JP2012165442A - Information terminal device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information terminal device and a program for facilitating an operation to set an application program to be started in response to the arrival of a prescribed time.SOLUTION: The information terminal device 100 stores a plurality of application programs, stores the start time of the plurality of application programs, measures the time, notifies a user that the prescribed time has arrived, selects a prescribed application program based on the measured time and the start time in response to the stop of the notification, and displays an image screen for starting the selected application program.

Description

  The present invention relates to activation of an application program linked to a notification function of an information terminal device.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, information terminal devices such as mobile phones have been improved in functionality and have various functions other than a telephone function that is a basic function. For example, a notification function and an application function for acquiring news / weather forecast are also added.
A configuration has been proposed in which a desired application program is activated at a predetermined time using this notification function (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-190847 A

  In the configuration disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the user needs to set a notification time and to set an application program to be activated in response to the notification, the setting operation is complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information terminal device and a program that facilitate an operation of setting an application program that is activated in response to a predetermined time. .
It is another object of the present invention to provide an information terminal device and a program that display a screen for starting a desired application program in response to a predetermined time.

The invention according to claim 1 is an information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs,
First storage means for storing an alarm notification time;
Second storage means for storing each application program in association with a time zone in which the application program is to be executed;
Informing means for informing an alarm when the current time is the alarm informing time stored in the first storage means;
A first determining unit that determines whether or not an application program to be executed in a time zone including the notified time is stored in the second storage unit when an alarm is notified by the notification unit;
In accordance with the determination result in the first determination means, the notification is terminated as it is after the alarm notification stopped by the notification means, or the application candidate to be executed following the notification after the notification stop is displayed. And a control means for controlling whether or not to display.

The invention according to claim 6 is an information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs,
First storage means for storing an alarm notification time;
Second storage means for storing each application program in association with a time zone in which the application program is to be executed;
Informing means for informing an alarm when the current time is the alarm informing time stored in the first storage means;
First determining means for determining whether or not a first application program uniquely associated with the alarm notification time is further stored in the first storage means when an alarm is notified by the notification means. When,
A second discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not an application program corresponding to a time zone including the informed time is stored in the second storage unit when an alarm is informed by the informing unit;
When it is determined that the information is stored by the first determining means, the stored first application program is controlled to be displayed as an application candidate to be executed following the alarm notification, When it is determined that the application program corresponding to the time period is stored by the second determination unit, it is determined that the application program corresponding to the stored time period is determined. Control means for controlling to display as a candidate application to be executed following the alarm notification.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily start a predetermined application program (hereinafter referred to as an application) displayed in response to the notification time.

It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the information terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function structure implement | achieved by the control part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in an alerting | reporting information storage area. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in a starting information storage area. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the method to set alerting | reporting information. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the method to preserve | save the starting information of an application. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the method of selecting an application. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the selected application.

  The information terminal device 100 according to the present embodiment is a mobile communication terminal device such as a mobile phone or a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), for example, in addition to the voice call function which is a basic function, the Internet and the like. It is assumed that it has a number of functions such as a data communication function and a schedule function for performing data communication via the Internet and accessing a website or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information terminal device 100 includes a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, an antenna 121, an operation unit 130, a display unit 140, a clock unit 150, a notification unit 160, and a storage unit 170. And.

  The control unit 110 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory, and the like, and controls each unit of the information terminal device 100. Such control is performed based on a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 170 executed by the control unit 110.

  The communication unit 120 includes, for example, a predetermined wireless communication circuit, and performs voice communication and data communication by performing wireless communication with the base station via the antenna 121.

  The operation unit 130 includes operation buttons and an input circuit. The operation buttons are arranged on the outer surface of the information terminal device 100 and are operated by the user of the information terminal device 100. The input circuit generates an input signal corresponding to the user's button operation and supplies the input signal to the control unit 110.

  The display unit 140 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display device and displays an image or the like under the control of the control unit 110.

  The clock unit 150 measures the current time, the elapsed time, and notifies the control unit 110 of the time.

  The notification unit 160 includes an audio output device 160a, a vibration generation device 160b, or a light emitting device 160c, and generates and outputs a predetermined electronic sound, vibration, light emission, or the like under the control of the control unit 110.

