JP2009010678A - Address management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow acquisition of a changed communication address of another person even when the changed communication address of another person is not notified. <P>SOLUTION: A portable telephone 100A notifies a portable telephone 100B that a user A of the portable telephone 100A desires to know a telephone number of a portable telephone 100C. When a user of the portable telephone 100B permits the provision of the telephone number to the user A, a message that permits the provision of the telephone number is transmitted from the portable telephone 100B to a management device 300. When receiving the message, the management device 300 updates the telephone number of a user C stored in an address book of the user A stored in the management device 300 to the latest telephone number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for updating an address book of a mobile terminal.

  A communication terminal has a function called an address book as a function for managing telephone numbers and mail addresses. Many techniques relating to this address book have been devised, one of which is disclosed in Patent Document 1. In the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, a telephone directory management apparatus that stores a user's address book is connected to a communication network, and the stored address book is associated with the name of a user's acquaintance. Thus, information indicating whether to notify that the telephone number of the user of the mobile phone has been changed is stored. In this system, when the user's telephone number is changed, the person who is supposed to notify the change is notified that the user's telephone number has been changed. Also, in this system, when the name and phone number of the user whose phone number has been changed are stored in the user's address book different from the user whose phone number has been changed, it is stored in this address book. The phone number is updated. According to this system, when a user's phone number is changed, the address book of the other person in which the user's phone number is stored is also updated, so an acquaintance can easily know the changed phone number. Can do.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-141998

  In the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, a user whose telephone number has been changed is an important acquaintance for those who have not been notified of the change, and may always want to know the telephone number. However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the telephone number of the user after the change is not notified to a person who is not notified of the change, and the user who is not notified is not notified of the change. The address book will not be updated either. For this reason, a person who has not been notified of the telephone number after the change cannot know the telephone number of the user after the change, resulting in a problem that he or she cannot be contacted.

  The present invention has been made under the background described above, and the purpose of the present invention is to be able to acquire the communication address after the change of the other party even when the communication address after the change of the other party is not notified. Is to make it.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention stores, for each user, a plurality of terminal devices and the latest communication address assigned to the user of the terminal device, the name of the communication partner of the user, and the communication partner. A management device that stores, for each user, an address book in which the communication address assigned to the user and the degree information indicating the degree of communication between the user and the communication partner are associated with each other. One terminal device receives a user name of the user of the first terminal device, and an address book reception for receiving the address book of the user of the first terminal device stored in the management device from the management device Means for displaying a name in the received address book, a first name of a communication partner whose communication address is updated in the address book, and the first name is different from the first name. Specifying means for specifying a second name of the communication partner in accordance with an operation performed by a user, the user name, and the first name and the second name specified by the specifying means are the second name. First transmitting means for transmitting to the second terminal device of the user, the second terminal device receiving the user name, the first name, and the second name. And second transmission means for transmitting the user name and a disclosure request message for requesting disclosure of the communication address to the user of the first terminal device, with the received third terminal device of the user having the first name as a destination. The third terminal device receives the user name and the disclosure request message, and receives the communication address disclosure request to the user of the first terminal device. From the terminal device user When a notification means for notifying the user of the third terminal device and an operation of permitting the user of the first terminal device to disclose the communication address are performed by the user of the third terminal device, A third transmission means for transmitting to the management device a public permission message permitting the communication address of the user of the third terminal device to be disclosed to the user of the first terminal device; When the permission message is received, the communication address of the user of the third terminal device in the address book of the user of the first terminal device is updated to the latest communication address of the user of the third terminal device. Provide an address management system.

In the present invention, the first terminal device may rearrange and display the names in the received address book based on the degree information of the address book.
In the present invention, the first terminal device may display the name corresponding to information that is less than a predetermined value in the received address book.
Also, in the present invention, in the first terminal device, any name corresponding to information that is greater than or equal to a predetermined value in the received address book may be selected as the second name. .
In the present invention, when communication is performed between the terminal devices, the management device may update the information associated with the name of the communication partner in the address book of the user of the terminal device. .
Further, in the present invention, the management device stores the name of the user of the first terminal device in the address book of the user of the first terminal device when there is no name of the user of the first terminal device in the address book of the user of the third terminal device. The communication address of the user of the third terminal device may not be updated.

