JP4284351B2 - Portable information terminal and information notification method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information terminal connected to a network, typified by a mobile phone, and more particularly to a technique for notifying the user that the portable information terminal has received information.

  In a portable communication terminal represented by a mobile phone or the like, when receiving information such as an incoming call or an e-mail, the user can be notified of information reception with various modalities (output modes). . For example, notification using a notification sound or notification by vibration or the like is possible. However, the function of notifying the user by the notification sound of the mobile phone can be notified anywhere within the radio wave reachable range regardless of the location and situation of the user who owns the mobile phone. For this reason, there is a problem that notification sounds are used even in situations where public manners are important, such as museums and concert venues. Therefore, conventionally, various techniques for notifying the user that the mobile information terminal has received information with an appropriate modality have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 4).

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133867 discloses a technique for preventing the notification sound of a mobile phone from being sounded in an area where notification is set in advance by fusing a mobile phone and a GPS position detection function.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, in order to prevent a user from being called by a mobile phone when it is dangerous for driving to notify the user of the reception of information with a notification sound or the like during driving of the vehicle, A technique is disclosed in which the user's moving speed is estimated from the difference in information and the fact that the vehicle is in operation is identified so as not to notify the user.

  Patent Document 3 also discloses a technique for restricting the use of a mobile phone in a predetermined place by emitting a radio wave that restricts use in a place where the mobile phone should not be used in a public place. Yes.

  Patent Document 4 also discloses a technique for setting a notification modality in advance for each combination of date, day of the week, position, and time, and controlling notification of a mobile phone based on the set content. Yes.

Further, Patent Document 5 discloses a technique for changing notification contents based on information on a registration history of a schedule. For example, if “conference” is frequently registered in the schedule, a message “Is it a meeting again” is displayed based on the history information.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-18159 JP 2003-20984 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-18154 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-304452 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-13848

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, in order to notify the user of information reception, it is necessary to set in advance by the user, such as changing the notification modality in a specific area in advance. In addition, there is a personal preference regarding the mode of notification, that is, the modality, for example, some users are notified by melody at work, and some users are set to perform notification only by vibration. However, in the prior art, the user's preference is also required for such user preferences.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and can automatically control the modality of notification to the user about information reception without the user performing prior settings. An object is to provide a portable information terminal and an information notification method.

In order to achieve the above object, a portable information terminal according to the present invention is a portable information terminal having a wireless communication function, wherein information receiving means for receiving information by the wireless communication, and a location of the portable information terminal are determined. An operation for accumulating an operation history in which a location detection unit to detect, an operation input unit for receiving an operation on the portable information terminal, a location detected by the location detection unit and an operation received by the operation input unit are associated with each other The location where the notification is performed, which is an output modality when the information receiving means notifies the user that the information has been received based on the history storage means and the operation history stored in the operation history storage means Notification modality setting means that is determined in association with notification modality setting information indicating the notification modality and location determined by the notification modality determination means Notification modality setting information storage means to be stored, and when the information receiving means receives information, the location detection means detects by referring to the notification modality setting information stored in the notification modality setting information storage means Notification means for notifying the user that information has been received with a notification modality corresponding to the location, notification modality change time estimation means for estimating the time at which the user holding the portable information terminal changes the notification modality, and the information The proxy response storage means for storing a response pattern on behalf of the user for the sender of the information received by the reception means, and the proxy response stored in the proxy response storage means is selected, and the selected proxy response is selected And a proxy response for responding to the caller using the time information estimated by the notification modality change time estimation means Generated, characterized in that it comprises a proxy response generating means responsive to the generated proxy response to the caller.

  The present invention can be realized not only as such a portable information terminal, but also as an information notification method using the portable information terminal, a program for causing a computer to execute the steps included in the information notification method, and a CD on which the program is recorded. -It can implement | achieve as computer-readable recording media, such as ROM.

  According to the portable information terminal and the like according to the present invention, the notification modality is automatically selected based on the usual operation history for the portable information terminal, thereby eliminating the need for the user to set the notification modality in advance.

  Therefore, the present invention has a very high practical value in today's widespread use of portable information terminals typified by mobile phones.

  Incoming calls such as telephone calls and e-mails can be notified with various modalities. In recent mobile phones, it is possible to notify a user with a plurality of modalities by ringtones, vibration, flashing light, and the like. Each notification modality has its own characteristics. For example, if it is a ringtone, it is possible to notify the user of the arrival of information with various melody, but on the other hand, it can be heard by other people around, It can be a nuisance in public places. In addition, in the case of notification of information by vibration, it is possible to recognize the arrival of information without being noticed by surrounding people, but when it is in a bag etc., there is an arrival of information. May not even notice.

  As described above, since the user can be notified of information reception by various modalities, it is possible to change the notification modalities depending on the situation. However, setting notification modalities in all situations in advance requires a lot of work and places a heavy load on the user.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a portable information terminal that automatically determines what notification modality should be selected under what circumstances from a history of operations of the user on the portable information terminal. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when entering a conference room, it is assumed that there is a user who always changes the ringtone to vibration. This user may have forgotten to change the information notification modality from ringtone to vibration even though he / she has entered the conference room because he / she has a mobile phone in his bag. At this time, according to the present invention, the notification modality of the mobile phone is automatically changed from the ring tone to the vibration from the history information of the usual setting.

