JP3415483B2 - MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, FUNCTION SELECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE METHOD - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication device having a menu jump function and a function selecting method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of a conventional mobile communication apparatus, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-204811 discloses an invention called "mobile communication apparatus and control method thereof".

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the above-mentioned prior art, which is shown in FIG. 1 of the above publication.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication device according to the prior art described above includes a wireless communication circuit section 1, an antenna 2, a microphone 3, a speaker 4, a control section 5, an input / output section 6, a changeover switch 7, a clock 8 and The storage unit 9 is provided.

In the configuration of the mobile communication device according to the above-mentioned prior art, by operating the changeover switch 7, it is possible to switch the availability of the response function. When the answer switch function is set and the incoming call is received by the operation of the changeover switch 7, the control unit 5 creates a reception record showing the telephone number of the other party, the reception date and time, and the number of receptions. The received record is stored in the storage unit 9.

When a display instruction is given to the mobile communication device according to the above-mentioned conventional technique, the reception record stored in the storage unit 9 is output to the input / output unit 6 and displayed. Further, when there is an automatic dial instruction from the input / output unit 6, a call is made with the telephone number of the received record.

[0007] In addition, as a conventional technique related to a mobile communication device, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-97887 discloses an invention called "method and device for dynamic wireless communication menu". The present invention relates to a menu system used for wireless communication, including a display unit, a plurality of short menus,
An extended menu having a plurality of the short menus as a subset is provided, and the menu display on the display unit can be moved between the short menu and the extended menu in response to a predetermined input from the user.

[0008]

In the mobile communication device according to the prior art, the other party may leave a message when the response reject function is set. In such a case, although the content can be heard by reproducing the message, the message reproduction requires an operation different from the display instruction described above.

That is, if the above-mentioned display operation is performed and the telephone number of the other party is simply selected, the other party is called by automatic dialing. Therefore, different operations are required for the automatic dial instruction and the message reproduction instruction.

As described above, when the automatic dial instruction and the message reproduction instruction have different functions, there is an inconvenience that different operations must be remembered for each function.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication device and a function selecting method therefor capable of easily selecting various instructing functions when the response reject function is set.

[0012]

A mobile communication device of the present invention is a mobile communication device having a response / non-reply function, and a storage means for storing a telephone number or a message of a partner at the time of an incoming call.
A display unit for displaying the telephone number or message by type; a selection unit for selecting the type; and a control unit for displaying the telephone number or message on the display unit according to the selected type. Is characterized by.

The types may be those with absence recording and automatic dialing.

The selecting means may select the type specified by the cursor on the display means moved by the movement switch.

The function selection method of the mobile communication device of the present invention is
A first step of storing the other party's telephone number or message at the time of an incoming call, a second step of displaying the telephone number or message by type, a third step of selecting the type, and the selected type And a fourth step of displaying the telephone number and the message according to another.

The third step may include a fifth step in which the type is classified according to whether there is an absence recording or automatic dialing.

The third step may include a sixth step of selecting the type by moving the cursor.

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, there is an incoming call when the incoming call is not answered,
A mobile communication device having a function of recording a message from the other party and reproducing the message, the displaying means displaying a message type, a cursor for selecting a specific message from a plurality of displayed messages, and a cursor. Provided is a mobile communication device comprising cursor moving means for moving and operating means for selecting a specific message indicated by the cursor.

In the above mobile communication device, a display unit having a plurality of functions and displaying a plurality of menu messages corresponding to the respective functions, and selecting one of the plurality of menu messages to perform a corresponding operation. And a selecting unit for executing.

Further, in the above mobile communication device, the selection unit may be composed of a cursor key for performing an input for selecting a predetermined menu message from a plurality of menu messages displayed on the display unit.

Further, in the above mobile communication device, a plurality of functions include a reproducing function for reproducing an answering recording obtained in response to the answering / denying function, and an automatic call for automatically calling a selected telephone number. It can consist of a dial function.

