more convenient. improves. Also,
When a liquid crystal panel (hereinafter, referred to as LCD) is used for the display unit 8, if the characters are scrolled not by one character but by one dot of the LCD, the visibility is greatly improved.

The control unit 2 does not scroll the subject in response to the user's scroll operation. When the user moves the position of the cursor, the control unit 2 displays the subject of the mail pointed to by the moved cursor. Alternatively, it may be possible to automatically scroll continuously after a certain period of time has elapsed since the cursor movement so that the full text of the subject can be confirmed. This eliminates the need for a scroll operation, further improving convenience. If the user cannot read the subject at the time of this scrolling, the user can perform a predetermined operation on the operation unit 6 to scroll and display again from the first character of the subject.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.
It is explanatory drawing which shows embodiment. Also in the present embodiment, the configuration of the mobile phone is exactly the same as that of the first embodiment, and therefore the description will be given using the reference numerals in FIG. In the present embodiment, only the mail from a specific sender can be displayed in a specific color, and each time the cursor movement key of the operation unit 6 is pressed after the search, the cursor is automatically added to the searched matter. 7 is an operation example of a mobile phone having a control unit 2 for moving the mobile phone.

When the received mail list is displayed from the time display state where no operation is performed, the number of mails (the total number of mails, the number of unread mails, the protected mails) is displayed at the top of the received mail list as shown in FIG. 4B, and the sender information of the mail currently pointed to by the cursor is displayed at the top of the received mail list as shown in FIG. Is the same as

Here, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 6 and calls the reception list display menu, a display as shown in FIG. In the reception list display menu, there is an item called “caller search”, so the user operates the operation unit 6 to move the cursor to this item and perform a selection / decision operation.

The search condition is input by selecting either "direct input" or "select from address book" in a caller search menu as shown in FIG. 4D displayed after selecting "caller search". Select an item and do it. When "direct input" is selected, the user directly inputs a caller name, a telephone number, and the like to be searched as search conditions. When the “select from address book” is selected, the control unit 2 reads the registered address book in the storage unit 7 and displays it on the display unit 8, so that the user can select a desired address book from the displayed address book. Select a caller. The control unit 2 changes the color of only the sender's mail that matches the search condition from the other mails and displays the received mail list.

For example, if the sender 1 is searched using the sender 1 as a search condition, only the received mail from the sender 1 is displayed in a different color from the mail from other senders (FIG. 4E). ). Note that the searched mail may be highlighted. After the search is completed, the control unit 2
When the cursor movement key is pressed, the cursor is moved to the position of the searched mail, and when the cursor movement key is pressed again, the cursor is moved to the position of the next searched mail. Such cursor movement is repeated each time the cursor movement key is pressed.

In the first to third embodiments, only the received mail has been described, but it goes without saying that the same function can be used for the transmitted mail, the held mail, and the like.

[0025]

According to the present invention, when a list of e-mails is displayed as a list of subjects, a control unit for displaying the sender information of the e-mail selected in the subject list together with the list of subjects is provided. Thereby, the user can confirm the sender of the desired e-mail while displaying the subject list,
Since there is no need to open the mail text to view the caller information, the convenience for the user can be improved.

When the list of e-mails is displayed in a list of senders, the subject of the e-mail selected in the list of senders is displayed together with the list of senders.
The user can check the subject of the desired e-mail while the sender list is being displayed, and there is no need to open the text of the e-mail to view the subject, thereby improving the convenience for the user. it can.

Also, by displaying the subject of the selected e-mail by scrolling it according to a predetermined operation on the operation unit, the entire subject can be confirmed without opening the body of the e-mail. If so, the subject of the email can be imagined from the subject.

Also, by automatically scrolling and displaying the subject of the selected e-mail, the entire subject can be checked without opening the body of the e-mail. You can imagine.

Further, the convenience of the user can be improved by moving the cursor to the position of the searched e-mail in the list each time the cursor movement key is pressed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when the display is changed from a subject list in a received mail list display to a sender list in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when a subject in a received mail list is scrolled in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when a sender search is performed while a received mail list is displayed in a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Radio | wireless part, 2 ... Control part, 3 ... Information part, 4 ... Microphone, 5
... Receiver, 6 ... Operation unit, 7 ... Storage unit, 8 ... Display unit.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A portable telephone capable of displaying a list of stored e-mails, wherein, when the e-mail list display is performed by subject list display, sender information of the e-mail selected in the subject list And a control unit for displaying the list together with the subject list. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, when displaying the list of the e-mails in a list of senders, displays the subject of the e-mail selected in the sender list. A mobile phone, which is displayed together with a list of callers. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the control unit displays a list from the subject list to the sender list or from the sender list to the subject list according to a user's designation. A mobile phone characterized by changing. 4. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the control unit scrolls and displays a subject of the selected electronic mail according to a predetermined operation performed on an operation unit. Mobile phone. 5. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the control unit automatically scrolls and displays a subject of the selected e-mail. 6. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the control unit searches the stored electronic mail for an electronic mail that matches a search condition specified by a user, and searches the electronic mail. Are displayed in the list in a highlighted or changed color. 7. The mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein the control unit moves a cursor to a position of the searched e-mail in the list each time a cursor movement key is pressed. Mobile phone.