JP2008236328A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide communication equipment for enabling a supervisor to monitor that a user of communication equipment performs communication over a predetermined time or more. <P>SOLUTION: A cellular phone 100 detects that a communication time reaches a prescribed time T1 when a user continuously communicates with the same opposite communication party by a detecting part 129, makes a mail transmission control part 126 perform control so as to transmit e-mail for notifying the supervisor that continuous communication has been performed over the prescribed time T1 with the mail address of the supervisor included in monitoring set information 130 stored in a storing part 121 as a destination when detecting that the communication time reaches the prescribed time T1, and also makes a notification control part 127 perform control so as to display a message showing that the notification is made to the supervisor on an LCD 104 at that time. In the case where the communication continues even after that, the cellular phone 100 makes a notification by e-mail and displays a message to the supervisor each time a prescribed time T2 further passes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device, and more particularly, to a communication time monitoring technique.

With the spread of mobile phones, the number of parents giving mobile phones to children is increasing.
The parent who pays the usage fee of the mobile phone given to the child has to monitor the child so that the mobile phone is not overused by a long phone or the like in order to reduce the amount of payment.
As a technology to support this monitoring, if the communication fee calculated from the accumulated amount of communication packets used for communication exceeds the usage fee limit, a portable information terminal that sends the usage fee excess information to the notification destination after the communication ends It has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-326757 A

By the way, if a child seems to make long calls frequently, a situation in which a parent cannot contact immediately in order to protect the child quickly is likely to occur.
In addition, if a child is involved in an incident and makes a long phone call with a specific person, the parent needs to know immediately.
Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the child's long phone call not only for the purpose of reducing the usage fee (payment amount) but also for the purpose of protecting and supervising the child.

For this reason, the technique for enabling the supervisor of the user to monitor that the user of communication apparatuses, such as a mobile telephone, is communicating for a long time is required. Note that the above-mentioned portable information terminal that sends usage fee excess information to the notification destination after communication is completed is a technology for monitoring usage fees, so it is not necessarily suitable for monitoring long calls for child protection and supervision guidance. Not a thing.
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the necessity, and the user of the communication device has been using a method different from the above-described portable information terminal that transmits the usage fee excess information to the notification destination after the communication is completed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device that allows a supervisor to monitor communication.

  In order to solve the above problems, a communication device according to the present invention includes a detection unit that detects that the device has executed communication for a first predetermined time, and the detection unit that the device has executed communication for a first predetermined time. And a transmission means for transmitting a predetermined message to a specific external device.

  With the above configuration, for example, a child (supervisor) who is a user of a communication device is communicating for a predetermined time or more using the communication device, such as a parent (supervisor) who is a user of a specific external device. Will be able to know through the message sent. Therefore, the supervisor can appropriately instruct overuse of the communication device by the child. In addition, even if there is a situation where the phone is a long call because it is difficult to end the call because the communication device used by the child is annoying and the conversation of the other party is sophisticated, Since it is possible to know that a long call is being made through a message, the possibility of appropriately protecting the child is increased.

Here, the detecting means detects that the own device has executed communication for a first predetermined time, and detects the communication for a first predetermined time after the own device starts communication with one external communication device. It is good also as performing by detecting that it is performing continuously.
Note that “continuously executing communication” means, for example, telephone communication, a state in which communication is continued without on-hooking after the start of communication, that is, without disconnecting the line.

As a result, when the supervised person continues to communicate for a predetermined time or longer, the supervisor can know this by receiving a message, and if the predetermined time is set appropriately, so-called The supervisor will know that a long call has been made.
In addition, the detection unit detects the detection by the detection unit that the device has executed communication for a first predetermined time, and after the device has started communication with one external communication device, When communication with the one external communication device is resumed, the communication between the own device and the one external communication device is only possible when the time interval from the end of communication to the communication restart is equal to or less than a predetermined value. It may be performed by detecting that the accumulated value of the communication time has reached the first predetermined time.

As a result, in order to prevent the supervised person from continuing to make a long-distance call, it is necessary to take a long time communication from a cumulative viewpoint by taking a procedure of once ending communication and immediately restarting communication again. Even if an attempt is made, the supervisor is notified when the accumulated communication time exceeds a predetermined time.
The communication device further includes identification information acquisition means for acquiring communication partner identification information for identifying a communication partner at the time of communication, and the detection device detects that the device is executing communication for a first predetermined time. The predetermined message transmitted by the transmission unit when the transmission is performed may include the communication partner identification information.

As a result, the supervisor can know the communication partner of the supervisor. That is, the supervisor can obtain information on the communication partner, which is one of useful information for appropriately protecting and guiding the supervisor.
In addition, the communication device includes time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from the start of communication, and when the detecting device detects that the device is executing communication for a first predetermined time, the transmitting device The predetermined message to be transmitted may include information indicating an elapsed time from the start of communication related to the communication.

As a result, the supervisor can know the time when the supervised person communicated. The communication time is considered to be one piece of information useful for the supervisor to properly protect and instruct the supervisor.
In addition, the communication device includes time specifying means for specifying a time at the start of communication, and the transmission means transmits when the detection means detects that the device is executing communication for a first predetermined time. The predetermined message may include information indicating the communication start time related to the communication.

As a result, the supervisor can know the time when the supervisor started communication. Note that the time at which communication is started is considered to be one piece of information useful for the supervisor to appropriately protect and instruct the supervisor.
The communication apparatus further includes storage means for storing information for specifying a charge amount for the communication for the first predetermined time, and the transmission means executes communication for the first predetermined time. When the detection means detects the charge amount, the charge amount for the communication may be specified, and information indicating the charge amount may be included in a predetermined message and transmitted.

Note that the storage means is realized by one recording area of a recording medium such as a hard disk, one storage area of a memory, or the like.
As a result, the supervisor can know the amount charged by the supervisor's communication. The charge amount is considered to be one piece of information useful for the supervisor to properly protect and instruct the supervisor.

In addition, the communication device further includes storage means for storing charging information that is information indicating a relationship between a communication time and a charging amount, and the detection unit corresponds to a predetermined charging amount based on the charging information. The time may be specified as the first predetermined time and the detection may be performed.
For example, the predetermined charge amount is specified by the supervisor by inputting to the communication device.
As a result, for example, when a parent who is a supervisor is obliged to pay for a charge for the use of a communication device by a child who is a supervisor, the parent needs to pay more than a predetermined charge amount. Until then, it becomes possible to know that the communication device is being used by a child.

Moreover, it is good also as an alerting | reporting means which alert | reports that the said transmission means transmitted the predetermined message by audio | voice output, vibration generation, or image display.
As a result, the supervised person can know that the message related to his / her continuous communication has been notified to the supervisor. This can serve as a motivation for the supervisor to suppress long calls.

In addition, the specific external device is a specific plurality of external devices, and the transmission of the predetermined message by the transmission means transmits a predetermined message having the same content to the specific external devices. It is good also as being.
Thus, for example, when a child uses a communication device, a message related to continuous communication is individually sent to each device (external device) of each of the father and mother who are both responsible for the child's protection and supervision. Can be. In addition, for example, even if the mother is unable to contact the child in response to the message, the father can be contacted, and the child may be protected immediately or properly supervised Will increase.

In addition, the communication device is configured to transmit voice bidirectionally between the device itself and a communication partner by the communication, and includes a notification destination storage unit that stores a mail address of the specific external device, The transmission unit may perform the transmission of the predetermined message by transmitting an e-mail addressed to the mail address of the specific external device.
Note that the notification destination storage means is realized by one recording area of a recording medium such as a hard disk, one storage area of a memory, or the like.

This makes it possible to send a message related to continuous communication to the supervisor without particularly interfering with the call itself by the supervisor's communication device. As long as you have a device such as a personal computer that can receive e-mails, you will be able to properly monitor the continuous communications of your supervisor.
Further, the notification destination storage means stores the telephone number of the specific external device in association with the mail address of the specific external device, and the device is executing communication for a first predetermined time. When there is an incoming call whose source is identified by the telephone number of a specific external device stored in the notification destination storage means after being detected by the detection means, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, no user operation is received. However, it is also possible to provide a communication control means for connecting to the line and making the telephone call ready.

