JP2013016915A - Information communication terminal and control method used in information communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information communication terminal which can automatically execute either interlocking processing with an electronic apparatus or call processing on receiving a call during interlocking processing with the electronic apparatus, according to user's condition at the call reception.SOLUTION: An information communication terminal which executes phone call or predetermined information processing, comprises storage means, interlocking means, and control means. The storage means stores a control table associating apparatus IDs for identifying respective pieces of electronic apparatus with which the information communication terminal can connect, with operation contents of the respective electronic apparatus. The interlocking means interlocks operation of an electronic apparatus with information processing on the basis of the control table. When the information communication terminal receives a call while interlocking with an electronic apparatus, the control means executes either call processing or interlocking processing with the electronic apparatus on the basis of predetermined conditions.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an information communication terminal that performs information processing and has a telephone function, and a control method used in the information communication terminal.

  In recent years, information communication terminals such as tablet terminals and smartphones equipped with a wireless local area network (LAN) are rapidly spreading. These information communication terminals can view the content reproduced by the television receiver or the recorder on the own terminal. In addition, these information communication terminals are equipped with an IP telephone application for performing a voice call using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). VoIP is a technology for realizing a voice call on an IP network such as the Internet or an intranet. In VoIP, a digitally encoded audio signal is divided into packets at regular intervals and transmitted using an IP network. Since IP networks have high channel usage efficiency, there is an advantage that the cost of call charges is lower than when using conventional telephone lines, so these services are expected to become even more popular in the future. .

  By the way, it is presumed that there are many cases where outgoing and incoming calls by IP phone are not urgent. Since the user is not always in a situation where the connection environment to the IP network can be used, if the user wants to contact more reliably, it is expected that the user uses the telephone line. For this reason, in the exchange using the IP network, it is not always necessary to set the reception process to the highest priority, unlike the telephone set in which the telephone work is the highest priority. It may be determined whether to receive a call or to prioritize other work according to the situation and preference at the time of the user's incoming call.

JP 2002-223280 A

  By the way, in the information communication terminal, when an incoming call arrives, the entire screen is forcibly switched by the IP telephone application, and the work that has been performed just before may be interrupted. As a result, there is a possibility that the playback position of the content that was viewed on the information communication terminal until just before the incoming call may not be known, or the created document or mail may be deleted by mistake.

  An object of the present invention is to automatically execute either an interlocking process with an electronic device or a call process depending on a state when a user receives a call when an incoming call arrives during the interlocking process with the electronic device. It is to provide an information communication terminal and a control method used in the information communication terminal.

  According to the embodiment, the information communication terminal is an information communication terminal that performs a telephone call and predetermined information processing, and includes storage means, interlocking means, and control means. The storage means stores a management table in which a device ID that identifies an electronic device that can be connected is associated with the operation content of the electronic device. The linking means links the operation of the electronic device and the information processing based on the management table. When an incoming call is received while linked to the electronic device, the control means executes one of a call process and a linked process with the electronic device based on a predetermined condition.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a wireless LAN system to which an information communication terminal according to the first embodiment is applied. The block diagram which shows the specific structure of the information communication terminal which concerns on this 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the memory content of the apparatus operation management table shown in FIG. The sequence diagram which shows the transmission / reception operation | movement of the information with the information communication terminal, television receiver, and AV-HDD at the time of performing a link switching in the 1st embodiment. The flowchart which shows the control processing procedure of the information communication terminal in the 1st embodiment. The sequence diagram which shows the transmission / reception operation | movement of the information communication terminal at the time of performing the interlocking | linkage switching in 2nd Embodiment, and a personal computer. The flowchart which shows the control processing procedure of the information communication terminal in the 2nd embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the format of the electronic mail handled by 2nd Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the specific structure of the information communication terminal in 3rd Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the call log data memorize | stored in the call log recording part shown in the said FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a wireless LAN system to which the information communication terminal according to the first embodiment is applied.

