JP2006187021A - Data communications apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data communications apparatus which allows transmission of an e-mails, quickly with a simple procedure. <P>SOLUTION: The data communications apparatus has an e-mail transmission key for letting a user transmit an e-mail document with document number represented as "01", for example: when the e-mail address is registered to a record related to the relevant truncated code in a table storage part (telephone directory table TBL), if the truncated code, such as "00" identifying the e-mail address is entered from a numeric keypad 111 on a control part 11. At this time, a display part 12 displays "[truncated code] * [document number] ("00*01")" is displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a data communication apparatus capable of quickly performing e-mail transmission by a simple procedure.

  FIG. 6 shows the external appearance of a conventional portable telephone 6, which includes a numeric keypad 611 and an operation key group 612, which includes a dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121, a cursor. A key 6122, an execution key 6123, and a power key 6124 are included. The mobile phone 6 is in a dial transmission mode (call mode) when the power is turned on. By pressing the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121, the telephone number can be transmitted to the other party via the wireless communication line, or the e-mail document can be transmitted to the designated e-mail address via the wireless communication line. it can.

  The portable telephone 6 has a liquid crystal display 62. The telephone number stored in the telephone directory table built in the telephone body is appropriately called and displayed on this display, or the built-in simple editor is activated to display on the display 62. You can edit it.

  The operation of the mobile phone 6 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, when a code (numeric string or character string) is input from the numeric keypad 611, a control unit (not shown) of the mobile phone 6 acquires the input code (S601) and shortens whether the code is a telephone number. It is checked whether it is a code or a search key (S602). When the acquired code is a telephone number, the control unit checks whether the same telephone number as that telephone number is registered in the telephone book table (S603), and registers the same telephone number in the telephone book table. If so, the process is passed to step 609 described later.

  In step 603, when the same telephone number is not registered in the telephone directory table, the control unit displays the name and telephone number on the display 62 (S604), and the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 is pressed. (S605). When the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 is pressed, the dial transmission is performed, and when the call is finished (S606), the processing is ended ("END" in FIG. 7: That is, the state is set when the power is turned on. return).

  If the code input by the user is a shortened code or a search key in step S602, as shown in FIG. 8, it is checked whether or not the shortened code or the search key is registered in the phone book table (S608). If not registered, the process is terminated (“END” in FIG. 70). If the abbreviated code or search key is registered in the telephone book table in step S608, it is checked whether the e-mail address is registered with the abbreviated code or search key (S609). When the e-mail address is not registered in the phone book table, the process is passed to step S604 (see FIG. 7). When the e-mail address is registered in the phone book table, the name and the phone number are used together with, for example, “ “There is an e-mail address” is displayed on the display 62 (S610).

  Next, it is checked whether mail transmission has been selected or dial transmission has been selected (dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 has been pressed) (S611), and the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 has been pressed. Passes the processing to the above-described step S606 (see FIG. 7) and performs dialing. In step S611, when a mail is selected, an e-mail selection screen or an e-mail creation screen is displayed on the display 62. It is checked whether e-mail selection and e-mail creation have been made (S612). The e-mail selection is performed by designating a pre-created e-mail from the list with the document number attached to the e-mail, and the e-mail is created by the control unit starting the simple editor. Is done.

  When e-mail selection or e-mail creation is performed, the control unit waits for the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 to be pressed (S614), transmits the e-mail (S615), and ends the process (S615). (See “END” in FIG. 8).

  However, in the mobile phone 6 shown in FIG. 6, in the case of e-mail transmission, the e-mail address is not directly displayed when the abbreviated code is key-input. That is, when an e-mail is transmitted, an e-mail address must be designated after displaying a telephone number, which increases the number of user operations.

  An object of this invention is to provide the data communication apparatus which can transmit an email quickly with few operation frequency.

