JP2003125119A - Mobile communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that conventional mobile communication equipment may have caused wasteful speech charges because a user of the mobile communication equipment has only insufficient information to discriminate how many speech charges are caused even when the mobile communication equipment registers telephone numbers of opposite parties. SOLUTION: When a fixed telephone makes a call to a mobile telephone 10, a control section 13 searches whether or not the same number as a toll number of a caller side telephone number obtained from a received signal from a base station 20 exists in a correspondence list between toll numbers and area names in a storage section 14. Further, the control section 13 searches its own area name on the basis of position information notified from the base station 20 and references a correspondence list stored in a storage section 15 among area names of callers, area names of called parties, charging information depending on a call arriving time zone, and rank information indicative a high/low charging amount on the basis of the call arrival time and the area name of the caller obtained from the first correspondence list so as to acquire the caller charging information and the ranking information indicative of the high/low charging amount and to display the acquired information on an LCD section 12 during receiving the call.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication device, and more particularly to a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone for displaying billing information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mobile phone is capable of making a call with different types of phones such as a fixed phone and a mobile phone, and is also capable of making a call not only with a mobile phone of its own mobile network but also with a mobile phone of another mobile network. However, the call charges for the same call time are not the same for all of them, and are usually different, and in some cases, a high call charge may be charged.

Therefore, conventionally, when a mobile station user, which is a mobile phone, receives an incoming call, the mobile communication can be charged to the calling user according to the location of the mobile station user. A method has been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-1
No. 91343). In this conventional mobile communication system, in a mobile communication network that enables communication of mobile stations moving in a service area, a mobile network switch that performs communication control with mobile stations and circuit switching with other communication networks, And a home memory for registering position information for specifying a range in which the mobile station is located,
The mobile network switch is a mobile communication system that includes means for controlling incoming call based on the position information of the mobile station from another communication network or its own mobile communication network. Is provided to the mobile network switch, and the mobile network switch calculates the charge cycle information from the charge area information and the location information of the destination mobile station read from the home memory prior to the start of communication. And a means for transmitting the billing cycle information to the originating exchange for billing the originating user prior to the start of communication.

In this conventional mobile communication system, the charging period is returned to the calling user so that the user estimates the communication charge and determines whether or not to establish a communication connection. It can be avoided.

By the way, in general, the call charge between a fixed phone and a mobile phone is higher than the call charge between a fixed phone and a fixed phone or between a mobile phone and a mobile phone.
A person who frequently calls from a fixed telephone to a mobile telephone may be charged a huge call charge.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional mobile communication system, the calling user judges whether or not to make a call based on the call charge prior to the start of the call, and the call charge information is the calling user information. Since it is disclosed only to the callee, the callee is completely unaware of the call charge, and thus it is impossible to effectively prevent the generation of useless call charges for both the caller and the callee.

On the other hand, in the conventional portable communication device, when an incoming call is received, the telephone number of the other party notified from the station is displayed on the display unit to notify the user of the information of the other party (sender). Therefore, the user can know where the call is from by looking at this display. However, if the other party's telephone number is registered in advance on the mobile communication device, the name etc. will be displayed, and it will be a clue as to where to make the call. There is insufficient information to determine if. For this reason, there are many cases in which a long call is made without paying attention to the call charges, resulting in unnecessary call charges on the caller side.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
By displaying not only the other party's telephone number but also the other party's billing information and area name on the display when an incoming call is received from a fixed telephone, the recipient can be made aware of how much call charge is likely to occur. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication device that can prevent the generation of useless call charges for a caller.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a portable communication device that wirelessly communicates with a base station and communicates with a partner terminal via the base station,
Based on the telephone number of the calling side and the area information of the called side at the time of receiving a call, the acquisition means for acquiring the charging information of the sender and the rank information indicating the level of the charging, and the charging information and the rank information indicating the level of the charging, It is configured such that it has a display means for displaying the incoming telephone number and the incoming call. According to the present invention, it is possible to display the billing information and the information of the rank indicating the level of billing on the display means of the mobile communication device on the called side when receiving a call.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention comprises the above-mentioned obtaining means, a receiving means for obtaining a calling side telephone number and a called side area information from a received signal from a base station, and an area code. A first storage unit that stores a first correspondence table between the area name and the area name; the area name of the calling party, the area name of the called party, the charging information for each incoming time zone, and the rank information indicating the level of charging. A second storage unit for storing a second correspondence table, an incoming time measuring means for obtaining an incoming time based on a timer, and first and second based on the area code of the originating side telephone number and the receiving side area information. It is characterized by comprising control means for acquiring the charging information of the sender and the information of the rank indicating the level of the charging from the correspondence table of No. 2 and the arrival time.

