JP2008299452A - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To design a mobile terminal so that, if there is an incoming voice call or an incoming mail message, while it is in a situation where it cannot take an incoming call or cannot immediately reply to the mail received, the user can reply afterwards without forgetting as to when it becomes capable of replying, regardless of whether it has received incoming voice call or mail message. <P>SOLUTION: After an incoming voice call or an incoming mail message, the press of a return reservation key 19 is detected, and thereby an incoming call record is added to a list 18-1 of calls requiring reply; information about the sender of the incoming voice call or the incoming mail message is saved in a sender list 18-2 in association with the incoming call record. Furthermore, a display part 13 is caused to display an icon indicating that "there is reservation to be returned" as information indicating the presence of an item requiring reply, about which reply should be made to an incoming voice call, based on the list of calls requiring reply, and information indicating the presence of an item requiring reply, about which reply should be made to an incoming mail message, based on the list of calls requiring reply. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal that prevents forgetting a reply of a mail that requires a reply or a telephone reply that requires a reply.

  There are situations where users of mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PHS cannot answer incoming calls or cannot respond immediately to received emails, such as when they are in public transport vehicles or during a meeting. . If there is an incoming voice call or email in such a situation, the incoming call history will remain on the mobile device, so you can refer back to the incoming call history when you can reply later, There is a risk that you will forget the reply over time.

  For this reason, some mobile terminals prevent a user from forgetting to reply to an incoming mail by an alarm notification or the like. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a reply alarm display time designated by a user from a reply alarm display time setting menu provided on a mail browsing screen while browsing a received mail that requires a reply, and related mail information being viewed. And the means for registering the reply alarm display in the storage unit in association with the control unit, and the control unit periodically searches for the registered reply alarm display time. A means for generating and displaying a reply alarm notification including information, a means for displaying a reply mail screen instead of the reply alarm notification screen when the user gives a reply instruction on the reply alarm notification screen, and a corresponding reply A portable terminal having means for deleting the reply alarm display registration of the corresponding mail when the mail is replied is disclosed.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, in a wireless communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving a character message, when a call arrival occurs in a state where an unread character message exists, each wireless communication terminal associated with information on the unread character message When the unique identification number information assigned to the call identification number notification information of the caller of the incoming call matches, the user is notified by using a different notification pattern from the normal incoming call notification pattern. In this case, there is an unread character message, and it is possible to prompt an incoming call from a caller related to the unread character message and to allow the user to recognize the content of the corresponding unread character message. .

JP 2005-115424 A JP 2006-148725 A

However, in Patent Document 1, when a message is received, it is necessary to perform an input operation for setting an alarm time. Therefore, the alarm is used in a situation where there is no time for performing an input operation such as during a meeting. The input operation for setting the time is complicated, and there is a possibility that the conference is temporarily suspended.
Moreover, in the above-mentioned patent document 2, it does not function unless there is a re-incoming call from a partner of an unread character message.

  Furthermore, although there is an incoming voice call in a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS, the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are functions for receiving an email, and when a reply call becomes possible later. It is the same as a conventional normal portable terminal that the user has to check the incoming call history of voice calls and make a call.

  In this way, in a conventional portable terminal such as a mobile phone or PHS, regardless of whether it is an incoming voice call or an incoming mail, it is possible to reply without forgetting when it becomes possible to reply later. The function is not realized.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS, when a user is in a public transport vehicle or during a meeting, the incoming call is answered. If you are unable to reply to received mail, or if you receive a voice call or mail, or if you can reply later, you will receive a voice call or mail It is to provide a function that makes it possible to reply without forgetting.

In order to solve the above problems, a portable terminal according to the present invention is a portable terminal capable of receiving and sending voice calls and mails, and by detecting a predetermined operation after receiving a voice call or mail, An incoming call record is added to the message, and the sender information of the incoming voice call or mail is stored in association with the incoming call record.
According to the above configuration, only incoming voice calls or mails that are determined to require a reply are added to the reply required list by simple operations only, so when it becomes possible to reply later. Based on the sender information associated with the reply required list, it is possible to reply without forgetting.

