JP3886505B2 - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly, to a mobile phone having a function of notifying a user of an incoming call by generating a ring tone or displaying an image when an incoming call is received.

  In recent years, a user of a mobile phone sets a ring tone, which is a sound for notifying the user of an incoming call, when he / she receives a voice call or an e-mail. The ring tone to be set is a ring tone already stored in the mobile phone at the time of purchase, or a ring tone downloaded from the server of the provider providing the ring tone distribution service and stored in the mobile phone. Or an original ring tone created by the user and stored in the mobile phone. Also, the user may set one ring tone (for example, a ringing melody) for each incoming voice call and each incoming e-mail.

  Even when many types of incoming melody are stored in the mobile phone, the user can use only one incoming melody at a time. Therefore, when the user wants to enjoy various types of ringing melody, the user must change the setting of the ringing melody by operating the mobile phone. The user's mobile phone that feels annoying to change the ringtone settings and does not change the ringtone settings will generate the same ringtone for every incoming call, so the user cannot enjoy many types of ringtones .

  In view of this, a system for randomly selecting a ringing melody that rings when a call arrives has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a method has been proposed in which one incoming melody is stored in a time-divided manner, and one part of the time-divided incoming melody portion is played when an incoming call is received (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  On the other hand, the user has received the image display setting of the mobile phone in advance by an image stored in the mobile phone, an image downloaded from a server that provides the image, an image taken by a camera built in the mobile phone, or an e-mail Still images such as images and moving images are set freely. For example, when the user sets the image display on the mobile phone, the screen is displayed for each event such as a standby screen, when a voice call is received, when an e-mail is received, when a voice is sent, when an e-mail is sent, or when wakes up One image is set at a time. As a trend in recent years, the display screen of a mobile phone has been increased in screen size and resolution, and the user can enjoy more images.

  In view of this, a mobile phone device that displays a moving image of a character at the time of an incoming call instead of or in addition to the incoming melody has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-204286 (page 4-8, FIG. 3) JP 2000-354087 A (page 3-8, FIGS. 4 and 5) JP 2003-23669 A (Page 5-6, FIG. 5)

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, the ringing melody is selected according to the value of the program counter at the time of the ringing in the microcomputer in the system, so that the specific ringing melody may not be selected for a long period of time. In addition, since there is no restriction on the selected ringtone melody, there is a possibility that a ringtone that is stored in the mobile phone but is not desired to be used as the ringtone may be selected.

  Further, the method described in Patent Document 2 does not support the use of multiple types of ringing melody. For this reason, when the user wants to use another ringing melody, time division of the other ringing melody and setting of the ringing tone must be performed, and the user has to perform a complicated operation.

  The mobile phone device described in Patent Document 3 can set a moving image to be displayed for each member registered in the telephone directory for incoming voice calls and incoming e-mails. If you want to display various images, you must change the image display settings each time. Therefore, the user's mobile phone that does not change the image display setting is troublesome and does not change the image display setting, and remains in a state where one image is set. When an e-mail is received, the same image is always displayed for each member registered in the telephone directory, and a user who receives many calls from a specific member cannot enjoy many types of images.

  The present invention can automatically select any one of a plurality of event occurrence notification data such as ring tone data and image data preferred by the user, and does not select specific event occurrence notification data over a long period of time. An object is to provide a mobile phone capable of avoiding the situation.

A mobile phone according to the present invention is a mobile phone having a function of notifying the occurrence of one or more specific events, and includes ring tone data and ring tone data for generating each of a plurality of types of ring tones. A storage means for storing information for identifying the type of information and a table for associating information indicating the order, and in accordance with a predetermined order each time a voice call or e-mail call is generated as a specific event. information and a ring tone selecting means for selecting one of the ring tone data from among the type of ring tone data, the tables show whether a ring tone data that is not used whether a ring tone data used There is set, ringtones selection means, based on the contents of the table, except the ring tone data information indicating that it is not used is set from selected target Select ringer data, and outputs the audio output means from the storage means the ring tone data selected.

Every time there is incoming, because it contains ringtone selection means for selecting one of the ring tone data from among a plurality of types of incoming audio data according to the order determined in advance, according to the order determined in advance one ring tone data from among a plurality of types of ringtone data by selecting, using a ring tone based on the ring tone data selected, it is possible to notify the user of the incoming call.

Comprising a storage means to store the ring tone data for generating a plurality of types of ring tones, ring tone selection means, one from among a plurality of types of the incoming audio data in the order determined in advance incoming Since the sound data is read from the storage means and output to the voice output means, for example, it is possible to arbitrarily set the ringtone to be output according to the number of incoming calls.

Has a ring tone information for specifying the type of data, a table associating the information indicating the order, since the ring tone data to select based on the contents of the tables, call based on the user-created table sound is selected. Therefore , the user can sequentially output each of a plurality of ringtones that the user likes.

The table, information indicating whether a ring tone data that is not used whether a ring tone data to be used is set, ringtones selection means, the ring tone data information indicating that it is not used is set since excluded from selected subjects, the user is in a mobile phone want may be stored can be stored ring tone do not want use the ringtone on the mobile phone.

The storage means may be setting information indicating whether to select the ring tone data based on the table stored, ringtones selection means, the selected ringtone data setting information based on the table If it shows that you do not may be a ring tone data that has been specified in advance to select. According to such a configuration, it is possible to output only one of the plurality of ring tones stored in the storage means.

The storage unit, used a table used for incoming voice call may be a table used for incoming e-mail is stored, ringtones selection means, a table corresponding to the type of the incoming May be. According to such a configuration, it is possible to output different ringtones depending on whether a voice incoming call or an electronic mail incoming call.

  You may provide the order setting means which sets the information which shows order to a table according to the operation input with respect to an operation part. According to such a configuration, according to such a configuration, the user can change the order in which ringtones are output according to preference.

A mobile phone according to the present invention is a mobile phone having a function of notifying the occurrence of one or more specific events, and includes image data for displaying each of a plurality of types of images, and types of image data. A storage unit that stores a table that associates information to be identified with information indicating an order, and each time a specific event occurs, one image data is selected from a plurality of types of image data according to a predetermined order. and an image selecting means for selecting, in the tables, information indicating whether an image data that is not used or in the non-image data to be used is set, the image selection means, based on the contents of the table, the image data information indicating that it is not used is set to select the images data was excluded from the selected target, read from the storage means the image data selected And outputting the image display means is. According to such a configuration, by selecting one of the image data from among a plurality of types of image data in the order determined in advance, and displays an image based on the selected image data, the user of the event The occurrence can be notified. The image selection means obtains the image data every time an inquiry about whether there is an incoming voice call, incoming e-mail, e-mail transmission, activation, or incoming e-mail to the e-mail distribution server as a specific event occurs. it may be selected.

