JP2006295614A - Method for preventing inappropriate transmission, communication terminal apparatus and control program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for preventing inappropriate transmission, a communication terminal apparatus and a control program therefor which achieve prevention of the occurrence of an error calling by informing, prior to calling to a terminating party, whether calling to the terminating party is to be performed or not. <P>SOLUTION: The telephone number of parties which are usually used by a user are registered in a user's registered address book 22. When a terminating call is received, the telephone number of a calling source is stored in a termination telephone book 25 in a termination record storage area 24 and its calling time is stored and displayed on a display part 16. If the telephone number of the calling source is not stored in the user's registered address book 22 and the calling time is shorter than prescribed time when a call button 14 for calling the telephone number being displayed is depressed, a warning display whether the calling processing is to be advanced or stopped is displayed on a display part 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an improper call prevention method, a communication terminal apparatus, and a control program therefor, and more particularly, an improper call for stopping a call to prevent an erroneous call to the other party before making a call to the other party. The present invention relates to a prevention method, a communication terminal device, and a control program thereof.

  In a conventional mobile phone in which the incoming call history is being displayed, that is, in the state where the latest incoming phone number is normally displayed (SA1 in FIG. 7), when the user presses the call button (in SA2) YES), regardless of what caller the incoming call is from, a call is made to the telephone number (SA3).

Patent Document 1 discloses a mobile phone that can prevent damage to a nuisance call due to one-off.
That is, a technology is disclosed in which, when this mobile phone is disconnected before a predetermined time has elapsed, the incoming call history storage unit does not store the telephone number of the other party in the incoming call history storage unit. Also, when the telephone number of the other party is disconnected before the predetermined time has elapsed and the telephone number of the other party is not stored in the telephone directory area, the incoming call history storage section may not store the telephone number of the other party in the incoming call history storage section. It is disclosed.

Patent Document 2 discloses a communication terminal device that displays a warning message for an incoming call that is suspected of being cut once.
That is, when there is an incoming call and a match is found between the phone number of the called party and the phone number in the phone book data (for example, the one-off contractor list), a warning message is displayed on the display unit and an incorrect call is made. A technique for preventing repair is disclosed.
JP 2004-187056 A JP 2004-120557 A

  In the above-described conventional mobile phone, a call is made unconditionally to the telephone number displayed in the incoming call history, so that it is impossible to avoid making a call to the one-off party by mistake. There is a technical problem that an erroneous call cannot be prevented.

  Further, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the telephone number of the called party does not match the telephone number of the telephone book data, the telephone number of the called party is not stored in the telephone book data. Anyone who does not get a match will be excluded from the call. Accordingly, there is a technical problem that it is possible to prevent the other party from making a call accidentally, but not to the other party.

  Further, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is indispensable to determine whether or not it is a one-cut supplier. Therefore, there is a technical problem that it is necessary to perform registration for the communication terminal device in advance.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is intended to prevent erroneous calls by notifying whether or not to make a call to the other party prior to making a call to the other party. An object is to provide a proper call prevention method, a communication terminal device, and a control program thereof.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is an improper transmission in which an incoming call is received at a communication terminal apparatus and the call process is stopped after the call process to the caller of the call is started. According to a prevention method, before the incoming call, the call information of the communication terminal device is stored in a first storage means, and the incoming call information corresponding to the incoming call is acquired at the time of the incoming call, and the acquired incoming call information Is stored in the second storage means, and after entering the call to the caller, it is determined whether the call information and the call information satisfy a predetermined call condition, and the determination Is negative, the call to the caller is invalidated.

  The invention according to claim 2 relates to the improper call prevention method according to claim 1, wherein the call information is identification information of a partner communication terminal device normally used by a user, and the call information is It is characterized by the incoming call history information at the time of incoming call.

  The invention according to claim 3 relates to the improper call prevention method according to claim 2, wherein the identification information is a telephone number or an IP address, and the incoming call history information includes both the caller identification information and the call time. Or, it is characterized by being either one.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the improper call prevention method according to the third aspect, wherein the determination is based on whether the caller identification information of the incoming call history information is in the first storage means. A second determination as to whether or not the calling time of the second storage means is less than a predetermined time when the first determination indicates that there is no caller identification information; It is characterized by consisting of.

  The invention according to claim 5 relates to the improper call prevention method according to claim 3, wherein the determination is whether or not the caller identification information of the incoming call history information is in the first storage means. It is characterized by being.