According to the present invention, the area name of the calling side is acquired from the area code in the phone number of the calling side from the first correspondence table, and the acquired area name of the calling side, the incoming time and the area name of the called side. From the above, referring to the second correspondence table, it is possible to acquire the charging information of the sender and the information of the rank indicating the level of charging.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that the above-mentioned calling side telephone number is a telephone number of a fixed telephone. According to the present invention, when the fixed telephone makes a call to the mobile telephone, the charging information of the calling party and the information of the rank indicating the level of the charging can be acquired by the mobile communication terminal on the called side.

Here, in the above invention, the control means extracts the area code of the calling side telephone number and searches whether the same number as the area code is in the first correspondence table, If there is, obtain the area name corresponding to that number,
If you don't have it, reduce it by one digit from the lower side of the area code,
It is characterized in that a search for whether or not the number with the reduced number of digits is in the first correspondence table is repeated until the same number is found in the first correspondence table.

The control means extracts the n-digit area code of the originating telephone number, and the same number as the second digit to the n-digit number excluding the most significant digit of the area code is extracted. Search for the number from the second digit to the nth digit in each area code in the first correspondence table, and if there is, obtain the area name corresponding to that number, and if not, enter the area code Decrease by one digit from the lower digit of the second digit to the nth digit, and search whether the number with the reduced number of digits is in the first correspondence table.
The search may be repeated until the same number is included in the correspondence table.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a mobile communication device according to the present invention and a system configuration diagram of an example of a main part of a mobile communication system in which the mobile communication device is used. In the figure, a mobile phone 10, which is an embodiment of a mobile communication device according to the present invention, includes a wireless unit 11 that wirelessly communicates with a base station 20, and a liquid crystal display element (LCD) that displays various messages. LC which is a display unit composed of
The mobile phone 10 includes a D unit 12, a control unit 13 that controls each unit of the mobile phone 10, a first storage unit 14, and a second storage unit 15.

Although not shown because it is not directly related to the present invention, the mobile phone 10 is also provided with an operation unit, a microphone for transmitting, a speaker for receiving and receiving an incoming call, which is originally provided in the mobile phone. In addition, a vibrator for incoming call notification is also provided if necessary.

The first storage unit 14 is connected to the control unit 13 and stores a correspondence table of the area code and area name (prefecture name, etc.). The second storage unit 15 is connected to the control unit 13, and is the area information of the caller determined from the area code, the area information of the own (mobile phone 10) notified from the base station, and the arrival time of 3 Information about charges for one information and high and low ranks of charges are stored.

The control unit 13 includes a radio unit 11 and an LCD unit 1.
2. When receiving an incoming call from a fixed telephone connected to each of the storage units 14 and 15, the time at that time is stored, and the telephone number information of the other party (source) notified from the base station 20 is wirelessly transmitted. The area name (prefecture name, etc.) is retrieved from the storage section 14 based on the telephone number information received from the section 11. Then, the storage unit 15 is searched for the area information to which the user belongs and the information indicating the high or low rank of the charge, which is notified to the base station 20 in advance.

The control unit 13 also has a function of instructing the LCD unit 12 to display the search results of the storage unit 14 and the storage unit 15 during an incoming call. In addition, the control unit 1
3 has a timer function inside, and can always know the current time information. Further, it also has a function of storing its own regional information acquired through communication with the base station 20 in the internal storage unit 15. The LCD unit 12 has a function of receiving a command from the control unit 13 and displaying the charging information of the calling side and the high or low rank of the charging together with the telephone number.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When an incoming call is received from a fixed telephone, the present embodiment determines the area of the other party from the telephone number information of the other party notified from the base station 20 to the mobile phone 10, and the area information of the other party and the incoming time and From the three pieces of area information to which the user belongs, billing information on the originating side and rank information indicating the level of billing together with the other party's telephone number are also displayed on the LCD unit 12 during an incoming call.
This is to prevent the useless call charges from being generated by making the callee aware of the call charges on the caller side.

