JP2006345393A - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience by making it possible to easily and quickly search for information about a desired communication opposite party registered in a telephone book with a few operations. <P>SOLUTION: A second telephone book memory 20 which stores and manages personal data of a few communication opposite parties, and can be accessed by only pressing a talk key is separately provided besides a first telephone book memory 13 of a master telephone book. Further, storage management such as new registration, change, cancellation, or the like of the personal data of the communication opposite parties can be directly performed in the second telephone book memory 20. Process results of new registration process and change process are automatically reflected to the first telephone book memory 13 from among various processes of the storage management. On the other hand, the process results of registration cancellation process are not reflected to the first telephone book memory 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal for mobile communication such as a mobile phone or PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and more particularly to a mobile terminal having a telephone directory.

  A portable terminal such as a cellular phone is generally provided with a telephone directory. If this type of terminal is used, it is possible to easily and quickly make a call or send a mail with few operations by reading the telephone number or address of the desired communication partner from the phone book when making a call or sending a mail. Become. Also, when receiving a call or receiving a mail, the caller's phone number or the name corresponding to the sender's address of the mail sender can be read from the phone book and displayed so that the caller or mail sender can be accurately grasped. It becomes possible and is very convenient.

  However, since this type of conventional terminal generally stores and manages all communication partner information in a single phone book, if the number of communication partners to be stored and managed increases, until the desired communication partner information is retrieved Need a lot of time. In view of this, various measures have been taken, such as making it possible to search a large number of communication partners stored in the phone book according to the syllable table, and storing and managing them in multiple groups based on the attributes of the communication partners. . However, if this is done, the number of menu hierarchies for searching for information in the phone book increases, so it is necessary to follow many hierarchies before searching for information on a desired communication partner, and as a result, the number of operations increases. There is a problem.

On the other hand, an icon corresponding to the operation screen of the desired hierarchy is displayed on the menu screen of the hierarchy that is initially operated, and by selecting and operating this icon, the operation screen of the desired hierarchy is reached without tracing the other hierarchy. A mobile communication device having a shortcut function has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-199081 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the icon is merely a shortcut menu for accessing an operation screen of a desired hierarchy. For this reason, if this technology is diverted to the search of the phone book, access to the phone book display screen can be easily performed, but when information of many communication partners is registered in the phone book The information search menu in the telephone directory needs to be hierarchized, and eventually a plurality of hierarchies must be traced before searching for information on a desired communication partner.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above circumstances, and its purpose is to make it possible to easily and quickly search for information on a desired communication partner registered in the telephone directory with a small number of operations. The object is to provide a portable terminal with improved convenience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention saves and manages information related to a plurality of communication partners, and performs a first number of operations from a standby state so that it can be searched, A second telephone directory is provided separately from the telephone directory. The second telephone directory stores and manages information related to a part of communication partners among a plurality of communication partners whose information is stored and managed by the first telephone directory, and the first operation count from a standby state. It is configured to be searchable by performing a smaller second number of operations.
Therefore, according to the present invention, for example, if information of frequently used communication partners is registered in the second telephone directory, the number is always small without being affected by the number of registered communication partner information in the first telephone directory. The desired communication partner information can be searched easily and quickly by the number of operations.

  Furthermore, the present invention includes means for performing a new registration process or change process for information on the second telephone directory in accordance with a user operation, and a process for canceling registration of information in the second telephone directory in accordance with a user operation. Means for performing, and first storage management control means. When the first storage management control means performs a new information registration process or a change process on the second telephone directory, the information after the new registration process or the change process is transferred to the first telephone. On the other hand, when the release process is performed, the corresponding information is controlled not to be deleted from the first telephone book.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to directly perform storage management processing such as new information registration processing, change processing, and deregistration processing for the second telephone directory. For this reason, compared with the case where all the storage management processes are performed through the first telephone directory, the operation can be performed easily and quickly with fewer operations, and this also improves convenience.

  In addition, since the results of the new registration process and the change process among the various processes related to the storage management are automatically reflected in the first phone book, the user can put the same information in the first and second phone books. There is no need to perform new registration or change processing, respectively, which can also improve convenience. On the other hand, even if the information registration cancellation processing is performed in the second telephone directory, the result of the cancellation processing is not reflected in the first telephone directory. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the desired communication partner information from being inadvertently deleted completely.

  That is, despite the provision of a second phone book that is different from the first phone book, the information can be easily and quickly stored and managed with few operations such as new registration, change, and deregistration of information. It becomes possible to carry out appropriately without causing loss of information, which can greatly improve convenience.