  Focusing on the information communication terminal 100, personal computers 11 and 12 as information processing devices or content playback devices, a television receiver 13 as a content playback device, and an audio / video hard disk as a recording device or content playback device Devices 14 (hereinafter referred to as AV-HDDs 14) are respectively connected by a wireless LAN. Here, the information communication terminal 100 can control data creation, content reproduction, content reproduction of the television receiver 13, and recording / reproduction of the AV-HDD 14 via the wireless LAN. The personal computer 11, 12 can operate in conjunction with the data creation operation, the content reproduction operation, the content reproduction operation of the television receiver 13, and the recording / reproduction operation of the AV-HDD 14.

  The information communication terminal 100 can be connected to the access point AP1 on the IP network NW via a wireless LAN. Then, the information communication terminal 100 makes a peer-to-peer communication with the IP telephone terminals DKT1 to DKTi by making calls to the IP telephone terminals DKT1 to DKTi (i is an integer) on the IP network NW and receiving calls from the IP telephone terminals DKT1 to DKTi. Voice communication is performed by transmitting and receiving IP packets.

  In addition, as the information communication terminal 100, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, etc. are mentioned, However, It is not limited to these.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the information communication terminal 100.
The information communication terminal 100 includes a display unit 101, an input unit 102 that receives user operations, a microphone unit 103, a speaker unit 104, a camera unit 105, a processing unit 106, a recording unit 107, and a communication unit 108.

  The processing unit 106 is configured by a microcomputer. The processing unit 106 is connected to the display unit 101, the input unit 102, the microphone unit 103, the speaker unit 104, the camera unit 105, the recording unit 107, and the communication unit 108 via a common bus. Make a transmission.

  Although the display part 101 is comprised with the touch panel, it is not limited to these. For example, a liquid crystal panel may be used. The display unit 101 displays a content playback screen, a data creation screen, an IP phone application screen, and the like according to a signal from the processing unit 106.

  Although the input part 102 is comprised with the touch panel, it is not limited to these. For example, a physical button may be used. The input unit 102 transmits an operation from the user to the processing unit 106.

  The recording unit 107 includes a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory, and is installed in advance with an IP phone application, a video playback application, a music playback application, a TV broadcast playback application, a document creation application, a mail application, and the like. Suppose that

  The radio frequency signal that has arrived via the wireless LAN is received by the communication unit 108. The communication unit 108 includes an amplifier, a frequency converter, and a demodulator. After the radio frequency signal is amplified by an amplifier, the frequency converter converts the frequency into a reception intermediate frequency signal or a reception baseband signal, and digitally demodulates the output signal.

  The demodulated signal output from the demodulator is identified by the processing unit 106 as control information or multimedia information. If it is multimedia information, it is separated into audio data and image data. Then, the audio data is decoded, and the reproduced audio signal is output from the speaker unit 104 as a loud voice. On the other hand, the image data is subjected to image decoding processing, and the image signal reproduced thereby is supplied to the display unit 101 and displayed.

  The received image data is stored in the recording unit 107 as necessary.

  On the other hand, the user's transmitted voice signal output from the microphone unit 103 is input to the processing unit 106 where it is encoded. In addition, the image signal output from the camera unit 105 is input to the processing unit 106 where image encoding processing is performed. In the processing unit 106, the encoded audio data and image data are multiplexed in a predetermined format, and the multiplexed transmission data is input from the processing unit 106 to the communication unit 108.

  The transmission data is digitally modulated by the modulator of the communication unit 108 and then frequency-converted to a radio frequency signal by the frequency converter. The generated transmission radio frequency signal is amplified to a predetermined transmission level and then transmitted from the communication unit 108 to the access point AP1 or the personal computers 11 and 12, the television receiver 13, and the AV-HDD 14. The

  Incidentally, the recording unit 107 is provided with a device operation management table 1071. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the device operation management table 1071 is a table in which device identification information, operation contents to be linked, and priority order are associated with each other. The device identification information includes identification numbers assigned to the personal computers 11 and 12, the television receiver 13, and the AV-HDD 14, telephone numbers of the IP telephone terminals DKT1 to DKTi, and the like. Examples of linked operation contents include incoming calls, content playback, data creation, mail creation, content recording, and air conditioning.

