JP2004328552A - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal, in which the occurrence of events itself, such as an incoming call from a specific other party and mail reception can be kept secret, to thereby be able to secret functionality of high confidentiality. <P>SOLUTION: When an incoming call arrives from a specific other party, mail reception is notified by using a false mail, instead of notification of the incoming call. When receiving the mail from the specific party, the mail reception is informed by a camouflaging mail, instead of the mail actually received. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and particularly to a secret function.
[0002]
[Prior art]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2003-32353 A
Although mobile terminals can send and receive voice calls and e-mails, the contents of calls and e-mail reception information often include contents that you do not want others to know. There is a request to do it. In particular, salespeople who go in and out of a plurality of companies have a strong demand for good content to talk and see when they are in the business company A and when they are in the company B. Therefore, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique for restricting access using a password so that information is not shown to a third party.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the related art such as Patent Document 1, after an event such as an incoming call or mail reception from a specific partner can be concealed, the occurrence of an event such as an incoming call or mail reception is concealed. I couldn't do that.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal capable of concealing the occurrence of an event such as an incoming call from a specific partner or receiving an e-mail, and having a highly confidential secret function. And
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The first mobile terminal of the present invention includes a registration unit for secretly registering a telephone number, a determination unit for determining whether an acquired telephone number is secretly registered when an incoming call is received, and a telephone number being secretly registered by the determination unit. If it is determined that the mail has been received, a notification unit is provided for suspending the response and pseudo-notifying the mail reception.
[0007]
In the first mobile terminal, the pseudo notification is preferably a mail reception notification by a pseudo mail stored in advance. Further, it is preferable that the apparatus further comprises a response unit that releases the response hold and responds when a predetermined key operation is performed in a state where the pseudo mail is displayed on the display unit after the mail reception notification.
[0008]
The second portable terminal of the present invention includes a registration unit for secretly registering an e-mail address, a judgment unit for judging whether or not the acquired e-mail address of the sender is secretly registered when the mail is received, and a mail address by the judgment unit. If it is determined that is registered as a secret, there is provided a notifying unit for notifying the reception of the mail by using a previously stored forged mail different from the received mail.
[0009]
The second mobile terminal further includes a unit for displaying the received mail on the display unit when a predetermined key operation is performed in a state where the forged mail is displayed on the display unit after the mail reception notification. Is preferred.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of a portable terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the portable terminal of the present invention. This mobile terminal includes a control unit 10, a transmission / reception unit 20, a storage unit 30, a determination unit 40, a display unit 50, a sounding unit 60, and an operation unit 70.
[0011]
The control unit 10 controls the entire portable terminal. The transmitting / receiving unit 20 is connected to the antenna 21 and communicates with the base station under the control of the control unit 10. The display unit 50 includes an LCD or an organic EL, and displays various information. The ringing unit 60 is for notifying the incoming call and mail reception, and has a speaker 61 and a vibrator 62. The speaker 61 can notify the incoming call and mail reception by sound, and the vibrator 62 can notify the incoming call and mail reception by vibration. . Note that the notification patterns of the incoming call and the mail reception are different for both sound and vibration. Further, it is preferable that the time for which the notification is continued is set so that the mail reception is continued for several seconds and the incoming call is continued until the response. The operation unit 70 has a large number of keys, inputs various information, and performs various settings.
[0012]
The storage unit 30 has a telephone directory, and can register a plurality of destination information, that is, a plurality of destination names, telephone numbers, and mail addresses in the telephone directory. The registration method at that time is a general one. By operating the operation unit 70, a registration screen is displayed on the display unit 50, the name, telephone number, and mail address of the other party are sequentially input, and the enter key is pressed. And repeat this. At this time, the telephone directory can selectively register the destination information one by one. That is, the telephone number and mail address of the other party can be secretly registered. Secret registration is performed by simultaneously turning on the option of “secret registration” displayed on the registration screen under the operation of the operation unit 70 when the destination information is registered in the telephone directory one by one as described above. Is
[0013]
Further, the storage unit 30 stores a pseudo mail and a forged mail. The pseudo-mail and the fake mail are secret mails. With the pseudo-mail or the fake mail creation screen displayed on the display unit 50 by the operation of the operation unit 70, an arbitrary sender name, Can be created with title and text content.
[0014]
Further, the storage unit 30 stores a call history. The determination unit 40 determines whether the telephone number obtained by the caller ID notification is secretly registered in the telephone directory of the storage unit 30 when a voice call is received, or the obtained mail address is stored when the mail is received. It is determined whether or not it is registered as a secret in the telephone directory.