  In short, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily and quickly search for information of a desired communication partner registered in the telephone directory with a small number of operations, thereby providing a portable terminal with improved convenience. Can do.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a portable terminal according to the present invention. In the figure, a radio signal transmitted from a base station (not shown) is received by an antenna 1 and then input to a receiving circuit (RX) 3 via an antenna duplexer (DUP) 2. The receiving circuit 3 mixes the received radio signal with the local oscillation signal output from the frequency synthesizer (SYN) 4 and converts the frequency into an intermediate frequency signal. Then, the down-converted intermediate frequency signal is orthogonally demodulated and a received baseband signal is output. The frequency of the local oscillation signal generated from the frequency synthesizer 4 is indicated by a control signal SYC output from the control unit 12.

  The received baseband signal is input to the CDMA signal processing unit 6. The CDMA signal processing unit 6 includes a RAKE receiver. In the RAKE receiver, the plurality of paths included in the received baseband signal are each subjected to despreading processing using spreading codes. Then, the signals of the respective paths subjected to the despreading process are synthesized after their phases are adjusted. Thus, received packet data in a predetermined transmission format is obtained. The received packet data is input to a compression / decompression processing unit (hereinafter referred to as compander) 7.

  The compander 7 separates the received packet data output from the CDMA signal processing unit 6 for each medium by the demultiplexing unit. Then, the data for each separated medium is decrypted. For example, if audio data is included in the received packet data, the audio data is decoded by a speech codec. If the received packet data includes video data, the video data is decoded by a video codec.

  The digital audio signal obtained by the decoding process is supplied to a PCM code processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a PCM codec) 8. The PCM codec 8 performs PCM decoding on the digital audio signal output from the compander 7 and outputs an analog audio signal. The analog audio signal is amplified by the amplifier 9 and then output from the speaker 10.

  The digital video signal decoded by the video codec of the compander 7 is input to the control unit 12. The control unit 12 displays the digital video signal output from the compander 7 on the display unit 15 via the video RAM. The display unit 15 is configured by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Devise). The control unit 12 displays not only the received video data but also video data captured by a camera (not shown) on the display unit 15 via the video RAM.

  Further, when the received packet data is an electronic mail, the compander 7 outputs the electronic mail to the control unit 12. The control unit 12 stores the electronic mail in a mail reception memory (not shown). Then, the electronic mail is read from the mail reception memory and displayed on the display unit 15 in accordance with a display operation performed by the user in the input unit 14. The display unit 15 also displays information indicating the operation mode of the mobile terminal, incoming call notification information, information indicating the remaining battery level or charge state of the battery 16, a clock indicating the current time, and the like.

  On the other hand, the speaker's voice signal input to the microphone 11 is amplified to an appropriate level by the amplifier 18 and then subjected to PCM encoding processing by the PCM codec 8 to be input to the compander 7 as a digital audio signal. The A video signal output from a camera (not shown) is digitized by the control unit 12 and input to the compander 7. Note that an e-mail created by the control unit 12 is also input from the control unit 12 to the compander 7.

  The compander 7 detects the energy amount of the input voice from the digital audio signal output from the PCM codec 8, and determines the transmission data rate based on the detection result. Then, the digital audio signal is encoded into a signal having a format corresponding to the transmission data rate, thereby generating audio data. The digital video signal output from the control unit 12 is encoded to generate video data. Then, these audio data and video data are multiplexed by a demultiplexing unit according to a predetermined transmission format to generate transmission packet data, and this transmission packet data is output to the CDMA signal processing unit 6. Note that even when an electronic mail is output from the control unit 12, the electronic mail is converted into packet data.

  The CDMA signal processing unit 6 performs spread spectrum processing on the transmission packet data output from the compander 7 using a spreading code assigned to the transmission channel. Then, the output signal is output to the transmission circuit (TX) 5. The transmission circuit 5 modulates the spread spectrum signal using a digital modulation method such as a QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) method. Then, the transmission signal generated by this modulation is combined with the local oscillation signal generated from the frequency synthesizer 4 and frequency-converted into a radio signal. Then, the radio signal is amplified at a high frequency so that the transmission power level instructed by the control unit 12 is obtained. The amplified radio signal is supplied to the antenna 1 via the antenna duplexer 2 and transmitted from the antenna 1 to the base station.

