JP2006324911A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set capable of speedily and accurately sending out answer message suitable to every caller. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile phone 100 has telephone directory data in which telephone numbers, and names or titles are made to correspond to each other and which are classified by attributes, acquires telephone number data of a calling telephone set as identification information during termination, and also specifies the caller of the other telephone and an attribute that the caller belongs to. Further, the mobile phone has an automatic answering function and determines previously stored message data based upon the specified attribute and an operation key operated by an operator when sending out the message data through the automatic answering function. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an answering machine function in a portable communication terminal device such as a portable telephone, and particularly relates to a technical field related to sending a response message or storing received voice data.

  In recent years, telephones have been developed as communication means capable of communicating with a remote party. Recently, various functions such as an answering machine function have been added, or a portable wireless communication system. Convenience as a communication means such as development of a telephone (hereinafter, referred to as a portable telephone) that employs is improved.

  In particular, a telephone with an answering machine function responds without performing a predetermined operation by an operator when an incoming call occurs based on a call from another telephone and the user of the telephone cannot respond. The voice message (hereinafter referred to as “response message”) stored in advance in the telephone and the sender's message can be stored. For this reason, this telephone with an answering machine function is inconvenient in that it is not possible to contact the operator on the other side when there is no operator on the other side who is making a call in the vicinity of the telephone fixedly installed at the time of incoming call. It is possible to eliminate this point.

  On the other hand, because it is always carried by the user due to the characteristics of the mobile phone, when an incoming call is made based on a call from another phone such as at work, the incoming call is recognized but a response is made. There are many cases where this is not possible. For this reason, recently, when a user cannot directly respond to an incoming call, the answering machine that accurately sends out the reason why the answering machine function cannot be used, that is, the reason for rejecting the incoming call. A mobile phone equipped with a telephone function is known.

  Specifically, this mobile phone stores a plurality of response messages uttered by the operator, and automatically responds when an incoming call based on an outgoing call from another phone occurs while setting the incoming call rejection. Among the plurality of stored response messages, a response message designated in advance is sent to another telephone (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-164657

  However, in the case of a portable telephone equipped with the above-mentioned answering machine function, even if a response based on an answering machine is made for an incoming call based on an outgoing call from any telephone, a preset response message is transmitted. Therefore, it is not possible to send a response message suitable for each telephone that has made a call, that is, for each operator (hereinafter referred to as “caller”) that wants to make a call.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone capable of quickly and accurately sending a response message suitable for each caller, as an example of solving the above-described problem.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention according to claim 1 establishes a communication line with another telephone when an incoming call based on a call from the other telephone occurs, and stores a response message stored in advance. A telephone having an answering machine function for sending to another telephone, wherein the first storage means for storing the identification information of the other telephone for each caller in advance for each attribute of the caller; Acquisition means for acquiring identification information in the telephone transmitted when it occurred, specifying means for specifying the attribute of the caller based on the stored identification information and the acquired identification information, and for each attribute Second storage means for storing a plurality of different response message data, and determining at least one response message from the stored response messages based on the specified attribute Determining means, responding to the incoming call, establishing means for establishing a communication line with another telephone, and when establishing a communication line with the other telephone, sending the determined response message to the other telephone And a sending means for sending to the telephone.

  With this configuration, the invention according to claim 1 specifies the attribute of the caller based on the stored identification information and the acquired identification information when an incoming call based on a call from another telephone occurs. Determining at least one response message from the stored response messages based on the specified attribute, and when the communication line with the other telephone is established, the determined response message is transmitted to the other telephone. Send to

  Therefore, in the first aspect of the present invention, a response message suitable for each attribute is stored in advance by the operator, and identification information such as a telephone number in another telephone set for each caller is accurately determined in advance. If it is stored in association with the attribute, a response message suitable for each sender can be sent quickly and accurately.

  The invention according to claim 2 further comprises operation means having a plurality of operation keys used by an operator for performing a predetermined operation in the telephone set according to claim 1, wherein the storage means A plurality of different response messages associated with each operation key are stored for each attribute, and the determination unit stores the response based on the specified attribute and the operation key operated by the operator. A response message is determined from at least one response message.

  With this configuration, the invention described in claim 2 determines at least one response message from among the stored response messages based on the specified attribute and the operation key operated by the operator.

  Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of messages to be sent to the caller can be prepared in advance, and the operator can determine one response message according to the situation at the time of the incoming call. Therefore, the operator can select the response message according to the situation, and can send the response message promptly and accurately.

  The invention described in claim 3 is the telephone set according to claim 2, further comprising display means for displaying predetermined image data, wherein the display means determines the response message by the operation means. In addition, the content of the response message in each operation key corresponding to the specified attribute is displayed as image data.

  With this configuration, when the response message is determined by the operation unit, the content of the selectable response message in each of the operation keys corresponding to the specified attribute is used as image data. Since it is displayed, it is possible to prevent an operator's erroneous operation with the operation keys, and to accurately determine a response message in accordance with the situation at the time of the incoming call.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the telephone set according to the second or third aspect, wherein the storage means stores the same contents of the response messages that are different for each attribute associated with the same operation key. And it has the structure memorize | stored by the different linguistic expression.

  With this configuration, the invention according to claim 4 stores the different response messages for each of the attributes associated with the same operation key in the same content and in different language expressions.

