JP3248529B2 - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, and more particularly to a portable telephone which issues a warning when an incoming call from a specific person is longer than a predetermined time interval.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is sometimes necessary for a company or the like to make regular contact at regular intervals. For example, when going out on a business trip or the like, there is a case where a contact is made at regular intervals. Whether or not a person on a business trip has made a regular call by telephone, a case where the caller (a business traveler) has forgotten to make a call, or a situation in which a call cannot be made due to some kind of obstacle. On the other hand, in order to understand this situation, the person receiving the regular contact needs to use a clock etc. separately from the phone,
You may notice that there is no contact late.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device that can easily notice that there is no incoming call from a specific person.

[0004]

According to the communication terminal device of the present invention, the incoming call interval calculating means sets the time from the last incoming time from the specific person stored in the incoming time storing means to the present time. Is calculated. Then, the determining means determines whether or not the incoming call interval is longer than a predetermined time, and if it is longer, a warning is issued by the warning means. The warning includes, for example, a screen display, a vibration, and a sound.

[0005] With this configuration, it is possible to easily know whether a call from a specific person has passed a predetermined interval or more.

[0008] In addition, as in the communication terminal device according to the second aspect, the predetermined time is calculated based on the last incoming call interval or a plurality of incoming call intervals before the last time, so that no special setting by the user is required. Becomes

Further, by providing a specific person setting means for setting a specific person as in the communication terminal device according to the third aspect, the user can arbitrarily specify the specific person.

[0008] As the specific person, a plurality of specific persons may be set.

[0009] Further, as set forth in claim 5, the incoming call from the specific person may be a voice call or a text message.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mobile phone as an example of a communication terminal device.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a portable telephone.
Here, the main body 2 of the mobile phone 1 is provided with a display section 3 (corresponding to a warning means of the present invention) which is located at the top and displays various kinds of information, and is located below the display section 3. A key operation unit 4 (corresponding to a specific person setting unit of the present invention) is provided. Further, a microphone 5 for inputting a transmission sound is provided at a lower end portion of the surface of the main body 2, and a speaker 6 (book) for outputting sound is provided at an upper portion of the display unit 3. (Corresponding to the warning means of the present invention). A communication antenna 7 is provided at the upper end of the main body 2 so as to be able to be pulled out.

The display unit 3 is, for example, an L for displaying Chinese characters.
It is composed of a CD, and displays a telephone number, various messages, and the like.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a control circuit 9 (corresponding to the arrival interval calculating means and the judging means of the present invention) which is constituted mainly by a microcomputer and performs overall control is provided in the main body 2. And the transmission / reception unit 10 and the data conversion unit 1 connected to the control circuit 9.
1. A voice processing unit 12 is provided, the data conversion unit 11 is connected, the transmission / reception unit 10 is connected to the data conversion unit 11, and the antenna 7 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 10.

An operation signal of the key operation unit 4 is input to the control circuit 9.
The control unit 9 is connected to a storage unit 13 including an EEPROM and a VRAM. This storage unit 13
(Corresponding to the arrival time storage means of the present invention) stores a control program relating to communication (call and transmission / reception of e-mail), and also stores character message data and an address book in which names and telephone numbers are registered. An incoming call history including various data and the telephone number and time of the called party is stored.

Next, a process of monitoring an incoming call interval from a specific person, which is a main part of the present invention, and issuing a warning when there is no incoming call for a predetermined time or more will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, first, when this process is started, the counter of the number of times of reception from a designated partner and the reception time buffer in the storage unit 13 are cleared in step S1.

Next, based on the history of incoming calls from the designated party stored in the storage unit in step S2, the average of the last three incoming call intervals T is calculated. Then, in the next step S3,
It counts up to calculate the interval t from the last incoming call from the designated partner to the current time. Next step S4
Then, based on these average arrival intervals T and intervals t, it is determined whether or not the interval t from the last arrival is longer than the past three average arrival intervals T. If the interval t is shorter than the average incoming interval T, it is determined to be "N" and the process proceeds to step S6. On the other hand, if the interval t is longer than the average incoming interval T, a warning is displayed in step S5. This warning display displays a message on the display 3 stating that "There is no contact from Mr. XX".

