JP3984939B2 - Communication terminal device and control method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal apparatus that can register business information and perform schedule management, and a control method thereof.

In recent years, telephones have been enhanced with various functions as their operability and convenience are required. As one of such functions, for example, there is a schedule management function for managing an individual schedule. By providing such a schedule management function in the telephone, the user of the telephone can register or change the schedule in the telephone when the schedule is determined. Then, the schedule can be confirmed by displaying the schedule on the display unit of the operation unit of the telephone. In addition, a conventional telephone that performs schedule management with a reminder function is configured to sound an alarm or display a message on a display unit at a set time according to a schedule registered by the user on the telephone. It was.
JP 2001-306616 A

  However, in the conventional telephone as described above, if the request is a request that may make a call to a certain party, information for identifying the telephone number is described in the request. I will keep it. In this case, when the message is notified to the user at the set time, in order to make a call according to the message, the user stores the telephone number described in the message. However, since it is necessary to input the telephone number and make a call to the other party, the procedure is complicated.

  In some cases, the user inputs a message and then changes the content of the message until the user is notified of the message. In such a case, after confirming the notified reminder, the user must activate the schedule function and reset the requirement. For this reason, the procedure has become complicated.

  Furthermore, when the user makes a call with reference to the notified telephone number, the other party may not answer the call by absence. In such a case, the user wants to change the contents of the request again and notify the request at a desired time. In such a case, the user has to activate the schedule function and reset the requirement, and the procedure has become complicated.

In order to achieve the above object, the communication terminal apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, a registration means for registering business information including at least date and time information related to the business,
A time measuring means for measuring the date and time;
A condition extracting means for extracting the condition information registered in the registration means based on the date and time information included in the condition information registered in the registration means and the date and time counted by the timing means; ,
Display means for displaying the message information extracted by the message extraction means;
If the business information displayed by the display means includes a telephone number, a calling means for selecting the telephone number and making a call;
A judging means for judging whether or not there is a response from the other party when calling by the calling means;
Control means for controlling the display means to display a screen for changing the corresponding item information and causing the registration means to register again when it is determined that there is no response by the determination means;
It is characterized by having.

In order to achieve the above object, a control method in a communication terminal apparatus of the present invention comprises the following steps. That is,
A control method in a communication terminal device having a telephone function,
A registration process for entering and registering at least business information including date and time information about the business,
A time measuring process for measuring the date and time,
Based on the date and time information included in the item information registered in the registration step and the date and time counted in the timing step, a requirement extraction step for extracting registered item information;
A display step for displaying the requirement information extracted in the requirement extraction step;
When the business information displayed in the display step includes a telephone number, a calling step for selecting and calling the telephone number;
A determination step of determining presence or absence of a response of the other party when making a call in the calling step;
And a control step for controlling to display a screen for changing the corresponding item information and re-registering in the registration step in the display step when it is determined that there is no response in the determination step. Features.

  According to the present invention, if the business information includes a telephone number, it is possible to automatically make a call with the telephone number when the date and time specified by the business information is reached.

  If there is no response to the call, the message information can be displayed and changed, and the changed message information can be re-registered.

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

  In this embodiment, the case of a telephone with a scheduler function will be described, but the present invention is of course not limited to such a telephone.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a telephone with a scheduler function according to an embodiment of the present invention. However, the relative arrangement of components, the display screen, and the like described in this embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to those unless otherwise specified.

  In FIG. 1, 100 is a central processing unit (CPU) for controlling the entire apparatus, 101 is a ROM for storing programs and data executed by the CPU 100, 102 is a scheduler registered by the user, and personal It is a non-volatile RAM that stores data for backup such as data and a telephone directory. A storage unit (DRAM) 103 stores CPU work data, display data, and the like. Reference numeral 104 denotes a set date / time management unit that manages current date / time information, determines whether it is time to notify a scheduler event based on the notification date / time of the event data, and the like. Reference numeral 105 denotes a display unit which displays a scheduler input screen, a reminder notification, the state of the telephone, and the like in color. An operation unit 106 includes a numeric keypad and various switches. A communication unit 108 includes a modem connected to the line 109 and communicates with the outside. For example, the communication unit 108 transmits a telephone number. 111 is a timer that measures date and time information. These units are connected to each other via a system bus 110.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the display unit 105 according to the present embodiment.

  The display unit 105 includes a VRAM 200 for storing display data, an LCD driver 201 for outputting the contents of the VRAM 200 to a dot matrix LCD 202, and a liquid crystal display unit 202.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a memory map of the storage unit (DRAM) 103 according to the present embodiment.

  The DRAM 103 includes a CPU work area 301 used as a work of the CPU 100, a display data storage area 302 for storing display data to be displayed on the display unit 105, and another data storage area 303 for storing other data. I have.

