JP2007150516A - Mobile terminal, message information receiving method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal which prohibits a receiving process of electronic mail information in the middle of multiple triggering of BG reception disable applications. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile terminal 10 stores "BG reception enable" or "BG reception disable" in an electronic mail reception state storage 32 according to notification from an application. If "BG reception enable notification" is received from any application while the electronic mail reception state storage 32 holds the "BG reception disable", it is judged whether the information stored in the electronic mail reception state storage 32 is maintained as "BG reception disable" or not according to the triggering state of the application of which BG reception is disabled during triggering. If judged not to maintain, the information stored in the electronic mail reception state storage 32 is made "BG reception enable", and an electronic mail acquisition request is transmitted to a server device 101 for receiving an electronic mail information if the electronic mail reception state storage 32 holds "BG reception enable". <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal device having an e-mail receiving function, a message information receiving method, and a computer program.

  In the conventional technology, in a single task operating system, a thread history of an application program operating on an OS (operating system) memory is stored in order to perform a multitasking operation of simultaneously starting a plurality of application programs. Keep it. Then, it is monitored by a timer or the like in the operating system whether there is an application program that requires the next operation. Next, when there is an application program that requires an operation, the application program is added to the thread history of the application program, and the operating system switches control to the application program. And when switching to operate again the application program that was originally used, it was realized in the form of reading out from the earliest accumulated one in the accumulated thread history and switching the processing one by one (For example, patent document 1).

The above prior art is a technique used in a personal computer. However, in recent years, the above technique is also applied to a mobile phone terminal in which a memory capacity that can be incorporated is limited, and a plurality of application programs are executed in the mobile phone terminal. Can be activated simultaneously.
JP-A-6-44084

  By the way, a general mobile phone terminal has a function of receiving an e-mail called an Internet mail (hereinafter referred to as an e-mail receiving function). FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing a process of automatically receiving e-mail information by a mobile phone terminal having a function of receiving e-mail. As shown in FIG. 8, a server device that receives e-mail information from the Internet or the like is connected to a base station device operated by a mobile phone carrier. When the server device receives the e-mail information from the Internet or the like, the server device notifies the mobile phone terminal that the e-mail information exists. Therefore, the ID and call type of all the mobile phone terminals in which the e-mail information exists in the server device. Is generated. Based on the ID, the server device searches for a base station device that is a standby target of the mobile phone terminal with the ID. Then, the searched base station device transmits the notification information generated by the server device to all the mobile phone terminals that are waiting for the base station device (step Sy1).

  Each mobile phone terminal receives the broadcast information transmitted from the base station apparatus, determines whether or not the received broadcast information includes the ID of its own terminal, and if so, responds to the broadcast Is transmitted to the base station apparatus (step Sy2). When receiving the response to the notification, the base station device stops transmitting the notification information (step Sy3).

  At this time, in the mobile phone terminal, when the application program is not activated, the e-mail reception function is activated and an e-mail acquisition request is transmitted to the base station apparatus. In addition, when the application program is activated, the e-mail reception function is waited for activation until the activated application program is terminated, and when the application program is terminated, the e-mail reception function is activated, A mail acquisition request is transmitted to the base station apparatus (step Sy4).

  The base station apparatus that has received the e-mail acquisition request transmits data session establishment parameters to the mobile phone terminal in order to establish a data session for transmitting e-mail information (step Sy5). When the mobile phone terminal receives and responds to the data session establishment parameter, the data session is established (step Sy6), and the server device transmits e-mail information to the mobile phone terminal via the base station device ( Step Sy7). The mobile phone terminal writes the received e-mail information in the internal storage area, and the user operates the mobile phone terminal as necessary to start an application program for viewing e-mail and refer to the e-mail information. .

  Further, in recent mobile phone terminals, when an application program with a low processing load such as a menu program, an address book program, a standby program, etc. is activated, the processes from step Sy4 to Sy7 are performed in the background. (Hereinafter, these application programs are described as BG (BackGround) receivable applications). The process of receiving e-mail information in the background is to activate the e-mail receiving function by using the task idle state temporarily generated in the operating system (hereinafter referred to as OS: Operating System) that executes the application program. The task of the activated e-mail receiving function and the OS task are realized alternately.

  However, application programs (hereinafter referred to as “BG reception disabled application”) such as a camera shooting program, a Web browsing program, and a data folder activation program with high processing load cannot be operated like a BG reception enabled application. That is, in the case of an application that cannot receive BG, a lot of OS tasks are occupied, so that the task of the e-mail receiving function is hardly executed, and the state where the e-mail receiving function is paused in the course of processing continues. This is because the established data session may be disconnected by the base station device. Therefore, the BG reception disabled application is configured to notify the BG reception disabled state at startup and to notify the BG reception enabled state at the end, so that the e-mail reception function does not start during the processing of the BG reception disabled application. I have to.

