JP2007288709A - Portable telephone with function of communication transmitting audio simultaneously - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone equipped with an e-mail function capable of transmitting and receiving voice mails as if the user is talking with a plurality of given calling parties without a subscription to a particular service. <P>SOLUTION: In step S201, a plurality of e-mail addresses are selected from an electronic telephone book in which communication destination information, such as telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc. , is registered. Then, in step S202, an off-hook button is depressed. When the user begins to speak, voices spoken by the user are recorded in a memory as voice data in step S206. Subsequently, when the user depresses an on-hook button in step S207, a voice mail including the voice data recorded in the memory is automatically prepared in step S208. In step S209, the prepared voice mail is transmitted to the selected communication destinations. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone that makes it possible to talk with a plurality of other parties at the same time by utilizing the electronic mail function of the mobile phone.

  In the current mobile phone, it is necessary to access a specific system such as a push talk service or a teleconference system when calling with a plurality of parties.

Further, an electronic mail can be transmitted from a mobile phone to a plurality of other parties, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-261974 (Patent Document 1) discloses an invention related to a mobile phone having a function of transmitting a voice message as an electronic mail. Proposed.
JP 2002-261974 A

  However, when talking to multiple parties using a mobile phone or the like, as described above, it is necessary to subscribe to a specific service such as push talk or a telephone conference system, and if the subscriber does not access the subscribed service , I couldn't talk to multiple people.

  Further, if a mobile phone having a mail function described in Patent Document 1 is used, an electronic mail attached with a voice message (voice data) uttered by a user can be simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of partners. I couldn't send or receive voice mail as if I was talking to someone else.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and can send and receive voice mail as if talking to a plurality of other parties without subscribing to a specific service. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone having an electronic mail function.

  In the first technical means, in a mobile phone having a function of transmitting / receiving e-mail and an electronic telephone directory in which at least the telephone number or e-mail address of a communication partner is recorded, an item of voice mail is provided in a selection menu for outgoing operation, A voice mail creation means for recording voice data input to the microphone on the condition that the voice mail item is selected and converting it to voice data and creating voice mail including the converted voice data is provided. In the case of mail, voice mail playback means for automatically playing back voice data by a user's receiving operation is provided.

  In the second technical means, in the first technical means, when a plurality of destinations are selected as call partners and a call operation (such as pressing an off-hook button) is performed, a voice mail item is selected from the call operation selection menu. It is characterized by being automatically selected.

  A third technical means is characterized in that, in the first or second technical means, when a voice mail item is selected from the selection menu of the outgoing operation and a outgoing operation is performed, a tok that prompts input of a voice message is output. To do.

  According to a fourth technical means, in any one of the first to third technical means, a voice message recorded by an end-of-call operation (such as pressing an on-hook button) after inputting a voice message and a destination of a selected communication partner The voice mail is automatically created and transmitted based on the above.

  A fifth technical means is the technical means according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the voice mail creating means sets a specific character string indicating a voice mail in a mail subject or a mail text, The compatible telephone is characterized in that when the electronic mail is received, it is determined by the specific character string that the received mail is a voice mail.

  The sixth technical means judges that the reception of the normal mail is received when there is no voice data even if the specific character string is set in the subject or body of the received electronic mail in the fifth technical means. It is characterized by processing.

  The seventh technical means is that in the fifth technical means, even if the specific character string is set in the subject or body of the received e-mail, the voice data cannot be reproduced. It is characterized in that it is judged to be received and processed.

  The eighth technical means is characterized in that, in any one of the first to fifth technical means, when it is determined that the received electronic mail is a voice mail, an incoming call notification is output until the user reacts. It is.

  The ninth technical means outputs an incoming call notification when the user performs a response operation (such as pressing an off-hook button) in response to a voice mail incoming notification in any one of the first to fifth technical means. The audio data is automatically reproduced while stopping.

  The tenth technical means is characterized in that, in the eighth technical means, the notification of the incoming call is automatically stopped if the user does not respond to the notification of the incoming voice mail even if a predetermined time elapses. To do.

  In an eleventh technical means according to any one of the first to fifth and eighth to tenth technical means, the voice is input by pressing a specific button during reproduction of the received voice mail or by inputting voice according to the end of reproduction. The mail creating means creates a voice mail as a response mail.

  A twelfth technical means is characterized in that, in the eleventh technical means, when the received voice mail includes a plurality of destinations, a response voice mail is transmitted to the plurality of partners.

  According to the present invention, a voice mail is automatically created as if a normal voice communication was performed as if the user had a conversation with a plurality of other parties without subscribing to a specific service. Can be sent and received.

