JP2006295752A - Mobile terminal, communication system, and voice message program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal capable of letting a partner notice certainly that there is call termination, when a user wants to contact the partner. <P>SOLUTION: An own terminal 100 transmits a voice message. The own terminal comprises a voice message creator 101, and registers a created voice message into the other terminal 110. The voice message contains a time to inform the message and a message to be informed. A time convenient to the other terminal user is registered as the time to inform the message. Then, call termination notice waiting is conducted until the time to inform the message at a timer registration 112 of the other terminal 110, the voice message can be informed certainly at the time convenient to the other terminal user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a voice message notification method using a timer function of a telephone and a server, and a terminal used in the method.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a system for notifying a message at a specified time, a method is known in which a voice message is stored in a terminal when there is an incoming call and a telephone call cannot be taken, and the voice message is heard later.
If the other party is in a meeting and there is something to do at the end of the other party's meeting, the notification method of delivering an email at a specified time or recording a voice message on the other party's terminal during the other party's meeting corresponds to the above method To do.
There is also a system in which a user reproduces a voice message stored in the terminal at a specified time using a timer of the terminal (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In Patent Document 1, a voice message is recorded by a recording device of its own terminal, and is reproduced at a designated notification time. Further, the timer in the own terminal is used.
JP 2004-178536 A

  However, the notification method has a problem that if the other party is in a meeting, the incoming call is notified during the meeting and the meeting is interrupted.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and an object thereof is to notify a counterpart terminal of a voice message at a specified time. In addition, when the other party's schedule is known, an object is to send a voice message to the other party's terminal and not notify the incoming call until a designated time comes.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the portable terminal of the present invention is a voice message creating means for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to a partner is added in a portable terminal having a voice message creating function. And a transmitting means for transmitting the created voice message to the other party, a receiving means for receiving the voice message, and determining whether or not the notification time added to the received voice message has reached the current time The timer registration means and the timer registration means comprise notification means for notifying the arrival of the received voice message when the current time reaches the notification time.

  The portable terminal of the present invention includes a voice message creating means for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to a partner is added in a portable terminal having a voice message creation function, and the created voice message. In the timer registration means for determining whether or not the notification time added to the current time has reached, and in the timer registration means, if the current time reaches the notification time, the created voice message is transmitted to the other party It is characterized by comprising sending means, receiving means for receiving a voice message, and notifying means for notifying the arrival of the received voice message.

  The communication system of the present invention is a communication system including a mobile terminal having a voice message creation function and a server for temporarily storing a voice message. The mobile terminal transmits a voice message to the other party (notification). A voice message creating means for creating a voice message to which a time is added, a transmitting means for transmitting the created voice message to a server, a receiving means for receiving the voice message, and notification of an incoming voice message. A notification means for receiving, a server for receiving a voice message, a timer registration means for determining whether or not a notification time added to the received voice message has reached a current time, and the timer In the registration means, when the current time reaches the notification time, the received voice message is sent to the other party. Characterized by comprising a transmitting means for transmitting.

  Further, the voice message program of the present invention is a voice message creating step for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to a partner is added in the voice message program having a voice message creating function, A transmission step of transmitting a voice message to the other party, a reception step of receiving a voice message, a timer registration step of determining whether or not a notification time attached to the received voice message has reached a current time, and The timer registration step includes a notification step of notifying the reception of the received voice message when the current time reaches the notification time.

  Further, the voice message program of the present invention is a voice message creating step for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to a partner is added in the voice message program having a voice message creating function, A timer registration step for determining whether or not the notification time added to the voice message has reached the current time; and in the timer registration means, when the current time has reached the notification time, the created voice message is sent to the other party. A transmitting step for transmitting, a receiving step for receiving a voice message, and a notifying step for notifying the arrival of the received voice message are provided.

  According to the present invention, when the user cannot make a call at a time when the other party can take a call (meeting end time), the user can avoid performing an incoming call notification at a time when the other party cannot take a call (during the meeting) It becomes possible to notify the other party of a voice message at a time when the other party can take a call.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the voice message notification system using the timer function in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In this voice message notification system, whether or not the own terminal 200 to which a voice message creation function is added and the notification time that is the time set by the user of the own terminal 200 to notify the voice message are specified in the voice message is specified. This is mainly composed of the counterpart terminal 210 to which a function of notifying a voice message at a specified time is added.
The own terminal 200 that creates the voice message communicates with the partner terminal 210 that notifies the voice message at a specified time using the communication network 220.