  However, since the OS is a single-task operating system as described above, it performs a multitasking operation to simultaneously start a plurality of application programs, so that BG reception-disabled applications are started in a multiplexed manner. In this case, there is a problem that the BG reception is temporarily enabled and the e-mail reception function is activated although the BG reception disabled state must be continued.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, in the state where two BG unreceivable applications, that is, the application A and the application B are started by the OS, the application A is originally started after the application A is started. In step Sz6 and step Sz10, it is necessary to set the BG reception disabled state in order to receive a BG reception ready notification from the suspended application A and the terminated application B in step Sz6 and step Sz10. (Sta3z, Sta5z) has occurred.

  The process of suspending the application A and starting the application B, and the process of terminating the application B and returning the application A are completed in an instant as an internal process of the mobile terminal device. The reception disabled state is switched in a short time. In such a case, even if the notification information is received in the first BG reception disabled state (STA2z), the activation of the email reception function is suspended, and in the next BG reception enabled state (STA3z), the email reception function is However, immediately after that, the BG reception disabled state (STA4z) occurs, so that the processing of the email reception function fails. Then, even if the BG reception is enabled thereafter, the electronic mail reception function is not automatically activated, and the user has to operate to inquire about electronic mail information.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and its purpose is to prevent the reception processing of e-mail information from being performed in the middle of the BG reception disabled application being activated in a multiple manner. A portable terminal device, a message information receiving method, and a computer program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a mobile terminal device having communication means for communicating with a server device for storing message information and receiving the message information, and whether or not the message information can be received. A reception state storage unit for storing information indicating whether the reception is possible, and the reception state storage unit, and when the information indicating that the reception is possible is stored in the reception state storage unit, the communication The acquisition unit that sends an acquisition request by means, receives the message information corresponding to the acquisition request, and outputs a reception failure notice when starting, makes it impossible to receive message information during startup, and terminates One or a plurality of application programs that output a reception permission notification and one or a plurality of application programs that enable reception of message information during startup The application storage unit that stores the message, and the application program stored in the application storage unit is activated, paused, and terminated, and the reception failure notification is received from the application program that disables reception of message information during the activation. In this case, the information stored in the reception state storage unit is information indicating that the reception is impossible, and the information stored in the reception state storage unit can be received when the reception permission notification is received. A program execution unit configured as information indicating that the application execution unit is in a state in which the program execution unit stores information indicating that the reception state storage unit is impossible. When receiving the reception enable notification from, depending on the activation state of the other application program, Information stored in the reception state storage unit is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, or information stored in the reception state storage unit without being maintained can be received. It is a portable terminal device characterized by using the information shown.

  According to the present invention, in the above-described invention, the program execution unit is a new program execution unit in a state where information indicating that the reception is impossible is stored in the reception state storage unit. When starting up an application program, when the reception notification is received from a running application program that pauses in response to the startup, the new application program cannot receive message information during the startup. In the case of the application program, the information stored in the reception state storage unit is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, and the received notification that reception is possible is discarded.

  According to the present invention, in the above-described invention, the program execution unit is activated in a state where information indicating that the reception is impossible is stored in the reception state storage unit When the application program is terminated, when the reception permission notification is received from the application program, there is a suspended application program, and the suspended application program receives message information during the activation. The information stored in the reception status storage unit is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, and the received notification that reception is possible is discarded. To do.

  The present invention is the above-described invention, wherein when the program execution unit starts a new application program, there is a running application program that pauses in response to the startup When the application program being started has a relationship of ending with the end of the new application program, a chain end flag is recorded in association with the application program being started, and the reception state storage unit When the program execution unit terminates the active application program in a state where information indicating that the reception is not possible is received from the active application program A suspended application program When the chain end flag is stored in association with the suspended application program, the information stored in the reception state storage unit is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible. And the reception status storage unit is information indicating that it is possible.

  According to the present invention, in the invention described above, when the acquisition unit receives notification information indicating the presence of message information addressed to itself by the communication unit, the information stored in the reception state storage unit is stored in the reception state storage unit. If the information indicates that the reception is possible, the acquisition request is transmitted and the message information is received.