  In addition, even if the communication partner is a mobile phone that does not have the e-mail function according to the present invention, it can reproduce the audio data attached to the received e-mail as long as it has the audio data reproduction function. Can do.

Example 1
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a main part for explaining an embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a mobile phone according to the present invention. Reference numeral 101 denotes a voice mail having a character string setting unit 101a for setting a predetermined character string indicating a voice mail in the subject or body of the voice mail. A voice mail creation unit 102 that performs processing records a voice uttered by the user as voice data 127a in the memory 127, and 103 a talk (voice guidance) that prompts the user to input (speak) a message. This is a Toki playback unit for playback.

  111 is an electronic telephone directory composed of a non-volatile memory or the like in which communication partner information such as a telephone number or an e-mail address is recorded, 112 is an e-mail creating unit for creating e-mail other than voice mail, and 113 is An e-mail transmission / reception unit that performs transmission / reception processing of the created voice mail and e-mail.

  122 is a wireless unit that inputs data received from a base station on the public network to the control unit 121 and transmits data input from the control unit 121 to the base station on the public network, and 123 is a selection of a transmission operation. A display unit for displaying menus, image data, and the like, 124 and 125 are microphones and speakers, and 126 is a keypad including an on / off hook button and a numeric keypad. Reference numeral 121 denotes a control unit that controls each functional block described above, and performs communication control, screen control, user operation handling, and the like using a control program.

  The voice mail creation unit 101 introduced by the present invention creates voice mail by attaching the voice data 127a recorded in the memory 127 to the email in the process of making a call using the email function. . When the voice mail is first transmitted, the voice mail is also created as a response when the voice mail recipient replies to the voice mail by voice mail.

  Further, as described above, the character string setting unit 101a generates a predetermined character string (for example, “* voice mail”) indicating that it is a voice mail in the subject or body of the voice mail when creating the voice mail. Set.

  As described above, when a predetermined character string is set in the subject or body of the voice mail, when the electronic mail is received, the voice mail determination unit 104 described in the second embodiment is configured so that the received electronic mail is voice data. It is possible to automatically determine whether or not an electronic mail (voice mail) is attached. Therefore, as will be described later, the process according to the type of the received electronic mail can be executed, so that the convenience for the user is improved. Further, even a mobile phone user to which the present invention is not applied can determine that an incoming e-mail is a voice mail only by looking at a subject or a character string described in the text.

  The audio data recording unit 102 performs various processes such as compression encoding on the audio signal input from the microphone 124 and records the processed audio data 127 a in the memory 127.

  As described above, the token reproduction unit 103 introduced by the present invention performs reproduction processing of a token (voice guidance such as “send voice mail, enter message”) that prompts the user to input a message. Do.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining processing from creating a voice mail to transmitting the created voice mail.
When the user selects a communication partner (e-mail address of the transmission destination) from the electronic telephone book (step S101) and presses the menu button (step S102), various outgoing operations (phone call, electronic mail, voice mail, etc.) are performed. A menu capable of selecting a plurality of processes including it is displayed (step S103).

  When the user selects the “voice mail” item from the menu for selecting various outgoing operations (step S104, step S105: YES) and presses the off-hook button (step S107), the talk playback unit 103 sends a message to the user. A talk (e.g., “send a voice mail, please enter a message”) that prompts utterance (input) is reproduced to prompt the user to utter (input) the message (step S108).

  If the user does not select the “voice mail” item from the menu (step S104, step S105: NO), processing corresponding to the selected item (for example, normal call processing) is executed (step S106).

  The voice data recording unit 102 records voice spoken as voice data in the memory 127 until the user depresses the on-hook button (execution of the call-ending operation) after the reproduction of the toy is completed (step S109).

  Thereafter, when the user presses the on-hook button (step S110), the voice mail creating unit 101 automatically creates a voice mail by attaching the voice data recorded in the memory 127 to the electronic mail (step S111). The voice mail is sent (step S112). At the time of creating the voice mail in step S111, the character string setting unit 101a sets a predetermined character string indicating that the voice mail is included in the subject or body of the voice mail.

  In this way, the voice mail is automatically created just by selecting the “voice mail” item from the menu and following the instructions of the talk. Therefore, the user records the voice data in advance, and the voice data is electronically recorded. It is not necessary for the user to execute the complicated process of sending it attached to an e-mail. Therefore, voice mail can be created as if a normal call was made without being particularly conscious of the creation of voice mail, and the convenience for the user is improved.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining another process from creating a voice mail to sending the created voice mail. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, “voice mail” is selected from the menu. The difference is that you can automatically create a voice mail without it.