Comprising a storage means to store the image data for displaying a plurality of types of images, the image selection means stores one image data from among a plurality of types of image data in the order determined in advance means Therefore, the image to be displayed can be arbitrarily set according to, for example, the number of occurrences of the event.

Information specifying the type of images data has a table associating the information indicating the order, since selects image data based on the contents of the tables, images are selected based on the table created by the user that. Therefore , the user can output each of a plurality of images that the user likes in order.

The table is setting information indicating whether an image data that is not used or in the non-image data to be used, the image selection means, the image data information indicating that it is not used is set from selected target Since it is excluded, the user can store in the mobile phone images that the user wants to store in the mobile phone but does not want to display.

The storage means may be setting information indicating whether to select the image data based on the table is stored, the image selection unit, the setting information is not performed selection of the image data based on table to indicate may select the image data designated in advance. According to such a configuration, only one image among a plurality of images stored in the storage unit can be displayed.

  You may provide the order setting means which sets the information which shows order to a table according to the operation input with respect to an operation part. According to such a configuration, according to such a configuration, the user can change the order in which images are displayed according to preference.

Stores the image data in the storage means, the image data stored in the new storage unit, as the image selection means is used in the first, be provided with an image input means for changing the information indicating the order in the table Good. According to such a configuration, the image data newly stored in the storage unit by the user can be displayed first.

The table for each image data may be set information indicating the number of times used in succession, the image selection unit, an image data selecting Then, by referring to the table, continuous number of times indicated by the information indicating the number of times of using Te, the image data may be selected in succession. According to such a configuration, the number of times of displaying a specific image can be increased as compared with the number of times of displaying other images according to the user's preference.

Order setting means may search the call history in a predetermined period when a call, the image selection means, the image data corresponding to the high ranking of the number of voice transmission or e-mail transmission may be selected . According to such a configuration, it is possible to change an image to be displayed depending on whether there is an incoming call from a partner who makes more calls or an incoming call from a partner who does not.

Order setting means searches the incoming call history within a predetermined period of time when a call, the image selection means, the image data corresponding to the high ranking of the number of the incoming call or e-mail received may be selected. According to such a configuration, it is possible to change an image to be displayed depending on whether there is an incoming call from a partner who receives more calls or an incoming call from a partner who does not receive more calls.

According to the present invention, the ring tone selection unit or the image selection unit changes event occurrence notification data such as ring tone data and image data every time a specific event occurs. Therefore, the user, without performing troublesome operation of changing the event occurrence notification data every time the event occurs, it is possible to use a plurality of event occurrence notification data by itself like. Also, since a plurality of melodies or images are used for notification of incoming calls in the order set by the user, the user is less likely to get bored with the event occurrence notification data than when only one event occurrence notification data is used. effective.

In addition, according to the present invention, every time there is an incoming call, the mobile phone selects one ringtone data or image data from a plurality of types of ringtone data or image data according to a predetermined order, and selects A ring tone is output based on the received ring tone data, and an image based on the image data is displayed. Therefore, the user can use a plurality of ringtones or images that the user prefers without performing a troublesome operation of changing the ringtone or image for each incoming call.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, the mobile phone is not limited to incoming calls, but can send and activate e-mails, or inquire about the presence or absence of incoming e-mails to an e-mail delivery server, which is a server that delivers e-mails to mobile phones. event generation of each is, selects one image picture data from among a plurality of types of images data in the order determined in advance, that displays an image based on the images selected data. Therefore, the user, without performing troublesome operation of changing the images each time the event occurs, it is possible to use without exception a plurality of images by itself like.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the appearance of a mobile phone according to the present invention. A mobile phone 1 according to the present invention includes a display unit 2 for displaying information and images, a receiver 3 for outputting the voice of the other party during a voice call, a speaker 4 as a voice output means for outputting a ringtone, and the like. A microphone 5 for converting the user's voice into a voice signal, and an operation unit 6 for the user to input a destination telephone number, information on an e-mail to be transmitted, and setting information for the mobile phone 1. In addition, the operation unit 6 terminates the voice call to the off-hook button 11 or the cellular phone 1 that the user presses when the user instructs to make a call after inputting the destination telephone number or instructs to receive a call when receiving a call. It includes an on-hook button 12 that is pressed when it is to be performed.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration example of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The control unit 101 includes a CPU and an input / output circuit, and controls each unit of the mobile phone 1. Under the control of the control unit 101, the wireless unit 103 transmits a voice signal or information necessary for communication on a carrier wave and transmits it to a wireless base station of a mobile phone communication network, or wirelessly transmits a voice signal or information necessary for communication. Or receive from the base station. A memory 102 serving as a storage unit stores outgoing histories, incoming call histories, number of incoming calls, melody data, and the like in accordance with the control of the control unit 101. The control unit 101 controls the display unit 2, the receiver 3, the speaker 4, and the microphone 5, and inputs information based on an operation on the operation unit 6.

  The memory 102 has an internal counter (not shown). The internal counter is initialized to 0 or 1 by the control unit 101 and then up-counted. The memory 102 also stores ringtone melody data and program music selection function information (program music selection table) as shown in FIG. The program music selection function information includes the melody name (information specifying the type of the ring tone data) corresponding to the ring tone melody data (ring tone data) stored in the memory 102, the melody registration number, and the program number (in order). Is information that associates the information with The melody registration number is a serial number given in the registered order. The program number is a number indicating the output order of the corresponding ringtone melody, and is a serial number starting from 1 or 0.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, for example, melody A having a melody registration number “1” is stored in association with program number “4”. The melody B whose melody registration number is “2” is stored in association with the program number “1”. When the setting is made to output the ring tone based on the program selection function information, the control unit 101 performs control to sequentially output the ring tone melody corresponding to the program number other than 0. Also, the ring tone melody corresponding to the program number of 0 is not output. Accordingly, the program number also includes information indicating whether the ringtone data is used or not.