As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 200 itself includes a voice message creation unit 201 that creates a voice message, a voice message storage unit 202 that stores a voice message, and a transmission data generation unit 203 that generates transmission data to a partner terminal. , A control unit 204 for instructing voice message creation and data transmission, and a transmission unit 205 for transmitting transmission data to a partner terminal.
When the user instructs to create a voice message, the control unit 204 instructs the voice message creating unit 201 to create a voice message. The voice message creation unit 201 displays a voice message registration screen, asks the user to input a notification time and a message, and stores the information in the voice message storage unit 202. When the storage of the voice message is finished, the transmission data generation unit 203 summarizes the message, notification time, transmission destination, transmission date and time, and message size, and generates transmission data. Then, the created transmission data is transferred to the transmission unit 205 by the control unit 204.

In addition, the partner terminal 210 includes a receiving unit 211 that receives transmission data from the own terminal 200, a control unit 212 that determines whether a notification time is set for a voice message, and an incoming display unit 213 that performs notification of an incoming call. The voice message storage unit 214 stores the voice message, and the timer registration unit 215 waits for the incoming notification until the notification time.
When the control unit 212 receives the voice message from the reception unit 211, the control unit 212 stores the voice message in the voice message storage unit 214. If the notification time is specified in the voice message, the notification time is registered in the timer registration unit 215. The timer registration unit 215 registers the notification time received from the control unit 212 in the timer registration data table 820 that stores the notification time in association with the data number for identifying data, and waits for notification of the message until the notification time is reached. . When the current time becomes the notification time, the incoming call display unit 213 receives a message from the voice message storage unit 214 and notifies the user that there is an incoming voice message.

Next, voice message transmission and reception procedures in the voice message notification system using the timer function according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the transmission procedure, as shown in FIG. 2, when a voice message creation request is received from the terminal user, the control unit 204 sends a voice message creation request to the voice message creation unit 201. When requested, the voice message creation unit 201 displays a voice message registration screen 501 shown in FIG. 5 and requests the user to input a message and notification time. The input message and notification time are stored in the voice message storage unit 202. Then, the transmission data generation unit 203 collects the transmission destination, the transmission date and time, the voice message, and the message size and transmits them to the partner terminal 210.
As shown in FIG. 3, the receiving procedure stores the voice message when the receiving unit 211 on the partner terminal side is accessed from the communication network 220, and whether or not the control unit 212 has a notification time set in the voice message. Judgment is made. If the notification time is set in the voice message, the notification time and the data number stored in the voice message storage unit 214 are registered in the timer registration data table 820 of the timer registration unit 215.

Next, the notification time determination processing procedure registered in the timer registration data table 820 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4, the timer registration data table 820 is referenced to determine whether or not the current time is the notification time. When the current time is the notification time, the data number 821 registered in the timer registration data table 820 is used to search for data that matches the data number 811 of the receiving side message 810. When the search is completed and the data is specified, the corresponding data registered in the timer registration data table 820 is deleted and an incoming call notification is performed.

Next, a voice message notification procedure in the voice message notification system using the timer function according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a sequence diagram showing processing up to voice message creation, timer registration, and incoming call notification.
The explanation will be made with reference to FIG. 1, in which the time at which the other terminal 110 user can answer the call is limited, and the user at the time when the own terminal 100 user can answer the telephone at the other terminal 110 user will also be explained. Yes, on the assumption that you cannot make a phone call.
The sequence diagram of FIG. 1 shows an operation from a scene where the user starts creating a voice message. The own terminal 100 user has a message to the other party terminal 110 user, but the other party terminal 110 user cannot make a call for a meeting until 10:00. Since the user of the terminal 100 is in a meeting from 9:30 to 11:00, the user cannot make a call even if the other terminal 110 user can make a call. Therefore, this system is used to create a voice message and notify the other party at a specified time.

