JP2006238173A - Cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone capable of effectively performing mail transfer. <P>SOLUTION: A control unit 19 acquires a position where own phone is located, whenever a call termination or e-mail reception occurs. A current position and a current time are not included in a transfer unnecessary list 200, which specifies a position and a time zone unnecessary for e-mail transfer beforehand. Moreover, when the cellular phone does not move from the position acquired last time, a unread mail list and an unconfirmed call termination list are made to be included in an e-mail text, and the e-mail is transmitted to a designated address, after waiting in standby for a fixed time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly to a technique for automatically transferring mail.

In recent years, the spread of mobile phones has been remarkable, and it has become an era in which everyone carries them. With the spread of mobile phones, mail services such as SMS (Short Message Service) and e-mail, for example, are actively used in business scenes as well as communication tools.
For this reason, once a mobile phone is left at home, it is impossible to immediately respond to incoming mail and incoming calls, and the user of the mobile phone makes unnecessary misunderstandings with the communication partner. It will raise anxiety that it might be.

Even if such a situation occurs, if the user can know the mail received by the mobile phone and the history of incoming calls during that time, the user can respond to the communication partner. As a method for realizing this, there is a mail transfer function for automatically transferring a mail received by a mobile phone to another mail address (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-356994 A

  However, this mail transfer function transfers mail that the user does not want to transfer, such as mail received when the user is carrying a mobile phone, because the mail is transferred from beginning to end. It is an annoying function. However, if you do not use the mail transfer function because it is annoying, mail will not be forwarded when you need to forward mail, such as when you forgot to leave your mobile phone at home, , It will make you feel ugly.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object thereof is to provide a mobile phone capable of suppressing mail transfer in a situation where mail transfer is highly likely to be unnecessary.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the mobile phone of the present invention provides an acquisition unit that acquires location information indicating a location where the device is located, and a comparison that indicates a location for comparison with the location indicated by the location information. Storage means for storing position information, and at the time of an incoming call or mail reception, the acquisition means acquires the position information, and the acquired position information is compared with the comparison position information stored in the storage means. And control means for controlling whether or not to send a mail containing predetermined information related to incoming or mail reception according to the comparison result.

As a result, when it is estimated that there is a high possibility that the mail transfer is unnecessary from the result of the comparison of the positions, the mail transfer can be suppressed.
Further, the mobile phone is provided with a time measuring means for measuring time, and the storage means stores the comparison position information in advance as a transfer permission / prohibition list in association with a time zone during which mail transmission is prohibited or permitted. The control means obtains the time measured by the time measuring means when receiving an incoming call or mail, and is based on the obtained time, the location information obtained by the obtaining means, and the transfer propriety list. The control means may associate the position indicated by the acquired location information with a time zone for prohibiting transmission of mail in the transfer permission / inhibition list. And the position indicated by the position information for comparison stored in the vicinity is within a predetermined standard, and the acquired time is included in a time zone in which the transmission of the mail is prohibited. Only, it is also possible to control not to perform the transmission.

Thus, when performing mail transfer control, the mobile phone can be set at a predetermined time zone at a predetermined time period, for example, when sleeping at home, by referring to a transfer permission / rejection list that determines whether mail can be automatically transferred. When in place, it is possible to control automatic forwarding of mail. As a result, unnecessary mail transfer can be avoided.
The acquisition unit acquires the location information every time there is an incoming call or mail reception, and stores the acquired location information as the comparison location information after the control unit performs the control. The acquisition unit may acquire the location information for each scheduled time, and store the acquired location information as the comparison location information in the storage unit. .

As a result, the change in the location of the mobile phone can be grasped in detail, the location can be compared more effectively, and the control of the mail transfer function can be effectively performed.
Further, the control means may perform control so that the transmission is performed when the comparison result is close to a predetermined reference, and the previous transmission is not performed when the comparison result is not close to the predetermined reference.

This allows, for example, when a user forgets or loses a mobile phone at home or work, if the mobile phone stays in one place, the mail is automatically forwarded, while the mobile phone is in the user's hand. Thus, it is possible to effectively control the mail transfer such as avoiding the mail transfer when the user does not need the automatic mail transfer such as when the user is moving.
Further, the control means performs the transmission only when an incoming call is received, and includes the number of unconfirmed incoming calls that have not been confirmed by the user or the telephone number of the calling party of the unconfirmed incoming calls in the mail. The control means may perform the transmission only when mail is received, the number of unread mails that are not confirmed by the user, the mail address of the sender of the unread mail, or the unread mail The transmission may be performed by including the body text in the mail.

