JP2004064218A - Portable terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal device for transmitting a suitable answer message from a terminating side to a calling side by referring to a schedule. <P>SOLUTION: The portable terminal 1 is connectable to a radio telephone network through a radio unit 12 and a modem 13. A RAM 16 stores categories, schedules and schedules correlated with the time, formed by a user. Upon termination of a call, a CPU 15 decides whether a schedule having a time zone including its termination time exists on the RAM 16, and if existing, does the line connection, reads an answer message corresponding to the schedule from a ROM 17 and sends it to the line. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable terminal device, and more particularly, to a portable terminal device having a schedule function and capable of transmitting a response message having optimum contents corresponding to a schedule stored at the time of an incoming call.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, schedules for one day, one week, one month, etc. and telephone numbers and addresses for hundreds of people are input by operating keys, and these are stored in a semiconductor memory, and the stored data is used as needed. There are electronic notebooks and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) terminals as portable terminal devices that can be displayed on a liquid crystal display. On the other hand, in recent years, portable terminal devices such as portable telephones and PHS (Personal Handyphone System) telephones have rapidly become widespread because of their small size, light weight, and they do not give the owner a feeling of weight and are convenient to use anywhere. Initially, the functions provided by mobile phones were mainly telephone functions, and there were no major functions comparable to those of telephone functions, but recent mobile phones have been equipped with electronic notebooks and phones equipped with PDA terminals. A multifunctional type having functions such as a book, a schedule book, an address book, a memo pad, and a calculator has become mainstream.
[0003]
Furthermore, the mobile phone is equipped with various functions in addition to the above functions. For example, a message memo function that stores the other party's message when receiving a call, a manner mode that notifies you that you are in a train and does not accept calls, a drive mode that notifies you that you are driving a car, etc. A vibrator function for notifying only the holder of an incoming call is mounted on almost all mobile phones.
[0004]
By the way, mobile phones can always be carried by the user, so they have the advantage of being able to answer calls no matter where they are.However, if there is an incoming call when they do not want to answer the phone during a meeting, etc., they may disturb others. There is. In such a case, if the called party turns off the power, the calling party does not need to receive the call.However, the calling party does not understand the situation, so it is necessary to determine when to restart and when to turn on the power. No situation arises. For example, if the caller is the secretary of the called party, business may be hindered. In such a case, it is possible to make a contract with the telephone company for an answering machine service and reply to contact later, but since the issuer cannot be specified, it is not possible to make a specific response content, In many cases, the response (response) that the caller cannot understand is not obtained.
[0005]
An invention addressing such a problem is proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-32121, in which time zones (on time and off time) for operating the answering machine function can be set. To prevent the user from forgetting to release the answering machine function. Further, a plurality of time zones can be set in chronological order, response messages having different contents are set in each time zone, and a response message corresponding to the time zone in which a call arrives can be transmitted. With such a configuration, the response content can be changed over time, so that a message can be sent according to the situation of the called party. A configuration in which a calling side can transmit a schedule by designating a time is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-32097.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, according to the conventional portable terminal device, in the configuration of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-32121, the response message set according to the time zone is the same response message every day after the next day unless the user intentionally changes it. It becomes contents of. Further, in the configuration disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-32097, the schedule can be transmitted only on the transmitting side (calling side), and the schedule cannot be transmitted to the calling side when it is on the called side.
[0007]
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal device capable of transmitting an appropriate response message from a called side to a calling side by referring to a schedule.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a communication unit for connecting to a wireless telephone network, a storage unit in which one or more schedules created by specifying at least a time are registered, and the storage unit A non-volatile memory for storing a response message set corresponding to each of the registered schedules, and the communication when the time of the incoming call is included in one set time slot of the schedule registered in the storage means; A portable terminal device provided with a control unit for making a line connection via a unit and selecting and transmitting a response message optimal for the contents of the schedule corresponding to the arrival time from the nonvolatile memory. .