  Such a portable information terminal according to the present invention is a portable information terminal having a wireless communication function, an information receiving means for receiving information by the wireless communication, and a location detecting means for detecting the location of the portable information terminal. An operation input storage unit that receives an operation on the portable information terminal; an operation history storage unit that stores an operation history that associates the location detected by the location detection unit with the operation received by the operation input unit; Based on the operation history stored in the operation history storage means, a notification modality that is an output mode when notifying the user that the information reception means has received information is determined in association with the location where the notification is performed. Notification modality determining means to be stored, and notification modality setting information indicating the notification modality and location determined by the notification modality determining means. When the information is received by the information setting information storage means and the information reception means, the location detected by the location detection means is referred to by referring to the notification modality setting information stored in the notification modality setting information storage means. And a notification means for notifying the user that information has been received with a corresponding notification modality. Thereby, since the notification modality of information reception is automatically set based on the operation history, an appropriate notification modality corresponding to the place is automatically selected without any prior setting by the user.

  Here, the operation input means accepts an operation to change the setting of the notification modality, the operation history accumulation means accumulates an operation history in which the location is associated with the change, and the portable information terminal further includes A notification modality change frequency calculating means for calculating a change pattern and frequency of the notification modality associated with the movement pattern of the user carrying the portable information terminal from the operation history accumulated in the operation history accumulating means, The notification modality determining unit determines the notification modality in association with a movement pattern having a high frequency calculated by the notification modality change frequency calculating unit, and the notification modality setting information storage unit is determined by the notification modality determining unit Storing notification modality setting information indicating the notified notification modality and the movement pattern; By referring to the notification modality setting information, preferably notified of the received information to the user in the notification modality corresponding to the movement pattern of the detected location the location detecting means. At this time, the movement pattern includes a movement pattern that enters a specific room or building and a movement pattern that leaves the specific room or building. As a result, the notification modality is determined based on the user movement pattern and the notification modality change pattern, so that it is not necessary to repeat the operation of changing the notification modality such as setting the manner mode when entering a specific room.

  The portable information terminal further includes time detection means for detecting a current time, and the operation history storage means stores an operation history in which the time and the place detected by the time detection means are associated with the change. The notification modality change frequency calculation means stores the change of the notification modality associated with the movement pattern of the user carrying the portable information terminal for each time period from the operation history stored in the operation history storage means. Calculating a pattern and a frequency, and the notification modality determining unit determines the notification modality in association with the movement pattern having a high frequency calculated by the notification modality change frequency calculating unit for each time period, and the notification The modality setting information storage means indicates the notification modality and movement pattern for each time period determined by the notification modality determination means. Knowledge modality setting information is stored, and the notifying unit refers to the notification modality setting information, thereby notifying the time detected by the time detecting unit and the movement pattern of the place detected by the location detecting unit. It is good also as a structure which notifies that a user received information with modality. As a result, appropriate notification modalities are determined from the operation history including not only the location but also the time zone, so even in the same location, even in the case where the need for the manner mode differs depending on the time zone, An appropriate notification modality corresponding to the necessity is automatically selected.

  Whether the portable information terminal further asks the user for confirmation regarding the change of the notification modality by using the movement pattern of the user and the frequency of change of the notification modality calculated by the notification modality change frequency calculating means. Notification modality change confirmation determining means for determining whether the notification modality changes the notification modality in the movement pattern determined to require the user to confirm the notification by the notification modality change confirmation determining means. When doing so, it is preferable to ask the user for the confirmation before changing the notification modality and change the notification modality after obtaining a positive response to the confirmation. As a result, depending on the movement pattern, the user is required to confirm before automatically changing the notification modality, so that the user is prevented from forgetting to change the notification modality and changes the notification modality each time. Or not.

  The operation input means accepts an operation related to a call using the portable information terminal, the operation history accumulation means accumulates an operation history in which the place and the operation related to the call are associated with each other, and the portable information terminal Further, a plurality of predetermined operations are analyzed by analyzing an operation pattern that is an operation pattern related to movement and a call of the user carrying the portable information terminal from the operation history stored in the operation history storage unit. An operation pattern analysis unit that extracts a pattern close to the pattern; and the notification modality determination unit determines the notification modality in association with a location based on the frequency of the operation pattern extracted by the operation pattern analysis unit. The notification modality setting information storage means is the notification modality and location determined by the notification modality determination means. Notification modality setting information is stored, and the notification means refers to the notification modality setting information to notify the user that information has been received with the notification modality corresponding to the location detected by the location detection means. It is good also as composition to do. At this time, it is preferable that the operation pattern includes an incoming call, a response to the incoming call, and a temporal relationship regarding movement of a place. Thereby, a notification modality suitable for a call operation when a call is received is automatically selected.