  According to the present invention, the changed communication address of the other party can be acquired even if the changed communication address is not notified from the other party.

[Configuration of the embodiment]
[overall structure]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this communication system, there are many mobile phones, but in order to prevent the drawing from becoming complicated, only the mobile phones 100A to 100E are shown in FIG.

  The mobile communication network 200 is a communication network that provides a voice call service and a packet communication service to a subscriber who has signed a subscription with a communication carrier that operates the mobile communication network 200. The mobile communication network 200 includes a radio base station that performs radio communication with the mobile phones 100A to 100E, an exchange connected to the radio base station, and information about a subscriber (phone number of the subscriber, owned by the subscriber). An individual identification number, call processing information, etc.) that uniquely identify the mobile phone to be stored, and a service control station connected to each exchange (both not shown) and a management device 300 connected to the service control station Have. A communication carrier operating this communication network gives a telephone number and an e-mail address to a subscriber. The subscriber can use the assigned telephone number or e-mail address to receive a voice call service or e-mail distribution service provided by the mobile communication network 200.

The mobile phones 100A to 100E are mobile phones that can receive a voice call service and a data communication service provided by the mobile communication network 200, and are owned by subscribers. Here, the mobile phones 100A to 100E have the same configuration. Therefore, hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish between individual mobile phones, the mobile phone 100 is abbreviated.
The management device 300 is a device that manages the address book of the users of the mobile phones 100A to 100E, and stores the address book of each user of the mobile phone 100.

[Configuration of mobile phone 100]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 100. Each unit of the mobile phone 100 shown in FIG. 2 transmits and receives data via the bus 101 connected to each unit.
The communication unit 108 functions as a communication interface, and performs wireless communication with a wireless base station of the mobile communication network 200 via an antenna (not shown) under the control of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 102. The communication unit 108 supplies the message and information transmitted from the radio base station to the CPU 102, and transmits the message and information output from the CPU 102 to the radio base station.

  The operation unit 106 has a plurality of keys (not shown) for operating the mobile phone 100. When this key is pressed, a signal indicating the pressed key is supplied to the CPU 102. The display unit 107 includes a liquid crystal display, and displays a character and graphic screen, a menu screen for operating the mobile phone 100, and the like under the control of the CPU 102.

  The storage unit 105 has, for example, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) as a memory for permanently storing data, and stores an address book that stores the names and telephone numbers of user acquaintances. In addition, the storage unit 105 stores an address book program that enables the mobile phone 100 to perform the address book functions such as management of the address book stored in the management device 300 and display of information stored in the address book. Yes. In addition, the storage unit 105 stores an individual identification number that uniquely identifies the mobile phone 100.

  A ROM (Read Only Memory) 103 stores an OS (Operating System) program for controlling each unit of the mobile phone 100. When power is supplied from a power supply (not shown), the CPU 102 reads and starts an OS program from the ROM 103, and controls each unit of the mobile phone 100 using a RAM (Random Access Memory) 104 as a work area. Thus, it can be said that the mobile phone 100 has the same configuration as a general computer device in the sense that the CPU controls each unit according to the program.

  The CPU 102 that has started the OS program performs processing in accordance with signals, messages, and data input to the CPU 102. In addition, the CPU 102 that has activated the OS program activates the address book program stored in the storage unit 105. Thereby, in the cellular phone 100, the address book function is realized when the power is turned on.

[Configuration of Management Device 300]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the management apparatus 300. Each unit of the management apparatus 300 illustrated in FIG. 3 exchanges data via a bus 301 connected to each unit.
The communication unit 308 is a communication interface for communicating with other devices, and is connected to the service control station. The communication unit 308 receives messages and information sent to the management apparatus 300 and supplies them to the CPU 302, while outputting messages and information supplied from the CPU 302.

