JP2003115901A - Mobile phone terminal, and method for setting ringer notice in the mobile phone terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone terminal capable of individually setting a ringer notice method including a vibration notice by means of a vibrator in place of an output of a ringer tone for the arrival of a call by a PHS terminal or a mobile phone and the arrival of a message. SOLUTION: When a pager receives a call not during a speech, a control section 18 reads a type of a ringer tone set to the pager from a RAM 20 and uses a speaker 13 or a vibrator 2 according to the type of the ringer tone to inform a user about the arrival of a call to the pager. When the pager receives a call during a speech with a PHS, the control section 18 disregards the contents of the RAM 20 and forcibly superimposes a small tone volume of a ringer tone on a speech voice sounded from the speaker 13 so as to inform the user about the arrival of a call to the pager.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile phone terminal having a message receiving function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a message communication system for contacting a remote party by calling the remote party via a communication line or by sending an arbitrary message to the remote party. As a message communication system, there is a pager system or the like as a one-way communication system, and as a two-way communication system, a two-way pager system, a mobile phone system, a PHS (Personal Handy Phone System).
Etc. are known. Further, there are compound terminals and the like that combine these one-way communication system and two-way communication system.

When sending a message to a terminal of these data communication systems, a sender terminal (for example, a telephone) dials an identification number (telephone number or the like) to a receiver terminal (a pager terminal of the other party, a PHS terminal or a composite terminal). Then, the message is transmitted by inputting the number corresponding to the message, or the tone dialer function is used to select the previously input identification number (telephone number or the like) and the message and transmit them directly. Upon receiving this message, the receiving side terminal notifies the user by issuing a notification sound or vibrating the terminal and displaying the received message on the display unit.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional composite terminal, although the incoming call notification sound can be individually set for the incoming call notification by the PHS terminal or the mobile phone and the incoming call notification by the pager, Since it was not possible to notify by the vibration of the vibrate, both the PHS terminal or the mobile phone, the pager, and / or the message received by the pager could not be notified. There was a problem that the ringtone was output as an alert, which hindered the call.

Therefore, the present invention provides a mobile phone terminal capable of individually setting an incoming call notification method including vibration notification by a vibe instead of output of a ring tone for an incoming call at a PHS terminal or a mobile phone and an incoming message. With the goal.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a portable telephone terminal according to the invention of claim 1 includes a receiving means for receiving a message and a notification by vibration instead of output of a ring tone, and is connected to a line. It is characterized by further comprising storage means for individually storing information for notifying a preceding incoming call and information for notifying the incoming call of the message by the receiving means.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a method of setting an incoming call notification in a mobile phone terminal having a function of receiving a message according to the invention of claim 2 includes a notification by vibration instead of the output of a ringing tone to connect to a line. It is characterized in that a preceding incoming call notification method and a message data incoming call notification method are individually set.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings as an embodiment in which it is applied to a composite terminal having the functions of a pager and a PHS terminal. A. Configuration of Example A-1. Configuration of Wireless Communication System FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless communication system such as a pager and a PHS terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the telephone line network 1 is a normal analog telephone line network (PSTN network) or a digital line network (for example, ISDN network) which is spread all over the country. The telephone line network 1
Includes telephones (analog and digital terminals) 2,
A PHS base station 3, a PHS center 4, and a paging center 5 installed at predetermined intervals are connected. The telephone 2 is a telephone installed in a general home, a public telephone, or a telephone connected to the telephone line network 1 via a PBX (exchange) (not shown), and is used when sending a message to the pager 7 or the composite terminal 8. To be done. When sending a message, the user calls the pager 7 or the composite terminal 8 of the other party from the above-mentioned telephone 2 or the PHS unit of the composite terminal 8 described later and inputs the number corresponding to the message, or sends the tone. Use the dialer function to select and send the phone number and message entered in advance. The message is supplied to the paging center 5 connected to the telephone network 1.