[0009]
According to this configuration, when the time of the incoming call is included in one time slot of the schedule with respect to the schedule created in advance by the user (user of the mobile terminal device) and registered in the storage unit, the schedule Is automatically sent to the calling party. Therefore, a response message having different contents is transmitted if the schedule is different, so that the called side can notify its own situation, and the calling side can grasp the details (such as the situation) of the called side. it can.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a portable terminal device of the present invention. Here, a mobile phone will be described as the mobile terminal device 1 and described.
[0011]
The mobile terminal device 1 includes an antenna 11, a radio unit 12, a modem unit 13, a peripheral control circuit 14, a CPU unit 15, a RAM 16 (storage unit), a ROM 17 (non-volatile memory), a display unit 18, an input unit 19, a speaker 20, It comprises a receiver 21 and a transmitter 22. A communication unit is formed by the wireless unit 12 and the modem unit 13. Further, a control unit is formed by the peripheral control circuit 14 and the CPU unit 15.
[0012]
The radio unit 12 receives an incoming signal from a base station (not shown) of the radio telephone network, performs processing such as amplification, and transfers the signal to the modem unit 13, and also power-amplifies the signal from the modem unit 13. The signal is transmitted from the antenna 11. The modulation / demodulation unit 13 demodulates the signal from the radio unit 12 and delivers it to the peripheral control circuit 14, and also modulates the signal from the peripheral control circuit 14 and sends it to the radio unit 12. The peripheral control circuit 14 extracts a signal from the data demodulated by the modem unit 13 and sends the signal to the CPU unit 15, and also processes a response message from the CPU unit 15 into a transmittable signal format and sends it to the modem unit 13. Execute the process. The peripheral control circuit 14 has a clock function and outputs data such as the current time in response to a request from the CPU 15.
[0013]
The input unit 19 includes a plurality of buttons (or keys), and sends a result of a button operation by a user to the peripheral control circuit 14 as input information. The display unit 18 is configured using a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays input information from the input unit 19 and information at the time of an incoming call. The speaker unit 20 is used for notifying a user of a ringing sound or an incoming call. The receiver 21 outputs the voice (voice) of the call partner from the peripheral control circuit 14 as sound and transmits it to the user's ear. The transmitting unit 22 (microphone) performs audio-to-electric conversion of the voice (voice) of the user, and outputs the voice signal to the peripheral control circuit 14. The RAM 16 stores a schedule for operating the program, data such as a telephone directory, and the like. The ROM 17 stores fixed data such as programs, ring tone data, and response messages.
[0014]
Further, the CPU unit 15 performs the following processing.
(1) The signal from the peripheral control circuit 14 is analyzed to obtain information on the telephone number of the caller.
(2) It is determined from the schedule data stored in the RAM 16 whether or not the user can answer the call.
(3) If it is determined that the user has a schedule and cannot answer the call (for example, during a meeting), the user automatically answers the incoming call, and from the response message stored in the ROM 17, a response message suitable for the contents of the schedule And passes the response message to the peripheral control circuit 14 for transmission to the caller.
(4) When the transmission of the response message is completed, the line is disconnected and the mobile phone returns to the standby state.
[0015]
Since the CPU 15 can execute such control, the time and the response message are associated with the schedule, and when the time is included in the time zone of the schedule when an incoming call is received, the corresponding response message is read out from the ROM 17 and issued. The caller can be notified. The caller who has received this response message can grasp the situation (schedule, work status, etc.) where the callee is located.
[0016]
FIG. 2 shows the schedule input process. FIG. 3 shows an example of the schedule contents. Details of the schedule creation processing will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that “S” in the following flowchart represents a step.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 3, the schedule 300 includes a date 301, a start time 302a, an end time 302b, a category 303, a title 304, and a response message 305. The category 303 is “meeting”, “sales”, “work”, “movement”, “private”, etc., and the title 304 is “group meeting”, “meeting”, “move to XX”, “meeting”, "Sales to XX company", "banquet", "English conversation school", etc. If the content of the category 303 in which the response message 305 having appropriate content is set according to the content of the category 303 is the same, the content of the response message 305 is also the same. For example, if the category 305 is “meeting”, the response message 305 is the same “I am in a meeting now and cannot answer the phone”. The correspondence between the response message 305 and the category 303 may be prepared in advance by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal device 1 or may be independently created by the user. However, it is necessary to specify or newly create a response message to be responded by the user to the category created by the user.