The storage unit 305 has a hard disk device (not shown) as a device for permanently storing data, and stores an OS program for controlling each unit of the management device 300.
The storage unit 305 stores an address book of the user of the mobile phone 100. 4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating this address book. FIG. 4A is an address book AD1 of the user A who is a user of the mobile phone 100A, and FIG. FIG. 4C illustrates an address book AD3 of the user C who is the user of the mobile phone 100C, and FIG. 4C illustrates the address book AD3 of the user C who is the user of the mobile phone 100C.
In this address book, the owner field stores the name of the owner of the address book, and the individual identifier field stores the individual identification number of the mobile phone 100 owned by the owner of the address book. In the owner telephone number field, the telephone number of the owner of the address book is stored.
In one record of the address book, the name field stores the name of the user's acquaintance (communication partner), and the telephone number field stores the acquaintance's telephone number. The communication frequency field stores the number of voice calls made with the acquaintance, and the communication frequency field stores the frequency of voice calls with the acquaintance using the mobile phone 100. Note that the number of communication and the communication frequency can be said to be information representing the degree of communication with the communication partner. As for the communication frequency, the number of days since the address book is provided in the storage unit 105 is counted, and the communication frequency per week is calculated and stored from the number of communication times and the counted number of days.

  As shown in the drawing, the names and telephone numbers of the users B and C are stored in the address book AD1 of the user A, and the names of the users A and C are stored in the address book AD2 of the user B. And the phone numbers are stored, and the names and phone numbers of the users A and B are stored in the address book AD3 of the user C.

  The ROM 303 stores an IPL (Initial Program Loader). When power is supplied from a power supply (not shown), the CPU 302 reads the IPL from the ROM 303 and executes it. The CPU 302 that executed the IPL reads out and starts up the OS program from the storage unit 305 and controls each unit of the management apparatus 300. In addition, when the CPU 302 activates the OS program, the function of communicating with the mobile phone 100 via the mobile communication network 200 to exchange various messages and information, the function of managing the address book stored in the storage unit 305, etc. A function is realized in the management apparatus 300.

[Operation of the embodiment]

(Operations when users communicate with each other)
An operation when the users of the mobile phone 100 communicate with each other using the mobile phone 100 will be described. First, in the state where the address book function is realized by the mobile phone 100, when the user A performs an operation to instruct acquisition of the address book stored in the management apparatus 300 on the operation unit 106 (FIG. 5: S101). The cellular phone 100A transmits the individual identification number stored in the storage unit 105 and the address book request message for requesting the address book by controlling the communication unit 108 and using the management apparatus 300 as a destination (S102). ).

  The individual identification number and the address book request message are sent to the management apparatus 300 via the radio base station and the exchange constituting the mobile communication network 200. Then, when the individual identification number and the address book request message are received by the communication unit 308, the management apparatus 300 searches the address book using the individual identification number as a key in the storage unit 305 (S103), and finds it by searching. The address book is transmitted to the mobile phone 100A as a destination by controlling the communication unit 308 (S104). Here, since the address book storing the individual identification number of the mobile phone 100A is the address book AD1 shown in FIG. 4A, this address book AD1 is transmitted to the mobile phone 100A.

  When the mobile phone 100A receives the address book AD1 transmitted from the management apparatus 300, the mobile phone 100A stores the received address book AD1 in the storage unit 105 (S105). Next, based on the received address book, the mobile phone 100A displays the name stored in the name field of the address book (S106). Specifically, mobile phone 100A sorts and displays the names according to the communication frequency stored in the address book. For example, in the address book of the user A, as shown in FIG. 4A, the communication frequency with the user B is 20, the communication frequency with the user C is 2, the communication frequency with the user D is 15, and the user E The communication frequency with is 8. The mobile phone 100A displays the names on the display unit 107 by rearranging the names in the order of communication frequency, that is, in the order of user A, user D, user E, and user C.

  Next, when the user A selects one of the displayed names and performs an operation of instructing a call on the operation unit 106 (S107), the mobile phone 100A records the selected name in the record. In the address book of the storage unit 105, and the telephone number stored in the searched record is read. Then, the cellular phone 100A makes a call using the read telephone number. For example, when the user A selects the name “user B” and performs an operation of instructing a call, the mobile phone 100A reads the telephone number “090OO” from the record in which “user B” is stored in the address book. "○ △△△△" is read out and a call is made using the read telephone number.