  The input unit 14 is provided with a dial key and a plurality of function keys. The function keys are a call key ("telephone" mark in the display transition examples shown in FIGS. 10 to 22), an end key, a power key, a volume adjustment key, and an enter key (display transition examples shown in FIGS. 10 to 22). ”Mark) and cursor keys (“ ← ”,“ → ”,“ ↑ ”,“ ↓ ”marks in the display transition examples shown in FIGS. 10 to 22). The power supply circuit 17 generates a predetermined operating power supply voltage Vcc based on the power supply output of the battery 16 and supplies it to each circuit unit. The battery 16 is charged by a charging circuit (not shown).

  By the way, the portable terminal concerning this embodiment is provided with the memory | storage part. The storage unit uses, for example, an EEPROM, a NAND memory, a hard disk or the like as a storage medium. In addition to a memory for storing transmission / reception data such as mail and a transmission / reception history, the first telephone directory memory 13 and the second Telephone directory memory 20 is provided.

  The first phone book memory 13 stores the phone book data of up to several hundred callers. Each phone book data is composed of personal data of a communication partner and a security flag. The personal data of the communication partner is composed of, for example, the name, reading pseudonym, telephone number, mail address, and attribute information of the communication partner. The security flag is used to identify whether or not the communication partner is a security member. The first phone book memory 13 stores phone book data of a large number of call partners, and stores and manages the call partners in a plurality of groups or hierarchies according to their attributes.

  On the other hand, in the second telephone directory memory 20, the telephone directory of a specific telephone call partner having a high frequency of telephone calls or mail transmission among the telephone directory data of the plurality of telephone call parties stored in the first telephone directory memory 13 is stored. Data can be stored. The maximum value of the number of stored cases is set to 5 cases, for example. The telephone directory data of the specific call partner is arbitrarily selected by the user and stored by the user's registration operation. The second phone book memory 13 is configured to be searchable with a smaller number of operations than the number of operations required to search the first phone book memory 13. For example, the search can be performed by operating the call key once in the standby state.

  The control unit 12 includes a microcomputer, for example. As a control function according to the present invention, a telephone directory search control function 12a, a telephone directory transmission / mail transmission control function 12b, and a telephone directory storage management function 12c are provided. All of these functions 12a to 12c are realized by causing the microcomputer to execute a program.

  The telephone directory search control function 12a performs a search process for the first telephone directory memory 13 in response to a user operation, and performs a search process for the second telephone directory memory 20 in response to a different user operation. In the search process of the second telephone directory memory 20, first, an initial screen is displayed according to the operation of the call key, and in this state, the telephone directory data of each communication partner is further displayed according to the operation of the cursor key. .

  The telephone directory transmission / mail transmission control function 12b performs transmission or mail creation processing for the communication partner in accordance with the operation of the determination key in a state where the telephone book data of the communication partner in the second telephone directory memory 20 is displayed. Do. For example, when the enter key is pressed while a telephone number in the telephone book data is selected, the outgoing call processing is performed according to the selected telephone number. In addition, when the enter key is pressed while an e-mail address in the phone book data is selected, an e-mail creation screen with the e-mail address as the destination is displayed, and thereafter text input for e-mail creation is performed. Accept. When a transmission operation is performed, the created email is transmitted.

  The telephone directory storage management function 12 c has a telephone directory data storage management control function for the first telephone directory memory 13 and a telephone directory data storage management control function for the second telephone directory memory 20. The phone book data storage management control function for the first phone book memory 13 performs new registration, change, and deregistration processing of phone book data in the first phone book memory 13 in accordance with key operations in the input unit 14. . Of these processes, the results of the telephone directory data change and registration cancellation process are reflected in the second telephone directory memory 20. On the other hand, the result of the new registration process is not reflected in the second telephone directory memory 20.

  On the other hand, the phone book data storage management control function for the second phone book memory 20 is a new registration, change and deregistration process of the phone book data to the second phone book memory 20 in accordance with a key operation on the input unit 14. I do. Of these processes, for new registration and change, the process result is reflected in the first telephone directory memory 13. On the other hand, with respect to deregistration, the processing result is not reflected in the first telephone directory memory 13.

Next, operations related to the telephone directory will be described based on the above configuration.
(1) Second phonebook memory search
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a search processing procedure and processing contents of the control unit 12 when searching the second telephone directory memory 20, and FIGS. 10, 11 and 16 are displays displayed on the display unit 15 during the search processing. It is a figure which shows the transition of data.