The user of the terminal 100 creates a voice message before the conference starts. The voice message creation will be described with reference to FIG. A voice message registration screen 501 for registering a voice message is displayed on the display screen of the terminal 500, and a notification time setting 503 and message recording are performed using a user interface 502 for operating the screen. The message recording display 504 represents the entire recordable time, and the recording bar 505 displays the current recording time. When the recording button 506 is pressed, recording of a voice message is started, and when the completion button 509 is pressed, recording is completed and registration of the voice message is completed. When the pause button 507 is pressed, the recording is temporarily stopped, and when the record button 506 is pressed, the recording is resumed. When the cancel button 508 is pressed, if recording is in progress, the recording is interrupted, the recorded message is deleted, and the voice message registration is terminated.
When the voice message creation is completed, the user of the terminal 100 makes a call from the transmission unit 102 to the partner terminal 110 at 9:00. The data structure to be transmitted to the counterpart terminal 110 is the structure shown in FIG. 8A, and the transmission data 800 indicates one piece of transmission data. 801 is the telephone number of the own terminal, 802 is the telephone number of the partner terminal, 803 is the notification time at which the partner terminal is notified of the incoming call, 804 is the message to be notified, 805 is the message size, and 806 is the message If not, an interval for performing re-notification is indicated, and 807 indicates the number of times of re-notification.

The data transmitted from the terminal 100 is received by the partner terminal 110 by the receiving unit 111 of the partner terminal 110. The receiving unit 111 of the counterpart terminal 110 receives transmission data from the transmission unit 102 of the own terminal 100 at 9:00 when the user of the counterpart terminal 110 is in a meeting. When the data is received, an incoming notification is performed. First, no change occurs on the screen like the display screen 600 shown in FIG. The received data is stored in the counterpart terminal in the structure of FIG. 8B, and the receiving side message 810 indicates one receiving side message. 811 is a data number 811 which is a number for identifying data, 812 is a reception time when the transmission data is received, 813 is a telephone number of the own terminal, 814 is a notification time when the other terminal is notified of an incoming call, and 815 is a notification 816 indicates the size of the message, 817 indicates the re-notification interval when no message is received, and 818 indicates the number of re-notifications.
When the notification time is specified in the received voice message, the notification is registered in the timer registration data table 820 of the timer registration unit 112, and the incoming notification is waited until the notification time 10:00. Registration in the timer registration data table 820 in the timer registration unit 112 is performed in the structure of FIG. 8C, and the registration data 820 is a set of a plurality of notification times and data numbers. 821 indicates a data number 811 stored in the receiving side message 810, and 822 indicates a notification time 814.

Then, the user of the terminal 100 is in a meeting, but when the notification time 10:00 comes, the timer registration unit 112 notifies the incoming call display unit 113 of an incoming call as shown in FIG. The voice message of the user of the terminal 100 is notified. As shown in FIG. 6B, the display screen 611 of the partner terminal 610 displays an incoming call notification message 612 informing the arrival of a voice message in the display screen 611. If an incoming call notification is made and the voice message is not received, the incoming call can be re-notified using the notification interval 806 and the number of notifications 807 in the transmission data configuration diagram 800 of FIG. 8A. .
If the voice message list is displayed before the incoming call is not notified, the list screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. The list is displayed on the display screen 701 of the partner terminal 700 that has received the voice message, and the voice messages that have not reached the incoming notification time can also be viewed. The user performs an operation using the user interface 702 and selects a voice message displayed on the screen. A voice message 704 that has a notification time specified in the voice message reception list 703 and that has not reached the notification time is displayed with a black circle mark 705 before the notification time, and the notification time is displayed. When the play button 706 is pressed, the selected voice message is notified, and when the stop button 707 is pressed, the voice message being notified is interrupted.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a voice message notification system using the timer function in the second embodiment of the present invention.
This voice message notification system includes a self-terminal 1000 and a partner terminal 1010 to which a voice message creation function and a function for notifying a voice message at a notification time by adding a function for notifying a voice message are determined. Consists mainly of.
The own terminal 1000 that creates a voice message and transmits to the partner terminal 1010 at a specified time communicates with the partner terminal 1010 using the communication network 1020.