  Thereafter, when a voice call line is established between the mobile phone 100A of the user A and the mobile phone 100B of the user B (S108), the service control station, the individual identification numbers of the mobile phones 100A and 100B, the mobile phone 100A and the mobile phone 100A A line establishment message indicating that a voice call line has been established with telephone 100B is transmitted to management apparatus 300. Upon receiving this message and the individual identification number (S109), the management device 300 searches the address book storing the received individual identification number, and selects the name stored in the owner field of the searched address book. read out. Then, 1 is added to the communication number field of the record in which the read name is stored (S110).

  Specifically, in the management apparatus 300, the address book AD1 of the user A and the address book AD2 of the user B are searched from the individual identification numbers of the mobile phones 100A and 100B, and the name of the user A is searched from these address books. User B's name is read. Then, 1 is added to the communication count field of the record in which the name of the user B is stored in the address book AD1 of the user A, and the communication count field of the record in which the name of the user A is stored in the address book AD2 of the user B. 1 is added to.

  In this way, when communication is made between mobile phones using the telephone number stored in the address book, the number of communication in the address book stored in the management apparatus 300 is updated. Then, based on the number of times of communication, the communication frequency is calculated, and the calculated frequency is stored in the communication frequency field.

(Operation when updating the address book (1))
Next, the operation when the user updates the telephone number of an acquaintance with high communication frequency will be described. In the following description, after the user B's telephone number is changed, the user A's address book is updated from the state where the user B's telephone number stored in the user A's address book is not updated. The operation will be described assuming the case.

  First, when the user A performs an operation to instruct acquisition of the address book stored in the management apparatus 300 on the operation unit 106, the address book of the user A is transferred from the management apparatus 300 to the mobile phone 100A in the same manner as described above. The name stored in the address book is displayed on the display unit 107.

Next, when the user A selects the user B from the displayed names and performs an operation on the operation unit 106 to request the telephone number of the selected user (FIG. 6: S201), the cellular phone 100A , The selected name (selected name: “user B”), a number request message for requesting the telephone number of the user of this name, and the name stored in the owner field of the stored address book ( (Requester name: “User A”) is transmitted to the management apparatus 300 (S202).
Upon receiving the name and number request message transmitted from the mobile phone 100A, the management device 300 searches the address book storing the name (selected name) “user B” selected by the user A in the owner field. (S203).

  When the management apparatus 300 finds the address book AD2 of the user B, the management apparatus 300 searches the address book AD2 for a record storing the transmitted user A name (requester name) “user A”. If the name of the user A is stored in the address book of the user B, the communication frequency of the record in which the name (requester name) of the user A is stored in the address book AD2 of the user B is read (S204). ). Here, when the read communication frequency value “20” is equal to or greater than the predetermined value 5 (S205), the management apparatus 300 sets the telephone number “090” stored in the owner telephone number field of the user B address book. □□□□ △△△△ ”is read (S206). Here, the predetermined value is an arbitrary condition value set for restricting the parties to whom the user B is permitted to update the address book. Here, the predetermined value is “5”, but the predetermined value may be a number other than five. Thereafter, the management apparatus 300 searches the address book AD1 of the user A that stores the requester name (user A) in the owner field, and the name (selected name) of the user B is found in the address book AD1 of the user A. The telephone number of user B is stored in the stored record (S207).

  Then, the management apparatus 300 reads out the address book AD1 of the user A whose stored telephone number has been updated from the storage unit 305, and displays the read address book and an updated message indicating that the address book has been updated. The mobile phone 100A is transmitted as the destination (S208). When receiving the updated message and the address book AD1, the cellular phone 100A stores the received address book AD1 in the storage unit 105 (S209). Then, a message indicating that the address book has been updated is displayed on the display unit 107 (S210).

(Operation when updating the address book (2))
Next, an operation when the user A updates the telephone number of the user C who has a low communication frequency will be described. In the following description, after the user C's telephone number is changed, the user A's address book is updated from the state in which the user C's telephone number stored in the user A's address book is not updated. The operation will be described assuming the case.

  First, when the user A performs an operation to instruct acquisition of the address book stored in the management apparatus 300 on the operation unit 106, the address book of the user A is transferred from the management apparatus 300 to the mobile phone 100A in the same manner as described above. The name stored in the address book is displayed on the display unit 107.

