JP2008259019A - Cellular phone, incoming call notification control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone capable of avoiding execution of call termination notification from a partner, from whom call termination notification is unnecessary, even when setting silent mode. <P>SOLUTION: A telephone book registration part 18 registers individual ring tone setting in a telephone book 19. A ring-tone setting discriminating part 13, when a call termination accepting part 11 accepts an incoming call, retrieves the telephone book 19 using origination source identification information, extracted by an origination source identification information extracting part 12 as a key; acquires individual ring tone setting set at an origination source to decide whether the ring tone is set to off. A call termination control part 14, when it is decided that the ring tone is to be set to off by the ring tone setting discriminating part 13 during the manner mode, does not perform call termination notification by a call termination notifying part 16 in silent mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly to a mobile phone that can be individually set for incoming calls, and an incoming call notification control method and program for such a mobile phone.

  Generally, a cellular phone is equipped with a telephone directory function. Usually, names (names), telephone numbers, mail addresses, groups, and the like can be registered in the phone book. It is also possible to individually set a ring tone for incoming calls for each telephone number (entry) registered in the telephone directory and each group. When receiving a call, the mobile phone searches the phone book to check whether the caller's phone number is recorded in the phone book, and if so, the incoming call set for that phone number. The sound is checked, and the user is notified of the incoming call with the ringtone.

  Here, the cellular phone can normally set a manner mode in which an incoming call is turned off when an incoming call is received and an incoming call is notified by vibration or light from a vibrator. When the manner mode is set, the mobile phone notifies the user of an incoming call by vibrating the main body using an incoming call operation set in the manner mode, for example, a vibrator for all incoming calls. By setting the manner mode, the user can uniformly turn off the ringtone for all incoming calls. For example, in a crowded train, the user can feel uncomfortable with others. Can be avoided.

  However, if the ring tone does not sound, the user may not be aware of the incoming call. For this reason, in a situation where the user wants to reliably answer a call from a specific partner, the user cannot set the cellular phone to the manner mode. As a technique that can solve this problem, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1. In Patent Document 1, the manner mode is divided into three levels. At the first level, the normal manner mode operation is performed for all incoming calls, and at the second level, the ring tone is sounded as usual for outgoing calls from a party registered as a person who has special requirements in the phone book. For other opponents, the manner mode operation is performed. At the third level, an incoming call from the other party registered in the telephone directory sounds a ring tone in the same way as in normal times, and an incoming call from the other party operates in the manner mode. In this way, even in the manner mode, a ring tone can be sounded for a call from a specific partner.

JP 2004-312105 A

  By the way, the ring tone is a function for notifying the user of an incoming call. However, there is a case where an incoming call notification is unnecessary for a specific party even if the incoming call is not intended to respond to the incoming call. . In the ring tone setting, the user can select an arbitrary ring pattern or melody, and can set “no ring tone”, that is, “ring tone off” for a party that does not require an incoming call notification. For example, the user sets a partner who does not need to respond to “no ringtone” in advance. In this case, even when there is a call from the other party, the ring tone does not sound, and the troublesomeness caused by the ring tone can be eliminated.

  However, in the conventional mobile phone, when the manner mode is set, the operation in the manner mode is uniformly performed for all incoming calls. Therefore, even when a call is received from the other party set to “No ringtone”, the vibration by the vibrator The incoming call is notified using such as. As described above, the conventional mobile phone has a problem in that the incoming call is uniformly notified even to a party that does not need to be notified by setting the manner mode.

  In Patent Document 1, the manner mode is divided into three levels, and at the second level and the third level, a ring tone is sounded even when the manner mode is set for an incoming call from a specific partner. . However, Patent Document 1 describes that for a party with high importance, a ring tone is sounded even when the manner mode is set. There is no description about a technique for solving the problem of receiving an incoming call when the manner mode is set for an unnecessary party. That is, the technique described in Patent Document 1 cannot solve the above problem.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone, an incoming notification control method, and a program capable of preventing an incoming call notification from being performed even when the manner mode is set for a partner that does not require an incoming call notification.