  In the standby state, the control unit 12 monitors the operation of the call key in step 2a. When the user presses the call key in this state, the control unit 12 accesses the second phone book memory 20 in step 2b and reads the phone book data. Then, it is determined in step 2c whether or not the read telephone directory data is secret data. If it is the secret data as a result of this determination, the process proceeds to step 2i to display a warning screen on the display unit 15. At the same time, a warning sound is output from the speaker 10 as a loud sound. FIG. 10d shows an example of the display result of the warning screen. Note that the display of the warning screen ends when 2 seconds have elapsed from the start of display or when the determination button is pressed during that time is detected in step 2j. Then, the screen returns to the standby screen 10a as shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if the read phonebook data is not secret data, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 2d and executes the display processing of the read phonebook data. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, personal data 11b of the first communication partner is displayed on the result display unit 15. When no personal data of the communication partner is registered in the second telephone directory memory 20, “No registration” is displayed as shown in 10b of FIG.

Further, when the user operates the cursor key “→” while the personal data of the communication partner is displayed, the personal data 11c of the second communication partner is displayed as shown in FIG. Thereafter, every time the cursor key “→” is operated, the third, fourth,... Data are sequentially selected and displayed. 11d in FIG. 11 shows a display example of the fifth personal data. When the cursor key “←” is operated, each personal data is selected and displayed in the opposite direction. FIG. 16 shows a display example of the five personal data selected in this way and the transition thereof. In FIG. 16, the personal data of the communication partner is registered from the first to the third data. The fifth case shows an unregistered case.
When the user presses the clear key or selects “return” with the dial key in the state where the personal data of the communication partner is displayed, the display screen is set to the standby screens 10a, 10a, 10b as shown in FIGS. Return to 11a.

(2) Call or mail creation by the second phone book memory
The personal data of the desired communication partner is displayed by the above search operation, and when the user presses the cursor key “↓” or “↑” in this state, the menu item of the communication form is selected. For example, “telephone” is selected when the user wishes to make a telephone call, and “E-mail” or “short mail” is selected when mail is transmitted. When the user presses the enter key after selecting the menu of the desired communication form, the control unit 12 detects the confirmation operation by the enter key in step 2g, and thereafter performs the outgoing / email creation process as follows. Execute. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure and processing contents, and FIG. 12 shows the transition of display data displayed in the above process.

  That is, the control unit 12 first determines the communication mode menu selected by the operation of the cursor key "↓" or "↑" in step 3a. If the selection menu is “telephone” as shown at 12a in FIG. 12, the process goes to step 3b to display the outgoing call screen 12d. Then, in step 3c, call processing is performed according to the selected telephone number. As a specific example, when the call key is pressed once from the standby screen (step 11a in FIG. 11), the telephone book data of “Tokyo Taro” is displayed (step 11b in FIG. 11 or step 12a in FIG. 12), and the call key is further displayed. Or, by pressing the enter key, it is possible to make a call to “Tokyo Taro”, so that the call can be made with only two key operations.

On the other hand, it is assumed that the selection menu selected by the user is “E-mail”. In this case, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 3d, where the e-mail creation screen 12e is displayed on the display unit 15. In step 3e, the user receives an input of characters or the like for creating an e-mail, and creates a transmission mail using the input characters or the like. Note that the mail address of the selected e-mail is inserted as destination information in the transmitted mail. When the user performs a transmission operation after the creation is completed, the control unit 12 proceeds from step 3f to step 3g and transmits the created outgoing mail.
Similarly, if the selection menu selected by the user is “short mail”, the display of the short mail creation screen 12f, the input reception process of characters and the like, and the transmission process are sequentially performed from step 3h to step 3k.

Further, it is assumed that the “ENTER” key is pressed after “Confirm” is selected from the selection menu by the operation of the cursor key “↓” or “↑”. In this case, the control unit 12 executes personal data confirmation display processing as follows. 13 to 15 are diagrams showing transition of display data displayed on the display unit 15 in the confirmation display processing process.
That is, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 31 and displays a screen 13b for confirming items of the personal data 13j as shown in FIG. When the user operates the cursor key “↓” or “↑” in this state, the items of personal data are displayed as 13b to 13e in FIG. 13, 14a to 14d in FIG. 14, and 15a and 15b in FIG. Sequentially selected and displayed by the cursor.

  Further, when the determination key is pressed in a state where an arbitrary item of the personal data is selected by the display cursor, the data of the selected item is displayed as shown in 13f to 13i in FIG. 13 and 14e to 14h in FIG. Each is displayed. When “photo” is selected from the items of personal data, a pre-registered still image or moving image is read and displayed as shown by 15c in FIG. Also, when “Check ringtone” is selected from the items of personal data, whether or not a ringtone is registered is displayed as shown in 15d of FIG. 15. In this state, when the enter key is further pressed, registration is performed. The incoming ring tone is played. 15e of FIG. 15 shows an example of a display screen during ringtone reproduction.