This predetermined condition includes, for example, a time condition such as within minutes from continuous communication for the first predetermined time, and the first time from a specific external device after continuous communication for the first predetermined time or longer. The number of times condition such as being an incoming call is included.
Thereby, when a supervisor who is a user of a specific external device such as a mobile phone receives an e-mail about a person being supervised by the communication device for continuous communication for a first predetermined time or more, It becomes possible to make a call by forcing the communication device of the supervised person, and as a result, the possibility that the supervisor can protect or supervise the supervised person in a timely manner increases.

  The notification destination storage means for storing the telephone number of the predetermined external device and the detection destination storage means after being detected by the detection means that the device is executing communication for the first predetermined time. Communication control means for automatically connecting to a line and enabling a call without receiving a user operation when a predetermined condition is satisfied when there is an incoming call whose source is identified by a certain telephone number. Also good.

As a result, the supervisor who has stored the telephone number of the telephone used by the supervisor in the communication device used by the supervised person, when the communication device performs continuous communication for the first predetermined time or longer, the communication is performed. It is possible to call the device and force a call, and as a result, the possibility that the supervisor can protect or supervise the supervised person in a timely manner is increased.
The communication control means may limit the communication function of the own device when the number of times of the automatic line connection reaches a predetermined number.

The restriction of the communication function in the communication device is, for example, prohibiting outgoing / incoming calls to other than a specific partner, etc., and suppressing the execution of all or part of the function group related to communication possessed by the communication device, When the execution of at least some of the functions has a level, the execution level is changed from the original level state to a level state in which the power is saved.
As a result, for example, by repeating a procedure in which a specific external device makes a call to the communication device according to the present invention and hangs up a plurality of times, outgoing and incoming calls of the communication device can be restricted to only a specific partner. As a result, it is possible to suppress the battery consumption when the communication device is battery-driven, and to increase the possibility that the call can be made when the supervisor or the like wants to make a call.

  The detecting means further detects that the own apparatus has executed communication for a total time of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time, and the transmitting means performs execution of communication for the first predetermined time. When the detection means detects that the predetermined message is transmitted, the transmission of the predetermined message is performed, and further, the detection that the device has performed communication for the total time of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time is performed. When detected by the means, a message may be transmitted to the specific external device.

Thereby, the supervisor who uses a specific external device can know in real time by the message that the communication time by the supervised person has reached the first predetermined time. It becomes possible to know in real time by another message that the communication by the supervisor is not stopped.
Further, the detecting means further detects that the own apparatus has executed communication for a total time of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time for a plurality of times, and the transmitting means further detects that the own apparatus performs communication. A message may be transmitted to the specific external device when it is detected by the detecting means that the total time of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time for the plurality of times has been executed.

As a result, the supervisor who uses the specific external device can know at a second predetermined time interval that the supervisor has not stopped the continuous communication.
In addition, when the number of times that the transmission unit has transmitted a message to the specific external device reaches a predetermined number, a communication control unit that restricts the communication function of the own device may be provided.

As a result, when the number of message transmissions reaches a predetermined number, for example, the outgoing and incoming calls of the communication device can be restricted to a specific partner.
Moreover, it is good also as providing the communication control means which restrict | limits the communication function of an own apparatus, when the said detection means detects that the own apparatus is performing communication for 1st predetermined time.
As a result, when the continuous communication time reaches the first predetermined time, for example, it is possible to limit the outgoing and incoming calls of the communication device to only a specific partner.
In addition, after the detection unit detects that the device is executing communication for the first predetermined time, the communication restart count when communication with the communication partner ends and restarts is set to the predetermined number. When it reaches, it is good also as providing the communication control means which restrict | limits the communication function of an own apparatus.

As a result, after the continuous communication time by the supervised person reaches the first predetermined time, when a situation occurs in which the supervised person repeatedly communicates with the communication partner, for example, the communication device Calls can be restricted to specific parties.
Further, the restriction of the communication function of the own device by the communication control means may be to allow communication with the specific external device and prohibit communication with a device other than the specific external device. .

  Thereby, in a specific case, it can restrict | limit so that only the transmission or reception with respect to a specific other party may be permitted about the object of transmission / reception of a communication apparatus, As a result, for example, the battery in the case where a communication apparatus is a battery drive type If the supervisor or the like wishes to make a call, the possibility of making the call can be increased.

Hereinafter, a mobile phone as an embodiment of a communication apparatus according to the present invention will be described.
<1. Overview>
The mobile phone 100 according to the embodiment is an improvement over a conventional mobile phone that can perform e-mail transmission during execution of a communication function that is voice communication (during a call), and the continuous communication time with a communication partner is: When a predetermined time set in advance is reached, a continuous communication monitoring function whose main processing content is to send an e-mail including a predetermined message related to the communication time to a specific notification destination set in advance.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an image of communication between mobile phones.
Each of the mobile phones 100, 200, 300, and 400 can communicate with each other via the base stations 501 to 503 and the public communication network 504.
Hereinafter, a child has a mobile phone 100, a mother who is a child's supervisor has a mobile phone 200, a father who is a child's supervisor has a mobile phone 300, and another person has a mobile phone 400. An example of use of the mobile phone 100 or the like when there is a case will be described.

  The mother operates the mobile phone 100 in advance by inputting a secret password to the child to turn on the continuous communication monitoring function, and the mail address related to his / her mobile phone 200 and the mail related to the father's mobile phone 300. The address is set as a notification destination, a predetermined time T1 that defines the long time that the continuous communication time should be notified, and other conditions related to notification are set, The mother causes the child to carry the mobile phone 100.

Thereafter, the child uses the mobile phone 100 to start a call with another person who has the mobile phone 400. When the call time reaches a predetermined time T1, the mobile phone 100 automatically sends an e-mail including information such as the communication time and the phone number of the mobile phone 400 to the mother's mobile phone 200 and the father during the call. Transmit to mobile phone 300.
This allows parents to quickly know that the child has been in continuous communication for a long time, and the parents who know that will then take appropriate actions as necessary. Can be protected or instructed. Note that the action includes making a call to the child's mobile phone 100.

Hereinafter, a mobile phone which is an embodiment of a communication apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail. However, the general functions of the mobile phone as in the prior art will not be described in detail.
<2. Embodiment 1>
<2-1. Configuration>
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone 100 according to the first embodiment.

  The mobile phone 100 is basically the same in terms of hardware configuration as a conventional mobile phone that can perform e-mail transmission during the execution of a communication function that is voice communication. As shown in FIG. A microphone 101, a receiver 102, a key 103, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 104, a vibrator 105, a speaker 106, a high frequency unit 110, a voice communication unit 111, a mail transmission / reception unit 112, and a control unit 120 are provided.

  Here, the high-frequency unit 110 is a circuit that transmits and receives radio waves to and from a radio base station via an antenna. The voice communication unit 111 includes a modulation circuit and a demodulation circuit, and is used for connection and disconnection of a line by wireless communication. It has a mechanism for transmitting a signal obtained by controlling or modulating the sound input from the microphone 101 to the high frequency unit 110 and transmitting the sound obtained by demodulating the signal transmitted from the high frequency unit 110 to the receiver 102. In addition, the mail transmission / reception unit 112 has a mechanism for sending and receiving electronic mail to and from the outside via the high frequency unit 110.

  In terms of hardware, the control unit 120 includes a processor, a memory, and a timekeeping mechanism (clock), and functionally, in order to realize a continuous communication monitoring function, as shown in FIG. A setting unit 122, an identification information acquisition unit 123, a time specification unit 124, a time measurement unit 125, a mail transmission control unit 126, a notification control unit 127, a communication control unit 128, and a detection unit 129 are included.

The storage unit 121 is realized by a memory, and also includes a setting unit 122, an identification information acquisition unit 123, a time specification unit 124, a time measurement unit 125, a mail transmission control unit 126, a notification control unit 127, a communication control unit 128, and The detection unit 129 implements each function in software by a processor executing a control program stored in a memory.
The storage unit 121 includes monitoring setting information 130 that is information to be set by the user regarding detailed contents of the continuous communication monitoring function, and communication monitoring information 140 that is information collected and referred to when the continuous communication monitoring function is executed. This is a memory area for storing a conventional address book 150 in which telephone numbers and names are associated with each other.