The data communication device of the present invention includes an operation display unit having a numeric keypad, an operation key group, and a display, and a table in which a communication partner name, a telephone number of the partner, and an e-mail address of the partner are registered corresponding to a shortened code. A storage unit, a document storage unit for storing an e-mail document, a control unit for controlling the entire apparatus, and dialing a specified telephone number and transmitting an e-mail to a specified e-mail address And a communication unit that can perform the operation, and when a shortened code specifying the email address is input from the numeric keypad of the operation display unit, the email address is registered in the record related to the shortened code in the table. The mode change key that lets the user change the mode from call mode to e-mail transmission mode. And it said that there were pictures.
If the mode change key is pressed while the portable telephone is in the call mode, the call mode is changed to the e-mail transmission mode. Further, when the mobile phone is in the e-mail transmission mode, when the mode change key is pressed, the e-mail transmission mode may be changed to the call mode.

  The data communication apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a mobile phone or the like. When a shortened code is input, a predetermined key is pressed immediately after that, and a mail document is transmitted, it corresponds to the shortened code. Mail can be sent to an e-mail address. Therefore, it is possible to perform e-mail transmission with a small number of operations.

  In the present invention, when the electronic mail document is transmitted by the electronic mail transmission key, a document selection unit for selecting the electronic mail document can be provided. In the present invention, an e-mail document can be selected by inputting a shortened code and pressing a predetermined key immediately thereafter. At this time, a new document can be created.

  In the data communication apparatus of the present invention, the document selection means can display a list of electronic mail documents stored in the document storage unit. In this case, the e-mail document transmitted in the previous (previous time) e-mail transmission can be displayed first in the list. When the send key is pressed while the list is displayed on the display, the first displayed e-mail document can be sent, so the user can continuously send multiple e-mail addresses. Efficient transmission can be performed when the same mail document is transmitted to.

  In the data communication apparatus of the present invention, when the e-mail document is selected by the document selection unit, the abbreviated code and the e-mail document number can be simultaneously displayed on the display of the operation display unit. Thereby, the user can easily associate the abbreviated code with the electronic mail document.

  In the present invention, e-mail transmission can be quickly performed by a simple procedure. In other words, the data communication device of the present invention can send a mail to the e-mail address corresponding to the abbreviated code when the abbreviated code is input, immediately after a predetermined key is pressed, and a mail document is transmitted. Thus, it becomes possible to perform e-mail transmission with a small number of operations.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable telephone according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 includes an operation unit 11, a display unit 12, a control unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a communication unit 15.

The operation unit 11 includes a numeric keypad 111 and an operation key group 112 as shown in the external view of the mobile phone in FIG. The numeric keypad 111 is composed of twelve keys “0” to “9”, “*”, “#”, and the operation key group 112 includes a dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 1121, a cursor key (seesaw key) 1122, An execution key 1123, a power key 1124, and a mode change key 1125 are provided. In the present embodiment, the mode change key 1125 can change from the call mode to the e-mail transmission mode or from the e-mail transmission mode to the call mode.
Various function selections can be performed by operating the seesaw key 1122 or the like, for example, but description of the function selection is omitted in this embodiment.

  By default (when the power is turned on), the dial transmission mode is set, and e-mail transmission can be performed by pressing a mode change key 1125 as described later.

  When dialing, the telephone number can be transmitted from the communication unit 15 to the other party via the wireless communication line by pressing the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 1121.

  Further, when sending an e-mail, the e-mail document can be sent from the communication unit 15 to the e-mail address of the other party via the wireless communication line by pressing the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 1121.

  The control unit 13 includes a CPU 131, a clock (not shown), and the like. The storage unit 14 includes a programmed ROM 141, a nonvolatile RAM 142, and a work RAM 143. The programmed ROM 141 stores a telephone number registration program prg_01, an email address registration program prg_02, an abbreviated dial program prg_03, an email selection program prg_04, an email creation program prg_05, and the like. The nonvolatile RAM 142 has a telephone directory table TBL as shown in FIG. 3A, and each record includes a name field, a telephone number field, an abbreviated number field, and an e-mail address field. The e-mail document is stored in the nonvolatile RAM 142. FIG. 3B illustrates an e-mail document stored in the nonvolatile RAM 142.