As shown in FIG. 10, the own terminal 1000 includes a voice message creation unit 1001 that creates a voice message, a voice message storage unit 1002 that saves the voice message, and a transmission data generation unit 1003 that generates transmission data to the partner terminal. A control unit 1004 for instructing voice message creation, timer registration determination, and data transmission instruction, a timer registration unit 1005 for waiting for transmission notification until the notification time, and a transmission unit 1006 for transmitting transmission data to the partner terminal Has been.
When there is an instruction to create a voice message from the user, the control unit 1004 instructs the voice message creation unit 1001 to create a voice message. The voice message creation unit 1001 displays a voice message registration screen, asks the user to input a notification time and a message, and stores the information in the voice message storage unit 1002. When the storage of the voice message is completed, the transmission data generation unit 1003 collects the message, notification time, transmission destination, transmission date and time, and message size, and generates transmission data. The created transmission data is transferred to the voice message storage unit 1002 and the timer registration unit 1005 if a notification time is designated by the control unit 1004. The timer registration unit 1005 stores the notification time and data number received from the control unit 1004 in the timer registration data table 820 and waits for the notification time. When the notification time comes, the timer registration unit 1005 searches the voice message storage unit 1002 for transmission data, Deliver to 1006.

In addition, the partner terminal 1010 includes a receiving unit 1011 that receives transmission data from the terminal 1000, a control unit 1012 that instructs the storage and reception notification of received voice messages, an incoming call display unit 1013 that notifies incoming calls, and received voice The voice message storage unit 1014 stores messages.
When receiving the voice message from the receiving unit 1011, the control unit 1012 stores the message in the voice message storage unit 1014 and notifies the incoming call display unit 1013 of the incoming call.

Next, voice message transmission and reception procedures in the voice message notification system using the timer function according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 11, when a voice message creation request is received from the user of the terminal 1000, the control unit 1004 sends a voice message creation request to the voice message creation unit 1001. When requested, the voice message creation unit 1001 displays a voice message registration screen 501 shown in FIG. 5 and requests the user to input a message and notification time. The input message and notification time are stored in the voice message storage unit 1002. Then, the transmission data generation unit 1003 collectively sends the transmission destination, transmission date / time, voice message, and message size to the control unit 1004. The control unit 1004 determines whether or not a notification time is specified in the transmission data. If there is a specification, the control unit 1004 stores the transmission data in the voice message storage unit 1002 and stores it in the timer registration data table 820 of the timer registration unit 1005. The notification time and the data number stored in the voice message storage unit 1002 are registered.
Next, the notification time determination processing procedure registered in the timer registration data table 820 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4, the timer registration data table 820 is referenced to determine whether or not the current time is the notification time. When the current time is the notification time, the data number 821 registered in the timer registration data table 820 is used to search for data that matches the data number 1301 of the local terminal side message 1300. When the search is completed and the data is specified, the corresponding data registered in the timer registration data table 820 is deleted and an incoming call notification is performed.
As shown in FIG. 10, when the receiving unit 1011 on the partner terminal 1010 side is accessed from the communication network 1020, the control unit 1012 stores the data in the voice message storage unit 1014 and notifies the incoming call.

Next, a voice message notification procedure in the voice message notification system using the timer function according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing processing up to voice message creation, timer registration, and incoming call notification.
The explanation is based on FIG. 9, the time at which the receiving side can answer the call is limited, and the sending side also has a meeting at the time when the receiving side can answer the call, and cannot make a call. This is assumed.
The sequence diagram of FIG. 9 shows an operation from a scene where the user starts creating a voice message. The own terminal user has a message to the partner terminal user, but the partner terminal user cannot make a call for a meeting until 10:00. Since the own terminal user is in a meeting from 9:30 to 11:00, the user cannot make a call even if the other terminal user can make a call. Therefore, this system is used to create a voice message and notify the other party at a specified time.

The user of the terminal 900 creates a voice message before the conference starts. The voice message creation will be described with reference to FIG. A voice message registration screen 501 for registering a voice message is displayed on the display screen of the terminal 500, and a notification time setting 503 and message recording are performed using a user interface 502 for operating the screen. The message recording display 504 represents the entire recordable time, and the recording bar 505 displays the current recording time. When the recording button 506 is pressed, recording of a voice message is started, and when the completion button 509 is pressed, recording is completed and registration of the voice message is completed. When the pause button 507 is pressed, the recording is temporarily stopped, and when the record button 506 is pressed, the recording is resumed. When the cancel button 508 is pressed, if recording is in progress, the recording is interrupted, the recorded message is deleted, and the voice message registration is terminated.
When the voice message creation is completed, the terminal 900 saves the data created at 9:00 and registers the notification time and data number to the timer registration unit 902. The own terminal side message 1300 is stored in the own terminal in the structure of FIG. 13, and the own terminal side message 1300 indicates one self terminal side message 1300. 1301 is a data number 1301 which is a number for identifying data, 1302 is a telephone number of the own terminal, 1303 is a telephone number of the other terminal, 1304 is a notification time when an incoming call is notified at the other terminal, and 1305 is a message to notify 1306 indicates the size of the message.