  The invention described in claim 6 relates to the improper call prevention method described in claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein the caller identification information is a telephone number or an IP address of the caller.

  The invention described in claim 7 relates to the improper call prevention method according to claim 3, wherein the determination is a determination as to whether or not the call time of the incoming call history information is less than a predetermined time. It is said.

  The invention described in claim 8 relates to the improper call prevention method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the result of the determination is displayed on a screen of a display unit.

  The invention described in claim 9 relates to the improper call prevention method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the call to the caller identification information is displayed on the display unit. It is characterized by designating caller identification information.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device comprising a call canceling means for invalidating a call processing after the communication terminal device has received a call and the call processing to the caller of the call is started. In particular, the call canceling means includes a first storage means for saving the call information of the communication terminal device before the incoming call, and an acquisition means for acquiring the incoming call information corresponding to the incoming call at the time of the incoming call. A second storage means for storing the incoming call information acquired by the acquisition means; and after entering the call to the caller, the call information and the second of the first storage means Determining means for determining whether or not the incoming call information in the storage means satisfies a predetermined calling condition; and when the determination by the determining means is negative, invalidates the call to the calling source And a call invalidating means.

  The invention according to claim 11 relates to the communication terminal apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the call condition is identification information of a partner communication terminal apparatus normally used by a user, and the call condition includes It is characterized by incoming call history information.

  A twelfth aspect of the present invention relates to the communication terminal apparatus according to the eleventh aspect, wherein the identification information is a telephone number or an IP address, and the incoming call history information is either or both of the caller identification information and the call time It is characterized by being either.

  A thirteenth aspect of the present invention relates to the communication terminal apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the determination means determines whether or not the caller identification information of the incoming call history information is in the first storage means. When the first determination means and the first determination means indicate that there is no caller identification information, it is determined whether or not the calling time of the second storage means is less than a predetermined time. It is characterized by comprising second determination means.

  A fourteenth aspect of the invention relates to the communication terminal apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the caller identification information of the incoming call history information is in the first storage unit. It is characterized by being a means.

  A fifteenth aspect of the present invention relates to the communication terminal apparatus according to the twelfth, thirteenth or fourteenth aspect, wherein the caller identification information is a telephone number or an IP address of the caller.

  According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication terminal device according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the determining means is a means for determining whether or not the calling time of the incoming call history information is less than a predetermined time. It is characterized.

  A seventeenth aspect of the present invention relates to the communication terminal device according to any one of the tenth to sixteenth aspects, wherein the determination result by the determination unit is displayed on a screen of a display unit.

  The invention according to claim 18 relates to the communication terminal apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 17, wherein the call to the caller identification information based on the affirmative determination of the determination means is displayed on a display unit. It is characterized in that it is performed by designating the displayed caller identification information.

  A nineteenth aspect of the present invention relates to a control program, and causes a computer to execute the false call prevention method according to any one of the first to ninth aspects.

  A twentieth aspect of the present invention relates to a control program, and causes a computer to execute the communication terminal device according to any one of the tenth to eighteenth aspects.

According to this invention, the first calling condition normally set in the communication terminal apparatus is stored in the first storage means, and when the communication terminal apparatus receives an incoming call, the second calling condition is determined based on the incoming call. Is acquired and stored in the second storage means, and after entering the call to the incoming call source, the call to the call source is made based on the first call condition and the second issue condition. If the determination is negative, the call to the caller is invalidated. Compared to the case where the call is unconditionally made to the caller of the incoming call. Thus, it is possible to avoid making an erroneous call.
In particular, it is effective in eliminating the risk of making a wrong call to a one-off partner and getting involved in a crime.

  The present invention stores the first calling condition normally set in the communication terminal device in the first storage means, and acquires the second calling condition based on the incoming call when the communication terminal device receives the incoming call. Then, the data is stored in the second storage means, and after making a call to the incoming call source, a call is made to the call source based on the first call condition and the second issue condition. If the determination is negative, the call to the caller is invalidated.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an electrical configuration of a mobile phone that is Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of an erroneous call prevention function of the mobile phone.
The cellular phone 1 according to this embodiment relates to a device that displays a warning when a call is made to a called party from the displayed telephone number and ringing time in the incoming call history, and makes or stops the call, as shown in FIG. As shown, the control unit 12, the calling button 14, the display unit 16, and the memory 18 are roughly configured.
The mobile phone 1 includes a wireless unit 13 and an antenna 15. The radio unit 13 is connected to the control unit 12 and the antenna 15.