  Here, the portable information terminal further includes a call partner specifying means for specifying a call partner, and the operation history storage means stores an operation history including information indicating the call partner specified by the call partner specifying means. The operation pattern analysis means analyzes and extracts the operation pattern for each call partner from the operation history stored in the operation history storage means, and the notification modality determination means includes the operation pattern analysis means. The notification modality is determined by associating with the place and the call partner based on the frequency of the operation pattern extracted in step (b), and the notification modality setting information storage unit is configured to determine the notification modality, the location, and the call determined by the notification modality determination unit. The notification modality setting information indicating the other party is stored, and the notification means refers to the notification modality setting information, thereby Preferably, a notification of the received information to the user in the notification modality corresponding to the specified communication partner at the detected location and the call partner specifying means at the detection means. At this time, the portable information terminal further stores a notification sound for notifying that the information receiving means has received the information for each caller in advance, and a notification sound accumulating means that is stored in the notification sound accumulating means. Vibration pattern generation means for converting a notification sound into a vibration pattern corresponding to the notification sound, and the notification means displays the portable information terminal with a vibration pattern corresponding to the calling party converted by the vibration pattern generation means. You may notify that the other party had an incoming call by vibrating. As a result, an incoming call or the like is notified by a notification modality such as a vibration pattern corresponding to the other party, so that not only the incoming call but also the caller can be known at the same time.

  The portable information terminal further includes an incoming response time calculating means for calculating an incoming response time, which is a time from an incoming call to a start of a call, from the operation history stored in the operation history storage means, and the incoming response time A notification time setting means for determining a notification time, which is a time notified by the notification means, based on the time calculated by the calculation means, the notification modality setting information storage means in addition to the notification modality and location , Storing notification modality setting information indicating the notification time determined by the notification time setting means, and the notification means corresponds to the location detected by the location detection means by referring to the notification modality setting information It may be configured to notify the user that information has been received with the notification modality and the notification time. At this time, the incoming response time calculation means uses the history of the operation history stored in the operation history storage means that is not accompanied by the movement of the user from the incoming call to the start of the call, and uses the incoming response It is preferable to calculate the time. As a result, the information reception is notified only for the notification time corresponding to the past incoming response time, so the information reception is not noticed due to the short notification time, the discomfort is due to the notification time being too long, etc. Bugs are avoided.

  The portable information terminal further includes map information storage means for storing map information including landmarks including buildings and position information of the landmarks, and the notification modality determination means includes the operation history. Based on the operation history stored in the storage means, a notification modality specifying unit for each visit destination that determines the notification modality in association with the landmark while referring to the map information stored in the map information storage means The notification modality setting information storage unit stores notification modality setting information indicating a notification modality and a landmark determined by the notification modality specifying unit by visit destination, and the notifying unit refers to the notification modality setting information. Information to the user with the notification modality corresponding to the landmark including the place detected by the place detecting means. It may be configured to notify that the signals. At this time, the portable information terminal further refers to the map information stored in the map information storage unit when the location cannot be detected by the location detection unit, so that another information stored in the operation history storage unit is stored. The location of the portable information terminal is estimated from the operation history, and includes a visit destination specifying means for specifying the landmark visited by the user, and the visited notification modality specifying unit includes the land specified by the visit destination specifying means. The notification modality is preferably determined in association with the mark. Thus, information reception is notified with an appropriate notification modality for each landmark visited.

  In addition, the notification unit includes a plurality of notification units that perform the notification, and the portable information terminal further includes a plurality of notification confirmation inputs that acquire an instruction that the user has confirmed the notification from the notification unit. The operation history storage means further stores a history indicating which of the plurality of notification confirmation input means has received a confirmation instruction from a user, and the notification modality determination means includes the operation history storage means. Based on a history of confirmation instructions stored in the location, a location-specific notification confirmation terminal determination unit that determines a notification unit to be used for the notification from the plurality of notification units for each location, the notification means, The notification may be performed using a notification unit corresponding to the location determined by the location-specific notification confirmation terminal determination unit. Thereby, even when a plurality of notification terminals or a plurality of confirmation terminals are possessed, the information reception is notified by the notification terminal in accordance with the past operation.

  The portable information terminal further includes a notification modality change time estimating means for estimating a time at which a user holding the portable information terminal changes the notification modality, and a sender of information received by the information receiving means. By using the proxy response storage means for storing a response pattern on behalf of the user and the time estimated by the notification modality change time estimation means, by selecting the proxy response stored by the proxy response storage means, It is good also as a structure provided with the proxy response production | generation means which produces | generates and responds the proxy response for responding to a sender | caller. In this way, for example, the information about the time and place where the notification modality is changed is notified to the user who has made a call to the portable information terminal, and information on a guideline for making a call again is provided or received. If there is a return call from the person in charge, it becomes possible to notify when there is a call.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a portable information terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
First, the portable information terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal that determines a notification modality from an operation history in the first embodiment. This portable information terminal is a portable information terminal having a wireless communication function such as a cellular phone that can automatically determine the modality when notifying the user that information has been received from the operation history of the portable information terminal. , Location detection unit 101, time detection unit 102, information reception unit 103, notification modality control unit 104, notification unit 105, notification modality change input reception unit 106, operation input unit 107, operation history storage unit 108, notification modality change frequency calculation Unit 109, notification modality determination unit 110, notification modality change confirmation determination unit 111, and notification modality setting information storage unit 112.

