JP2003008728A - Cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone that can register phone numbers and main addresses in received mails at a memory dial with a small number of operations, and to improve the ease of handling and convenience, since there exists the problem of many operations being required for registering telephone numbers and mail addresses which are listed in received mails and the ease of use being extremely poor in the conventional portable terminal. SOLUTION: While the body of a received mail is being displayed, a control section 3 searches for a telephone number or a mail address being listed in the body, and selects and retains the telephone number or the mail address. Then, when the instruction for 'machine serial number registration' is inputted, a memory dial registration screen, where the telephone number of the mail address being selected and retained is written is displayed, thus shifting to memory dial registration processing in the portable terminal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a mail function, and in particular, a telephone number or mail address described in a received mail can be easily registered in a memory dial with a small number of operations, which is convenient. The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of improving the property.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile phones (PDC: Personal Digital Cellular) and PHS equipped with a mail sending / receiving function.
Mobile terminals such as terminals and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) are rapidly spreading. In such a mobile terminal, if a phone number or a mail address is described in the text of the received mail, the phone number or mail address is registered in the memory dial of the mobile phone of the user, and the phone number or mail address is registered. In some cases, it is possible to make a call or send an email to an email address with a few operations.

An operation of registering the telephone number or the mail address described in the text of the received mail in the memory dial of the mobile terminal on the receiving side in the conventional mobile terminal will be described. When registering in the memory dial, the user displays the desired mail text from the mail received by the mobile terminal, finds the desired telephone number or mail address in the displayed text, and writes it down in a memo. The user himself / herself memorizes the desired telephone number and e-mail address.

Then, the registration function of the memory dial of the portable terminal is activated to perform the registration operation. A conventional memory dial registration process in a mobile terminal will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a registration process to a memory dial in a conventional mobile phone.

As shown in FIG. 4, the user activates the memory dial registration function, and the telephone number, name, reading of the name, and mail address are input (100), the input data is confirmed (102), and further, When the memory number to be registered is input (104), the confirmed data is registered in correspondence with the memory number of the memory dial of the storage unit 4 (106). In this way, the registration process in the conventional mobile terminal is performed. Here, the control unit of the mobile terminal is
The data such as the name and the telephone number input in the process 100 is temporarily held in the internal work area, and the process 10
When it is confirmed in step 2, a series of held data is registered.

In the conventional portable terminal, the telephone number and the mail address in the process 100 are all manually input from the operation unit 6 or by using the copy and paste function. When copying and pasting, when the user finds the phone number or mail address to register in the text of the received mail, the copy function is activated once to copy the phone number or mail address.
Then, the registration function of the memory dial is activated, and the paste is performed when the telephone number or the mail address is input in the process 100 of FIG.

As a conventional technique relating to a mail function in a portable terminal, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
No. 001-56792 “E-mail device and storage medium storing e-mail processing program” (applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., inventor: Motohiro Suzuki). In this conventional technology, when a character string in the received mail data is troublesomely specified, reply sentence candidates are called and displayed according to the contents of the specified character string, and by selecting an arbitrary reply branch school assistant It is a storage medium that stores the e-mail device and the e-mail processing program that generates the contents of the reply mail. When creating the reply mail, you do not have to enter the text of the mail text to create it, and you can easily create the reply mail. It is a thing.

[0008]

However, in the above conventional portable terminal, when registering the telephone number or mail address described in the received mail in its own memory dial, even if it is manually input, copy and Even with paste, many operations are required, which is inconvenient and inconvenient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the telephone number and the mail address included in the received mail can be registered in the memory dial of the user with a few operations, and the usability and convenience can be improved. The purpose is to provide a mobile terminal.

[0010]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the conventional example is a portable terminal having a mail function, and is described in the text when displaying the text of a received mail. When the registered phone number is selected and held, and the registration instruction to the memory dial is input, the memory dial registration screen in which the selected and held phone number is entered is displayed,
It is a mobile terminal that shifts to the memory dial registration process, and even if the user does not perform any special operation, it is possible to select the telephone number described in the displayed mail text and register it in the memory dial with a few operations. It is possible to improve usability and convenience.

Further, the present invention is a portable terminal having a mail function, which displays the text of a received mail,
Select and hold the email address described in the text,
When a registration instruction to the memory dial is input, the memory dial registration screen in which the selected and held mail address is filled in is displayed, and the mobile dial terminal shifts to the memory dial registration process. Even if it is not necessary, the mail address described in the displayed mail text can be selected and registered in the memory dial with a small number of operations, and usability and convenience can be improved.