  Further, the processing unit 106 includes an interlocking control unit 1061 and a switching control unit 1062. When the user selects and designates “TV receiver 13” to be linked by the input unit 102, and selects and designates “content reproduction”, the linkage control unit 1061 determines whether or not the device is registered in the device operation management table 1071. If registered, the television broadcast content is reproduced in conjunction with the operation of the television receiver 13, and the reproduced content is displayed on the display unit 101.

  For example, when the incoming call from the IP telephone terminal DKT2 arrives, the switching control unit 1062 manages the equipment operation based on the incoming telephone number included in the incoming call and the equipment identification information of the associated television receiver 13, for example. The table 1071 is referred to, and based on the reference result, the interlocking process with the television receiver 13, that is, the content reproduction is executed. For example, when an incoming call from the IP phone terminal DKT1 arrives, the call processing with the IP phone terminal DKT1 is preferentially executed.

Next, the operation in the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an information transmission / reception operation among the information communication terminal 100, the television receiver 13, and the AV-HDD 14 when the interlock switching is performed, and FIG. 5 is a control processing procedure of the information communication terminal 100. It is a flowchart which shows.

  First, when the user of the information communication terminal 100 selects the “television receiver 13” using the input unit 102, selects “content playback”, and selects “channel to view” (FIG. 4 (1)), the television is displayed. It is determined whether or not the device identification information and “content reproduction” of the receiver 13 are registered in the device operation management table 1071, and if registered, a content reproduction request is transmitted to the television receiver 13 (FIG. 4 (2)). Then, the television receiver 13 transmits the television broadcast content being reproduced to the information communication terminal 100 ((3) in FIG. 4).

  When receiving the television broadcast content from the television receiver 13, the information communication terminal 100 reproduces and displays the television broadcast content on the display unit 101 (step ST5a).

  For example, when an incoming call arrives from the IP telephone terminal DKT1 (FIG. 4 (4)), the information communication terminal 100 moves from step ST5b to step ST5c, where the telephone number of the IP telephone terminal DKT1 included in the incoming call is Based on the device identification information of the television receiver 13, the device operation management table 1071 is referred to and it is determined whether or not the call is started. In this case, since the priority order of the IP telephone terminal DKT1 is “1” and the priority order of the content reproduction of the television receiver 13 is “2”, an instruction to stop transmission of the content is given to the television receiver 13. Sending out (FIG. 4 (4-1)), a recording start instruction including “channel of content being viewed” is transmitted to the AV-HDD 14 (FIG. 4 (5), step ST5d). Then, the AV-HDD 14 receives and records the television broadcast content of an arbitrary channel in accordance with “the channel of the content being viewed”. At this time, a flag indicating that recording has started is set at the recording start time position (FIG. 4 (5-1)).

  When the call ends (FIG. 4 (6)), the information communication terminal 100 moves from step ST5e to step ST5f and transmits a content reproduction start instruction to the AV-HDD 14 (FIG. 4 (7)). Then, the AV-HDD 14 reproduces the content from the recording start position based on the flag (FIG. 4 (8)). At this time, the AV-HDD 14 is in a state of continuously recording the television broadcast content. Then, the AV-HDD 14 transmits the content being reproduced to the information communication terminal 100 ((9) in FIG. 4).

  When receiving the television broadcast content from the AV-HDD 14, the information communication terminal 100 reproduces and displays the television broadcast content on the display unit 101.

  On the other hand, when the priority order of the IP telephone terminal DKT2 that is the transmission source is “4” and the priority order in the content reproduction of the television receiver 13 is “2” in step ST5c, the information communication terminal 100 In response to the message, a message for answering machine is reproduced, and the content reproduction is continued for the user (step ST5g).

