JP3780289B2 - COMMUNICATION DEVICE COMMUNICATION START METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING THE CONTROL PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication start method for a communication apparatus capable of communication using a plurality of communication methods, and a recording medium on which a control program is recorded.

Conventionally, as a communication device capable of communication using a plurality of communication methods, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-98428, a communication method based on a preset priority mode is used when dialing. There have been proposed ones in which communication is started by using them, and ones in which a communication method is manually selected immediately before dialing.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-98428

  However, in the case of starting communication using a communication method based on a preset priority mode when dialing as in the above-described conventional device, for example, local mobile communication installed in an office If you register to both the network and the public mobile communication network, and you can make calls to both, and you set the public mobile communication network in the priority mode, the local telephone number (extension number) ) To the public mobile communication network (external line) or to set the local mobile communication network as the priority mode, the public telephone number (external line number) is used. There is a problem that it causes a false call such as sending to a local mobile communication network (extension) when trying to make a call, and the communication method is manually set just before dialing. Than that so as to more selective, since the selection operation by manual every outgoing is required, there is a problem that troublesome operations are required in the user.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a communication start method for a communication apparatus that can perform dial transmission by an appropriate communication method without causing a complicated operation for a user, and a recording medium on which a control program is recorded. To do.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a communication start method of a communication apparatus capable of communication using a plurality of communication methods, while storing a telephone number and a plurality of communication methods as a pair, When a telephone number is selected, communication is started using one of a plurality of communication methods stored corresponding to the selected telephone number, and the communication method corresponding to the selected telephone number is stored. When there is no communication, a request is made to select a communication method and communication is started using the communication method selected in response to the request.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, a control program that causes a communication device capable of communication using a plurality of communication methods to execute the communication start method according to the first aspect is recorded on a recording medium.

  Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a telephone number is selected, communication is started using one of a plurality of communication methods stored corresponding to the selected telephone number, When communication can be started by a communication method adapted to the selected telephone number, and the communication method corresponding to the selected telephone number is not stored, the communication method selection is requested and the request is made. By starting communication using the communication method selected in response, the communication method is manually selected immediately before dialing for the telephone number for which the communication method is not specified, and communication is started by the selected communication method. can do.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the communication device selects a telephone number based on the control program recorded on the recording medium, a plurality of communication methods stored corresponding to the selected telephone number are stored. By starting communication using any of the above, in a communication apparatus capable of communication by a plurality of communication methods, communication can be started by a communication method adapted to the selected telephone number, and the selected telephone When the communication method corresponding to the number is not stored, the communication method is requested to be selected, and the communication method selected in response to the request is used to start communication to specify the communication method. It is possible to manually select a communication method immediately before dialing for a telephone number that does not exist, and to start communication using the selected communication method.

  As described above, according to the first or second aspect of the invention, when a telephone number is selected, any one of a plurality of communication methods stored corresponding to the selected telephone number is used. By starting the communication, the communication can be started by a communication method adapted to the selected telephone number. For example, both the local mobile communication network installed in the office and the public mobile communication network Even if it is possible to make a call to either party, you may try to make a call using a local telephone number (extension number) in the office and make a call to the public mobile communication network (outside line). On the other hand, it is possible to prevent erroneous calls such as making a call using a public telephone number (external number) to a local mobile communication network (extension), and manually selecting each time a call is made. Since but longer necessary, without causing a complicated operation in user can perform dialing by a suitable communication method. In addition, when a telephone number is selected, if a communication method corresponding to the selected telephone number is not stored, the communication method is selected and a communication method selected in response to the request is requested. By starting communication using, you can manually select the communication method immediately before dialing for the phone number for which you do not want to specify the communication method, and start communication with the selected communication method. Usability can be further improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a mobile phone which is an embodiment of a communication apparatus for executing a communication start method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a data configuration of a telephone directory in the mobile phone. (A) shows an example, and (b) shows another example. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of operation control at the start of communication in the mobile phone, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing another example of operation control at the start of communication in the mobile phone.

  A mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  In FIG. 1, 1 is an antenna, 2 is a first radio unit that transmits and receives signals to and from the first radio base station B (public PHS service) via the antenna 1, 3 is an antenna, and 4 is a second radio via the antenna 3. The second radio unit 5 for transmitting / receiving signals to / from the radio base station C (service in the office) 5 performs predetermined signal processing on signals transmitted / received by the first radio unit 2 or the second radio unit 4 to modulate / demodulate audio signals. A call control unit 6 that collects external sound and supplies it as a sound signal to the call control unit 5, and a speaker 7 that emits the sound signal supplied from the call control unit 5 as sound to the outside.