  The present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with a server device that stores message information and receives the message information, and a reception state storage unit that stores information indicating whether the message information can be received or not. , Referring to the reception state storage unit, when information indicating that the reception is possible is stored in the reception state storage unit, an acquisition request is transmitted by the communication means, and the acquisition request is handled A message information reception method in a portable terminal device comprising an acquisition unit for receiving message information, wherein a reception failure notification is output when activated, message information cannot be received during activation, and the message is terminated One or more application programs that output a reception enable notification and one or more application programs that enable reception of message information during startup And receiving information indicating that the information stored in the reception status storage unit is received when receiving a reception disable notification from an application program that disables reception of message information during the startup. The information indicating that it is impossible, and when receiving the reception enable notification from the application program that makes it impossible to receive message information during startup, information stored in the reception state storage unit In a state where information indicating that reception is possible and information indicating that the reception status storage unit is impossible are stored, the reception notification is received from any application program Information stored in the reception status storage unit according to the activation status of other application programs Maintaining the information indicating that the reception is impossible, or setting the information stored in the reception state storage unit without being maintained as the information indicating that the reception is possible. Is a message information receiving method characterized by the above.

  The present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with a server device that stores message information and receives the message information, and a reception state storage unit that stores information indicating whether the message information can be received or not. , Referring to the reception state storage unit, when information indicating that the reception is possible is stored in the reception state storage unit, an acquisition request is transmitted by the communication means, and the acquisition request is handled Output to the control computer provided in the portable terminal device including the acquisition unit that receives the message information, a reception failure notification when starting, and receive when the message information cannot be received during startup and is terminated One or a plurality of application programs that output a notification of permission and one or a plurality of application programs that enable reception of message information during startup The step of storing in the application storage unit, and the reception of the information stored in the reception state storage unit when the reception disable notification is received from the application program that disables reception of the message information during the startup is not possible And when receiving the reception enable notification from the application program that makes it impossible to receive message information during startup, the reception of the information stored in the reception state storage unit When receiving the reception enable notification from one of the application programs in a state of storing information indicating that the reception state storage unit is impossible and the step of setting information indicating that it is possible, The information stored in the reception state storage unit is received according to the activation state of another application program. Maintaining the information indicating that the reception is impossible, or performing the step of setting the information stored in the reception state storage unit without being maintained as the information indicating that the reception is possible, It is a computer program.

  According to the present invention, the mobile terminal device cannot receive the information stored in the reception state storage unit when receiving the reception disable notification from the application program that disables the reception of the message information during startup. If the reception enable notification is received, the information stored in the reception state storage unit is information indicating that reception is possible, and the information indicating that the reception state storage unit is impossible is stored. When receiving a reception enable notification from one of the application programs in a running state, it is impossible to receive the information stored in the reception state storage unit according to the activation state of the other application program The information is maintained as the information to be displayed, or the information stored in the reception state storage unit without being maintained is the information indicating that reception is possible. As a result, when multiple applications that cannot receive message information are activated during activation, it is possible to prevent reception processing for receiving message information from the server device from being performed in the middle. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a mobile terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment, a base station device 100 that communicates with the mobile terminal device 10 by radio signals, and a server device 101 that is connected to the base station device 100 and stores message information. It is a schematic block diagram which shows a relationship.
In the description of the following embodiment, e-mail information is described as an example of message information.

  The base station device 100 is operated by a mobile phone communication provider and performs communication with the mobile terminal device 10 by radio signals. For example, the server device 101 is connected to the Internet or the like, and when receiving e-mail information from the Internet or the like, the server device 101 generates notification information for notifying the mobile terminal device 10 of the presence of the e-mail information, and sets the communication network. The broadcast information is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 10 through the base station device 100 connected via the mobile terminal device 10. When the server apparatus 101 receives an e-mail acquisition request from the mobile terminal apparatus 10, the server apparatus 101 transmits e-mail information destined for the mobile phone terminal 10 to the mobile phone terminal 10 through the base station apparatus 100.

  The mobile terminal device 10 is a device such as a mobile phone terminal, for example. In the mobile terminal device 10, the wireless communication unit 12 performs telephone communication, data communication, and the like using a wireless signal with the base station device 100 via the antenna 11. The voice input / output unit 15 includes a microphone, a speaker, and a voice processing circuit, and rings a ring tone when an incoming call is received in accordance with an incoming call notification received from the wireless communication unit 12 via the control unit 20. The voice input / output unit 15 decodes and outputs a voice signal received by the wireless communication unit 12 from another portable terminal device during a telephone call, collects the user's voice, and converts the voice signal into a voice signal. Then, the data is encoded and transmitted to another portable terminal device via the wireless communication unit 12.