  As described above, in the first embodiment, in the information communication terminal 100, the device operation management table 1071 in which the device identification information of the electronic device that can be connected, the operation content of the electronic device, and the priority order are associated with each other. Is stored in the recording unit 107, when a call is received based on the device operation management table 1071, the call processing is performed based on the telephone number of the call destination included in the received call and the device identification information of the electronic device linked. Of the interlocking processes with the electronic device, a process with a high priority can be automatically executed with a simple procedure. This greatly improves user convenience.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, when call processing is given priority, the recording processing of the television broadcast content that has been automatically viewed by the AV-HDD 14 without requiring manual operation is performed. Therefore, even if the content viewed before the incoming call is a television broadcast content of real-time broadcasting, it is not missed.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an information transmission / reception operation between the information communication terminal 100 and the personal computer 11 when performing interlock switching in the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a control processing procedure of the information communication terminal 100. It is a flowchart which shows.

  First, when the user of the information communication terminal 100 selects “Personal Computer 11” by the input unit 102 and selects “Create Mail” (FIG. 6 (1)), the device identification information of the personal computer 11 and “Create Mail” are displayed. Is registered in the device operation management table 1071, and if registered, a mail creation request is transmitted to the personal computer 11 (FIG. 6 (2)). Then, the personal computer 11 transmits the e-mail format shown in FIG. 8 to the information communication terminal 100 ((3) in FIG. 6).

  When receiving the e-mail format from the personal computer 11, the information communication terminal 100 displays the e-mail format on the display unit 101 (step ST7a).

  For example, when an incoming call arrives from the IP telephone terminal DKT1 (FIG. 6 (4)), the information communication terminal 100 moves from step ST7b to step ST7c, where the telephone number of the IP telephone terminal DKT1 included in the incoming call is Based on the device identification information of the personal computer 11, the device operation management table 1071 is referred to and it is determined whether or not the call is started. In this case, since the priority order of the IP telephone terminal DKT1 is “1” and the priority order of mail creation of the personal computer 11 is “3”, the electronic mail being created is recorded in the recording unit 107 (FIG. 6 ( 5) Step ST7d). In this example, a case where a confident domain name is inputted as the sender of the header and a domain name is inputted as the destination is shown. In the message area, it is assumed that a greeting is input in text format.

  When the call ends (FIG. 6 (6)), the information communication terminal 100 proceeds from step ST7e to step ST7f and opens the electronic mail recorded in the recording unit 107 on the display unit 101.

  When the user finishes creating the e-mail, the information communication terminal 100 sends the e-mail to the other party and transmits the e-mail to the personal computer 11 (FIG. 6 (7)). Then, the personal computer 11 stores the received electronic mail.

  On the other hand, when the priority of the IP telephone terminal DKT2 of the transmission source is “4” and the priority of data creation of the personal computer 11 is “3” in the step ST7c, the information communication terminal 100 On the other hand, the user is allowed to continue creating an e-mail by playing back an answering machine message (step ST7g).

  As described above, in the second embodiment, data such as e-mails, words, and power points created before an incoming call is not erroneously deleted.

(Modification of the second embodiment)
As a modification of the second embodiment, an example in which content is reproduced from the personal computer 11 will be described.

  First, when the user of the information communication terminal 100 selects “personal computer 11” using the input unit 102 and selects “content playback”, the device identification information and “content playback” of the personal computer 11 are stored in the device operation management table 1071. The content reproduction request is transmitted to the personal computer 11 if registered. Then, the personal computer 11 transmits the reproduced content to the information communication terminal 100.

  When receiving the content from the personal computer 11, the information communication terminal 100 reproduces and displays the content on the display unit 101.