Furthermore, the portable terminal according to the present invention is characterized in that the predetermined processing is pressing a specific key.
According to the above configuration, the incoming record can be added to the reply required list only by a simple operation in which the user presses a specific key.

Alternatively, the portable terminal according to the present invention is a portable terminal capable of receiving and sending voice calls and emails, and automatically adds an incoming record to the reply-required list after receiving a voice call or a mail. The incoming call originator information is stored in association with the incoming call record.
According to the above configuration, all incoming voice calls or incoming mails are automatically added to the reply required list so that even if the user cannot respond to incoming voice calls or incoming mails, he can reply later. When a situation arises, it is possible to reply without forgetting based on the sender information associated with the reply required list.

Also, information indicating the presence of a response request case that should be answered to the voice incoming call based on the reply required list, and information indicating the presence of a reply request matter that should be returned to the mail incoming based on the reply required list; Is displayed on the display unit.
According to the above configuration, the user can recognize that there is a response-necessary item or a response-necessary item based on the information displayed on the display unit.

Further, the information indicating the presence of the required response case and the information indicating the presence of the required response case are a list display or icon display of the transmission source information. In the case of the icon display, the transmission source is pressed by pressing a specific key. It is characterized by switching to a list display of information.
According to the above configuration, the user can recognize that there is a response-necessary matter or a reply-necessary matter by the list display or icon display of the sender information displayed on the display unit.

In addition, it is characterized in that the user is prompted to perform a terminal operation linked to the attribute of the response required item or the attribute of the response required response item.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to prompt the user to perform a terminal operation linked to the response-necessary item or the attribute of the reply-necessary item.

In addition, voice transmission is possible based on the response required case, or a reply message can be created based on the response required case.
According to the above configuration, voice transmission is possible based on a case requiring a response or a reply message can be created based on the case requiring a reply.

Further, the icon display state changes according to the date and time that has passed since the time when the response required case or the response required case was acquired.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to determine the elapsed time and the number of days since the case requiring response or the case requiring reply is acquired.

In addition, when the response or reply process is completed, the list display or the icon display is deleted from the standby screen.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to determine whether or not a response or reply has been made to a response-necessary case or a reply-necessary case.

  In the present invention, when there is a situation in which it is impossible to answer an incoming call or a reply to a received mail cannot be made immediately, if there is an incoming voice call or incoming mail, a reply can be made later. In some cases, it is possible to provide a portable terminal capable of replying without forgetting whether it is an incoming voice call or an incoming mail.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a mobile terminal according to the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the appearance of a mobile terminal according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a main part of the mobile terminal according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 1 is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS, and has a foldable housing (first housing 1A and second housing 1B). The casing may have another structure such as a straight type. The first housing 1A includes a display unit 13, a speaker 15, a communication unit 16, and the like. The second housing 1B includes an operation unit 11, a control unit 12, a memory unit 18, a microphone 14, a reply reservation key 19, a reply execution key 20, and the like.

  The operation unit 11 is provided with various keys such as a dial key (numeric key), a power key, a call key, a hold key, and a direction instruction key.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 12 executes control and calculation for various functions of the mobile terminal 1, and the operation unit 11, the memory unit 18, the microphone 14, the speaker 15, and the communication unit 16 are connected to each other. Yes.

  The display unit 13 is a display such as a liquid crystal or an organic EL that displays a telephone number, a communication history, a mail text, an image, and the like.

  The memory unit 18 stores various data such as a control program for the mobile terminal body, various application programs, a telephone / mail address book (see FIG. 4A described later), dictionary data, and image data. In the form, further, a reply required list 18-1 (see FIG. 4B described later) and a sender list 18-2 indicating information of the sender of the required reply list 18-1 (described later FIG. 4C). Reference) is stored.

  Next, an example of the control flow of the mobile terminal according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a control flow in the mobile terminal according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of each list in the mobile terminal according to the present embodiment.