[0018]
First, when the portable terminal device 1 is set to the schedule creation mode and the date 301 is specified (S101), a response message for prompting the user to enter a category is displayed on the display unit 18 (S102). By operating the keys of the input unit 19, the categories 303 having the contents as shown in FIG. 3 are collectively input every day (S103). The input category data is stored in the RAM 16 under the control of the CPU 15 (S104). When the input of the category 303 is completed, a response message prompting "input of a title" corresponding to the category 303 is displayed on the display unit 18 by the CPU 15 (S105). Then, the user inputs the title 304 corresponding to the already input category 303 (S106). The word of the title 304 is not specified and can be arbitrarily created by the user. The input data of the title 303 is temporarily stored in the RAM 16 (S107).
[0019]
When the input of the title 303 is completed, a response message prompting the input of the “schedule start time” corresponding to the title 303 is displayed on the display unit 18 by the CPU 15 (S108). The user who sees the response message operates the input unit 19 and inputs the start time 302a (S109). The input data of the start time 302a is temporarily stored in the RAM 16 by the CPU unit 15 (S110). Next, the CPU unit 15 displays a response message prompting the input of the “schedule end time” on the display unit 18 (S111). When the input of the schedule end time 302b is completed (S112), the CPU temporarily stores the input data of the end time 302b in the RAM 16 (S113).
[0020]
As described above, the contents of the schedule for one day (category and title of each time unit) are displayed on the display unit 18 (S114). Further, a response message asking the user to confirm whether or not the display content is correct is displayed on the display unit 18 (S115). When the user confirms the input content by operating the input unit 19 (S116), one schedule content (category 303 + title 304 + start time 302a + end time 302b) is stored in the RAM 16 (S117). Further, at the time of the input, the data temporarily stored in the RAM 16 is deleted, and the input processing ends. If there is an error (miss) in the input schedule contents, if an input operation to that effect is performed, the process returns to S102, and the input operation from the category is performed again.
[0021]
After the process of S118, a confirmation message is displayed on the display unit 18 to determine whether or not to input a schedule for the next day (or another day) (S119). If there is no other schedule to be input, all the processes are terminated. If there is another schedule to be input, the date for which a schedule is to be set is input (S120), and the process returns to S102, where the subsequent processes are performed. Is repeatedly executed.
[0022]
FIG. 4 shows a process at the time of an incoming call in the portable terminal device. This incoming call process is premised on that the process of FIG. 2 has been completed.
When an incoming call occurs in the portable terminal device 1 (S201), the CPU 15 acquires the current time from the peripheral control circuit 14 (S202). The CPU 15 determines whether there is a schedule responding to the extracted time (S203). That is, the CPU 15 determines whether or not the time when the call arrives (the incoming time) is included in the start time 302a to the end time 302b in FIG. When there is no schedule for responding to the incoming call time, the CPU 15 notifies the user of the incoming call using a ring tone or a vibrator, and executes a normal incoming call process (S208).
[0023]
On the other hand, when the schedule setting including the incoming time is present in the RAM 16, the CPU 15 responds to the incoming call (S204). Here, it is assumed that the incoming time is 11:12 of “1 day”. Referring to FIG. 3, the schedule included at 11:12 exists in the schedule of the category “meeting” and the title “group meeting” at 10:00 to 12:00. Therefore, the CPU unit 15 reads from the ROM 17 the response message “I am unable to answer the phone because the conference is currently in progress” corresponding to the category “meeting” of the schedule that spans the arrival time (S205). Output.
