JP2003283643A - Communication apparatus, display method in signal arrival, program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication apparatus, a signal arrival time display method, a program, and a storage medium for recognizing whether an arrival signal is from a friend who is registered in a telephone book, or is from a person who is not registered in the telephone book by verifying whether display at the arrival of signals in the communication apparatus has a telephone book mark or not. <P>SOLUTION: A control apparatus 104 of the communication apparatus 100 displays a caller telephone number and a caller name in received caller information on a display 106 when the caller telephone number in the caller information being received from an NCU 101 in the arrival of signals is not registered in telephone book data 201. Conversely, the control apparatus 104 displays a telephone mark on the display section 106 and at the same time performs control for displaying the destination telephone number and name being discovered in the telephone book data 201 on the display section 106 when the dispatcher telephone number in the received caller information is registered in the telephone book data 201. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device corresponding to a so-called Name Display (registered trademark) service in which a caller telephone number and a name are sent from an exchange, a display method at the time of an incoming call, a program, and a storage medium, and more particularly, The present invention relates to a communication device for displaying a destination name, a display method for incoming call, a program, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A name display (registered trademark) is for displaying a telephone number and a destination name received by a communication device on a display unit of the communication device. Even if the user does not register the destination name in the communication device, the destination name is displayed. Therefore, the sender side can notify the name so that the receiver side can easily respond, and the receiver side can make a call. It is a technology that allows you to respond with confidence because you know the destination, and improves the convenience of both parties.

In a communication device compatible with the above name display, a technique that allows the received caller telephone number and name to be stored in the incoming call history information and allows the caller telephone number and name to be displayed and recorded by a user operation Can be considered. In addition, as in the technique previously proposed by the applicant,
If the destination ID of the caller information received by the communication device is stored in the destination storage means of the communication device, the destination name stored in the destination storage means is better than the received destination name. There is a technology to display it with priority.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, a display method at the time of an incoming call from the other party registered in the telephone directory or the like stored in the storage means of the communication device,
The display method was the same when receiving a call from a destination not registered in the phone book. Therefore, if the user does not remember the registered contents of the phone book, the incoming call may come from the other party registered in the phone book, or may come from an unknown place that is not registered in the phone book. There was an inconvenience that it was not possible to clearly judge whether there was. In addition, since the above determination cannot be made, there is an inconvenience that it is not possible to determine whether or not it is necessary to newly register the destination information related to the incoming call in the telephone directory.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and by confirming whether or not there is a telephone directory mark on the display when the communication device receives an incoming call, the incoming call is registered in the telephone directory. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device, a display method at the time of an incoming call, a program, and a storage medium capable of recognizing an incoming call from an acquaintance who is present or an incoming call from a person who is not registered in a telephone directory.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a communication device connected to a communication line having a display means and having a service for notifying caller information, which comprises a plurality of destinations. The destination registration means for registering the ID and the destination name in association with each other, and the destination registration means,
When the destination that matches the destination ID included in the caller information received at the time of the incoming call is registered, the incoming display is displayed on the display means by the first display method, and the destination is registered in the destination registration means. When the other party matching the ID is not registered, the display means is provided to display the incoming call on the display means by the second display method.

Further, the present invention comprises a sender information detecting means for detecting the sender information, and a searching means for searching the partner registration means for a partner who matches the partner ID contained in the sender information. The display control means, when a destination matching the destination ID is registered in the destination registering means, first displays the destination name registered in association with the destination ID. In the second display method, the destination name included in the sender information is displayed on the display means by the display method described above, and when the destination registration means does not register the destination matching the destination ID. Is displayed on the display means.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION First, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the embodiment of the present invention, when the communication device receives the caller information at the time of an incoming call, the registered information is searched for a partner who matches the partner ID in the received caller information, and the matching partner is found. If found, the destination name registered in association with the destination ID is displayed, and the registered destination name is displayed (registered), and the matching destination is displayed. If not found, the name of the other party in the received caller information is displayed. Alternatively, if a matching destination is found, the destination name registered in association with the destination ID is displayed. If no matching destination is found, the destination in the received caller information is displayed. The name is displayed, and the fact that the destination name in the received caller information is being displayed (not registered) is notified. Hereinafter, embodiments 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 communication device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Communication device 100
Is configured as, for example, a facsimile machine, and N
CU (Network Control Unit) 101, RAM 102,
ROM 103, control unit 104, operation unit 105, display unit 1
06 and a speaker 107 are provided. In the figure, 108 is a communication line. It should be noted that FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration related to the present invention, and an illustration of an image reading unit, an image forming unit, etc. is omitted.

To explain the above configuration in detail, the communication device 100
Communicates with a partner communication terminal (hereinafter, partner terminal) via the communication line 108. Also, the communication device 100 and the partner terminal notify each other of the caller number and the caller name via the communication line 108 and the exchange. The NCU 101 is a network control device for connecting to a partner terminal via the communication line 108. The communication device 100 uses this NCU
It is connected to the communication line 108 via 101. NCU1
01 has known functions such as electrical insulation between the communication line 108 side and the inside of the communication device 100, line capture and release according to an instruction from the control unit 104, dial pulse, tone transmission, line monitoring, and the like. To do. The RAM 102 stores telephone directory data (see FIG. 2) in which a destination telephone number and a destination name are registered, incoming call history data storing incoming call history, control data, and the like. The ROM 103 includes a control unit 10
The control program 4 and the initial values of various settings are stored.