  The storage unit 170 includes, for example, a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory and a storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), and stores various data in addition to storing a program executed by the control unit 110. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the storage unit 170 includes storage areas such as a program storage area 171, a notification information storage area 172, a startup information storage area 173, and an application storage area 174.

  The program storage area 171 stores a program executed by the control unit 110. The control unit 110 executes a program stored in the program storage area 171, thereby realizing a functional configuration for performing processing according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the notification information storage area 172 stores information including a notification setting time T101, a notification means setting T102, a use application setting T103, and a selection means combination setting T104.

  The notification setting time T101 is information indicating one or a plurality of notification times set by the user. When the time measured by the clock unit 150 coincides with any notification time specified by the notification setting time T101, some notification (alarm) is issued by the notification means set in the notification means setting T102.

  The notification means setting T102 is setting information for specifying a means for notifying the user that the predetermined time has been reached. Specifically, the notification means setting T102 is a notification to the user among the audio output device 160a, the vibration generator 160b, and the light emitting device 160c. Is information for designating one notification device or a combination thereof. By setting the notification means setting T102 in advance as an initial setting, it is possible to omit the input every time.

  The use application setting T103 is setting information for designating an application to be automatically started when a predetermined time comes. When there is no input from the user, it is not set (none), but the input can be omitted.

  The selection means combined setting T104 is setting information for designating whether or not to use means for selecting an application to be activated in response to the notification being stopped. When there is no input from the user, it is not set (none), but the input can be omitted. Although there is no setting in the initial state, when the use application setting T103 is set, the setting is automatically switched to setting.

  In the activation information storage area 173, as shown in FIG. 4, information including an activation application T201, an activation time T202, and an activation count T203 is stored.

  The activation application T201 is information that identifies an application that the user has activated (used) in the past.

  The activation time T202 is setting information for specifying the time (zone) when the application is activated. As shown in FIG. 4, a time (zone) is specified for each application of the startup application T201. The user can change time (zone) setting information via the operation unit 130.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the number of activations T203 is information indicating the cumulative number of activations of the application for each time (zone) classified by the activation time T202. The control unit 110 determines an application activation time based on the time information acquired from the clock unit 150. Next, the control unit 110 increments the number of activations corresponding to the time (band) classified by the activation time T202 corresponding to the activation time, thereby accumulating and saving the number of application activations in the corresponding table.

  The application storage area 174 stores, for example, applications stored in the information terminal device 100 in advance, such as e-mail, browser, and schedule, and applications downloaded via the Internet.

  Next, a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration realized by the control unit 110 is shown in FIG. The control unit 110 includes a notification setting processing unit 111, an application activation information storage unit 112, a notification stop processing unit 113, an application display unit 114, and the like.

  The notification setting processing unit 111 performs processing for setting the notification setting time T101 by cooperation of the operation unit 130 and the storage unit 170, and notifies the user by cooperation of the clock unit 150 and the notification unit 160. Process. The notification setting processing unit 111 stores the information illustrated in FIG. 3 in the notification information storage area 172. Furthermore, the notification setting processing unit 111 continuously acquires the time from the clock unit 150, and determines whether the time set as the notification setting time T101 matches the current time. When it is determined that they match, the notification unit 160 is controlled to notify the user that it is a predetermined time.

  The application activation information storage unit 112 stores the time when the application is activated and the number of activations in cooperation with the clock unit 150 and the storage unit 170. The application activation information storage unit 112 stores the information illustrated in FIG. 4 in the activation information storage area 173.

  The notification stop processing unit 113 controls the notification unit 160 based on a user operation from the operation unit 130 and performs processing for stopping the notification. The notification stop processing unit 113 transmits an end signal to the application display unit 114 after stopping the notification.

  After receiving the end signal from the notification stop processing unit 113, the application display unit 114 selects and displays a predetermined application stored in the application storage area 174 in cooperation with the storage unit 170. The application display unit 114 displays an icon for starting the application on the display unit 140, and starts a predetermined application in response to the selection of the icon via the operation unit 130.

Next, a method for setting the information shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The process of the flow of FIG. 5 is started when the user operates the operation unit 130 and selects the notification setting menu of the information terminal device 100.
Also, the notification information table shown in FIG. 3 is created by user input, and each piece of information shown in notification setting time T101, notification means setting T102, use application setting T103, and selection means combination setting T104 is stored in the information table. .