Then, in the next step S6, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call. If there is an incoming call, the process proceeds to the next step S7.

In step S7, it is determined whether or not the incoming call is from a designated partner by using the calling number obtained from the telephone number notification from the partner. If not, the process proceeds to step S12. on the other hand,
If it is determined that the user is the designated partner, the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, it is determined whether there is a free space in the buffer for storing the time of arrival of the call from the specific partner. Here, the incoming time buffer is provided so as to be able to store the past four incoming times, whereby the average incoming interval T for the past three times is calculated in step S2. Then, in step S8, if there is no free space in the incoming buffer of the designated partner, the process proceeds to step S9, where the oldest history is deleted and the latest incoming time is stored. On the other hand, step S
If it is determined in step 8 that there is free space in the incoming call buffer, the incoming time is stored in an empty area in the incoming time buffer in step S10.

Then, in step S9 or
After storing the latest incoming time in step S10, the interval t is cleared to zero in step S11,
Then, it is determined whether the user is talking or waiting. If a call is in progress, "N" is determined, and the determination in step S12 is repeated. When it is in the standby state, it is determined to be “Y”, the process returns to step S2, and the above processing is repeated.

By configuring as described above, based on the past average arrival time interval from the designated party, that is, the specific person, it is easy to confirm that there is no communication from the specific person for a while recently. You can know.

In the present embodiment, the configuration and processing are performed as described above. However, the configuration and processing may be appropriately changed as follows.

In the above-described embodiment, the average arrival interval T is calculated based on the past three reception intervals. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The past one or two reception intervals may be used. It may be three or more times.

In the above-described embodiment, the determination is made in step S4 using the average arrival interval T, but the average arrival interval T + time α may be used. For example, the time α is
The configuration may be such that three hours are set, and a warning is not issued immediately when the average incoming call interval T is exceeded, but a margin is provided.

In the above-described embodiment, the average incoming call interval T is used. However, a setting function may be provided in advance so that the user can specify a specified incoming call interval, and an arbitrary time interval desired by the user may be used. .

In the above-described embodiment, the configuration is such that one person can be designated as the designated party. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of persons may be designated.

Further, in the above embodiment, the predetermined time or more
Although the system is configured to warn when there is no communication, the present invention is not limited to such a warning, and a configuration may be employed in which a call is automatically made from the user to a designated party. At this time, the user may be separately prompted by an alarm sound or the like so that the user can recognize that the automatic call has been made.
Then, the situation of the other party can be surely grasped.

The present invention is not limited to a portable telephone, but may be applied to a PHS or a wired fixed telephone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing control by a control unit in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Display (Warning Means) 6 Speaker (Warning Means) 9 Control Circuit (Incoming Interval Calculation Means, Judgment Means) 13 Storage Unit (Incoming Time Storage Means)

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] An incoming time storage means for storing an incoming time from a specific person, an incoming time interval calculating means for calculating an incoming time interval from a previous incoming time stored in the incoming time storing means, and an incoming time interval calculation A communication unit comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether the incoming call interval calculated by the unit is longer than a predetermined time; and a warning unit configured to warn when the determination unit determines that the time is longer than the predetermined time. Terminal device. 2. The incoming time storage means is provided so as to be able to store a plurality of incoming times from a specific person, and the predetermined time is a last incoming time and an immediately preceding incoming time stored in the incoming time storing means. 2. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal apparatus is an average of a plurality of incoming intervals before and immediately after the incoming call. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a specific person setting means for setting the specific person. 4. The communication terminal device according to claim 3, wherein said specific person setting means is provided so that a plurality of specific persons can be set. 5. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call from the specific person is an incoming call of either a voice call or a text message.