JP3001523B1 - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A telephone number stored in a telephone directory in a memory is easily changed. SOLUTION: When a mobile phone 1 changes its own telephone number, a mobile phone 2a to notify a character indicating the change of the telephone number, an old telephone number and a new telephone number together with a message notifying the change of the telephone number. 2c, 3a-3c,
4a-4c, pagers 5a-5d, 6a-6d, 7a
To 7d. Are mobile phones 2a-2c, 3a-3
c, 4a-4c or pager 5a-5d, 6a-6
d, 7a to 7d search the telephone directory in the memory for a telephone number that matches the old telephone number when the received text message includes a character indicating a change in the telephone number,
As a result of the search, if there is a matching telephone number, the old telephone number in the telephone directory in the memory is rewritten with the new telephone number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal such as a portable telephone (including PHS) and a pager capable of receiving a text message for changing a telephone number stored in a telephone directory in a memory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable terminals such as cellular phones, PHSs, and pagers have become smaller, lighter, and multifunctional, and new models have been developed and sold in a short period of time, such as six months to one year. For this reason, replacement with a new model is frequently performed. In general, when replacing a new phone, it is often cheaper to cancel and sign up for a new contract than to change the model using the existing phone number as it is, and in many cases the phone number changes when replacing the phone. .

[0003]

However, in the prior art, when the telephone number is changed, it is necessary to inform all friends and acquaintances who taught the telephone number before the change that the telephone number has been changed. A friend or acquaintance notified of the number change must manually change the phone number stored in the phonebook in the memory of his or her mobile phone, which makes the operation complicated. Was.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a portable terminal capable of easily changing a telephone number stored in a telephone directory in a memory.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a portable terminal capable of transmitting and receiving a text message, a portable terminal on the receiving side stores a telephone number. Storage means and portable terminal on the transmitting side
Upon receiving a text message sent from and received
Character indicating change of phone number in the text message
Judge whether there is a character, and the character is included
If, in the new telephone number included in the text message, and a rewriting means for rewriting the telephone number in the storage means
Then, the transmitting side confirms that the character indicating the change of the telephone number is
The displayed text message is transmitted .

Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1,
In the portable terminal according, the mobile terminal of the transmission side, when notified of a change of telephone number, at least, the character in the character message indicating a change in the telephone number, the addition means for adding the old phone number and new phone number comprising the receiving <br/> Shin side of the portable terminal, transmitted from the mobile terminal of the sender
Identification means for identifying the character from the received text message , and search means for searching the storage means for a telephone number matching the old telephone number when the character is identified by the identification means. The rewriting means rewrites the telephone number in the storage means retrieved by the retrieval means with the new telephone number.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 3, according to claim 2,
The portable terminal according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the portable terminal on the receiving side is provided with rewriting selection means for allowing a user to select whether or not to rewrite the telephone number before rewriting the telephone number in the storage means by the rewriting means. And

Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, according to claim 2,
Or in the portable terminal according to 3, wherein the portable terminal on the receiving side stores the new telephone number in the storage unit if the result of the retrieval by the retrieval unit does not include a telephone number matching the old telephone number in the storage unit. It is characterized by comprising a registration means for newly registering.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 5, according to claim 4,
The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal on the receiving side includes a registration selection unit that allows a user to select whether to register a telephone number before registering a telephone number in the storage unit by the registration unit. It is characterized by.

According to the present invention, when a portable terminal such as a portable telephone (including a PHS) or a pager capable of receiving a character message receives a specific character message, the portable telephone stores a new telephone number included in the character message and stores the message in a memory. I changed the phone number stored in the phone book inside
For example, when the phone number changes due to replacement of a mobile phone, it is possible to easily notify the change of the phone number, and the owner who has received the notification of the change of the phone number can easily read the phone number stored in the mobile terminal. Can be changed to

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A. Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration (text message transmission / reception system) according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a mobile phone owned by the sender of the text message, 2a to 2c, 3a to 3c, and 4a to 4c are mobile phones owned by the user to which the text message is transmitted. 5a to 5d, 6a to 6d, and 7a to 7d are pagers owned by the user to which the message is sent. In this embodiment, a mobile phone will be described as an example, and pagers 5a to 5d, 6a to 6d, and 7a to 7d will be described in another embodiment 2 described later. Reference numeral 8 denotes a text message service center that manages text messages. Each mobile phone has a text message transmission / reception function, and by registering destinations as a group, a text message can be transmitted to a plurality of parties at once. In the illustrated example, the mobile phones 2a to 2c are group A, the mobile phones 3a to 3c are group B, and the mobile phones 4a to 4c are group C.