  8 is an operation unit for inputting / selecting a telephone number and selecting a communication method, 9 is a display unit for displaying a telephone number, a communication method, and various states input or selected by the operation unit 8, and 10 is an operation unit 8. It is a storage unit for storing telephone book data created based on the input or selected telephone number or communication method.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes a first radio unit 2 and a second radio unit 4 based on control signals from the first radio unit 2 and the second radio unit 4, various instruction data from the operation unit 8, and data read from the storage unit 10. Is a main control unit that performs wireless connection control, call control in the call control unit 5, display control in the display unit 9, data writing / reading control in the storage unit 10, and the like. It is comprised by RAM etc. to store, CPU etc. which perform operation control based on the control program stored in ROM, and the process data stored in RAM.

  The antenna 1, the first radio unit 2, the antenna 3, the second radio unit 4, the call control unit 5, the microphone 6, the speaker 7, the operation unit 8, the display unit 9, the storage unit 10, and the main control unit 11 are carried. A telephone A is configured, and this mobile telephone A can communicate with a counterpart communication device via the first radio base station B or the second radio base station C.

  Hereinafter, with respect to the mobile phone A configured as described above, an example of an operation at the start of communication will be described based on an explanatory diagram shown in FIG. 2A and a flowchart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, when the user performs an input operation using the operation unit 8, the phone book data in which the memory number, the telephone number, and the communication method are paired is stored in the storage unit 10. When the memory number or the telephone number is input by the user's input operation using the operation unit 8 and a call instruction is given (step S1), the main control unit 11 reads the memory number or the phone number input by the operation unit 8 It is determined whether or not the communication method corresponding to the number is stored in the storage unit 10 (step S2). When it is determined that the communication method is not stored, a message for controlling the display unit 9 to request selection of the communication method is displayed. The communication method is selected by displaying it or the like (step S3).

  Then, the main control unit 11 recognizes the manually selected communication method or the communication method stored in the storage unit 10 (step S4), and if it is recognized as a public PHS service, the first wireless unit 2 Is selected (step S5), and if the service is recognized as an in-office service, the second wireless unit 4 is selected (step S6).

  The main control unit 11 controls the selected first radio unit 2 or second radio unit 4 to start a radio connection with the first radio base station B or the second radio base station C according to a predetermined communication protocol. Then, dialing is performed based on the telephone number data read from the storage unit 10 based on the memory number input by the operation unit 8 or the telephone number data input by the operation unit 8 (step S7).

  Then, the main control unit 11 determines whether or not the dial transmission is successful (step S8). If it is determined that the dial transmission is not successful, the main control unit 11 controls the display unit 9 to display a message requesting selection of the communication method. When the communication method is selected by performing the above-described operation control (step S3), the above-described operation control (steps S4 to S8) for performing dial transmission based on the manually selected communication method is executed, and when it is determined that the communication is successful. Shifts to the communication operation and ends the communication start operation.

  Therefore, according to the above operation control, when registering the phone book data, by storing the communication method corresponding to the phone number, when dialing using the phone number registered in the phone book data In addition, communication can be automatically started by the optimum communication method, and when the communication method is not stored in the phone book data or dialing using the communication method stored in the phone book data is not successful. Communication can be started by any communication method selected manually.

  In the above operation control, when the communication method corresponding to the telephone number is stored in the phone book data, communication is started using this communication method. When communication cannot be started, the communication method is manually set. Although it was made to select, it is not limited to this, Whether the communication can be started using the communication method stored corresponding to the telephone number in consideration of the location registration status of the communication method, etc. When it is determined that communication can be started, communication is started using this communication method, and when it is determined that communication cannot be started, the communication method is manually set. You may make it select.

  Next, another example of the operation at the start of communication will be described based on the explanatory diagram shown in FIG. 2B and the flowchart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, the phone book data in which the memory number, the telephone number, the first communication method, and the second communication method are paired is stored in the storage unit 10 by the input operation using the operation unit 8 by the user. In the stored state, when a memory number or a telephone number is input by a user's input operation using the operation unit 8 and a call instruction is issued (step S11), the main control unit 11 inputs the operation unit 8 through the operation unit 8. It is determined whether or not the first communication method corresponding to the stored memory number or telephone number is stored in the storage unit 10 (step S12). If it is determined that the first communication method is not stored, the display unit 9 is controlled to perform communication. A communication method is selected by displaying a message requesting selection of the method (step S13).

  The main control unit 11 recognizes the manually selected communication method or the first communication method stored in the storage unit 10 (step S14), and if it is recognized as a public PHS service, the first wireless communication unit 11 The unit 2 is selected (step S15), and if the service is recognized as an in-office service, the second radio unit 4 is selected (step S16).