The setting unit 122 generates monitoring setting information 130 including designation of a predetermined time T1 that defines a long time in accordance with an input operation performed by the user via the key 103 such as a numeric keypad, and stores the monitoring setting information 130 in the storage unit 121 Have
The identification information acquisition unit 123 acquires the telephone number input to the user via the key 103 prior to the transmission when making a call, and acquires the telephone number of the caller's telephone when receiving a call, It has a function of transmitting the acquired telephone number to the detecting unit 129. Conventionally, a caller information notification service for notifying a caller of the telephone number of a caller is provided before a call signal by a telephone company. As a result of using this service, this identification information acquisition unit 123 is provided. Obtains the telephone number of the caller's telephone when receiving a call.

The time specifying unit 124 has a function of transmitting the current time to the detecting unit 129 using a time measuring mechanism.
The time measuring unit 125 has a function of counting the elapsed time by a time counter using a time measuring mechanism and transmitting it to the detecting unit 129.
The mail transmission control unit 126 acquires necessary information by referring to the monitoring setting information 130, the communication monitoring information 140, and the address book 150 stored in the storage unit 121 when continuous communication is performed for a long time. It has a function of generating a message including necessary information and controlling the mail transmitting / receiving unit 112 to transmit an e-mail addressed to a specific notification destination.

The notification control unit 127 displays on the LCD 104 that a specific notification destination has been notified when continuous communication is performed for a long time, and specifies the notification method with reference to the monitoring setting information 130 stored in the storage unit 121. In accordance with the notification method, an alarm sound is output from the speaker 106, and the vibrator 105 is activated to vibrate.
The communication control unit 128 has a function of controlling the voice communication unit 111 to perform line connection even when there is no user operation when receiving an incoming call.

  When the detection unit 129 detects that the time corresponding to the predetermined time T1 has elapsed from the start of communication according to the contents of the monitoring setting information 130 stored in the storage unit 121, the detection unit 129 performs a specific notification to the mail transmission control unit 126. It has a function of causing the notification control unit 127 to perform notification by e-mail first, and also causing the communication control unit 128 to perform line connection in a specific case. In order to realize this function, the detection unit 129 detects that the voice communication unit 111 has made / received a call and has detected that the line has been connected, and the time specifying unit 124 has the communication start and communication end times. Alternatively, the time of notification by e-mail when continuous communication is performed for a long time is obtained, the elapsed time is counted by the time measurement unit 125, and the telephone number of the communication partner is acquired from the identification information acquisition unit 123.

<2-2. Data>
Hereinafter, the monitoring setting information 130 and the communication monitoring information 140 used by the mobile phone 100 having the above-described configuration with respect to the continuous communication monitoring function will be described.
<2-2-1. Monitoring setting information>
The monitoring setting information 130 is data that is generated based on a key input operation by the setting unit 122 and stored in the storage unit 121, and is referred to by the mail transmission control unit 126, the notification control unit 127, and the detection unit 129.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration and example contents of the monitoring setting information 130.
As shown in the figure, the monitoring setting information 130 includes three notification destination email addresses 131, a notification start time 132, a notification interval 133, a notification method type 134, an incoming call automatic connection flag 135, and an incoming call automatic connection. Phone number 136.
Here, the notification destination e-mail address 131 is the e-mail address of the supervisor. For example, the e-mail address is a destination for sending an e-mail to the mother's mobile phone 200 that supervises the child carrying the mobile phone 100.

The notification start time 132 indicates the predetermined time T1, and is a set value that is set so that the supervisor is notified by e-mail when the continuous communication time reaches the predetermined time T1.
The notification interval 133 determines how many time intervals the supervisor is to be notified by e-mail when the communication is still continued after the continuous communication time exceeds the predetermined time T1. It is a set value. Hereinafter, the time indicated by the notification interval 133 is referred to as a predetermined time T2.

The notification method type 134 indicates a notification method for notifying the supervisor of the user of the mobile phone 100 when the supervisor is notified by e-mail. For example, the notification method type 134 is notified by an alarm sound by vibration of a vibrator. Either notification is performed or notification by these is not performed.
The automatic incoming call flag 135 is operated by the user when a telephone call is made from a telephone having a specific telephone number after the supervisor is notified by e-mail, that is, after the continuous communication time reaches the predetermined time T1. Indicates whether or not to execute an automatic connection function that automatically connects to a line and enables a call even if it is not. If this incoming call automatic connection flag 135 is ON, the automatic connection function is executed, and if it is OFF, the automatic connection function is not executed.

The incoming call automatic connection telephone number 136 indicates a specific telephone number that is an object of the automatic connection function. It is assumed that the telephone number of a certain supervisor is set as this incoming call automatic connection telephone number 136.
<2-2-2. Communication monitoring information>
The communication monitoring information 140 is data that is generated, referred to, and updated by the detection unit 129 and is referred to by the mail transmission control unit 126 and the notification control unit 127.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration and content example of the communication monitoring information 140.
As shown in the figure, the communication monitoring information 140 includes a message final transmission time 141 and individual information generated for each communication partner during communication. Each individual information includes a communication partner telephone number 142, a communication start time, and the like. 143, elapsed time 144, and communication end time 145.

  Here, the message final transmission time 141 indicates the time when the supervisor is notified by e-mail, and the value of the time is updated each time notification is made. When the automatic connection function is executed, the supervisor who has set the telephone number for the incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 within the predetermined time Ta from the time indicated by the message last transmission time 141. The automatic connection is made only when there is an incoming call from. The time Ta is, for example, 60 minutes.

The communication partner telephone number 142 indicates the telephone number of the communication partner of the mobile phone 100.
The communication start time 143 indicates the time when communication is started by the mobile phone 100, and the value thereof is, for example, April 1, 2007 19:00:00.
The elapsed time 144 indicates a time during which communication is performed. For example, if the time counter of the time measuring unit 125 counts every second, the elapsed time 144 takes a value in seconds. 4800 seconds.

The communication end time 145 indicates the time when the communication ends.
<2-3. Operation>
Hereinafter, the operation related to the continuous communication monitoring function of the mobile phone 100, which is determined by the control program stored in the memory of the mobile phone 100, will be described in detail.
<2-3-1. Continuous communication monitoring setting processing>
The cellular phone 100 executes the continuous communication monitoring setting process when a specific operation including a password input is performed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the continuous communication monitoring setting process.
When a specific operation including password input is performed, the setting unit 122 of the mobile phone 100 displays a designation screen for prompting input of monitoring setting information on the LCD 104, and accepts input by the key 103 (step S11). Based on the input contents, the monitoring setting information 130 is generated and stored in the storage unit 121 (step S12).

  For specifying the contents of the monitoring setting information 130 by the user interface using this designation screen, for example, up to three notification destination e-mail addresses 131 can be used to specify a person's name or the like using information registered in the address book. The notification start time 132 is specified by causing the user to select any one of “30 minutes”, “60 minutes”, “90 minutes”, and “120 minutes”. The user is specified by selecting one of “5 minutes”, “10 minutes”, and “15 minutes”, and the notification method type 134 is any one of “alarm sound”, “vibrator”, and “none”. The incoming call automatic connection flag 135 is specified by allowing the user to select either “ON” or “OFF”, and the incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 is also specified. Particular to methods used by selecting a person's name or the like to the user using the information registered in the address book.

  After generating the monitoring setting information 130, the setting unit 122 deletes the communication monitoring information 140 if it already exists in the storage unit 121 (step S13), and turns on the continuous communication monitoring function (step S14). Note that the mobile phone 100 has a flag indicating whether the continuous communication monitoring function is ON or OFF in the storage unit 121, and in order to change the continuous communication monitoring function from ON to OFF, for example, a password input The user is requested to perform an operation including

<2-3-2. Control operations related to communication>
The mobile phone 100 performs a control operation related to communication when a call operation is performed by the user and when an incoming call is received.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the contents of the control operation related to the communication of the mobile phone 100.
When a call operation is performed with a telephone number specified through the address book or by direct input (step S21), the identification information acquisition unit 123 acquires the telephone number of the communication partner (step S22), and voice The communication unit 111 and the high frequency unit 110 make a call using the telephone number (step S23). That is, the mobile phone 100 starts communication with the radio base station to make a call to the communication partner. Thereafter, when the communication partner telephone is connected to the line (step S24), the detection unit 129 determines whether the continuous communication monitoring function is ON or OFF (step S25). The continuous communication monitoring process is started (step S27).

