JP3590540B2 - Phonebook data registration method in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform registering or setting operation only by necessary irreducible key input operation by moving a next new registration screen by key input operation for the next new registration screen on an input screen for any of option registration items. SOLUTION: When a select button 18b is depressed in the state of the input screen for a 1st telephone number after standard setting items are inputted, the input screen changes into the input screen for option setting items. Each time a reception history button 18c is depressed, a registration screen for a 2nd telephone number, a group setting screen, a secret setting screen, a mail address screen, or an alias setting screen is displayed in order. When a button with a symbol [, #, /, <, or] among dial buttons 18e is depressed while the display screen for option setting items is displayed, the number of telephone numbers to be further registered in the telephone book is displayed and a next new registration screen appears several seconds later.

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS terminal, and more specifically, to a method for registering telephone directory data in a mobile communication terminal.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones and PHS terminals have become more sophisticated, and, for example, various items can be registered in the telephone directory, in addition to telephone numbers and names. Specifically, in addition to the telephone number and name, a second telephone number, group information, secret setting, mail address, and the like can be collectively registered in the telephone directory. Therefore, when registering or setting in the telephone directory, a new registration screen of the telephone directory can be called to register or set necessary items among telephone numbers, names, and other items.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional technique, various contents in addition to the telephone number and the name can be registered or set in the telephone directory at a time. The next registrant could not be registered in the phone book. Therefore, when it is desired to newly register in the telephone directory continuously, an extra key input operation is required, and there is a problem that usability is poor.
[0004]
The present invention solves such a problem of the prior art, and enables mobile communication with excellent operability in which registration or setting can be performed with only a minimum necessary key input operation even when the next new registration is continuously performed. An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone directory data registration method in a terminal.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a telephone book data in a mobile communication terminal having a telephone book function capable of registering data of a plurality of optional registration items in addition to a standard registration item of a name and a telephone number. in the registration method, by calling the new registration screen of the phone book and a standard registration items and options registered item, when the transition to the input screen of options registration items from the input screen of the standard registration items, any of the items in the options registration item be an input screen, the key input operation to shift to the next new registration screen is performed, the processing such as shifting to the next new registration screen (control) is performed.
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of a telephone directory data registration method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a functional block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the method for registering telephone directory data in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is applied. The mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment has a mail function capable of transmitting and receiving a text message via the Internet, and is a communication terminal capable of registering or setting various information including the mail address and the like in a telephone directory.
[0007]
2, the transmission / reception circuit unit 11 to which the antenna 16 is connected is a circuit that executes transmission / reception processing in the mobile communication terminal under the control of the CPU 12. That is, the transmission / reception circuit unit 11 modulates a voice signal, data (including character data), a control signal, or the like with a high frequency and transmits the modulated signal with the antenna 16 or demodulates a voice signal, data, a control signal, or the like received from the antenna 16. Output to the CPU 12.
[0008]
The CPU 12 operates according to a program described in the ROM 17 by operating keys 18 and control signals from the transmission / reception circuit unit 11, controls the transmission / reception circuit unit 11, the LCD driver 20, and the voice processing unit 13 to perform call processing in voice communication. I do. The CPU 12 is also connected to the RAM 19 and uses the RAM 19 as a work area when executing a program described in the ROM 17.
[0009]
Further, the CPU 12 is connected to a flash memory 24 which is a nonvolatile memory. The CPU 12 stores in the flash memory 24 history data of the received text message (history information of the mail and the received text message), data registered or set by the telephone directory function, and the like.
[0010]
FIG. 4 shows an example of the contents of registration items that can be registered or set by the telephone directory function stored in the flash memory 24. As shown in FIG. 4, n pieces of user information from # 1 to #n can be registered in this telephone directory. The registered contents include name and phone number (phone number 1) standard setting items, second phone number (phone number 2), group information, secret setting, mail address and nickname (simple address for sending and receiving character transmission messages). ) And optional setting items.
[0011]
The group is a function that can classify registered users into predetermined groups. By grouping the registered users, it is possible to efficiently search, change ringtones for each group, and change icon display. The secret setting is a function for preventing a third party from seeing information of the registered user, and requires a password when displaying the registered user. The mail address is an address of an electronic mail exchanged on the Internet. A nickname is an address for a character transmission message. For example, a nickname is defined before an @ (at mark) seen in an e-mail address, and a registered user can register a nickname by registering an online sign-up with the center. Function. This makes it possible to receive a center mail and send a character transmission message to a mail center, so that the other party can easily find his / her own mail.
[0012]
Returning to FIG. 2, the LCD driver 20 drives the LCD 22 which is a liquid crystal display under the control of the CPU 12, and controls the display of the LCD 22. That is, the LCD driver 20 reads a character pattern (including numbers) and an icon (graphic) pattern corresponding to the control signal from the CPU 12 from the font ROM 21 and displays the same on the LCD 22. Also when registering or setting in the telephone directory, the contents are displayed on the LCD 22.
[0013]
The operation keys 18 include dial buttons for inputting the telephone number of the called telephone, off-hook keys for calling or answering, and function keys for setting various functions. As shown in the external perspective view of FIG. 3, the operation keys 18 include, for example, a dial button 18e for inputting a dial number and a text message, a redial button 18a used for a telephone directory function, a selection button 18b, an incoming call history, and the like. Button 18c and F (function) / symbol button 18d are included.
[0014]
