JP2008227816A - Portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal capable of judging importance and emergency degrees, etc., in an incoming content in the use of the content or announcement sound, etc., of an indicator for announcing an incoming call. <P>SOLUTION: The portable terminal 101 includes: a control circuit 4 for judging the importance and emergency degrees, etc., from incoming information received by a communication circuit 1, based on a keyword, etc., as announcement judgement information stored in a keyword storage part 3b; and an incoming announcing circuit 2 for performing announcement in the use of an announcing means and an announcement pattern different from those in normal announcement when information with high priority is received by defining the total numerical value of the importance and emergency degrees as priority levels. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone provided with various notification means when an incoming call is received, and more particularly to a mobile terminal that is notified by a notification means corresponding to the content of an incoming call.

  FIG. 7 is a circuit block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a conventional portable terminal described in Patent Document 1. In FIG. In FIG. 7, a communication circuit 1 as communication means, a display circuit 5 for displaying the status and information of the portable terminal, an incoming call notification circuit 7 for notifying an incoming call state, and a memory circuit 8 for storing a memory dial or the like. Are connected to a control circuit 9 for controlling them.

  When receiving an incoming call, the control circuit 9 acquires the caller's number from the communication circuit 1. Next, the control circuit 9 refers to the memory dial stored in the storage circuit 8 to obtain an incoming call pattern associated with each caller and controls the incoming call notification circuit 7 to respond to the caller number. The incoming call notification operation such as turning on the incoming call indicator with the lighting pattern is performed.

JP 2001-53839 A (0009-0017 stage, FIG. 1)

  However, in the above-described conventional portable terminal, the caller is switched on by illuminating an incoming indicator with a different lighting pattern or producing a different melody sound according to each caller number or mail address registered in advance at the time of incoming call. Although it can be identified, the importance and urgency of the incoming call cannot be identified, and there is a problem that it cannot be recognized until the call or the mail text is confirmed.

Further, when the manner mode is set, since it is set not to perform notification by the normal sound, there is a problem that even a very important notification is delayed. Especially in situations where it is difficult to operate a mobile device such as during a meeting or in a train, even if it is an incoming mail or phone call with high importance or urgency, it is not possible to identify it, so contact quickly. There was a problem that could not.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a mobile phone capable of determining the importance or urgency of incoming calls based on the contents of indicators, notification sounds, etc. for notifying incoming calls. The purpose is to provide a terminal.

A portable terminal according to the present invention includes a communication unit connected to a wireless communication network, an incoming call notification unit for notifying an incoming call by the communication unit, and a notification for determining the priority of the notification at the time of notification by the incoming call notification unit Storage means for storing the determination information and notification control means for controlling the notification mode of the incoming call notification means based on the notification determination information stored in the storage means.

  According to the present invention, the notification control unit determines the priority of the incoming information received by the communication unit based on the notification determination information stored in the storage unit, and notifies the incoming call notification unit according to the priority of the incoming information. By doing so, when high-priority information such as importance or urgency is received, it can be notified by a notification means or notification pattern different from normal notification, and it can be easily confirmed before checking with the mail text or call Recognize the importance and urgency of incoming calls.

  Hereinafter, various embodiments of a mobile phone according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of portable terminal 101 in the present embodiment. The mobile terminal 101 of this embodiment includes a communication circuit 1 as communication means, an incoming notification circuit 2 as incoming notification means, a storage circuit 3 as storage means, a control circuit 4 as notification control means, a display circuit 5, and an input. The circuit 6 is configured.

  The communication circuit 1 performs communication control such as outgoing and incoming calls, and when receiving an incoming mail or voice incoming call, notifies the control circuit 4 that there has been an incoming call.

  The storage circuit 3 includes a user data storage unit 3a that stores contents of incoming mail and telephone calls as incoming information, and a keyword storage unit 3b that stores keywords as notification determination information. The incoming mail information includes, for example, a sender address, a sender name, a title, a mail text, and the like. The incoming call information includes, for example, a caller's telephone number and a caller name.

FIG. 2 is a data table showing an example of keywords stored in the keyword storage unit 3b. The keywords are associated with type, importance, urgency, other attribute information, etc., and the total numerical value of importance and urgency is set as the priority, and the order of priority is stored as the priority. The priority order of keywords having the same total numerical value is determined in advance by the user.

In the example of FIG. 2, the keywords “seismic intensity 5”, “earthquake”, and “Tokyo” are set in priority order 1 to 3, and these are used for matching search with the contents of the mail. . Similarly, No. 4 has a keyword “090xxxxxxxx”, which is used for matching search when an incoming call is received.