  Therefore, in the invention described in claim 4, since the same response message is associated with one operation key regardless of the attribute, the operation key and the content of the response message are taken into account for each attribute. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an operator's erroneous operation using the operation keys, and to send a response message precisely in accordance with the situation at the time of the incoming call.

  Further, the invention according to claim 5 is the telephone set according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a voice transmitted from the other telephone set when a communication line with the other telephone set is established. Based on the specified attribute and the third storage means for storing data, the storage mode when the voice data is stored in the third storage means, or the third storage means in the voice data to the third storage means And a determination means for determining at least one of whether or not storage is possible.

  With this configuration, the invention according to claim 5 can determine the storage mode of voice data transmitted from the other telephone in association with the attribute or whether or not the voice data can be stored. Alternatively, the storage mode of the voice data can be controlled including whether or not the voice data can be stored based on the attribute of the sender such as changing the storage time of the voice data.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the telephone set according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, registration means for preliminarily registering schedule data indicating an operator's schedule, and when the incoming call occurs And determining means for determining whether or not the registered schedule data at the time of the incoming call matches the action of the operator, wherein the determining means is determined by the determining means The system has a configuration for determining at least one response message from the stored response messages based on the result and the specified attribute.

  According to this configuration, the invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that at least one of the response messages stored based on whether or not the registered schedule data matches the action of the operator and the specified attribute is stored. Determine the response message.

  Therefore, the invention according to claim 6 can determine and send a response message in association with the schedule of the operator and the execution of the schedule, so that the response message in accordance with the execution status of the schedule of the operator can be accurately obtained. Can be determined and sent out.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the telephone set according to the sixth aspect, when the schedule data includes location data indicating a location in the location, an incoming call is generated based on a call from the other telephone set. A position data acquisition unit that acquires position data indicating the position of the telephone, and the determination unit is configured to determine the schedule data and the operator's data based on the location data and the acquired position data. It is determined whether or not the behavior matches.

  With this configuration, the invention according to claim 7 can accurately determine whether or not the operator's schedule matches the operator's action based on the telephone position data and the registered schedule data. .

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the telephone set according to any one of the first to seventh aspects includes a communication unit that communicates with another telephone set by wireless communication and is portable by an operator. It is configured.

  With this configuration, the invention according to claim 8 is not fixed at a specific place when communicating with another telephone, so that the other telephone can be transmitted at various places or in various situations. There is a possibility that an incoming call based on the above will occur, and it is possible to effectively utilize a response message suitable for each sender depending on the situation where the incoming call has occurred.

  In the invention of the present application, a response message suitable for each attribute is stored in advance by an operator, and identification information on the other telephone set possessed for each caller is stored in advance in advance in association with a predetermined attribute. Thus, a response message suitable for each sender can be sent quickly and accurately.

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

  The embodiment described below is an embodiment when the telephone of the present application is applied to a portable telephone having an answering machine function.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment of a portable telephone to which the telephone of the present application is applied will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the outline | summary and the structure of the mobile telephone in this embodiment are demonstrated using FIGS. 1-3. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable telephone according to the present application, and FIG. 2 shows data related to telephone directory data and response messages (hereinafter referred to as “message data”) stored in the data storage unit of the present embodiment. Is an example). FIG. 3 is an example of an overview diagram showing an overview of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment.

  The mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment has phone book data in which a phone number is associated with a name or name of a friend or acquaintance who owns the phone having the phone number, and is classified for each attribute. When an incoming call based on an outgoing call from one of the telephones occurs (hereinafter simply referred to as “incoming call”), the telephone number data (hereinafter referred to as “phone number data”) of the other telephone is obtained as identification information. At the same time, based on the acquired telephone number data and telephone book data, the caller in the other telephone and the attribute to which the caller belongs are specified.

  In addition, the portable telephone 100 has an answering machine function that establishes a communication line with another telephone without performing a predetermined operation by an operator, and transmits predetermined message data, and is based on the answering machine function. When sending message data, a response message stored in advance is determined based on the specified attribute and the operation key K operated by the operator.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the portable telephone 100 of the present embodiment includes a communication control unit 110 that communicates with other telephones via an antenna AT, telephone book data classified for each attribute, and for each attribute. A data storage unit 120 in which a plurality of message data associated with each operation key K is stored; a caller specifying unit 130 that specifies a caller and an attribute of the caller at the time of an incoming call based on the phone book data; And an operation unit 140 used when various operations of the mobile phone 100 such as determination of message data to be transmitted, which will be described later, are performed.

  Further, as described above, the mobile phone 100 includes a display unit 150 that displays predetermined data such as display of message data associated with the operation key K when determining message data, and the display unit 150. The display control unit 160 to be controlled, and each unit is controlled when performing predetermined processing. In particular, determination of message data based on the attribute of the specified caller and the operation key K, reproduction of the determined message, etc. A system control unit 170 that performs processing during the answering machine function setting (hereinafter simply referred to as “answering machine answering process”), and a ROM / RAM 180 that is used to control each unit and stores predetermined data. I have.

  Further, the mobile phone 100 includes a ringing sound amplifying unit 190 that amplifies a ringing tone when an incoming call occurs, and a vibration that vibrates the mobile phone body so that an operator can recognize the incoming call when the incoming call occurs. In order to make a call between the control unit 200 and the incoming fixed telephone or other portable telephone 100, the microphone M to which the voice is input, the voice processing unit 210 that processes the input voice into a predetermined signal, and the received signal are received. And a loudspeaker control unit 220 for controlling the loudspeaker SP.