  4A to 4C are diagrams showing a memory map of the nonvolatile RAM 102 according to the present embodiment.

  4A, the nonvolatile RAM 102 includes a business data storage area 401 and another data storage area 402 for storing other data.

  FIG. 4B is a diagram showing the data structure of the business data storage area 401. Here, the business data storage area 410 of 100 schedulers in total from the business data 1 to the business data 100 is provided. .

  FIG. 4C is a diagram showing a data configuration of each item data 410.

  In the figure, 411 is a business date and time representing the date and time of a business, 412 is a business name representing a business name, 413 is a telephone number which is information for identifying a telephone number related to the business, 414 is a business use Notification date and time, which is the date and time for notifying the user as a reminder, 415 designates a notification means which is information for designating the type of reminder to be notified. Reference numeral 416 denotes a notification end flag 308, which is set to FALSE (false) when the business has not been notified yet, and TRUE (true) when the business has already been notified.

  FIG. 5 is an external view of the operation unit 106 of the telephone according to the present embodiment.

  A liquid crystal display (LCD) 202, a numeric keypad 502 for inputting a telephone number, a registration key 503 used for function setting, four function keys 504 used for multi-input, and a set key 505 serving as a setting input key; It includes left / right / up / down direction keys 506 used for cursor movement of the display unit. Note that the display unit 105 in FIG. 1 may be replaced by the liquid crystal display unit 202 of the operation unit 106, or may be provided as the display unit 105 separately. The screen displays shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 described later may be displayed on either the display unit 105 or the LCD 202.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example (business registration screen) for registering a business scheduled by the user using the scheduler function of the telephone according to the present embodiment.

  The message registration screen 601 is related to a message date / time input item 610 for inputting a scheduled execution date of the message, a message name input item 611 for inputting a message name of the message, and the message. A telephone number input item 612 for inputting a telephone number, a notification date / time input item 613 for inputting a notification date / time (reminder issue date / time) of the message, and confirmation and registration of the displayed item information It includes an “Register” button 614 that is an electronic button for doing this.

  FIGS. 7A and 7B show the reminder automatically displayed on the display unit 105 when the notification date and time input in the notification date and time input item 613 is reached after the user inputs a certain message. It is a figure which shows an example.

  In the case, if a telephone number is set in the telephone number input item 612, the user is notified using a reminder A shown in FIG. The reminder A includes a subject date / time display item 620 indicating a subject date / time corresponding to the subject date / time input item 610 at the time of registration, a subject name display item 621 representing a subject name corresponding to the subject name input item 611, and a telephone number. A telephone number display item 622 representing a telephone number corresponding to the input item 612 is included. The “reset” button 623 is an electronic button used to reset each item displayed in the case date 620, the case name 621, and the telephone number 622. A “call” button 624 is an electronic button used when a call is made to the telephone number displayed in the telephone number 622. The “end” button 625 is a button for ending the reminder display without resetting or making a call.

  On the other hand, when the telephone number is not set in the telephone number input item 612 in the business, the user is notified using the reminder B shown in FIG.

  The reminder B includes a subject date / time display item 640 indicating a subject date / time corresponding to the subject date / time input item 610 at the time of registration, a subject name display item 641 representing a subject name corresponding to the subject name input item 611, and the use thereof. A “reset” button 642, which is an electronic button used to reset the case, is included, and its function is the same as that of the “reset” button 623 in FIG. The “end” button 643 is a button for ending the reminder display without resetting or making a call.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a resetting screen for resetting the item of the already registered business item.

  The transition to this screen is when the “reset” button 623 or 642 is designated in the reminder display of FIGS. 7A and 7B, or the “call” button of FIG. 7A. This message is displayed when the user does not answer the call in response to the instruction 624 and prompts the user to reset the item of the request.

  The reset screen shown in FIG. 8 includes a message date / time input item 630 for inputting the scheduled date of the message, a message name input item 631 for inputting a message name of the message, and a telephone related to the message. A telephone number input item 632 for inputting a number, a notification date / time input item 633 for inputting a notification time of the message, a “reset” button 634 which is an electronic button for confirming resetting, and resetting An “not reset” button 635 is provided which is an electronic button for ending the reminder screen without performing.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process from starting the scheduler function, inputting a message, and ending the scheduler function in the telephone according to the present embodiment. Note that a program for executing this processing is stored in the ROM 101 and is executed under the control of the CPU 100.

  First, in step S1, when the scheduler function is activated by pressing the function key of the operation unit 106, the process proceeds to step S2, and a message registration screen 601 as shown in FIG. As a result, the user inputs information such as the date / time of the business, the name of the business, the telephone number, and the date / time of notification using the business registration screen. Then, the process proceeds to step S 4, where the “registration” button 614 is instructed, thereby confirming the input condition using the registration screen, and storing the data in the nonvolatile RAM 102.

