JP2006033317A - Composite communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide composite communication terminal equipment capable of displaying communication destinations to which a call can be transmitted in an easily discriminable way and preventing calling mistake. <P>SOLUTION: A telephone directory application control section 22 extracts communication system information IDs satisfying call available conditions on the basis of communication system utilizing information including access information and utilizing information stored in a communication system utilizing information storage section 23 and the call available conditions in a communication system information database 24, and reads call available voice circuit type IDs corresponding to the communication system information ID. Then the control section 22 discriminates whether or not the voice communication type ID can be transmitted as to each of telephone directory data stored in a telephone directory information database 26, sets an icon depending on the propriety of a call, and displays registration information of a destination together with an icon for representing the propriety of the call when telephone directory data are displayed on an input output section 20 in a form of a telephone directory list or the like. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a composite communication terminal apparatus capable of making a call to a plurality of communication systems having different communication methods.

  Mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones have become more sophisticated with the explosive spread over the years, and generally have a built-in phone book that can record phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and even personal information. It has become. For the purpose of improving the convenience of such a phone book function, a mobile communication terminal capable of automatically specifying and displaying a communication type from a phone number input at the time of phone book registration has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

  According to this conventional example, it is possible to prevent the communication type from being selected by mistake and causing inconsistency between the telephone number and the communication type, and the user operation at the time of telephone book registration can be simplified. In addition, when communication is performed using a single communication system and there is only one condition for making a call like this mobile communication terminal, the communication type is automatically selected according to the telephone number. Therefore, when a call is made, a call mistake that causes a call to a communication type telephone number that cannot originally be called cannot occur.

  On the other hand, in a composite communication terminal apparatus that can use a plurality of communication systems, there is a possibility that the above-described call mistake may occur. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional composite communication terminal apparatus. The mobile communication terminal apparatus 100 is configured to be able to communicate in an A communication system and a B communication system with different wireless communication schemes, and an A communication antenna 101 and a B communication antenna 102 that transmit and receive radio waves, and radio signal input / output A communication system radio section 103 and B communication system radio section 104 that perform modulation and demodulation, and a radio interference control section 105 that selectively controls a communication system that performs communication. Also, an input / output unit 106 having a display device such as an LCD for displaying various information, an operation unit 107 for performing various operation inputs, and a phone book application control unit (hereinafter referred to as a phone book application control unit) for controlling a phone book function. 108), voice communication type information database 109 storing voice communication types in association with identification patterns by telephone numbers, and phone book information storing names, telephone numbers, and communication types of communication partners in association with each other. A database 110.

  When registering or calling a phone book, the phone book application controller 108 displays the phone book data as a phone book list or the like in the input / output unit 106. At this time, the user uses the operation unit 107 to perform an input operation such as the name and telephone number of a communication partner for registering phone book data, or to input an instruction for making a call.

  In the mobile communication terminal device 100, when a call is made using a telephone book, first, in response to an instruction by a key operation of the operation unit 107, the information is read from the telephone book information database 110 to the display device of the input / output unit 106. Displays phonebook data such as the name and phone number of the other party. Next, when the user selects and designates the communication partner, the communication type corresponding to the selected communication partner is identified with reference to the voice communication type information database 109, and the A communication system and the B communication are identified according to this communication type. One of the systems is selected and a call is made.

  In such a composite communication terminal device 100, when there are a plurality of conditions that allow a call depending on the connection status of the communication system, the usage status of the voice communication application that uses the communication system, etc., the telephone number registered in the telephone directory Even if the communication type is consistent, there may be a call mistake that makes an outgoing call to a destination telephone number of a communication type that cannot communicate. In this way, in the conventional composite communication terminal device, the communication type of the other party telephone number is only displayed at the time of the call, and the user determines whether or not the call can be made by connecting to the other party telephone number each time. There was only.

JP 2002-27084 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, can display a communication partner capable of making a call so that it can be easily discriminated, and can prevent a call mistake when using a plurality of communication systems. An object of the present invention is to provide a possible composite communication terminal device.

  The composite communication terminal device of the present invention is a composite communication terminal device that can make a call using a plurality of communication systems, and is capable of making a call for each of a plurality of communication types using any of the plurality of communication systems. Communication system usage information for storing communication system usage information, including communication system information storage means for storing communication information, connection information related to the connection status of each communication system, and usage information related to the usage status of communication application software in each communication system Determining a communication type capable of making a call based on the holding means, the telephone book data storage means for storing telephone book data including the telephone number of the communication partner, and the communication system use information and the callable condition For each communication partner registered as the phone book data, a call is made to determine whether or not a call can be made based on the corresponding communication type. A determination unit, be one that displays the telephone directory data, and display means for displaying the registration information of the communication partner together with the outgoing call information indicating whether the call is intended with a.