  In the standby state, the portable terminal 1 detects an incoming voice or mail (step S1), and when the incoming voice or mail is received (step S1: YES), the control unit 12 causes a ringing tone, vibration, The user is notified of the incoming call by blinking the lamp (step S2).

Upon receiving this incoming call notification, the user holds the call in the case of a voice incoming call, or confirms the caller after receiving a missed call without answering the voice call. In addition, in the case of incoming mail, in addition to confirming the sender, the subject, message content, etc. are confirmed as appropriate.
And when replying later with respect to the said transmission origin, a user performs predetermined | prescribed operation | movement with respect to the portable terminal 1. FIG. Specifically, as the predetermined operation, the reply reservation key 19 is pressed.

  The control unit 12 determines whether or not the pressing of the reply reservation key 19 is detected within a predetermined time after the incoming call notification (step S3).

If the reply reservation key 19 is pressed within the predetermined time (step S3: YES), the control unit 12 detects the reply reservation key 19 being pressed and records this incoming call record in the reply required list 18-1. In addition, the sender information such as the telephone number or mail address of the sender is stored in the sender list 18-2 in association with the incoming record (step S4).
In the example shown in FIG. 4, “1. Call incoming from Haruko (TEL)”, “2. Call incoming from Taro (TEL)”, “3. Mail incoming from aki (mail)” is the reply required list 18. -1 (FIG. 4B). Also, information such as the telephone number and mail address of the sender in the reply required list 18-1 is stored in the sender list 18-2 (FIG. 4C).

On the other hand, when the reply reservation key 19 is not pressed within the predetermined time (step S3: NO), the control unit 12 does not save the incoming call record in the reply required list 18-1, but enters the standby state. Return.
As described above, the incoming call record and the incoming call record that are not stored in the reply required list 18-1 are also saved separately with the usual incoming mail list and the incoming call history that are the same as the conventional incoming call record. Also good.
In the example shown in FIG. 4, the received mail list (FIG. 4 (d)) also records “Mail from Company A” that was not saved in the reply required list 18-1 (FIG. 4 (b)). . In the incoming call history (FIG. 4 (e)), “incoming call from Jiro” that was not saved in the reply required list 18-1 (FIG. 4 (b)) is also recorded.

  After the step S4, the control unit 12 of the portable terminal 1 has information indicating the presence of a response-necessary item to be answered on the standby screen of the display unit 13 to respond to an incoming voice call based on the reply required list 18-1. The display unit 13 displays information indicating the presence of a reply-necessary item to be replied to the incoming mail based on the reply-required list 18-1. For example, an icon indicating “Reservation reserved” is displayed (step S5).

  Thereafter, when a reply is possible, when the user presses the reply execution key 20, the control unit 12 detects the pressing of the reply execution key 20.

  Then, upon detecting that the reply execution key 20 is pressed, the reply required list 18-1 is displayed on the display unit 13 (step S6).

  In addition, although this display displays a voice incoming call and a mail incoming call on the same screen, it is more preferable that the display can identify whether each item is a voice incoming call or a mail incoming call.

  Furthermore, the state of the icon display may change according to the date and time that has passed since the time when the required response item or the required reply information was acquired (for example, the icon color may be changed as the date and time elapses, Change the size, change the shape of the icon, etc.).

  Then, the user selects a case for replying from the case requiring response and the case requiring reply displayed in step S6 (step S7).

  When the item is selected, the control unit 12 performs an operation for prompting the user to perform a terminal operation linked to the attribute of the response required information or the response required information.

  For example, specifically, when the selected case is a response-necessary case (voice incoming), the telephone number of the sender of the selected response-necessary case (phone number stored in the caller list 18-2) Call automatically (step S8). Alternatively, if the selected case is a reply-needed case (incoming mail), a reply mail input screen to the sender is automatically displayed (step S8). Then, after the user finishes writing the contents of the reply mail, the reply mail is transmitted to the sender (mail address stored in the sender list 18-2) by pressing the reply key.

  In this way, when a voice call or mail is sent to the sender (recipient partner), the record of the matter is deleted from the reply required list 18-1 (step S9).