  When the user performs an operation for requesting setting of a program number via the operation unit 6, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 2 to display a program number setting screen, for example. The program number setting screen displays a list of melody registration numbers, melody names, and program numbers as exemplified in FIG. When the program number setting screen is displayed, the user can change the melody name and the program number. For example, by a key operation on the operation unit 6, the cursor is moved to a position where information to be changed is displayed, and the changed information is key-input. The control unit 101 changes the contents of the memory 102 in response to a key input by the user. As described above, the control unit 101 implements an order setting unit that sets information for specifying the order in the table in accordance with a user operation input to the operation unit 6.

  When the program number that is not 0 is changed to 0 and a serial number is missing, the control unit 101 renumbers the program numbers that are not 0 to be serial numbers. In addition, the control unit 101 changes the program number that is 0 to a program number that is not 0, and renumbers the program numbers that are not 0 to be serial numbers even when the numbers are duplicated. When the user finishes the program number setting operation, the control unit 101 stores the maximum value of the program numbers in the memory 102 as the maximum value Cmax of the program numbers. Furthermore, when the program number is set for the first time, the control unit 101 sets the value of the internal counter to zero.

  When the user performs a process for newly storing a ringtone melody in the memory 102 and then performs an operation for requesting additional registration of the ringtone melody via the operation unit 6, the control unit 101, for example, Then, the number next to the maximum registered melody registration number is displayed on the display unit 2 and a screen prompting the user to input a melody name is displayed on the display unit 2. When the user inputs a melody name via the operation unit 6, the control unit 101 associates the input melody name with the melody registration number next to the maximum number of melody registration numbers already registered. And register in the program song selection function information. Further, the control unit 101 sets the program number corresponding to the newly registered melody registration number to 0.

  The ring tone melody data is stored in the memory 102 by the control unit 101 when the user inputs the data by operating the operation unit 6 or downloads the ring tone melody data from the server of the provider of the ring tone distribution service. Further, the manufacturer of the mobile phone 1 may store the melody data in the memory 102 in advance. In this embodiment, the program number is 0 unless a program number setting operation is performed.

  The user can set whether to perform ringtone output based on the program music selection function information. The memory 102 stores setting information indicating whether or not to perform ringtone output based on the program music selection function information according to the setting by the user. If the setting is made to output a ringtone based on the program selection function information, 1 is added to the value of the internal counter at the time of an incoming call. Then, the control unit 101 reads out the melody data corresponding to the program number that matches the value of the internal counter, converts it into an audio signal, and outputs it from the speaker 4. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, when the value of the internal counter (C) = 2, the melody D is output from the speaker 4 because the melody D is associated with the program number “2”. The However, if C> Cmax, the control unit 101 sets the value of the internal counter to 1 and causes the speaker 4 to output the melody associated with the program number “1”.

  When setting is made not to perform ringtone output based on the program music selection function information, the control unit 101 causes the speaker 4 to output a ringtone that is designated in advance. The user can also select any of ringtone melody data stored in the memory 102 as the designated ringtone.

  In this embodiment, an incoming voice call, outgoing voice call, incoming e-mail, e-mail transmission, wake-up (at startup), or an e-mail delivery server that delivers e-mail to the mobile phone 1 Each time an event such as an e-mail incoming inquiry (hereinafter referred to as an event) occurs, one or more of a plurality of types of event occurrence notification data according to a predetermined order The event occurrence notification data selection means for selecting the event occurrence notification data is realized by the control unit 101. In this embodiment, the control unit 101 selects an incoming call notification operation for generating a ring tone when a voice call or an e-mail is received. Further, the ring tone specifying means for specifying which number of ring tone data in a predetermined order is used is realized by the control unit 101 having a function of specifying a program number based on the value of the internal counter. Yes. Further, the ring tone selection means for selecting the ring tone data according to the order specified by the ring tone specifying means, reading the selected ring tone data from the storage means and outputting it to the voice output means is set to the specified program number. This is realized by the control unit 101 having a function of determining a corresponding ringtone melody.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment. Here, the description will be given focusing on voice calls.

  When the mobile phone 1 is powered on, the control unit 101 enters a standby state. In the standby state, the control unit 101 monitors whether there is a call (incoming call) from the wireless base station of the mobile phone communication network via the wireless unit 103 (step S101). When the control unit 101 detects a call from the radio base station via the radio unit 103, the control unit 101 confirms whether or not a setting for performing ringtone output using the program music selection function information is made. If the setting is made to output the ringtone using the program selection function information, 1 is added to the value C of the internal counter stored in the memory 102 (steps S102 and S103).

  The control unit 101 compares the value C of the internal counter with the maximum value Cmax of the program number, and sets C to 1 if C> Cmax (steps S104 and S105).

  The control unit 101 searches the program music selection function information stored in the memory 102, recognizes the program number having the same value as the value C of the internal counter, and outputs a ringtone melody corresponding to the recognized program number. Identifies as ringtone melody. In the example shown in FIG. 3, when the value C of the internal counter is 1, the melody name with the program number 1 is melody B, and the ring tone melody corresponding to melody B is specified. Then, the control unit 101 reads out the specified ringtone melody data from the memory 102, converts it into a voice signal, and outputs it to the speaker 4. The speaker 4 converts the voice signal of the input ringtone melody into voice and outputs it (step S106).

  If the setting for performing ringtone output using the program music selection function information has not been made, the control unit 101 reads the ringtone data designated in advance, converts it into a voice signal, and outputs it to the speaker 4 To do. Then, a ringing tone designated from the speaker 4 is emitted. (Step S107).

  If the line is disconnected before the user presses the off-hook button 11, the control unit 101 stops the ringtone melody output and shifts to a standby state (steps S108 and S114). If the line is not disconnected and the user presses the off-hook button 11, the control unit 101 stops outputting the ringtone melody and shifts to a call state (steps S108, S109, S110, S111). In the call state, the control unit 101 outputs the voice signal of the other party from the receiver 3, and outputs the user's voice input to the microphone 5 and converted into the voice signal to the radio base station via the radio unit 103.

  When the caller disconnects the line or the user presses the on-hook button 12, the control unit 101 ends the call state (steps S112 and S113). The mobile phone 1 enters an incoming call waiting state when the call state is completed, and the control unit 101 monitors whether the mobile phone 1 receives a call from a wireless base station of the mobile phone communication network via the wireless unit 103. (Steps S115 and S101).