  Note that the communication control unit 110 of the present embodiment constitutes an acquisition unit, an establishment unit, a transmission unit, and a communication unit of the present invention, and the data storage unit 120 includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a second storage unit of the present invention. Three storage means are configured. Further, the caller identification unit 130 of the present embodiment constitutes the identification unit of the present invention, and the operation unit 140 of the present embodiment constitutes the operation unit of the present invention. Furthermore, the display unit 150 of the present embodiment constitutes a display unit of the present invention, and the system control unit 170 constitutes a determination unit of the present invention.

  The communication control unit 110 is connected to a telephone public network via an antenna AT, and is not shown when an incoming call based on a call from another telephone occurs under the control of the system control unit 170. Communication control with the other telephones is performed via the exchange.

In particular, the communication control unit 110 of the present embodiment, when an incoming call from another telephone occurs,
(1) obtaining telephone number data of other telephones from the exchange;
(2) Establishing a communication line with the other telephone through an exchange (not shown);
(3) Perform call control with other telephones;
(4) sending message data determined as will be described later at the time of answering machine response processing; and
(5) In order to store voice data transmitted from another telephone during answering machine response processing, the transmitted voice data is received.

  The data storage unit 120 includes a phone book data storage area for storing phone book data composed of name data indicating names, telephone number data, attribute data indicating attributes, and other data, voice data of messages to be sent, A message data storage area for storing message data including text data relating to the message, key data indicating the corresponding operation key K, and attribute data is provided.

  In the telephone directory data storage area of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, name data arranged in alphabetical order or alphabetical order, and the telephone number of the portable telephone 100 or the telephone number of the fixed telephone are stored. A plurality of phone book data is stored which includes telephone number data to be shown, attribute data indicating attributes of friend 1, friend 2, work, family and the like, and other data such as an e-mail address.

  On the other hand, in the message data storage area of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2B, attribute data indicating attributes such as friend 1, friend 2, work, family, etc., and “0” to “9”, “ Key data indicating the operation keys K of “#” and “*”, voice data that is configured in a predetermined data format and reproduced when transmitted to another telephone, and text data in the message A plurality of configured message data are stored for each attribute.

  Also, in this message data storage area, different message data for each attribute associated with the same operation key K is stored with the same contents and different language expressions. For example, in this embodiment, in the operation key K (numeric keypad) “0”, the attribute of “friend 1” has message data indicating the content of “I'm sorry, I'm currently in a meeting. I'll call you later”. Is stored in the "work" attribute, and message data indicating the content of "Thank you for the call. We are in a meeting now, so I will call you as soon as it ends." Yes.

  In the present embodiment, message data corresponding to each operation key K is stored for “no attribute” for which no attribute can be specified, such as when it is not registered in the phone book data. However, if there is no attribute, it may be shared with other attributes, for example, the attribute of “work”.

  The caller identification unit 130 is inputted with the telephone number data of other telephones acquired by the communication control unit 110 at the time of an incoming call, and the caller identification unit 130 acquires the acquired telephone number data. The phone book data stored in the data storage unit 120 is searched based on the above, and it is determined whether or not the phone number data is stored.

  If the caller identification unit 130 determines that the corresponding telephone number data is stored, the caller identification unit 130 identifies the name data and attribute data corresponding to the telephone number data as the name and attribute of the caller. In addition, the specified attribute is notified to the system control unit 170, and predetermined data for displaying the specified attribute and name on the display unit 150 is notified to the display control unit 160.

  When the caller specifying unit 130 determines that the corresponding telephone number data is not stored, the caller specifying unit 130 specifies the attribute as “none”, and the system control unit 170 uses this as data. In addition, a predetermined data is output to the display control unit 160 in order to display the fact that the telephone number is not stored and the input telephone number data on the display unit 150.

  The operation unit 140 includes a number of keys such as various confirmation buttons, operation buttons for inputting operation commands, numeric keys, and other numeric keys. In this embodiment, the message data is determined during the answering machine function setting. To be used.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, when an incoming call based on a call from another telephone occurs and a communication line with the other telephone is established based on the answering machine function, data indicating the operation key K pressed down is stored in the system. The data is output to the control unit 170.

  For example, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, at least a numeric keypad from “0” to “9” and keys “#” and “*” are provided, and these keys are depressed by the operator. At this time, data indicating the depressed operation key K is output to the system control unit 170.

  As will be described later, the system control unit 170 determines one message data based on the data indicating the operation key K output from the operation unit 140 and the specified attribute, and the determined Control is performed to send message data to another telephone.

  The display unit 150 is configured by a liquid crystal element or an EL (Electro Luminescence) element, and displays a predetermined image based on display data generated by the display control unit 160.

  Specifically, in the present embodiment, when the caller can be specified at the time of an incoming call, the display unit 150 displays the caller's name and attribute and also specifies the caller. If it is not possible, a message to that effect and the telephone number of the telephone that made the call are displayed.