Although the number of PHS base stations 3 is one in the illustrated example, it is actually a plurality, and the PHS terminals are exchanged by wirelessly exchanging data with PHS terminals existing in their respective service areas. A line is established and a service by the PHS center 4 described later is provided to the composite terminal 8. Further, the PHS center 4 stores the position registration information, the authentication information, and the billing information of the composite terminal 8 in a database (not shown), controls the telephone line network 1 to manage the communication between the terminals, and stores the voice mail in the database. Various data such as is accumulated, and in response to a request from the composite terminal 8 described later,
We provide various services that provide users with the above voice mail and data. Next, the paging center 5 is connected with pager base stations 6 and 6 installed at predetermined intervals, and the pager message transmitted from the composite terminal 8 or the telephone 2 via the pager base stations 6 and 6. Is transmitted to the pager 7 or the composite terminal 8.

The pager 7 receives the pager message transmitted from the pager base station 6 to itself, emits a notification sound, vibrates the terminal, and displays the received pager message on the display unit, so that the user can To inform. The above-described composite terminal 8 has a pager function and a PHS terminal function, is carried by a user, and wirelessly issues a line connection request to the PHS base station 3 to send another PHS terminal, a composite terminal, or a home terminal. , And receive services from the PHS center 4. Further, when the composite terminal 8 receives a pager message from a partner having a preset telephone number, the composite terminal 8 automatically makes a call to the partner and returns a reply message (fixed or arbitrary) registered to the telephone number. It is supposed to be sent.

A-2. Configuration of Compound Terminal FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the compound terminal 8 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a transmitter / receiver for PHS, which is composed of a frequency converter consisting of a receiver and a transmitter, and a modem consisting of a receiver and a transmitter. The reception unit of the frequency conversion unit receives the signal from the antenna A, which is input via an antenna switch for distributing transmission / reception.
The signal received by NT1 is mixed with a local oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency output from the PLL synthesizer, thereby performing frequency conversion from the 1.9 GHz band to an IF (intermediate frequency) signal in the vicinity of the 1 MHz band. In addition, the transmission unit of the frequency conversion unit uses a π / 4 shift QP supplied from a modem described later.
By mixing the modulated wave of SK with a local oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency output from the PLL synthesizer, 1.9G
The frequency is converted into the Hz band, and the antenna ANT1 radiates through the antenna switch. Next, the reception unit of the above-mentioned modem demodulates the IF signal from the frequency conversion unit, separates it into IQ data into a data string, and sends it to the PHS communication control unit 11. Further, in the transmission section of the modem, the communication control section 11
IQ data is created from the data supplied from
It modulates 4-shift QPSK and sends it to the frequency converter of the PHS transceiver 10.

Next, the PHS communication control unit 11 is composed of a transmitting side and a receiving side, and performs frame synchronization and slot data format processing. The reception side extracts data for one slot from the reception data supplied from the modem of the PHS transceiver 10 at a predetermined timing, extracts a unique word (synchronization signal) from this data, and generates a frame synchronization signal. After descrambling the control data section and the audio data section, the control data is sent to the control section 18, and the audio data is sent to the audio processing section 12. Further, the transmission side adds control data and the like to the audio data supplied from the audio processing unit 12, adds unique words and the like after adding scramble and the like, and creates transmission data for one slot, It is inserted into a predetermined slot in the frame at a predetermined timing and sent to the modem of the PHS transceiver 10.

Next, the voice processing unit 12 described above is composed of a speech codec and a PCM codec. The speech codec performs compression / expansion processing of digital data, and is composed of a receiving side and a transmitting side. The receiving side is the PHS communication control unit 11
ADPCM audio signal supplied from (4 bits x 8KH
z = 32 Kbps for PCM audio signal (8 bits x 8 K)
It is expanded by decoding to Hz = 64 Kbps) and output to the PCM codec. The transmitting side encodes the PCM audio signal supplied from the PCM codec into an ADPCM audio signal, compresses it, and sends it to the PHS communication control unit 11. The PCM codec described above performs analog / digital conversion processing, and the receiving side converts the PCM audio signal supplied from the speech codec into an analog audio signal by D / A conversion, causes the speaker 13 to generate sound, and transmits it. The side converts the analog audio signal input from the microphone 14 into a PCM signal by A / D conversion and sends it to the speech codec.