Next, when the user A selects the user C from the displayed names and performs an operation for requesting the telephone number of the selected user on the operation unit 106 (FIG. 7: S301), the cellular phone 100A , The selected name (selected name “user C”), a number request message for requesting the telephone number of the user of this name, and the name (request) stored in the owner field of the stored address book (User name: “User A”) is transmitted to the management apparatus 300 (S302).
Upon receiving the name and number request message transmitted from the mobile phone 100A, the management apparatus 300 searches the address book storing the name (selected name) “user C” selected by the user A in the owner field. (S303).

  When the management apparatus 300 finds the address book AD3 of the user C, the management apparatus 300 searches the address book AD3 for a record storing the transmitted user A name (requester name) “user A”. If the name of the user A is stored in the address book of the user C, the communication frequency of the record in which the name (requester name) of the user A is stored in the address book AD3 of the user C is read (S304). ). If the read communication frequency value “2” is less than the predetermined value of 5 (S305), the management apparatus 300 prompts the user to update the telephone number via a third party. Is transmitted to the mobile phone 100A as a destination (S306). Note that the predetermined value here is an arbitrary condition value that is set in order to limit the parties to whom the user C is permitted to update the address book.

  Receiving this message, the mobile phone 100A displays a message prompting the user to update the telephone number via a third party on the display unit 107 as shown in FIG. 8 (S307). Here, when the user A performs an operation of clicking the OK button shown in FIG. 8, the mobile phone 100 </ b> A displays a message for inquiring a user having a high communication frequency with the user C, and the name of the user C. And the individual identification number of the mobile phone 100A are transmitted to the management apparatus 300 (S308).

  Upon receiving this message, the name of the user C, and the individual identification number, the management device 300 first searches the address book AD3 that stores the name of the user C in the owner field. Next, the management apparatus 300 searches the address book AD1 using the individual identification number as a key, and reads the name “user A” stored in the owner field of the address book AD1 of the user A found by the search (S309). ). Then, the management apparatus 300 extracts names stored in the name fields of both the searched address book AD1 and address book AD3 (S310).

  Here, in the address book of user A, the names of users B to E are stored. In the address book of user C, the names of users A, B, D, and E are stored. The management apparatus 300 reads the communication frequency “15” between the user C and the user B, the communication frequency “3” between the user C and the user D, and the communication frequency “10” between the user C and the user E from the address book of the user C. (S311). Then, the management apparatus 300, the communication frequency “15” between the user C and the user B, the name of the user E, the user C and the user E, whose communication frequency is the predetermined value “5” or more. Is transmitted to the mobile phone 100A (S312). Note that the predetermined value here is a value arbitrarily set to extract a person with a high communication frequency.

  When the mobile phone 100A receives the name of the user B, the communication frequency “15” between the user C and the user B, and the name of the user E and the communication frequency “10” between the user C and the user E, the communication frequency is high. The names are rearranged and displayed in order (S313). Here, since the communication frequency “15” between the user C and the user B is higher than the communication frequency “10” between the user C and the user E, the name of the user B is displayed at the top.

  Next, when user A selects “user B” from the displayed names and performs an operation on the operation unit 106 to request acquisition of a telephone number (S314), the cellular phone 100A is selected. The record in which the name “user B” is stored is searched in the address book, and the telephone number “090 □□□□ ΔΔΔΔ” stored in the searched record is read out. Then, a message indicating that the user A desires the telephone number of the user C is generated, and the name of the user C, the telephone number of the user B, the name of the user A, and the generated message are The mobile phone 100B of the user B is transmitted to the management apparatus 300 as a destination (S315).

  When receiving these, the management apparatus 300 transfers the message to the mobile phone 100B specified by the telephone number of the user B (S316). When receiving this message, the cellular phone 100B displays the screen shown in FIG. 9 (S317). Here, when the user B performs an operation of clicking the OK button on the screen, a message for requesting to disclose the name of the user A and the telephone number is transmitted from the mobile phone 100B to the mobile phone 100C as a destination. (S318).