  Further, as will be described later, when determining message data during answering machine response processing, the display unit 150 displays image data in each message data associated with the operation key K in the specified attribute. It has become.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when a communication line with another telephone is established on the display unit 150 based on the answering machine function in the caller identification unit 130, the attribute of the other telephone is “ In the case of “friends”, the operation key K “0” is “I ’m sorry. I ’m in a meeting now. I ’ll call you later.” “1” “I ca n’t take my hands off. Image data indicating the message data sent to another telephone when the operation key K such as “Please call me later” is pressed is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, all the message data sent by the operation key K may be displayed as text data. However, since the display area is limited, a few characters from the top, Or you may make it display by the abbreviated character.

  The display control unit 160 generates display data for causing the display unit 150 to display the name, attribute, telephone number, and the like of the caller under the control of the system control unit 170, and the generated display Data is displayed and output on the display unit 150.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, when determining the message data during the answering machine answering process, the display control unit 160 is included in the message data associated with each operation key K in the attribute specified from the data storage unit 120. And the display data associated with the operation key K in the specified attribute is generated based on the acquired text data.

  The system control unit 170 is mainly composed of a central processing unit (CPU) and includes various input / output ports such as a key input port and a display control port so as to control overall functions of the telephone. It has become.

  When controlling the operation of the mobile phone 100 as a whole, the system control unit 170 of the present embodiment reads a control program stored in the ROM / RAM 180 and executes each process, and the data being processed in the ROM / RAM 180 Is temporarily held.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the system control unit 170 performs processing related to a response for making a call when receiving an incoming call (hereinafter referred to as “call response”) and controls each unit at the time of the call response, and sets an answering machine function. In this case, when an incoming call is received from another telephone, the message data is determined based on the operator's selection and is reproduced (hereinafter referred to as “message data determined reproduction process”), message data. Display control processing (hereinafter simply referred to as “display control processing”) for selecting a voice mail, processing for storing voice data transmitted from another telephone when performing answering machine response processing (hereinafter simply referred to as “answer control processing”) Answering machine answering process including “memory processing”).

  Specifically, the system control unit 170, when receiving a call, based on the attribute specified by the caller specifying unit 130 and the type data indicating the type of the operation key K operated by the operation unit 140, the data storage unit 120. One message data stored in the message is determined. Then, the system control unit 170 acquires and reproduces the voice data in the determined message data from the data storage unit 120, and sends the reproduced voice data to other telephones via the communication control unit 110. Data decision reproduction processing is performed.

  The system control unit 170 displays message data associated with each operation key K in the attribute specified from the data storage unit 120 on the display unit 150 when performing message data determination / reproduction processing. Display control processing for causing the display control unit 160 to output text data in each message data with the specified attribute is performed.

  Further, the system control unit 170 determines whether or not to store the voice data transmitted from another telephone based on the specified attribute during the answering machine answering process, and the transmitted voice When it is determined that the attribute is for storing data, a silent section that is continued for a predetermined time after sending message data is detected, a disconnection sound of a communication line is detected, or a predetermined time A storage process is performed in which the received audio data is stored in the ROM / RAM 180 until a predetermined condition such as when it has elapsed is satisfied. For example, in the present embodiment, the system control unit 170 executes storage processing when the attribute is specified as “friend”, and sends a response message when the attribute is specified as “work”. Only the storage process is stopped.

  Note that the system control unit 170 also controls the ringing sound amplifying unit 190 and the display control unit 160 to display the ringing sound and the name, attribute, and other information of the caller when receiving an incoming call. ing. Details of the answering machine response process in the system control unit 170 of this embodiment will be described later.

  The ROM / RAM 180 stores a control program for performing a predetermined operation and predetermined data such as telephone directory data in which a telephone number and a name corresponding to the telephone number are associated with each other. In particular, in the present embodiment, the ROM / RAM 180 stores setting data relating to a response when an incoming call based on an outgoing call from another telephone, such as data indicating that an answering machine response is performed as predetermined data, and an answering machine answering Data of a control program for performing response processing based on incoming calls such as processing is stored.

  The ringing sound amplifying unit 190 includes an amplifier for amplifying the ringing tone to a predetermined signal level and a speaker SP for amplifying the ringing tone, and under the control of the system control unit 170, the communication control unit 110. When an incoming call is detected at, a predetermined ringing tone is amplified.

  If the answering machine answering is set, the ringing of the ringing tone may be prohibited.

  Next, an answering machine answering process including a message data determination / reproduction process, a display control process, and a storage process in the system control unit 170 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing an answering machine response process including a message data determination / reproduction process, a display control process, and a storage process in the system control unit 170 of this embodiment.

  In the following answering machine answering process, data indicating that an answering machine answering is performed at the time of an incoming call is set before this operation is performed, and message data is stored in advance for each attribute and each operation key K in a data storage unit. It is assumed that 120 is stored. In this operation, it is assumed that a setting is made so that the ringing tone is not louded when an incoming call occurs.

  First, when an incoming call is generated based on a call from another telephone (step S11), the system control unit 170 causes the communication control unit 110 to communicate with a switch (not shown) to acquire telephone number data transmitted from the switch. Then, the caller identification unit 130 is made to output (step S12).

  Next, the system control unit 170 searches the phone book data stored in the data storage unit 120 based on the phone number data acquired by the caller specifying unit 130, and the phone number data is registered in the phone book data. It is judged whether it exists (step S13).