  In order to achieve the above object, a mobile phone according to the present invention is a mobile phone that can set on / off of a ring tone according to a caller, and a manner mode setting unit that sets an operation mode to a manner mode. When the manner mode is set, the manner notification unit for notifying the user of an incoming call using means other than sound, and whether the ring tone is set to off for the originator of the incoming call when receiving the incoming call. A ringing tone discriminating unit that determines whether or not the incoming call is received when the manner mode is set. And an incoming call control unit that performs control so as not to notify the incoming call by the notification unit.

  In the incoming call notification control method of the present invention, the ring tone can be turned on / off according to the caller, and when the manner mode is set, a call other than sound is used to notify the user of the incoming call when the manner mode is set. An incoming call notification control method in a mobile phone having a notification unit, wherein when the mobile phone receives an incoming call, the mobile phone determines whether or not a ring tone is set to off for the caller of the incoming call, However, when the manner mode is set, if it is determined that the ring tone is set to off for the received incoming call, the incoming call notification unit is controlled not to notify the incoming call when the manner mode is set.

  The program according to the present invention can set on / off of a ring tone according to a caller, and when setting the manner mode, an incoming notification unit for setting the manner mode for notifying the user of an incoming call using means other than sound. A program for controlling an incoming call notification in a mobile phone having a process of determining whether or not a ring tone is set to off for a caller of the incoming call when the mobile phone receives an incoming call; If the phone determines that the ring tone is set to off for the incoming call received when the manner mode is set, the telephone is caused to execute a process of controlling the incoming call notification unit not to notify the incoming call when the manner mode is set. It is characterized by that.

  In the mobile phone, the incoming call notification control method, and the program according to the present invention, when an incoming call is received, it is determined whether or not the ring tone is set to off for the caller of the incoming call, and when the ring tone is set to off. Even in the manner mode, control is performed so that the incoming notification by the incoming notification unit in the manner mode is not performed. In the conventional mobile phone, in the manner mode, the incoming notification by the incoming notification unit in the manner mode has priority, so even if the ring tone is set to off for a specific sender, the incoming notification is notified by the incoming notification unit in the manner mode. It had been. In the present invention, even when the manner mode is set, the ring tone setting for the caller is discriminated, and in the normal operation mode, the ring tone is set off for the other party whose ring tone is set off in the normal operation mode. No notification by the incoming call notification unit. Thereby, it is possible to avoid receiving an incoming call from a partner that does not require an incoming call notification by setting the manner mode.

  In the mobile phone according to the present invention, the ring tone determination unit refers to a telephone directory that stores the caller identification information and information related to on / off of the ring tone in association with each other, and the ring tone is turned off for the caller. It is possible to adopt a configuration for determining whether or not it is set. For example, a telephone number or an e-mail address is registered in the telephone directory as the caller identification information, and a ringtone setting including information on on / off of a ringtone when a call is received from the caller is registered. . In this case, when there is an incoming call, it is possible to determine whether or not the ring tone is set to OFF by searching the telephone directory and referring to the ring tone setting of the entry having the same sender identification information.

  In the mobile phone of the present invention, the telephone directory further stores the caller identification information and information relating to the group to which the caller belongs in association with each other, and the ring tone determination unit includes the telephone directory. The group to which the caller belongs is identified with reference to the group, and the group-specific ring tone setting storage unit that stores information on the on / off of the ring tone for each group is identified for the identified group. It is possible to adopt a configuration for determining whether or not it is set to off. The ring tone setting can be set for each group by performing group setting instead of or in addition to setting for each source identification information. In this case, the ring tone can be set off for the entire group without setting the ring tone for each caller. When both individual ring tone settings and group ring tone settings exist, the individual ring tone settings can be prioritized.

  In the mobile phone, the incoming call notification control method, and the program according to the present invention, when an incoming call is received, it is determined whether or not the ring tone is set to off for the caller of the incoming call, and when the ring tone is set to off. Even in the manner mode, control is performed so that the incoming notification by the incoming notification unit in the manner mode is not performed. In this way, the incoming call from the party whose ringtone is set to OFF in the normal operation mode is not notified by the incoming call notification unit in the manner mode, and the incoming call is not received from the other party that does not require the incoming call notification. It is possible to avoid being notified by setting the manner mode.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone 10 includes an incoming call reception unit 11, a caller identification information extraction unit 12, a ring tone setting determination unit 13, an incoming call control unit 14, a normal operation mode incoming call notification unit 15, a manner mode incoming call notification unit 16, and a manner mode setting. Unit 17, phone book registration unit 18, phone book 19, group ring tone setting unit 20, and group ring tone setting storage unit 21. The manner mode setting unit 17 sets the operation mode of the mobile phone 10 to the manner mode based on a user operation. The manner mode is an operation mode in which an incoming call is notified to a user by light or vibration other than sound.