  The control unit 20 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and controls the operation of each functional unit of the mobile terminal device 10. In the control unit 20, the program execution unit 21 is a functional unit configured by an operating system (OS) that starts, pauses, and terminates a computer program of an application (hereinafter referred to as an application program or an application). It is possible to perform pseudo multitask processing on a single task in which an application program in the middle is temporarily stopped and another application program is started.

  The e-mail acquisition unit 22 has an e-mail receiving function for requesting the server apparatus 101 by the wireless communication unit 12 and receiving an e-mail. The e-mail acquisition unit 22 receives various information from the communication network such as notification information indicating the presence of e-mail information from the server apparatus 101 through the base station apparatus 100. The e-mail acquisition unit 22 is activated when information on “BG reception is possible” is stored in the e-mail reception state storage unit 32 to be described later, and the task of the program execution unit 21 is empty. An e-mail acquisition request is transmitted to the apparatus 101, a data session is established with the server apparatus 101, e-mail information transmitted from the server apparatus 101 is received through the established data session, and the received e-mail information is stored as e-mail information Stored in the unit 33.

  The display unit 13 includes, for example, a liquid crystal and a display control circuit, and displays image data and the like input from the control unit 20 on the liquid crystal. The operation unit 14 includes, for example, a keyboard and the like, detects a user's key operation, and inputs information on the detected key to the control unit 20.

  The application storage unit 30 is a storage area that stores a computer program of an application started up by the program execution unit 21, and has a data configuration as shown in FIG. In the data structure, one record is composed of items of “program identification information”, “mail reception availability”, “chain end information”, and “program data”. The “program identification information” stores program identification information for identifying the application program of the record. In FIG. 2, name information of the application program is shown as the program identification information, but an ID (Identification) or the like assigned in advance for each application program may be stored.

  In “Email Receivability”, information indicating whether or not to allow acquisition of e-mail information by starting an e-mail acquisition unit 22 described later in the background (hereinafter referred to as BG) is stored. The “Yes” is stored in the case of a BG receivable application that is an application program that permits reception by BG, and “impossible” is stored in the case of a BG unreceivable application that is an application program that does not allow reception by BG. The

  The “chain end information” stores the name of the application program that is subjected to the chain end process for the application program stored in the record. Here, the chain end process means that the program execution unit 21 temporarily stops the application program and starts another application program in a state where the program execution unit 21 starts the application program stored in the record. To do. After that, when the program execution unit 21 terminates another application program, the program execution unit 21 terminates the application program together with the termination. In the example of FIG. 2, the app A ends in a chain when the app B ends, and the app B ends in a chain when the app E or the app F ends. “Application data” stores data of the computer program of the application program.

  Here, examples of BG reception enabled applications and BG reception disabled applications are shown. The BG receivable application includes a menu application that displays a list of application programs that can be activated on the display unit 13, an address book application that displays information such as a telephone number, an address, and a name stored in the display unit 13, There is a standby application that displays image information on the display unit 13 during standby.

  The BG reception disabled application includes a camera application that controls a camera built in the mobile terminal device 10, a Web that connects to the Internet through the wireless communication unit 12, and displays Web page information received from the Internet on the display unit 13. A browsing application, a data folder application that manages storing or deleting image data and video data in an internal storage area, and connecting to the Internet and GPS (Global Positioning System) through the wireless communication unit 12, and receiving from the Internet There is a navigation application that displays the map information and the position information of the mobile terminal device 10 received from GPS in association with each other.

  An example of an application for chain end processing is, for example, a combination of a data folder application and a navigation application. In the case of this combination, when the navigation application is started after starting the data folder application and the navigation application is terminated, the data folder application is also terminated at the same time, so that the navigation application becomes an application subject to chain termination with respect to the data folder application. . A combination of a menu application and a camera application is also an application for chain end processing. In the case of this combination, when the camera application is started after starting the menu application and the camera application is ended, the menu application is also ended at the same time. On the other hand, examples of applications that do not perform chain end processing include a combination of a web browsing application and a game application that is operated by a user from a web page displayed by the web browsing application. In the case of this combination, the game application is activated from the web browsing application, and even when the game application is terminated, the game browsing application is restored.

  In the “program data” item, data of the various application programs described above is stored in advance.

  Next, the activation state storage unit 31 stores program identification information of an application program that is activated or temporarily stopped by the program execution unit 21 and a chain end flag indicating the presence or absence of chain end. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, it is a storage area of the LIFO (Last In First Out) method, and the program identification information of the activated application program is superimposed on the program identification information of the suspended application program. Are read out by the program execution unit 21 in the most recently stored order, and the read application program returns from the paused state. The chain end flag is set to “1” when the chain is to be ended, and is set to “0” when the chain is not to be ended. In addition, about the application program suspended, since the program execution part 21 memorize | stores the return information required at the time of a return in an internal storage area, it returns in the state at the time of being paused at the time of return Is possible.