  At this time, if the caller identification unit 130 determines that the acquired telephone number data is registered in the phone book data, the system control unit 170 causes the caller identification unit 130 to make a call based on the phone book data. The name and attribute of the caller are specified, and the data indicating the type of the specified attribute and other predetermined data are output to the display control unit 160 and the system control unit 170 (step S14).

  On the other hand, when the caller specifying unit 130 determines that the acquired telephone number data is not registered in the phone book data, the system control unit 170 sets the caller specifying unit 130 to “no attribute”. And the display control unit 160 and the system control unit 170 output predetermined data of the specified attribute and telephone number (step S15).

  Next, the system control unit 170 controls the display control unit 160 to display predetermined data such as name data, attribute data, or telephone number data input to the display unit 150 and is specified from the data storage unit 120. The text data in the response message corresponding to each operation key K in the attribute is output to the display control unit 160, and the text data is displayed on the display unit 150 (step S16).

  Next, the system control unit 170 causes the vibration control unit 200 to start vibration and waits for the input of the operation key K in order to make the operator recognize the incoming call (step S17). Note that the system control unit 170 may perform light emission that controls a light emitting unit (not shown) to notify an incoming call.

  Next, the system control unit 170 detects the input of any of the operation keys K while waiting for the input of the operation key K (step S18), and a predetermined time after starting vibration in the vibration control unit 200. It is determined whether or not it has elapsed (step S19), and when a predetermined time has elapsed, this operation is terminated. At this time, the system control unit 170 sends predetermined voice data to another telephone and ends this operation.

  On the other hand, when the system control unit 170 detects that the operator has depressed the operation key K within a predetermined time, the system control unit 170 converts the type data and the specified attribute input based on the detected depression of the operation key K. Based on the message data selected by the operator, voice data in the determined message data is acquired from the data storage unit 120 (step S20).

  Next, the system control unit 170 reproduces the acquired message data, and sends the reproduced audio data to another telephone set via the communication control unit 110 (step S21).

  Next, based on the specified attribute and the input operation key K, the system control unit 170 stores voice data (hereinafter also referred to as “received data”) transmitted from another telephone. (Step S22), if it is determined not to store the voice data, the established communication line is disconnected (step S23), and this operation is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 170 determines to store the voice data transmitted from the other telephone, the system control unit 170 stores the voice data transmitted from the other telephone received by the communication control unit 110 into the ROM / RAM 180. Is started (step S24).

  Next, the system control unit 170 detects whether or not a predetermined condition is detected, such as detection of a silent section at a predetermined time, detection of a predetermined time after the start of storage, or detection of a disconnection signal received via a telephone public network line. In addition to determining (step S25), if a predetermined condition is detected, the storage of the voice data is terminated and the communication line established with another telephone is disconnected (step S26), and this operation is terminated.

  As described above, the mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment specifies the attribute of the caller based on the stored phone book data and the acquired phone number data when an incoming call based on a call from another phone occurs. One message data is determined from the stored message data based on the specified attribute and the operation key K operated by the operator, and determined when a communication line with another telephone is established. Since message data is sent to other telephones, message data suitable for each caller can be sent quickly and accurately.

  Further, when determining the message data by the operation key K, the mobile phone 100 of the present embodiment displays the content of the message data in each operation key K corresponding to the specified attribute as image data. Accordingly, the operator can select a response message, and can accurately determine message data in accordance with the situation at the time of incoming call.

  Further, in the mobile phone 100 of the present embodiment, different message data for each attribute associated with the same operation key K is stored in the same content and different language expression, and one message is stored regardless of the attribute. Since the same message data is associated with the operation key K, it is not necessary to operate with the operation key K and the contents of the message data in mind for each attribute. In addition to being able to prevent the message data, it is possible to send the message data exactly in accordance with the situation at the time of the incoming call.

  In addition, since the mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment can determine whether or not the voice data transmitted from the other telephone can be stored in association with the attribute, the attribute of the caller such as storing the voice data is stored. Based on the above, it is possible to control the storage mode of the voice data including whether or not the voice data can be stored.

  In the present embodiment, the system control unit 170 determines one message data from a plurality of prestored message data based on the type data input by the operation key K in the message data determination / reproduction process. However, one message data is stored for each attribute, and when the attribute is specified without selecting with the operation key K, the stored message data is reproduced and sent to other telephones. You may make it do.

  In the present embodiment, the message data is stored in the data storage unit 120 for each attribute for identifying a caller such as “friend” or “work”. Message data may be stored for each attribute that can be specified by telephone number data notified from the caller, such as “Telephone”.

  Further, in the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the voice data transmitted from the caller's telephone can be stored based on the specified attribute, but the storage mode is determined based on the specified attribute. That is, the storage time may be set to be variable, or the storage rate at the time of storage may be made variable.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of a portable telephone to which the telephone of the present application is applied will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In this embodiment, instead of determining one message data based on the attribute specified in the first embodiment and the operated operation key, the specified attribute, the operated operation key, and the action of the operator are determined. Is characterized in that one message data is determined based on whether or not is executed according to a schedule, and the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals. Therefore, the description is omitted.

  Specifically, the mobile phone according to the present embodiment is configured to register data related to a schedule (hereinafter referred to as “schedule data”) and detect position information. When an incoming call is received, the attributes specified based on the phone number data and phone book data, the operation keys operated by the operator, and whether the operator is acting according to the registered schedule The message data is determined based on the determination result.