  Upon receiving this message, the mobile phone 100C displays the screen shown in FIG. 10 (S319). Here, when the user C performs an operation of clicking an OK button on the screen, the mobile phone 100C generates a message that permits the user A to disclose the telephone number, and the generated message is managed by the management device. It transmits to 300 (S320).

  Upon receiving this message, the management device 300 reads the phone number of the user C from the owner phone number field of the user C address book. Then, the read telephone number is stored in the record in which the name of the user C is stored in the address book of the user A (S321). In addition, the management apparatus 300 reads the address book of the user A whose stored telephone number has been updated from the storage unit 305. Then, the read address book and the updated message indicating that the address book has been updated are transmitted to the mobile phone 100A as the destination (S322).

  When receiving the updated message and the address book, the mobile phone 100A stores the received address book in the storage unit 105 (S323). Then, a message indicating that the address book has been updated is displayed on the display unit 107 (S324).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when a user of a certain mobile phone is not notified of the telephone number of another user, the telephone number of the other user is updated via a third party. be able to.

[Modification]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, It can implement with another various form. For example, the present invention may be implemented by modifying the above-described embodiment as follows.

  In the embodiment described above, the names of the users are displayed by rearranging the names according to the communication frequency, but the rearrangement may not be performed.

  In the embodiment described above, the contents of the address book may be edited by displaying the contents of the address book on the display unit 107 in the mobile phone 100. Further, the address book edited in the mobile phone 100 may be transmitted to the management apparatus 300 and stored in the management apparatus 300.

  In the above-described embodiment, in a state where the name stored in the address book is displayed on the mobile phone 100, the user selects one of the names and instructs to display the communication frequency with the selected user. When an operation is performed, the name of the selected user, the telephone number of the user, and the communication frequency with the user may be read from the address book and displayed on the display unit 107.

  In the embodiment described above, the communication frequency field of the address book stores the communication frequency per week. However, the communication frequency per day or the communication frequency per month is calculated and stored. It may be.

In the embodiment described above, the address book is provided with a field for storing a prohibition flag representing prohibition of provision of data in the address book to persons other than the owner of the address book, and the prohibition flag is stored in this field. In such a case, the management device 300 may not store the telephone number stored in the owner field of the address book in the telephone number field of another address book.
In addition, in the address book, a field for storing a provision permission flag indicating that all subscribers are permitted to provide data in the address book is provided, and when a provision permission flag is stored in this field, The management apparatus 300 may not limit the storage of the telephone number stored in the owner field of the address book in the telephone number field of another address book.

In the embodiment described above, an e-mail address may be stored in the address book.
In the communication frequency field, the number of times of communication by voice call and the number of times of communication by e-mail are stored in the address book, and the frequency of communication by voice call and the frequency of communication by e-mail are stored. You may make it do. In this configuration, the communication frequency by voice call may be specified, and the names stored in the name field of the address book may be rearranged according to the communication frequency, or the communication frequency by e-mail may be specified. Depending on the communication frequency, the names stored in the name field of the address book may be rearranged and displayed.

  In the above-described embodiment, a field for storing a prohibition flag representing prohibition of provision of the telephone number of the owner of the address book may be provided in each record of the address book. In this case, the management apparatus 300 may not store the telephone number stored in the owner telephone number field of the address book in the user's address book of the record in which the prohibition flag is stored. For example, when the prohibition flag is stored in the record in which the name of the user A is stored in the address book of the user C, the management apparatus 300 stores the telephone number of the user C in the address book of the user A. Is prohibited. According to this configuration, even if the user C is requested to disclose the telephone number to the user A via the user B, the telephone number of the user C is not stored in the user A's address book.

In the above-described embodiment, when the user A tries to update the telephone number of the user B stored in the user A address book, if the user A name is not in the user B address book, the management device 300 may prohibit updating of the user A's address book.
In the embodiment described above, when the user A tries to update the phone number of the user C stored in the address book of the user A, when the name of the user A is not in the user C address book, The management apparatus 300 may prohibit the update of the user A address book.

  In the above-described embodiment, the management apparatus 300 does not transmit a message for prompting the user to update the telephone number via a third party in S305 of FIG. 7, but the telephone number via the third party is not transmitted. May not be able to be updated.