  The phone book registration unit 18 registers, with a user operation, a partner who frequently makes calls such as friends and acquaintances, or a partner who receives a phone call, in the phone book 19. Each entry in the telephone book 19 has fields for registering a telephone number, name, mail address, group setting, and the like. In addition, it has a field for designating a ring tone when there is an incoming call from the partner. In specifying the ringtone, the user selects a ringtone pattern such as buzzer 1 or melody 1. The user can also select a setting of “no ringtone (off)” that does not ring the ringtone.

  The group-specific ring tone setting unit 20 sets, for each group set in the phone book 19 by a user operation, a setting for designating a ring tone when a call is received from a party belonging to the group. 21. For example, the user designates a ring tone “buzzer 1” for an incoming call from a party belonging to group A, and “buzzer 2” for an incoming call from a party belonging to group B. Similarly to the above, “no ringtone” can be set for the group. Even when the ring tone is set for the group, if the individual ring tone is set in the phone book 19, the ring tone set in the phone book 19 is given priority.

  The incoming call reception unit 11 receives an incoming call from the other party. The caller identification information extraction unit 12 acquires information for identifying the caller of the incoming call received by the incoming call reception unit 11. For example, the transmission source identification information extraction unit 12 extracts a transmission source telephone number by a known method, and uses this as the transmission source identification information. The ring tone setting determination unit 13 refers to the telephone directory 19 and the group-specific ring tone setting storage unit 21 to determine the ring tone for the incoming caller received by the incoming call reception unit 11.

  In the determination of the ring tone, the ring tone setting determination unit 13 searches the phone book 19 based on the caller identification information, checks the individual ring tone settings set in the phone book 19, and determines which ring tone is used. It is determined whether the user should be notified of an incoming call. When individual ringtone settings are not made, the group to which the caller belongs is checked, the ringtone settings for each group set in the group-specific ringtone setting storage unit 21 are checked, and which ringtone is used by the user. It is determined whether or not an incoming call should be notified. When the ring tone is not set in the telephone directory 19 and the group-specific ring tone setting storage unit 21, the ring tone set for the whole is used as the ring tone for incoming call notification.

  The incoming call control unit 14 checks whether or not the manner mode is set by the manner mode setting unit 17, and when the manner mode is not set, the incoming call notification unit 15 in the normal operation mode causes the sound, vibration, and light. The combination is notified to the user of the incoming call. At this time, the incoming call notification unit 15 in the normal operation mode notifies the user of an incoming call with the ring tone (incoming call pattern) determined by the ring tone setting determination unit 13. For example, when it is determined by the ring tone setting determination unit 13 that “buzzer 1” is used as the ring tone, the incoming call notification unit 15 in the normal operation mode uses a tone and pattern corresponding to “buzzer 1” from the speaker. Make a ringtone and notify you of incoming calls. In addition to the “buzzer 1”, when the ring tone is set to notify the incoming call with the “vibration pattern 1”, the mobile phone 10 main body is vibrated by the vibrator function, and the incoming call is also notified by the vibration. . In the case of “no ringtone”, the incoming call notification unit 15 in the normal operation mode does not perform incoming call notification.

  When the manner mode is set by the manner mode setting unit 17, the incoming call control unit 14 determines whether or not the ring tone setting determination unit 13 has determined “no ring tone”. When it is other than “no ring tone”, the incoming call notification unit 16 in the manner mode notifies the user of an incoming call with a sound other than sound. For example, when it is set to notify the incoming call by vibration in the manner mode, the incoming call notification unit 16 in the manner mode vibrates the main body of the mobile phone 10 by the vibrator function and notifies the user of the incoming call. The incoming call control unit 14 does not perform an incoming call notification in the manner mode by the incoming call notification unit 16 in the manner mode when the incoming call tone setting determination unit 13 determines “no incoming ring tone”. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation in which an incoming call notification is made by setting the manner mode for a partner that does not need an incoming call notification in the normal operation mode.

