JP2007251440A - Communication terminal, communication restriction method, and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal, a communication restriction method, and a program thereof capable of restricting communication from the communication terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A communication operation permission section 22 collates received communication identification information with communication identification information stored in a telephone directory storage section 31, and discriminates whether or not the transmission of the communication identification information is permitted when the communication identification information coincident with the received communication identification information is registered as a result of the collation. When the transmission is permitted, the transmission operation of a communication operation control section 21 is permitted and the communication identification information is transmitted to a communication destination. When no communication identification information coincident with the received communication identification information is registered as a result of the collation, the transmission operation of the communication operation control section 21 is disapproved, and it is displayed on an output section 6 that transmission is disabled. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal, a communication restriction method, and a program thereof.

  With the recent spread and technical improvement of communication terminals, not only adults but also children have owned communication terminals represented by mobile phones. While this situation has the convenient aspect of being able to contact the guardian wherever the child is, the following problems also arise.

  First, if unlimited transmission is permitted, in the case of a child, there is a risk of making a transmission without considering the communication fee, and a large communication fee may be charged later.

  There is also a problem of making phone calls with interest and getting involved in unnecessary trouble. In addition, some children receive calls but do not need to send calls unnecessarily.

  Therefore, the present invention has been invented in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a communication terminal, a communication restriction method, and a program thereof that can restrict communication from the communication terminal.

  The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is communication identification information comprising at least one of a telephone number or an email address of a communication partner, and at least one of outgoing, incoming call, transmission of email, and reception of email based on this communication identification information Storage means associated with communication restriction information relating to one communication form, and communication identification information related to this communication in communication in a communication form in which communication restriction information is stored in the storage means; A communication unit according to communication restriction information corresponding to the collated communication identification information when the collation unit matches the communication identification information stored in the storage unit; The communication terminal includes a communication restriction unit that performs control and does not permit communication if they do not match.

  The present invention for solving the above-described problems is directed to communication identification information consisting of at least one of a telephone number or an e-mail address, and at least one communication among transmission, incoming call, e-mail transmission, and e-mail reception to the communication identification information. The communication restriction information related to the form is stored in the storage means in advance, and the communication identification information related to this communication is stored in the communication form in which the communication restriction information is stored in the storage means. The communication identification information is collated, and if the result of the collation is coincident, communication is controlled according to the communication restriction information corresponding to the communication identification information stored in the storage means, and if not coincident, the communication is not permitted. A communication restriction method characterized by the above.

  The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a program for a communication terminal, wherein the program sends / receives communication identification information consisting of at least one of a telephone number and an e-mail address stored in the storage means of the communication terminal. Collation processing for collating communication identification information related to this communication with communication identification information stored in the storage means at the time of communication in at least one communication mode among e-mail transmission and e-mail reception If the result of the collation processing is a match, the communication is controlled according to the communication restriction information corresponding to the communication identification information stored in the storage means. A communication terminal program characterized by being executed.

  According to the present invention, communication charges that are unpredictable and unnecessary troubles caused by telephone and data communication are not involved. The reason is that communication such as transmission or reception is permitted only for communication identification information registered in advance, and communication such as transmission or reception is not permitted to other parties.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication terminal of the present invention includes a communication unit 1, a terminal control unit 2, a data storage unit 3, an input unit 4, a communication restriction key 5, and an output unit 6.

  The communication unit 1 is a communication unit for communicating with other communication terminals. The term “communication” as used herein includes making and receiving calls and transmission / reception of e-mails, and specific communication means include wireless communication means represented by the PDC method, CDMA method, PHS method, etc. Wired communication means such as ISDN. The effectiveness of this embodiment does not depend on the communication method or the communication network configuration method.

  The data storage unit 3 is a rewritable data storage unit such as a non-volatile memory, and includes a telephone directory storage unit 31 in which communication identification information such as a telephone number and an e-mail address is stored, and alphanumeric characters, symbols, kana characters, etc. A password storage unit 32 for storing a character string in a predetermined format and a communication history unit 33 for recording a communication history.

