JP2003204399A - Communication terminal and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal and a program which can efficiently notice that there are unprocessed events. <P>SOLUTION: The terminal and the program determine whether there are a plurality of registered and unprocessed events which belong to a selected category by a user (for instance, 'mail termination', 'web termination', etc.), in categories of unprocessed events which are displayed in a list of the waiting screen. When the registered unprocessed events are plural, the unprocessed event name list which belongs to the category is displayed on a LCD19a. If the registered unprocessed event is only one, the unprocessed event is directly processed without displaying the unprocessed event name list which belongs to the category. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal and a program capable of notifying that there is an unprocessed event.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a communication terminal having an unprocessed event display function of displaying an unprocessed event on a standby screen and notifying the user of the unprocessed event has been realized (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-136261). reference). Events here include incoming mail, web information (various types of information acquired via the network), simple answer message (message recorded in the internal memory of the terminal), answer message (answer recorded on the server). Message) notification incoming, station information (various area information received periodically) incoming, application execution, etc.

That is, the unprocessed event display function is
If there are unprocessed events, a list of the category names of unprocessed events (for example, "Incoming mail" when the event is an incoming mail, "Web incoming" when the event is an incoming Web information, etc.) is displayed on the standby screen. It is a function of displaying a list in and prompting the user to process the unprocessed event. When the user selects a desired category from the categories of unprocessed events displayed in the list above, a list of unprocessed events belonging to the category is displayed in a list, and further, among the unprocessed events displayed in the list. When an event desired by the user is selected from, the unprocessed event is processed.

Now, with reference to FIG. 4, a processing operation of an unprocessed event by a conventional communication terminal will be described. Here, for simplification of description, the case where the unprocessed event is an unread mail will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the same applies to other unprocessed events.

First, the CPU of the above-mentioned communication terminal has a built-in RA.
It is determined whether or not the event is registered in the unprocessed event list stored in M (step S41), and if the event is not registered (step S41; N).
o), only the standby screen is displayed (step S42), and when the event is registered (step S41; Ye)
s), the category name to which the event belongs (for example, "mail arrival" for mail arrival, "web arrival" for web information arrival, etc.) is displayed in a list on the standby screen (step S43).

Next, when the user selects "mail arrival", the CPU displays a list of unread mail names registered in the RAM (step S44). After that, when the user selects a desired unread mail from the unread mail name list, the content of the unread mail is displayed (step S45).

Further, the CPU deletes the processed event name from the unprocessed event list stored in the built-in RAM, and registers the name of the newly generated unprocessed event in the unprocessed event list. .

[0008]

However, even if there is only one unprocessed event, the unprocessed event list is displayed, so that the unprocessed event is not efficiently notified, which is inconvenient for the user.

An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal and a program capable of efficiently notifying that there is an unprocessed event.

[0010]

According to the present invention, in a communication terminal equipped with a display control means for displaying a list of items of unprocessed contents, a detecting means for detecting the number of unprocessed contents and a detecting means for detecting the unprocessed contents are detected. When there are two or more unprocessed contents that have been processed, the display control means is controlled so as to display a list of the items of the unprocessed content, and when there is one unprocessed content detected by the detection means. And a control means for controlling the unprocessed contents to be processed.

According to the present invention, a computer for controlling a communication terminal displays a list of items of unprocessed contents, a function of detecting the number of unprocessed contents, and two or more detected unprocessed contents. In this case, a list of items of the unprocessed content is displayed, and when the detected unprocessed content is one, a function of processing the unprocessed content is realized.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A mobile phone 100 (communication terminal) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be described in detail.

First, the external structure of the mobile phone 100 will be described. 1A is a diagram showing a display operation surface of the mobile phone 100, and FIG. 1B is a housing 10a shown in FIG. 1A.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a surface opposite to the display operation surface of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), in a mobile phone 100, a housing 10a and a housing 10b are flexibly connected via a hinge portion A. That is, the mobile phone 100 is foldable with the hinge portion A as a boundary, and when folded (when not in use), the housing 1
The casing 10a and the casing 10b overlap so that the display operation surfaces of 0a and 10b face each other.