  When a call is received for the second time (incoming for a voice call), since the value C of the internal counter is 2 in step S103, the control unit 101 sets the melody associated with the program number “2”. Is output via the speaker 4. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the melody associated with the program number “2” is the melody D, and the melody emitted from the speaker 4 is the melody D. Melody E is emitted from speaker 4 when the third call is received, and melody A is emitted from speaker 4 when the fourth call is received. When the call is received for the sixth time, the value C of the internal counter is 1 in step S105, so the control unit 101 outputs the melody B, which is a melody associated with the program number “1”, through the speaker 4. Let Therefore, when a call is received, a ringtone melody is emitted from the speaker 4 in the order shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the order of the incoming melody emitted from the speaker 4 at the time of an incoming call.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, the ring tone melody as the event occurrence notification data used for the ring tone for notifying the user of the incoming call is selected from the plurality of ring tone melodies selected by the user. The Each time there is an incoming call, the ring tone melody is selected in the order selected by the user. Accordingly, if there is a predetermined number of incoming calls (five times in this embodiment), a plurality of ringtones that the user likes are always used.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Although the first embodiment is an embodiment that focuses on voice calls, the second embodiment is an embodiment that focuses on incoming e-mails. The internal configuration of the mobile phone 1 according to the second embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 2, but the control unit 101 always has a timer.

  The operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

  In the standby state, the control unit 101 monitors whether the mobile phone 1 receives an e-mail from the radio base station of the mobile phone communication network via the radio unit 103 (step S201). When the control unit 101 detects an incoming e-mail from the radio base station via the radio unit 103, the control unit 101 detects whether or not a setting is made to output a ringtone based on the program music selection function information. When the setting is made to output the ring tone based on the program music selection function information, 1 is added to the value C of the internal counter stored in the memory 102 (steps S202 and S203).

  Next, the control unit 101 compares the value C of the internal counter with the maximum value Cmax of the program number, and sets C to 1 if C> Cmax (steps S204 and S205).

  The control unit 101 searches the program music selection function information stored in the memory 102 and identifies the ringtone melody corresponding to the program number having the same value as the value C of the internal counter as the ringtone melody to be output. In the example shown in FIG. 3, when the value C of the internal counter is 1, since the program number corresponding to melody B is 1, the ringtone melody corresponding to melody B is specified. Then, the control unit 101 reads out the specified ringtone melody data from the memory 102, converts it into a voice signal, and outputs it to the speaker 4. The speaker 4 converts the inputted melody voice signal into voice and outputs it (step S206). Moreover, the control part 101 makes a timer start time measurement, when starting generation | occurrence | production of a melody (step S208).

  If the setting of performing ringtone output based on the program music selection function information is not made, the control unit 101 reads the ringtone melody data designated in advance, converts it into a voice signal, and outputs it to the speaker 4. . Then, the designated ringtone melody is emitted from the speaker 4 (step S207). Moreover, the control part 101 makes a timer start time measurement, when starting generation | occurrence | production of a melody (step S208).

  When the elapsed time measured by the timer reaches a predetermined ringing tone duration, the control unit 101 stops the melody output (step S209). The user can set the ringtone duration in advance.

  When the melody output is completed, the mobile phone 1 enters an incoming call waiting state, and the control unit 101 monitors whether the mobile phone 1 is called from a radio base station of the mobile phone communication network via the radio unit 103. (Steps S210 and S201).

  As described above, in this embodiment, the ringtone melody used as the ringtone for notifying the user of the incoming e-mail is selected from the plurality of ringtones selected by the user. Each time an e-mail is received, the ringtone melody is selected in the order selected by the user. Accordingly, if there is a predetermined number of incoming calls (five times in this embodiment), a plurality of ringtones that the user likes are always used.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
The first embodiment is an embodiment that focuses on voice calls, and the second embodiment is an embodiment that focuses on incoming e-mail, but the mobile phone of the third embodiment is The mobile phone has both the function of the mobile phone of the first embodiment and the function of the mobile phone of the second embodiment.

  The operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

  In the incoming call waiting state, the control unit 101 monitors whether there is an incoming voice call or incoming e-mail from the radio base station of the mobile phone communication network via the radio unit 103 (steps S301 and S302).

  When the control unit 101 detects an incoming voice call from the radio base station via the radio unit 103, the control unit 101 performs an operation when a voice call is received (step S303). The operation when a voice call is received is the same as the operation from step S102 to step S115 in the first embodiment.

  When the control unit 101 detects an incoming e-mail from the wireless base station via the wireless unit 103, the control unit 101 performs an operation when an e-mail arrives (step S304). The operation when an e-mail arrives is the same as the operation from step S202 to step S210 in the second embodiment.

  In this embodiment, a program music selection table for incoming calls and a program music selection table for incoming e-mails are provided separately. Also, an internal counter for specifying the program number is provided separately for incoming calls and incoming e-mails. Further, the program number maximum value Cmax is also provided separately for incoming calls and for incoming e-mails. That is, the memory 102 stores a table used for incoming voice calls and a table used for incoming e-mails, and the control unit 101 uses a table corresponding to the type of incoming call.

  According to this embodiment, the ring tone melody used for the ring tone for notifying the user of the incoming call and the incoming e-mail is selected from a plurality of ring tone melody selected by the user. Also, every time there is an incoming call or an incoming e-mail, the ringtone melody is selected in the order selected by the user. Therefore, a plurality of ringtones that the user likes are always used.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
When a new ringtone melody is stored in the memory 102, the control unit 101 may associate the program number “1” with the melody. Further, the number of each program number stored in the memory 102 is incremented by one. For example, the program number corresponding to the new ringtone melody is “1”, and the ringtone melody that was previously associated with the program number “1” is associated with the program number “2”. Similarly, the ringtone melody associated with program number “2” is associated with program number “3”, and the ringtone melody associated with program number “3” is associated with program number “4”. It is attached. Hereinafter, each melody is associated with a program number that is a value obtained by adding 1 to the value of the program number that has been associated so far. Then, the value of the internal counter is initialized to 0.