The pager receiver 15 demodulates the signal received by the pager antenna ANT2 and supplies it to the pager communication controller 16. The pager communication control unit 16 extracts the sender's identification information (such as a telephone number) and the received message from the demodulated signal and supplies the message to the control unit 18. Next, the key input unit 17 is composed of a numeric keypad for inputting the telephone number of the other party, a switch for performing on-hook / off-hook, a volume switch for changing the voice output, and the like. The state of these keys and switches is controlled by the control unit 18.
Is supplied to.

Next, the control unit 18 controls the entire apparatus according to a predetermined program. In particular, in this embodiment, the operation by the PHS and the operation by the pager communication system described above can be activated at the same time.
Further, the control unit 18 is configured to perform notification and message display processing at the time of an incoming call in the PHS and pager, outgoing call at the PHS, call processing, notification at the time of incoming call, and the like. When the pager or PHS receives an incoming call,
A notification is made according to information preset in the RAM 20 described later. On the other hand, for example, P
When receiving a message from the pager communication system during a call by HS, the user is not uncomfortable,
In addition, the notification is made so as not to prevent the trouble of the call. Specifically, if it is set to notify the incoming call of a pager with a ring tone, it will be notified at the minimum volume, and if it is set to notify with a vibrate (vibration), the minimum vibration will be reported. It is supposed to inform you. The ringing tone is realized by ringing the speaker 13, and the vibration (vibration) is performed by the vibrator 22 described later.
It is realized by activating.

The ROM 19 stores programs executed by the control unit 18 and various parameters. In addition, the RAM 20 stores data generated according to the control of the control unit 18, is used as a working area, and stores an address list of data such as an address of a calling party and a telephone number. A phone book (database) is stored. In particular, in this embodiment,
As shown in FIG. 3, the RAM 20 stores large, medium and small ringtones and a vibration (vibration) as information for notifying an incoming call by the above-mentioned PHS and pager. These pieces of information can be arbitrarily set by the user.

Next, the display unit 21 is composed of an operation mode, a liquid crystal display for displaying various data such as a telephone number, a call time, a received message, etc., and an LED for turning on / off a switch etc. Under the control of the control unit 18, various data are displayed. Further, the display unit 19 is
It is a touch panel, and data can be input by touching displayed icons, data, and the like with a touch pen (not shown). Also, the vibe 22
Informs the user by vibration that there is an incoming call by the pager or PHS.

B. Operation of Embodiment Next, the operation of the composite terminal 8 according to the above-described embodiment will be described. In the following description, the operation of each unit associated with a call is the same as the operation of a normal PHS terminal, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts for explaining the operation for notifying an incoming call at the PHS and pager in the composite terminal 8 according to this embodiment.
In FIG. 4, first, in step S10, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call to the PHS or pager. If there is an incoming call, the process proceeds to step S12 and it is determined whether the incoming call is the PHS or pager. Then, if there is an incoming call to the PHS, the process proceeds to step S14 and the PHS is read from the RAM 20.
The ringtone type set for is read, and it is determined in step S16 whether the ringtone type is "Vibe". If the ring tone type is "vibrate", the process proceeds to step S18, and as shown in FIG.
By driving and vibrating, the user is notified that the PHS has received a call.

On the other hand, if the ring tone type is "ring tone (large, medium or small)", the process proceeds to step S20, and, for example, as shown in FIG. Notify the person that the PHS has received an incoming call. Next, in step S22, it is determined whether or not the call is off-hook, and if the call is off-hook, the call process is performed in step S24. In fact, even during the call,
The presence or absence of an incoming call is detected, and if there is an incoming call, step S
The determination process in 12 is executed.
Then, in step S26, it is determined whether the call is on-hook, the call is continued until the call is hooked, and when the call is hooked, the line is disconnected and the process ends.