Further, according to the present invention, a portable terminal for displaying the selected and held telephone numbers or mail addresses in reverse video or color-coded, and displaying the selected and held range clearly and easily, the user can display the telephone number or the relevant telephone number. It is possible to easily determine whether or not it is necessary to register the mail address in the memory dial.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. When displaying a received mail, the mobile terminal of the present invention selects and holds and highlights a telephone number or mail address in the text, and reversely displays it when a memory dial registration instruction is input. It displays the memory dial registration screen with the phone number or mail address written and moves to the memory dial registration process. You can register the phone number or mail address included in the received mail to the memory dial with a few operations. It is possible to improve usability and convenience.

First, the configuration of the portable terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a mobile terminal (this device) according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the basic configuration of a mobile terminal (this device) according to the present embodiment is the same as that of a conventional mobile terminal, and a transmission / reception unit 1 that transmits and receives radio signals, and a call and a data communication. Communication circuit unit 2 that performs processing and conversion associated with
A control unit 3 for controlling the entire apparatus, a storage unit 4 for storing data of a memory dial, received mail, etc., a display unit 5 for displaying the data, and an operation unit for a user to input an instruction or data. 6, a microphone 7 for inputting voice and a speaker 8 for outputting voice. However, in this apparatus, the processing in the control unit 3 is partially different from the conventional one.

The control unit 3, which is a characteristic part of the present apparatus, has a work memory inside, and searches a telephone number or a mail address while displaying a received mail and selectively holds it in the work memory. It has a "text number registration" function for easily registering the selected and held telephone number or mail address in the memory dial. The function of "text number registration" will be described in detail later.

Next, a display example and a user's operation when registering the telephone number or mail address in the received mail in this device in the memory dial will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a display example and a user's operation when registering a telephone number in a received mail in the memory dial in this device. As shown in FIG. 2, when the user operates the received mail display, the received mail is displayed on the display unit 5 as shown in (a). In the received mail, the number of the received mail, the received date and time, the recipient's address, the subject (subject) are displayed at the beginning, followed by the body of the mail.

As the mail is read by pressing the scroll key, the mail text is sequentially displayed on the display unit 5 of the mobile terminal. If there is a telephone number or mail address in the text, the telephone number or mail is displayed. The address is highlighted (b).

When the user presses the "function" key to select "register body number" from the function menu and (c) "decides", the memory in which the telephone number selected in (b) is written. The dial registration screen is displayed. In this way, with this device, the mobile terminal finds a phone number or mail address in the text and selects "text number registration" by simply displaying the mail without any special operation by the user. Since the screen in which the relevant telephone number has already been written is displayed, it is not necessary for the user to manually enter, copy and paste, etc., and to save the telephone number or email address to the memory dial with a few key operations. It is possible to register. The operation and processing after the memory dial registration screen is displayed are the same as in the conventional case, and the user inputs items other than the telephone number and the mail address registered in the body number.

Next, the operation of this apparatus will be described. When the instruction to display the received mail is input, the control unit 3 reads the received mail from the storage unit 4 and displays it on the display unit 5.
At that time, if the phone number or mail address is searched for in the body of the mail and the phone number or mail address is found (recognized), the number or address is selected, held in the internal work area, and selected. The highlighted range is highlighted.

Here, the search for the telephone number or mail address in the control unit 3 will be described. The control unit 3 of the present apparatus recognizes and selects "a three-digit number or more starting from 0 or"#"or" * "" as a telephone number. The full-width and half-width characters and symbols do not matter. However, if the area code is not included, it is excluded from the selection targets. Further, "a character string in which the above-mentioned number includes parentheses"("")"and a hyphen"-"" is also recognized as a telephone number.

Further, the control unit 3 of the present apparatus controls the "half-width @ and the entire character string of the half-width alphanumeric symbols before and after that" or "the line feed or space immediately before the half-width @ or the half-width @ following the full-width character symbol. A line feed or space immediately after or a character string up to the front of the double-byte character symbol is recognized as an email address and is selected.

Next, the processing at the time of mail search in the control unit 3 of this apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the processing at the time of mail search in the control unit 3 of this apparatus. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 3
When a mail search instruction is input from the operation unit 6, the mail text is displayed according to the instruction from the received mail stored in the storage unit 4 (200).

Then, the control unit 3 searches the text of the displayed mail for the telephone number or mail address as described above (202). It is judged whether or not there is a telephone number or a mail address in the text (204). Then, when the telephone number or the mail address is not found in the text (in the case of No), the control unit 3 ends the processing as it is and returns to the mail text display state.