The audio processing unit 13 is a circuit that performs an audio signal amplification process, and is connected to the speaker 14 and the microphone 15. That is, when a voice signal is input from the CPU 12, the voice processing unit 13 amplifies the signal and outputs it from the speaker 14, and when a voice signal is input from the microphone 15, amplifies the signal and outputs it to the CPU 12.
The vibrator 23 is a vibration device that vibrates the entire telephone shown in FIG. 3 that notifies the user of an incoming call by vibration instead of notifying the user of an incoming call by an audible sound.
[0015]
FIG. 1 is a processing flow showing a processing sequence of a telephone directory data registration method according to the present embodiment, together with a display example displayed on LCD 22 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0016]
When the selection button 18b ( [ phonebook / selection ] ) is pressed in the standby processing state (100), an operation menu of the telephone directory is displayed (102). When the F / symbol button 18d ([F / symbol]) is pressed while the operation menu is displayed, the screen shifts to a telephone book registration operation screen, and a name registration screen is displayed. It is ready for input (104) .
[0017]
Redial button 18a in this state, by using the incoming call history button 18c and the dial button 18e, the name you want to register (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji), in the figure to enter the "patent". If the user wants to input pictograms (icons) instead of characters, the user presses the F / symbol button 18d to shift to an input screen where a mark can be input.
[0018]
When the input of the name is completed, the screen shifts to a screen for inputting the reading of the input name by pressing the select button 18b (106). Then, the registered name is read in katakana using the dial button 18e. If the input reading is acceptable, the selection button 18b is pressed to shift to the first telephone number input screen (108), and if the user wants to return to the name registration screen, the F / symbol button 18d is pressed. When the input of the first telephone number is completed on the input screen 108 using the dial button 18e, the input of the standard setting items shown in FIG. 4 is completed.
[0019]
When the selection button 18b is pressed in the state of the first telephone number input screen, the screen shifts to the option setting item input screen shown in FIG. In FIG. 1, the display screen of this option setting item is surrounded by a dotted line indicated by reference numeral 200. Option setting items Ru displayed on the screen in the order shown in FIG. 4.
[0020]
That is, the registration screen of the second telephone number is displayed first, and each time the incoming call history button 18c ( [ incoming call history / ▼ ] ) is pressed , the group setting screen, secret setting screen, mail address screen, nickname setting screen but that is displayed.
[0021]
Further, in the option setting items indicated by reference numeral 200, each time of pressing the redial button 18a ([Redial / ▲]), it is possible to display one previous setting screen.
[0022]
Group setting screen, secret setting screen, email screen, and presses the selection button 18b in a state where the nickname setting screen is displayed, the display screen is surrounded by a dotted line of code 300 is displayed, so that perform registration or setting . That is, as shown in the screen 204, for example, when there is a symbol “>” to the left of “address”, it indicates that the setting item “address” is selected, and when the selection button 18b is pressed at this time, A display screen 302 is displayed so that a mail address can be input.
[0023]
Similarly, when the selection button 18b is pressed with the symbol ">" to the left of the nickname, the display screen 304 is displayed and the nickname is input, and the symbol ">" is to the left of the group (not shown). When the selection button 18b is pressed in this state, a display screen 306 is displayed and a group setting screen is displayed. Further, when the selection button 18b is pressed in a state where there is a symbol ">" to the left of the secret setting (not shown), a display screen 308 is displayed, and a setting screen for selecting "OFF" or "ON" of the secret is displayed. .
[0024]
When the selection button 18b is pressed during the first screen display of the option setting item for registering the second telephone number, the number of vacant registrations that can be registered in the telephone directory is displayed (110). Then, after the display screen 110 is displayed for a while, the display screen 100 of the standby processing is displayed several seconds later.
[0025]
In addition, during registration or setting of the option setting items, it is possible to shift to the next new registration at any time .
[0026]
That is, while the display screen of the option setting items of the second telephone number registration screen, the group setting screen, the secret setting screen, the mail address screen, and the nickname setting screen is displayed, the symbol [ When a button marked with “ # /> ” is pressed, the number of vacant registrations that can be registered in the telephone directory is displayed (110), and after a few seconds, the screen moves to the next new registration screen (114).
[0027]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the last option setting item (nickname setting screen) is displayed as in the related art, and in this state, the selection button 18b is further pressed to determine whether to perform new registration or to end. The next new registration can be performed without proceeding to the setting screen (111) to be selected. If the user tries to end the telephone directory registration process in a state where the standard setting items have not been input, a message "No telephone directory registration data" is displayed as shown in screen display 400.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the telephone directory data registration method in the mobile communication terminal of the present invention, new registration can be performed efficiently and continuously without performing extra key input operation.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a processing sequence showing an embodiment of a telephone directory data registration method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an example of items that can be registered or set in a telephone directory in the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 transmission / reception circuit unit 12 CPU
13 Audio processing unit 14 Speaker 15 Microphone 16 Antenna 17 ROM
18 Operation keys 18a Redial button 18b Select button 18c Received call history button 18d F (function) / symbol button 18e Dial button 19 RAM
20 LCD driver 21 Font ROM
22 LCD
23 vibrator 24 flash memory

Claims (2)

In a telephone directory data registration method in a mobile communication terminal having a telephone directory function capable of performing data registration of a plurality of optional registration items in addition to a standard registration item of a name and a telephone number,
When you call the new registration screen of the phone book and a the option registration items and the standard registration items, the transition from the input screen of the standard registration items to the input screen of the options registered item,
Be an input screen of any of the items in the optional registration items, wherein the key input operation to shift to the next new registration screen is performed, processing to shift to the next new registration screen is performed, the Phonebook data registration method in a mobile communication terminal. The telephone directory data registration method according to claim 1,
The mobile communication terminal, wherein the optional registration item is any one of a telephone number other than the telephone number registered in the standard registration item, group information, secret setting, a mail address, and a simple address for transmitting and receiving a character transmission message. Phonebook data registration method in.

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