  As a result, it is possible to display a communication partner that can make a call so that it can be easily discriminated, and the user can easily determine whether or not a communication partner registered as phone book data can make a call according to the display information. Can be confirmed. For this reason, it is possible to prevent a call mistake when using a plurality of communication systems having different communication methods.

Also, as one aspect of the present invention, in the composite communication terminal device described above, the display unit displays an icon indicating whether or not a call can be made as image information.
Thus, the user can determine at a glance whether or not the call can be made by displaying the icon.

Further, as one aspect of the present invention, the composite communication terminal apparatus includes a communication type information storage unit that stores communication type information including icon information indicating whether or not a call can be made for each communication type. The call availability determination unit sets an icon indicating whether a call can be made for each communication partner of the telephone directory data based on the call availability determination result and the communication type information, and the display unit includes: Registration information including at least one of the name or telephone number of the communication partner and an icon corresponding to the communication partner are displayed.
Thus, by displaying the icon together with the registration information of the communication partner, the user can confirm at a glance whether or not the communication partner can make a call.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the composite communication terminal device which can be displayed so that the communication other party which can call can be identified easily, and can prevent the call mistake at the time of using a some communication system is provided. it can.

  In the present embodiment, a composite communication terminal apparatus capable of making a call using the A communication system and the B communication system of two independent wireless communication systems is illustrated. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a composite communication terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The composite communication terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment includes an A communication antenna 11, a B communication antenna 12, an A communication system radio unit 13, a B communication system radio unit 14, a radio interference control unit 15, and an A communication system connection application control unit (hereinafter referred to as “A communication system connection application control unit”). 16), B communication system connection application control unit 17, A communication system voice communication application control unit (hereinafter referred to as voice communication application control unit) 18, B communication system voice communication application control unit 19, Input / output unit 20, operation unit 21, phone book application control unit (hereinafter referred to as a phone book application control unit) 22, communication system use information holding unit 23, communication system information database 24, voice communication type information database 25, phone book information This is a configuration having a database 26.

  The A communication antenna 11 and the B communication antenna 12 are antennas that transmit and receive radio signals in the A communication system and the B communication system, respectively. The A communication system radio unit 13 and the B communication system radio unit 14 perform modulation / demodulation, high frequency amplification, baseband signal processing, and the like of transmission / reception radio signals in the A communication system and the B communication system, respectively. The radio interference control unit 15 performs selection control of a communication system that performs communication by prohibiting the other operation during one operation period of the A communication system radio unit 13 and the B communication system radio unit 14.

  The A communication system connection application control unit 16 and the B communication system connection application control unit 17 perform connection control in each of the A communication system and the B communication system based on application software for call connection control. When making a call, either the A communication system connection application control unit 16 or the B communication system connection application control unit 17 makes a call connection with a communication partner telephone number according to an instruction from the telephone directory application control unit 22 described later. To control. The voice communication application control unit 18 for the A communication system and the voice communication application control unit 19 for the B communication system perform voice communication processing in each of the A communication system and the B communication system based on the application software for voice communication control. .

  The phone book application control unit 22 performs operation control related to registration and use of phone book data based on application software for controlling phone book data. Here, the telephone directory application control unit 22 acquires connection information such as unconnected, connected, and waiting for each communication system from the A communication system connection application control unit 16 and the B communication system connection application control unit 17, and A Use information related to the usage state of the voice call application software such as registered in the server and during a call during the activation of each communication system is acquired from the voice communication application control unit 18 for the communication system and the voice communication application control unit 19 for the B communication system. The communication system usage information including the connection information and the usage information is registered in the communication system usage information holding unit 23. Further, when the connection information or the usage information changes after registration, for example, when the unconnected A communication system is already connected, the changed information is stored in the communication system information holding unit 23. Further, the telephone directory application control unit 22 has a function of call permission / non-permission determination means, and whether or not a call can be made to each communication partner of the telephone directory data registered based on the communication system usage information. Determine. The process relating to the call availability determination will be described later.

  The communication system usage information holding unit 23 has a function of a communication system usage information holding unit, and affects the callable conditions of the communication system, such as connection information and usage information registered by the telephone directory application control unit 22. Storage means such as a memory for holding communication system use information for providing the communication information.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the communication system information database 24. The communication system information database 24 corresponds to an example of a communication system information storage unit, and includes communication system information ID, communication system used, voice communication type ID, and callable conditions (1) to (3). Is held.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the voice communication type information database 25. The voice communication type information database 25 corresponds to an example of a communication type information storage unit, and holds voice communication type related information including a voice communication type ID, a voice communication type name, a voice communication type identification pattern, and an icon number. Is. There are three types of icon numbers: “basic”, “callable” and “not callable”, and it is possible to indicate whether or not a call can be made depending on the type of icon.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the telephone directory information database 26. The phone book information database 26 corresponds to an example of a phone book data storage unit, and holds phone book related registration information including a communication partner name, phone number, voice communication type ID, and voice communication type icon. It is. The telephone book information database 26 can also include personal information such as address, affiliation, date of birth, etc. related to the communication partner. This voice communication type icon is set according to a determination result of whether or not a call is permitted for each voice communication type described later.