The mobile phones 2a-2c, 3a-3 of the present invention
c, 4a to 4c have a function of displaying and identifying a character 11 indicating a change in telephone number as shown in FIG. 2A from a text message transmitted from the mobile phone 1 on the transmitting side. Mobile phones 2a-2c, 3a-3c, 4a-4c
Further, upon receiving a text message including a character 11 indicating a change in the telephone number, the telephone number in the memory that matches the old telephone number 12 shown in FIG. It has a function of searching from the book and a function of rewriting the old telephone number 12 of the telephone directory in the memory with the new telephone number 13 if there is a matching telephone number as a result of the search.

B. Operation of Embodiment Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, an example of an existing text message transmission / reception service will be described. In the above-described text message transmission / reception system, the text message transmitted from the mobile phone 1 is stored in the text message service center 8. The text message service center 8 notifies each mobile phone that there is a text message according to the destination telephone number which is the attached information of the text message. The owner of the mobile phone, which has been notified of the presence of the text message, accesses the text message service center 8 and reads the text message.

The sender of the text message registers the destination of the message in a group, so that the text message can be simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of mobile phones 2a to 2c belonging to group A, for example. Also, by registering a plurality of groups, it is possible to more efficiently transmit a text message.

Next, the automatic change of the telephone number in the telephone directory stored in the memory according to the present invention will be described. Using the above-described text message transmitting / receiving system, according to the present invention, when the telephone number of the mobile phone 1 is changed,
The text message is transmitted in a format as shown in FIGS. On the first page of the text message display screen shown in FIG. 2 (a), a text message indicating that the notification is a notification of a change in telephone number is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. A character 11 indicating the change of the number is displayed. The message other than the character 11 indicating the change of the telephone number can be freely created. On the second page of the text message display screen shown in FIG. 2B, the old telephone number 22 used previously is displayed in the upper part, and the new telephone number 23 newly contracted and inputted is displayed in the lower part. This format is the same not only when transmitting a text message but also when receiving it.

Next, the operation at the time of receiving a text message as a notification of a change in the telephone number will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Mobile phones 2a to 2c, 3
In the standby state (step S101), when there is a text message addressed to itself, a to 3c and 4a to 4c perform a display notifying that there is a text message addressed to self (step S102). When notified, the owner of the mobile phone reads the text message addressed to itself by accessing the text message service center 8 (step S103) (step S104). Then, when the owner of the mobile phone performs the reading operation of the text message, the mobile phone displays the received text message (step S105).

Next, in the received text message, FIG.
Character 1 indicating a change in telephone number as shown in (a)
It is determined whether or not there is one (step S106). If the character message includes a character 11 indicating a change in telephone number, the character message matches the old telephone number 12, which is information in the received character message. The telephone number is searched from the telephone directory in the memory (step S107). Then, it is determined whether or not the telephone directory in the memory has a telephone number that matches the old telephone number 12 (step S108). If there is a telephone number that matches the old telephone number 12 in the telephone directory in the memory, Then, the matching telephone number in the telephone directory in the memory is rewritten to the new telephone number 13 included in the received text message (step S109).

C. Other Embodiments C-1. Another Embodiment 1 Next, another embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. As in the above-described embodiment, the mobile phone is in the standby state (step S20).
1) It is determined whether there is a notification that there is a text message addressed to itself (step S202). Then, when there is a notification, a display notifying that there is a text message addressed to itself is displayed, and the owner of the mobile phone accesses the text message service center 8 (step S20).
3), read out a text message addressed to itself (step S)
204). Then, when the owner of the mobile phone performs the reading operation of the text message, the mobile phone displays the received text message (step S205).

Next, in the received text message, FIG.
Character 1 indicating a change in telephone number as shown in (a)
It is determined whether or not there is 1 (step S206). If the character message includes the character 11 indicating the change of the telephone number, it matches the old telephone number 12, which is the information in the received character message. The telephone number is searched from the telephone directory in the memory (step S207). Then, it is determined whether or not the telephone directory in the memory has a telephone number that matches the old telephone number 12 (step S208), and there is a telephone number that matches the old telephone number 12 in the telephone directory in the memory. In this case, it is confirmed whether the telephone number in the memory can be rewritten with the new telephone number (step S209). Then, it is determined whether or not the owner of the mobile phone has selected rewriting (step S210). If rewriting has been selected, the old telephone number 12 of the telephone directory in the memory is replaced with the new telephone number 1
3 (step S211).

On the other hand, the old telephone number 12 is stored in the telephone directory in the memory.
If there is no telephone number that matches, it is checked whether a new telephone number 13 is to be newly registered (step S212), and it is determined whether the owner of the mobile phone has selected new registration (step S213). Then, when the owner of the mobile phone selects the new registration, the new telephone number 13 is registered in the telephone directory in the memory (step S214).

