JP2006060431A - Mobile telephone terminal and mail reception notification method of mobile telephone terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To auditorily recognize the sender, contents, etc., of a chat mail without looking at a display screen when the chat mail is received. <P>SOLUTION: When a chat mail reception part 1 receives the chat mail, a control part 11 reads sound data of a termination sound of each member designated with chat member management data in a data storage part 4 out of a data storage part 9 and supplies the sound data to a termination sound generation part 5. When text read-aloud function ON specification is present in the chat member management data, a read-aloud text generation part 6 is made to generate a text to be read aloud. Then display of the received chat mail is indicated to a display screen control part 2 to display it at a display part 3 and after the termination sound generated by the termination sound generation part 5 is sent out of a speaker 9 through an audio output part 8 for a specified time, the text to be read aloud is supplied to a speech synthesis part 7 and converted into an audio signal, which is sent out of the speaker 9 through the audio output part 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone terminal and a mail reception notification method in the mobile phone terminal, and more particularly to a mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail between chat members via a network and a mail reception notification method thereof.

  It is widespread to chat with friends using telephone terminals. Chat refers to exchanging messages in real time as if having a conversation between friends (called chat members) via a network.

  In general, when chatting, the CGI file (CGI: Common Gateway Interface) on the chat server (chat dedicated server) is executed, so that the content written by the user is distributed as chat mail to other members via the chat server. At the same time, the contents written by other members are received as chat mails via the chat server by the terminal of the user and displayed on the display (for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, some recent mobile phones have a function (mobile chat function) for realizing a pseudo chat using an existing mail server without using a chat server (for example, a corporation) 252i series and 505iS series mobile phones released by NTT Docomo).

  When chatting is performed using this mobile phone, the chat function is activated by selecting chat from the menu item, and the mail address or name of the chat member is registered as chat member management data.

  When an email sent by the chat function of the mobile phone is received, the title of the email indicates a chat email. If the sender of the chat email is registered in the chat member management data, it is processed as a chat email. A chat display screen as shown in FIG.

  Here, FIG. 3A shows a case where Taro and Hanako start chatting. First, after the message “Konchiwa” is transmitted from Taro to Hanako, the chat member, the message “Genki?” Is completely received from Hanako. This is the screen. FIG. 5B is a screen when transmission of the message “Yes yes” from Taro to Hanako is completed. In this way, the chat is simulated using an existing mail server.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-272610

  However, it is assumed that messages are exchanged while looking at a display screen of a terminal or a mobile phone in both cases of chatting via the chat server described above and chatting without depending on the chat server.

  That is, when a chat mail is received, a fixed ringing tone for notifying the arrival of the chat mail rings and the message is only displayed on the screen.

  For this reason, in order to know which member's email is sent and what kind of content it is, you must look at the display screen each time, and when you chat while doing another job Is inconvenient because you have to suspend your work each time.

The object of the present invention is that when a mobile phone terminal receives a chat mail, it is possible to know the caller of the chat mail and the contents of the mail by hearing without looking at the display screen of the mobile phone terminal. It is to provide a mobile phone terminal that can improve the performance.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail with a chat member via a network based on chat member management data, wherein the mobile phone terminal includes an email address, a member name, etc. of a chat member. Chat member management data in which personal information and ringtone information are registered, and registered information search means for searching for information on the member corresponding to the sender of the chat mail by referring to the chat member management data when receiving the chat mail And a means for generating a ring tone in accordance with the ring tone information searched by the registered information search means.

  The ring tone information can be individually set for chat members.

  The means for generating a ringtone may generate a predetermined ringtone that is automatically determined when no ringtone is specified in the ringtone information.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile phone terminal includes a reading unit for reading a message of the received chat mail, and activation information of the reading unit is registered in the chat member management data.

  When the activation information of the reading means is searched by the registered information searching means, the reading means reads out the message of the received chat mail and outputs it as a voice.

  The reading means includes means for creating a text for reading, means for synthesizing a voice signal according to the text, and means for sending an output signal of the voice synthesizing means as voice.

  The reading means may read the chat mail including the member name of the chat mail.

  According to the present invention, there is also provided a mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail with chat members via a network based on chat member management data. Based on the personal information such as the email address and member name of the chat member registered in the data and the ring tone information, the ring tone is generated and reported according to the ring tone information about the member corresponding to the chat mail sender. An e-mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal can be obtained.

  Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail with a chat member via a network based on chat member management data. When the chat mail is received, the chat member management is performed. Read the message according to the activation information of the reading function for the member corresponding to the sender of the chat mail based on the personal information such as the mail address and member name of the chat member registered in the data and the activation information of the message reading function. It is possible to obtain a mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal characterized by reporting.

  According to the present invention, there is also provided a mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail with a chat member via a network based on chat member management data. When the chat mail is received, the chat member management is performed. Based on the ring tone information about the member corresponding to the caller of the chat mail based on the personal information ring tone information such as the mail address and member name of the chat member registered in the data and the activation information of the message reading function. It is possible to obtain a mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal, which generates and reports a message according to activation information of a reading function.

  According to the present invention, as chat member management data, personal information such as a chat member's mail address, member name, etc., and voice processing conditions such as ringtone type, mail reading function ON / OFF, etc. are registered in advance, and chat mail is sent. By searching the chat member management data at the time of reception and sending a ring tone for each member, the user can identify the calling member by listening to the ring tone without looking at the display screen, thereby improving user convenience.

Also, by designating the text-to-speech function ON, the user can know the received message contents and the calling member name by voice without looking at the display screen, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

  Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a mobile phone terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In the figure, a chat mail receiving unit 1 that receives chat mail from a chat member via a network, and a display screen control unit that displays on the screen of the display unit 3 the name of the outgoing member of the received chat mail, the mail text, etc. 2. Chat member management data such as personal information such as each chat member's e-mail address, voice processing conditions such as ringtone type and display processing conditions such as display character color, sound data of multiple ringtones, chat mail data, etc. And a data storage unit 4 for storing.

  The mobile phone terminal also includes a ringtone generator 5 that generates a ringtone specified in chat member management data, a reading text generator 6 that generates a text for reading from the received chat mail data, and a text for reading. A voice synthesizer 7 that converts the voice signal into a voice signal, a voice output unit 8 that amplifies the voice signal output from the ring tone generator 5 and the voice synthesizer 7 and sends it to the speaker 9; And an operation unit 10 that gives various instructions and a control unit 11 that controls each unit.

  The chat member management data stored in the data storage unit 4 includes individual information such as an email address for each chat member, a member name (including a handle name assigned to the member), and a ring tone type when receiving chat mail. These are voice processing conditions such as a mail reading function ON / OFF and a reading voice type, and display processing conditions such as display character color, background color, and display image. These chat member management data are registered and updated by the user.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit 11 of the mobile phone terminal when receiving a chat mail.

  The operation will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The chat member management data registered in advance in the data storage unit 4 includes voice processing conditions such as a ring tone type, a text-to-speech function ON / OFF for each chat member, a voice type (speech voice / male voice), display processing Conditions.

  If the chat mail receiving unit 1 has completed receiving the chat mail (step 101), the chat member management data is searched based on the mail address of the outgoing member of the chat mail, and whether or not the individual ring tone is designated. Is checked (step 102).

  If a ring tone for each member is set, the corresponding sound data is read from the data storage unit 9 and supplied to the ring tone generation unit 5 (step 103).

  If no individual member ringtone is set, predetermined fixed sound data is read from the data storage unit 9 and supplied to the ringtone generation unit 5 (step 104).

  Next, the chat member management data is searched based on the mail address of the outgoing member of the chat mail, and it is checked whether the text-to-speech function is ON (valid) or OFF (invalid) (steps 105 and 106).

  In step 102, a ring tone for each member is set. If the text-to-speech function is ON in step 105, the text-to-speech creating unit 6 is instructed to create a predetermined text to be read based on the received chat mail (step 107). .

  Thereafter, the display screen control unit 2 is instructed to display the contents of the received chat mail, and a chat display screen as shown in FIG. 3, for example, is displayed on the display unit 3 (step 108).

  In FIG. 3, the user's outgoing message, the name of the incoming chat mail member, the face image, and the message text are displayed.

  Then, a ring tone corresponding to the calling member is generated by the ring tone generation unit 5 and sent from the speaker 9 via the voice output unit 8 for a certain period of time (step 109), and then created by the reading text creation unit 6 The text for reading is supplied to the voice synthesizer 7 to be converted into a voice signal and sent from the speaker 9 via the voice output unit 8 (step 110).

  The reading text creation unit 6 extracts a message part to be read from the received chat mail and creates a text for reading.