  The input / output unit 20 includes a display device such as an LCD for displaying various types of information, and has a function of a display unit. When the phone book is registered or a call is made, the operation of the phone book application control unit 22 is performed. The phone book data including registration information of the communication partner is displayed by a phone book list or the like. At this time, an icon including call information indicating a communication type, call availability, and the like is displayed together with the name and telephone number of the communication partner. The operation unit 21 includes a plurality of keys for performing various operation inputs, and performs instructions relating to telephone book registration, communication calling, data input, and the like.

  Next, the operation of the composite communication terminal apparatus 10 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

  When registering the phone book data, when the user performs an input operation from the operation unit 21 and inputs the name and phone number of the communication partner, the phone book application control unit 22 refers to the voice communication type information database 25. Then, the voice communication type ID matching the voice communication type pattern is read out, and this voice communication type ID is stored in the telephone book information database 26 together with the name and telephone number information.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when displaying the phone book data in the composite communication terminal device of this embodiment. First, when the user performs an instruction operation to display a phone book list by key operation of the operation unit 21, the phone book application control unit 22 activates the phone book application software and starts a phone book display process (step S11). . At this time, the phone book data may be read from the phone book information database 26 and only the information such as the name of the communication partner registered in the phone book may be displayed on the input / output unit 20.

  Next, the telephone directory application control unit 22 reads connection information and usage information of the A communication system and the B communication system as communication system usage information from the communication system usage information holding unit 23 (step S12). The connection information is, for example, information such as A communication system: waiting, B communication system: not connected. The usage information is, for example, information such as voice communication application software for the A communication system: activated, voice communication application software for the B communication system: activated.

  Further, the telephone directory application control unit 22 reads information in the communication system information database 24 as shown in FIG. 2 (step S13). Then, a communication system information ID satisfying all callable conditions is extracted from the communication system usage information read in step S12 (step S14). Then, a callable voice communication type ID corresponding to the extracted communication system information ID is read (step S15). In the communication system information database 24 of FIG. 2, for example, when the communication system information ID is 003, the communication system used: A communication system, voice communication type ID: 003, callable condition (1): A communication system standby state, Callable condition (2): Voice communication application for A communication system has been activated. In the case of the above communication system use information example, referring to the callable conditions in the communication system information database 24, the communication system information IDs that satisfy all two conditions are 003, 004, 005, 006, 007 003 (PHS (registered trademark)), 004 (mobile phone), 005 (emergency), 006 (free dial), and 007 (intercity phone) are extracted. Note that the voice communication type ID that has not been extracted is determined to be uncallable.

  Next, the phone book application control unit 22 reads the information in the voice communication type information database 25 as shown in FIG. 3 and the information in the phone book information database 26 as shown in FIG. 4 in order to display the phone book list. (Step S16).

  In subsequent steps S17 to S23, the phone book application control unit 22 performs icon setting relating to the voice communication type of the phone book data using the read information in the phone book information database 26 and the voice communication type information database 25. First, it is determined whether or not the voice communication type ID is stored in the phone book data read from the phone book information database 26 (step S18). If the voice communication type ID is stored in the telephone directory data, the voice communication type ID matches one of the voice communication type IDs corresponding to the callable communication system information ID extracted in step S15. It is determined whether or not to perform (step S19). In the case of the above example, the voice communication type IDs that can be called are 003 to 007, and it is determined whether or not the voice communication type ID of the phone book data matches any of these.

  If it matches the voice communication type ID that can be called in step S19, the voice communication type icon in the phone book data is set to one indicating that it can be used (icon number 105, etc.) (step S20). . On the other hand, if they do not match, the voice communication type icon of the phone book data is set to one that indicates that it cannot be used (icon number 205, etc.) (step S21). FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon indicating the state of the voice communication type. The icons in FIG. 6 indicate phonebook data whose voice communication type is a mobile phone. (A) indicates “basic” that does not represent availability information, and (B) indicates “callable” status. And (C) shows a state of “call not possible”.

  Then, it is determined whether the icon setting of the phone book data has been completed (step S22). If not, the next phone book data is referred to (step S23), and the same processing is performed in steps S18 to S22. repeat. Even if the voice communication type ID is not stored in the phone book data in step S18, the same processing is repeated with reference to the next phone book data until the icon setting of the phone book data is completed.