The control circuit 4 causes the user data storage unit 3a to store the contents of incoming mail and telephone calls as incoming information. For example, in the case of an incoming mail, the control circuit 4 stores a keyword storage in these words in the sender address, the sender name, the title, the mail text, etc. stored in the user data storage unit 3a, or a combination thereof. A search is performed as to whether there is a matching word with the keyword stored in the unit 3b. In the case of an incoming call, a similar search is performed using the caller's phone number, caller name, etc. as the incoming call information stored in the user data storage unit 3a. The number of keywords to be matched may be one, but if it is two or more, importance and urgency can be determined more accurately.

  When the wording in the mail does not match the keyword stored in the keyword storage unit 3b, the control circuit 4 displays a normal incoming image or information stored in the user data storage unit 3a of the storage circuit 3 as a display circuit. 5 and the incoming call notification circuit 2 is operated as a normal incoming call.

  When the wording in the mail matches the keyword stored in the keyword storage unit 3b, the control circuit 4 notifies the user data storage unit 3a of the storage circuit 3 to notify that the incoming call has a high priority. An incoming image that allows easy recognition of the stored high priority order is displayed on the display circuit 5, and the incoming notification circuit 2 is controlled by an operation different from the normal incoming operation.

The incoming call notification circuit 2 includes an illumination circuit 2a and a voice circuit 2b. The illumination circuit 2a operates so that a user can recognize a difference in a different pattern, a different color, a luminance, etc. between the normal time and the keyword match time. Similarly, the voice circuit 2b operates with different ring tones. These incoming call notification circuits 2 can be operated in a pattern in which the difference can be recognized by the user according to the difference in keyword priority.

The incoming call notification circuit 2 is not limited to these, and can be configured by a display circuit displayed on an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a notification circuit using other melody, a circuit that generates vibrations of a vibrator, etc. Alternatively, it may have a plurality of functions.

  The input circuit 6 sets the notification determination information in the keyword storage unit 3b and the operation content of the incoming call notification circuit 2 by a user operation. The input circuit 6 is operated by an input key of a portable terminal or an input key such as a PC (Personal Computer) connected by an external terminal.

  Next, according to the flowchart of FIG. 3, an operation when the mobile terminal 101 in the present embodiment searches for two keywords will be described. First, when the control circuit 4 of the portable terminal 101 receives a notification of an incoming call from the communication circuit 1, it stores the incoming information of mail or telephone in the user data storage unit 3a (Step 1).

  Subsequently, the control circuit 4 searches the incoming information stored in the user data storage unit 3a for a keyword as notification determination information stored in the keyword storage unit 3b (Step 2), and determines whether there is a matching keyword. (Step 3).

  If all the keywords do not match the incoming information in Step 3, the control circuit 4 determines that the incoming call from the communication circuit 1 has a low priority, and the normal state is determined according to the operation state of the mobile terminal 101 at the time of incoming call. The operation is set in the incoming call notification mode, and the incoming call notification circuit 2 notifies the user through the illumination circuit 2a or the voice circuit 2b (Step 4).

  If there is a keyword that matches the incoming information at Step 3 (this keyword is referred to as keyword 1), it is further determined whether or not there is a matching keyword (Step 5).

  If there is no matching keyword other than keyword 1 in the incoming call information in Step 5, the control circuit 4 corresponds to the keyword 1 from the notification determination information stored in the keyword storage unit 3b for the priority order of incoming calls from the communication circuit 1. The priority is determined (Step 6).

  When there is a keyword that matches the incoming information other than keyword 1 in Step 5 (this keyword is referred to as keyword 2), the priority of the incoming call from the communication circuit 1 is determined from the notification determination information stored in the keyword storage unit 3b. The priority is determined according to the priority of the higher keyword from the priorities of 1 and keyword 2 (Step 7).

  Next, the control circuit 4 specifies in what notification mode the mobile terminal 101 is currently in what operation state (Step 8). For example, the notification mode includes a call mode, manner mode, drive mode, user setting mode, and the like, and the operation state includes a standby state, a call state, and other operation states. In the mobile terminal 101, normally, an incoming call notification operation corresponding to a combination of these notification modes and operation states is set, and the control circuit 4 identifies one state from these states, and the corresponding incoming notification Recognize movement.

  When the current state of the mobile terminal 101 is specified in Step 8, the control circuit 4 performs the operation setting in the incoming call notification mode according to the notification mode / operation state of the mobile terminal 101 based on the priority order of the keyword, etc. The incoming call notification circuit 2 notifies the user through the illumination circuit 2a or the voice circuit 2b (Step 9). In addition, regardless of the priority order, operation settings can be made in accordance with keyword attribute information and notified to the user.