  The location detection unit 101 detects the position of the portable information terminal or the position of the user using a GPS or RF tag built in the portable information terminal. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, in the building, entrance and exit are managed for each room, and when a user enters each room, the card or portable information terminal held by each user is illustrated. 3. You may enter the room by holding the entrance / exit authentication device as shown in the lower right figure. In addition, when a local communication base station such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) is installed indoors and a function for searching for a local communication base station is added to the portable information terminal, the portable information terminal It is possible to detect the position. As described above, the location detection unit 101 can measure the position in the user's building by using the entrance / exit system installed in advance and the function of local wireless, instead of the absolute position by GPS. Especially when the notification modality must be changed, it is often inside a building. For this reason, it is effective to acquire the position of the user by means other than the position acquisition such as GPS.

  The time detection unit 102 detects the current time using a clock or the like. As the clock, a clock built in the portable information terminal may be used, or time information may be detected by accessing a clock outside the portable information terminal via a network.

  The information receiving unit 103 is a communication interface such as a telephone that receives information such as a voice call and an e-mail by wireless communication.

  The notification modality control unit 104 refers to the notification modality setting information stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 when the information receiving unit 103 receives information, thereby detecting the location detection unit 101 and the time detection unit 102. Is a processing unit that controls the notification unit 105 so as to select a modality corresponding to the current position and time detected by, and notify the user that information has been received with the selected modality. For example, it is determined whether notification is performed using a ring tone or notification is performed using vibration, and the result is notified to the notification unit 105.

  The notification unit 105 is a vibrator, speaker, illumination, or the like that notifies the user of information reception with the modality determined by the notification modality control unit 104.

  The operation input unit 107 is a button, a dial, or the like that receives an operation of the user on the portable information terminal. The notification modality change input accepting unit 106 inside the operation input unit 107 is a processing unit that changes the currently set notification modality. Of the operation inputs from the user, the input regarding the change of the notification modality is received by the notification modality change input receiving unit 106. For example, the notification modality change input receiving unit 106 changes the setting that is currently notified by a ring tone to notification by vibration. This may be changed manually by the user or automatically by the portable information terminal.

  The operation history storage unit 108 has an internal memory or the like, and is a timing when the mobile information terminal is operated when the mobile information terminal is moved by combining the operations input by the location detection unit 101, the time detection unit 102, and the operation input unit 107. And a processing unit and a storage unit for accumulating user operation histories. As shown in FIG. 4, an ID for identifying each key is given to the button of the portable information terminal. When the user presses the button of the portable information terminal, the time when the button is pressed, the location of the user when the button is pressed, and the time when the button is pressed are stored as shown in FIG. Further, the operation history storage unit 108 recognizes operations related to setting and canceling the manner mode from the button operation history information, and stores information related to operation history contents shown in FIG. 6 in an internal memory.

  The notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 is a processing unit that calculates the change pattern and frequency of the notification modality associated with the movement pattern of the user. Specifically, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 From the history, the frequency with which the notification modality is changed before and after the movement is calculated. For example, when the movement history between rooms shown in FIG. 3 is accumulated, in the movement history from the hallway to the conference room 1, whether or not the notification sound is changed to vibration before and after the movement is determined. Search from the movement history and calculate its frequency. The movement pattern includes a movement pattern that enters a specific room or building, a movement pattern that leaves a specific room or building, and the like.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 performs notification at the times S1 and S2 before and after the movement from the hallway to the conference room 1 is detected. Calculate the frequency of modality changes. Similarly, before and after moving from the conference room 1 to the corridor, a search is performed on the data stored in the operation history storage unit 108 as to whether or not the notification modality has been changed. Note that the times S1 to S4 are preset times, and may be determined, for example, depending on the ease of operation when setting the manner mode in the mobile phone. For example, if it can be set with a single button, set it to 30 seconds, and set it to 1 minute for devices that can be set in silent mode by multiple operations after opening a folded mobile phone. Also good.

  The function of the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 will be described in more detail. First, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 calculates the number of times the user has entered the room for each place (room). Next, for each location (room), the number of times that the user sets the manner mode before entering the room (the number of times the notification sound was changed from vibration to vibration) and the manner mode after entering the location (room). Is calculated from the data stored in the operation history storage unit 108. Then, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 calculates the ratio of the number of times the manner mode is set to the number of times of entering each room. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a calculation result by the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109. As shown in FIG. 8, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 also calculates a manner mode setting rate before and after entering the place. For example, in “Conference Room 1” in FIG. 8, the number of intrusions is 52 times, whereas the frequency set in the manner mode before entering the conference room 1 is 38 times, and the conference room 1 is entered. The frequency set to manner mode later is 9 times. From this, the total number of times that the manner mode is set before and after the intrusion is 48 times, and it is calculated that the manner mode is set at a rate of 92% for the number of intrusion times 52 times.