  Next, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the number of required response cases and required response cases in the reply required list 18-1 has become zero (step S10).

  At this time, if the number of required response cases and required response cases in the reply required list 18-1 is zero (step S10: YES), the “reply reserved” icon on the standby screen of the display unit 13 is erased ( Step S11). On the other hand, if the number of required response cases and required response cases in the reply required list 18-1 is not zero (step S10: NO), the display of the “Reply reserved” icon on the standby screen of the display unit 13 is continued. (Step S12). Again, when the user presses the reply execution key 20, the process of step S6 is performed.

  Alternatively, in the above-described step S2, as in the case where the reply reservation key is not pressed within the predetermined time by pressing a specific key different from the reply reservation key 19 (step S2: No), The incoming call record may be returned to the incoming call waiting state without being stored in the reply required list 18-1.

  Further, although the arrangement positions of the reply reservation key 19 and the reply execution key 20 are provided on the side surface of the housing 1B in FIG. 1, the arrangement positions of these keys are not limited, and are provided on the operation unit 11. Any of various keys may be assigned.

  As described above in detail, the mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment is a mobile terminal 1 capable of receiving and sending voice calls and mails, and pressing the reply reservation key 19 after receiving a voice call or mail. By detecting, the incoming call record is added to the reply required list 18-1, and the sender information of the voice incoming call or the incoming mail is associated with the incoming call record and stored in the sender list 18-2. Further, the display unit 13 includes information indicating the presence of a response request case that should be answered to a voice incoming call based on the reply required list and information indicating the presence of a reply request matter that should be returned to the incoming mail based on the reply required list. Is displayed with an icon indicating “Reservation reserved”.

  As a result, when you cannot answer the incoming call, or when you cannot reply to the received mail immediately, when there is an incoming voice call or incoming mail, it becomes possible to reply later In addition, it is possible to reply without forgetting whether it is an incoming voice call or an incoming mail.

  In the above embodiment, the incoming call record is added to the reply required list 18-1 when the reply reservation key 19 is pressed within a predetermined time after the incoming call notification. After the incoming call notification is made without using a specific key such as the reply reservation key 19, an incoming record is automatically added to the reply required list, and the origination information of the voice incoming call or the incoming mail is set as the incoming call record. You may make it preserve | save in relation.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the external appearance of the portable terminal of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the principal part of the portable terminal of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart explaining an example of the control flow of the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of each list in the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable terminal 1A 1st housing | casing 1B 2nd housing | casing 11 Operation part 12 Control part 13 Display part,
14 microphone 15 speaker 16 communication unit 18 memory unit 18-1 reply required list 18-2 source list 19 reply reservation key 20 reply execution key

Claims (9)

In mobile terminals that can send and receive voice calls and emails,
By detecting a predetermined operation within a predetermined time after receiving a voice call or mail, a call record is added to the reply required list and the source information of the voice call or mail is stored in association with the call record. A portable terminal characterized by that.   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined operation is pressing of a specific key. In mobile terminals that can send and receive voice calls and emails,
A portable terminal characterized in that after receiving a voice call or mail, a call record is automatically added to the reply required list and the sender information of the voice call or mail is stored in association with the call record.   Information indicating the presence of a required response case to be answered to the voice incoming call based on the reply required list, and information indicating the presence of a required reply case to be returned to the mail incoming based on the required reply list, It displays on a display part, The portable terminal of any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Information indicating the presence of the response-necessary matter and information indicating the presence of the reply-necessary matter are:
5. The display according to claim 1, wherein the display is a list display or icon display of the transmission source information, and in the case of the icon display, the display is switched to a list display of the transmission source information by pressing a specific key. Mobile devices.   The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a user is prompted to perform a terminal operation linked to an attribute of the response required item or the response required response item.   The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein voice transmission is possible based on the response-necessary matter or a reply message can be created based on the reply-necessary matter.   The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a state of the icon display is changed according to a date and time that has passed since the time when the response required case or the response required response was acquired.   The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the response or reply process is completed, the list display or the icon display is deleted from the standby screen.

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