  In the non-volatile RAM 102, as shown in FIG. 4C, the date / time of the subject, the subject name, the telephone number, and the notification date / time are respectively the subject date / time 411, the subject name 412, the subject phone number 413, and the notification date / time 414. Stored in Note that the notification means 415 stores a means for notifying a message, for example, whether it is a telephone call or a display, depending on whether or not a telephone number is set for the message telephone number.

  FIG. 10 shows a case where the set date management unit 104 monitors a message to be notified based on the input message in the telephone according to the present embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process which notifies the reminder according to the content to a user, and performs the reset process of the matter, or the process which transmits a telephone according to a user's input. A program for executing this processing is stored in the ROM 101 and is executed under the control of the CPU 100.

  First, in step S11, based on the time information measured by the timer 111 and the request date / time 411 of each item data, is there a requirement to be notified by the set date / time management unit 104 at the current time? To monitor. Next, in step S12, it is determined whether there is a message to be notified at the current time. If there is no message to be notified, the process proceeds to step S11 to execute the above-described processing.

  If there is a business to be notified, the process proceeds to step S13, and it is determined whether the business telephone number 413 is set in the business data determined to be notified. When the telephone number is set, the process proceeds to step S14, and the reminder A shown in FIG. Thereby, the user can recognize that the notification time of the business has arrived. If the user determines that the date / time of the business or the telephone number needs to be changed, the user inputs corresponding information and instructs the “reset” button 623. If the user determines that a call needs to be made, a “call” button 624 is instructed. If none of these buttons 623 and 624 is instructed (depressed) in steps S15 and S16, the process proceeds to step S17, and it is determined whether or not an “end” button 625 is instructed to end the reminder A display. When the “END” button 625 is instructed, this process is ended. If not, the process returns to step S14 and the reminder A display is continued.

  When the user changes the item data and the “reset” button 623 is instructed, the process proceeds to step S24, and the set contents are stored in the area corresponding to the item data in the nonvolatile RAM 102.

  On the other hand, if the “reset” button 623 is not instructed in step S15, the process proceeds to step S16, and it is determined whether or not the “call” button 624 is instructed. When the “call” button 624 is instructed, the process proceeds to step S18, and the communication unit 108 makes a call using the telephone number (corresponding to 622) stored in the business telephone number 413 of the business data. send. Next, the process proceeds to step S19, where it is checked whether the other party has responded to the outgoing call. If not, the process proceeds to step S21. If the answer is made, the process proceeds to step S20. In step S20, the line is disconnected after the telephone conversation (execution of the business) is completed, and the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the other party does not respond, the resetting screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 105 in step S21. This prompts the user to reset the business data. This is because there is no response by telephone, so the notification of the message to the other party is incomplete, and it is considered that the message needs to be transmitted to the other party again. In this way, if the user wants to re-notify the requirement using the reset screen, the user must correct the items that need to be reset with the items on the reset screen (for example, notification date and time) The “reset” button 634 is instructed. Thus, in step S22, it is determined whether or not the “reset” button 634 has been instructed. When the button 634 has been instructed, the process proceeds to step S24, and the items set on the reset screen are displayed in the corresponding data area of the nonvolatile RAM 102. (FIG. 4C).

  On the other hand, if the “reset” button 634 is not instructed in step S22, the process proceeds to step S23 to check whether the “do not reset” button 635 is instructed. If the “do not reset” button 635 is instructed, this processing is terminated without changing the business data in the nonvolatile RAM 102. If not, the process returns to step S21 to continue displaying the reset screen.

  If a telephone number is not set in the business data at the above-described step S13, the process proceeds to step S25, and the reminder B screen shown in FIG. Then, the user recognizes that the notification time of the message has arrived on the screen of the reminder B, and if the contents are changed and resetting is necessary, the “reset” button 642 is instructed. . Therefore, if it is determined in step S26 that the “reset” button 642 has been instructed, the process proceeds to step S27, and the reset business data is stored in a predetermined area of the non-volatile RAM 102 as in step S24 described above. End the process.

  If it is determined in step S26 that the “reset” button 642 is not instructed, the process proceeds to step S28 to check whether the “end” button 643 is instructed. When the “end” button 643 is instructed, the process proceeds to step S25, and the display of the reminder B described above is continued. However, when the “end” button 643 is instructed, this process ends.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a user registers business data as schedule data, information for identifying a telephone number related to the business can be input, and the business data is included in the business data. When the registered notification date / time is reached, the registered content is notified to the user as a reminder. As a result, the user can directly call the other party by a user operation based on the reminder display. As a result, it is possible to save the troublesome trouble of the user storing the contents of the notified reminder and making a phone call by inputting the telephone number based on the stored memory as in the prior art.