As shown in FIG. 1A, a keypad 17, a microphone 20 and the like are provided on the display / operation surface of the housing 10a, and the receiving speaker 1 is provided on the display / operation surface of the housing 10b.
8, an LCD 19a is provided. The keypad 17 has a cursor key 17a, a SET key 171a, an on-hook key 17b, an off-hook key 17c, a ten-key 17d, a clear key 17e and the like. Also, FIG.
As shown in (b), an incoming LED 19b is arranged on the surface of the housing 10a opposite to the display operation surface.

The cursor key 17a is a SET key 171.
This is a key for designating various functions of the mobile phone 100 displayed in a list format on the LCD 19a by pressing a. When the SET key 171a is pressed for the function designated by the key operation of the cursor key 17a, an instruction to execute the function is output to the CPU 14.

The on-hook key 17b is a key for outputting to the CPU 14 an instruction signal for terminating communication during a call. The on-hook key 17b also has a function as a power switch of the mobile phone 100. That is, when the power of the mobile phone 100 is off, the user presses and holds this key for a long time.
The power is turned on, and the power is turned off by pressing this key for a long time while the mobile phone 100 is operating.

The off-hook key 17c is a key for outputting an instruction signal for instructing the start of communication to the CPU 14 when an incoming call is detected. When the user is notified of an incoming call,
Press the off-hook key 17c to start a call.

The numeric keypad 17d is a key mainly for inputting a telephone number or the like. The ten-key pad 17d also has a function as a character input key.
By operating the ten-key pad 17d at the time of composing a mail, the text for mail transmission is prepared. Further, the numeric keypad 17d also has a function as an off-hook key 17c. When an incoming call is detected, the user can
By pressing any one of the keys d, an instruction signal for instructing the incoming call processing is output to the CPU 14.

The clear key 17e is a key for erasing the input character data displayed on the LCD 19a.

The receiving speaker 18 outputs a communication sound such as a ringing sound and a voice of a communication partner during a call.

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 19a
Displays various display information supplied from the CPU 14. For example, in addition to the standby screen, a menu screen for prompting the user to select various functions of the mobile phone 100, a mail editing screen, an incoming screen for notifying an incoming call, an incoming mail display screen, etc. is there. LED for incoming call (Li
When the CPU 14 detects an incoming call, the ght Emitting Diode) 19b blinks to notify the user of this fact.

The microphone 20 converts the input voice into an electric analog signal. The user inputs his / her own voice to be transmitted to the communication destination via the microphone 20.

Next, the internal structure of the mobile phone 100 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the internal configuration of the mobile phone 100. As shown in FIG.
0 is an antenna 11, RF unit 12, MODEM 13, C
PU14 (detection means, control means), EEPROM15,
A RAM 16, a keypad 17, a receiving speaker 18, a display unit 19, a microphone 20 and the like are provided.

The antenna 11 receives the radio signal transmitted from the base station and also the RF unit 12 of the mobile phone 100.
The signal output from the base station is transmitted to the base station.

The RF unit 12 includes an amplifier, a modulator and a demodulator, and a reception signal received by the antenna 11 is amplified by this amplifier, demodulated by the demodulator and output to the MODEM 13. Further, the transmission signal supplied from the MODEM 13 is modulated by this modulator, amplified by the amplifier, and supplied to the antenna 11.

The MODEM 13 performs frame processing and decoding processing of the reception signal supplied from the RF section 12, and also performs encoding processing and frame processing of the transmission signal supplied to the RF section 12.

The CPU 14 executes various applications such as a call application, a mail creation application, an unprocessed event display, etc., in response to pressing signals by pressing various operation keys provided in the keypad 17. This application may be stored in the EEPROM 15 or downloaded from an external server via a public line and temporarily stored in a predetermined memory area in the RAM 16.