In the conventional portable terminal, the incoming call notification operation is determined only by the mode initially set by the user in the terminal such as the manner mode or the drive mode. In the present invention, as in the operation of Step 8 and Step 9, Furthermore, since the operation status of the terminal can be combined with the priority order based on the keyword search, and different incoming call operations can be set according to the respective combinations, a more optimal incoming call notification operation is possible.

  For example, since it is unclear when an incoming mail will be received such as at night, the notification by voice or melody is set to OFF, assuming the incoming call during nighttime sleep, and the user selects only the screen display or vibrator notification May have. In a conventional terminal, this setting cannot be changed unless the user sets another setting as an initial setting.

  However, in the present invention, since the operation state is detected and judged, even if the initial setting is as described above, if the terminal is in the standby state, there is a possibility that it is sleeping, so notification by voice or melody will be performed as set When it is OFF, in a call state, or in operation, it can be determined that the user is waking up and control that turns on notification by voice or melody can also be performed. Furthermore, a more flexible response can be made by adding a judgment to this operation as to whether or not notification of only e-mails exceeding a certain level of importance is made by sound.

  As a similar example, FIG. 4 shows that in Step 9, when the mobile terminal 101 is set to operate in a notification mode that does not normally perform an incoming call notification such as a manner mode or a drive mode, the control circuit 4 The flowchart in the case of performing operation | movement setting of the incoming call notification mode by a sound based on a priority or attribute information is shown. First, the control circuit 4 determines whether or not the attribute information of the matched keyword includes “sound notification always OFF” (Step 9a).

  First, the control circuit 4 determines whether or not the attribute information of the matched keyword includes “sound notification always OFF” (Step 9a). If “YES” is determined in Step 9a, the control circuit 4 performs operation setting in an incoming notification mode without sound notification (Step 9b), and the incoming notification circuit 2 notifies the user through the illumination circuit 2a.

  When “NO” is determined in Step 9a, the control circuit 4 determines whether or not the attribute information of the matched keyword includes “always notification by sound” (Step 9c). If “NO” in Step 9c, the control circuit 4 further determines whether or not the priority order determined by the keyword is equal to or higher than a predetermined order (Step 9e).

  If “NO” in Step 9e, the control circuit 4 performs operation setting in an incoming call notification mode without sound notification (Step 9b), and the incoming call notification circuit 2 uses the illumination circuit 2a to change the user in different patterns, different colors, brightness, and the like. Inform them so that they can see the difference.

  If “YES” is determined in Step 9c or Step 9e, the control circuit 4 determines that the incoming call has high importance and urgency, sets the operation in the incoming call notification mode with notification by sound (Step 9d), and receives the incoming call notification circuit 2. To notify the user through the audio circuit 2b alone or through the audio circuit 2b and the illumination circuit 2a. In this case, even in a situation where the user cannot see the illumination or the screen display, the user can respond quickly by increasing the recognition of the notification.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a notification state in the illumination and screen display of the mobile terminal 101 in the present embodiment. In FIG. 5, the upper housing 30 is provided with a display circuit 5 realized by a display such as an LCD and a voice circuit 2b for notification of incoming calls that is also used as a receiver during a call. .

The lower housing side 31 is provided with an input key 60. This key operates as an input circuit for the user to customize normal input keys and incoming keywords of the portable terminal 101, and also by a key backlight or the like. It also operates as an illumination circuit 2a. A large amount of information can be expressed by illumination by individually illuminating or changing the color of the input key 60. Further, since the input key 6 is also used as the input circuit 6, it is possible to save space and reduce costs by providing individual illumination.

  For example, when an e-mail containing the keyword “earthquake” in the title and “Seismic intensity 5” in the text is received, a display like the display circuit 5 in FIG. 5 is displayed, and the keyword “seismic intensity 5” is always turned on by sound. Therefore, notification by a predetermined sound is performed from the audio circuit 2b. The display of the illumination circuit 2a is performed by, for example, illuminating the key “1” as one of the input keys 60 or changing the color as a rule that the numeric keypad corresponding to the priority order shines. Can be confirmed.

Moreover, FIG. 6 is a figure which shows another notification state in this Embodiment. In FIG.
The mobile terminal 102 in the present embodiment has basically the same configuration as that in FIG. 5, but the input key 60 corresponding to the input circuit 6 and the illumination circuit 2 a of the mobile terminal 101 is the key display of the mobile terminal 102. The input keys 61 and 2a can be changed in layout. The function of changing the key display and layout is realized by an LCD or the like that operates as a touch panel.

  The input key 61 in FIG. 6 normally displays a standard numeric keypad as in FIG. 5 and operates corresponding to the function. However, when an incoming notification operation is performed and an input for setting the incoming operation is performed, a keyword is used. The key function and display corresponding to the importance, priority, etc. are individually changed. By this changing operation, setting operation such as keyword input is made easier, information display at the time of incoming call is easier to see, and more information can be displayed.