  FIG. 2 shows a part of the circuit configuration of the mobile phone 10. The cellular phone 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 22, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 24, a working memory 25, a storage unit 26, a key input unit 27, a key 28, a voice control unit 29, and a voice ringing unit 30. The CPU 22 is connected to each unit in the mobile phone 10 via the bus 23. The ROM 24 stores fixed data such as a control program executed by the CPU 22. The work memory 25 is configured by a RAM (Random Access Memory), and stores data temporarily required for the CPU 22 to execute the program.

  The storage unit 26 is a part that stores data of the telephone directory 19 and the group-specific ringtone setting storage unit 21 of FIG. The key input unit 27 is an input circuit that receives an input from the key 28. When the user operates the key 28, the data in the telephone book 19 is input and the manner mode is set. The voice control unit 29 is a control circuit that controls the ringing of the voice ringing unit 30. The sound ringing unit 30 is a device that performs sound ringing, and is specifically a speaker. The function of each unit shown in FIG. 1 is realized by the CPU 22 executing a predetermined control program.

  FIG. 3 shows an operation procedure of the mobile phone at the time of incoming call. The user sets the ringtone prior to the incoming call. When setting a ring tone individually for each party, for example, “Phonebook setting” is called from the menu screen, and the phonebook registration unit 18 sets a telephone number, a name, and a group to an entry of an arbitrary number in the phonebook 19. And the setting information of the individual ring tone are registered. At this time, in the setting of the individual ring tone, a ring tone different from the ring tone set for the whole or “no ring tone” is set. Also, when setting a ring tone for each group, for example, “set by group” is called from the menu screen, and the ring tone setting unit 20 for each group stores the ring tone for each group in the group-specific ring tone setting storage unit 21. Register the setting information.

  When the incoming call reception unit 11 receives an incoming call (step S1), the caller identification information extraction unit 12 extracts the telephone number of the incoming caller (step S2). The ring tone setting discriminating unit 13 searches the telephone directory 19 and acquires individual ring tone setting information in the entry in which the telephone number extracted in step S2 is registered (step S3). The ringtone setting determination unit 13 determines whether or not the individual ringtone setting is “not set (no setting)” (step S4). When the individual ring tone setting is not “not set”, the ring tone set in the individual ring tone setting is determined as the ring tone for the incoming call notification (step S5).

  When the ring tone setting discriminating unit 13 determines that it is not set in step S4, it refers to the telephone book 19 and acquires group setting information in the entry in which the telephone number extracted in step S2 is registered. In step S6, the group-specific ring tone setting storage unit 21 is referred to, and the ring tone setting information set for the group is acquired (step S7). The ring tone setting discriminating unit 13 determines whether or not the ring tone setting for the group is “unset” (step S8). If the ring tone setting is not unset, the ring tone set for the group is displayed as an incoming call notification. The incoming call tone is determined (step S9).

  When the ring tone for the group is “unset”, the ring tone set for the whole stored in the setting information storage unit (not shown) is determined as the ring tone for the incoming call notification (step S10). Even when the group setting information acquired in step S6 is “group not set”, in step S10, the ring tone set for the whole is determined as the ring tone for incoming call notification.

  The incoming call control unit 14 refers to the manner mode setting unit 17 and determines whether or not the operation mode of the mobile phone 10 is set to the manner mode (step S11). If the incoming call control unit 14 determines that the manner mode is not set, the incoming call notification unit 15 in the normal operation mode notifies the user of an incoming call (step S12). At this time, the incoming call notification unit 15 in the normal operation mode notifies the user of the incoming call with the ringtone at the incoming call notification determined in step S5, step S9, or step S10. When the determined ringtone at the time of the incoming call notification is “no ringtone”, the incoming call notification unit 15 in the normal operation mode does not ring, and as a result, the user is not notified of the incoming call. .

  When the incoming call control unit 14 determines that the manner mode is set in step S11, the incoming call tone in the incoming call notification determined in step S5, step S9, or step S10 is “no ringtone”. Is determined (step S13). If it is determined that the ringtone at the time of the determined incoming call notification is other than “no ringtone”, the incoming call notification unit 16 in the manner mode is a means other than the sound in the incoming call notification operation set for the manner mode. To notify the user of an incoming call (step S14). When “no ring tone” is set, the process is terminated without performing an incoming call notification by the incoming call notification unit 16 in the manner mode. Therefore, in this case, the user is not notified of the incoming call.