(3) New registration of personal data in the second telephone directory memory
New registration of personal data of the communication partner in the second telephone directory memory 20 is performed as follows. FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure and processing contents, and FIGS. 17 and 18 are diagrams showing transition of display data displayed in the process of new registration processing.

  That is, the control unit 12 monitors the registration operation in step 4b while the unregistered data 17a in the second telephone directory memory 20 is displayed in step 4a. In this state, when the user operates the dial key to select “Register”, the control unit 12 proceeds to Step 4c and displays a registration / change menu screen 17b as shown in FIG. At this time, since the selected storage area in the second telephone directory memory 20 is not registered, “new registration” and “first telephone directory call” out of a plurality of menus are displayed on the registration / change menu screen 17b. Only the menus “Edit” and “Cancel” which are not related to the new registration are displayed in gray. If no phone book data is registered in the first phone book memory 13, “call first phone book” in the above menu is also grayed out.

  While the registration / change menu screen 17b is displayed, the control unit 12 monitors a clear operation and a menu selection operation in steps 4d and 4e, respectively. When a clear operation is performed in this state, the control unit 12 returns to step 4a and returns to the initial display screen 17a of the second telephone directory memory 20.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the user selects the menu “new registration” in order to newly register personal data of the communication partner. Then, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 4f and displays a new registration acceptance screen 17c on the display unit 15. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the clearing operation and the selecting operation are monitored in step 5a and step 5b, respectively. When the clearing operation is performed, the process returns to step 4c in FIG. 4 to display the registration / change menu screen 17b again. On the other hand, when the user performs an item selection operation for personal data, the process proceeds to step 5c, where new registration data input acceptance processing is executed. Therefore, if the user operates the dial key or the like in this state to input alphanumeric data or character data representing personal data of the communication partner, the input data is held in the control unit 12.

  The control unit 12 monitors the registration / end-of-call operation in step 5d while performing the data input acceptance process of the personal data. If the user performs a registration operation in this state, a new registration confirmation message 17e is displayed in step 5e. When the user presses the enter key or when the display period has elapsed 5 seconds, the stored input data is stored in the second telephone directory memory 20 in step 5f. At the same time, the input data is also stored in the first telephone directory memory 13.

  When the input data is registered instead of the already registered data, an overwrite registration confirmation message 17f is displayed. Then, when the user presses the enter key or the display period elapses 5 seconds, the stored input data is overwritten and saved in the second telephone directory memory 20. At the same time, the input data is overwritten and saved in the corresponding area of the first telephone directory memory 13. 17g of FIG. 17 shows an example of the display screen after registration.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the user performs an end-of-call operation while receiving data input of the personal data. In this case, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 5g, and displays a registration / discard inquiry message 18c for inquiring whether to register or discard the input data as shown in FIG. Then, input of a registration instruction and a discard instruction is monitored in step 5h. If a registration instruction is input in this state, the process proceeds to step 5e. After the confirmation message 18d or 18e is displayed in step 5e, the input data is stored in the first and second telephone directory memories 13 and 20. On the other hand, if a discard instruction is input, the new registration process is terminated without saving the input data.

(4) When copying registration data in the first phone book memory to the second phone book memory
As a technique for registering personal data of the communication partner in the second telephone directory memory, a technique for copying the registration data in the first telephone directory memory to the second telephone directory memory can also be used. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure and processing contents, and FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the transition of information displayed in the copying process.

  It is assumed that the user selects “call first phone book” while the registration / change menu screen 19a is displayed. Then, the control unit 12 proceeds from step 6a to step 6b, where the registration data is read from the first telephone directory memory 13 and displayed on the display unit 15. At this time, as shown in 19b of FIG. 19, only the name of the communication partner is displayed in the registration data, for example, in the order of Japanese syllabary. In a state where the registration data is displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary, the control unit 12 monitors a clear operation, a confirmation operation, and a selection operation in steps 6c, 6d, and 6c, respectively. When the user performs a clear operation in this state, the screen returns to the state where the registration / change menu screen 19a is displayed.

  On the other hand, when the user performs a confirmation operation using the dial key, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 6i, and the registration data selected by the display cursor among the registration data being displayed is stored in the second telephone directory memory 20. Save to the selected storage area. 19d in FIG. 19 shows an example of a display screen after copying.