The control unit 104 is composed of a microprocessor or the like, controls each functional block of FIG. 1 in accordance with a control program written in the ROM 103, and executes the incoming call display process shown in the flowchart of FIG. The operation unit 105 includes a keyboard, a pointing device, and the like, and constitutes a user interface together with the display unit 106.
The operator's operation regarding the incoming call / registration, etc. is accepted, and the operator's operation is notified to the control unit 104. Display unit 10
6 displays information to be transmitted to the operator, such as a dial at the time of calling and the state of the communication device 100. Speaker 107
Is used to monitor a voice signal on the communication line 108, call an operator, and make an operation sound or an error sound. In order to output these voices from the speaker 107, it is assumed that a voice synthesis circuit, an amplifier or the like (not shown) is used.

FIG. 2 shows a communication device 100 according to this embodiment.
It is a figure which shows the example of the telephone directory data 201 provided in RAM102 of this. In the telephone directory data 201 in the RAM 102 of the communication device 100, destination telephone numbers and destination names associated with a plurality of destinations are associated and registered.

FIG. 3 shows a communication device 100 according to this embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example at the time of incoming call and a display example at the time of incoming call in the related art. In the conventional technology, the other party “Yotaro Iwasaki: 029700222” registered in the telephone directory of the conventional communication terminal is used.
When there is an incoming call from “2”, the incoming call is displayed as 301 and the other party who is not registered in the phonebook “Ichizaki Iwasaki: 03
If there is an incoming call from "57003298", the incoming call is displayed in the same manner as 302. Therefore, if you do not remember the registered contents of the phonebook, you cannot know if the other party is the one registered in the phonebook. It may be uneasy to go to. In 302, it is a rare case because a person who does not know a confusing name similar to the name in the telephone directory is assumed, but this is a rare case, but when a plurality of users use the communication terminal, the person registered by another person cannot be grasped. Therefore, it is difficult to determine whether the call comes from a person who knows it or from a person who does not know it.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, in order to eliminate the inconvenience of the conventional example, the partner “Yotaro Iwasaki:
When receiving an incoming call from “0297002222”, a phonebook mark indicating registration is completed, a destination name and a telephone number are displayed like 303, and an incoming call is received from a partner “Ichizaki Iwasaki: 0357003298” who is not registered in the phonebook. And 30
As in 4, only the destination name and telephone number are displayed. As a result, it is possible to determine at a glance whether or not the called party is the party registered in the telephone directory data 201.

In the present embodiment, when the incoming call is an incoming call from the other party registered in the telephone book data 201, the telephone book mark is used to notify the registered person. However, the opposite is true. Then, the received call is the phonebook data 20.
In the case of an incoming call from the other party who is not registered in No. 1, the display may be made to notify the non-registration (for example, display of a mark indicating non-registration, display of characters indicating non-registration, etc.).

FIG. 4 shows a communication device 100 according to this embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing a display operation during incoming call. In the present embodiment, how to operate when receiving an incoming call will be described according to this flowchart. This flowchart is executed by the control unit 104 of the communication device 100 based on the control program stored in the ROM 103.

In step S401, the control unit 104 of the communication device 100 receives the caller information (caller telephone number, caller name) from the exchange through the communication line 108 and the NCU 101, and proceeds to step S402. Step S
In 402, the control unit 104 determines that the caller telephone number in the caller information received in step S401 is the RAM 10
It is searched whether or not it is in the telephone directory data 201 in 2.
If the caller telephone number in the received caller information is registered in the phonebook data 201, the process proceeds to step S404, and the caller telephone number in the received caller information is not registered in the phonebook data 201. If so, step S40
Go to 3.

When the caller telephone number in the received caller information is not registered in the telephone directory data 201, in step S403, the control unit 104 causes the control unit 104 to execute the above step S401.
The caller telephone number and caller name in the caller information received in step 3 are displayed on the display unit 106 as indicated by 304 in FIG. On the other hand, when the caller telephone number in the received caller information is registered in the phonebook data 201, the control unit 104 displays the phonebook mark on the display unit 106 in step S404 and proceeds to step S405. In step S405, the control unit 104 displays the telephone number and name of the other party found in the telephone directory data 201 on the display unit 106 as indicated by 303 in FIG.
Is displayed. In step S406, the control unit 10
4 calls by the NCU 101 in accordance with a call signal coming from the communication line 108, and executes a call process when the user answers.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the control unit 104 of the communication device causes the NCU 101 to receive an incoming call.
If the caller telephone number in the caller information received by is not registered in the telephone directory data 201, the caller telephone number and caller name in the received caller information are displayed on the display unit 106.
If the caller telephone number in the received caller information is registered in the telephone directory data 201, the display unit 10
A phonebook mark is displayed on 6 and phonebook data 20
Display the telephone number and name of the other party found in 1
In order to perform the control to display on the phone, the user confirms whether or not there is a phonebook mark on the display when the communication device receives an incoming call, and whether the incoming call is from an acquaintance registered in the phonebook or a phone call. It is possible to recognize whether the incoming call is from a person who is not registered in the book.