  Therefore, according to this embodiment, the melody newly stored in the memory 102 is specified as the ringtone preferentially. Therefore, it can be easily confirmed that the newly registered ring tone melody has been registered.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
In each of the above embodiments, the ring tone melody corresponding to the program number other than 0 is used one by one, but the ring tone melody may be weighted. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the program music selection table when weighting is performed on the ring tone melody. In the example shown in FIG. 8, if there is an incoming call when the value of the internal counter is 2, the ring tone having the program number “2” in three incoming calls after the incoming call (including the incoming call) Melody is used. Also, if there is an incoming call when the value of the internal counter is 3, the ring tone melody with the program number “3” is used for the two incoming calls after the incoming call.

  In order to realize such a method, for example, a sub-counter may be provided in addition to the internal counter. When the initial value of the sub-counter is set to 0, the control unit 101 increments the value of the sub-counter by 1 when the value of the internal counter becomes 2. If the value of the sub-counter does not exceed the number set as the weight, the value of the internal counter is set to -1 when the ring tone melody is output. If the value of the sub-counter exceeds the number set as the weight, the value of the sub-counter is returned to the initial value while keeping the value of the internal counter.

  As described above, the control unit 101 selects one ring tone data from a plurality of types of ring tone data in accordance with a predetermined order. Select more frequently than other ringtone data. Therefore, according to this embodiment, if there is a predetermined number of incoming calls, a plurality of ringtones that the user likes are always used without fail, and more ringtones that the user likes more are used.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
The control unit 101 ranks communication partners in descending order of the number of outgoing calls based on the history of outgoing calls to the telephone numbers or e-mail addresses stored in the memory 102, and specifies the ringtone according to the order of the communication counterparts when receiving a call. You may make it do. Specifically, the control unit 101 searches for a call history within a predetermined period to a telephone number or an e-mail address stored in the memory 102 in advance, and ranks communication partners in descending order of the number of calls. When the communication partner is ranked first when receiving a call, a melody with program number “1” is output. When the communication partner is ranked second, a melody with program number “2” is output. When the rank of the communication partner is larger than the maximum value Cmax of the program number, the ring tone of the program number Cmax is output.

  According to this embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to change the ring tone when an incoming call is received from a partner to whom the user is making more calls and the ring tone when an incoming call is received from a partner who is not.

Embodiment 7 FIG.
The control unit 101 ranks the communication counterparts in the order of the number of incoming calls based on the incoming call history from the telephone number or e-mail address stored in the memory 102, and specifies the ringtone according to the order of the communication counterparts when receiving a call. This is different from the above-described embodiments. Specifically, the control unit 101 searches the incoming call history within a predetermined period from the caller's telephone number or e-mail address stored in the memory 102 in advance, and the communication partner also ranks in descending order of the number of incoming calls. Put it on. When the communication partner is ranked first when receiving a call, a melody with program number “1” is output. When the communication partner is ranked second, a melody with program number “2” is output. When the rank of the communication partner is larger than the maximum value Cmax of the program number, the ring tone of the program number Cmax is output.

  According to this embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to change the ring tone when a user receives more calls and the ring tone when receiving calls from other parties.

  Each of the embodiments described above has been described focusing on incoming voice calls or incoming e-mails. However, the mobile phone 1 according to the present invention is not limited to incoming voice calls or incoming e-mails. Or a melody based on the ring tone data stored in the memory 102 each time an event such as an inquiry about the presence or absence of an incoming e-mail to an e-mail delivery server, which is a server that delivers e-mail to a mobile phone. It may occur.

Embodiment 8 FIG.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the mobile phone 1 according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention. The control unit 201 includes a CPU and an input / output circuit, and controls each unit of the mobile phone 1. Under the control of the control unit 201, the wireless unit 203 transmits a voice signal or information necessary for communication on a carrier wave and transmits it to a wireless base station of a cellular phone communication network, or wirelessly transmits a voice signal or information necessary for communication. Or receive from the base station. A memory 202 as a storage unit stores transmission history, incoming call history, number of outgoing calls, number of incoming calls, melody, image data, and the like in accordance with control of the control unit 201. In addition, the control unit 201 controls the display unit 2 and inputs information based on an operation on the operation unit 6. Note that the appearance of the mobile phone 1 in each of the following embodiments is the same as the appearance example shown in the example of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment, and thus a button that performs the same operation as in the first embodiment. The same reference numerals as those in FIG.

  The memory 202 has an internal counter (not shown). The internal counter is initialized to 0 or 1 by the control unit 201 and then up-counted. The memory 202 also stores image data and program image selection function information (program image selection table) as shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of program image selection function information. The program image selection function information includes an image name (information specifying the type of image data) corresponding to the image data (image data) stored in the memory 202, an image registration number, and a program number (specifying the order). Information). The image registration number is a serial number given in the registered order. The program number is a number indicating the display order of the corresponding image data, and is a serial number starting from 1 or 0.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, for example, the image A having the image registration number “1” is stored in association with the program number “4”. The image B having the image registration number “2” is stored in association with the program number “1”. When the setting for performing image display based on the program image selection function information is made, the control unit 201 performs control to display images corresponding to program numbers other than 0 in order on the display unit 2. In addition, an image corresponding to a program number of 0 is not displayed on the display unit 2. Therefore, the program number also includes information indicating whether the image data is used or not. The image may be a still image or a moving image.

  When the user performs an operation for requesting setting of a program number via the operation unit 6, the control unit 201 displays a program number setting screen on the display unit 2, for example. On the program number setting screen, an image registration number, an image name, and a program number as illustrated in FIG. 10 are displayed in a list. When the program number setting screen is displayed, the user can change the image name and the program number. For example, by a key operation on the operation unit 6, the cursor is moved to a position where information to be changed is displayed, and the changed information is key-input. The control unit 201 changes the contents of the memory 202 in response to a key input by the user. As described above, the control unit 201 realizes an order setting unit that sets information for specifying the order in the table in accordance with a user operation input to the operation unit 6.

  When the program number that is not 0 is changed to 0 and a serial number is missing, the control unit 201 renumbers the program numbers that are not 0 to be serial numbers. In addition, the control unit 201 changes the program number that is 0 to a program number that is not 0, and renumbers so that the program number that is not 0 becomes a serial number even when the number is duplicated. When the user finishes the program number setting operation, the control unit 201 stores the maximum value of the program numbers in the memory 202 as the maximum value Cmax of the program numbers. Furthermore, when the program number is set for the first time, the control unit 201 sets the value of the internal counter to 0.