  For example, when an email containing the keyword “earthquake” in the title and “Seismic intensity 5” in the text arrives, the numeric keypad is changed to one that corresponds to the display of the keyword, priority, importance, and urgency. Change the color of the key that indicates the keyword, and display the priority, importance, and priority values. Since the matching key, importance, and priority information are displayed in detail on the input keys 61 and 2a, it is not necessary to display these information on the display circuit 5, and it is possible to display other information. Become.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the control circuit 4 determines the priority of incoming information received by the communication circuit 1 based on the notification determination information stored in the keyword storage unit 3b, and sets the priority of the incoming information. In response, the incoming notification circuit 2 provides notification so that when high-priority information such as importance or urgency is received, it can be notified by a different notification means or notification pattern from the normal notification, and mail It is possible to easily recognize the importance and urgency of the content of incoming calls before confirming with the text or a call.

  Also, even when not using sound notification, such as when the manner mode is set, mail and phone calls that include predetermined incoming information with high importance and urgency, when setting the normal manner mode such as sound notification Not only can notifications be made with a different notification means, but also the surroundings can recognize the importance and urgency level and can respond quickly even in situations where it is difficult to operate mobile devices such as during meetings or in trains. .

  In addition, since the notification function by the illumination circuit 2a is provided in the input keys 60 and 61 so that the input keys 60 and 61 are individually illuminated or the display is changed, a large amount of information can be expressed by illumination, Because it is also used, it is possible to save space and reduce costs by providing individual illumination.

  In the present embodiment, the case where notification by sound by the voice circuit 2b is used as the incoming call notification circuit 2 having a high priority is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a circuit such as a vibrator that generates vibrations or a combination with the audio circuit 2b may be used. Also in this case, the same effect as this embodiment can be obtained.

  In this embodiment, an example in which two keywords are individually determined has been described. However, even when only one keyword or a plurality of three or more keywords are targeted, the same technique is used. Notification behavior can be determined. The keyword match determination may be a determination operation in which a case where a plurality of keywords are all matched is regarded as a match instead of a determination for each keyword.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the setting is performed in two stages, that is, the operation determination step based on the keyword matching determination up to Step 7 and the operation determination step based on the operation mode / operation state is shown. May be performed first. Further, the setting step according to the operation mode / operation state can be omitted.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of embodiment of the portable terminal which concerns on this invention. An example of notification judgment information of an embodiment of a portable terminal concerning the present invention is shown. It is a flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement procedure of embodiment of the portable terminal which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement procedure of embodiment of the portable terminal which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the notification state of embodiment of the portable terminal which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the notification state of embodiment of the portable terminal which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the conventional portable terminal.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication circuit 2 Incoming notification circuit 2a Illumination circuit 2b Voice circuit 3 Storage circuit 3a User data storage part 3b Keyword storage part 4 Control circuit 5 Display circuit 6 Input circuit 30 Upper case 31 Lower case 60, 61 Input keys 101, 102 Mobile device

Claims (14)

A communication means for connecting to a wireless communication network;
An incoming call notification means for notifying an incoming call by the communication means;
Storage means for storing notification determination information for determining the priority of the notification at the time of notification by the incoming notification means;
A portable terminal comprising: a notification control unit that controls a notification mode of the incoming call notification unit based on the notification determination information stored in the storage unit. The incoming call information is mail communication information, and the notification control means determines the priority of the incoming information based on the mail communication information stored in the storage means when the mail communication is received. Mobile device.   3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the mail communication information includes a sender address, a sender name, a title, and a mail text. The incoming call information is voice call information, and the notification control unit determines the priority of the incoming call information based on the voice call information stored in the storage unit when a voice call is received. Mobile device.   The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the voice call information includes a caller's telephone number and a caller name.   6. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the notification determination information includes a predetermined keyword, a priority corresponding to the keyword, and a type of incoming call notification means.   The notification control means detects the operating state of the terminal itself, and controls the notification mode of the incoming call notification means according to the operating state based on the notification determination information. The portable terminal as described in.   The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the notification mode is notification by sound.   The operation state is defined by a combination of a state composed of an incoming standby state and a call state and a notification mode composed of a normal mode, a manner mode, a drive mode, and a user setting mode preset by the user. Item 11. A portable terminal according to Item 7 or Item 8.   The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the incoming call notification means includes at least one of a speaker, a light emitting unit, a display unit, and a vibrator.   The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein an input unit including a light emitting unit or a display unit is provided as an incoming call notification unit.   The portable terminal according to claim 11, wherein the input unit is a key input unit having an illumination function.   The portable terminal according to claim 11, wherein the input unit can change a key display and layout.   The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the input unit includes a touch panel.

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