The control unit 12 is a processing unit that executes a control program created so as to perform the processing procedure shown in FIG.
The call button 14 is a button that is pressed when a call is required.
The display unit 16 is a means for displaying a call processing button 17 (not shown) in addition to displaying an incoming call history in relation to various displays of the cellular phone 1 and this embodiment.
The memory 18 is means for storing a telephone directory, incoming call history, and the above control program, and includes a call control information storage area 20 and a control program storage area 30.

The call control information storage area 20 includes a user registration address book 22 that stores the telephone number (example of call information) of the other party with whom the user is making a daily call, and an incoming call history storage area 24 that stores an incoming call history. The incoming call history storage area 24 includes an incoming call book 25 and a call time book 27. The telephone number of the incoming telephone book and the calling time of the calling time book are incoming history information (an example of incoming call information).
The control program storage area 30 is a storage area for storing a control program of the processing procedure shown in FIG.

  The erroneous call prevention function of the mobile phone 1 is such that the control unit 12 reads and executes the control program stored in the control program storage area 30 so that the processing procedure shown in FIG. Configured.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
When the mobile phone 1 is turned on and placed in use and receives an incoming call, the incoming call history of the incoming call book 25 (caller's telephone number for the incoming call) is read from the memory 18 under the control of the control unit 12. And displayed on the display unit 16 (S1 in FIG. 2). The displayed telephone number is the telephone number of the caller that has received the latest call in the incoming call history.
When the call button 14 is pressed in the display state of the incoming call history (YES in S2), the user registration address book 22 in the memory 18 is searched under the control of the control unit 12, and the telephone number is It is searched whether or not the telephone number displayed as described above is included (S3).

If the phone number displayed in the user registration address book 22 is included in the search of the phone number in the user registration address book 22 (YES in S3), a call is made to that phone number. (S7).
On the contrary, if the telephone number displayed in the telephone number of the user registration address book 22 is not included (NO in S3), the calling time book 27 is searched under the control of the control unit 12 ( S4).
By searching the calling time book 27, it is determined whether or not the calling time is longer than a predetermined set time (for example, 3 seconds or more) (S4). If this determination is affirmative (YES in S4), it is determined that the call is not received from the one-off party and a call is made to the displayed telephone number (S7).

Conversely, if the above determination is negative (for example, a positive determination is made that the ringing time is less than 3 seconds) (NO in S4), the possibility of an incoming call from the one-off partner is high. A determination is made and a warning about the call to the user is displayed on, for example, the display unit 16 to determine whether to proceed or stop the call process to the caller telephone number (whether to continue the call process). The user is prompted to make a determination (S5).
If the user presses the call processing button displayed on the display unit 16 within a predetermined time (for example, YES in S5), the display is displayed. A call is made to the caller's telephone number (S7).
On the other hand, when the call canceling process is performed, for example, when the call processing button 17 is not pressed even after a predetermined time has elapsed (NO in S5), the displayed caller telephone number is immediately displayed. The call is stopped (S6).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the first determination as to whether or not the telephone number of the caller that is received and displayed on the display unit is registered in the user registration address book is registered. A second determination is made as to whether or not the call time for a telephone number is less than a predetermined set time. If the first determination is negative and the second determination is affirmative, a warning for calling the user is issued. Calls that want to allow only valid calls and eliminate useless calls compared to calling unconditionally to the displayed caller's phone number. Helps to ensure the effectiveness of For example, it greatly contributes to the elimination of the danger of calling a one-off partner in error and getting involved in a crime.
Since the above-described effects can be enjoyed by software, the low cost of the apparatus can be obtained.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an electrical configuration of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of an erroneous call prevention function of the mobile phone.
The configuration of this embodiment is greatly different from that of the first embodiment in that a warning is displayed depending on whether or not a telephone number corresponding to the called party exists in the user registration address book to prevent erroneous calls. It is.
That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the cellular phone 1A according to this embodiment is roughly configured by a control unit 12, a call button 14, a display unit 16, and a memory 18A.
The memory 18A is means for storing a telephone directory, incoming call history, and control program, and includes a call control information storage area 20A and a control program storage area 30A.