  Further, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 also calculates the time during which the user stays in each room from the operation history storage unit 108. Then, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 calculates the ratio of the time set in the manner mode in the room (location) by extracting the time set or canceled in the manner mode. In FIG. 8, the value is expressed as “manner mode setting rate”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 sets the manner mode with respect to the manner mode setting rate based on “the manner mode setting frequency before and after intrusion” and the total time staying at the place. The “manner mode setting rate” calculated from the ratio of the running time is calculated.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a high correlation is seen between the manner mode setting rate calculated from the setting frequency and the manner mode setting rate calculated from the staying time, but may have different tendencies. For example, in a place where it is known in advance that the staying time is short, the user may not notice the information in the meantime and may not set the manner mode. However, when staying at such a place for a long time, the manner mode is set. Therefore, when the user frequently invades this place, the ratio of the manner mode setting frequency is low. On the other hand, the ratio of the manner mode setting time to the staying time tends to increase. In this way, the manner mode setting rate depending on the setting frequency and the manner mode setting rate depending on the stay time may change. In the above case, it is more accurate to set the manner mode setting rate based on the stay time. Is possible.

  The notification modality determination unit 110 determines the notification modality at each location (here, the movement pattern of entering the room) according to the value of the change history of the notification modality calculated by the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109, The result is stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 as notification modality setting information. Since the table shown in FIG. 8 is generated by the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109, the notification modality determination unit 110 determines the notification modality at each location (here, the movement pattern of entering the room) from this table. . Here, when the setting rate of the manner mode setting frequency before and after intrusion exceeds 80% in each room, the notification modality determination unit 110 determines that notification by vibration is preferred over the notification sound at that location. If the notification sound is set when entering the place, the notification is changed to vibration. The results are summarized in the table of FIG. In FIG. 9, the conference room 1 and the conference room 2 have a setting rate of 80% or more, and thus are notified by vibration.

  The notification modality change confirmation determination unit 111 determines whether or not to confirm the setting change with the user at each location according to the frequency with which the notification modality has been changed after the location has entered. This is because it is often difficult to operate the portable information terminal after entering the location when the modality of the location is often changed before entering the location. For example, when entering an important meeting place, the manner mode is often set before entering the conference room, rather than the manner mode setting after entering the conference room. . In order to confirm the change of the modality setting with the user, it is necessary to operate the portable information terminal after entering the room. Therefore, when the setting is changed before entering the room, the modality setting is changed without confirming to the user. Conversely, if there is a history of setting the manner mode after entering the room, it is considered that the portable information terminal is allowed to operate even after the entry. In this case, the notification modality change confirmation determination unit 111 sets a notification modality setting flag indicating that confirmation should be made to the user before changing the setting information of the notification modality in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112. Set in the information storage unit 112. When the notification modality is changed, the notification modality control unit 104 displays a message “Do you want to set the manner mode” to the user as shown in FIG. 2 to change the notification modality. The input receiving unit 106 receives user input. The notification modality is changed only when a positive response is obtained from the user for the confirmation. As a result, the user can reliably operate without forgetting to change the notification modality.

  In the example of FIG. 8, since the manner mode is often set before entering the “conference room 1” at the location of the “conference room 1”, the portable information terminal is not operated in the “conference room 1”. The modality is automatically changed so that it can be used. However, since “Manner mode” is often set for “Conference room 2” after entering “Conference room 2”, “Conference room 2” is entered. After that, the user is confirmed to change the notification modality. In addition, the notification modality for prompting the change of the notification modality such as “Do you want to set manner mode?” Or “Do you want to cancel manner mode?” Is to select the most appropriate modality at the place. To do.

  Based on the results of the notification modality determination unit 110 and the notification modality change confirmation determination unit 111, the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 notifies the notification modality setting values (“information notification modality”, “user confirmation”, etc.) at each location. A memory for storing modality setting information). For example, as a result of the calculation by the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109, information on the frequency in FIG. 8 is calculated. Based on the value, notification modality setting information as shown in FIG. 9 is stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112. Is done. When there is an incoming e-mail or telephone call at the information receiving unit 103, the notification modality control unit 104 refers to the notification modality setting information in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112, and the location detection unit 101 and the time detection unit 102 Control to perform notification by an appropriate modality corresponding to the current location and time detected by.

  Next, the operation of the portable information terminal according to the present embodiment configured as described above is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10 and will be described step by step. First, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 uses the history of the operation history storage unit 108 to calculate the number of intrusions at each place in the operation history of the operation history storage unit 108 from the information on the frequency calculated. It is determined whether or not (S801). When the predetermined number of times is not reached, this step is repeated so that the history is continuously acquired. This is because the notification modality is automatically set after the history for each room is sufficiently accumulated. Next, when the history is sufficiently accumulated, the notification modality change frequency calculation unit 109 calculates the manner mode setting rate for each place, and the notification modality determination unit 110 determines that the value is 80% or more. In this case, it is determined that notification by vibration is suitable for the place (S802). When the manner mode setting rate is less than 80%, the notification modality automatic setting function is not applied to a user who normally makes a notification by notification sound. In the present embodiment, when the change frequency of the notification modality in FIG. 8 is accumulated, the manner mode setting rate exceeds “80%” in “conference room 1” and “conference room 2”. Go to step.