  If a ring tone for each member is set in step 102 and the text-to-speech function is OFF in step 105, the display screen control unit 2 is instructed to display the contents of the received chat mail and displayed on the display unit 3. (Step 111), the ring tone corresponding to the calling member is generated by the ring tone generator 5 and sent from the speaker 9 via the voice output unit 8 for a predetermined time (Step 112).

  On the other hand, if the individual member ring tone is not set in step 102 and the text-to-speech function is ON in step 106, the text-to-speech generation unit 6 creates the text for reading from the data to be read from the received chat mail. Instruct (step 113).

  Thereafter, the display screen control unit 2 is instructed to display the contents of the received chat mail, and is displayed on the display unit 3 (step 114).

  Then, a ring tone corresponding to the calling member is generated by the ring tone generation unit 5 and sent from the speaker 9 through the voice output unit 8 for a certain period of time (step 115). The text for reading is supplied to the voice synthesizer 7 to be converted into a voice signal and sent from the speaker 9 via the voice output unit 8 (step 116).

  If no ring tone is set for each member in step 102 and the text-to-speech function is OFF in step 106, the display screen control unit 2 is instructed to display the contents of the received chat mail and displayed on the display unit 3. After that (step 117), a predetermined fixed ringtone is generated by the ringtone generation unit 5 and sent from the speaker 9 via the voice output unit 8 for a predetermined time (step 118).

  As described above, four kinds of processing can be performed depending on whether or not a ring tone for each member is designated in the chat member management data and whether or not the designation of the text-to-speech function is ON or OFF.

  In addition, by setting a ring tone for each member as a chat member, it is possible to identify the calling member without looking at the display screen by listening to the ring tone when receiving a chat mail. Also, by designating the text-to-speech function ON, the received message content can be known by voice without looking at the display screen.

When the text for reading is created, the text for reading including the name of the calling member (handle name, etc.) may be created to read the name and message of the calling member.

It is a block diagram which shows the mobile telephone terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the chat mail reception of the control part 11 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a chat display screen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Chat mail receiving part 2 Display screen control part 3 Display part 4 Data storage part 5 Ring tone production | generation part 6 Read-out text preparation part 7 Speech synthesis part 8 Voice output part 9 Speaker 10 Operation part 11 Control part

Claims (10)

  A mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail with a chat member via a network based on chat member management data, wherein the mobile phone terminal includes personal information such as a mail address of a chat member, a member name, and ringtone information Registered chat member management data, registration information search means for searching for information about the member corresponding to the sender of the chat mail by referring to the chat member management data when the chat mail is received, and this registered information search Means for generating a ring tone in accordance with the ring tone information searched by the means.   The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the ring tone information can be individually set for a chat member.   The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the means for generating a ringtone generates a predetermined ringtone that is automatically determined when no ringtone is specified in the ringtone information. .   4. The mobile phone terminal includes a reading unit that reads out a message of a received chat mail, and activation information of the reading unit is registered in the chat member management data. Mobile phone terminals.   5. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 4, wherein when the activation information of the reading means is searched by the registered information searching means, the reading means reads out a message of the received chat mail and outputs it as a voice.   The read-out means includes means for creating a text for reading, means for synthesizing a voice signal according to the text, and means for sending out an output signal of the voice synthesis means as voice. 5. The mobile phone terminal according to 5.   The mobile phone terminal according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the reading means reads a name including a member name of a chat mail.   A mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail with a chat member via a network based on chat member management data, and when a chat mail is received, the chat member registered in the chat member management data A mobile phone terminal characterized in that a ring tone is generated and reported in accordance with ring tone information about the member corresponding to the caller of the chat mail based on personal information such as an email address and a member name and ring tone information Email reception notification method.   A mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail with a chat member via a network based on chat member management data, and when a chat mail is received, the chat member registered in the chat member management data A mobile phone characterized by reading a message according to activation information of the reading function for the member corresponding to the sender of the chat mail based on personal information such as an email address and a member name and activation information of the message reading function. Email reception notification method for telephone terminals. A mail reception notification method for a mobile phone terminal having a function of exchanging chat mail with chat members via a network based on chat member management data, wherein when a chat mail is received, the chat members registered in the chat member management data Based on personal information ringtone information such as mail address and member name and activation information of the message reading function, a ringing tone is generated according to the ringtone information about the member corresponding to the caller of the chat mail, and the reading function activation information A method for notifying a mobile phone terminal of receiving an e-mail according to claim 1

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