The call control information storage area 20A includes a user registration address book 22 that stores a telephone number on which a user is making a daily call, and an incoming phone book 25 that stores a telephone number of a called party.
The control program storage area 30A is a storage area for storing a control program of the processing procedure shown in FIG.

The erroneous call prevention function of the cellular phone 1A is such that the control unit 12 reads out and executes the control program stored in the control program storage area 30A so that the processing procedure shown in FIG. Configured.
Since the configuration of this embodiment other than this configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
The operation of this embodiment also includes processing from pressing the call button 14 for the displayed telephone number in the incoming call history and determining whether the displayed telephone number is registered in the user registration address book 22 (FIG. 4 S1 to S3) are the same as in the first embodiment. That is, steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 4 have the same processing contents as steps S1 to S3 in FIG.

If the determination in step S3 of FIG. 4 is negative, that is, if the telephone number displayed in the user registration address book 22 is not included (NO in S3), immediately from the one-off partner It is determined that there is a high possibility of an incoming call, and a warning about the call to the user is displayed on, for example, the display unit 16 to proceed or stop the call process for the caller telephone number (call continuation) The user is prompted to determine whether or not (S5).
Since the processing after this step S5 is the same as that in the first embodiment, the explanation thereof will be omitted.

  As described above, according to the configuration of this embodiment, the telephone number displayed in the incoming call history is used as the user registration address in the process for determining whether or not to return the incoming call. If it is not in the book, it will immediately reduce the ability to prevent false calls even if a warning is displayed to the user to prompt the user to make a call to the displayed telephone number. However, erroneous calls can be prevented with a simple configuration.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an electrical configuration of a mobile phone that is Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of an erroneous call prevention function of the mobile phone.
The configuration of this embodiment is greatly different from that of the first embodiment in that a warning is displayed to prevent erroneous calls depending on whether the call time in the call time book corresponding to the called party is less than a predetermined time. It is.
That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the cellular phone 1 </ b> B of this embodiment is roughly configured by a control unit 12, a call button 14, a display unit 16, and a memory 18 </ b> B.
The memory 18B is means for storing a telephone directory, incoming call history, and control program, and includes a call control information storage area 20B and a control program storage area 30B.

The call control information storage area 20B includes a user registration address book 22 that stores telephone numbers on which the user is making daily calls, and a call time book 27 that stores call times corresponding to the telephone number of the called party.
The control program storage area 30B is a storage area for storing a control program of the processing procedure shown in FIG.

The erroneous call prevention function of the cellular phone 1B is such that the control unit 12 reads out and executes the control program stored in the control program storage area 30B so that the processing procedure shown in FIG. Configured.
Since the configuration of this embodiment other than this configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the operation of this embodiment, the processing (S1 and S2 in FIG. 6) until the call button 14 is pressed for the telephone number displayed in the incoming call history is the same as that of the first embodiment. That is, steps S1 and S2 in FIG. 6 have the same processing contents as steps S1 and S2 in FIG.

When the operation in step S2 in FIG. 6, ie, the call button 14 is pressed (YES in S2 in FIG. 6), the call time corresponding to the telephone number displayed in the incoming call history is immediately longer than the predetermined time. Or not (S4).
Since the processing after step S4 is also the same as that in the first embodiment, the explanation thereof is omitted.

  As described above, according to the configuration of this embodiment, in the incoming / outgoing call return processing for the incoming call, that is, in the false call prevention processing, the display in the incoming call history is performed following the pressing of the outgoing call button. When the ringing time corresponding to the telephone number (calling source correspondence) is less than a predetermined time, whether or not to call the telephone number currently displayed to the user by displaying a warning to the user However, the ability to prevent erroneous calls is also reduced, but it is possible to prevent erroneous calls with a simple configuration.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and the design does not depart from the gist of the present invention. These changes are included in the present invention.
For example, in any of the above-described embodiments, the present invention is for a mobile phone, but the present invention can also be implemented in a communication terminal device such as a fixed phone, an IP phone device, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants).
Also, in any of the above-described embodiments, an example has been described in which a call is made for a telephone number that is displayed among the telephone numbers in the incoming call history, but other telephone numbers in the incoming call history are switched and displayed. The same processing may be performed for the displayed telephone number.
Further, the warning display on the display unit may be replaced with an audible warning.
In addition, a use history such as a telephone number normally used in a mobile phone or the like may be used as outgoing call information, and the number of incoming calls from an incoming call partner may be used as incoming call information.
Further, the false call prevention function may be partially or entirely configured by hardware.