[0024]
When instructed by the CPU 15 to transmit the response message, the peripheral control circuit 14 processes the response message into a signal in a format that can be transmitted to the base station, and outputs this signal to the modem 13. The modulation and demodulation unit 13 modulates a signal from the peripheral control circuit 14 and outputs the modulated signal to the radio unit 12. Upon receiving a line connection instruction from the CPU 15, the radio unit 12 performs frequency conversion and power amplification on the signal from the modem unit 13, transmits the signal as a radio wave from the antenna 11, and establishes a connection with the base station. After the connection, a response message is transmitted (S206). When the transmission of the response message is completed, the CPU unit 15 instructs the peripheral control circuit 14 to disconnect the line, and the peripheral control circuit 14 that has received the instruction generates a signal for disconnecting the line, and transmits this signal to the modem 13. Send to The modulation / demodulation unit 13 modulates the signal for line disconnection and sends the modulated signal to the radio unit 12, and the radio unit 12 transmits the modulated signal for line disconnection to the base station, thereby disconnecting the line (S207). The process ends.
[0025]
In this way, even if the called party cannot answer the call in a conference or the like, when a preset category is included in the incoming call time, the incoming call is automatically answered, and an appropriate answer according to the set category after the line connection is established. Since the message is sent automatically, the caller can know from the contents of the response message that the called party is in a meeting, etc., so they can understand the situation where the called party is located even if the call can not be made become.
[0026]
In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, if there is an incoming call in the time zone of the set message, the message is transmitted to any calling party. Therefore, the message is sent to the caller who does not want to send the message. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, if the user (recipient) can set (Yes → “Y”, No → “N”) in advance whether or not a response can be made (response propriety 401), a message is sent. If not, you can reject the transmission. In addition to the designation of Yes, No, etc., it is also possible to designate by time (response allowable time 402).
[0027]
Alternatively, a message can be sent only for an incoming call from a designated partner. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 6, a column for a response designation 501 may be provided so that the telephone number of a partner to which a response is to be made can be designated in advance. In this case, if a plurality of telephone numbers can be designated, it is possible to deal with a plurality of parties. Further, the telephone number may be specified by all 10 digits, or may be set to 6 digits such as [area code + city code]. For example, by specifying the number of the telephone office at the location of the factory or headquarters as [area code + local area code], it is possible to cover everything from that area. It is also possible to answer telephone calls from other departments in the company.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above, according to the mobile terminal device of the present invention, the time of the incoming call is included in the schedule time zone with respect to the schedule created in advance by setting the category and time and registered in the storage means. When the schedule is different, the response message optimal for the schedule is automatically transmitted to the caller via the communication means, so that a different response message can be transmitted if the schedule is different. The calling party can be notified of his / her own situation, and the calling party can grasp the details (such as the situation) of the called party.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable terminal device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a schedule input process.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a schedule content by the portable terminal device of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process at the time of an incoming call in the portable terminal device.
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a second example of the schedule content of the portable terminal device of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a third example of the schedule content of the portable terminal device of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 mobile terminal device 11 antenna 12 radio unit 13 modem unit 14 peripheral control circuit 15 CPU unit 16 RAM
17 ROM
18 Display unit 19 Input unit 20 Speaker 21 Receiver 22 Transmitter 300 Schedule 301 Date 302a Start time 302b End time 303 Category 304 Title 305 Response message 401 Response availability 501 Response designation

Claims (6)

Communication means for connecting to a wireless telephone network;
A storage unit in which at least one or more schedules created by designating time are registered;
A nonvolatile memory that stores a response message set corresponding to each of the schedules registered in the storage unit;
When the time at the time of the incoming call is included in one set time zone of the schedule registered in the storage means, a line connection is made via the communication means, and an optimal response to the contents of the schedule corresponding to the incoming time is received. A portable terminal device comprising a control unit for selecting and transmitting a message from the nonvolatile memory. 2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit includes, as the schedule, data of a category, a title corresponding to the category, a start time, and an end time. 2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the response message according to the content of a category included in a schedule having the time of the incoming call in the set time zone. 2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes the transmission of the response message according to a condition set by a user. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit automatically disconnects the line after transmitting the response message. 2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes a normal incoming call process when the time of the incoming call is not included in any of the set time zones of the schedule registered in the storage unit. Mobile terminal device.

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