When it is determined in step S25 that the continuous communication monitoring function is OFF, the control unit 120 of the mobile phone 100 performs the same telephone communication control as in the prior art, and when the communication ends (step S26), End the control action.
If there is an incoming call (step S21), the identification information acquisition unit 123 acquires the telephone number of the communication partner via the high-frequency unit 110 and the voice communication unit 111 by using the caller information notification service ( Step S28). The detecting unit 129 determines whether the continuous communication monitoring function is ON or OFF (step S29). If the continuous communication monitoring function is OFF, the control unit 120 performs the same telephone communication control as before and connects the line according to the user operation. (Step S30), when the communication is completed (step S26), the control operation related to the communication is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S29 that the continuous communication monitoring function is ON, the detection unit 129 obtains the telephone number of the communication partner from the identification information acquisition unit 123 and stores the monitoring setting stored in the storage unit 121. Referring to information 130 and communication monitoring information 140, incoming call automatic connection flag 135 indicates ON (step S31), and the telephone number of the communication partner and the telephone number indicated by incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 are the same. When the difference between the time indicated by the message last transmission time 141 and the current time is smaller than the time Ta (step S33), the communication control unit 128 is automatically put into an off-hook state to connect the line, The automatic connection function is executed (step S35). With this automatic connection function, the supervisor who has specified his / her telephone number as the incoming automatic connection telephone number can hear the sound picked up by the microphone 101 of the mobile phone 100 and can himself / herself through the receiver 102 of the mobile phone 100. The sound from can be output.

  The detection unit 129 does not execute the automatic connection function, that is, when the incoming call automatic connection flag indicates OFF in step S31, or the communication partner telephone number and the incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 indicate in step S32. Or when it is determined in step S33 that the difference between the time indicated by the message last transmission time 141 and the current time is equal to or greater than the time Ta, after the line is connected off-hook in response to a user operation. (Step S34), the continuous communication monitoring process is started (Step S27).

<2-3-3. Continuous communication monitoring processing>
7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the continuous communication monitoring process performed by the mobile phone 100. FIG.
Since the continuous communication monitoring process is performed when the communication is started, first, the detection unit 129 specifies the communication start time by the time specifying unit 124 (step S41), and the communication partner acquired by the identification information acquiring unit 123 is detected. It is determined whether or not the telephone number has already been recorded as the communication partner telephone number 142 of any individual information in the communication monitoring information 140 in the storage unit 121 (step S42).

  If it is determined in step S42 that the telephone number of the communication partner has already been recorded as the communication partner telephone number 142 of the individual information, the detection unit 129 determines the time indicated by the communication end time 145 of the individual information, It is determined whether or not the difference from the communication start time specified in S41, that is, the time interval from the communication end to the communication resumption is equal to or less than a predetermined time Tb (step S43). Then, the time indicated by the elapsed time 144 of the individual information is set in the time counter of the time measuring unit 125 (step S44). The time Tb is, for example, 10 minutes.

If it is determined in step S42 that the telephone number of the communication partner is not already recorded as the communication partner telephone number 142 of any individual information, the detection unit 129 counts zero in the time counter of the time measurement unit 125. Is set (step S45).
Subsequent to step S44 or step S45, the detection unit 129 uses the communication partner telephone number acquired by the identification information acquisition unit 123 as the communication partner telephone number 142 and the communication start time specified in step S41. The communication monitoring information 140 is updated by recording the individual information included as the start time 143 in the storage unit 121 (step S46).

  In step S 46, when the telephone number of the communication partner has already been recorded as the communication partner telephone number 142 of certain individual information in the communication monitoring information 140, the communication start time 143 of the individual information is updated. Will do. If not already recorded, the detection unit 129 newly adds individual information and records the communication partner telephone number 142 and the communication start time 143. In addition, the detection unit 129 generates the communication monitoring information 140 itself when recording the individual information for the first time. In this case, the message last transmission time 141 is sufficiently past time, for example, January 1, Day 0: 0: 0 is set, and the communication partner telephone number 142 and the communication start time 143 are recorded as individual information.

  Next, the detection unit 129 sets a predetermined time T1 indicated by the notification start time 132 in the monitoring setting information 130 as a determination time T for determining whether or not the communication time has reached a long time (step S1). S47), counting by the time counter of the time measuring unit 125 is started (step S48). This time counter counts the time of continuous communication. The continuous communication from the start of communication to the end of communication is, of course, continuous communication. However, when communication with the same communication partner is resumed within the time Tb from the end of communication in step S44, it is treated as continuous communication. The communication time count continues.

After the count by the time counter is started, the detection unit 129 determines whether or not the time that is the count value of the time counter is smaller than the determination time T until the communication by the voice communication unit 111 ends (step S49). This determination is repeated (step S50).
When it is determined in step S50 that the time that is the count value of the time counter is equal to or greater than the determination time T, the detection unit 129 sends the count value of the time counter and the communication monitoring information 140 to the mail transmission control unit 126. A message transmission process described later is performed by referring to the individual information related to the current communication partner (step S51), and a notification process described later is performed by referring the count value of the time counter to the notification control unit 127 (step S52). Then, the value of the determination time T is increased by the predetermined time T2 indicated by the notification interval 133 in the monitoring setting information 130 (step S53), and the current time, that is, the time when the message transmission process is performed is obtained by the time specifying unit 124. And recorded as the message last transmission time 141 (step S54).

  When the communication is completed (step S49), the detecting unit 129 records the elapsed time 144 and the communication end time 145 of the individual information including the communication partner telephone number that has been communicated as the communication partner telephone number 142. (Step S55), the continuous communication monitoring process ends. In this step S55, the detection unit 129 obtains the time that is the count value of the time counter of the time measurement unit 125, records the time as the elapsed time 144 in the storage unit 121, and also uses the time specifying unit 124 to determine the current time, that is, the communication time. The end time is obtained and recorded in the storage unit 121 as the communication end time 145.

  The content example of the communication monitoring information 140 shown in FIG. 4 is based on the assumption that the monitoring setting information 130 is the content illustrated in FIG. 3 (the notification start time is 60 minutes and the notification interval is 15 minutes). A child who has a phone call with a person who has a mobile phone 400 with the telephone number “090xxx × △△△△” from 19:00:00 on April 1, 2007 to 20: 20: 0 Then, after 20:21:20, the child calls the telephone having the telephone number “03ΔΔΔΔxxx”, and shows the state after the telephone call.

<2-3-4. Message transmission processing and notification processing>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing message transmission processing.
The mail transmission control unit 126 uses the telephone number indicated by the communication partner telephone number 142 in the individual information related to the current communication partner in the storage unit 121, and the person name corresponding to the telephone number from the address book in the storage unit 121. A name such as a company name is searched (step S61).

  Subsequently, the mail transmission control unit 126 includes the name, the telephone number indicated by the communication partner telephone number 142, the time indicated by the communication start time 143, the elapsed time based on the count value of the time counter, and a predetermined fixed type. From the sentence, a message as the mail content is generated (step S62). If the name search fails in step S61, that is, if the telephone number or name of the communication partner is not registered in the address book, the message generated in step S62 does not include the name.

The mail transmission control unit 126 controls the mail transmission / reception unit 112 to transmit an e-mail including the generated message as a destination to all mail addresses indicated by the notification destination mail address 131 in the monitoring setting information 130 ( Step S63), the message transmission process is finished.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the notification process.

The notification control unit 127 generates a display message from the elapsed time based on the count value of the time counter and a predetermined fixed sentence (step S71), and displays the generated message on the LCD 104 (step S72).
Subsequently, the notification control unit 127 refers to the notification method type 134 in the monitoring setting information 130 in the storage unit 121 (step S73), and activates the vibrator 105 if the notification method type is “vibrator”. If vibration is generated (step S74) and the notification method type is “alarm sound”, an alarm sound is output through the speaker 106 (step S75), and the notification process is terminated.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the content of an e-mail transmitted to the supervisor as a result of the message transmission process.
In the example shown in the figure, “090xxx × ΔΔΔΔ” is registered as the telephone number of “Mr. A” in the address book 150, and the monitoring setting information 130 is the content illustrated in FIG. In the case where the communication monitoring information 140 has the contents illustrated in FIG. 4, the electronic mail transmitted to the supervisor's e-mail address such as “other@xx.yy” after 10:00 on April 1, 2007. It is an example of the content of mail. In this case, after 15 minutes of the e-mail, an e-mail including the content “... communication time exceeds 75 minutes” is transmitted to the supervisor.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen including a message displayed as a result of the notification process.
The example shown in the figure is an example of a screen displayed on the LCD 104 of the mobile phone 100 immediately after the e-mail having the contents illustrated in FIG. 11 is transmitted.
<2-4. Modified example (approximate charge selection method)>
As a user interface using a designation screen for specifying the contents of the monitoring setting information 130 of the mobile phone 100, the notification start time 132 is “30 minutes”, “60 minutes”, “90 minutes”, “120”. A time selection method in which the user selects one of “minutes” was used. Hereinafter, a modified example in which the time selection method is replaced with an approximate charge selection method will be described.