When the timer registration unit 902 receives the notification time and the data number, the timer registration unit 902 performs registration in the timer registration data table 820 illustrated in FIG. Registration in the timer registration data table 820 is performed with the structure shown in FIG. 8C, and the registration data 820 includes a plurality of sets of notification times 822 and data numbers 821. Thereafter, it waits for transmission until 10:00 of the notification time.
When the voice message notification time is 10:00, the transmission is performed, and the transmission data is transmitted to the partner terminal 910 via the transmission unit 903. The data structure to be transmitted to the counterpart terminal 910 has the structure shown in FIG. 8A, and the transmission data 800 indicates one piece of transmission data 800. Reference numeral 801 indicates the telephone number of the own terminal, 802 indicates the telephone number of the partner terminal, 803 indicates the notification time at which the terminal terminal notifies the incoming call, 804 indicates the message to be notified, and 805 indicates the size of the message. Further, screen views before and after transmission are as shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, and a transmission notification message 1210 is displayed at the transmission time.
When an incoming call is received at the partner terminal 910, the transmission data is stored in the voice message storage unit 1014, and the incoming call display unit 912 is notified that there is an incoming voice message.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a voice message notification system using a timer function according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
In this voice message notification system, a voice message creation function is added and a determination is made as to whether or not a notification time is specified, and the terminal 1500 that performs transmission and a server 1520 to which a function that transmits a voice message at a specified time is added. , And the counterpart terminal 1510.
The own terminal 1500 that creates the voice message communicates with the counterpart terminal 1510 via the server 1520 that notifies the voice message at a specified time using the communication network 1530.
As shown in FIG. 15, the own terminal 1500 generates a voice message creating unit 1501 that creates a voice message, a voice message storage unit 1502 that stores a voice message, a transmission that generates transmission data to the server 1520 and the partner terminal 1510. It includes a data generation unit 1503, a control unit 1504 that instructs voice message creation and data transmission, a server 1520, and a transmission unit 1505 that transmits transmission data to the counterpart terminal 1510.
When there is an instruction to create a voice message from the user, the control unit 1504 instructs the voice message creation unit 1501 to create a voice message. The voice message creation unit 1501 displays a voice message registration screen, asks the user to input a notification time and a message, and stores the information in the voice message storage unit 1502. When the storage of the voice message is completed, the transmission data generation unit 1503 collects the message, notification time, transmission destination, transmission date and time, and message size, and generates transmission data. The generated transmission data is transferred to the transmission unit 1505 so as to be transmitted to the server 1520 if the notification time is designated by the control unit 1504, or to the counterpart terminal 1510 if not.

In addition, the server 1520 includes a transmission / reception unit 1521 that receives data from the own terminal 1500 and transmits data to the counterpart terminal 1510, a control unit 1522 that performs timer registration and data storage, and timer registration that waits for an incoming notification until the notification time. The unit 1523 includes a voice message storage unit 1524 for storing voice messages.
When the voice message received from the transmission / reception unit 1521 is passed, the control unit 1522 delivers the notification time and data number to the timer registration unit 1523 and the received voice message to the voice message storage unit 1524. The timer registration unit 1523 stores the notification time and data number received from the control unit 1522 in the timer registration data table 820 and waits for the notification time. When the notification time is reached, the timer registration unit 1523 transmits the transmission data from the voice message storage unit 1524 to the partner terminal 1510. The search is performed, and the searched voice message is transferred to the transmission / reception unit 1521.

In addition, the partner terminal 1510 includes a receiving unit 1511 that receives transmission data from the server 1520, storage of the received voice message, a control unit 1512 that instructs an incoming notification, an incoming display unit 1513 that performs incoming notification, and a received voice message Is stored in the voice message storage unit 1514.
When the control unit 1512 receives the voice message from the reception unit 1511, the control unit 1512 stores the message in the voice message storage unit 1514 and notifies the incoming call display unit 1513 of the incoming call.