  In addition to the attribute data, key data, voice data, and text data, the mobile phone according to the present embodiment operates in accordance with a registered schedule as message data, as in the first embodiment. If it is, or if the operator is not acting according to the registered schedule, data of a selectable flag indicating the selectability (hereinafter referred to as “selectable flag data”) is stored. It has become so. Then, when it is determined whether or not the operator is acting according to the registered schedule, that is, when it is determined whether the action is a scheduled action or an unscheduled action, Selectable message data is selected based on selectable flag data in each message data.

  In the present embodiment, when it is determined whether or not the operator is acting according to the registered schedule, the portable telephone sets the message data having no selectable flag data for the determination result. On the other hand, even if the corresponding operation key K is selected by the operator without being displayed on the display unit, the operation is invalidated.

  First, the outline and configuration of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the mobile phone 300 according to the present embodiment includes a communication control unit 110, a data storage unit 310 that stores message data corresponding to a schedule, a caller identification unit 130, and an operation unit 140. A display unit 150, a display control unit 160, a schedule data registration unit 330 in which schedule data is registered in advance, and a position data acquisition unit 340 that acquires the position data of the mobile phone 300 via the antenna AT. ing.

  In addition, the mobile phone 300 controls each unit when performing predetermined processing, in particular, determines whether the operator is acting according to a registered schedule, determines a response message, and The system control unit 320 performs answering machine response processing such as reproduction of the determined message, and the ROM / RAM 180 used to control each unit and stores predetermined data.

  Further, the portable telephone 300 includes a ringing sound amplifying unit 190, a vibration control unit 200, a microphone M, a voice processing unit 210, a speaker SP, and a loudspeaking control unit 220.

  The communication control unit 110 of the present embodiment constitutes the acquisition unit, the establishment unit, and the transmission unit of the present invention, and the data storage unit 310 includes the first storage unit, the second storage unit, and the third storage unit of the present invention. Configure. The caller identification unit 130 of the present embodiment constitutes the identification unit of the present invention, the operation unit 140 of the present embodiment constitutes the operation unit of the present invention, and the display unit 150 displays the display of the present invention. Configure the means. Further, the schedule data registration unit 330 of the present embodiment constitutes a registration unit of the present invention, the position data acquisition unit 340 constitutes a position data acquisition unit of the present invention, and the system control unit 320 includes a determination unit and It constitutes a judging means.

  Similar to the first embodiment, the data storage unit 310 is provided with a telephone directory data storage area for storing telephone directory data and a message data recording area for storing message data including selectable flag data. .

  Specifically, in this message data storage area, message data for sending a standard response message normally used, such as “I can't answer the phone, please give me a message.” In addition to “standard message data”), message data corresponding to a schedule (hereinafter referred to as “schedule-corresponding message data”) is stored by changing the language expression for each attribute.

  For example, when “movie appreciation” is registered as a schedule in the schedule data registration unit 330 as will be described later, in the message data storage area, “same movie” The message data indicating "I'll call you after watching." For the attribute "Work", a message indicating "I can't make a private call now. I'll call you later." Data is stored in association with any one of the operation keys K.

  Further, in this message data storage area, at least for each message data, selectable flag data indicating that selection is possible at the scheduled action or selectable flag data indicating that selection is possible at the non-scheduled action Either one of the data is stored.

  Note that the schedule-corresponding message data is registered when the operator speaks and operates, or is acquired from a server device having a plurality of message data (not shown), and when registering each message data, or When the message data is corrected, selectable flag data is set.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, by including selectable flag data in each message data, when the schedule data registration is forgotten to be changed, the actual operator action matches the schedule. Even if you do not, for specific attributes such as "friend", you can select the message data that fits the actual behavior, and for specific attributes such as "work", the registered schedule The message data regarding can be selected.

  For message data indicating the same content corresponding to each attribute depending on whether it is a scheduled action or an unscheduled action, the operation key K is made the same, and one operation key K is handled depending on whether the action is a scheduled action or an unscheduled action You may make it replace with message data.

  The schedule data registration unit 330 has a clock function for recognizing the current date and time, a data registration holding function for registering and holding data of a place where an operator's schedule and schedule are executed every day or every predetermined time, When receiving an incoming call, the system control unit 320 recognizes the current time under the control of the system control unit 320 and stores data indicating the place where the operator's schedule at the current time is to be executed (hereinafter “location data”). 320 is output.

  In the present embodiment, the location data is composed of latitude and longitude data. For example, the latitude and longitude data at the location registered via the communication control unit 110 when registering the schedule data is used. It is acquired from another communication device such as a server device (not shown) and registered as location data.

  The position data acquisition unit 340 is configured by, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. Under the system control unit 320, navigation radio waves from a plurality of artificial satellites belonging to the GPS are received via the antenna AT. In addition to receiving, the pseudo coordinate value of the current position of the mobile phone 300 is calculated based on the received radio wave and output to the system control unit 320 as position data.

  In the present embodiment, the position data is acquired using a GPS receiver, but the position is determined using a communication wave with a base station via which the mobile phone 100 establishes a communication line with another phone. Data may be acquired.