When an incoming call is received by the pager, the process proceeds to step S28 shown in FIG. 5, and it is determined by the PHS whether or not the call is in progress. If it is not in a call, the process proceeds to step S30, the ring tone type set for the pager is read from the RAM 20, and it is determined in step S32 whether the ring tone type is "Vibe". If the ring tone type is "vibrate", the process advances to step S34 to drive and vibrate the vibrate 22 to notify the user that a PHS call has arrived.
On the other hand, if the ring tone type is "ring tone (large, medium or small)", the process proceeds to step S36 and the speaker 13 is activated to notify the user that there is a PHS incoming call. On the other hand, if an incoming call is received by the pager during the PHS call, the process proceeds to step S38, the setting contents of the RAM 20 are ignored, and the speaker 1 is used as shown in FIG.
A low-volume ringtone is superimposed on the call voice of 3 to notify the user that the pager has received a call.

As described above, in this embodiment, when an incoming call is received by the pager during a PHS call, a low-volume ring tone is superimposed on the call voice of the speaker 13 regardless of the contents of the incoming call method set for the pager. Since the user is notified that the pager has received the call, it is possible to prevent the user from feeling uncomfortable and prevent the trouble of the call.

In the above embodiment, the pager function and P
Although the composite terminal has the HS terminal function, the invention is not limited to this, and a composite terminal having a pager function and a mobile phone function may be used. Also, as a means to notify the incoming call of the pager during a call, in addition to reducing the ringtone or vibrating the vibe slightly, change the tone of the ringtone so that it does not interfere with the call. (For example, a pleasant melody or the like) may be used for notification. Further, in the above embodiment, when notifying the incoming call of the pager during a call, it is always notified by the low-pitched ring tone, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, when the incoming call of the pager is When "Vibe" is set, the vibe may be vibrated slightly. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the message is received by the pager system, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, an apparatus for receiving the message from the character multiplex broadcasting may be used. Furthermore, the information received by the pager is not limited to text information, but may be voice message information.

[0024]

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, the portable telephone terminal includes the receiving means for receiving the message and the notification by the vibration instead of the output of the ring tone to notify the incoming call prior to the line connection. Since the information and the information for notifying the arrival of the message are separately stored in the storage means, for example, when a telephone call is being made at the telephone terminal, when a message arrives, the ringtone is output. The advantage that the problem can be solved is obtained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the incoming call notification setting method in the mobile phone terminal having the function of receiving a message, the incoming call notification prior to the line connection includes the notification by vibration instead of the output of the ring tone. Since the method and the message arrival notification method are set individually, there is an advantage that the problem that the ringtone is output when there is an incoming message while talking on a telephone terminal is obtained. To be

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a composite terminal according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing setting contents when notifying an incoming call.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the composite terminal according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the composite terminal according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a notification example for notifying an incoming call by a PHS or a pager.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 telephone network 2 telephones 3 PHS base station 4 PHS Center 5 paging centers 6 pager base stations 7 pagers 8 Compound terminal (mobile phone terminal) ANT1, ANT2 antenna 10 Transmitter / receiver 11 Communication control unit 12 Voice processing unit 13 speakers 14 microphone 15 Pager receiver (reception means) 16 Pager communication control unit (reception means) 17 Key input section 18 Control unit 19 ROM 20 RAM (storage means) 21 Display 22 Vibes

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Receiving means for receiving a message, and information for notifying an incoming call prior to line connection, including information by vibration instead of output of a ring tone, and information for notifying an incoming message by the receiving means. And a storage unit for individually storing and. 2. A method of setting an incoming call notification in a mobile phone terminal having a function of receiving a message, including an incoming call notification method prior to line connection and an incoming call notification method of a message including notification by vibration instead of output of a ring tone. A method for setting an incoming call notification, which is characterized by individually setting.