The cellular phone using this approximate fee selection method includes billing information in addition to the storage contents of the storage unit 121 of the above-described cellular phone 100, and slightly changes the functions of the setting unit 122 and the mail transmission control unit 126 described above. Is. Therefore, only the changed part will be described here.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration and example contents of billing information.
As shown in the figure, the billing information is a table in which the communication time and the approximate fee are associated with each other.

  In the approximate charge selection method, as a user interface using a designation screen, the user selects one of “50 yen”, “80 yen”, “100 yen”, and “110 yen” for the notification start time 132. Use the method. Based on the selection result by the user, the setting unit 122 sets the notification start time 132 so as to indicate the maximum communication time corresponding to the selected amount based on the billing information.

Further, when generating a message in step S62, the mail transmission control unit 126 further specifies an approximate fee by referring to the charging information based on the elapsed time, and includes the specified approximate fee in the message.
As a result, when the supervisor makes a long call that exceeds the designated estimated fee, the supervisor can know the estimated communication fee for each time specified as the notification interval.
<3. Embodiment 2>
Hereinafter, an embodiment in which a function for restricting outgoing / incoming calls is added to the mobile phone 100 shown in the first embodiment will be described. Note that the mobile phone according to the present embodiment in which the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is added to the mobile phone 100 is referred to as a modified mobile phone.

  The outgoing / incoming call restriction function refers to a function that allows only outgoing calls to a telephone with a specific telephone number or incoming calls from a telephone with a specific telephone number and prohibits other outgoing / incoming calls. Here, it is assumed that the specific telephone number is set in advance because it is registered in the address book with a flag indicating that outgoing / incoming call restriction is excluded. It is assumed that the telephone number of the supervisor is set as this specific telephone number.

<3-1. Configuration>
The modified mobile phone is the same as the mobile phone 100 shown in the first embodiment in terms of hardware, and the addition of the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is a partial modification of the control program stored in the memory of the mobile phone 100 described above. It is realized by.
Here, for convenience, each functional block according to the present embodiment is referred to by the same name (name with a sign) as each functional block of the mobile phone 100 shown in the first embodiment.

Regarding the functional aspect, the modified mobile phone is partially different from the mobile phone 100 in the processing contents of the detection unit 129, and the communication control unit 128 further includes a function of restricting outgoing / incoming calls in the modified mobile phone.
<3-2. Data>
Data used by the modified mobile phone is monitoring setting information 130a and communication monitoring information 140a instead of the monitoring setting information 130 and communication monitoring information 140 in the mobile phone 100.

The monitoring setting information 130 a is data that is generated based on a key input operation by the setting unit 122 and stored in the storage unit 121, and is referred to by the mail transmission control unit 126, the notification control unit 127, and the detection unit 129.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a data configuration and example contents of the monitoring setting information 130a.
As shown in the figure, the monitoring setting information 130 a includes a transmission / reception restriction setting flag 137 in addition to the same data as the monitoring setting information 130.

  The outgoing / incoming call restriction setting flag 137 is a flag indicating whether or not processing related to outgoing / incoming calls is to be executed. If this flag is ON, processing related to outgoing / incoming calls is executed. The processing related to is not executed. The process related to outgoing / incoming call restriction is a process in which the number of automatic connections, the number of notifications, and the number of communication restarts, which will be described later, are compared with predetermined values and the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is turned on according to the comparison result. When this outgoing / incoming call restriction function is ON, outgoing calls to a telephone with a specific telephone number and incoming calls from a telephone with that telephone number are allowed, and outgoing / incoming calls with respect to other telephone numbers are prohibited. .

The monitoring setting information 130a including the outgoing / incoming call restriction setting flag 137 is generated by the setting unit 122 of the modified mobile phone based on the input content after the designation screen is displayed on the LCD 104 and the input by the key 103 is accepted. Stored in the storage unit 121.
The communication monitoring information 140 a is data that is generated, referenced, and updated by the detection unit 129 and is referred to by the mail transmission control unit 126 and the notification control unit 127.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration and example contents of the communication monitoring information 140a.
As shown in the figure, the communication monitoring information 140a includes an automatic connection count 148, a notification count 146 and a communication restart count 147 in the individual information, in addition to the same data as the communication monitoring information 140.
The number of notifications 146 is a notification that a message is notified to the supervisor by e-mail when the continuous communication time reaches the predetermined time T1 and when the continuous communication continues thereafter every predetermined time T2. This is updated every time notification is made by the detection unit 129.

The communication resumption count 147 indicates the number of times the communication is resumed after the continuous communication time has reached the predetermined time T1 and then resumed. The detection unit 129 resumes the communication. It is updated whenever it is made.
The automatic connection count 148 indicates the number of automatic connections made by the automatic connection function, and is updated every time the communication unit 128 is automatically connected by the detection unit 129.

Furthermore, the storage unit 121 also stores a flag indicating whether the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is ON or OFF.
<3-3. Operation>
Hereinafter, a control operation related to communication of the modified mobile phone, which is determined by a control program stored in the memory of the modified mobile phone, will be described. Note that the modified mobile phone performs the same operation as the mobile phone 100 for points not described here.

<3-3-1. Control operations related to communication>
The modified mobile phone performs a control operation related to communication when a call operation is performed by the user and when an incoming call is received.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the contents of the control operation related to the communication of the modified mobile phone. Of the processing steps in the figure, those having the same processing contents as the processing steps in the mobile phone 100 are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG.

  When a telephone number is designated through the address book or by direct input and a calling operation is performed (step S21), the identification information acquisition unit 123 acquires the telephone number of the communication partner (step S22) and detects it. If the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is ON (step S22a), the unit 129 determines whether or not the communication partner's telephone number is a specific telephone number that should be allowed to be called (step S22b). If it is not a specific telephone number, outgoing calls are prohibited, that is, no call operation is performed. If it is determined in step S22b that the telephone number is a specific telephone number, the voice communication unit 111 and the high-frequency unit 110 are given the telephone number to make a call (step S22c), and then the communication partner telephone and the line are connected. When it is done (step S22d), the control unit 120 of the modified mobile phone performs the same telephone communication control as before, and when the communication is finished (step S26), the control operation related to the communication is finished.

  If the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is not ON in step S22a, the process proceeds to step S23, and the voice communication unit 111 and the high frequency unit 110 receive the telephone number of the communication partner as in the mobile phone 100 shown in the first embodiment. When a call is made and then the communication partner telephone is connected to the line (step S24), the detection unit 129 determines whether the continuous communication monitoring function is ON or OFF (step S25). If there is, the continuous communication monitoring process is started (step S27a). The continuous communication monitoring process in step S27a is a partial addition of the continuous communication monitoring process shown in the first embodiment, and will be described in detail later.

When it is determined in step S25 that the continuous communication monitoring function is OFF, the control unit 120 of the mobile phone 100 performs the same telephone communication control as in the prior art, and when the communication ends (step S26), End the control action.
If there is an incoming call (step S21), the identification information acquisition unit 123 acquires the telephone number of the communication partner via the high-frequency unit 110 and the voice communication unit 111 by using the caller information notification service ( Step S28). If the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is ON (step S28a), the detection unit 129 determines whether or not the communication partner's telephone number is a specific telephone number that should be allowed to be called (in step S28b). If the telephone number is not a specific telephone number, the incoming call is prohibited, that is, the control operation related to the communication is terminated without performing the line connection operation regardless of whether or not the user operation is performed. If it is determined in step S28b that the telephone number is a specific telephone number, the line is connected after being off-hooked according to a user operation (step S30), and then the communication is terminated (step S26). End the control action.