  Also, when the reminder is displayed, the message can be reset directly based on the reminder display. For example, if the user wants to notify you later by looking at the reminder display, It is possible to omit troublesome processing such as starting the scheduler function and resetting the business data.

  Further, when a call is made directly by a user operation based on the reminder display, the business data can be reset from the reminder when the other party does not answer the call. As a result, for example, when the other party did not answer the call, and it is desired to make a call again after several hours, it is possible to save the troublesome trouble of starting the scheduler function and resetting the requirement data. .

[Other embodiments]
Although the embodiments have been described in detail, the present invention may be applied to a system constituted by a plurality of devices, or may be applied to an apparatus constituted by one device.

  In the present invention, a software program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied directly or remotely to a system or apparatus, and the computer of the system or apparatus reads and executes the supplied program code. Including the case where it is also achieved by. In that case, as long as it has the function of a program, the form does not need to be a program.

  Accordingly, since the functions of the present invention are implemented by computer, the program code installed in the computer also implements the present invention. That is, the claims of the present invention include the computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention.

  In this case, the program may be in any form as long as it has a program function, such as an object code, a program executed by an interpreter, or script data supplied to the OS.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card ROM, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-R) and the like.

  As another program supply method, a client computer browser is used to connect to an Internet homepage, and the computer program of the present invention itself or a compressed file including an automatic installation function is downloaded from the homepage to a recording medium such as a hard disk. Can also be supplied. It can also be realized by dividing the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and downloading each file from a different homepage. That is, a WWW server that allows a plurality of users to download a program file for realizing the functional processing of the present invention on a computer is also included in the claims of the present invention.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and a user who satisfies predetermined conditions is allowed to download key information for decryption from a homepage via the Internet. It is also possible to execute the encrypted program by using the key information and install the program on a computer.

  In addition to the functions of the above-described embodiments being realized by the computer executing the read program, the OS running on the computer based on the instruction of the program is a part of the actual processing. Alternatively, the functions of the above-described embodiment can be realized by performing all of them and performing the processing.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board or The CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Although the present embodiment has been described in the case of a telephone, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, even a mobile terminal having a communication function, such as a mobile device, or a modem or a wireless communication function. It may be an information processing device.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the telephone set which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display part of the telephone set of a present Example. It is a figure which shows the memory map of the memory | storage part (DRAM) of the telephone set which concerns on a present Example. It is a figure which shows the structure of the requirement data of the non-volatile RAM of the telephone which concerns on a present Example. It is an external view which shows the structure of the operation part of the telephone set which concerns on a present Example. It is a figure which shows the example of a business registration screen of the schedule function in the telephone concerning a present Example. It is a figure which shows the example of a reminder screen of the schedule function in the telephone which concerns on a present Example. It is a figure which shows the example of a reset screen of the schedule function in the telephone which concerns on a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the process which starts a scheduler function in the telephone which concerns on a present Example, and inputs business data. It is a flowchart which shows the process which starts a scheduler function in the telephone which concerns on a present Example, and performs processes, such as notification of a requirement, a reminder display, and a reset screen display.

Claims (7)

A registration means for registering at least business information including date and time information on the business;
A time measuring means for measuring the date and time;
A condition extracting means for extracting the condition information registered in the registration means based on the date and time information included in the condition information registered in the registration means and the date and time counted by the timing means; ,
Display means for displaying the message information extracted by the message extraction means;
If the business information displayed by the display means includes a telephone number, a calling means for selecting the telephone number and making a call;
A judging means for judging whether or not there is a response from the other party when calling by the calling means;
Control means for controlling the display means to display a screen for changing the corresponding item information and causing the registration means to register again when it is determined that there is no response by the determination means;
A communication terminal device comprising: 2. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the date / time information includes a date / time when the corresponding message occurs and a date / time when the user is notified of the message information. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when changing the business information, the registration unit further registers a date and time for notifying the business information. A control method in a communication terminal device having a telephone function,
A registration process for entering and registering at least business information including date and time information about the business,
A time measuring process for measuring the date and time,
Based on the date and time information included in the item information registered in the registration step and the date and time counted in the timing step, a requirement extraction step for extracting registered item information;
A display step for displaying the requirement information extracted in the requirement extraction step;
When the business information displayed in the display step includes a telephone number, a calling step for selecting and calling the telephone number;
A determination step of determining presence or absence of a response of the other party when making a call in the calling step;
When it is determined that there is no response in the determination step, a control step for controlling to display a screen for changing the corresponding item information and registering again in the registration step in the display step;
A control method in a communication terminal apparatus, comprising: 5. The control method for a communication terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein the date / time information includes a date / time when the corresponding message is generated and a date / time when the user is notified of the message information. The control method in the communication terminal device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein when changing the business information, the registration step further registers a date and time for notifying the business information. A program that causes a computer to execute the control method according to any one of claims 4 to 6.

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