As described above, when the telephone number is rewritten, confirmation is made, and the owner selects whether to rewrite,
Prevent accidental rewriting of phone numbers,
Since a new registration can be performed for a telephone number that is not stored in its own memory, a more practical mobile phone can be provided.

C-2. Another Embodiment 2 Next, another embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. Another embodiment 2 is an example applied to a pager. The pagers 5a to 5d, 6a to 6d, 7a to 7d shown in FIG.
Like the above-described mobile phone, the mobile phone has a group call function of transmitting a message to a plurality of parties at the same time, and the present invention can be implemented. In the system shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 registers the pagers 5a to 5d, 6a to 6d, and 7a to 7d owned by the user to which the message is transmitted as a group D, a group E, and a group F, respectively. A text message can be transmitted to a plurality of parties at one time.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the pagers 5a to 5d, 6a to 6d, and 7a to 7d receive a message (step S302) in a standby state (step S301), the owner reads the message (step S303). Next, the received message is displayed on the display unit (step S304). And
Character 11 indicating change of telephone number in message
Is determined (step S305).
When the character 11 indicating the change of the telephone number is included, it is searched whether or not a telephone number matching the old telephone number in the message exists in the telephone directory in the memory (step S306).

Then, it is determined whether or not the telephone directory in the memory has a telephone number that matches the old telephone number (step S).
307) If there is a telephone number that matches the old telephone number, it is confirmed whether the telephone number in the memory can be rewritten with the new telephone number (step S308). Then, it is determined whether rewriting has been selected (step S309),
When the owner of the pager selects rewriting, the old telephone number in the telephone directory in the memory is rewritten with the new telephone number (step S310).

On the other hand, when the telephone number in the memory which is the same as the old telephone number as the information in the received text message is searched from the telephone directory in the memory, the telephone number in the memory does not include the telephone number corresponding to the old telephone number. Then, it is confirmed whether a new telephone number is newly registered (step S311). Then, it is determined whether or not new registration has been selected (step S312).
If the pager owner selects new registration, the new telephone number is registered in the telephone directory in the memory (step S31).
3).

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By using a system that can send messages to multiple parties at the same time, such as group calls, messages can be sent efficiently, and because text messages are sent, messages can be sent reliably even when the other party is absent. Since the notification can be made, there is an advantage that the communication when the telephone number is changed can be performed reliably and easily. Further, according to the present invention, if the received text message is a telephone number change notification, a troublesome operation is unnecessary by automatically changing the telephone number in the memory of the portable terminal owned by the user or entering the change mode. Therefore, when the telephone number is changed, the telephone number in the memory of the portable terminal owned by the user can be easily changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration (a text message transmission / reception system) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a format (display example) of a text message transmitted when a change occurs in the telephone number of its own mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of another embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of another embodiment 2 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Source mobile phone 2-4 Destination mobile phone 5-7 Destination pager 8 Text message service center

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mobile terminal transmission and reception is possible text message, the mobile terminal on the receiving side, storage means for storing telephone numbers, upon receiving a text message sent from the sender mobile terminal, the received the Phone number changes in text messages
To determine if there is a character indicating
Rewriting means for rewriting the telephone number in the storage means with the new telephone number contained in the text message when the character is included , and the transmitting side displays the character indicating the change of the telephone number.
A portable terminal for transmitting a text message to be transmitted . 2. A portable terminal of the transmitting side, when notified of a change of telephone number, at least, the character in the character message indicating a change in phone number, including the addition means for adding the old phone number and new phone number and, the mobile terminal of the reception side, the text message sent from the mobile terminal of the sender
Identification means for identifying the character from inside; and, when the identification means identifies the character, a search means for searching the storage means for a telephone number that matches the old telephone number; 2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein said means rewrites the telephone number in said storage means retrieved by said retrieval means with said new telephone number. 3. The portable terminal on the receiving side further comprises a rewriting selection means for allowing a user to select whether or not to rewrite the telephone number before rewriting the telephone number in the storage means by the rewriting means. The mobile terminal according to claim 2. 4. The mobile terminal on the receiving side newly registers the new telephone number in the storage means when the result of the search by the search means does not find a telephone number matching the old telephone number in the storage means. The portable terminal according to claim 2, further comprising a registration unit. 5. The portable terminal on the receiving side further comprises a registration selecting means for allowing a user to select whether or not to register a telephone number before registering a telephone number in said storage means by said registering means. The portable terminal according to claim 4, wherein