  If it is determined in step S28a that the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is not ON, the detection unit 129 determines whether the continuous communication monitoring function is ON or OFF (step S29). The unit 120 performs the same telephone communication control as in the prior art, and goes off-hook in response to a user operation to connect the line (step S30). When the communication is completed (step S26), the control operation related to the communication is finished.

  If it is determined in step S29 that the continuous communication monitoring function is ON, the detection unit 129 obtains the telephone number of the communication partner from the identification information acquisition unit 123 and stores the monitoring setting stored in the storage unit 121. With reference to the information 130a and the communication monitoring information 140a, the incoming automatic connection flag 135 indicates ON (step S31), and the communication partner's telephone number and the incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 are the same, and If the difference between the time indicated by the message last transmission time 141 and the current time is smaller than the time Ta (step S33), the communication control unit 128 is automatically connected to the line in the off-hook state to automatically connect. The function is executed (step S35), and the number of times indicated by the number of automatic connections 148 in the storage unit 121 is increased by 1 (step S35a). The number of times indicated by the automatic connection number 148 is, for example, that the supervisor calls the modified mobile phone from the telephone having the telephone number indicated by the incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 and hangs up when the line connection is automatically established. If the procedure of operating is repeated, it will increase with each repetition.

  The detecting unit 129 does not execute the automatic connection function, that is, when the incoming call automatic connection flag indicates OFF in step S31, or the communication partner telephone number and incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 indicate in step S32. Or when it is determined in step S33 that the difference between the time indicated by the message last transmission time 141 and the current time is equal to or greater than the time Ta, after the line is connected off-hook in response to a user operation. (Step S34), the continuous communication monitoring process is started (Step S27a).

<3-3-2. Continuous communication monitoring processing>
17 to 19 are flowcharts showing the continuous communication monitoring process performed by the modified mobile phone. Of the processing steps in FIGS. 17 to 19, the same processing contents as those in the cellular phone 100 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8.
Since the continuous communication monitoring process is performed when the communication is started, first, the detection unit 129 specifies the communication start time by the time specifying unit 124 (step S41), and the communication partner acquired by the identification information acquiring unit 123 is detected. It is determined whether or not the telephone number has already been recorded as the communication partner telephone number 142 of any individual information of the communication monitoring information 140a in the storage unit 121 (step S42).

  If it is determined in step S42 that the telephone number of the communication partner has already been recorded as the communication partner telephone number 142 of the individual information, the detection unit 129 indicates the notification count 146 of the individual information in the storage unit 121. When the number of notifications is greater than 0 (step S42a), the number indicated by the communication restart count 147 in the storage unit 121 is increased by 1 (step S42b).

  Subsequently, the detecting unit 129 determines a difference between the time indicated by the communication end time 145 of the individual information and the communication start time specified in step S41, that is, a time interval from the communication end to the communication resumption. It is determined whether or not it is equal to or less than Tb (step S43), and if it is equal to or less than time Tb, the time indicated by the elapsed time 144 of the individual information is set in the time counter of the time measuring unit 125 (step S44).

If it is determined in step S42 that the telephone number of the communication partner is not already recorded as the communication partner telephone number 142 of any individual information, the detection unit 129 counts zero in the time counter of the time measurement unit 125. Is set (step S45).
Subsequent to step S44 or step S45, the detection unit 129 uses the communication partner telephone number acquired by the identification information acquisition unit 123 as the communication partner telephone number 142 and the communication start time specified in step S41. By recording the individual information included as the start time 143 in the storage unit 121, the communication monitoring information 140a is updated (step S46a).

  In step S46a, when the communication partner telephone number has already been recorded as the communication partner telephone number 142 of certain individual information in the communication monitoring information 140a, the communication start time 143 of the individual information is updated. If it is not already recorded, new individual information is added and the communication partner telephone number 142 and the communication start time 143 are recorded, and zero is recorded for the notification count 146 and the communication restart count 147 in the individual information. become. Further, the detection unit 129 generates the communication monitoring information 140a itself when first recording the individual information, and at this time, at the message final transmission time 141, January 1, 0 00: 00: 00 And set the automatic connection count 148 to zero, record the communication partner telephone number 142 and the communication start time 143 as individual information, and record zero for the notification count 146 and communication restart count 147 in the individual information. To do.

Next, the detection unit 129 sets a predetermined time T1 indicated by the notification start time 132 in the monitoring setting information 130a as a determination time T for determining whether or not the communication time has reached a long time (step S47). ), Counting by the time counter of the time measuring unit 125 is started (step S48).
After the count by the time counter is started, the detection unit 129 determines whether or not the time that is the count value of the time counter is smaller than the determination time T until the communication by the voice communication unit 111 ends (step S49). This determination is repeated (step S50).

  When it is determined in step S50 that the time that is the count value of the time counter is equal to or greater than the determination time T, the detection unit 129 causes the mail transmission control unit 126 to store the count value of the time counter and the communication monitoring information 140a. A message transmission process described later is performed by referring to the individual information related to the current communication partner (step S51), and a notification process described later is performed by referring the count value of the time counter to the notification control unit 127 (step S52). Then, the value of the determination time T is increased by the predetermined time T2 indicated by the notification interval 133 in the monitoring setting information 130a (step S53), and the time specifying unit 124 obtains the current time, that is, the time when the message transmission process is performed. Then, it is recorded as the message last transmission time 141 (step S54).

When the communication is completed (step S49), the detecting unit 129 records the elapsed time 144 and the communication end time 145 of the individual information including the communication partner telephone number that has been communicated as the communication partner telephone number 142. (Step S55), it is determined whether or not the outgoing / incoming call restriction setting flag 137 is ON (Step S56).
If the outgoing / incoming call restriction setting flag 137 is not ON in step S56, the continuous communication monitoring process ends.

  In step S56, if the outgoing / incoming call restriction setting flag 137 is ON, the detection unit 129 indicates that the number of times indicated by the communication resumption count 147 in the individual information related to the communication partner with which communication has just ended is the predetermined number Na. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step S57), and if it is equal to or more than the predetermined number Na, the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is turned on (step S58), and the continuous communication monitoring process is ended. The predetermined number Na is, for example, 5 times.

  When it is determined in step S57 that the number of times of communication restart 147 is smaller than the predetermined number Na, the detection unit 129 determines whether or not the number of times indicated by the notification number 146 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number Nb (step S59). When it is determined that the number is smaller than the predetermined number Nb, it is determined whether or not the number indicated by the automatic connection number 148 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number Nc (step S60). The predetermined number Nb is, for example, 7 times, and the predetermined number Nc is, for example, 3 times.

  Further, when it is determined in step S59 that the number of times indicated by the notification count 146 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number Nb, and when it is determined in step S60 that the number of times indicated by the automatic connection count 148 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number Nc. The unit 129 turns on the outgoing / incoming call restriction function, that is, updates the flag indicating whether the outgoing / incoming call restriction function in the storage unit 121 is ON or OFF (step S58), and performs continuous communication monitoring processing. Finish. In order to change the outgoing / incoming call restriction function from ON to OFF, for example, the user is requested to perform an operation including password input.

For example, after receiving an e-mail notification of a long call, the supervisor disconnects the line when a call is made to the modified mobile phone and is automatically connected, and when the call is automatically connected and the line is disconnected again. By executing Nc a predetermined number of times, the outgoing / incoming call restriction function of the modified mobile phone can be turned on.
As described above, the modified mobile phone repeatedly repeats the communication when the number of times notified to the supervisor by e-mail exceeds the predetermined number Nb or after the communication is continued for the predetermined time T1 or more and the communication is resumed. When the number of times the communication is resumed when the number of calls is over a predetermined number Na, or when the number of incoming calls from a supervisor who sets a telephone number as the incoming automatic connection telephone number is over the predetermined number Nc After that, the outgoing / incoming call restricting function is activated, and outgoing / incoming calls other than a telephone having a specific telephone number that should be allowed to be outgoing / incoming are prohibited. Prohibiting outgoing / incoming calls other than for a specific telephone number results in reduced battery consumption, and if the telephone number of the supervisor's telephone is set as that specific telephone number, the supervisor When a person wants to make a call to a modified mobile phone, the effect of increasing the possibility of communication without running out of the battery is exhibited.
<4. Supplement>
The communication device according to the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments. However, the communication device can be modified as follows, and the present invention is not limited to the mobile phone as described in the above embodiments. is there.
(1) In the first and second embodiments, a mobile phone has been described as an example. However, the mobile phone is replaced with a stationary phone, a communication device, a personal computer configured to enable voice communication, or the like. It doesn't matter.
(2) In the first and second embodiments, a message is notified to a specific device when a call is continuously made on the mobile phone for a predetermined time T1 or more. The present invention is not limited to calls that are two-way audio communications, and the present invention can be applied to various communications including downloading of digital contents from the Internet or the like, reception of television broadcasting or radio broadcasting, and the like. That is, any communication method and communication content may be used as long as the communication device transmits a message to a specific external device when the communication time exceeds the predetermined time T1. Therefore, for example, when a child has been downloading a digital content with a mobile phone for a long time, the present invention can be used to guide a child by knowing that fact by receiving a message to that effect. Can be used for.