[Other Embodiments] In the present embodiment, the case where a telephone directory mark as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed when an incoming call is received from the other party registered in the telephone directory data of the communication device is taken as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the phonebook mark of FIG. 3, and another mark indicating registered can be clearly identified by the user as a registered partner. Further, instead of displaying the mark indicating that the registration has been completed, a character indicating that the registration has been completed may be displayed. Further, a mark indicating registered or a character indicating registered may be displayed in a blinking manner.

In the present embodiment, the case where the destination telephone number as the destination ID and the destination name are registered in association with each other in the telephone directory data of the communication device as shown in FIG. 2 has been described as an example. Is not limited to the registration example of FIG.
In addition to the other party's telephone number and the other party's name as the other party's ID, the other party's simple address (○○
Towns, XX cities, delta wards, etc.) may be associated and registered.

In the present embodiment, the case where the communication device of the present invention is applied to a facsimile device has been taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to a facsimile device, and can be applied to desk phones, mobile phones, car phones. Can be applied.

Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. A medium such as a storage medium that stores a program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the medium in the medium such as the storage medium. It goes without saying that the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing the executed program code.

In this case, the program code itself read from the medium such as the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the medium such as the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. It will be. As a medium such as a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-RO.
M, CD-R, magnetic tape, non-volatile memory card,
ROM or download via a network can be used.

Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS or the like running on the computer is actually executed based on the instruction of the program code. Needless to say, the present invention includes a case where a part or all of the processing of (1) is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from a medium such as a storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted in the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, an instruction of the program code is given. Based on the above, a case where a CPU or the like included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs a part or all of actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is not included in the present invention. Needless to say.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention,
If a destination that matches the destination ID in the caller information received at the time of incoming call is registered in the destination registration means that registers a plurality of destination IDs and destination names in association with each other, the destination registration means Incoming call display is performed by the first display method for notifying that the name of the other party registered in is displayed, and the other party who matches the other party ID in the received caller information is displayed in the other party registration means. If it is not registered, since the incoming call display is performed by the second display method that notifies that the destination name in the sender information is being displayed, the user can see the registered information in the display when the communication device receives an incoming call. By checking whether or not there is an incoming call, it is possible to recognize whether the incoming call comes from an acquaintance registered in the phonebook or from a person who is not registered in the phonebook. Play.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing contents registered in telephone directory data provided in a RAM of the communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example at the time of incoming call of the communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention and a display example at the time of incoming call of the prior art.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an incoming call display operation of the communication device according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 communication device 101 NCU (sender information detection means) 102 RAM 103 ROM 104 control unit (search means, display control means) 105 Operation part 106 display unit (display means) 107 speaker 108 communication line 201 Phonebook data (party registration means)

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A communication device connected to a communication line having a service for notifying caller information, comprising a display means, and a destination registration means for registering a plurality of destination IDs and destination names in association with each other. When a destination that matches the destination ID included in the caller information received at the time of incoming call is registered in the destination registration means, the incoming display is displayed on the display means by the first display method, A communication device, comprising: display control means for displaying an incoming call on the display means by a second display method when a destination matching the destination ID is not registered in the destination registration means. . 2. A caller information detection means for detecting the caller information, and a search means for searching the caller information matching means with a caller ID included in the caller information from the caller registration means. When a destination matching the destination ID is registered in the destination registration means based on the search, the display control unit first assigns the destination name registered in association with the destination ID. Is displayed on the display means in accordance with the display method described above, and if the other party matching the other party ID is not registered in the other party registration means based on the search, the other party name included in the sender information is 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the display is displayed on the display means by the display method of No. 2. 3. The first display method is a display method for notifying that a destination name registered in the destination registration means is being displayed. The communication device described. 4. The first display method displays registered information for notifying that a destination name registered in the destination registration means is being displayed and information including the destination name. 4. The communication device according to claim 3, which is a display method. 5. The registered information is a symbol or a character indicating that a partner who matches the partner ID has been registered in the partner registration means.
The communication device described. 6. The communication according to claim 1, wherein the second display method is a display method for notifying that a destination name included in the caller information is being displayed. apparatus. 7. The second display method includes unregistered information notifying that the destination name included in the sender information is being displayed and information including the destination name in the sender information. The communication device according to claim 6, which is a display method of displaying. 8. The non-registration information is a symbol or a character indicating that a partner who matches the partner ID in the partner registration means is unregistered.
The communication device described. 9. The communication device is a facsimile device,
The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which includes a desk phone, a mobile phone, and a car phone. 10. The method for displaying an incoming call in the communication device according to claim 1, wherein the control procedure in the communication device is executed. 11. A program storing the control procedure in the communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 9. 12. A storage medium having the program according to claim 11 stored therein.