  For example, when an incoming call arrives from the IP telephone terminal DKT1, the information communication terminal 100 stores a device operation management table 1071 based on the telephone number of the IP telephone terminal DKT1 included in the incoming call and the device identification information of the personal computer 11 being linked. Reference is made to determine whether or not the call is started. In this case, since the priority order of the IP telephone terminal DKT1 is “1” and the priority order of the content reproduction of the personal computer 11 is “5”, a temporary stop request is transmitted to the personal computer 11. Then, the personal computer 11 temporarily stops the content being reproduced.

  When the call ends, the information communication terminal 100 transmits a content reproduction request to the personal computer 11. Then, the personal computer 11 plays back the paused content and transmits it to the information communication terminal 100.

  On the other hand, when a non-notified incoming call arrives, the information communication terminal 100 causes the user to continue viewing the content by playing an answering machine message to the called party.

  As described above, even in the above-described modification, it is not possible to miss the content that was viewed before the incoming call.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the information communication terminal 200 according to the third embodiment. In FIG. 9, the same parts as those in FIG.

  In the third embodiment, the processing unit 106 of the information communication terminal 200 is provided with a call history management unit 1063, and the recording unit 107 is provided with a call history recording unit 1072. The call history management unit 1063 stores and holds call history data in the call history recording unit 1072 when an incoming call arrives from the IP telephone terminals DKT1 to DKTi and a call is made. As shown in FIG. 10, the call history data stored in the call history recording unit 1072 includes correspondence between a call start date, a call start time, a call destination telephone number, and a call time measured by the timer TM. Data representing the relationship.

  Next, the operation in the above configuration will be described.

  First, when the user of the information communication terminal 200 selects “TV receiver 13” using the input unit 102, selects “content playback”, and selects “channel to view”, the device identification information of the TV receiver 13 is displayed. It is determined whether or not “content reproduction” is registered in the device operation management table 1071, and if it is registered, a content reproduction request is transmitted to the television receiver 13. Then, the television receiver 13 transmits the television broadcast content being reproduced to the information communication terminal 200.

  When the information communication terminal 200 receives the television broadcast content from the television receiver 13, the information communication terminal 200 reproduces and displays the television broadcast content on the display unit 101.

  For example, when an incoming call arrives from the IP telephone terminal DKT1, the information communication terminal 200 refers to the data of the call history recording unit 1072 based on the telephone number of the IP telephone terminal DKT1 included in the incoming call, and determines whether or not the call is started. I do. In this case, since the number of incoming calls of the IP telephone terminal DKT1 is “3” and exceeds a predetermined threshold value “2”, an instruction to stop the content transmission is sent to the television receiver 13 and the AV-HDD 14 In response to this, a recording start instruction including “channel of content being viewed” is transmitted. Then, the AV-HDD 14 receives and records the television broadcast content of an arbitrary channel in accordance with “the channel of the content being viewed”. At this time, a flag indicating that the recording has started is set at the recording start time position.

  When the call ends, the information communication terminal 200 transmits a content reproduction start instruction to the AV-HDD 14. Then, the AV-HDD 14 reproduces the content from the recording start position based on the flag. Then, the AV-HDD 14 transmits the content being reproduced to the information communication terminal 200.

  When receiving the television broadcast content from the AV-HDD 14, the information communication terminal 200 reproduces and displays the television broadcast content on the display unit 101.

  On the other hand, when the information communication terminal 200 receives an incoming call from the IP telephone terminal DKT2, the information communication terminal 200 refers to the data in the call history recording unit 1072 based on the telephone number of the IP telephone terminal DKT2 included in the incoming call, and determines whether or not the call starts. Make a decision. In this case, since the call time of the IP telephone terminal DKT2 is “15 minutes” and exceeds a predetermined threshold value “6 minutes”, an instruction to stop content transmission is sent to the television receiver 13, and AV -Sending a recording start instruction including “channel of content being viewed” to the HDD 14.