  As a result, the user can confirm unconfirmed incoming calls and unconfirmed mails, and can respond appropriately depending on the communication partner.

<Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the cellular phone includes an antenna 10, a transmission / reception unit 11, an operation unit 12, a display unit 13, an audio output unit 14, an audio input unit 15, a position information acquisition unit 16, a time counter 17, and a storage unit 18. And a control unit 19.

The antenna 10 is a rod antenna that can be freely inserted and removed from the airframe, and transmits and receives communication radio waves.
The transmission / reception unit 11 is a wireless circuit that transmits and receives wireless signals, and transmits and receives communication data for communication as communication radio waves. The communication data output from the control unit 19 is modulated and transmitted via the antenna 10, and the communication data received via the antenna 10 is demodulated and output to the control unit 19. Here, “communication data” refers to voice data for calls, electronic mail, character information, image data, control data used for communication control, and the like.

The operation unit 12 is a call start key, a call end key, a numeric keypad, etc., and receives a key input by the user and outputs a signal to the control unit 19.
The display unit 13 is a liquid crystal panel, and displays characters such as e-mails, images, current time, operation menus, and the like based on signals received from the control unit 19.
The audio output unit 14 is a speaker, and performs various audio outputs to the user by outputting a call voice or the like based on the audio signal input from the control unit 19.

The voice input unit 15 is a microphone, converts input voice, such as utterance by the user, into a voice signal and outputs the voice signal to the control unit 19.
The position information acquisition unit 16 is a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, has a GPS positioning function, and acquires latitude and longitude representing the position of the mobile phone as position information.

In the present embodiment, the latitude and longitude are based on a WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984) geodetic system.
The timekeeping unit 17 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc., and a memory for storing the time at a certain point in time, and the time in the memory at regular intervals. It has a clocking function that clocks time with a counter to be added.

The storage unit 18 is a non-volatile memory in which data can be rewritten, and the transfer unnecessary list 200 in which the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 16 or the time zone for prohibiting automatic mail transfer is associated with the position. Is remembered.
The control unit 19 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. According to a program stored in the ROM, whether to perform communication with the base station, processing at the time of incoming call, processing at the time of receiving mail, or sending of mail Control and so on.

<Data>
Hereinafter, the transfer unnecessary list 200 stored in the storage unit 18 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration and example contents of the transfer unnecessary list 200.
The transfer unnecessary list 200 includes an address 21 indicating a position stored in the storage unit 18, position information 22, a time zone 23, a day of the week 24, and a transfer destination address 25.

The position information 22 represents a position where automatic mail transfer is prohibited by latitude and longitude.
A time zone 23 represents a time zone in which automatic mail transfer is prohibited.
The day of the week 24 represents the day of the week when automatic mail forwarding is prohibited.
The transfer destination address 25 is a mail address of the transfer destination when performing automatic mail transfer.

<Setting of transfer unnecessary list 200>
The transfer unnecessary list 200 needs to be set in advance by the user, and the setting method will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a setting procedure when the user sets the transfer unnecessary list 200, and FIG. 4 shows a user operation screen 400 when the transfer unnecessary list 200 is set.

  First, the user sets the position information 22 of the transfer unnecessary list 200 (S31). The position information 22 is represented by latitude and longitude. In order to set the position information 22, the user may input the latitude and longitude of the position that does not require automatic transfer in the position information setting box 42. Further, as shown in the user operation screen 400 of FIG. 4A, the user performs an operation of selecting the position acquisition button 41 on the operation screen, whereby the user operates the mobile phone by the position information acquisition unit 16. The latitude and longitude indicating the position of the mobile phone can be acquired, and the acquired position information can be set as the position information 22.

The acquired position information is represented by latitude and longitude, but the user can set an identifiable name for the acquired position information. For example, a name such as “home” can be set for the acquired position information “north latitude 35 ° 00′30 ″ east longitude 135 ° 00′30 ″”, and the set name is stored in the storage unit 18 as a position name. Remembered.
When the position information 22 is set, a time zone 23 is subsequently set (S32). Referring to FIG. 4B, the user can set the time zone 23 by inputting an arbitrary time zone in the time zone designation box 43.