  In the present embodiment, the incoming call control unit 14 determines whether “no ringtone” is set in the ringtone setting in the normal operation mode for the incoming caller, and the operation mode is the manner mode. Even when “No ring tone” is set, the incoming call notification by the incoming call notification unit 16 in the manner mode is not performed. Therefore, the user can set the operation mode of the mobile phone 10 to the normal operation mode when an incoming call is received from the other party by setting “no ringtone” for a specific party (source). Regardless of the manner mode, incoming calls are not notified, and it is possible to avoid notification of unnecessary incoming calls in any operation mode.

  In the above embodiment, an incoming call has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to an operation when an email is received. In that case, the sender mail address extracted from the received electronic mail may be used as the sender identification information. Since other operations are the same as the operations when receiving a call, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In the above embodiment, two ring tone settings, that is, an individual ring tone setting and a ring tone setting for each group are considered. However, these two are not essential, and only one of them may be used. In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the ring tone is turned on / off by selecting the ring tone has been described. However, the ring tone can be turned off by setting the ring volume.

  As described above, the present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiment. However, the mobile phone, the incoming call notification control method, and the program of the present invention are not limited to the above embodiment, and the configuration of the above embodiment. To which various modifications and changes are made within the scope of the present invention.

The functional block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone of one Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the mobile telephone of FIG. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of a mobile telephone.

Explanation of symbols

10: mobile phone 11: incoming call reception unit 12: sender identification information extraction unit 13: ringtone setting determination unit 14: incoming call control unit 15: incoming call notification unit 16 in normal operation mode 16: incoming call notification unit 17 in manner mode 17: manner mode Setting unit 18: Phonebook registration unit 19: Phonebook 20: Group-specific ringtone setting unit 21: Group-specific ringtone setting storage unit 22: CPU
23: Bus 24: ROM
25: Work memory 26: Storage unit 27: Key input unit 28: Key 29: Audio control unit 30: Audio ringing unit

Claims (5)

A mobile phone that can be set to turn on / off the ringtone according to the caller,
A manner mode setting section for setting the operation mode to the manner mode;
When the manner mode is set, an incoming notification unit when the manner mode is set to notify the user of an incoming call using means other than sound,
When receiving an incoming call, a ringtone determination unit that determines whether the ringtone is set to off for the caller of the incoming call;
When setting the manner mode, if the incoming ring determination unit determines that the incoming ring tone is set to off for the received incoming call, the incoming notification unit does not notify the incoming call when the manner mode is set. A mobile phone comprising an incoming call controller for controlling.   The ringing tone discriminating unit refers to the telephone directory that stores the caller identification information and the information related to on / off of the ringing tone in association with each other, and whether or not the ringing tone is set to off for the caller. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein:   The phone book further stores the caller identification information and information related to the group to which the caller belongs in association with each other, and the ring tone discrimination unit refers to the phone book and the caller Whether or not the ring tone is set to off with reference to the group-specific ring tone setting storage section that stores information about the on / off of the ring tone for each group. The mobile phone according to claim 2, which determines whether or not. The ring tone can be turned on / off according to the caller, and when the manner mode is set, the user is notified of the incoming call using means other than the sound. Control method,
When the mobile phone receives an incoming call, the mobile phone determines whether the ringtone is set to off for the caller of the incoming call,
When the mobile phone determines that the ringtone is set to OFF for the incoming call received when the manner mode is set, the mobile phone is controlled not to notify the incoming call by the incoming call notification unit when the manner mode is set. Incoming call notification control method. The ring tone can be turned on / off according to the caller, and when the manner mode is set, the user is notified of the incoming call using means other than the sound. A program for controlling
When receiving an incoming call to the mobile phone, a process of determining whether or not the ring tone is set to off for the caller of the incoming call;
When it is determined that the ring tone is set to OFF for the incoming call received when the manner mode is set on the mobile phone, a process of controlling not to notify the incoming call by the incoming call notification unit when the manner mode is set. A program characterized by being executed.

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