The CPU 14 monitors whether or not there is an incoming call, and when the incoming call is detected, the incoming call LED 19b is turned on,
Or make it blink. Further, the CPU 14 causes the LCD 20 to display various display information related to the application being executed.

When the CPU 14 receives an instruction signal to end the communication during the call by pressing the on-hook key 17b, the CPU 14 executes a call end process (sending a call end request to the base station, etc.) to execute the call application. finish.
Further, the CPU 14 activates the call application when an instruction signal for instructing the start of communication is input by pressing the off-hook key 17c when an incoming call is received.

When the instruction signal to display a list of various functions of the mobile phone 100 is input by pressing the SET key 171a, the CPU 14 displays the list on the LCD1.
9a. In the list, various function items that the mobile phone 100 has, such as a call and a mail edit, are displayed.

The CPU 14 performs S operation for the function designated from the list by operating the cursor key 17a.
When the ET key 171a is pressed, an application that executes the function is activated.

When there is an unprocessed event, the CPU 14 registers the category name of the unprocessed event in the category name list of the unprocessed event stored in the RAM 16 described later (limited to the unregistered category name). For example, when the incoming mail is unread, the CPU 14 registers “mail incoming” in the category name list of the unprocessed event. Next, the CPU 14 registers this unread incoming mail in the list of unprocessed events belonging to the category stored in the RAM 16 described later.

When one or more events are registered in the list of unprocessed events, the CPU 14 displays the LCD 1
The category name of the unprocessed event to which the unprocessed event belongs is displayed in a list on the standby screen of 9a. In this case, the category name of the unprocessed event is displayed by blinking or displayed in red or the like so that the user can easily confirm the category name of the unprocessed event.

The CPU 14 designates one of the unprocessed event category names listed on the LCD 19a by operating the cursor key 17a, and presses the SET key 171a for the designated unprocessed event category name. Then, the unprocessed event name list belonging to this unprocessed event category is displayed. Further, the CPU 14 designates one of the unprocessed event names displayed on the LCD 19a by operating the cursor key 17a, and presses the SET key 171a for the designated unprocessed event. Handle the event. After that, the CPU 14 deletes the processed event name from the unprocessed event list.

In this case, when only one unprocessed event is included in the designated unprocessed event category, the CPU 14 does not display the unprocessed event name included in the category without displaying the unprocessed event name. Handle the event directly. For example, when the unprocessed event category name “unread mail” is selected, the CPU 14
The unread mails are displayed on the LCD 19a as a list, but when there is only one unread mail, the contents of the unread mails are directly displayed on the LCD 19a without displaying the list of unread mails.

EEPROM (Electrically Erasable an
d Programmable ROM) 15 is a flash memory (flas
h memory), which is a main control program for controlling various operations of the mobile phone 100, various application programs included in the mobile phone 100 (for example, a call application, a mail creation application, an application program for displaying unprocessed events, etc.) To store.

The RAM 16 forms a work area for temporarily storing the predetermined execution program read by the CPU 14 and various data related to the execution of the program. The RAM 16 particularly stores a category name list of unprocessed events and forms a work area for storing the unprocessed event name list included in each category.

The RAM 16 has a memory area for storing a plurality of telephone numbers, mail addresses, text data of sent mails, various data downloaded from an external server, text data of received mails, or attached image data thereof. It has a memory area for recording.

The keypad 17 includes cursor keys 17a,
An on-hook key 17b, an off-hook key 17c, a numeric keypad 17d, a clear key 17e, etc. are provided, and the display unit 19
An LCD 19a, an incoming call LED 19b, and the like are provided (see the above description for details of the respective parts of the keypad 17 and the display unit 19).

Next, the processing operation of the mobile phone 100 for an unprocessed event will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the processing operation of the unprocessed event by the mobile phone 100.