  When the user performs a selection operation, in step 6f, the individual data of the communication partner on which the display cursor is displayed is selected from the registered data being displayed, and all items constituting the selected individual data are displayed. It is read from the first telephone directory memory 13 and displayed on the display unit 15 as shown at 19c in FIG. In this state, the control unit 12 monitors the clear operation and the confirm operation by steps 6g and 6h, respectively. When the user performs a clear operation, the state returns to the state 19b in which the registration data is displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary.

  On the other hand, when the user performs a confirming operation, the control unit 12 proceeds from step 6h to step 6i, where the personal data being displayed is stored in the selected storage area of the second telephone directory memory 20. The copied personal data is displayed on the display unit 15 as shown at 19d in FIG.

(5) When changing the registration data in the second phonebook memory
The personal data of the communication partner registered in the second telephone directory memory 20 can be directly changed by accessing the second telephone directory memory 20. FIGS. 7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the change processing procedure and processing contents, and FIGS. 20 and 21 are diagrams showing transition of display data displayed on the display unit 15 during the change processing.

  When changing the personal data of the communication partner registered in the second telephone directory memory 20, the user presses the call key. Then, the control unit 12 reads the registration data by accessing the second telephone directory memory 20 as shown in FIG. 2, and the read registration data is displayed on the display unit 15 as shown at 20a in FIG. indicate. In step 7b, the change operation is monitored. When the user performs a change operation with the dial key in this state, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 7c and displays the registration / change menu screen 20b on the display unit 15 here. In this state, the control unit 12 monitors the clear operation and the selection operation in steps 7d and 7e, respectively. When the user performs a clear operation, the process returns to step 7a to redisplay the registration data display screen 20a.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the user selects “edit” from the menus on the registration / change menu screen 20b. Then, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 7f, reads out the individual data of the corresponding communication partner from the second telephone directory memory 20, and displays it on the display unit 15 as shown at 20c in FIG. Then, when the user selects an item to be changed among the displayed items of personal data and then presses the enter key, the control unit 12 proceeds from step 8a to step 8b and changes data input acceptance processing Execute. Therefore, in this state, if the user operates the dial key or the like of the input unit 14 to input alphanumeric or character data, the input change data is held in the control unit 12. That is, a change input of personal data is performed by the user.

  While performing this change data input acceptance process, the control unit 12 monitors the registration / end-call operation in step 8c. In this state, when the user performs a registration operation using the dial key, a message 20e for confirming whether or not to permit overwriting is displayed in step 8d. This confirmation message 20e is switched between 20e and 20h by the operation of the cursor key "↓" or "↑". Then, when the user presses the enter key while the message 20e permitting overwriting is displayed, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 8g and displays a registration confirmation guidance message 20f here. Then, when the user presses the enter key or the display period elapses 5 seconds, the stored change input data is overwritten and saved in the second telephone directory memory 20. At the same time, the change input data is overwritten and saved in the corresponding area of the first telephone directory memory 13. 20g of FIG. 20 shows an example of the display screen after the change.

  If the user presses the enter key while the message 20h for rejecting overwriting is displayed, the control unit 12 ends the change process without overwriting the changed data. At this time, the registration data display screen 20a may be displayed again by returning to step 7a.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the user performs an end-of-call operation while accepting the change input of the personal data. In this case, the control unit 12 proceeds to step 8i, and displays a message 21c for inquiring whether the input data is registered and terminated or discarded and terminated as shown in FIG. In step 8j, input of a registration instruction and a discard instruction is monitored. When the user inputs a registration instruction in this state, the process proceeds to step 8d. In step 8d, an update inquiry message 21d is displayed. If the user presses the enter key in this state, a registration confirmation guidance message 21e is displayed. When the user presses the enter key, the change input data is overwritten and saved in the first phone book memory 13 and at the same time, the same change input data is overwritten and saved in the first phone book memory 13. On the other hand, if a discard instruction is input, the registration data changing process is terminated without saving the input data.

(6) Canceling registration in the second phonebook memory
The personal data of the communication partner registered in the second telephone directory memory 20 can be deregistered by accessing the second telephone directory memory 20. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure and contents of the registration cancellation process, and FIG.

  When canceling the registration of personal data in the second telephone directory memory 20, the user first presses the call key. Then, the control unit 12 reads the registration data by accessing the second telephone directory memory 20 as shown in FIG. 2, and the read registration data is displayed on the display unit 15 as shown at 20a in FIG. indicate. When the user performs a change operation using the dial keys in this state, the control unit 12 displays a registration / change menu screen 22a on the display unit 15 in step 9a.