In addition, the above mobile communication device has a telephone number of a calling party at the time of an incoming call and a storage section for storing a message from the calling party, and the display section has a telephone number of the calling party stored in the storage section. It is possible to display a message corresponding to each function for the number.

In addition, in order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, in a display unit and a mobile communication device having a plurality of functions, (a) a step of displaying a message corresponding to each function, and (b) ) Selecting a message and performing the corresponding action.

In the above function selecting method, the mobile communication device further has a cursor key, and in step (b), a predetermined message is selected from a plurality of messages by using the cursor key and a corresponding operation is executed. It can consist of steps.

Further, in the above-mentioned function selecting method, a plurality of functions include a reproducing function for reproducing an answering recording obtained in response to the answering / denying function and an automatic dial for automatically calling the selected telephone number. It can consist of features.

Further, in the above function selecting method,
(C) The method further includes the step of storing the telephone number of the calling party and the message from the calling party when receiving a call, and step (a) is a message corresponding to each function for the stored telephone number of the calling party. Can be displayed.

In addition, in order to solve the above problems, in a mobile communication device having a display unit and a plurality of functions, (a)
The step of displaying the message corresponding to each function,
(B) providing a recording medium storing a program for executing a step of selecting a message and executing a corresponding operation.

In the program stored in the above-mentioned recording medium, a plurality of functions include a reproducing function for reproducing an answering recording obtained in response to the answering / denying function and an automatic call to the selected telephone number. It can consist of an automatic dialing function.

Further, in the program stored in the above recording medium, (c) the telephone number of the calling party at the time of incoming call,
The method may further include the step of storing a message from the calling party, and step (a) may include the step of displaying a message corresponding to each function with respect to the stored telephone number of the calling party.

The operation of the mobile communication device and the function selecting method therefor according to the present invention is such that the telephone number or message of the other party is stored in the storage means at the time of an incoming call in the state where the answering / denial function is set, and the display means displays the telephone number. And the message are displayed by type, and when the type is selected by the selection means, the telephone number and the message corresponding to the type selected by the control means are displayed.

[0031]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A mobile communication device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile communication device of the present invention. The mobile communication device of the present invention includes a control unit 100, a display unit 110, and a movement switch 12.
0, selection switch 130, wireless unit 140, and storage unit 15
It has 0. Although not shown, the mobile communication device of the present invention can be connected to a device (not shown) via an input / output unit (not shown). A recording medium (not shown) in which the execution program is stored can be accessed through this device, and the execution program can be executed in the mobile communication device of the present invention.

The control section 100 as a control means has a function of controlling the operation of each section. The display unit 110 as a display unit has a function of displaying the type of message.
The movement switch 120 has a function of moving a cursor for selecting a specific message from a plurality of displayed messages. Selection switch 13 as selection means
0 has a function of selecting the message indicated by the cursor. The wireless unit 140 has a function of performing wireless communication. The storage unit 150 has a function of storing the telephone number and message of the other party when receiving a call.

Next, the operation of the mobile communication device of the present invention will be described.

In the following description, it is assumed that the mobile communication device of the present invention has the response / non-response function.

An incoming call arrives at the radio section 140 in a state in which the answer / no answer function is set. In response to this incoming call, control unit 100 stores the telephone number and message of the other party in storage unit 150. Next, by the control unit 100,
The other party's telephone number and message are displayed on the display unit 110 by type.

The type of message corresponds to a function such as (with absence recording) or (automatic dialing).
Then, when the movement switch 120 is operated to move the cursor of the display unit 110 to a required message and then the selection switch 130 is selected, the control unit 100 operates the function corresponding to the selected message.