  Once the time zone 23 is set, the day of the week 24 is set (S32). Referring to FIG. 4C, the user can set the day of the week 24 by enabling the check box for each day of the week in the check box 45. Here, since the “Month-Friday” check box is validated, the day of the week 24 is set as “Monday-Friday”, and the part of the day-of-week designation display 44 is displayed in reverse video.

A plurality of check boxes can be validated. For example, if the user has enabled the “Month” and “Friday” check boxes, “Month” and “Friday” are set for the day of the week 24.
After setting the time zone 23 and the day of the week 24, the transfer destination address 25 is set (S33). Referring to FIG. 4D, the user can set the forwarding address 25 by inputting the forwarding mail address in the address designation box 46. In addition, as shown in the figure, a plurality of transfer destination addresses 25 can be set.

<Operation>
Hereinafter, an operation of the mobile phone having the above-described configuration will be described.
The control unit 19 acquires position information by the position information acquisition unit 16 every time there is an incoming call or mail reception. One piece of acquired position information is stored in the storage unit 18. When there is a new incoming call or mail reception, the control unit 19 acquires new position information by the position information acquisition unit 16 and performs predetermined processing. Thereafter, the control unit 19 stores the position information stored in the storage unit 18. To the newly acquired position information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation in which the control unit 19 controls automatic mail transfer.
When there is a new incoming call or mail reception (S501), the control unit 19 uses the GPS positioning function of the location information acquisition unit 16 to determine the position where the own device is located when the incoming call or mail reception is received. Current position information expressed in longitude is acquired (S502). At this time, the time when the incoming call or the mail is received is acquired from the time counting unit 17.

When the current position information is acquired in S502, it is determined whether the current position information is included within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information 22 in the transfer unnecessary list 200 (S503).
When it falls within the predetermined range (S503: YES), the time zone 23 and day 24 associated with the position information 22 are referred to, and the time when the incoming call or mail is received is the time zone 23 and day 24. It is determined whether it is included (S504). If the time of incoming call or mail reception is included in the time zone 23 and the day of the week 24 (S504: YES), automatic mail forwarding is suppressed (S510), and if not included (S504: NO), the memory is stored. The position information stored in the unit 18 is compared with the current position information (S505), and it is determined whether or not the mobile phone has moved (S506).

Also, in S503, even when the current position information is not included within the predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information 22 in the transfer unnecessary list 200, the position information stored in the storage unit 18 and the current position information Are compared (S505), and it is determined whether the mobile phone has moved (S506).
If the current position information is not within the predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information stored in the storage unit 18, it is determined that the mobile phone has moved (S506: YES), and automatic mail forwarding is suppressed. (S510). If it is within the predetermined range, it is determined that there is no movement (S506: NO).

  If it is determined in S506 that the mobile phone has not been moved (S506: NO), it waits for a predetermined time, for example, 1 hour (S507). If there is an operation by the user during standby (S508: YES), automatic mail forwarding is suppressed (S510). If there is no operation by the user during standby (S508: NO), a forwarded mail that is a mail to be automatically forwarded is created and sent to the designated mail address (S509).

<Position comparison method>
In S503 of FIG. 3, the control unit 19 determines whether or not the current position information is included within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information 22 in the transfer unnecessary list 200. Also in S <b> 506, the control unit 19 determines whether or not the current position information is within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information stored in the storage unit 18.

Here, a method for determining whether or not the position information is included in the predetermined range will be described.
For example, when the current position information is compared with the position information stored in the storage unit 18, the control unit 19 acquires the current position information by the position information acquisition unit 16, and the latitude of the acquired position information. Then, the latitude and longitude of the position information stored in the storage unit 18 are compared. The latitude and longitude represent an arbitrary point on the earth, and are expressed as, for example, 35 ° 00'30 "east longitude 135 ° 00'30" or the like. Here, for example, the predetermined range is latitude and longitude −1 ″ to +1 ″, and the position indicated by the position information stored in the storage unit 18 is 35 ° 00′30 ″ north longitude 135 ° 00′30 ″ north latitude. Suppose that If the current position information is north latitude 35 ° 00'30 "east longitude 135 ° 00'29", the latitude and longitude -1 "to +1" compared to the position indicated by the position information stored in the storage unit 18 Therefore, the control unit 19 determines that the current position information is included in the predetermined range. For example, if the current position information is north latitude 00 ° 00'00 "east longitude 135 ° 00'00", the latitude and longitude -1 are compared with the position indicated by the position information stored in the storage unit 18. Since it is not within the range of “˜ + 1”, it is determined that it does not fall within the predetermined range.