  In the e-mail reception state storage unit 32, the program execution unit 21 receives “BG reception enabled” information indicating that the BG reception is possible or “BG reception disabled” information indicating that the BG reception is not possible. Written.

  Next, the operation of the mobile terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, the two BG unreceivable applications executed by the program execution unit 21 are described as application A and application B.

  4 to 6, “activation state” indicates the storage state of the activation state storage unit 31, and “reception state” indicates the type of information stored in the e-mail reception state storage unit 32. Is shown. In addition, when the mobile terminal device 10 is activated, the activation state storage unit 31 does not become empty because a standby application that displays a standby screen or a background application is always activated. In FIGS. 4 to 6, in order to explain the processing according to the present embodiment, it is shown as an empty state at the time of activation. The e-mail reception state storage unit 31 is premised on storing “BG reception possible” at the time of activation.

  4 and 5 are based on the premise that application B is not subject to chain termination with respect to application A.

  In FIG. 4, first, the user operates the operation unit 14 and inputs “application A activation instruction” from the operation unit 14 to the program execution unit 21 (step Sa1). The program execution unit 21 activates the application A based on the input “app A activation instruction”. Here, in the processing related to the activation of the application A, the program execution unit 21 reads the application data of the application A from the application storage unit 30, loads the read application data into the internal RAM, and sets the program identification information of the application A and This is a series of processing for setting the chain end flag to “0” and writing it into the activation state storage unit 31 (step Sa2). When the application A is activated, it transmits a “BG reception impossibility notification” to the program execution unit 21, and the program execution unit 21 that has received the BG impossibility notification stores the information in the email reception state storage unit 32 as “BG reception impossibility”. (Step Sa3).

  Next, in a state where the application A is activated, the user operates the operation unit 14, and the operation unit 14 inputs “application B activation instruction” to the program execution unit 21 (step Sa4). The program execution unit 21 refers to the activation state storage unit 31 based on the input “application B activation instruction”, detects that the application A is already activated, and temporarily stops the application A for the application A Send a request. At this time, the program execution unit 21 refers to “chain end information” in the record of the application A in the application storage unit 30 and determines whether or not to set a chain end flag. As a premise of the processing in FIG. 4, since application B is not the target of chain end of application A, it is determined that the chain end flag is not set, and the chain end flag corresponding to application A in activation state storage unit 31 is “0”. (Step Sa5). The application A that has received the pause request transmits a “BG reception ready notification” to the program execution unit 21 and is deleted from the RAM by the program execution unit 21 in response to the suspension. At this time, the program execution unit 21 stores the return information necessary for returning the application A in the internal storage area (step Sa6).

  When the program execution unit 21 receives the “BG reception enable notification” from the application A, the program execution unit 21 receives the “BG reception enable notification” associated with the suspension, and therefore stores the “mail reception enable / disable” information of the next application B to be activated. It is read from the unit 30 and it is determined whether or not the app B is a BG reception-impossible application depending on whether it is “permitted” or “impossible” (step Sa7). In FIG. 4, since the application B is an application that cannot receive BG, the information read from the application storage unit 30 is “impossible”, and the program management unit 21 determines that the application B is an application that cannot receive BG. Then, since the program execution unit 21 needs to continue the reception disabled state, the program execution unit 21 discards the “BG reception enabled notification” received from the application A (step Sa8). The program management unit 21 discards the “BG reception enabled notification” received from the application A, then starts the application B (step Sa9), and receives the “BG reception disabled notification” from the started application B (step Sa10). ) “BG reception impossible” is written in the electronic mail reception state storage unit 32, or “BG reception impossible” is already stored in the electronic mail reception state storage unit 32. move on.

  Note that if the application B is a BG receivable application in the process of step Sa7, the “BG receivable notification” is not discarded in step Sa8, and the program execution unit 21 stores the e-mail reception state storage unit 32. Is written “BG reception is possible”.