(3) In the first and second embodiments, the storage unit 121 is a memory. However, the storage unit 121 is not limited to the memory, and may be an area of a hard disk or other data recording medium.
(4) In the first and second embodiments, the monitoring setting information includes the three notification destination email addresses 131. However, the notification setting email address may not be three, and the notification destination email address may be a mobile phone number. The destination identification information for transmitting the notification message relating to the communication time illustrated in FIG. 11 to a specific external device used by a supervisor such as a telephone or a personal computer is sufficient. Note that the notification message relating to the communication time does not necessarily need to be transmitted to the external device by a method called e-mail, but is transmitted as a signal in a data format according to a specific protocol supported by the external device. It may be a thing.

Further, although the number of incoming automatic connection telephone numbers 136 is one, a plurality of cases may be set, and each of the destinations of the notification destination mail address 131 is an e-mail transmission destination based on the address book. Each telephone number of a mobile phone or the like may be set as an incoming call automatic connection telephone number 136. In the second embodiment, a specific telephone number as a target that is permitted to be made when the call restriction function is ON is registered with a flag indicating that call restriction is excluded in the address book. For example, the telephone number indicated by the incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 may be the specific telephone number.
(5) The notification method type 134 shown in the first embodiment is an alarm sound or a vibrator. However, both sets may be designated and notified correspondingly, or an image showing a message on the LCD It may be possible to specify whether or not to display (see FIG. 12). Moreover, you may enable it to alert | report by the output of audio | voices other than an alarm sound, alerting | reporting by light emission of a light emitting diode (LED), etc. Further, regarding the notification method type, it is possible to notify that the supervisor has been notified by a specific notification method fixed in advance so that the user cannot specify it.

(6) In the first and second embodiments, the message final transmission time 141 is recorded in the communication monitoring information, and in order to determine whether or not the line connection should be automatically performed in step S33, the message final transmission time It is determined whether or not the difference between the time indicated by 141 and the current time is greater than or equal to the time Ta. For example, instead of the message final transmission time, the communication start time or communication end time related to the last communication is recorded. Thus, it may be used for determination, or some time may be recorded and used for determination so that automatic line connection is not made indefinitely. In addition, in order to prevent automatic line connection from being made indefinitely, a condition relating to the upper limit of the number of connections may be established instead of providing a condition relating to time in particular. Note that the determination in step S33 is omitted so that automatic line connection can be established indefinitely, and the setting is changed so that the supervisor or the like turns off the automatic incoming call setting flag as necessary in operation. By doing so, indefinite automatic connection may be avoided.
(7) By the operation (step S35) by the automatic connection function of the mobile phone shown in the first and second embodiments, the supervisor who has received the message notification related to the continuous communication by the supervisor is carried by the supervisor. In general, when a phone call is made, if the supervised person has not yet finished continuous communication, the telephone will not be connected, and the call will be connected after the supervised person has finished continuous communication. It will be. However, in operation, it is decided to use a conventional interrupt telephone service that allows a third party to receive incoming calls while the two parties are talking. Even when the communication is not ended, the supervisor may forcibly interrupt and talk with the supervisor. When the line is automatically connected by the automatic connection function, the supervisor's mobile phone transmits a predetermined command from the supervisor's telephone using, for example, a DTMF tone (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency) When it is done, it may be configured to perform a specific operation according to the command. As a result, the supervisor can remotely control the supervisor's mobile phone when the supervisor's mobile phone communicates for a predetermined time T1 or more.

In addition, instead of having an automatic connection function, a mobile phone receives an e-mail in which a predetermined command is described from a supervisor who has received a message notification regarding continuous communication. It may be configured to perform a specific operation in accordance with the command after confirming that the described email address of the transmission source of the electronic mail is indicated by the notification destination email address 131.
(8) In the first and second embodiments, the communication start time is recorded in step S46 regardless of whether the interval from the communication end to the communication resumption is less than or equal to the time Tb or greater than the time Tb in step S43. However, for example, when the interval from the end of communication to the restart of communication is equal to or less than time Tb, the specification may be made such that the communication start time is not recorded (updated).
(9) In the first and second embodiments, the incoming call from the telephone number indicated by the automatic connection telephone number at the time of incoming call is excluded from the communication monitoring target by the continuous communication monitoring function. The telephone number of the communication partner to be excluded from the monitoring target can be registered in advance, and the continuous communication monitoring process may not be executed when communication with the communication partner of the registered telephone number is started.
(10) In the first and second embodiments, when the communication time exceeds the predetermined time T1 and when the communication time exceeds the predetermined time T1 + T2, “to” in the content of the e-mail transmitted to the supervisor The fixed phrase "communication time has exceeded ~" is assumed to be the same, but the fixed sentence may be different depending on each case. In addition, the text of the fixed form shown in Embodiments 1 and 2 is merely an example.

(11) In the first and second embodiments, it is determined that the communication time has reached the predetermined time T1, the predetermined time T1 + T2, etc. In step S50, the count value of the time counter, the predetermined time T1, the predetermined time T1 + T2, etc. are set. Although an example realized by comparison with T has been shown, by using a timer circuit using a timing mechanism, a predetermined time T1, a predetermined time T1 + T2, etc. are set in the timer circuit at the start of communication, etc. When the time elapses, the timer circuit may cause the processor to generate an interrupt. Correspondingly, a control program is transmitted via the interrupt processing routine, such as message transmission processing or notification processing (steps S51 to S54). You may comprise so that it may perform.
(12) In the first and second embodiments, the case where communication with the same communication partner is resumed within the time Tb from the end of communication by the processing of steps S42 to S44 is treated as continuous communication. ~ S44 is omitted and step S45 is always performed so that the communication time count is continued only when the communication is continued, not intermittently such as the end and restart of communication. Also good.
(13) Functional division for each functional unit such as the setting unit 122, the mail transmission control unit 126, the notification control unit 127, and the detection unit 129 realized by the control program in the control unit 120 shown in the first and second embodiments. Is merely an example, and the functions shared by the above-described functional units may be changed to change the interface between the functional units without losing the external effects of the mobile phone.
(14) In the modification of the first embodiment, the table in which the communication time and the approximate fee are associated with each other is shown as the billing information. However, the billing information includes the mathematical formula for calculating the communication time from the billing amount and the billing amount from the communication time. The information may be information for specifying the mathematical formula to be calculated, and the setting unit 122 calculates the communication time based on the designation of the input charge amount and sets the communication time as the notification start time 132. In addition, when generating a message in step S62, the mail transmission control unit 126 calculates a charging amount from the elapsed time based on the elapsed time based on the elapsed time, and includes the charged amount in the message. Also good.
(15) In the second embodiment, the increment of the communication restart count (step S42b) is performed when the notification count is not 0 (step S42a), that is, when the continuous communication time has once reached the predetermined time T1. However, it may be performed even after the predetermined time T1 is not reached. As a result, the outgoing / incoming call restriction function is turned ON only when the number of times of resuming communication with the same communication partner exceeds a predetermined value Na. Steps S42a and S42b may be performed when the communication resumption interval is equal to or shorter than the predetermined time Tb (when determined to be yes in step S43).