  When the user selects a communication partner (e-mail address of the transmission destination) from the electronic telephone book (step S201) and presses the off-hook button (execution of outgoing call operation) (step S202), has the user specified a plurality of destinations? It is determined whether or not (step S203).

  If it is determined that a plurality of destinations are designated (step S203: YES), the toy is played as described in the flowchart of FIG. 2, a voice mail is automatically created, and the created voice mail is transmitted. (Step S205 to Step S209). If there are not a plurality of destinations (step S203: NO), normal call processing or the like is executed (step S204).

  As described above, since a voice mail is automatically created simply by selecting a plurality of destinations and performing an operation (depressing an on / off hook button) that is executed when creating an email, the user can obtain voice data in advance. In addition, the user does not have to execute the complicated process of recording the voice data and transmitting the voice data attached to the e-mail. Therefore, voice mail can be created as if a normal call was made without being particularly conscious of the creation of voice mail, and the convenience for the user is improved.

(Example 2)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a main part for explaining another embodiment of the mobile phone according to the present invention. The block diagram shown in FIG. 4 is the same as the block diagram shown in FIG. 1, but the voice mail determination unit 104 that determines whether or not the received electronic mail is a voice electronic mail, and the voice mail that notifies the user that the voice mail has been received. A reception notification unit 105, a voice data playback unit 106 that plays back voice data attached to the received voice mail, and a voice mail response unit 107 that performs predetermined processing when a voice mail recipient replies with voice mail are added. Is.

  The voice mail creating unit 101 introduced by the present invention is configured to display a response voice mail when a user performs a predetermined operation during playback of voice data attached to the received voice mail or after the playback of the voice data ends. Create automatically.

  The voice mail determination unit 104 introduced by the present invention analyzes the character information in the subject or text of the received electronic mail, and in the analyzed character information, there is a character string set by the character string setting unit 101a. In this case, it is determined that the received electronic mail is a voice mail, and when there is no character string, it is determined that the received electronic mail is not a voice mail.

  It should be noted that the voice mail determination unit 104 has received or received voice data not attached to the received email even if the subject or body of the received email has a character string indicating that it is a voice email. If the voice data attached to the e-mail cannot be reproduced, it is determined that the received e-mail is not a voice mail.

  When the voice mail determination unit 104 determines that the received electronic mail is a voice mail, the voice mail reception notification unit 105 introduced by the present invention is predetermined as in the case of a normal voice incoming call. Until the time elapses or until the user performs a response operation, the user is continuously notified that the voice mail has been received.

  In this way, when the received e-mail is a voice mail, the same notification process is executed as in the case of a normal incoming call, so that the user can receive a voice mail in the same way as when an incoming call is received. Therefore, user convenience is improved.

  The voice data playback unit 106 attaches to the received voice mail when the user performs a response operation (pressing the off-hook button) to the notification process (ringing of the ringtone) performed by the voice mail reception notification unit 105. Automatically plays back audio data.

  As described above, since the user can listen to the voice data attached to the voice mail only by performing the response operation, in other words, the same operation as the operation performed when there is an incoming call (pressing the off-hook button), Convenience is improved.

  The voice mail responding unit 107 introduced by the present invention is used to press down a specific button such as a recording button so that the user can reply by voice mail during or after the voice reproduction by the voice data reproducing unit 106. Alternatively, the voice input by the user (spoken) is recorded in the memory 127 in order to create a voice mail of the response when the response voice is spoken.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining processing from receiving a voice mail, creating a response voice mail that responds to the received voice mail, and transmitting the created response voice mail.

  When the email transmission / reception unit 113 receives an email (step S301), the voice mail determination unit 104 determines whether the received email is a voice mail (step S302).

  If the received e-mail is a voice mail (step S302: YES), in step S304, the voice mail reception notifying unit 105 has started ringing as in the case of a normal voice call and has received the voice mail. To the user. When the received e-mail is not a voice mail (step S302: NO), a process executed when a normal e-mail is received is performed (step S303).

  When the user presses the off-hook button (step S305), the voice mail reception notifying unit 105 stops the ringing sound ringing process (step S306), and then the voice data reproducing unit 106 receives the voice attached to the voice mail. Data reproduction processing is started (step S307).

When the user presses the voice recording button after the reproduction of the voice data (step S308: YES), the voice data recording unit 102 starts the recording process of the voice uttered by the user and records it in the memory 127 (step S309). . If the user does not press the voice recording button (step S308: NO), the process ends.
Even if the user does not press the voice recording button, the voice data recording unit 102 starts the recording process of the voice uttered by the user and records it in the memory 127 even when the user does not press the voice recording button.

