JP2005109998A - Portable communication terminal, program and computer-readable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent accidental starting of specific applications when an SMS notice giving instructions for starting an application is received in a state where the user limits usage. <P>SOLUTION: When a controller 13 receives the SMS notice through an antenna 11 and a radio transmission part 12, it activates an SMS launcher 191, analyzes application information included in the SMS notice and determines whether the application is to be started or not. In other words, it determines ON/OFF of the application in a silent mode by collating application information included in the SMS notice in with application information and starting propriety information in a database 201. As a result of determination, if its automatic starting is ON in the silent mode, starting process is performed. If its automatic starting is OFF in the silent mode, starting invalidation process is performed and it is displayed on a display 17. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal in which an application is started based on an application start instruction included in a received message, a program used in the mobile communication terminal, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

Conventionally, there is a method for transmitting and receiving short messages called push-type messages (hereinafter referred to as SMS (Short Message Service)). In SMS, a message is transmitted from a server to a receiving terminal using a control channel called a paging channel.
In addition, by using the above SMS message from other mobile communication terminals or terminals such as PCs, a specific application has been designated to operate the functions of cameras, players, etc. possessed by mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones. In addition, there is an application automatic start system that automatically starts the application.

As such an application automatic start system, a map information providing system in which a mobile phone can receive a push-type SMS and download a map has been proposed. Further, SMS is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.
JP 2002-320025 A

  However, in the above prior art, even when the functions of the portable communication terminal such as the manner mode and the drive mode are limited, the application is started unconditionally upon receiving the SMS notification, for example, a ring tone is sounded. There was a problem such as.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a conventional display screen when SMS notification is executed in the manner mode.
If there is an SMS notification during the standby display in FIG. 6 (a), the application is unconditionally started regardless of whether it is in silent mode or not, so the application start display as shown in FIG. 6 (b) Is made.

  An object of the present invention is to prevent a specific application from being unexpectedly started even when an SMS notification (message) is received in a state where functions are limited.

  The mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes an application holding unit that holds a plurality of applications, a receiving unit that receives a start instruction of a specific application and a notification including information about the application, and the application information for each of the held applications And storage means for storing information indicating whether the application can be activated by the activation instruction, and when the reception means receives a notification designating activation of the application, the application information included in the notification and the application in the storage means A determination unit that determines whether or not the application can be started by collating with information indicating whether or not the application can be started, and a control unit that controls the start of the application based on the determination result of the determination unit. It is a characteristic

The program according to the present invention includes a reception process for receiving a start instruction for a specific application and a notification including information about the application, and a notification for instructing the start of the application by the reception process. Based on the determination result of the determination process and the determination process for determining whether the application can be started by comparing the application information stored in the storage unit with information indicating whether the application can be started based on the start instruction. The control processing for controlling the activation of the application is executed by the computer.
A computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention records the above program.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a specific application from being activated even when an SMS notification for application activation is received in a state where use is restricted by a user such as the manner mode.

  The present invention does not start an application whose start is restricted by the state of the mobile communication terminal by determining whether the application can be started based on the application information included in the SMS notification (message) and the state of the mobile communication terminal I did it.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an application automatic start system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows a network configuration when a push type SMS notification for starting an application is performed from another portable terminal 2 or PC 3 to a portable terminal 1 such as a hybrid portable terminal having both cdma2000 1x and 1xEVDO.
The notification from the portable terminal 2 is performed via the telephone line network 6 such as the Internet network via the cdma2000 1x base station 4 and the exchange 5 and further via the exchange 7 and the base station 8. Further, notification from the PC 3 is performed via the Internet network (IP network) 9, the gateway (GW) 10, the switching center 7, and the base station 8. Further, high-speed packet communication between the portable terminal 1 and the PC 3 is performed via the IP network 9, the switching center 11, and the base station 12.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 2, the SMS launcher 191 in the ROM unit 19 includes determination means that analyzes application information included in the SMS notification from the mobile terminal 2 or the PC 3 and determines whether or not the application can be activated in the manner mode. ing.
The application unit 202 in the RAM unit 20 stores a plurality of applications. In addition, a DB (database) 201 in the RAM unit 20 stores application information necessary for the determination and information indicating whether automatic activation is possible for each application.

  In addition, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a voice processing unit 14, a transmission unit 15, a reception unit 16, a display unit 17, an operation unit 18 and the like for a normal cellular phone function. The ROM unit 19 stores a CPU program of the control unit 13 and the like.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the database 201 necessary for the determination unit in the SMS launcher 191 to analyze and determine application information.
In FIG. 3, column A indicates the number of the application installed in the portable terminal 1, and column B indicates the application name. Column C indicates the ON / OFF type of the automatic start setting during normal operation, and column D indicates the ON / OFF type of the automatic start setting during the manner mode. However, ON / OFF is assumed to automatically start / not start automatically. These data are stored for each application (here, 01 to 10).