The CPU 14 first determines whether or not the event is registered in the list of unprocessed events stored in the RAM 16 (step S31), and if the event is not registered (step S31; No), waits. Only the receiving screen is displayed on the LCD 19a (step S32), and when the event is registered (step S31; Yes).
s), the category names to which the event belongs are displayed in a list on the standby screen (step S33).

After step S33, the CPU 14 selects one of the category names of unprocessed events displayed on the standby screen, for example, the category "mail arrival", when the user selects the category. It is determined whether or not there are a plurality of registered unprocessed events (that is, unread mails) that belong to the selected category (step S34), and when there are no more than one, for example, when only one unread mail is registered (step S34). (S34; No), the process proceeds to step S36, which will be described later, and the content of the unread mail is displayed on the LCD 19a (step S36).

In step S34, if there are a plurality of registered unprocessed events (that is, unread mails) belonging to the category "mail arrival" selected by the user (step S34; Yes), the CPU 14
Is a list of unread mail names belonging to the category.
It is displayed on D19a (step S35).

After that, when the user selects a desired unread mail from the unread mail name list, the CPU
14 displays the contents of the unread mail (step S
36).

Further, the CPU 14 deletes the processed event name from the unprocessed event list stored in the built-in RAM, and registers the newly generated unprocessed event name in the unprocessed event list. To do.

The CPU 14 deletes the processed unread mail name from the unread mail name list stored in the RAM 16 and registers the name of the newly received unread mail name in the mail name list.

In the processing operation of the unprocessed event described above, the case where the category name of the unprocessed event is “mail incoming” has been described for simplification of description, but the present invention is not limited to this. The same applies to other unprocessed event categories such as ".

As described above, in the mobile phone 100 to which the present invention is applied, the registered unprocessed events belonging to the category name selected by the user from the unprocessed event categories displayed on the standby screen are listed. If there is a plurality of unprocessed registered events, the unprocessed event name list belonging to the category is displayed on the LCD 19a, and if there is only one registered unprocessed event, the category is determined. This unprocessed event is directly processed without displaying the unprocessed event name list belonging to.

Therefore, although there is only one unprocessed event, the unprocessed event name list (in this case, only one) belonging to the category of the unprocessed event is LC.
Since it is not displayed in D19a and only this one unprocessed event can be directly processed, only one unprocessed event name list can be displayed or only this one unprocessed event name can be displayed. It is possible to easily process an unprocessed event without the need to select an unprocessed event. In this embodiment, it is configured to determine whether or not there are a plurality of unprocessed events for each category selected by the user. If so, step S33 may be skipped.

The description in the present embodiment shows an example of the communication terminal according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this. The detailed configuration and detailed operation of the mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0052]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a communication terminal and a program capable of efficiently notifying an unprocessed event.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a mobile phone 100 to which the present invention is applied.
3B is a view showing a display operation surface of FIG. 5B, and FIG. 6B is a view showing a surface of the housing 10a shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing an internal configuration of a mobile phone 100 to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an unprocessed event processing operation by the mobile phone 100 to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an unprocessed event processing operation by a conventional communication terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 mobile phones 10a, 10b housing 11 antenna 12 RF circuit 13 MODEM 14 CPU 15 EEPROM 16 RAM 17 keypad 17a Cursor key 171a SET key 17b On-hook key 17c Off-hook key 17d numeric keypad 17e clear key 18 earpiece speaker 19 Display 19a LCD 19b LED for incoming call 20 microphone

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal comprising a display control means for displaying a list of items of unprocessed contents, a detecting device for detecting the number of unprocessed contents, and two unprocessed contents detected by the detecting device. In the above case, the display control means is controlled so as to display a list of the items of the unprocessed content, and when the unprocessed content detected by the detection means is one, the unprocessed content is processed. A communication terminal, comprising: 2. A function of displaying a list of unprocessed content items on a computer controlling a communication terminal, a function of detecting the number of unprocessed contents, and a case where the detected unprocessed contents are two or more. Is a program for displaying a list of items of the unprocessed content, and processing the unprocessed content when the detected unprocessed content is one.