  When the application that cannot be received by BG is temporarily stopped by the process of FIG. 4 described above, even if the newly started application program is an application that cannot receive BG, the process of the conventional mobile terminal device shown in FIG. ) So that the BG reception enabled state is not generated, and after the application A is activated and the “BG reception impossible notification” is received, the application B is activated and the “BG reception impossible notification” is received. In the meantime, even if the task of the program execution unit 21 becomes empty, the e-mail acquisition unit 22 can be prevented from being activated.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the mobile terminal device 10 continued from FIG. When the user operates the operation unit 14 with the application B activated, the operation unit 14 inputs an “application B termination instruction” to the program execution unit 21 (step Sb1). The program execution unit 21 transmits an “end request” to the application B based on the input “application B end instruction” (step Sb2). Upon receiving the “end request” from the program execution unit 21, the application B transmits a “BG reception ready notification” to the program execution unit 21 as the process is ended (step Sb3). When the program execution unit 21 receives a “BG reception enable notification” from the application B along with the transmission of the termination request for the application B, the program execution unit 21 executes the determination process illustrated in FIG. 7 (step Sb4).

  Here, the determination process of FIG. 7 will be described. The program execution unit 21 that has received the “BG reception enable notification” from the application program located at the higher level that transmitted the termination request refers to the activation state storage unit 31 and determines whether or not multiple application programs are activated ( Step Sd1). If it is determined that multiple activation is not performed, “BG reception enabled notification valid” is output as a return value, and the process ends (step Sd5).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that multiple application programs are activated, the program execution unit 21 next activates the application program that was activated before the application program that transmitted the termination request among the suspended application programs. It is determined whether or not the chain end flag is set in (described as lower application in FIG. 7), that is, whether or not “1” is set in the activation state storage unit 31 corresponding to the application program (step) Sd2). If it is determined that the chain end flag is not set, “BG reception enabled notification valid” is output as a return value, and the process ends (step Sd5).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the chain end flag is set, the program execution unit 21 next determines whether or not the lower-level application is a BG unreceivable application in the application storage unit 30 of the lower-level application. The determination is made with reference to the “mail reception availability” information of the record (step Sd3). If the lower-level application is not a BG reception disabled application, “BG reception enabled notification valid” is output as a return value, and the process ends (step Sd5). On the other hand, if the lower-level application is an application that cannot receive BG, “Discard BG reception notification” is output as a return value, and the process ends (step Sd4).

  In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the application A and the application B are activated multiple times, the chain end flag is not set for the application A that is a lower application, and the application A is an application that cannot receive BG. A return value of “discard reception notification” is obtained. Then, the program execution unit 21 receives the return value and discards the BG reception permission notification notified from the application B (step Sb5). Thereafter, the program execution unit 21 receives an “end notification” transmitted from the app B before the end, deletes the application data of the app B from the RAM, and deletes the information of the app B from the activation state storage unit 31. (Step Sb6). Thereafter, the program execution unit 21 restores the application A. Here, the process related to the return of the application A reads the application data of the application A from the application storage unit 30 again, reads the return information of the application A, loads the read application data of the application A into the RAM, and reads it out. This is a series of processes for starting the process based on the return information (step Sb7). When the application A returns, it transmits a “BG reception impossibility notification” to the program execution unit 21. The program execution unit 21 receives the BG reception impossibility notification from the application A (step Sb8), and writes “impossible” in the email reception state storage unit 32, or already stores “BG” in the email reception state storage unit 32. Since “reception impossible” is stored, the process proceeds to the next process without doing anything.

  Next, the user operates the operation unit 14, and the operation unit 14 inputs “application A termination instruction” to the program execution unit 21 (step Sb9). The program execution unit 21 transmits an “end request” to the application A based on the input “application A end instruction” (step Sb10). Upon receipt of the “end request” from the program execution unit 21, the application A transmits a “BG reception ready notification” to the program execution unit 21 as the process ends (step Sb11). When the program execution unit 21 receives a “BG reception enable notification” from the application A along with the transmission of the termination request for the application A, the program execution unit 21 executes the determination process illustrated in FIG. 7 (step Sb12).

  In the scene of step Sb12, since the application program has not been activated multiple times, the return value of “BG reception enabled notification valid” is obtained from the determination process, and the program execution unit 21 stores the email reception state storage unit 32 in “BG reception status”. It is rewritten to “Yes” (step Sb13). Thereafter, the program execution unit 21 receives an “end notification” from the application A (step Sb14).

  Next, the sequence diagram shown in FIG. 6 shows the processing after the processing corresponding to FIG. 4 is performed on the assumption that the app B is preset as the target of the chain end processing with respect to the app A. It is a sequence diagram.

  Since the application A and the application B are already activated in a process corresponding to FIG. 4, the activation state storage unit 31 stores the program identification information of the application A and the program identification information of the application B. ing. For application A, since application B is the target of chain termination, a pause request is transmitted by program execution unit 21 at step Sa5 in FIG. 4 and a chain termination flag corresponding to application A is used. A certain “1” is written in the activation state storage unit 21.