  When the flow for setting the notification is started, a screen for inputting the time setting is displayed on the display unit 140. The user operates the operation unit 130 and inputs a desired notification setting time T101 (step S100).

  After inputting the notification set time T101, it is determined whether or not items other than the notification time are input (step S101). Here, after the notification is stopped, setting information indicating whether or not to activate a predetermined application is input. By providing such a determination, an arbitrary application can be activated separately from the application selected in step S303 to be described later.

In step S101, when it is determined that another item is input (step S101; Yes), the process proceeds to step S102, and setting information is input.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S101 that no other item is input (step S101; No), the used application setting T103 is not set (none), and the flow processing ends (end).

  In step S102, a screen for setting an application to be started after the notification is stopped is displayed. When the user's input operation ends, the process proceeds to step S103.

  In step S103, as in step S101, a determination as to whether or not to input another item is input. Here, a setting as to whether or not to use means for selecting an application determined in step S306 described later is input.

In step S103, when it is determined that another item is input (step S103; Yes), the process proceeds to step S104, and setting information is input.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S103 that no other item is input (step S103; No), the selection unit combination setting T104 is not set (none), and the flow processing ends (end).

  In step S104, a screen for selecting whether or not to use means for selecting an application is displayed. When a user setting operation is performed, the process proceeds to step S105.

  In step S105, as in step S101, a determination as to whether or not to input another item is input. Here, it is determined whether or not to input notification means setting T102 used for notification, for example, voice and vibration settings.

If it is determined in step S105 that another item is to be input (step S105; Yes), the process proceeds to step S106, and another item is input.
On the other hand, when it is determined in step S105 that no other item is input (step S105; No), the notification unit setting T102 is set as an initial setting, and this flow processing ends (end).

  In step S106, a screen for selecting notification means setting T102 is displayed. When the notification means setting T102 is set, this flow processing ends (end).

  With the above processing, the information shown in FIG. 3 is set, and the information terminal device 100 notifies the user by a predetermined notification means that the predetermined time has come, and when the notification is stopped, the information terminal device 100 displays a predetermined application. to start.

Next, a method for storing the time and number of times the application is activated will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
6 is started when the user operates the operation unit 130 to start an application stored in the application storage area 174.
When the application is activated, an application activation number information table shown in FIG. 4 is created, and information indicated by the activation application T201, activation time T202, and activation number T203 is stored in the information table.

  In step S200, the application designated by the user is activated, and the process proceeds to step S201.

  In step S201, information on the activated application is stored in the table of activated application T201, and the process proceeds to step S202.

  In step S202, the time when the application is started is specified by the time counted by clock unit 150. Then, it is specified which start time (band) indicated by the start time T202 corresponds to the specified time, and the process proceeds to step S203.

  In step S203, by incrementing the number of times stored in the number of activations T203 corresponding to the activation time (band) specified in step S202, the number of activations is cumulatively stored, and this flow process ends (end). .

  The information shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the activation information storage area 173 through the above processing.

Next, a method for selecting an application will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The process of the flow in FIG. 7 is started when the notification unit 160 rings at a specified time and the user stops the notification.

  In step S300, it is determined whether there is a use application setting T103 setting corresponding to the set time of the notification setting time T101.

In step S300, when it is determined that the use application setting T103 is set (step S300; Yes), the process proceeds to step S306, where it is determined whether the selection unit combination setting T104 is set.
On the other hand, when it determines with use application setting T103 not being set in step S300 (step S300; No), it changes to step S301.

  In step S301, a table in which the notification information shown in FIG. 3 and the activation frequency information shown in FIG. 4 are integrated is created. This is for determining whether or not the times match in step S302 described later.

In step S302, when it is determined that the notification setting time T101 and the activation time T202 have the same time (band) and the activation count T203 is one or more (step S302; Yes), the process proceeds to step S303. , Make an application selection. Here, whether or not the time (band) between the notification setting time T101 and the activation time T202 is the same is determined by determining whether the time set for the notification setting time T101 is equal to the time (band) set for the activation time T202. If it is within the range, it is determined that they match.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S302 that the time (band) between the notification setting time T101 and the activation time T202 does not match (step S302; No), it is assumed that there is no application to be selected, and this flow process ends ( End).