  When the user performs a process for newly storing an image in the memory 202 and then performs an operation for requesting additional registration of an image via the operation unit 6, the control unit 201 is already registered, for example. The number next to the largest registered image registration number is displayed on the display unit 2 and a screen for prompting input of the image name is displayed on the display unit 2. When the user inputs an image name via the operation unit 6, the control unit 201 associates the input image name with the image registration number next to the maximum number of the already registered image registration numbers. The program image selection function information is registered. Further, the control unit 201 sets the program number corresponding to the newly registered image registration number to 0.

  It should be noted that the user operates the operation unit 6 to store image data captured by an image capturing unit (not shown) having a function of capturing an image, or from the server of an image distribution service provider. When data is downloaded or image data is received by e-mail, the control unit 201 stores the image data in the memory 202. Further, the manufacturer of the mobile phone 1 may store the image data in the memory 202 in advance. In this embodiment, the program number is 0 unless a program number setting operation is performed.

  The user can set whether or not to display an image based on the program image selection function information. The memory 202 stores setting information indicating whether or not to perform image display based on the program image selection function information according to the setting by the user. When the setting is made to display an image based on the program image selection function information, 1 is added to the value of the internal counter when an incoming call is received. Then, the control unit 201 reads out image data corresponding to the program number that matches the value of the internal counter, converts it into an image signal, and causes the display unit 2 to display the image data. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 10, when the value of the internal counter (C) = 2, since it is the image D that is associated with the program number “2”, the image D is displayed on the display unit 2. Is done. However, when C> Cmax, the control unit 201 sets the value of the internal counter to 1 and causes the display unit 2 to display an image associated with the program number “1”.

  When the setting is made not to display an image based on the program image selection function information, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image designated in advance. The user can also select any of the image data stored in the memory 202 as the designated image.

  In this embodiment, every time an event occurs, event occurrence notification data selection that selects one event occurrence notification data from a plurality of types of event occurrence notification data according to a predetermined order. The means is realized by the control unit 201. In this embodiment, the control unit 201 selects an event occurrence notification operation for displaying an image. Further, the image specifying means for specifying what number of image data is used in a predetermined order is realized by the control unit 201 having a function of specifying the program number based on the value of the internal counter. The image selecting means for selecting image data according to the order specified by the image specifying means, reading the selected image data from the storage means, and outputting the selected image data to the image output means, selects an image corresponding to the specified program number. This is realized by the control unit 201 having a function of determining. The image display means is realized by the display unit 2.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the eighth embodiment of the present invention. Here, the description will be given focusing on voice calls.

  When the mobile phone 1 is powered on, the control unit 201 enters a standby state. In the standby state, the control unit 201 monitors whether there is a call (incoming call) from the wireless base station of the mobile phone communication network via the wireless unit 203 (step S401). When there is no incoming call, the control unit 201 may display an image on the display unit 2, and the user operates the operation unit 6 in advance to store the program number of the image to be displayed in the standby state in the memory 202. It may be.

  When the control unit 201 detects a call from the radio base station via the radio unit 203, the control unit 201 confirms whether or not the setting for displaying an image using the program image selection function information is made. When the setting is made to display an image using the program image selection function information, 1 is added to the value C of the internal counter stored in the memory 202 (steps S402 and S403).

  The control unit 201 compares the value C of the internal counter with the maximum value Cmax of the program number, and sets C to 1 if C> Cmax (steps S404 and S405).

  The control unit 201 searches the program image selection function information stored in the memory 202, recognizes the program number having the same value as the value C of the internal counter, and displays the image corresponding to the recognized program number on the display unit 2 Specified as an image to be displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 10, when the value C of the internal counter is 1, the image name with the program number 1 is image B, and the image corresponding to image B is specified. The control unit 201 reads out the specified image data from the memory 202, converts it into an image signal, and outputs the image signal to the display unit 2. The display unit 2 converts the image signal of the input image data into an image and displays it (step S406).

  If the setting for performing image display using the program image selection function information is not made, the control unit 201 reads data of a predesignated image, converts it into an image signal, and outputs it to the display unit 2 To do. Then, the designated image is displayed on the display unit 2 (step S407).

  When the line is disconnected before the user presses the off-hook button 11, the control unit 201 stops displaying images on the display unit 2 and shifts to a standby state (steps S408 and S414). If the line is not disconnected and the user presses the off-hook button 11, the control unit 201 stops displaying images on the display unit 2 and shifts to a call state (steps S408, S409, S410, and S411). . In the call state, the control unit 201 outputs the voice signal of the other party from the receiver 3, and outputs the user's voice input to the microphone 5 and converted into the voice signal to the radio base station via the radio unit 203.

  When the caller disconnects the line or the user presses the on-hook button 12, the control unit 201 ends the call state (steps S412 and S413). The mobile phone 1 enters an incoming call waiting state when the call state ends, and the control unit 201 monitors whether or not the mobile phone 1 receives a call from a wireless base station of the mobile phone communication network via the wireless unit 203. (Steps S415 and S401).

  When the incoming call is received for the second time, since the value C of the internal counter is 2 in step S403, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image associated with the program number “2”. In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, the image associated with the program number “2” is the image D, and the image displayed on the display unit 2 is the image D. The image E is displayed on the display unit 2 when the call arrives for the third time, and the image A is displayed on the display unit 2 when the call arrives for the fourth time. When the call arrives for the sixth time, since the value C of the internal counter is 1 in step S405, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image B that is an image associated with the program number “1”. Therefore, images are displayed on the display unit 2 in the order shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the order of images displayed on the display unit 2 when an incoming call is received in the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, an image as event occurrence notification data for notifying the user of an incoming call is selected from a plurality of images selected by the user. Each time there is an incoming call, images are selected in the order selected by the user. Therefore, if there is a predetermined number of incoming calls (five times in this embodiment), a plurality of images preferred by the user are always used.

Embodiment 9 FIG.
The eighth embodiment is an embodiment that focuses on an incoming voice call. However, the ninth embodiment is an outgoing voice call, an incoming e-mail, an e-mail, a wake-up (startup). ), Or an embodiment that focuses on the occurrence of an event such as an inquiry about an incoming e-mail to an e-mail delivery server that delivers an e-mail to the mobile phone 1, and may be combined with the eighth embodiment. Good. Although the internal configuration of the mobile phone 1 according to the ninth embodiment is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 201 includes a timer. Note that the control unit 201 does not need to include a timer, but in that case, the mobile phone 1 includes a timer connected to the control unit 201.