Next, a voice message transmission, notification time waiting, and reception procedure in the voice message notification system using the timer function according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the transmission procedure, as shown in FIG. 16, when a voice message creation request is received from the own terminal user, the control unit 1504 makes a voice message creation request to the voice message creation unit 1501. When requested, the voice message creation unit 1501 displays a voice message registration screen 501 shown in FIG. 5 and requests the user to input a message and notification time. The input message and notification time are stored in the voice message storage unit 1502. Then, the transmission data generation unit 1503 collects the transmission destination, transmission date and time, voice message, and message size. The control unit 1504 determines whether or not the notification time is specified in the transmission data. If the notification time is specified, the control unit 1504 transmits to the server 1520, and if not, the transmission data is transmitted to the partner terminal 1510.
As shown in FIG. 15, when the notification time waiting procedure is accessed from the own terminal 1500 to the transmission / reception unit 1521 of the server 1520, the control unit 1522 stores the received voice message in the voice message storage unit 1524, and the timer registration unit The notification time and data number are passed to 1523. When the notification time and data number are passed, the timer registration unit 1523 registers the notification time and data number in the timer registration data table 820 and waits for the notification until the notification time.
Next, the notification time determination processing procedure registered in the timer registration data table 820 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4, the timer registration data table 820 is referenced to determine whether or not the current time is the notification time. When the current time is the notification time, the data number 821 registered in the timer registration data table 820 is used to search for data that matches the data number 811 of the receiving side message 810. When the search is completed and the data is specified, the corresponding data registered in the timer registration data table 820 is deleted and an incoming call notification is performed.
As shown in FIG. 15, when the receiving unit 1511 on the partner terminal 1510 side is accessed from the communication network 1530, the control unit 1512 stores the data in the voice message storage unit 1514 and notifies the incoming call display unit 1513 of the incoming call. Do.

Next, a voice message notification procedure in the voice message notification system using the timer function according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram showing processing up to voice message creation, timer registration, and incoming call notification.
The explanation uses FIG. 14, the time at which the receiving side can answer the call at the meeting is limited, and the sending side also has a meeting at the time when the receiving side can answer the call, and cannot make a call. This is assumed.
The sequence diagram of FIG. 14 shows an operation from a scene where the user starts creating a voice message. The own terminal user has a message to the partner terminal user, but the partner terminal user cannot make a call for a meeting until 10:00. Since the own terminal user is in a meeting from 9:30 to 11:00, the user cannot make a call even if the other terminal user can make a call. Therefore, this system is used to create a voice message and notify the other party at a specified time.

  The user of the terminal 1400 creates a voice message before the conference starts. The voice message creation will be described with reference to FIG. A voice message registration screen 501 for registering a voice message is displayed on the display screen of the terminal 500, and a notification time setting 503 and message recording are performed using a user interface 502 for operating the screen. The message recording display 504 represents the entire recordable time, and the recording bar 505 displays the current recording time. When the recording button 506 is pressed, recording of a voice message is started, and when the completion button 509 is pressed, recording is completed and registration of the voice message is completed. When the pause button 507 is pressed, the recording is temporarily stopped, and when the record button 506 is pressed, the recording is resumed. When the cancel button 508 is pressed, if recording is in progress, the recording is interrupted, the recorded message is deleted, and the voice message registration is terminated.

When the creation of the voice message is completed, the user of the terminal 1400 makes a call from the transmission unit 1402 to the server 1420 at 9:00 before the conference starts. The data structure transmitted to the server 1420 has the structure shown in FIG. 8A, and the transmission data 800 indicates one piece of transmission data. Reference numeral 801 indicates the telephone number of the own terminal, 802 indicates the telephone number of the partner terminal, 803 indicates the notification time at which the terminal terminal notifies the incoming call, 804 indicates the message to be notified, and 805 indicates the size of the message.
Data transmitted from the own terminal 1400 is received by the server 1420 by the transmission / reception unit 1521 of the server 1420. The transmission / reception unit 1521 of the server receives the voice message at 9:00 before the conference of the user 1400 user starts, and stores the voice message. When the timer registration unit 1421 receives the notification time and data number, the timer registration unit 1421 performs registration in the timer registration data table 820 shown in FIG. Registration in the timer registration data table 820 is performed with the structure shown in FIG. 8C, and the registration data 820 includes a plurality of sets of notification times 822 and data numbers 821. Thereafter, it waits for a call until 10:00, which is the notification time when the conference of the other terminal 1410 user ends. When the voice message notification time is 10:00, the transmission is performed, and the transmission data is transmitted to the partner terminal 1410 via the transmission / reception unit 1521.
When an incoming call is received at the receiving unit 1411 of the partner terminal 1410, the transmission data is stored in the voice message storage unit 1514 and the incoming call display unit 1412 is notified that there is an incoming voice message.