  The notification modality determining unit 110 sets the notification modality of a place where the manner mode setting rate is 80% or more to vibration (S803). Further, the notification modality change confirmation determination unit 111 determines whether or not the manner mode setting before entering the location is greater than the manner mode setting after entering the location where the notification modality is set to vibration. (S804). When the manner mode is set before the intrusion is frequently performed (YES in S804), the notification modality change confirmation determination is likely because the place is likely to hesitate to operate the portable information terminal after the intrusion. The unit 111 sets a flag indicating that the notification modality is automatically changed from the notification sound to the vibration. On the other hand, when the manner mode is set after the intrusion is frequently performed (NO in S804), it is determined that the portable information terminal can be operated even after the intrusion, and the notification modality is changed. A flag indicating confirmation to the user is set (S806). Therefore, the notification modality is changed to vibration after the user confirms the change of the notification modality (S807).

  As described above, the notification modality setting information regarding the automatic selection of the notification modality according to the time and place is stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112, and the notification modality control unit 104 is configured to receive the information according to the notification modality setting information. When 103 receives the information, the notification unit 105 notifies the user that the information has been received with the modality determined by the notification modality setting information. That is, the notification modality control unit 104 refers to the notification modality setting information stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 when the information receiving unit 103 receives information, thereby detecting the location detection unit 101 and the time detection. The modality corresponding to the current position and time detected by the unit 102 is selected, and the notification unit 105 is controlled to notify the user that information has been received with the selected modality.

  As a result of the above operation, the notification modality is automatically changed from the user's normal operation history, and forgetting the user setting such as manner mode is prevented.

  In the present embodiment, the notification modality is automatically set from the setting operation history of the portable information terminal before and after entering the room in FIG. 8, but before and after the exit of each room as shown in FIG. The notification modality may be automatically set using the setting history in FIG. For example, similar to the frequency information in FIG. 8, when leaving each room, using the information about whether the manner mode has been released or not, based on the information about the room that was exited, the notification from vibration to sound notification You may change to At this time, when the manner mode is canceled and the notification is changed from the notification by vibration to the notification by sound, the user confirmation may be performed instead of automatically. As a result, the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 stores the contents shown in FIG. 12, and the notification modality control unit 104 changes the notification modality based on this table.

  Further, in this embodiment, the notification modality is controlled using the location information, but the notification modality may be controlled using the information related to time. FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal in a modification of the first embodiment that can automatically set a notification modality in consideration of such time. This portable information terminal has a configuration in which a time-based notification modality change frequency calculation unit 1113 and a time-based modality determination unit 1114 are added to the configuration of the portable information terminal shown in FIG.

  The time-based notification modality change frequency calculation unit 1113 calculates the notification frequency change setting frequency for each location in the first embodiment, and further calculates the setting change frequency for each time zone. Part. For example, as shown in the upper left table of FIG. 14, when the ratio of the setting frequency is calculated for each place, it is assumed that “conference room 1” is 62%. However, as shown in the lower right table of FIG. 14, the ratio of the set frequency in “meeting room 1” is calculated for each time zone by the time-based notification modality change frequency calculating unit 1113, and in a predetermined time zone, The notification by the vibration is suitable, and the result that the notification by the ringtone is suitable in another predetermined time zone is obtained.

  The time zone modality determination unit 1114 determines the notification modality for each time zone at each location based on the frequency calculated by the time zone notification modality change frequency calculation unit 1113, and uses the notification modality setting information as the notification modality setting information. The setting information is stored in the setting information storage unit 112. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, a table of notification modalities for each place and time zone is provided.

  FIG. 16 shows an operation flow in the automatic setting of the notification modality for each time zone by the portable information terminal in such a modification. Steps S1401 to S1403 are the same as steps S801 to S803 in FIG. If the manner mode setting rate is 80% or less in step S1402, the process proceeds to step S1404. If the manner mode setting rate is 30% or less, the process advances to step S1405 to set the notification modality to the notification sound. In step S1404, if the manner mode setting rate is 30% or more, the process proceeds to S1406 in order to determine whether or not there is a characteristic of notification modality depending on the time zone. The time zone notification modality change frequency calculation unit 1113 extracts the minimum value and the maximum value of the intrusion time, and separates the time zones as shown in the example of “conference room 1” in the lower right table of FIG. 14 (S1406). ). The time zone notification modality change frequency calculation unit 1113 calculates the manner mode setting rate for each time zone, and creates the lower right table of FIG. 14 (S1407). The time zone modality determination unit 1114 again determines whether or not the manner mode setting rate is 80% or more for each time zone (S1408), and if it is 80% or more, the notification modality is set to “vibration”. (S1409), otherwise, the notification modality is set to the notification sound (S1410).