  The operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the ninth embodiment according to the present invention.

  In the standby state, the control unit 201 monitors whether an event has occurred (step S501). When the occurrence of an event is detected, the control unit 201 detects whether or not the setting for displaying an image based on the program image selection function information is made. If the setting is made to display an image based on the program image selection function information, 1 is added to the value C of the internal counter stored in the memory 202 (steps S502 and S503).

  Next, the control unit 201 compares the value C of the internal counter with the maximum value Cmax of the program number, and sets C to 1 if C> Cmax (steps S504 and S505).

  The control unit 201 searches the program image selection function information stored in the memory 202 and identifies an image corresponding to the program number having the same value as the value C of the internal counter as an image to be output. In the example shown in FIG. 10, when the value C of the internal counter is 1, the program number corresponding to the image B is 1, so the image corresponding to the image B is specified. The control unit 201 reads out the specified image data from the memory 202, converts it into an image signal, and outputs the image signal to the display unit 2. The display unit 2 converts the image signal of the input image into an image and displays it (step S506). Further, when outputting the image signal to the display unit 2, the control unit 201 causes the timer to start measuring time (step S508).

  When the setting for performing image display based on the program image selection function information is not made, the control unit 201 reads data of an image designated in advance, converts it into an image signal, and outputs the image signal to the display unit 2. Then, the designated image is displayed on the display unit 2 (step S507). Further, when outputting the image signal to the display unit 2, the control unit 201 causes the timer to start measuring time (step S508).

  When the elapsed time measured by the timer reaches a predetermined image display continuation time or the event ends, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to stop displaying images (step S509). The user can set the image display duration in advance, and may set a different image display duration for each event.

  When the display of the image is finished, the mobile phone 1 enters an incoming call waiting state, and the control unit 201 monitors whether or not an event has occurred (steps S510 and S501).

  If the event occurs for the second time, the value C of the internal counter is 2 in step S503, so the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image associated with the program number “2”. . In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, the image associated with the program number “2” is the image D, and the image displayed on the display unit 2 is the image D. When the event occurs for the third time, the image E is displayed on the display unit 2, and when the event occurs for the fourth time, the image A is displayed on the display unit 2. When the event occurs for the sixth time, since the value C of the internal counter is 1 in step S505, the control unit 201 displays the image B corresponding to the program number “1” on the display unit 2. Let Therefore, when an event occurs, images are displayed on the display unit 2 in the order shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the order of images displayed on the display unit 2 when an event occurs in the ninth embodiment of the present invention.

  As described above, in this embodiment, an image for notifying the user of the occurrence of an event is selected from a plurality of images selected by the user. Each time an event occurs, images are selected in the order selected by the user. Therefore, if a predetermined number of events occur (five times in this embodiment), a plurality of images preferred by the user are always used.

Embodiment 10 FIG.
In the eighth embodiment, when image data is newly stored in the memory 202, the control unit 201 associates the program number “0” with the image. When the image data is stored in the memory 202, the control unit 201 associates the program number “1” with the image. Further, each non-zero program number stored in the memory 202 is incremented by one. For example, an image previously associated with the program number “1” is associated with the program number “2”. Similarly, the image associated with the program number “2” is associated with the program number “3”, and the image associated with the program number “3” is associated with the program number “4”. Hereinafter, each image is associated with a program number that is a value obtained by adding 1 to the value of the program number that has been associated so far. Then, the value of the internal counter is initialized to 0. Also, 1 is added to the value of Cmax (Cmax = Cmax + 1). It should be noted that the user operates the operation unit 6 to stop still images such as image data captured by the image capturing unit built in the mobile phone 1, image data downloaded from a server that provides image data, and image data received by e-mail. Images and moving images are newly stored in the memory 202. Accordingly, the image input means is realized by, for example, the image capturing unit or the like built in the mobile phone 1 and the control unit 201. Since other operations and configurations of this embodiment are the same as those of the eighth embodiment, description thereof will be omitted. Note that this embodiment and the ninth embodiment may be combined.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, a newer image stored in the memory 202 is preferentially displayed on the display unit 2. Furthermore, it can be easily confirmed that the memory 202 has surely stored the newly registered image.

Embodiment 11 FIG.
According to the eighth to tenth embodiments, the images corresponding to the program numbers other than 0 are displayed one by one, but the images may be weighted. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of a program image display table when weighting is performed on an image. In the example shown in FIG. 15, if an event occurs when the value of the internal counter is 2, an image whose program number is “2” continuously when three events including the occurrence of the event occur. Is displayed. If there is an event when the value of the internal counter is 3, an image with the program number “3” is displayed continuously when two events including the occurrence of the event occur.

  In order to realize such a method, for example, a sub-counter may be provided in addition to the internal counter. When the initial value of the sub-counter is set to 0, the control unit 201 increments the value of the sub-counter by 1 when the value of the internal counter becomes 2. If the value of the sub-counter does not exceed the number set as the weight, the value of the internal counter is set to -1 when the image display is finished. If the value of the sub-counter exceeds the value set as the weight, the value of the sub-counter is returned to the initial value without changing the value of the internal counter.

  Note that this embodiment may be combined with the eighth embodiment, the ninth embodiment, or the tenth embodiment.

  As described above, the control unit 201 selects one image data from a plurality of types of image data according to a predetermined order. At that time, image data having a high weight is selected as another image data. Select more frequently than data. Therefore, according to this embodiment, if there is a predetermined number of events, a plurality of image data that the user likes are always used without fail, and more images that the user likes more are used.

Embodiment 12 FIG.
The control unit 201 ranks communication partners in descending order of the number of outgoing calls based on a call history to a telephone number or an e-mail address stored in the memory 202, and displays an image according to the order of the communication counterparts when receiving a call. May be specified. Specifically, the control unit 201 searches a call history within a predetermined period to a telephone number or an e-mail address stored in the memory 202 in advance, and ranks communication partners in the order of the number of calls. When the communication partner ranks first when an incoming call is received, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image of the program number “1”. When the communication partner is ranked second, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image of the program number “2”. When the rank of the communication partner is larger than the maximum value Cmax of the program number, an image of the program number Cmax is displayed.

  Note that this embodiment may be combined with the eighth embodiment or the ninth embodiment.

  According to this embodiment, there is an effect that the image displayed on the display unit 2 can be changed between an incoming call from a partner to whom a user is making more calls and an incoming call from a partner who is not.