  The voice message notification system according to the present invention has a notification time in a voice message, and is useful as a means for sending a voice message at a time convenient for the counterpart terminal user.

Sequence diagram of voice message notification system using timer function in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Block diagram of a voice message notification system using a timer function in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Flowchart of reception processing used in the voice message notification system using the timer function in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Flowchart of notification time determination used in voice message notification system using timer function in embodiment 1 of the present invention Screen diagram of voice message notification time creation used in voice message notification system using timer function in embodiment 1 of the present invention Screens before and after receiving a voice message used in the voice message notification system using the timer function in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Screen diagram of voice message reception list used in voice message notification system using timer function in embodiment 1 of the present invention Data configuration diagram used in a voice message notification system using a timer function in an embodiment of the present invention Sequence diagram of voice message notification system using timer function in embodiment 2 of the present invention Block diagram of a voice message notification system using a timer function in Embodiment 2 of the present invention Flowchart of transmission processing used in the voice message notification system using the timer function in Embodiment 2 of the present invention The screen figure before and after transmitting the voice message used in the voice message notification system using the timer function in Embodiment 2 of the present invention Data structure diagram used in voice message notification system using timer function in embodiment 2 of the present invention Sequence diagram of voice message notification system using timer function in Embodiment 3 of the present invention Block diagram of a voice message notification system using a timer function in Embodiment 3 of the present invention Flowchart of transmission processing used in voice message notification system using timer function in Embodiment 3 of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

100 Host terminal 101 Host terminal: Voice message creation unit 102 Host terminal: Transmission unit 110 Party terminal 111 Party terminal: Reception unit 112 Party terminal: Timer registration unit 113 Party terminal: Incoming display unit 200 Host terminal 201 Host terminal: Voice message creation Unit 202 Own terminal: Voice message storage unit 203 Own terminal: Transmission data generation unit 204 Own terminal: Control unit 205 Own terminal: Sending unit 210 Other terminal 211 Other terminal: Receiving unit 212 Other terminal: Control unit 213 Other terminal: Incoming display Unit 214 partner terminal: voice message storage unit 215 partner terminal: timer registration unit 220 communication network 300 data reception process start state 301 voice message storage process 302 voice message determination process 303 incoming notification process 304 timer registration process 305 data reception process end state 400 Through Time determination start state 401 Timer registration data reference processing 402 Notification time determination processing 403 Timer registration data deletion processing 404 Notification processing 405 Notification time determination end state 500 Own terminal 501 Voice message registration screen 502 User interface 503 Notification time setting item 504 Recording display 505 Recording bar 506 Recording button 507 Pause button 508 Stop button 509 Completion button 600 Counter terminal display screen 610 Counter terminal 611 Counter terminal: Display screen 612 Incoming notification message 700 Counter terminal 701 Counter terminal: display screen 702 User interface 703 Voice message reception list 704 Voice message with notification time specified 705 Display with notification time specified 706 Play button 707 Cancel button 800 Transmission data 801 Transmission Data: own terminal telephone number 802 transmission data: partner terminal telephone number 803 transmission data: notification time 804 transmission data: message 805 transmission data: message size 806 transmission data: notification interval 807 transmission data: number of notifications 810 reception side message 811 reception Side message: Data number 812 Reception side message: Reception time 813 Reception side message: Local phone number 814 Reception side message: Notification time 815 Reception side message: Message 816 Reception side message: Message size 817 Reception side message: Notification interval 818 Reception Side message: Number of notifications 820 Timer registration data table 821 Timer registration data table: Data number 822 Timer registration data table: Notification time 900 Own terminal 901 Own terminal: Voice Message creation unit 902 Own terminal: Timer registration unit 903 Own terminal: Transmission unit 910 Other terminal 911 Other terminal: Reception unit 912 Other terminal: Incoming display unit 1000 Own terminal 1001 Own terminal: Voice message creation unit 1002 Own terminal: Voice message storage Unit 1003 own terminal: transmission data generation unit 1004 own terminal: control unit 1005 own terminal: timer registration unit 1006 own terminal: transmission unit 1010 partner terminal 1011 partner terminal: reception unit 1012 partner terminal: control unit 1013 partner terminal: incoming call display unit 1014 Counter terminal: voice message storage unit 1020 communication network 1100 data transmission process start state 1101 voice message creation process 1102 voice message storage process 1103 voice message determination process 1104 timer registration process 1105 transmission process 1106 data transmission process end Status 1210 Transmission notification message 1300 Local terminal side message 1301 Local terminal side message: Data number 1302 Local terminal side message: Local terminal telephone number 1303 Local terminal side message: Remote terminal telephone number 1304 Local terminal side message: Notification time 1305 Local terminal side Message: Message 1306 Own terminal side message: Message size 1400 Own terminal 1401 Own terminal: Voice message creation unit 1402 Own terminal: Transmission unit 1410 Other terminal 1411 Other terminal: Reception unit 1412 Other terminal: Incoming display unit 1420 Server 1421 Server: Timer Registration unit 1500 Own terminal 1501 Own terminal: Voice message creation unit 1502 Own terminal: Voice message storage unit 1503 Own terminal: Transmission data generation unit 1504 Own terminal: Control unit 1505 Own terminal: Transmission unit 1510 Partner terminal 1511 partner terminal: receiving unit 1512 partner terminal: control unit 1513 partner terminal: incoming call display unit 1514 partner terminal: voice message storage unit 1520 server 1521 server: transmission / reception unit 1522 server: control unit 1523 server: timer registration unit 1524 server: Voice message storage unit 1530 Communication network 1600 Data transmission process start state 1601 Voice message creation process 1602 Voice message storage process 1603 Voice message determination process 1604 Server transmission process 1605 Transmission process 1606 Data transmission process end state