  When the user operates the operation unit 14 while the application B is activated, the operation unit 14 inputs an “application B termination instruction” to the program execution unit 21 (step Sc1). The program execution unit 21 transmits an “end request” to the application B based on the input “application B end instruction” (step Sc2). Upon receiving the “end request” from the program execution unit 21, the application B transmits a “BG reception ready notification” to the program execution unit 21 as the process ends (step Sc3). When the program execution unit 21 receives the “BG reception enable notification” from the application B in response to the transmission of the termination request for the application B, the program execution unit 21 executes the determination process illustrated in FIG.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 6, the application A and the application B are activated multiple times, and the chain end flag is set for the application A, which is a lower application, and therefore a return value of “BG reception enabled notification valid” is obtained. It will be. Then, the program execution unit 21 rewrites the e-mail reception state storage unit 32 to “BG reception is possible” (step Sc5). Thereafter, the program execution unit 21 receives an “end notification” transmitted from the app B before the end, deletes the application data of the app B from the RAM, and deletes the information of the app B from the activation state storage unit 31. (Step Sc6). Thereafter, the program execution unit 21 forcibly terminates the application A. The forced termination of the application A is performed by deleting the program identification information and the chain end flag information of the application A from the activation state storage unit 31 and deleting the stored return information.

  With the configuration of the above embodiment, in the conventional portable terminal device, as shown in FIG. 9, when multiple BG reception-inhibited applications are activated (Sta3z), the multiple BG reception-incapable applications (application B) ) Can be made a BG reception impossible state, which has occurred at the time of ending (STA5z). Thereby, since it is possible to prevent the e-mail acquisition unit 22 from being activated, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the process of receiving e-mail information from the server apparatus 101 is stopped halfway.

  In the above embodiment, when a suspend reception request is received from the program execution unit 21, an unnecessary BG reception enabled state is not generated by configuring the BG reception disabled application so that the BG reception enabled notification is not notified. You may do it.

  Note that the reception state storage unit described in the present invention corresponds to the email reception state storage unit 32, and the “information indicating that it is impossible” stored in the outgoing / reception state storage unit is “BG reception impossible”. “Information indicating that it is possible” corresponds to “BG reception is possible”. Further, the “reception impossible notification” transmitted from the application program according to the present invention corresponds to the “BG reception disabled notification”, and the “reception ready notification” corresponds to the “BG reception enabled notification”. The acquisition unit described in the present invention corresponds to the e-mail acquisition unit 22.

  In the above-described embodiment, when BG reception is possible, an example is shown in which information indicating that BG reception is possible is stored in the reception state storage unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, if information indicating that BG reception is not possible is not stored, it may be recognized that BG reception is possible.

  The above-described portable terminal device 10 has a computer system inside. And the process which concerns on the program execution part 21 mentioned above is memorize | stored in the computer-readable recording medium in the format of a program, The said process is performed when a computer reads and runs this program. Here, the computer-readable recording medium means a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the internal structure of the portable terminal device which concerns on this embodiment, and the positional relationship of a portable terminal device, a base station apparatus, and a server apparatus. It is the figure which showed the data structure of the application memory | storage part which concerns on the same embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structure of the starting state memory | storage part which concerns on the same embodiment. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram (part 1) illustrating an operation of the mobile terminal device when an application multiple activation is performed according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram (part 2) illustrating the operation of the mobile terminal device when activating multiple applications according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram (No. 3) illustrating the operation of the mobile terminal device at the time of application multiplex activation according to the embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the determination process of the program execution part which concerns on the same embodiment. It is the figure which showed the reception process of the email information by the conventional portable terminal device. It is the sequence diagram which showed the operation | movement of the portable terminal device at the time of the application multiplex starting by the conventional portable terminal device.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Portable terminal device 11 Antenna 12 Wireless communication part 13 Display part 14 Operation part 15 Voice input / output part 20 Control part 21 Program execution part 22 E-mail acquisition part 30 Application memory | storage part 31 Startup state memory | storage part 32 E-mail reception state memory | storage part 33 E-mail information storage unit 100 Base station apparatus 101 Server apparatus

Claims (7)