  In addition to the telephone number and the mail address, the telephone directory storage unit 31 may store information related to the communication partner, such as the name and address of the communication partner. In this embodiment, in addition to the communication identification information, communication restriction information indicating permission / non-permission of communication (transmission / reception and mail transmission / reception) is stored in association with the communication identification information.

  The password storage unit 32 stores password information necessary for registration, update, or deletion of various types of information. This will be described later.

  The communication history unit 33 is configured to store the name of a communication partner who has performed communication in time series, or can be stored as a list in order of frequency of communication. Further, the history may be automatically deleted during a predetermined period (for example, the first day of every month).

  The input unit 4 is an input unit that accepts input from the user, such as a key, a touch panel, and a voice recognition device, and an operation unit that operates in the up / down / left / right direction. Also used.

  The output unit 6 is an output unit that performs output to the user, such as a display unit such as an LCD or an audio output unit such as a speaker. In addition to displaying various setting results and communication operation control result, the output unit 6 Used for purposes such as content display and incoming notification display.

  The terminal control unit 2 includes a CPU, a program storage device, and the like, and includes a communication operation control unit 21, a communication operation permission unit 22, and a data setting unit 23.

  The communication operation control unit 21 is a means for controlling a communication operation, such as a telephone number or an e-mail address input by the input unit 4 or a telephone number or an e-mail address selected from the stored information in the telephone directory storage unit 31 Based on the communication identification information, transmission and mail transmission operations are performed via the communication unit 1.

  In addition, when receiving an incoming call or when receiving a mail, the communication operation control unit 21 acquires communication identification information of a communication destination by a caller ID notification service or the like, and notifies the communication operation permission unit 22 of the acquired communication identification information. It is configured.

  The communication operation permission unit 22 collates the communication identification information of the communication partner with the communication identification information registered in the data storage unit 3 at the time of outgoing call or mail transmission. This is means for controlling the transmission operation of the communication operation control unit 21 in accordance with the communication restriction information corresponding to.

  In the case of performing transmission or mail transmission operation by selecting from the communication identification information registered in the telephone directory storage unit 31 instead of inputting by the input unit 4, the selected communication identification information and the telephone Since it is the same as the communication identification information stored in the book storage unit 31, it is not necessary to collate them again, but it is a process that only refers to the communication restriction information corresponding to the selected communication identification information. Are also included in the concept of “collation” in [Claims] and [Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention].

  In addition, the communication operation permission unit 22 collates communication identification information such as a telephone number or an e-mail address notified from a transmission destination with communication identification information registered in the data storage unit 3 when an incoming call or mail is received. When the communication identification information of the communication destination determines whether or not the incoming call is permitted based on the communication restriction information and the incoming call permission is registered, the incoming operation or the mail receiving operation of the communication operation control unit 21 is permitted. Means.

  In the following description, a mode in which communication destination restriction by the communication operation permission unit 22 is performed is referred to as a communication restriction mode, and a mode in which communication destination restriction by the communication operation permission unit 22 is not performed is referred to as a normal mode.

  The data setting unit 23 controls the registration of data in the phone book storage unit 31 of the data storage unit 3 and the update and deletion of registered data. When registering / updating / deleting data in the telephone directory storage unit 31, the password entered by the user from the input unit 4 is compared with the password stored in the password storage unit 32 in advance for authentication. You may comprise so that it may perform.

  When the user of the communication device is a child because the registered communication partners can be limited by controlling the registration of data in the telephone directory storage unit 31 and the update and deletion of the registered data. If the communication partner is set by the parent, the child does not contact a stranger.

  Further, if the communication frequency in the period is obtained based on the history of a certain period stored in the communication history unit 33 and the communication partners are displayed in descending order of the communication frequency, it is as if the communication partners are good friends. The communication partners can be displayed in the order of closer friendliness. This is because the communication partner here is a communication partner registered in the telephone directory storage unit 31 and is limited to good friends.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the telephone directory storage unit 31 in which telephone number information and mail addresses are stored in association with outgoing or incoming permission flags. In FIG. 2, for example, the name “Yamataro”, the telephone number “090- ○○○○-△△△△”, the mail address “aaa@bbb.ne.jp” correspond to the transmission permission and the reception permission. The name is “△ Kijiro”, the telephone number “090- △△△△△-○○○○”, the mail address “xxx@bbb.ne.jp”, the outgoing call permission and the incoming call permission. Are stored in association with each other. In FIG. 2, transmission permission and reception permission are represented by “1”, and transmission disapproval and reception disapproval are represented by “0”.