The operation of the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
First, it is assumed that the user has created an e-mail document in advance using the mail creation program prg_05. For example, let this document list be D_00, D_01,..., D_99 (see FIG. 3B), and these are “xy” (x = 0 to 9, y = It can be specified by inputting 0-9).

  From the normal state (default state when the power is turned on), when a code (usually a numeric string) is input from the numeric keypad 111 and the execution key 1123 is pressed, the control unit 13 acquires the input code (S101), It is checked whether the code is a telephone number or an abbreviated code (S102).

  For example, the control unit 13 can determine that the input code is a telephone number when the input code is 7 digits or more. Also, assuming that the abbreviated code is represented by a 2-digit number from 00 to 99, when the input code is 2 digits, the code is an abbreviated code.

  If it is determined in step S102 that the input abbreviated code is a telephone number, the communication unit 15 dials and connects to the other party (S105). When the call ends (S106), the process ends. ("End").

  On the other hand, if the input code is a shortened code in step S102, it is determined which of the mode change key 1125 and the dial transmission / mail transmission key 1121 is pressed (103), and the dial transmission / mail transmission key 1121 is pressed. If the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code is registered in the telephone book table TBL, it is checked whether or not the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code is registered in the telephone book table TBL (S104). , The process ends (“END”).

  In step S104, when the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code is registered in the telephone directory table TBL, dialing is made to connect to the other party (S105), and when the call is terminated (S106), the process is terminated. ("End").

  When the mode change key 1125 is pressed in the above step S103, it is checked whether or not the mail address corresponding to the abbreviated number is registered in the telephone book table TBL (S107). 3 (A) corresponds to the record with the abbreviated number “01” in this case), and the processing ends (“END”).

  If the e-mail address corresponding to the abbreviated code is registered in the telephone directory table TBL in step S107, the control unit 13 activates the e-mail selection program prg_04 and displays the e-mail selection list on the display unit 12 ( S108). The display order of the list in this case can be such that the e-mail document transmitted in the previous e-mail transmission is displayed first.

When the e-mail document is selected (S109), the e-mail document is transmitted (S110).
For example, when the abbreviated number is “00” and the electronic mail document is D_02, “00 * 02” can be displayed on the display unit 12.

It is a figure which shows the block diagram of the portable telephone of this invention. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone according to the present invention. (A) is a diagram illustrating a telephone book table, and (B) is a diagram illustrating an e-mail document stored in a nonvolatile RAM. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of a flowchart showing an operation of the mobile phone shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the remaining part of the flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is an external view of the conventional portable telephone. It is a figure which shows a part of flowchart which shows operation | movement of the portable telephone shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the remaining part of the flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the portable telephone shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable telephone 11 Operation part 12 Display part 13 Control part 14 Storage part 15 Communication part 111 Numeric keypad 112 Operation key group 131 CPU
141 Programmed ROM
142 Nonvolatile RAM
143 Work RAM
1121 Dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 1122 Cursor key (seesaw key)
1123 Execute key 1124 Power key 1125 Mode change key

Claims (6)

An operation display unit having a numeric keypad, an operation key group, and a display; a table storage unit in which a communication partner name, a telephone number of the partner, and an email address of the partner are registered corresponding to a shortened code; and an email document A document storage unit for storing; a control unit for controlling the entire apparatus; a communication unit capable of dialing a specified telephone number and transmitting an e-mail to a specified e-mail address; In a data communication apparatus comprising:
When an abbreviated code specifying an e-mail address is input from the numeric keypad of the operation display unit, if an e-mail address is registered in the record related to the abbreviated code in the table, the communication mode is changed to the e-mail transmission mode. A data communication apparatus comprising a mode change key for changing the mode to   2. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a document selecting unit for selecting an electronic mail document when the electronic mail document is transmitted by the electronic mail transmission key.   The data communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the document selection unit displays a list of e-mail documents stored in the document storage unit.   The data communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the document transmitted in the previous e-mail transmission is displayed first in the list.   5. When selecting an e-mail document by the document selection unit, the shortened code and the number of the e-mail document are simultaneously displayed on a display of the operation display unit. The data communication apparatus according to 1.   6. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a call function with a communication partner by the dialing.

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