(16) In the second embodiment, the supervisor repeats the procedure of calling the modified mobile phone from the telephone having the telephone number indicated by the incoming automatic connection telephone number 136 and disconnecting the telephone when the line connection is automatically made. In each repetition, control is performed so that the number of times indicated by the automatic connection count 148 increases. However, the supervisor calls the modified mobile phone and identifies the caller by the caller information notification service. If the procedure of hanging up after the information for notification is notified to the modified mobile phone and before the line connection is repeated, the number of times indicated by the automatic connection count 148 is increased every time the procedure is repeated. It is good to do.
(17) In the second embodiment, when the number of communication restarts is equal to or greater than the predetermined number Na, the number of notifications is equal to or greater than the predetermined number Nb, or the number of automatic connections is equal to the predetermined number Nc according to the processing procedure of steps S56 to S60. In this case, the modified mobile phone turns on the outgoing / incoming call restriction function, but each combination of the event that the number of communication restarts, the number of notifications, and the number of automatic connections exceeds a predetermined number of times As a condition, the outgoing / incoming call restriction function may be turned on. Alternatively, the outgoing / incoming call restriction function may be turned ON simply when the continuous communication time reaches the predetermined time T1.
(18) The operation related to the communication shown in the first and second embodiments and the continuous communication monitoring process (see FIGS. 5 to 10 and 16 to 19) are connected to a processor of a communication device such as a mobile phone and the processor. In addition, a control program composed of program codes to be executed by various circuits can be recorded on a recording medium, or can be distributed and distributed via various communication paths. Such recording media include IC cards, hard disks, optical disks, flexible disks, ROMs, and the like. The distributed and distributed control program is used by being stored in a memory or the like that can be read by the processor, and the processor executes the control program to realize various functions as shown in each embodiment. Will come to be.

  The communication apparatus according to the present invention is useful as an apparatus that provides a supervisor with a method for monitoring communication time.

It is a figure which shows the image of communication between mobile phones. 2 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone 100 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the data structure and the example of content of the monitoring setting information. It is a figure which shows the data structure and content example of the communication monitoring information 140. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows a continuous communication monitoring setting process. 4 is a flowchart showing the content of a control operation related to communication of the mobile phone 100. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of continuous communication monitoring processing performed by the mobile phone 100. It is a flowchart which shows the part which follows the part shown in FIG. 7 among the continuous communication monitoring processes which the mobile telephone 100 performs. It is a flowchart which shows a message transmission process. It is a flowchart which shows an alerting | reporting process. It is a figure which shows the example of the content of the email transmitted to a supervisor as a result of a message transmission process. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen containing the message displayed as a result of alerting | reporting process. It is a figure which shows the structure and content example of charging information. It is a figure which shows the data structure and content example of the monitoring setting information 130a. It is a figure which shows the data structure and content example of the communication monitoring information 140a. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the control action which concerns on communication of a deformation | transformation mobile telephone. It is a flowchart which shows a part of continuous communication monitoring process which a deformation | transformation mobile telephone performs. It is a flowchart which shows the part following the part shown in FIG. 17 among the continuous communication monitoring processes which a deformation | transformation mobile telephone performs. It is a flowchart which shows the part following the part shown in FIG. 18 among the continuous communication monitoring processes which a deformation | transformation mobile telephone performs.

Explanation of symbols

100 Mobile phone 101 Microphone 102 Receiver 103 Key 104 Liquid crystal display (LCD)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 105 Vibrator 106 Speaker 110 High frequency part 111 Voice communication part 112 Mail transmission / reception part 120 Control part 121 Storage part 122 Setting part 123 Identification information acquisition part 124 Time specification part 125 Time measurement part 126 Mail transmission control part 127 Notification control part 128 Communication control part 129 Detection unit 130, 130a Monitoring setting information 140, 140a Communication monitoring information 150 Address book

Claims (21)

Detecting means for detecting that the device has executed communication for a first predetermined time;
A communication device comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a predetermined message to a specific external device when the detection unit detects that the own device has performed communication for a first predetermined time. The detecting means detects the fact that the device has performed communication for a first predetermined time, and continuously performs the communication for a first predetermined time after the device has started communication with one external communication device. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is detected by detecting that it is being executed. The detection means includes
The detection by the detection means that the own apparatus has executed communication for a first predetermined time,
When the own device starts communication with one external communication device and then ends communication and resumes communication with the one external communication device, the time interval from the end of communication to the restart of communication is predetermined. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein only when the value is less than or equal to the value, detection is performed by detecting that a cumulative value of communication time between the device and the one external communication device has reached a first predetermined time. Communication device. The communication device includes identification information acquisition means for acquiring communication partner identification information for identifying a communication partner in communication,
The predetermined message transmitted by the transmitting unit when the detecting unit detects that the device is executing communication for a first predetermined time includes the communication partner identification information. Communication equipment. The communication device includes time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from the start of communication,
The predetermined message transmitted by the transmission unit when the detection unit detects that the device is executing communication for the first predetermined time includes information indicating an elapsed time from the start of communication related to the communication. The communication apparatus according to claim 1. The communication device includes time specifying means for specifying a time at the start of communication,
The predetermined message transmitted by the transmitting unit when the detecting unit detects that the device is executing communication for the first predetermined time includes information indicating a communication start time related to the communication. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The communication device further comprises storage means for storing information for specifying a charge amount for communication for the first predetermined time,
The transmission means specifies a charge amount for the communication when the detection means detects that the device is executing communication for a first predetermined time, and includes information indicating the charge amount in a predetermined message. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is transmitted. The communication device further includes storage means for storing charging information which is information indicating a relationship between a communication time and a charging amount,
The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit performs the detection by specifying a time corresponding to a predetermined charge amount as the first predetermined time based on the charge information. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising notification means for notifying that the transmission means has transmitted a predetermined message by voice output, generation of vibration, or image display. The specific external device is a specific plurality of external devices,
The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission of the predetermined message by the transmitting means is to transmit a predetermined message having the same content to the specific plurality of external apparatuses. The communication device is configured to transmit voice bidirectionally between the device itself and a communication partner by the communication, and includes a notification destination storage unit that stores a mail address of the specific external device,
The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit performs the transmission of a predetermined message by transmitting an e-mail addressed to a mail address of the specific external device. The notification destination storage means stores the telephone number of the specific external device in association with the mail address of the specific external device,
There is an incoming call whose source is identified by the telephone number of a specific external device stored in the notification destination storage means after the detection means detects that the own apparatus is executing communication for the first predetermined time. The communication apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising communication control means for connecting to a line and enabling a call without receiving a user operation when a predetermined condition is satisfied. Notification destination storage means for storing a telephone number of a predetermined external device;
After the detection unit detects that the device has been in communication for a first predetermined time, it is determined when there is an incoming call whose source is identified by the telephone number stored in the notification destination storage unit The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a communication control unit that automatically connects to a line and enables a call without receiving a user operation when the condition is satisfied. The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the communication control means limits a communication function of the own apparatus when the number of times of performing the automatic line connection reaches a predetermined number. The detection means further detects that the device has performed communication for a total time of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time,
The transmission means performs the transmission of the predetermined message when the detection means detects that the own apparatus is executing communication for a first predetermined time, and further the own apparatus performs communication for the first predetermined time. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein a message is transmitted to the specific external device when it is detected by the detecting means that the total time of the second predetermined time and the second predetermined time has been executed. The detection means further detects that the device has performed communication for a total time of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time for a plurality of times,
The transmitting means further sends the specific external device when the detecting means detects that the own apparatus has executed communication for a total time of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time for the plurality of times. The communication apparatus according to claim 15, wherein a message is transmitted to the communication apparatus. The communication control means for restricting the communication function of the own apparatus when the number of times the message is transmitted to the specific external apparatus by the transmission means reaches a predetermined number. Communication equipment. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a communication control unit that restricts a communication function of the own device when the detecting unit detects that the own device is executing communication for a first predetermined time. . After the detection means detects that the device is executing communication for the first predetermined time, the communication restart count when the communication with the other party of the communication is completed and restarted has reached a predetermined number of times. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a communication control unit that restricts a communication function of the own apparatus. The restriction of the communication function of the own device by the communication control means is to permit communication with the specific external device and prohibit communication with a device other than the specific external device. Item 20. The communication device according to Item 14, 17, 18 or 19. A program for causing a processor for controlling a communication device to execute a communication monitoring process,
The communication monitoring process includes:
A detection step of detecting that the communication device has executed communication for a first predetermined time;
A transmission control step for controlling the communication device to transmit a predetermined message to a specific external device when it is detected by the detection step that the communication device is executing communication for a first predetermined time; The program characterized by including.

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