  On the other hand, when the information communication terminal 200 receives an incoming call from the IP telephone terminal DKT6, the information communication terminal 200 refers to the data in the call history recording unit 1072 based on the telephone number of the IP telephone terminal DKT6 included in the incoming call, and determines whether or not the call starts. Make a decision. In this case, since the number of incoming calls is also less than the threshold and the call time is also less than the threshold, the information communication terminal 200 continues content reproduction for the user, for example, by playing an answering machine message to the called party. .

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the information communication terminal 200 uses the call history data with the call destination stored and held in the call history recording unit 1072, so that the electronic devices and their priorities are previously stored. Can be automatically switched between the call processing at the time of an incoming call and the linkage processing with an electronic device without requiring an operation for registering them in the device operation management table 1071.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, it may be registered in advance that the user does not receive any incoming call from any party while viewing specific content in the IP phone application.

  In the second embodiment, the data created by the user at the information communication terminal is a document or e-mail. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if an incoming call is received while browsing an electronic book on the information communication terminal, the incoming call is given priority, and if the reception is started, the page that was being browsed in the electronic book at the start of the reception may be held in the recording unit. .

  In each of the above embodiments, the call process and the interlocking process with the electronic device are switched using the priority order or the call history. However, for example, a time zone or the like may be used as the switching condition.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11,12 ... Personal computer, 13 ... Television receiver, 14 ... Audio / video hard disk device, 100, 200 ... Information communication terminal, 101 ... Display unit, 102 ... Input unit, 103 ... Microphone unit, 104 ... Speaker 105 ... Camera unit 106 ... Processing unit 107 ... Recording unit 108 ... Communication unit 1061 ... Interlocking control unit 1062 ... Switch control unit 1063 ... Call history management unit 1071 ... Device operation management table 1072 ... Call history recording unit, DKT1 to DKTi ... IP telephone terminal, AP1 ... access point, NW ... IP network.

Claims (9)

In an information communication terminal that executes a call and predetermined information processing,
Storage means for storing a management table in which device IDs that specify electronic devices that can be connected are associated with operation contents of the electronic devices;
Based on the management table, interlocking means for interlocking the operation in the electronic device and the information processing,
Information that includes a control unit that executes one of a call process and a link process with the electronic device based on a predetermined condition when an incoming call is received while linked to the electronic device. Communication terminal. The storage means stores a management table in which the device ID, the operation content of the electronic device, and a priority order are associated with each other,
The control means refers to the management table based on the device ID of the call destination included in the incoming call and the device ID of the electronic device linked to the incoming call, based on the reference result, The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein a process with a high priority is executed among the interlocking processes with the electronic device.   When the control means receives an incoming call while viewing the content to be played back by the content playback device, the control means pauses the playback of the content to the content playback device and executes the call process, or views the content without receiving it. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, which executes one of them.   4. The information communication according to claim 3, wherein, when priority is given to the call processing, the control means sends a reproduction instruction to the content reproduction apparatus so as to resume viewing of the content paused from the time when the call is terminated. Terminal.   The control means sends out a recording instruction for the television broadcast content to a recording device when the content is television broadcast content and prioritizes the call processing, and the television at the time when recording is started at the end of the call. 5. The information communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein a playback instruction is sent to the recording device for playback from John broadcast content.   The control means interrupts the creation of the data to the information processing apparatus when receiving an incoming call while creating data in the information processing apparatus, executes a call process, and creates one of the data without receiving a call. The information communication terminal according to claim 1 to be executed.   The information communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein, when priority is given to the call processing, the control means sends an instruction to the information processing apparatus to resume creation of data that has been interrupted from when the call ended.   The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines one of the call processing and the linkage processing with the electronic device when an incoming call is received based on a call history with a call destination. In a control method used in an information communication terminal that executes a call and predetermined information processing,
A management table in which a device ID for specifying an electronic device that can be connected and an operation content of the electronic device are associated with each other is stored in a memory;
Based on the management table, the operation in the electronic device and the information processing are linked,
A control method for executing a call process or an interlocking process with the electronic device based on a predetermined condition when an incoming call is received while interlocking with the electronic device.

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