When comparing the current position information with the position indicated by the position information 22 in the transfer unnecessary list 200, it is determined whether or not the position information is included in the predetermined range by the same method as described above.
<Forwarded mail generation processing>
In S509, the control unit 19 generates a forwarding mail and transmits the mail to a designated mail address, and a supplementary explanation will be given with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process for generating a forwarded mail, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the text of the forwarded mail.
As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 19 first generates a list of unread mails that are mails that have not been read by the user (S61). The unread mail list includes the number of unread mails and the sender of unread mail, and the sender of unread mail is represented by the sender's mail address. At this time, if the mail address of the sender of the unread mail is registered in the phone book provided in the mobile phone, the name registered in association with the mail address is included in the unread mail list together with the mail address.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when there is an unread mail, the unread mail list 71 displays the mail address of the sender of the unread mail in addition to the number of unread mails. In the example shown in the figure, “xyz@xxxxx.ne.jp” is the sender's email address, and “aaa@aaa.ne.jp” is the email address registered in the phone book. It is represented as a sender of unread mail together with “Takahashi” which is the name registered in the telephone directory in association with the address, and is included in the unread mail list 71.

If there is no unread mail, the unread mail list 71 indicates that the number of unread mail is zero. In this way, the unread mail list 71 is generated.
When the control unit 19 generates the unread mail list 71 in S61 of FIG. 6, next, it generates a list of unconfirmed incoming calls which are incoming calls not answered by the user (S62). The list of unconfirmed calls includes the number of unconfirmed calls and the telephone number of the other party when there is an unconfirmed call. At this time, if the caller's phone number for unconfirmed incoming calls is registered in the phone book of the mobile phone, the name registered in the phone book in association with the telephone number is displayed along with the phone number. Include in the list.

In the example of FIG. 7, if the caller side telephone number is 080-xxxx-xxxx when there is an unconfirmed incoming call and 080-xxxx-xxxx is registered in the telephone directory of the mobile phone, the other party side The phone number is displayed as a phone number of the other party together with “Abe” which is a name registered in the phone book in association with the phone number, and is included in the unconfirmed incoming call list 72.
If there is no unconfirmed incoming call, the unconfirmed incoming call list 72 displays that the number of unconfirmed incoming calls is zero. In this way, the unconfirmed incoming call list 72 is generated.

  When the control unit 19 generates the unconfirmed incoming call list 72 in S62 of FIG. 6, the control unit 19 generates the text of the forwarded mail (S63). As shown in FIG. 7, the forwarded mail text 70 includes an unread mail list 71, an unconfirmed call list 72, a battery remaining amount 73 indicating the remaining battery level of the mobile phone as a percentage, and position information when a call is received or mail is received. A position 74 that is the position acquired by the acquisition unit 16 is included, and when there is unread mail, the unread mail text 75 is also included in the forwarded mail text 70.

Note that the latitude and longitude acquired by the position information acquisition unit 16 are displayed as the position 74, but the acquired latitude and longitude are names such as “home” as a position name when the user generates the transfer unnecessary list 200. If the position is within a predetermined range from the set position, the position name of the position 74 is displayed instead of the latitude and longitude.
When the transfer mail text 70 is thus generated, the transfer mail is transmitted to a predetermined mail address according to a prescribed protocol, for example, SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) (S64).