  Next, as shown by 22b in FIG. 22, the user operates the cursor key “↓” to select “release”, and then presses the enter key. Then, the control unit 12 proceeds from step 9b to step 9c, and displays a cancellation inquiry message 22c on the display unit 15. This inquiry message 20c is switched between 20c and 20d by the operation of the cursor key "↓" or "↑". And the control part 12 monitors clear operation and determination operation by step 9d, 9e, respectively. When the user performs a clear operation, the process returns to step 9a to redisplay the registration / change menu screen 22a.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the user presses the enter key while the inquiry message 22c permitting release is displayed. Then, the control unit 12 cancels the registration of the corresponding data from the second telephone directory memory 20 in step 9f. However, in this case, the corresponding personal data in the first telephone directory memory 13 is maintained without being deleted. When the registration of the corresponding data is canceled, the control unit 12 displays a cancellation completion message 22e as shown in FIG. In this state, when the user presses the enter key or the display period elapses 2 seconds, the display of the release completion message 22e is ended, and the registration data ( 22 f is displayed.

  In the first telephone directory memory 13 as well, it is possible to selectively cancel the registration of personal data by the same processing procedure and processing contents as in the case of the second telephone directory memory 20 described above. However, in this case, the registration of the corresponding data in the second telephone directory memory 20 is also canceled in conjunction with the cancellation of the registration in the first telephone directory memory 13.

  For this reason, the problem that the same personal data remains in the second telephone directory memory 20 even though the personal data is deleted from the first telephone directory memory 13 as the master telephone directory is prevented. Further, since the deregistration process in the second telephone directory memory 20 is linked to the deregistration in the first telephone directory memory 13, it is not necessary for the user to perform the deregistration process for the second telephone directory memory 20. The burden on minute operation is reduced.

  As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the first telephone directory memory 13 that is the master telephone directory, the second data that is stored and managed by a small number of communication partners and can be accessed only by pressing the call key. A telephone directory memory 20 is provided. For this reason, for example, if personal data of a frequently used communication partner is registered in the second telephone directory memory 20, the number of operations is always reduced without being affected by the number of registrations in the first telephone directory memory 13. It becomes possible to search for personal data of a desired communication partner simply and quickly. For this reason, user convenience is greatly improved.

  Further, since storage management such as new registration, change and release processing of personal data of the communication partner can be directly performed on the second telephone directory memory 20, all the storage management is performed via the first telephone directory memory 13. Compared with the case where it carries out by this, it can carry out easily and rapidly with few operations, and this also improves the convenience.

  Moreover, since the results of the new registration process and the change process among the various processes related to the storage management are automatically reflected in the first telephone directory memory 13, the user can send the same information to the first and second telephones. There is no need to perform new registration or change processing in the book memories 13 and 20, respectively, which can also improve convenience. On the other hand, even if the personal data registration cancellation processing is performed in the second telephone directory memory 20, the result of the cancellation processing is not reflected in the first telephone directory memory 13. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the personal data of the desired communication partner from being inadvertently completely deleted from the first telephone directory memory 13 which is the master telephone directory.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the user himself / herself arbitrarily registers the personal data of the communication partner in the second telephone directory memory 20 by manual operation is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the frequency of use is counted for each piece of personal data registered in the first telephone directory memory 13, and the most frequently used data is automatically stored in the second telephone directory memory 20. You may make it copy. In this way, the user does not need to perform the personal information registration operation himself, thereby further improving convenience.

  In this case, the second telephone directory memory 20 may be provided with a storage area for manually registering personal data by the user and a storage area for automatically registering personal data according to the frequency of use. In this way, the personal data of the communication partner desired by the user can be stored and managed in the second telephone directory memory 20 regardless of the frequency of use.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the first phone book memory 13 and the second phone book memory 20 are provided independently has been described as an example. However, a common memory storage area is used for the first phone book. You may make it divide | segment for the 2nd telephone directory. Further, the personal data of the communication partner is collectively stored in the common telephone directory memory, and the first telephone directory memory and the second telephone directory memory are associated with the personal data stored in the common telephone directory memory, respectively. May be stored. In this way, it is not necessary to store the same personal data in both the first phone book memory and the second phone book memory, thereby saving the memory capacity.

  When the personal data is configured to be stored in the common phone book memory in this way, when the information in the first phone book memory is displayed, the information is displayed based on the association information, and similarly, the information in the second phone book memory is displayed. When information is displayed, it is displayed based on the association information. In the new registration, in step 5f in FIG. 5, the newly registered information is registered in the common phone book memory, and the association information is registered in the first and second phone book memories. In the change process, in step 8h in FIG. 8, the first and second telephone directory memories are associated with the updated common telephone directory memory.