  The password storage unit 32 stores a password for canceling the communication restriction mode. This password registration is performed when a guardian or the like inputs an arbitrary numerical value or character string using the input unit 4 and the data setting unit 23 registers the input numerical value or character string in the password storage unit 32.

  The communication restriction key 5 is a key for switching between the normal mode and the communication restriction mode. When this key is pressed, the mode is switched from the normal mode to the communication restriction mode. On the other hand, when the current mode is the communication restriction mode, the key is pressed to switch the mode from the communication control mode to the normal mode. In this case, password verification is required as described later. .

  Next, the operation in the above configuration will be described.

  First, the mode switching operation will be described.

  FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of mode switching.

  When the communication restriction key 5 is pressed (Step 100), the communication operation permission unit 22 checks whether the current mode is the normal mode or the communication restriction mode (Step 101). When the current mode is the normal mode (Step 101), the mode is changed to the outgoing call restriction mode (Step 102).

  On the other hand, when the current mode is the communication restriction mode (Step 101), the output unit 6 is prompted to input a password (Step 103). When the password is input (Step 104), the communication operation permission unit 22 verifies the password (Step 105). The password verification is a verification of whether the password stored in the password storage unit 32 matches the input password.

  If the passwords match, the communication restriction mode is changed to the normal mode (Step 106). On the other hand, if the passwords do not match, a warning is displayed on the output unit 6 and the communication restriction mode is maintained (Step 107).

  In this way, by providing a restriction for canceling the communication restriction mode, the communication restriction mode, which is inconvenient for children, is not easily canceled.

  In the above example, the password verification is performed when the communication restriction key 5 is pressed and the current mode is the communication restriction mode. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may comprise so that a password may be collated, whenever it switches.

  Next, a transmission operation in the communication restriction mode will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the transmission operation in the communication restriction mode.

  Communication identification information such as the telephone number or mail address of the other party is input by a user operation on the input unit 4 (Step 200). The communication identification information may be input by directly inputting a telephone number, or by selecting telephone number information stored in the telephone directory storage unit 31, reading out the stored content, and presenting it to the output unit 6. good.

  The communication operation permission unit 22 collates the input communication identification information with the communication identification information stored in the telephone directory storage unit 31 (Step 201). As a result of the collation, when communication identification information that matches the input communication identification information is registered (Step 202), it is determined whether or not transmission is permitted for the communication identification information (Step 203). When the call is permitted, the call operation of the communication operation control unit 21 is permitted (Step 204), and the call is sent to the communication partner (Step 205).

  On the other hand, as a result of the collation, when the one that matches the input communication identification information is not registered (Step 202), the transmission operation of the communication operation control unit 21 is disallowed (Step 206), and it cannot be transmitted. The information is displayed on the output unit 6 (Step 207).

  Further, even when communication identification information that matches the input communication identification information is registered in the telephone directory storage unit 31, even when transmission is not permitted, the transmission operation of the transmission operation control unit 21 is not permitted (Step 206). ), The fact that the call cannot be made is displayed on the output unit 6 (Step 207).

  In this way, by configuring to allow only outgoing communication information to be registered in advance and not permit outgoing calls to other parties, billing for communication charges or telephone or data communication is unpredictable. You won't get into trouble.

  In the above-described example, only the communication identification information registered in advance is permitted to be transmitted. However, emergency telephone numbers such as 110 and 119 that are necessary in an emergency may be excluded. .

  In Step 207, the fact that the call cannot be made is displayed on the output unit 6. However, this may be omitted so that the call cannot be made.

  Next, an incoming call operation in the communication restriction mode will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the incoming call operation in the communication restriction mode.