That is, for example, when the cursor is moved to (with absence recording) and the selection switch 130 is operated, reproduction of the absence recording starts. When the cursor is moved to (automatic dial) and the selection switch 130 is operated, the control unit 100 executes automatic dialing.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the telephone number or message of the other party is stored in the storage unit 150 when an incoming call is received in the state where the answering / denial function is set, and the display unit 110 displays the telephone number or message. While displaying by type,
When the type is selected by the selection switch 130, the telephone number or the message corresponding to the type selected by the control unit 100 is displayed, so that various instruction functions when the response / non-response function is set can be easily performed. You can choose.

Accordingly, the conventional inconvenience that the function is different between the automatic dial instruction and the message reproduction instruction and the different operation for each function must be remembered is eliminated, so that the usability is improved. Can be made.

[0041]

The mobile communication device and the function selecting method thereof according to the present invention store the telephone number and the message of the other party in the storage means at the time of an incoming call in the state where the answering / denying function is set,
The display means displays the telephone numbers and messages by type, and when the type is selected by the selection means,
Since the telephone number or message corresponding to the type selected by the control means is displayed, it is possible to easily select various instructing functions when the answering / denying function is set.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile communication device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional mobile communication device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Wireless communication circuit 2 antenna 3 microphone 4 speakers 5 control unit 6 Input / output section 7 Changeover switch 8 clocks 9 memory 100 control unit 110 Display 120 movement switch 130 selection switch 140 radio section 150 storage

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] When 1. A did not respond to an incoming call, incoming there was possible, the telephone number of the calling party, and records the received message from the originating party, reproduction function of reproducing <br/> the received message, and Dial the phone number of the caller
At least one of the automatic dial functions
A mobile communication device for reproducing the telephone number of the calling party and the reproduction by being selected.
Function or one of the automatic dialing functions
A function message for displaying a function message , a cursor for selecting a specific function message from the displayed function messages, a cursor moving means for moving the cursor, and a cursor for displaying the function message. A mobile communication device comprising: operation means for selecting a specific function message. 2.When receiving an incoming call, enter the telephone number of the person
Storage unit for storing received messages received from recipients
When, A playback function for playing the received message, and
The number of automatic dialing functions for dialing the recipient's telephone number is small.
A control unit that executes a function including at least one, The telephone number of the caller and the function Corresponding tofunctionMe
SageWhenAnd a display section that displays The abovefunctionSelect messageDoA selection part,Equipped with, The control unit controls the function message selected by the selection unit.
The function corresponding to the page Mobile communication device. 3. The selection unit selects a predetermined message from the function message displayed on the display unit.
The mobile communication device according to claim 2, further comprising a cursor key for performing an input for selecting a function message. 4. The display unit and the function selected by the user are implemented.
Control unit, the telephone number of the calling party and
A mobile communication apparatus comprising a <br/> storage unit you store the received message received from the signal destination, the telephone number of (a) the display unit the outgoing partner, the machine
And displaying the function message corresponding to the ability is selected (b) the functional messages, said selected
And a step of executing a function corresponding to the function message. A 5. The cursor keys further, the step (b), using the cursor keys, the functional messages predetermined functions message is selected from, of the corresponding function is executed
Comprising the steps, functional selection method according to claim 4. 6.The functionIs Obtained in response to the response / non-response functionIt is a received messageStay
Protective recording to play the recording and the selected phone number
Automatic dialing function for making outgoing calls dynamicallyincluding, Claim4 or 5Described inWas doneFunction selection method. 7. The display unit and the function selected by the user are implemented.
The control unit to perform, the telephone number of the calling party when receiving a call,
Storage unit that stores received messages received from the other party
A mobile communication apparatus comprising the door, the telephone number of (a) the originating party, corresponding to the function
A recording medium that stores a program for executing a step of displaying a function message, and (b) selecting the function message and executing a corresponding function . 8.The functionIs The above obtained corresponding to the response no functionIn the received message
RuPlayback function to play the absence recording and the selected phone number
Automatic dial function to automatically make a callAt least
Including gaps, Claims storing the execution program7The recording medium described in.