  Next, when the user presses the on-hook button (step S310), the voice data recording unit 102 stops the recording process, and the voice mail creating unit 101 addresses a plurality of mail addresses set in the received mail. Is created (step S311), and the created voice mail is transmitted (step S312). At that time, of course, the character string setting unit 101a sets a character string indicating that the mail is a voice mail.

The first sender can make a call by receiving the reply voice mail.
Also, when reply voice mails from a plurality of recipients are received, a plurality of response mails are reproduced in sequence by pressing the off-hook button in S305 in response to the incoming call notification in S304 of FIG. It is possible to listen to this, and by further responding to this through the operation after S309, voice communication with a plurality of call partners can be performed, and a conference-type broadcast call is also possible.
In addition, by setting bcc as a plurality of destinations of the e-mail to be transmitted first, a broadcast call in a questionnaire format can be performed.

In this way, after viewing the voice data attached to the received e-mail, you can record a reply voice message to the voice mail and automatically create a reply voice mail by simply pressing the on-hook button. There is no need to perform complicated operations for creating a response voice mail, and the convenience of the user is improved.
In addition, by using e-mail, the contents of the above-mentioned call are recorded all the time even when an immediate response cannot be made, and the flow of the talk can be confirmed later.
It is obvious that the voice mail is not limited to the attached file, and the voice data may be included in the text of the electronic mail together with the character information.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part schematic structure for demonstrating the Example of the mobile telephone by this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process until it produces a voice mail and transmits the produced voice mail. It is a flowchart for demonstrating another process until it produces a voice mail and transmits the created voice mail. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part schematic structure for demonstrating the other Example of the mobile telephone by this invention. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a process from receiving a voice mail, creating a response voice mail that responds to the received voice mail, and transmitting the created response voice mail.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Mobile phone, 101 ... Voice mail preparation part, 101a ... Character string setting part, 102 ... Voice data recording part, 103 ... Talk reproduction part, 104 ... Voice mail determination part, 105 ... Voice mail reception notification part, 106 ... Voice Data reproduction unit 107 ... Voice mail response unit 111 ... Electronic phone book 112 ... E-mail creation unit 113 113 E-mail transmission / reception unit 121 ... Control unit 122 ... Wireless unit 123 ... Display unit 124 ... Microphone 125 ... Speaker, 126 ... Keypad, 127 ... Memory, 127a ... Audio data.

Claims (12)

In a cellular phone having a function for transmitting and receiving electronic mail and an electronic telephone directory in which at least the telephone number and electronic mail address of the communication partner are recorded,
A voice mail item is provided in the outgoing action selection menu,
Voice voice creation means for recording voice data input to the microphone on the condition that the voice mail item is selected and converting it to voice data, and creating voice mail including the converted voice data,
A cellular phone comprising voice mail reproducing means for automatically reproducing voice data by a user's receiving operation when the received mail is voice mail.   The voice mail item is automatically selected from the selection menu of the call operation when a plurality of destinations are selected as call partners and a call operation (such as pressing an off-hook button) is performed. The mobile phone according to claim 1.   3. The cellular phone according to claim 1, wherein when a voice mail item is selected from the selection menu of the outgoing operation and a outgoing operation is performed, a toy prompting input of a voice message is output.   A voice mail is automatically created and transmitted based on a voice message recorded by an end-of-call operation after pressing a voice message (such as pressing an on-hook button) and a destination of a selected communication partner. The mobile phone according to any one of 1 to 3. The voice mail creation means sets a specific character string indicating voice mail in the subject or mail body of the mail,
The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the corresponding telephone determines that the received mail is a voice mail based on the specific character string when the electronic mail is received.   6. The mobile phone according to claim 5, wherein even if the specific character string is set in the subject or text of the received electronic mail, if there is no voice data, it is determined that the mail is received and processed.   6. Even if the specific character string is set in the subject or body of the received electronic mail, if the reproduction of the voice data is impossible, it is determined that the mail is received and processed. Mobile phone.   6. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the received electronic mail is a voice mail, an incoming call notification is output until the user reacts.   2. When the user performs a response operation (such as pressing an off-hook button) in response to a voice mail incoming notification, the output of the incoming notification is stopped and the voice data is automatically reproduced. 5. The mobile phone according to any one of 5;   9. The mobile phone according to claim 8, wherein the notification of the incoming call is automatically stopped when the user does not respond to the notification of the incoming voice mail even if a predetermined time elapses.   6. The voice mail as a response mail is created by the voice mail creation means by response to voice input when a specific button is pressed during playback of received voice mail or when playback ends. Item 11. The mobile phone according to any one of Items 8 to 10.   12. The mobile phone according to claim 11, wherein when the received voice mail includes a plurality of destinations, a response voice mail is transmitted to the plurality of partners.

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