  When the phone book data icon setting is completed in step S22, the phone book data is displayed on the input / output unit 20 together with the set phone book data (step S24). FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a phone book list representing phone book data. In the telephone directory list of FIG. 7, a call can be made to mobile phone user A, mobile phone user B, PHS (registered trademark) user A, and free dial user A, and a call can be made to VoIP user A. Indicates that it is not possible. The user of the composite communication terminal device can easily know whether or not the communication partner to be dialed can make a call by looking at the telephone directory list displayed on the display screen of the input / output unit 20. be able to.

  In the display of the phone book data, the function for displaying whether or not a call can be made can be switched on / off. For example, when it is off, the voice communication type icons in the telephone directory information database 26 are all “basic” as shown in FIG. 6A, and the information in the communication system use information holding unit 23 and the communication system information database 24 is not used. Further, the registration process of the connection information and the usage information is not performed according to the operation state of the connection application control units 16 and 17 of each communication system and the voice communication application control units 18 and 19 for each communication system. Furthermore, when performing on / off switching, each function can cope with switching, for example, registration processing / deregistration processing is performed on the telephone directory application control unit 22.

  In the communication system information database 24 and the voice communication type information database 25, general system information is set by default, and the user may be able to modify information in these databases by setting operation. . As a result, by changing the registration information by selecting the database, it is possible to change the callable conditions and the like.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the telephone directory application control unit 22 reads communication system usage information including connection information and usage information from the communication system usage information holding unit 23, and the communication system usage information and communication system information database. Based on the 24 callable conditions, the communication system information ID satisfying the callable conditions is extracted. Then, a callable voice communication type ID corresponding to the communication system information ID is read. Further, the information of the phone book information database 26 and the voice communication type information database 25 is read, and for each of the phone book data stored in the phone book information database 26, it is determined whether or not the voice communication type ID can be called. An icon is set according to whether or not the call is allowed. When the phone book data is displayed on the input / output unit 20 using a phone book list or the like, registration information of the communication partner is displayed together with an icon. As a result, the user can easily know whether or not a call can be made in the current situation for each communication partner, so in the composite communication terminal device that can use a plurality of communication systems, the communication type difference It is possible to prevent a call mistake due to.

  The present invention can display a communication partner capable of making a call so that it can be easily discriminated, and has an effect of preventing a call mistake when using a plurality of communication systems. This is useful for a composite communication terminal device that can make a call to a plurality of communication systems having different numbers.

The figure which shows schematic structure of the composite communication terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the information stored in a communication system information database The figure which shows an example of the information stored in a voice communication classification information database The figure which shows an example of the information stored in a telephone directory information database The flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of the telephone directory data display in the composite communication terminal device of this embodiment The figure which shows an example of the icon which shows the state of a voice communication classification The figure which shows the example of a display of the telephone directory list showing telephone directory data The figure which shows the structural example of the conventional composite communication terminal device

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Composite communication terminal device 13 A Communication system radio | wireless part 14 B Communication system radio | wireless part 16 A Communication system connection application control part 17 B Communication system connection application control part 18 A Voice communication application control part for A communication systems 19 B Voice communication for communication systems Application control unit 20 Input / output unit 21 Operation unit 22 Phonebook application control unit 23 Communication system use information holding unit 24 Communication system information database 25 Voice communication type information database 26 Phonebook information database

Claims (3)

A composite communication terminal device capable of making a call using a plurality of communication systems,
Communication system information storage means for storing a call enabling condition for each of a plurality of communication types using any of the plurality of communication systems;
Communication system usage information holding means for holding communication system usage information including connection information related to the connection status of each communication system and usage information related to the usage status of communication application software in each communication system;
Phone book data storage means for storing phone book data including the telephone number of the communication partner;
A communication type that can be called is determined based on the communication system usage information and the callable condition, and each communication partner registered as the telephone directory data is called based on a corresponding communication type. A call permission / rejection determining means for determining permission / rejectability;
Display means for displaying the telephone directory data, and display means for displaying registration information of the communication partner together with call information indicating whether or not the call can be made;
A composite communication terminal device comprising: The composite communication terminal device according to claim 1,
The display means is a composite communication terminal device that displays an icon indicating whether or not a call is possible as image information as the call information. The composite communication terminal device according to claim 2,
Communication type information storage means for storing communication type information including icon information indicating whether or not to make a call for each communication type;
The call availability determination means sets an icon indicating whether a call can be made for each of the communication destinations of the telephone directory data based on the call availability determination result and the communication type information.
The display means is a composite communication terminal device that displays registration information including at least one of the name or telephone number of the communication partner and an icon corresponding to the communication partner.

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