In the embodiment described above, the mobile phone 100 extracts and displays only the names of acquaintances whose communication frequency is less than a predetermined value from the address book, and the user of the mobile phone 100 displays the phone number of the user with the displayed name. You may operate the mobile telephone 100 so that it may update.
Further, in the address book, a period during which communication with an acquaintance with a stored name is not communicated may be counted, and the name of a person whose period exceeds a predetermined value may be displayed. Then, the user of the mobile phone 100 may operate the mobile phone 100 so as to update the phone number of the user with the displayed name.

  In the embodiment described above, acquiring the address book from the management apparatus 300 is not limited to the mobile phone 100. For example, other devices may be used as long as they can perform wireless communication, such as personal computer devices and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants).

In the embodiment described above,
A server device that manages the frequency of communication between users (between mobile phones) may be connected to the service control station, and this server device may count the number of communications and the frequency of communication in the address book.

It is the figure which showed the whole structure of one Embodiment of this invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of mobile phone 100. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a management apparatus 300. FIG. It is the figure which showed the format of the address book. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of embodiment. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of embodiment. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of embodiment. 6 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on mobile phone 100. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on mobile phone 100. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on mobile phone 100. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100,100A-100E ... Mobile phone, 101 ... Bus, 102 ... CPU, 103 ... ROM, 104 ... RAM, 105 ... Memory | storage part, 106 ... Operation part, 107 ... Display unit, 108 ... Communication unit, 200 ... Mobile communication network, 300 ... Management device, 301 ... Bus, 302 ... CPU, 303 ... ROM, 304 ... · RAM, 305 ... storage unit, 306 ... operation unit, 307 ... display unit, 308 ... communication unit

Claims (6)

A plurality of terminal devices;
Store the latest communication address given to the user of the terminal device for each user,
The address book in which the name of the communication partner of the user, the communication address assigned to the communication partner, and the degree information indicating the degree of communication between the user and the communication partner are stored for each user. A management device;
A system comprising:
The first terminal device
Storage means for storing the user name of the user of the first terminal device;
Address book receiving means for receiving the address book of the user of the first terminal device stored in the management device from the management device;
Display means for displaying names in the received address book;
A specifying means for specifying a first name of a communication partner whose communication address is updated in the address book and a second name of a communication partner different from the first name according to an operation performed by a user;
First transmission means for transmitting the user name, the first name specified by the specifying means, and the second name to a second terminal device of the user of the second name;
The second terminal device includes first receiving means for receiving the user name, the first name, and the second name;
With the received third terminal device of the user having the first name as the destination, the user name and second transmission means for transmitting a disclosure request message for requesting disclosure of the communication address to the user of the first terminal device. Have
The third terminal device, the second receiving means for receiving the user name and the publication request message,
Notifying means for notifying the user of the third terminal device that the received request for disclosure of the communication address to the user of the first terminal device was from the user of the second terminal device;
When the user of the third terminal apparatus performs an operation for permitting the user of the first terminal apparatus to disclose the communication address, the communication address of the user of the third terminal apparatus is set to the first terminal apparatus. A third transmission means for transmitting a publishing permission message permitting publishing to a user to the management device;
When the management device receives the disclosure permission message, the communication address of the user of the third terminal device in the address book of the user of the first terminal device is set to the latest communication address of the user of the user of the third terminal device. An address management system characterized by updating.   The address management system according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal device displays the names in the received address book by rearranging the names based on the degree information of the address book.   The address management system according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal device displays the name corresponding to information that is less than a predetermined value in the received address book.   In the said 1st terminal device, either of the names corresponding to the information which is more than predetermined value in the received address book is selected as said 2nd name. The address management system described.   The management device updates information to the extent that it is associated with the name of a communication partner in the address book of a user of the terminal device when communication is performed between the terminal devices. Item 5. The address management system according to any one of Items 4 to 6.   When there is no name of the user of the first terminal device in the user's address book of the third terminal device, the management device is configured to store the third terminal device in the user's address book of the first terminal device. 6. The address management system according to claim 1, wherein the communication address of the user is not updated.

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