[0015]
When the telephone number obtained by the caller ID notification is secretly registered in the telephone directory of the storage unit 30 at the time of an incoming call, the mobile terminal configured as described above does not shift to the incoming call notification state, and sets a response hold, Instead, it has a first secret function of assuming that the pseudo mail stored in the storage unit 30 has been received and performing mail reception notification (pseudo mail notification) using the pseudo mail. Further, at the time of receiving a mail, if the obtained mail address is secretly registered in the telephone directory of the storage unit 30, it is assumed that a forged mail stored in the storage unit 30 different from the actually received mail is received. A second secret function of performing e-mail notification (spoofed e-mail notification) with a spoofed e-mail.
[0016]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the above-mentioned first secret function in detail. At the time of an incoming call, the judging section 40 judges whether or not the telephone number obtained by the caller ID notification is secretly registered in the telephone directory of the storage section 30 (step S1) If it is not registered as a secret, it will be a normal incoming call. On the other hand, if the obtained telephone number is secretly registered in the telephone directory, the incoming call is put on hold without answering the incoming call state such as notifying the ringtone or displaying the caller number / name (step S2). Instead, assuming that the pseudo mail stored in the storage unit 30 has been received, a mail notification (pseudo mail notification) is performed using the pseudo mail (step S3). This pseudo mail notification is performed by displaying a pictogram on the display unit 50, generating a notification sound for mail reception by the speaker 61, and generating vibration by the vibrator 62, as in the case of the normal mail notification. By changing the form of the pictogram, the notification sound, and the vibration to normal (mail other than the pseudo mail), it may be easy to understand that the notification is a pseudo mail notification. When the user operates a predetermined key of the operation unit 70 after the notification of the pseudo mail, the pseudo mail stored in the storage unit 30 is read and displayed on the display unit 50 ( In step S4), if a specific key (for example, an off-hook key) of the operation unit 70 is operated in this state (step S5), the answer hold in step S2 is released, and a response / call state is set (step S6).
[0017]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing in detail the second secret function at the time of receiving the mail. At the time of receiving the mail, the determining unit 40 determines whether the obtained mail address is secretly registered in the telephone directory of the storage unit 30 (step S11) If the secret is not registered, normal mail reception is performed. On the other hand, if the acquired e-mail address is secretly registered in the telephone directory, it is assumed that the forged mail (the sender or the body is fictitious) stored in the storage unit 30 has been received, and the mail notification (forged mail) (Notification) (step S12). This spoofed mail notification is performed by displaying a pictogram on the display unit 50, generating a notification sound by the speaker 61, and generating vibration by the vibrator 62, as in the case of the normal mail notification. If the form of the sound or vibration is changed from the normal state or the pseudo-mail notification, it may be easy to understand that the notification is a fake mail notification. Then, when the user operates a predetermined key of the operation unit 70 after the notification of the disguised mail is made, the disguised mail stored in the storage unit 30 is read and displayed on the display unit 50 ( In step S13), when a specific key of the operation unit 70 is operated in that state (step S14), the actually received mail is displayed on the display unit (step S15), and the true mail can be viewed.
[0018]
Therefore, according to the portable terminal as described above, when a call is received from a specific partner, a pseudo-mail notification is sent instead of the incoming call, and when a mail is received, a mail notification is sent with a fake mail instead of a true mail. In addition, it is possible to conceal the occurrence of an event such as incoming call or mail reception, and to obtain a highly confidential secret function.
[0019]
When secretly registering destination information including a destination name, a telephone number and a mail address in a plurality of telephone directories, the destination information is subdivided into secret mode A, secret mode B, secret mode C,. If the telephone directory can be opened for each secret mode, the confidentiality of the contents of the telephone directory can be enhanced. The destination information can be registered for each mode by selecting and confirming any one of the modes A, B, C,... Displayed on the registration screen at the time of secret registration described above. On the other hand, the telephone directory can be opened for each secret mode according to the procedure shown in FIG. That is, first, the key of the operation unit 70 is operated to set the secret mode selection state (step S21). Then, a list of selectable secret modes is displayed on the screen of the display unit 50. A desired secret mode is selected from the list by operating the operation unit 70. For example, secret mode A is selected. Then, the process proceeds to step S22, and the telephone directory is switched to the secret mode A. Thereafter, when the telephone directory is opened, the destination information of the secret mode A registration and the normal destination information of the non-secret registration are displayed on the display unit 50. Will be displayed. If the secret mode B is selected from the list, the process proceeds to step S23, and the telephone directory is switched to the secret mode B. Thereafter, when the telephone directory is opened, the destination information of the secret mode B registration and the normal information of the non-secret registration are registered. The other party information is displayed on the display unit 50. Further, if the secret mode C is selected from the list, the process proceeds to step S24, and the telephone directory is switched to the secret mode C. Thereafter, when the telephone directory is opened, the destination information of the secret mode C registration and the normal information of the non-secret registration are registered. The other party information is displayed on the display unit 50. The same applies hereinafter. The mode list displayed in step S21 includes a secret mode release state. Then, when the secret mode release state is selected by the operation unit 70 in step S21, in this case, the process proceeds to step S25, and the telephone directory is switched to secret registration destination information non-display. Therefore, when the telephone directory is opened thereafter, the destination information of the secret registration is not displayed on the display unit 50, and only the normal destination information of the non-secret registration is displayed on the display unit 50.