  In addition to the function of the first embodiment, the system control unit 320 determines whether or not the input location data and location data match when determining message data, and the location data and location data match. If it is determined that the action of the operator at the time of the incoming call is being executed as scheduled, that is, it is a scheduled action, and if the location data and the location data do not match, the operation at the time of the incoming call is determined. It is determined that the person's action is not executed as scheduled, that is, the action is unscheduled. Then, the system control unit 320 screens selectable message data based on the attributes specified as described above and selectable flag data in scheduled or non-scheduled behavior at the time of an incoming call. One message data is determined based on the type data inputted by the operation key K from the message data.

  Next, the answering machine answering process including the message data determination reproduction process, the display control process, and the storage process in the system control unit 320 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 are flowcharts showing an answering machine response process including a message data determination / reproduction process, a display control process, and a storage process in the system control unit 320 of the present embodiment.

  In the following answering machine answering process, data indicating that an answering machine answering is performed at the time of an incoming call shall be set before performing this operation, and a plurality of schedules are registered in advance in the schedule data registration unit 330 as schedule data. It shall be. In addition, for each attribute and each operation key K, a plurality of message data including schedule response message data is stored in the data storage unit 310 in advance. Further, in this operation, it is assumed that the setting is made so that the ringing tone is not louded when an incoming call occurs, and the schedule mode is such that message data is sent in accordance with the schedule.

  First, when an incoming call based on a call from another telephone occurs (step S31), the system control unit 320 causes the communication control unit 110 to communicate with a switch (not shown) to acquire the telephone number data transmitted from the switch. Then, the caller specifying unit 130 is made to output (step S32).

  Next, the system control unit 320 searches the phone book data stored in the data storage unit 310 based on the phone number data acquired by the caller identification unit 130, and the phone number data is registered in the phone book data. It is determined whether or not there is (step S33).

  At this time, if the caller identification unit 130 determines that the acquired telephone number data is registered in the phone book data, the system control unit 320 sends the caller identification unit 130 to the caller identification unit 130 based on the phone book data. The name and attribute of the caller are specified, and data indicating the type of the specified attribute and other predetermined data are output to the display control unit 160 and the system control unit 320 (step S34).

  On the other hand, when the caller identification unit 130 determines that the acquired telephone number data is not registered in the phone book data, the system control unit 320 sets the attribute of the caller to “no attribute” in the caller identification unit 130. And the display control unit 160 and the system control unit 320 output predetermined data of the specified attribute and telephone number (step S35).

  Next, the system control unit 320 controls the display control unit 160 to display predetermined data such as name data, attribute data, or telephone number data input to the display unit 150 (step S36).

  Next, the system control unit 320 acquires the location data of the schedule corresponding to the current time from the schedule data registration unit 330 and the location data of the mobile phone 300 from the location data acquisition unit 340 (step S37).

  Next, the system control unit 320 determines whether or not the acquired place data and position data match, and determines whether or not the action of the operator is a scheduled action acting as scheduled (step). S38).

  At this time, if the system control unit 320 determines that the action is a scheduled action, selectable flag data is stored for the scheduled action from the data storage unit 310, and message data corresponding to each operation key K in the specified attribute. Is output to the display control unit 160, and the text data is displayed on the display unit 150 (step S39).

  On the other hand, when the system control unit 320 determines that the action is an unscheduled action, selectable flag data for the unscheduled action is stored from the data storage unit 310, and a message corresponding to each operation key K in the specified attribute. The text data in the data is output to the display control unit 160, and the text data is displayed on the display unit 150 (step S40).

  Next, the system control unit 320 causes the vibration control unit 200 to start vibration and waits for the input of the operation key K in order to make the operator recognize the incoming call (step S41). Note that the system control unit 320 may control the light emitting unit (not shown) to emit light to notify an incoming call.

  Next, the system control unit 320 detects the input of any of the operation keys K while waiting for the input of the operation key K (step S42), and a predetermined time after starting vibration in the vibration control unit 200. It is determined whether or not it has elapsed (step S43), and when a predetermined time has elapsed, this operation is terminated. At this time, the system control unit 320 sends predetermined voice data to another telephone and ends this operation.

  On the other hand, when the system control unit 320 detects that the operator has depressed the operation key K within a predetermined time, the system control unit 320 converts the type data and the specified attribute input based on the detected depression of the operation key K. Based on the message data selected by the operator, voice data in the determined message data is acquired from the data storage unit 310 (step S44).

  At this time, even if the operation key K for the message data having no selectable flag data is pressed down based on whether or not the system control unit 320 is the scheduled action determined in the process of step S38, the message data Determination and playback are not performed, that is, the operation is invalidated.

  Next, the system control unit 320 reproduces the acquired message data, and sends the reproduced audio data to another telephone via the communication control unit 110 (step S45).

  Next, the system control unit 320 determines whether or not to store voice data transmitted from another telephone, based on the specified attribute and the input operation key K (step S46), and the voice data Is determined not to be stored, the established communication line is disconnected (step S47), and this operation is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 320 determines that the voice data transmitted from the other telephone is stored, the system control unit 320 stores the voice data transmitted from the other telephone received by the communication control unit 110 into the ROM / RAM 180. Is stored (step S48).

  Next, the system control unit 320 determines whether or not a predetermined condition such as detection of a silent period at a predetermined time, detection of a predetermined time elapse from the start of storage, or detection of a disconnection signal received via a telephone public network line is detected. In addition to determining (step S49), if a predetermined condition is detected, the storage of voice data is terminated and the communication line established with another telephone is disconnected (step S50), and this operation is terminated.