  When the incoming operation is started (Step 300), the communication operation permission unit 22 collates the communication identification information of the call destination with the communication identification information stored in the telephone directory storage unit 31 (Step 301). As a result of the collation, when communication identification information that matches the communication identification information of the transmission destination is registered (Step 302), it is determined whether incoming communication is permitted for the communication identification information (Step 303). When the incoming call is permitted, the incoming operation of the communication operation control unit 21 is permitted (Step 304), and the communication operation control unit 21 performs the incoming operation (Step 305).

  On the other hand, as a result of the collation, if there is no registered one that matches the input communication identification information (Step 302), the incoming operation of the transmission operation control unit 21 is disallowed (Step 306), and the incoming call cannot be made. The information is displayed on the output unit 6 (Step 307).

  Even if communication identification information that matches the communication identification information of the other party is registered in the telephone directory storage unit 31, the incoming operation of the communication operation control unit 21 is not permitted even when the incoming call is not permitted (Step 306). ) The fact that the incoming call cannot be displayed is displayed on the output unit 6 (Step 307).

  In this way, by configuring the communication identification information that is permitted and registered in advance, only incoming communication is permitted, and other parties are not permitted to receive, so we can make calls from here. It is also effective for other parties who do not want to receive incoming calls.

  In Step 307, the fact that the incoming call cannot be displayed is displayed on the output unit 6, but this may be omitted so that the incoming call cannot be made.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example of restricting outgoing and incoming calls has been described. However, the same applies to the case of mail transmission and mail reception.

  As another embodiment, it may be configured to restrict only one of outgoing or incoming calls or transmission or reception of mails. For example, in the case of restricting only outgoing calls, only the communication identification information for permitting outgoing calls is registered in the telephone directory storage unit 31 as shown in FIG. The information is compared with the communication identification information registered in the telephone book storage unit 31, and if the communication identification information that matches the input communication identification information is registered in the telephone book storage unit 31, the call operation control You may comprise so that the transmission operation | movement of the part 21 may be permitted.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of telephone number information and a mail address stored in the telephone directory storage unit 31. FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of mode switching. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the transmission operation in the communication restriction mode. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the incoming call operation in the communication restriction mode. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of information stored in the telephone directory storage unit 31.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication part 2 Terminal control part 3 Data storage part 4 Input part 5 Communication restriction key 6 Output part

Claims (6)

Communication identification information consisting of at least one of a communication partner's telephone number or email address, and communication restriction information related to at least one communication mode among outgoing, incoming call, email transmission, and email reception based on this communication identification information; Storage means associated with and stored,
Collation means for collating communication identification information related to this communication with communication identification information stored in the storage means when communicating in a communication mode in which communication restriction information is stored in the storage means;
A communication restriction unit that performs communication control according to communication restriction information corresponding to the collated communication identification information if they match as a result of the collation by the collation unit, and that does not permit communication if they do not match A communication terminal characterized by.   2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising switching means for switching between a communication restriction mode in which communication is restricted by the communication restriction means and a normal mode in which communication restriction is not performed.   3. The communication terminal according to claim 2, further comprising release restriction means for restricting release of the communication restriction mode when the communication means is switched from the communication restriction mode to the normal mode by the switching means.   4. The communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the release restriction unit is configured to release the communication restriction mode when a password matches. Pre-stores communication identification information consisting of at least one of a telephone number or an e-mail address, and communication restriction information related to at least one communication mode among outgoing, incoming, e-mail transmission, and e-mail reception to the communication identification information. Remember in the means,
When communicating in a communication mode in which communication restriction information is stored in the storage unit, the communication identification information related to this communication is collated with the stored communication identification information,
A communication restriction method characterized by controlling communication according to communication restriction information corresponding to communication identification information stored in the storage means if they match as a result of collation, and not permitting communication if they do not match. A communication terminal program,
The program is
Communication in at least one communication mode among outgoing, incoming, e-mail transmission, and e-mail reception to communication identification information consisting of at least one of a telephone number or an e-mail address stored in the storage means of the communication terminal A collation process for collating the communication identification information related to the communication with the communication identification information stored in the storage unit,
If they match as a result of the collation processing, the communication is controlled according to the communication restriction information corresponding to the communication identification information stored in the storage means, and if they do not match, the communication terminal is caused to execute a communication restriction process that does not permit communication. A communication terminal program characterized by the above.

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