First, when an incoming call is received from the fixed telephone to the mobile telephone 10, the base station 20 receives the mobile telephone 10.
The telephone number information of the other party (fixed telephone) is notified to.
In the mobile phone 10, the control unit 13 receives the above telephone number information via the wireless unit 11. The storage unit 14 stores a correspondence table between the area code and the area name (prefecture name, etc.) as shown in FIG. 2, and the control unit 13 that has received the telephone number information of the other party stores the storage unit 14 in the storage unit 14. 2 to find the same area code as the other party's telephone number information from the correspondence table of FIG. 2 above, and search for the area name.

An example will be given as a method for finding the same area code from the correspondence table of FIG. For example, "0AB
When an incoming call is received from the other party having the telephone number "CDEFGHJ", the control unit 13 extracts the upper five digits "0ABCD" of the received other party telephone number, and the five-digit number is stored in the storage unit 14. It is searched for in the correspondence table of FIG. If there are the same numbers, control unit 1
3 selects the area name corresponding to it. If there is no same number, the control unit 13 reduces the number by one digit and the upper four-digit number “0ABC” is stored in the storage unit 14.
Search whether it is in the correspondence table of.

If the numbers are the same, the control unit 13 selects the corresponding area name. If there is no same number, the control unit 13 further reduces by 1 digit and the upper 3 digits "0A".
It is searched whether the number "B" is in the correspondence table of FIG. Similarly, if the same number is in the correspondence table of FIG. 2, select the area name corresponding to that number. If there is no same number, reduce the number of digits by one digit and use the same number in the above correspondence table. Repeat the search for whether there is. In this way, the area name of the other party is searched from the area code of the received telephone number.

Further, the control section 13 has a time when an incoming call is made from an internal timer (that is, an incoming time).
Is also read from the internal storage unit 15 as well as its own regional information acquired through communication with the base station 20. The control unit 13 uses the area information on the calling side obtained as described above,
Based on a total of three pieces of information, the arrival time and own area information,
From the correspondence table of FIG. 3 stored in the storage unit 15, the corresponding charging information on the calling side and the rank indicating the level of charging are selected.

The correspondence table shown in FIG. 3 shows the area name of the calling side, the area name of the called side (that is, its own), the incoming call time zone having the same charge amount, the charging information in the incoming call time zone, and the charge level. The rank is a table stored in correspondence with each other. Here, the rank indicating the high or low billing is a stepwise numerical display of whether the billing is high or low.The higher the number, the higher the charge, and whether the call charge is high or low is visually indicated. To make it easier to understand.

The control unit 13, which has obtained the corresponding billing information and billing level information, instructs the LCD unit 12 to display the obtained information during the incoming call. Upon receiving the command from the control unit 13, the LCD unit 12 displays the billing information of the fixed telephone on the calling side and the rank indicating the level of billing together with the telephone number of the other party.

By displaying the billing information of the destination fixed telephone and the rank indicating the level of billing together with the telephone number of the other party on the LCD unit 12 in such a procedure, the user of the mobile telephone 10 pays the calling charge of the calling side. You can be conscious of this and prevent the use of unnecessary call charges.

The correspondence tables shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 stored in the storage units 14 and 15 are to be downloaded from the server of the base station 20. The mobile phone 10 confirms at regular intervals with the server of the base station 20 whether the information in the correspondence table has been changed, and if there is a change, it downloads the information.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and other embodiments can be considered.
For example, rather than displaying the higher or lower rank of the billing on the calling side by a numerical value, it may be displayed rather high, rather high, or displayed in ordinary words. This can be easily realized by changing the corresponding portion of the correspondence table of FIG.