A mobile terminal device having communication means for communicating with a server device for storing message information and receiving the message information,
A reception state storage unit for storing information indicating whether the message information can be received or not;
When the reception state storage unit refers to the reception state storage unit and information indicating that the reception is possible is stored, the communication unit transmits an acquisition request, and a message corresponding to the acquisition request An acquisition unit for receiving information;
One or more application programs that output a reception disapproval notification when starting, make it impossible to receive message information during start-up, and output a reception enable notification when it ends, and receive message information during start-up An application storage unit for storing one or more application programs to be enabled;
When the application program stored in the application storage unit is activated, paused, and terminated, and the reception failure notification is received from the application program that disables reception of message information during the activation, the reception status storage unit The stored information is information indicating that the reception is impossible, and the information stored in the reception state storage unit is information indicating that the reception is possible when the reception permission notification is received. A program execution unit,
The program execution unit is
In a state where the reception state storage unit stores information indicating that the reception is not possible, when receiving the reception enable notification from any application program, depending on the activation state of the other application program, Information stored in the reception state storage unit is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, or information stored in the reception state storage unit without being maintained can be received. It is set as the information to show. The portable terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. The program execution unit is
When the program execution unit starts a new application program in a state where information indicating that the reception is impossible is stored in the reception state storage unit, the program execution unit pauses in response to the startup. Information received in the reception state storage unit when the new application program is an application program that disables reception of message information during startup when the reception permission notification is received from the startup application program The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal device is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, and the received notification that reception is possible is discarded. The program execution unit is
When the information indicating that the reception is impossible is stored in the reception state storage unit, when the program execution unit terminates the active application program, the reception permission notification from the application program When there is an application program that is suspended, and the suspended application program is an application program that disables reception of message information during the activation, the reception status storage unit The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the stored information is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, and the received notification that reception is possible is discarded. The program execution unit is
When the program execution unit launches a new application program, if there is a running application program that pauses in response to the launch, the running application program is chained to the end of the new application program. In a state where the chain end flag is recorded in association with the activated application program and information indicating that the reception state storage unit is impossible is stored. When the program execution unit terminates the active application program, there is an application program that is suspended when the reception permission notification is received from the active application program, and the application execution unit is suspended. Before application program When the chain end flag is stored in association with each other, the information stored in the reception state storage unit is not maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, and the reception state storage unit is possible. The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mobile terminal device is information indicating. The acquisition unit
If the information stored in the reception status storage unit is information indicating that the reception is possible when the communication means receives notification information indicating the presence of message information addressed to the own device, The mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the acquisition request is transmitted and the message information is received. A communication unit that communicates with a server device that stores message information and receives the message information; a reception state storage unit that stores information indicating whether the message information can be received; or the reception state When information indicating that the reception is possible is stored in the reception state storage unit with reference to the storage unit, an acquisition request is transmitted by the communication means, and message information corresponding to the acquisition request is received. A message information receiving method in a portable terminal device comprising an acquisition unit,
One or more application programs that output a reception disapproval notification when starting, make it impossible to receive message information during start-up, and output a reception enable notification when it ends, and receive message information during start-up Storing one or more application programs to be enabled in an application storage unit;
When receiving a reception failure notification from an application program that makes it impossible to receive message information during the activation, the information stored in the reception state storage unit is set as information indicating that the reception is impossible; ,
When receiving the reception enable notification from the application program that makes it impossible to receive message information during startup, the information stored in the reception state storage unit is set as information indicating that the reception is possible; ,
In a state where the reception state storage unit stores information indicating that the reception is not possible, when receiving the reception enable notification from any application program, depending on the activation state of the other application program, Information stored in the reception state storage unit is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, or information stored in the reception state storage unit without being maintained can be received. A step for indicating information;
A message information receiving method comprising: A communication unit that communicates with a server device that stores message information and receives the message information; a reception state storage unit that stores information indicating whether the message information can be received; or the reception state When information indicating that the reception is possible is stored in the reception state storage unit with reference to the storage unit, an acquisition request is transmitted by the communication means, and message information corresponding to the acquisition request is received. A control computer included in a portable terminal device including an acquisition unit
One or more application programs that output a reception disapproval notification when starting, make it impossible to receive message information during start-up, and output a reception enable notification when it ends, and receive message information during start-up Storing one or more application programs to be enabled in an application storage unit;
A step of setting the information stored in the reception state storage unit as information indicating that the reception is impossible when receiving a reception disable notification from the application program that disables reception of message information during startup; ,
A step of setting the information stored in the reception state storage unit as information indicating that the reception is possible when the reception permission notification is received from an application program that disables reception of message information during the activation; ,
In a state where the reception state storage unit stores information indicating that the reception is not possible, when receiving the reception enable notification from any application program, depending on the activation state of the other application program, Information stored in the reception state storage unit is maintained as information indicating that the reception is impossible, or information stored in the reception state storage unit without being maintained can be received. A step for indicating information;
A computer program for running.

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