Claims (5)

In a mobile terminal with a voice message creation function,
A voice message creating means for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to the other party is added;
Transmitting means for transmitting the created voice message to the other party;
Receiving means for receiving voice messages;
Timer registration means for determining whether or not the notification time added to the received voice message has reached the current time;
A portable terminal comprising: a notification means for notifying the arrival of the received voice message when the current time reaches the notification time in the timer registration means. In a mobile terminal with a voice message creation function,
A voice message creating means for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to the other party is added;
Timer registration means for determining whether the notification time added to the created voice message has reached the current time;
In the timer registration means, when the current time reaches the notification time, a transmission means for transmitting the created voice message to the other party;
Receiving means for receiving voice messages;
A portable terminal comprising notification means for notifying the arrival of the received voice message. In a communication system comprising a mobile terminal having a voice message creation function and a server for temporarily storing voice messages,
The portable terminal is
A voice message creating means for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to the other party is added;
Transmitting means for transmitting the created voice message to a server;
Receiving means for receiving voice messages;
Notification means for notifying the reception of the received voice message;
The server
Receiving means for receiving voice messages;
Timer registration means for determining whether or not the notification time added to the received voice message has reached the current time;
A communication system, characterized in that the timer registration means comprises a transmission means for transmitting the received voice message to the other party when the current time reaches the notification time. In a voice message program with a voice message creation function,
A voice message creation step for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to the other party is added;
A transmission step of transmitting the created voice message to the other party;
A receiving step for receiving a voice message;
A timer registration step for determining whether or not the notification time added to the received voice message has reached the current time;
A voice message program comprising a notification step of notifying the reception of the received voice message when the current time reaches the notification time in the timer registration step. In a voice message program with a voice message creation function,
A voice message creation step for creating a voice message to which a time (notification time) for transmitting a voice message to the other party is added;
A timer registration step for determining whether or not a notification time added to the created voice message has reached a current time;
In the timer registration means, when the current time reaches the notification time, a transmission step of transmitting the created voice message to the other party;
A receiving step for receiving a voice message;
A voice message program comprising a notifying step for notifying the arrival of the received voice message.

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