  In step S303, an application identified by the activation application T201 corresponding to the activation time T202 and the activation count T203 that satisfy the determination condition in step S302 is selected. When there are a plurality of corresponding applications, a plurality of applications are selected.

In step S304, the order (order) of applications to be displayed on the display unit 140 is determined. If there are a plurality of applications selected in step S303, the order of the applications to be displayed is rearranged in the order of descending activation times T203 (descending order).
If it is determined in step S306, which will be described later, that the selection means is used together (step S306; Yes), the application set in use application setting T103 and the application selected in step S303 may coexist. is there. At this time, the display order of the application set in the use application setting T103 by the user is set higher than that of the selected application.

  In step S305, as shown in FIG. 8A, images for starting applications are displayed on the display unit 140 in the priority order ranked in step S304. When the user selects an application shown on the display screen, the corresponding application is activated. As shown in FIG. 8B, the activated application sequentially switches the screen automatically like a slide show and displays predetermined information. When all the displayed applications are activated and predetermined information is displayed, the flow processing ends (end). Note that the user can perform an operation such as operating an application that is being activated or quitting the application halfway and starting another application by an input from the operation unit 130.

  In step S306, it is determined whether or not there is a combination setting in the selection unit combination setting T104 corresponding to the notification setting time T101 in which the time as the start condition of this flow is set.

If it is determined in step S306 that there is a combination setting (step S306; Yes), the process proceeds to step S301.
On the other hand, when it is determined in step S306 that there is no combination setting (step S306; No), the process proceeds to step S307.

    In step S307, the application set in use application setting T103 is displayed. Similar to step S305, when the displayed application is selected, the application displays predetermined information, and this flow processing ends (end).

  Through the above processing, in response to the user stopping the notification, a predetermined application is selected, and an image for starting the application is displayed on the screen. When the user selects an image, the corresponding application is activated.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and application are possible.

  Regarding the setting of the selection unit combination setting T104, the control unit 110 can automatically change the setting information to “set” when the application set in the use application setting T103 is set by the user.

  The time (band) range of the activation time T202 can be arbitrarily set such as a unit of 3 hours or a unit of 10 minutes.

  The order of the three input steps for inputting other items relating to Step S101 and Step S102, Step S103 and Step S104, and Step S105 and Step S106 can be arbitrarily changed.

  The order from step S200 to step S203 can be arbitrarily changed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Information terminal device, 110 ... Control part, 111 ... Notification setting process part, 112 ... Application starting information preservation | save part, 113 ... Notification stop process part, 114 ... Application display part, 120 ... Communication part, 121 ... Antenna, 130 ... Operation unit 140 ... display unit 150 ... clock unit 160 ... notification unit 170 ... storage unit 171 ... program storage area 172 ... notification information storage area 173 ... startup information storage area 174 ... application storage area

The present invention relates to an information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs .

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information terminal device and a program that can easily start an application program to be executed in response to a predetermined process .

The invention according to claim 1 is an information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs,
Storage means for storing each application program in association with a time zone in which the application program is to be executed;
A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not an application program corresponding to a time zone including the time at that time is stored in the storage means when the predetermined processing is completed;
Control means for controlling whether to end the predetermined process as it is or to start the application program after the end of the predetermined process according to the determination result of the determination means. And
The invention according to claim 7 is an information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs,
First determination means for determining whether or not there is a first application program uniquely associated with the predetermined process when the predetermined process ends;
Second determining means for determining whether or not there is a second application program associated with a time zone including the time at that time when the predetermined processing is completed;
Depending on the result of determination by the first determining means or the result of determination by the second determining means, the predetermined process is terminated as it is, or the first or second application program is continued after completion of the predetermined process. And a control means for controlling whether to activate.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily start an application program to be executed in response to a predetermined processing.