[0020]
When you open the phonebook by mode in this way, if you switch the standby screen according to the mode of the phonebook that you can open now, you can know the mode of the phonebook that you can open just by looking at the standby screen Can be used and the usability is improved. In this case, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, first, a key of the operation unit 70 is operated to set a standby screen switching request state (step S31). Then, it is determined in step S32 which mode is currently openable in the telephone directory. If the mode that can be currently opened in the telephone directory is secret mode A, the process proceeds to step S33, and the standby screen is switched to the standby screen for secret mode A. If the mode currently opened in the telephone directory is the secret mode B, the process proceeds to step S34, and the standby screen is switched to the standby screen for the secret mode B. Further, if the mode currently opened in the telephone directory is the secret mode C, the process proceeds to step S35, and the standby screen is switched to the standby screen for the secret mode C. The same applies hereinafter. If the mode that can be opened in the telephone directory is the secret mode release state, the process proceeds to step S36, and the standby screen is switched to the standby screen for the normal mode. Of course, it is possible to automatically switch the standby screen in conjunction with the mode selection in FIG.
[0021]
Further, when the call history stored in the storage unit 30 is displayed on the display unit 50, the call history from the telephone number and the mail address registered as the secret is not displayed on the display unit 50 at all. By doing so, the confidentiality of the call history can be enhanced. A detailed flowchart in that case is shown in FIG. 6. When the key of the operation unit 70 is operated to set the transmission / reception history display request state (step S <b> 41), each transmission / reception history stored in the storage unit 30 is The determination unit 40 determines whether the call history is from a phone number and a mail address registered as a secret (step S42). If it is not in the history, all the incoming / outgoing call histories are read from the storage unit 30 and displayed on the display unit 50 (step S43). On the other hand, if there is an outgoing / incoming call history from the phone number and e-mail address registered as secret in all the outgoing / incoming calls, excluding that, only the incoming and outgoing call history from telephone numbers and e-mail addresses not registered as secret is stored. It is read from the unit 30 and displayed on the display unit 50 (step S44).
[0022]
The preferred embodiment has been described above in detail. However, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be applied to changed and modified ones without departing from the scope thereof.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when a call is received from a specific party, a pseudo-mail notification is sent instead of the incoming call, and when a mail is received from a specific party, a mail notification is sent using a forged mail instead of a true mail. Since it is performed, occurrence of an event such as incoming call or mail reception can be concealed, and a highly confidential secret function can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of an incoming call according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of receiving a mail according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a portable terminal according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart in a case where a telephone directory is opened for each mode.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for switching a standby screen according to a mode of a telephone directory to be currently opened.
FIG. 6
9 is a flowchart showing a method for displaying a call history.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 10 control unit 20 transmission / reception unit 21 antenna 30 storage unit 40 determination unit 50 display unit 60 sounding unit 61 speaker 62 vibrator 70 operation unit

Claims (5)

Registration means for secretly registering a telephone number;
A determination unit that determines whether the obtained telephone number is registered as a secret at the time of an incoming call;
A portable terminal, comprising: a notifying unit that suspends a response when the determining unit determines that the telephone number is secretly registered, and simulates notification of mail reception. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the pseudo notification is a mail reception notification by a pseudo mail stored in advance. 3. The system according to claim 2, further comprising: a response unit that releases the response hold and responds when a predetermined key operation is performed in a state where the pseudo mail is displayed on the display unit after the notification of the mail reception. Mobile terminal described in. Registration means for secretly registering an email address,
Determining means for determining whether or not the acquired sender's email address is secretly registered when receiving the email;
A portable terminal, comprising: a notifying unit for notifying a mail reception by using a previously stored forged mail different from the received mail when the mail address is determined to be registered as a secret by the determining unit. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: means for displaying the received mail on the display unit when a predetermined key operation is performed in a state where the forged mail is displayed on the display unit after the notification of the mail reception. 5. The mobile terminal according to 4.

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