Further, as a method for finding the area name of the other party from the correspondence table of FIG. 2 from the area code of the other party's telephone number notified via the base station 20, in the above-described embodiment, the higher rank of the telephone number is used. We look for a match with the 5 digit number and the telephone number in the correspondence table, and if there is none, we try to reduce the number of vapor digits by one digit, but the highest "0" of the telephone number is not used and the top 2 The area name may be searched for from the fifth digit to the fifth digit.

In this case, the controller 13 receives the telephone number information "0ABCDEFGH" of the other party received from the base station 20.
"ABCD", which is the upper two digits to the upper five digits of "J", is extracted, and it is confirmed whether the same numbers are in the correspondence table in Fig. 2. If there are the same numbers, the area name (Tokyo (Prefecture name, etc.) is displayed on the LCD unit 12, and if there is no same number, the number of digits is reduced from the second digit to the fourth digit and from the lower digit by one digit. The confirmation operation of is repeated.

In the above embodiment, the case where the caller is a fixed telephone has been described as the most desirable example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is applied even when the caller is a mobile telephone. You can However, in this case, it is necessary that the location information of the base station with which the mobile phone of the calling side is directly wirelessly communicating is sent to the mobile phone of the called side through the base station of the called side together with the caller's telephone number. To do.

The present invention can be applied not only to mobile phones but also to all mobile communication devices. Furthermore, the storage unit 1
4 and 15 are not limited to two separate storage units in terms of hardware, but also include one storage device divided into two storage areas (storage units).

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the billing information and the rank information indicating the level of billing are displayed on the display means of the mobile communication device on the incoming side at the time of an incoming call, the call charge on the outgoing side can be made conscious.

In particular, when the calling side is a fixed telephone,
In a call with a high call charge, the calling side is a fixed telephone and the called side is a mobile communication device, the called side mobile communication device displays charging information of the calling side and rank information indicating the level of charging, thereby making the called side The mobile communication device can be made aware of the call charges, and the generation of useless call charges can be effectively prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a device of the present invention and a system configuration diagram of a main part of a mobile communication system including the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence table stored in a first storage section in FIG.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence table stored in a second storage section in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 mobile phones 11 radio section 12 LCD section 13 Control unit 14 First memory 15 Second storage 20 base stations

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A mobile communication device that wirelessly communicates with a base station and communicates with a partner terminal via the base station, in which the originator is based on the telephone number of the originating side and the area information of the receiving side when receiving a call. And a display unit for displaying the billing information and rank information indicating the level of billing, and the billing information and rank information indicating the level of billing together with the calling telephone number during a call. A mobile communication device. 2. The obtaining means obtains the calling side telephone number and the called side area information from a received signal from the base station, and a first correspondence between the area code and the area name. A first storage unit that stores a table, and a second correspondence table that stores the area name of the calling side, the area name of the called side, the charging information for each incoming time zone, and the rank information indicating the level of the charging are stored. Second
Storage unit, an incoming time measuring means for obtaining an incoming time based on a timer, the first and second correspondence tables and the incoming call based on the area code of the calling telephone number and the area information of the called party. 2. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that acquires the charging information of the sender and the rank information indicating the level of charging from the time. 3. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the calling-side telephone number is a fixed telephone number. 4. The control means extracts the area code of the calling side telephone number, searches whether the same number as the area code is in the first correspondence table, and if there is, the number. If there is no area name corresponding to, the area number is reduced by one digit from the lower side of the area code, and the number with the reduced number of digits is searched for in the first correspondence table. The mobile communication device according to claim 2, wherein the search is repeated until the same number is present in the first correspondence table. 5. The control means extracts the n-digit area code of the originating telephone number, and the same number as the second digit to the n-digit number excluding the highest digit of the area code is extracted. The first
Search whether there is a number from the 2nd digit to the nth digit in each area code in the correspondence table, and if there is, obtain the area name corresponding to that number. Decrease by one digit from the lower digit side of the digit from the nth digit, and search for the number with the reduced number of digits in the first correspondence table until the first correspondence table has the same number. The mobile communication device according to claim 2, wherein the search is repeated. 6. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit acquires position information of the base station notified from the base station as area information of the called side.