For example, the player application registered with the application number 01 is activated with the automatic activation setting ON during normal operation, but is not activated with the automatic activation setting OFF in the manner mode. This is effective for applications that want to limit automatic startup in the manner mode.
In addition, the GPS application registered in the application number 10 is activated with the automatic activation setting ON during normal operation, but is activated with the automatic activation setting ON in the manner mode. This is effective for applications that do not want to limit automatic startup in the manner mode.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Upon receiving the SMS notification via the antenna 11 and the wireless unit 12, the control unit 13 activates the SMS launcher 191 and analyzes the application information included in the SMS notification (S1). That is, the application information included in the SMS notification is collated with each information in the database 201, and the ON / OFF of the application in the manner mode is determined based on the column D in FIG. ). Also, it is determined whether the mobile communication terminal is currently in the manner mode. If the automatic start is ON in the manner mode, the start processing is performed (S3). Then, display is performed on the display unit 17 (S4).

FIG. 5 shows an example of a display screen according to the present embodiment when SMS notification is executed in the manner mode.
If there is an SMS notification during the standby display in FIG. 5 (a) and the application cannot be started according to the judgment result in the manner mode, the time stamp and reason as shown in FIG. 5 (b) The result of automatic application startup by SMS notification including display is displayed by pop-up display or full-screen display, and the user is notified accordingly. At the same time, the user may be informed by the blinking pattern of the incoming call lamp.

  If the determination result indicates that the activation is impossible, the determination is performed again after a predetermined time, and if the manner mode is canceled, the activation may be permitted, or if the manner mode is canceled within the predetermined time, the activation may be permitted.

  In this embodiment, whether or not an application can be activated in the manner mode has been described. However, for example, a mode (state) in which sound, light, or the like is not disturbed around the outside of the manner mode, for example, a drive mode. Further, it may be possible to start an application in a mode in which some function of the mobile communication terminal is restricted, such as an energy saving mode, a silent mode, or the like. Further, the automatic start setting during the above mode may be a setting of only OFF or ON. In the case of setting only OFF, if it is not set, it automatically starts during the mode, and in the case of setting only ON, it operates so as not to be automatically started during the mode when not set.

Next, a program according to the present embodiment and a recording medium for recording the program will be described.
The program for the CPU of the computer system in the portable communication terminal according to the present invention to execute the process based on the above-described operation and the process shown in the flowchart constitutes the program according to the present invention.

  The recording medium for recording the program constitutes a computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention. As this recording medium, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic recording medium, or the like can be used, and these may be configured and used in a ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, flexible disk, memory card, or the like.

  In addition, this recording medium can store a program for a certain period of time such as a volatile memory such as a RAM in a computer system as a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. The thing to hold is also included.

  The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. The transmission medium refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.

  The program may be for realizing part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  Therefore, even when this program and recording medium are used in a system or apparatus different from the system or apparatus in FIG. 2 and the computer of the system or apparatus executes this program, the functions and effects described in the embodiments are the same. Functions and effects can be obtained, and the problems of the present invention can be solved.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an application automatic activation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable communication terminal by the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of a database. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement. It is a block diagram which shows the example of a display screen by the Example of this invention at the time of SMS notification execution at the manner mode. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the conventional display screen at the time of SMS notification execution at the manner mode.

Explanation of symbols

1 mobile communication terminal 2 other mobile communication terminal 3 PC
12 wireless unit 13 control unit 17 display unit 20 RAM unit 201 database
202 Application section 19 ROM section 191 SMS launcher

Claims (6)

Application holding means for holding multiple applications,
Receiving means for receiving a start instruction of a specific application and a notification including information on the application;
Storage means for storing the application information and information indicating whether or not the application can be activated by the activation instruction, for each of the held applications;
When the reception unit receives a notification designating activation of an application, the application information included in the notification is checked against information indicating whether the application can be activated in the storage unit, thereby determining whether the application can be activated Determination means to perform,
A mobile communication terminal comprising: a control unit that controls activation of the application based on a determination result of the determination unit. The storage means stores information indicating whether or not the application can be activated by the activation instruction based on the state of the mobile communication terminal,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the application can be activated based on a state of the mobile communication terminal and information in the storage unit.   The portable communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the state of the portable communication terminal is any one of a manner mode, a drive mode, an energy saving mode, and a silent mode.   The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the determination means is provided with a notification means for notifying that it is determined that the application cannot be started. A reception process for receiving a start instruction of a specific application and a notification including information on the application;
When a notification instructing application activation is received by the reception process, the application information included in the notification is collated with information indicating whether the application can be activated by the activation instruction stored in the storage unit. A determination process for determining whether or not the application can be started,
A program that causes a computer to execute control processing for controlling activation of an application based on a determination result of the determination processing. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 4 is recorded.

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