  As a result of the above operation, even when the notification modality cannot be specified only by location information, if the notification modality can be specified by considering the time zone, the notification modality can be set for each time zone. Become.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, a portable information terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described.

  In the first embodiment, an apparatus has been described that notifies a user from a notification modality setting operation history with a notification modality suitable for each place and time. In the present embodiment, a notification modality suitable for the user at each location is automatically determined from the movement of the user at the time of incoming call and the history of operations on the portable information terminal.

  FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal that determines a notification modality from movement and operation history in the present embodiment. This portable information terminal has a wireless communication function such as a portable telephone that can automatically determine the modality when notifying the user that information has been received from the movement and the operation history of the portable information terminal. Terminal detection unit 101, time detection unit 102, information reception unit 103, notification modality control unit 104, notification unit 105, operation history storage unit 108, caller information storage unit 1501, caller identification unit 1502, call operation The input unit 1503 includes a call operation pattern storage unit 1504, an operation pattern analysis unit 1505, and a notification modality determination unit 1506. Constituent elements that perform the same operations as those in the first embodiment are given the same numbers, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  The caller information storage unit 1501 is a memory or the like in which information related to the caller is stored as represented by a telephone book or an address book. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, information such as relevance (family, company, friend, etc.) with a user who has a portable information terminal, e-mail address, telephone number, etc. is stored for each name.

  The sender identifying unit 1502 is a processing unit that identifies the sender of the received information from the information received by the information receiving unit 103 and the information stored in the sender information storage unit 1501. Also, when a user who has a portable information terminal makes a call, the call destination is specified. Specifically, when receiving information from the network, the information receiving unit 103 receives the caller's telephone number in the case of a telephone call, and receives the mail address in the case of an electronic mail. The caller identification unit 1502 identifies the caller of information from these telephone numbers, mail addresses, and information about the caller stored in the caller information storage unit 1501.

  A call operation input unit 1503 is a button or the like that receives an operation related to a call such as outgoing call or incoming call using the portable information terminal from a user.

  The call operation pattern storage unit 1504 stores in advance a pattern (information indicating an operation pattern) regarding a characteristic user's telephone operation when a call is received to the user. For example, FIG. 20 (a) to FIG. 20 (c) and FIG. 21 (a) to FIG. As shown, typical patterns of operations and movements when a user makes a call and operations and movements when a user receives a call are stored in the call operation pattern storage unit 1504 in advance.

  There are two types of patterns: a pattern in which a user makes a call and a pattern in which a user receives an incoming call. First, a pattern for making a call will be described with reference to FIGS. <Pattern 1-1> shown in FIG. 20A is a pattern in which a call is made at a certain place and stays at the place where the call is made until the call is disconnected. In this pattern, a place where a call is made is often a place where a call is allowed, and it is often a place that can be notified by a ring tone when receiving a call from another user. <Pattern 1-2> shown in FIG. 20 (b) and <Pattern 1-3> shown in FIG. 20 (c) are conversely phone call patterns at places not suitable for calls. <Pattern 1-2> is considered that the user moves after the call is made because the place where the call was made is not suitable for a call. <Pattern 1-3> is a pattern in the case where a place is not suitable for a call because a call is made after the room is moved from A to B, and a call can be made at the place B. Thus, the pattern includes temporal relations regarding incoming calls, responses to the incoming calls, and movement of places. By using such a pattern, it is possible to determine whether or not each place is a place suitable for a call (a place where a ring tone may be sounded) when making a call in this way.

  Next, a pattern when a user receives an incoming call will be described with reference to FIGS. <Pattern 2-1> shown in FIG. 21A is a pattern in which an incoming call is received, a call is made at the place, and the person stays in the same place until the call is finished. This pattern can be determined as a place that is suitable for a call (a place where a notification sound may be sounded). <Pattern 2-2> shown in FIG. 21 (b) to <Pattern 2-4> shown in FIG. 21 (d) show operation patterns when the user makes an incoming call in a place not suitable for a call. ing. <Pattern 2-2> shown in FIG. 21B is an operation for putting a call on hold when a call is received. In this pattern, an incoming call is received, but it is difficult to make a call at that location, so the call is put on hold and an answering machine message is requested from the other party. <Pattern 2-3> shown in FIG. 21 (c) is a pattern in which the room is moved from A to B because a call is received and the call is answered, but the call cannot be made at that place. . Further, <Pattern 2-4> shown in FIG. 21D shows a case where the telephone is received after moving the room after receiving the telephone. When <Pattern 2-2> to <Pattern 2-4> are detected, it can be determined that the place where the incoming call is made is a place that is not suitable for a call and should not ring. The patterns shown in FIGS. 20A to 20C and FIGS. 21A to 21D are specifically stored as data shown in FIG. 22 in the call operation pattern storage unit 1504.

  The operation pattern analysis unit 1505 analyzes an operation pattern, which is an operation pattern related to a user's movement and a call, from the operation history stored in the operation history storage unit 108, so that a plurality of predetermined operation patterns can be selected. Specifically, a processing unit that extracts the ones that are close to each other. Specifically, the operation and movement patterns accumulated in the call operation pattern accumulation unit 1504 from the user's operation and movement history accumulated in the operation history accumulation unit 108. To extract. For example, from the history information shown in FIG. 19, a pattern satisfying the expression defining each pattern shown in FIG. 22 is detected, and a table as shown in FIG. 23 is created.