In S503 and S504, when the control unit 19 receives a call or receives a mail, the current position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 16 is within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information 22 in the transfer unnecessary list 200. When it is determined that it is included (S503: YES), and when it is determined that the time of incoming call or mail reception is not included in the time zone 23 and the day of the week 24 of the transfer unnecessary list 200 (S504: NO), the control unit 19 transmits the transfer mail to the mail address designated by the transfer destination address 25 of the transfer unnecessary list 200 (S64).
<Supplement>
As described above, the embodiments of the invention have been described, but it is needless to say that the mobile phone according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.
(1) In the above embodiment, the position information acquisition unit 16 is a GPS module and acquires position information by a GPS positioning function. In addition to this, from a wireless base station such as PHS (Personal Handyphone System), for example. If the position information can be acquired, the position information may be acquired from the radio base station.
(2) In the above embodiment, every time there is an incoming call or mail reception, the position information acquisition unit 16 acquires the position information. Alternatively, the position information may be acquired every predetermined time. Good. The predetermined time is set to 1 hour, for example, and stored in the storage unit 18. The control unit 19 causes the position information acquisition unit 16 to acquire position information every predetermined time, and causes the storage unit 18 to store the acquired position information. Further, not only at predetermined time intervals, the time at which position information is acquired is stored in advance in the storage unit 18 as an acquisition time list, and the control unit 19 causes the position information 16 to acquire position information according to the acquisition time list. It is good as well. The acquisition time list includes, for example, ones designated to acquire position information at times of 8:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 18:00, and 21:00.
(3) In the above embodiment, the forward mail text 70 includes the unread mail list 71, the unconfirmed incoming call list 72, the remaining battery charge 73, the position 74, and the unread mail text 75. Of course, the configuration is not limited to this. Only the unread mail list 71 and the unconfirmed incoming call list 72 may be included in the forwarded mail text 70, or only the unread mail list 71 may be included in the forwarded mail text 70. In addition to this, other information such as a radio wave reception state of the mobile phone and a history of location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit 16 may be included in the forwarded mail text 70.
(4) In the above embodiment, one piece of position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 16 is stored in the storage unit 18, but the number of pieces of position information stored is limited to one. Needless to say, a plurality of pieces of position information may be stored. As a result, the forward mail text 70 can include a history of position information including a plurality of position information.
(5) In the above embodiment, the control unit 19 obtains the time from the time counting unit 17 when there is an incoming call or mail reception. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is good also as acquiring.
(6) In the above embodiment, when determining whether the position information is within the predetermined range by comparing the position information, it is determined whether the two position information is within the predetermined latitude and longitude ranges. However, not limited to this, the distance between the positions indicated by the two pieces of position information is calculated, and it is determined whether the distance obtained by the calculation is within a predetermined range, for example, within 100 meters. Also good.

  The present invention can be used in a mobile phone.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure and example of a content of the transfer unnecessary list | wrist 200. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a setting procedure when a user sets a transfer unnecessary list 200; It is a figure which shows the user operation screen at the time of setting the transfer unnecessary list | wrist 200. FIG. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement which controls the automatic transfer of a mail. It is a flowchart which shows the process which produces | generates a transfer mail. It is a figure which shows the example of the text of a forwarding mail.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Antenna 11 Transmission / reception part 12 Operation part 13 Display part 14 Audio | voice output part 15 Audio | voice input part 16 Position information acquisition part 17 Timekeeping part 18 Memory | storage part 19 Control part

Claims (8)

Acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating the location where the aircraft is located;
Storage means for storing comparison position information indicating a position for comparison with the position indicated by the location position information;
Upon receipt of an incoming call or mail, the acquisition unit acquires location information, compares the acquired location information with comparison location information stored in the storage unit, and receives an incoming call according to the comparison result. A mobile phone comprising: control means for controlling whether or not to transmit a mail including predetermined information related to mail reception. The mobile phone is
Equipped with a timekeeping means to keep time
The storage means includes
The comparison position information is stored in advance as a transfer permission list in association with a time period during which email transmission is prohibited or permitted.
The control means includes
Whether to receive a time when the timekeeping means keeps time when an incoming call or e-mail is received, and send an e-mail based on the obtained time, the location information obtained by the obtaining means, and the transfer availability list The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone is controlled. The control means includes
The position indicated by the acquired location information and the position indicated by the comparison position information stored in association with the time zone for prohibiting transmission of mail in the transfer permission / prohibition list are close to each other within a predetermined standard. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein control is performed so that the transmission is not performed only when the acquired time is included in a time zone in which the transmission of the mail is prohibited. The acquisition means includes
The location information is acquired every time an incoming call or mail is received, and the acquired location information is stored in the storage unit as the comparison location information after the control unit performs the control. The mobile phone according to claim 1. The acquisition means includes
2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the location information is acquired at each scheduled time, and the acquired location information is stored in the storage means as the comparison location information. The control means includes
6. The control according to claim 4, wherein the transmission is performed when the comparison result is close to a predetermined reference, and the previous transmission is not performed when the comparison result is not close to the predetermined reference. Mobile phone. The control means includes
Perform the transmission only when there is an incoming call,
The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the transmission is performed by including in a mail the number of unconfirmed incoming calls that have not been confirmed by a user or the telephone number of the calling side of the unconfirmed incoming calls. The control means includes
Send only when you receive an email,
2. The transmission is performed by including the number of unread mails that are not confirmed by the user, the mail address of the sender of the unread mail, or the text of the unread mail in the mail. The mobile phone described.

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