When the telephone number or the mail address is included in the text in the process 205 (in the case of Yes)
Then, the control unit 3 selectively holds the retrieved telephone number or mail address in the internal work memory, and reversely displays the selected and retained range (206).

Then, the control section 3 judges whether or not an instruction of "text number registration" is inputted from the operation section 6 (20
8) If it is not entered, display the mail text as it is. When the instruction of "body number registration" is input, the control unit 3 displays and outputs the memory dial registration screen in which the selected and held telephone number or mail address is entered on the display unit 5 (210). .

Here, the “body number registration” instruction may be performed by activating a function menu and selecting from the function menu, or by previously specifying a “body” on a specific key of the operation unit 6 or a combination of specific keys. Assign the number registration function,
The "body number registration" function may be activated when the key is pressed.

When the registration screen is displayed, the control unit 3 performs registration in the memory dial in the same manner as the registration process in the conventional mobile terminal shown in FIG.
However, in the present apparatus, among the input operations of various items shown in the process 100 of FIG. 4, the input operation of the telephone number or the mail address which is already selected and held is unnecessary. In this way, the processing at the time of searching the received mail in this device is performed.

According to the portable terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 3 is displayed when the text of the received mail is displayed.
, Searches for the telephone number or email address described in the text, selects and holds the telephone number or email address in the work area, and when the "Body number registration" instruction is entered, the selected number is held. Since the memory dial registration screen in which the phone number or mail address that was written is displayed, the user can display the mail without performing any special operation, and the phone number or mail address included in it will be displayed. It can be selected and registered in the memory dial with a few operations, and there is an effect that usability and convenience can be greatly improved.

Further, according to the present apparatus, since the received mail is directly selected and written in the memory dial registration screen, there is an effect that erroneous input can be prevented.

Further, according to this apparatus, the telephone number and the mail address searched by the control unit 3 are displayed in reverse while the mail text is being displayed, so that it is easy for the user to see.
This has the effect of making it easy to determine whether registration to the memory dial is necessary or not. Also, although the display is reversed here,
It may be displayed in different colors as long as it can be distinguished from other parts in the text.

[0031]

According to the present invention, when the body of a received mail is displayed, the telephone number described in the body is selected and held, and when a registration instruction to the memory dial is input, the selection is made. The memory dial registration screen in which the stored phone number is entered is displayed, and the mobile terminal is set to move to the memory dial registration process.Therefore, it is written in the text of the email displayed without any special operation by the user. A telephone number can be selected and registered in the memory dial with a small number of operations, which has the effect of improving usability and convenience.

Further, according to the present invention, when the body of the received mail is displayed, the mail address described in the body is selectively held, and when the registration instruction to the memory dial is inputted, the selection is made. The memory dial registration screen in which the retained email address is entered is displayed, and the mobile terminal is set to move to the memory dial registration process, so it is written in the body of the displayed email without any special operation by the user. Another e-mail address can be selected and registered in the memory dial with a small number of operations, which has the effect of improving usability and convenience.

Further, according to the present invention, since the selected and held telephone number or mail address is used as the mobile terminal in reverse display or color-coded display, the selected and held range is clearly displayed so that the user can This has the effect of making it easier to determine whether or not it is necessary to register the telephone number or mail address in the memory dial.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a portable terminal (present device) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a configuration block diagram of.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example and a user operation when registering a telephone number in a received mail in a memory dial in this device.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart diagram showing processing at the time of mail search in the control unit 3 of the present apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a registration process to a memory dial in a conventional mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Transmitting / receiving unit, 2 ... Communication circuit unit, 3 ... Control unit, 4
... storage section, 5 ... display section, 6 ... operation section, 7 ... microphone, 8 ... speaker

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mobile terminal equipped with a mail function, wherein when displaying the text of a received mail, the telephone number described in the text is selected and held, and a registration instruction to a memory dial is input. Then, the memory dial registration screen in which the selected and held telephone number is entered is displayed, and the process proceeds to the memory dial registration process. 2. A mobile terminal equipped with a mail function, wherein when displaying the text of a received mail, the mail address described in the text is selected and held, and a registration instruction to the memory dial is input. Then, a mobile terminal is displayed, in which a memory dial registration screen in which the selected and held mail address is entered is displayed, and the process shifts to a memory dial registration process. 3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the selected phone number or mail address is displayed in reverse video or in different colors.