It is a figure which shows the electrical constitution of the mobile telephone which is Example 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the false call prevention function of the mobile phone. It is a figure which shows the electrical constitution of the mobile telephone which is Example 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the false call prevention function of the mobile phone. It is a figure which shows the electrical constitution of the mobile telephone which is Example 3 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the false call prevention function of the mobile phone. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure with the conventional mobile telephone.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1A, 1B Mobile phone (communication terminal device)
12 Control unit (a part of determination means and notification means)
16 Display part (remaining part of notification means)
22 User Registration Address List (User Registration List)
24 Incoming call history storage area (incoming call history storage means)

Claims (20)

An improper call prevention method for stopping an outgoing call process after an incoming call is received at a communication terminal device and starting a call process to a caller of the incoming call,
Before the incoming call, the call information of the communication terminal device is stored in the first storage means,
Acquire incoming call information corresponding to the incoming call,
Storing the acquired incoming call information in a second storage means;
After entering the calling process to the caller, it is determined whether the call information and the call information satisfy a predetermined call condition,
An improper call prevention method, comprising: invalidating the call to the caller when the determination is negative.   2. The improper transmission according to claim 1, wherein the call information is identification information of a communication terminal device normally used by a user, and the call information is call history information at the time of the call. Prevention method.   The improper call prevention method according to claim 2, wherein the identification information is a telephone number or an IP address, and the incoming call history information is either or both of caller identification information and a call time. .   The determination includes the first determination as to whether or not the caller identification information of the incoming call history information is in the first storage means, and the first determination that there is no caller identification information. 4. The improper call prevention method according to claim 3, further comprising: a second determination as to whether or not the calling time of the second storage means is less than a predetermined time.   The improper call prevention method according to claim 3, wherein the determination is a determination as to whether or not the caller identification information of the incoming call history information is in the first storage means.   6. The improper call prevention method according to claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein the caller identification information is a caller's telephone number or IP address.   The improper call prevention method according to claim 3, wherein the determination is a determination as to whether or not the call time of the incoming call history information is less than a predetermined time.   The improper call prevention method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a result of the determination is displayed on a screen of a display unit.   The improperness according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the call to the caller identification information is performed by designating the caller identification information displayed on a display unit. Call prevention method. There is an incoming call in the communication terminal device, and a communication terminal device comprising a call cancellation means for invalidating the call processing after starting the call processing to the caller of the incoming call,
The call cancellation means;
Before the incoming call, the first storage means for storing the call information of the communication terminal device,
An obtaining means for obtaining incoming call information corresponding to the incoming call when the incoming call is received;
Second storage means for storing the incoming call information acquired by the acquisition means;
After entering a call to the caller, it is determined whether or not the call information in the first storage means and the call information in the second storage means satisfy a predetermined call condition Determination means to perform,
A communication terminal apparatus comprising: call invalidation means for invalidating the call to the caller when the determination by the determination means is negative.   11. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the call information is identification information of a communication terminal apparatus normally used by a user, and the call information is call history information at the time of the call. .   12. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the identification information is a telephone number or an IP address, and the incoming call history information is one or both of caller identification information and a call time.   The determination means includes: a first determination means for determining whether or not the caller identification information of the incoming call history information is in the first storage means; and first that there is no caller identification information. 13. The communication according to claim 12, further comprising: a second determination unit that determines whether or not the calling time of the second storage unit is less than a predetermined time when the determination unit indicates Terminal device.   13. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determination means is means for determining whether or not the caller identification information of the incoming call history information is in the first storage means.   15. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 12, 13 or 14, wherein the caller identification information is a caller telephone number or an IP address.   13. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determination unit is a unit that determines whether the call time of the incoming call history information is less than a predetermined time.   The communication terminal apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 16, wherein the determination result by the determination unit is displayed on a screen of a display unit.   18. The call to the caller identification information based on an affirmative determination by the determination unit is performed by designating the caller identification information displayed on a display unit. The communication terminal device according to any one of the above.   A control program for causing a computer to execute the improper call prevention method according to any one of claims 1 to 9. A control program for causing a computer to execute the communication terminal device according to any one of claims 10 to 18.

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