Embodiment 13 FIG.
In the thirteenth embodiment, the control unit 201 ranks communication partners in descending order of the number of incoming calls based on the history of incoming calls to telephone numbers or e-mail addresses stored in the memory 202. The eighth embodiment differs from the twelfth embodiment in that the image to be displayed is specified according to the order. Specifically, the control unit 201 searches the incoming call history within a predetermined period from the caller's telephone number or e-mail address stored in the memory 202 in advance, and ranks communication partners in descending order of the number of incoming calls. Put it on. When the communication partner ranks first when an incoming call is received, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image of the program number “1”. When the communication partner is ranked second, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image of the program number “2”. When the rank of the communication partner is larger than the maximum value Cmax of the program number, the control unit 201 causes the display unit 2 to display an image of the program number Cmax.

  Note that this embodiment may be combined with the eighth embodiment or the ninth embodiment.

  According to this embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to change an image to be displayed when an incoming call is received from a partner who receives more calls and an image to be displayed when an incoming call is received from another party.

  It should be noted that one of the first to seventh embodiments, which is an embodiment relating to a ring tone, and the eighth embodiment to thirteenth embodiment, which are embodiments relating to an image. One of the embodiments may be combined. Specifically, for example, at the time of an incoming call, a ringing tone may be generated based on the first embodiment, and an image may be displayed on the display unit 2 based on the eighth embodiment. Further, the mobile phone 1 may be equipped with software for controlling the operation according to the combination of the embodiments. Specifically, the software for controlling the operation according to the combination of the embodiments is the operation performed when the user operates the operation unit 6 to receive an incoming call and an event occurs (from the first embodiment to the seventh embodiment). When one of the embodiments is combined with one of the eighth to thirteenth embodiments), the controller 101 The operation performed by the control unit 201 is controlled, and the control unit 101 and the control unit 201 are controlled so that the control unit 101 and the control unit 201 perform an operation designated by the user when an incoming call or an event occurs. Then, the user can switch the operation of the mobile phone 1 at the time of incoming call and event occurrence. Furthermore, the software that controls the combination of the embodiments may automatically determine the operation when an incoming call occurs and when an event occurs (for example, random, daily, weekly, etc.).

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone that can generate a ring tone preferred by a user or display an image when an event such as an incoming call occurs.

It is a perspective view which shows the example of an external appearance of the mobile telephone of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the mobile telephone of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of program music selection function information. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement of 1st Embodiment by this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the order of the ringtone to be output in 1st Embodiment by this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement of 2nd Embodiment by this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement of 3rd Embodiment by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of program music selection function information. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the mobile telephone of 8th Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of program image selection function information. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement of 8th Embodiment by this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the order of the image displayed on a display part at the time of an incoming call in 8th Embodiment by this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement of 9th Embodiment by this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the order of the image displayed on a display part at the time of generation | occurrence | production of the event in 9th Embodiment by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structural example of the table for program image displays in case an image is weighted.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile telephone 2 Display part 3 Receiver 4 Speaker 5 Microphone 6 Operation part 11 Off-hook button 12 On-hook button 101, 201 Control part 102, 202 Memory 103, 203 Radio | wireless part

Claims (12)

In a mobile phone having a function of notifying the occurrence of one or more specific events,
Storage means for storing ringtone data for generating each of a plurality of types of ringtones, a table for associating information specifying the types of ringtone data and information indicating the order;
As a particular event, each time the incoming call or e-mail incoming call occurs, and a ring tone selecting means for selecting one of the ring tone data from among a plurality of types of the incoming audio data in the order determined in advance ,
In the table, information indicating whether the ringtone data is used or not used is set.
The ringtone selection means, based on the contents of the table, to the exclusion of ring tone data information indicating that it is not used is set from selected target select ringer data, selected ringtone A cellular phone characterized in that data is read from the storage means and output to an audio output means. The storage means, setting information indicating whether to select the ring tone data based on the table is stored,
Ringtone selection means, to indicate that the setting information is not performed selected ringtone data based on the table, the cellular phone of claim 1, wherein selecting the ring tone data that has been specified in advance. The storage means stores a table used for incoming voice calls and a table used for incoming emails.
Ringtone selection means, the portable telephone according to claim 2, wherein using a table corresponding to the type of incoming call. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising order setting means for setting information indicating an order in a table in accordance with an operation input to the operation unit. In a mobile phone having a function of notifying the occurrence of one or more specific events,
Storage means for storing image data for displaying each of a plurality of types of images, a table for associating information specifying the types of image data and information indicating the order;
Each time a specific event occurs, and an image selecting means for selecting one image data from among a plurality of types of image data according to the order determined in advance,
In the table, information indicating whether the image data is used or not is set.
Wherein the image selection means, based on the contents of the table, select the images data by excluding the image data information indicating that it is not used is set from selected target, said storage image data selected A cellular phone characterized by reading out from the means and outputting to the image display means. Image selection means, as a particular event, the incoming voice call, incoming e-mail, e-mail transmission, start-up, or each time the presence or absence of an inquiry e-mail incoming call to the e-mail delivery server occurs, select the image data The mobile phone according to claim 5. The storage means, setting information indicating whether to select the image data based on the table is stored,
Image selection means, to indicate that the setting information is not performed selection of the image data based on the table, the cellular phone according to claim 5 or claim 6, wherein selecting the image data designated in advance . The mobile phone according to any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising order setting means for setting information indicating the order in a table in accordance with an operation input to the operation unit. Stores the image data in the storage means, the image data stored in the newly the storage means, as the image selection means to select the first, provided with an image input means for changing the information indicating the order in the table The mobile phone according to any one of claims 5 to 8. In the table, information indicating the number of times of continuous use is set for each image data,
Image selection means, wherein an image data selecting Then, by referring to the table, the number of times indicated by the information indicating the number of times used in succession, the claims 5 to select the image data continuously 10. The mobile phone according to any one of items 9. The order setting means searches the call history within a predetermined period when an incoming call is received,
Image-option unit election, the mobile telephone of claim 8, wherein to select the image data corresponding to the high ranking of the number of voice transmission or e-mail transmission. The order setting means searches the incoming call history within a predetermined period when receiving an incoming call,
Image-option unit election, the mobile telephone of claim 8, wherein to select the image data corresponding to the high ranking of the number of the incoming call or e-mail received.

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