  As described above, the portable telephone 300 according to the present embodiment is based on the stored telephone directory data and the acquired telephone number data when an incoming call based on a call from another telephone occurs, as in the first embodiment. In addition to specifying the attribute of the caller, one message data is determined from the stored message data based on the specified attribute and the operation key K operated by the operator, and communication lines with other telephones are determined. When established, the determined message data is sent to other telephones, so that message data suitable for each caller can be sent quickly and accurately.

  In addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the mobile phone 300 according to the present embodiment is stored based on whether or not the registered schedule data matches the operator's action and the specified attribute. Since at least one message data is determined from the message data that are currently stored, the response message can be determined and transmitted in association with the schedule of the operator and the execution of the schedule, and in accordance with the execution status of the schedule of the operator. The response message can be accurately determined and sent out.

  In the present embodiment, the message data is stored in the data storage unit 310 for each attribute that identifies the caller such as “friend” or “work”. Message data may be stored for each attribute that can be specified by telephone number data notified from the caller, such as “Telephone”.

  Further, in the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the voice data transmitted from the caller's telephone can be stored based on the specified attribute, but the storage mode is determined based on the specified attribute. That is, the storage time may be set to be variable, or the storage rate at the time of storage may be made variable.

  In the present embodiment, the position information of the mobile phone 300 is detected, and based on the detected position information, it is determined whether or not the operator's action is being executed as scheduled. Based on schedule data registered in advance, the operator is inquired at the start of the schedule whether or not the operator's action is being executed according to the schedule, and the message data is determined based on the inquiry result. It may be.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure in the mobile telephone of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this application. It is an example of the telephone directory data and message data memorize | stored in the data storage part of 1st Embodiment. 1 is an example of an overview diagram illustrating an overview of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment. It is a flowchart (I) which shows the answering machine response process including the message data determination reproduction | regeneration process in the system control part of 1st Embodiment, a display control process, and a memory | storage process. It is a flowchart (II) which shows the answering machine response process including the message data determination reproduction | regeneration process in the system control part of 1st Embodiment, a display control process, and a memory | storage process. It is a block diagram which shows the structure in the mobile telephone of 2nd Embodiment which concerns on this application. It is a flowchart (I) which shows the answering machine response process including the message data determination reproduction | regeneration process in the system control part of 2nd Embodiment, a display control process, and a memory | storage process. It is a flowchart (II) which shows the answering machine response process including the message data determination reproduction | regeneration process in the system control part of 2nd Embodiment, a display control process, and a memory | storage process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100, 300 ... Portable telephone 110 ... Communication control part 120, 310 ... Data storage part 130 ... Caller specific part 130
140 ... operation unit 150 ... display unit 160 ... display control unit 170, 320 ... system control unit 180 ... ROM / RAM
330 ... Schedule data registration unit 340 ... Position data acquisition unit

Claims (8)

A telephone having an answering machine function that establishes a communication line with the other telephone when an incoming call based on a call from the other telephone occurs, and sends a response message stored in advance to the other telephone;
First storage means in which identification information in the other telephone set for each caller is stored in advance for each attribute of the caller;
Obtaining means for obtaining identification information in the telephone that is transmitted when the incoming call occurs;
A specifying means for specifying an attribute of a sender based on the stored identification information and the acquired identification information;
Second storage means for storing a plurality of response message data different for each attribute;
Determining means for determining at least one response message from among the stored response messages based on the identified attribute;
Establishing means for responding to the incoming call and establishing a communication line with another telephone;
Sending means for sending the determined response message to the other telephone when a communication line with the other telephone is established;
A telephone set comprising: The telephone set according to claim 1, wherein
It further comprises an operation means having a plurality of operation keys used for the operator to perform a predetermined operation,
The storage means stores a plurality of different response messages associated with each operation key for each attribute,
The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the determining means determines at least one response message from the stored response messages based on the specified attribute and an operation key operated by the operator. Place it on the phone according to claim 2,
It further comprises display means for displaying predetermined image data,
When the response message is determined by the operation means, the display means displays the contents of the response message that can be selected by each operation key corresponding to the specified attribute as image data. Phone. The telephone set according to claim 2 or 3,
The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the storage means stores the response messages different for each attribute associated with the same operation key in the same content and in different language expressions. The telephone set according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Third storage means for storing voice data transmitted from the other telephone when a communication line is established with the other telephone;
Based on the specified attribute, at least one of a storage mode when the audio data is stored in the third storage unit and whether or not the audio data can be stored in the third storage unit is determined. A judgment means to
The telephone further comprising: The telephone set according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Registration means for pre-registering schedule data indicating the schedule of the operator;
A determination means for determining whether or not the registered schedule data at the time of the incoming call and the action of the operator match when the incoming call occurs;
Further comprising
The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the determination means determines at least one response message from the stored response messages based on the determination result determined by the determination means and the specified attribute. The telephone set according to claim 6,
When the schedule data includes place data indicating a position in the place,
Position data acquisition means for acquiring position data indicating the position of the telephone when an incoming call based on a call from the other telephone occurs; and
The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the determination means determines whether the schedule data and the action of the operator match based on the location data and the acquired position data. The telephone set according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A telephone comprising a communication means for communicating with another telephone by wireless communication, and configured to be portable by an operator.

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