  Further, the personal data of the communication partner is registered in a lump in the first telephone directory memory, and the association information with the personal data stored in the first telephone directory is stored in the second telephone directory memory. May be. Even if comprised in this way, it becomes unnecessary to store the same personal data in both the 1st telephone directory memory and the 2nd telephone directory memory, and, thereby, memory capacity can be saved.

  When the personal data is configured to be stored in the first phone book memory as described above, the information in the second phone book memory is displayed based on the associated information. Further, at the time of new registration, in step 5f in FIG. 5, the newly registered information is registered in the first telephone directory memory, and the association information is registered in the second telephone directory memory. In the change process, in step 8h of FIG. 8, the information stored in the first phone book memory is updated, and the second phone book memory is associated with the updated first phone book memory. It will be.

  In addition, new registration, change, and release processing procedures and details of information in the second telephone directory memory, the number and configuration of the second telephone directory, the type of storage medium, the configuration of information related to the communication partner, The types and configurations thereof can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  In short, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Further, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.

The block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the portable terminal concerning this invention. The flowchart which shows the search processing procedure and processing content of the 2nd telephone directory memory by the portable terminal shown in FIG. The flowchart which shows the transmission / mail preparation process procedure and process content using the 2nd telephone directory memory by the portable terminal shown in FIG. The flowchart which shows the first half part of the new registration processing procedure of the personal data to the 2nd telephone directory memory, and the processing content by the portable terminal shown in FIG. The flowchart which shows the latter half part of the new registration processing procedure of the personal data to the 2nd telephone directory memory by the portable terminal shown in FIG. 1, and a processing content. The flowchart which shows the copy processing procedure and processing content of the registration data from the 1st telephone directory memory to the 2nd telephone directory memory by the portable terminal shown in FIG. The flowchart which shows the 1st half part of the registration data change processing procedure of the 2nd telephone directory memory, and the processing content by the portable terminal shown in FIG. The flowchart which shows the latter half part of the registration data change processing procedure of the 2nd telephone directory memory by the portable terminal shown in FIG. 1, and a processing content. The flowchart which shows the registration data cancellation | release processing procedure and processing content of the 2nd telephone directory memory by the portable terminal shown in FIG. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the search process process of a 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the search process process of a 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the transmission / mail preparation process process using a 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the registration data confirmation process process of the 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the registration data confirmation process process of the 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the registration data confirmation process process of the 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the search process process of a 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the process of the new registration to a 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the process of the new registration to a 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the process of copying the registration data of the 1st telephone directory memory to the 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the change process process of the data registered into the 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the change process process of the data registered into the 2nd telephone directory memory. The figure which shows the transition of the display data displayed in the process of the registration cancellation | release process of the data registered into the 2nd telephone directory memory.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna, 2 ... Duplexer (DUP), 3 ... Reception circuit (RX), 4 ... Frequency synthesizer (SYN), 5 ... Transmission circuit (TX), 6 ... CDMA signal processing part, 7 ... Compression / decompression processing part (Compander), 8 ... PCM signal processing unit, 9 ... receiving amplifier, 10 ... speaker, 11 ... microphone, 12 ... control unit, 12a ... phone book search control function, 12b ... phone book transmission / mail transmission control function, 12c ... Phonebook storage management function, 13 ... first phonebook memory, 14 ... input unit, 15 ... display unit, 16 ... battery, 17 ... power supply circuit, 18 ... transmission amplifier, 20 ... second phonebook memory.

Claims (2)

A first telephone directory that stores and manages information related to a plurality of communication partners and can be searched by performing a first number of operations from a standby state;
Information related to some of the communication partners whose information is stored and managed by the first telephone directory is stored and managed, and an operation of a second number of times less than the first number of times from the standby state is performed. A second phone book that can be searched by performing
Means for performing a new registration process or a change process of information for the second telephone directory in accordance with a user operation;
Means for canceling registration of information in the second telephone directory in accordance with a user operation;
When the new registration process or change process of the information is performed on the second telephone directory, the information after the new registration process or the change process is reflected in the first telephone directory, and the registration cancellation process is performed. And a first storage management control means for controlling the corresponding information not to be deleted from the first telephone directory when the operation is performed. Means for performing information change processing on the first telephone directory in accordance with a user operation;
Means for canceling registration of information in the first telephone directory in accordance with a user operation;
When the information change process is performed on the first phone book, the information after the change process is reflected in the second phone book, and the information corresponding to the case where the registration cancellation process is performed. And a second storage management control means for controlling to cancel the registration from the second telephone directory.

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