  The main control unit 11 controls the selected first radio unit 2 or second radio unit 4 to start a radio connection with the first radio base station B or the second radio base station C according to a predetermined communication protocol. Then, dialing is performed based on the telephone number data read from the storage unit 10 based on the memory number input by the operation unit 8 or the telephone number data input by the operation unit 8 (step S17).

  Then, the main control unit 11 determines whether or not the dial transmission is successful (step S18). If it is determined that the dial transmission is successful, the main control unit 11 shifts to the communication operation and ends the communication start operation. If it is determined, it is determined whether or not the second communication method corresponding to the memory number or telephone number input by the operation unit 8 is stored in the storage unit 10 (step S19), and is determined not to be stored. In such a case, the communication unit is selected by controlling the display unit 9 to display a message for requesting the selection of the communication method (step S20).

  The main control unit 11 recognizes the manually selected communication method or the first communication method stored in the storage unit 10 (step S21), and if it is recognized as a public PHS service, the first wireless communication unit 11 The unit 2 is selected (step S22), and if the service is recognized as an in-office service, the second radio unit 4 is selected (step S23).

  The main control unit 11 controls the selected first radio unit 2 or second radio unit 4 to start a radio connection with the first radio base station B or the second radio base station C according to a predetermined communication protocol. Then, dialing is performed based on the telephone number data read from the storage unit 10 based on the memory number input by the operation unit 8 or the telephone number data input by the operation unit 8 (step S24).

  Then, the main control unit 11 determines whether or not the dial transmission is successful (step S25). If it is determined that the dial transmission is not successful, the main control unit 11 controls the display unit 9 to display a message requesting selection of the communication method. When the communication method is selected (step S20), and the above-described operation control (steps S21 to S25) for performing dial transmission based on the manually selected communication method is executed, and when it is determined that the communication is successful. Shifts to the communication operation and ends the communication start operation.

  Therefore, according to the operation control described above, when registering the phone book data, by storing a plurality of communication methods with priorities corresponding to the phone numbers, the phone numbers registered in the phone book data are used. When dialing, the optimum communication method can be automatically selected based on the priority order and communication can be started, and when one or more communication methods are not stored in the phone book data, Alternatively, when dial transmission using the communication method stored in the phone book data is not successful, communication can be started by any communication method selected manually.

  In the above operation control, when the first communication method and the second communication method corresponding to the telephone number are stored in the phone book data, communication is started using the first communication method, and communication cannot be started. The communication method is started using the second communication method, and when the communication cannot be started, the communication method is manually selected. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Considering the registration status, etc., it is determined whether communication can be started using the first communication method or the second communication method stored corresponding to the telephone number, and communication is started by the first communication method. When it is determined that communication can be performed, communication can be started using the first communication method, communication can not be started using the first communication method, and communication can be started using the second communication method. It was judged In this case, communication is started using the second communication method, and when it is determined that communication cannot be started using the first communication method and the second communication method, the communication method is manually selected. May be.

  In the above embodiment, a mobile phone that can be connected to a public PHS service and an in-office service has been described as a communication device that executes the communication start method of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, the present invention can be similarly applied to a dual-type mobile phone that can be connected to the public PHS service and the mobile phone service, a communication device that can perform communication using three or more communication methods, and the like.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the above-described operation control is executed based on a control program stored in advance in the ROM constituting the main control unit 11. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A control program for executing the operation control is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, and the above-described operation control is executed according to the control program read from the recording medium, or the above-described operation control is executed. A control program may be sent to the communication network, the control program received from the communication network may be stored, and the above-described operation control may be executed according to the stored control program.

It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the mobile telephone which is one Embodiment of the communication apparatus which performs the communication start method of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the data structure of the telephone directory in the mobile telephone, (a) shows an example, (b) shows another example, respectively. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of operation control at the start of communication in the mobile phone. 10 is a flowchart showing another example of operation control at the start of communication in the mobile phone.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,3 Antenna, 2 1st radio | wireless part, 4th 2nd radio | wireless part, 5 Call control part, 6 Microphone, 7 Speaker, 8 Operation part, 9 Display part, 10 Storage part, 11 Main control part.

Claims (2)

  In a communication start method of a communication device capable of communication using a plurality of communication methods, a telephone number and a plurality of communication methods are stored as a pair, and when a telephone number is selected, the selected telephone number is supported. When the communication method corresponding to the selected telephone number is not stored, the communication method selection is requested and the response is made to the request. A communication start method for a communication apparatus, wherein communication is started using the selected communication method.   A recording medium in which a control program for executing the communication start method according to claim 1 is recorded in a communication apparatus capable of communication using a plurality of communication methods.

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