Claims (9)

An information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs,
First storage means for storing an alarm notification time;
Second storage means for storing each application program in association with a time zone in which the application program is to be executed;
Informing means for informing an alarm when the current time is the alarm informing time stored in the first storage means;
A first determining unit that determines whether or not an application program to be executed in a time zone including the notified time is stored in the second storage unit when an alarm is notified by the notification unit;
In accordance with the determination result in the first determination means, the notification is terminated as it is after the alarm notification stopped by the notification means, or the application candidate to be executed following the notification after the notification stop is displayed. Control means for controlling whether to display
An information terminal device comprising: The first storage means stores a first application program in association with the alarm notification time,
Prior to the determination of the presence or absence of storage in the second storage means, the first determination means associates the first application program with the alarm notification time of the notification in the first storage means, and the first storage means Determining whether or not the first application program is stored, and determining whether or not the second storage means stores,
When the first determination unit determines that the first application program is stored by the first determination unit, the control unit controls the first application program to be displayed as an application candidate to be executed following the notification. To
The information terminal device according to claim 1. When it is determined by the first determination means that the first application program is stored in the first storage means, it is further determined whether or not there is a combination setting with the application program stored in the second storage means. A second discriminating means for discriminating;
The control means controls to display only the first application program stored in the first storage means as the application candidates when the second determination means determines that there is no combination setting, When it is determined by the second determination means that there is a combination setting, the first application program and the application program when it is determined that there is an application program to be executed in the time period are displayed as the application candidates. Control as much as possible,
The information terminal device according to claim 2. An acquisition means for acquiring an execution processing time when an arbitrary application program is selected and executed from the plurality of application programs;
Storage control means for associating and storing in the second storage means a time zone including the time acquired by the acquisition means for the application program that has been executed;
The information terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: The first determining means determines whether or not a plurality of application programs to be executed in a time zone including the notified time are stored in the second storage means,
When it is determined that the plurality of application programs are stored, the control means displays a plurality of candidates as the application candidates, and displays the candidates in an order based on the execution status of each application. To
The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the information terminal device is an information terminal device. An information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs,
First storage means for storing an alarm notification time;
Second storage means for storing each application program in association with a time zone in which the application program is to be executed;
Informing means for informing an alarm when the current time is the alarm informing time stored in the first storage means;
First determining means for determining whether or not a first application program uniquely associated with the alarm notification time is further stored in the first storage means when an alarm is notified by the notification means. When,
A second discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not an application program corresponding to a time zone including the informed time is stored in the second storage unit when an alarm is informed by the informing unit;
When it is determined that the information is stored by the first determining means, the stored first application program is controlled to be displayed as an application candidate to be executed following the alarm notification, When it is determined that the application program corresponding to the time period is stored by the second determination unit, it is determined that the application program corresponding to the stored time period is determined. Control means for controlling to display as an application candidate to be executed following the alarm notification;
An information terminal device comprising: And a third discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not there is a combination setting with the application program stored in the second storage unit when it is discriminated that it is stored in the first discriminating unit. ,
The control means performs control to display only the first application program stored in the first storage means as the application candidate when the third determination means determines that there is no combination setting, and When it is determined that there is a combination setting by the three determining means, the first application program and the application program when the second determining means determines that there is an application program corresponding to the time zone, Control to display as application candidates,
The information terminal device according to claim 6. A program for controlling a computer of an information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs,
The computer,
First storage means for storing an alarm notification time;
Second storage means for storing each application program in association with a time zone in which the application program is to be executed;
Informing means for informing an alarm when the current time is the alarm informing time stored in the first storage means,
Determining means for determining whether or not an application program to be executed in a time zone including the notified time is stored in the second storage means when an alarm is notified by the notification means;
Depending on the determination result of the determination means, the notification is terminated as it is after the alarm notification stopped by the notification means, or the application candidate to be executed following the notification is displayed on the display means after the notification stop. Control means for controlling,
A computer-readable program designed to function as a computer. A program for controlling a computer of an information terminal device capable of executing a plurality of application programs,
The computer,
First storage means for storing an alarm notification time;
Second storage means for storing each application program in association with a time zone in which the application program is to be executed;
Informing means for informing an alarm when the current time is the alarm informing time stored in the first storage means,
First determining means for determining whether or not a first application program uniquely associated with the alarm notification time is further stored in the first storage means when an alarm is notified by the notification means. ,
A second discriminating unit that discriminates whether or not an application program corresponding to a time zone including the informed time is stored in the second storage unit when an alarm is informed by the informing unit;
When it is determined that the information is stored by the first determining means, the stored first application program is controlled to be displayed as an application candidate to be executed following the alarm notification, When it is determined that the application program corresponding to the time period is stored by the second determination unit, it is determined that the application program corresponding to the stored time period is determined. Control means for controlling to display as an application candidate to be executed following the alarm notification,
A computer-readable program designed to function as a computer.

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