  The notification modality determination unit 1506 is a processing unit that determines the notification modality in association with the place based on the frequency of the operation pattern extracted by the operation pattern analysis unit 1505. Specifically, the notification modality determination unit 1505 creates the notification modality. 24, an internal modality selection table as shown in FIG. 24, that is, a value indicating whether notification by vibration or notification by ringtone is suitable for each pattern (evaluation to be added). Using the table in which (value) is described, the table shown in the upper left part of FIG. 25 is created. That is, as shown in the upper left table of FIG. 25, the ringtone ratio at each location is calculated. For example, in the break room, since the evaluation values of the ringtone and vibration are “14” and “2”, respectively, the ringtone ratio is 14/16 = 0.88, so it is calculated as 88%. When the ringtone ratio is 80% or more at each location, the notification modality determination unit 1506 sets the notification by the ringtone. When the ratio is 10% or less, vibration is set. In the case of a value from 10% to 80%, the notification modality determination unit 1506 calculates the ringtone ratio for each call partner as shown in the lower right table of FIG. 25, and based on the resulting ringtone ratio. And determine the notification modality. From the result in the lower right table of FIG. 25, the notification modality determination unit 1506 stores the notification modality setting information as shown in FIG.

  Next, the operation flow of the portable information terminal configured as described above according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. If the call history is not sufficiently accumulated, the notification modality cannot be estimated from the history. Therefore, the operation pattern analysis unit 1505 first determines whether the call history accumulated in the operation history accumulation unit 108 is 30 times or more. Is determined (S2401). When the call history is sufficiently accumulated, the operation pattern analysis unit 1505 determines the operation pattern accumulated in the call operation pattern accumulation unit 1504 from the movement and operation history accumulated in the operation history accumulation unit 108. Is extracted (S2402). As a result, a table as shown in FIG. 23 is generated. Subsequently, the notification modality determination unit 1506 refers to the evaluation value of each pattern shown in FIG. 24 and calculates the evaluation value of the ring tone and vibration at each location shown in the upper left table of FIG. 25 (S2403). In the upper left table of FIG. 25, a predetermined place is selected (S2404). It is determined whether or not the notification sound ratio is 80% or more for the location selected in S2404 (S2405). If it is 80% or more, the notification modality is set to the notification sound (S2406). If it is less than 80%, it is next determined whether the notification sound ratio is 10% or less (S2407). If it is 10% or less, the notification modality is set to vibration (S2408). When the notification sound ratio is 80% to 10%, the notification sound ratio is calculated for each call partner for the location selected in S2404 (S2409). Further, the notification modality determining unit 1506 determines the notification modality for each call partner (S2410), and the lower right table of FIG. 25 is generated and stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 as notification modality setting information. Further, the notification modality determination unit 1506 determines whether or not the operation from S2405 to S2410 has been performed for each place (S2411), and repeats the same operation for the remaining places (S2412).

  In this way, the notification modality setting information based on the call history is stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112. According to the notification modality setting information, the notification modality control unit 104 receives the information when the information receiving unit 103 receives the information. The notification unit 105 notifies the user that the information has been received with the modality determined by the notification modality setting information. That is, the notification modality control unit 104 refers to the notification modality setting information stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 when the information receiving unit 103 receives information, thereby detecting the location detection unit 101 and the time detection. The modality corresponding to the current position and time detected by the unit 102 is selected, and the notification unit 105 is controlled to notify the user that information has been received with the selected modality.

  As a result of the above operation, it is possible to determine the notification modality for each location using the user call history. Furthermore, when the notification modality cannot be determined only by the information regarding the location, the notification modality can be determined for each call partner.

  In the present embodiment, the notification modality is selected from notification sound or vibration for each communication partner, and an appropriate modality is selected according to the location and time. By the way, in general, in a mobile phone, the called party is often distinguished by an incoming melody or the like. Therefore, when vibration is selected in the incoming call notification, the incoming call partner can be recognized by the vibration pattern by changing the rhythm of the ringtone set in advance to vibration. FIG. 28 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of a portable information terminal in a modification of the second embodiment that changes the ringtone rhythm to vibration and notifies the user of an incoming call. This portable information terminal has a configuration in which a notification sound storage unit 2501 and a vibration pattern generation unit 2502 are further added to the configuration of the portable information terminal of the second embodiment.

  The notification sound accumulating unit 2501 is a memory or the like that accumulates sound data for notifying with a predetermined ringtone when notifying the user with a ringtone. For example, in the caller information storage unit 1501, information for specifying a data file of a ring tone for each call partner as shown in FIG. 29, together with information on the call partner using a portable information terminal such as an address book. Is accumulated. Further, the notification sound storage unit 2501 stores the data file indicated by the designation information of the ring tone data file stored in the caller information storage unit 1501, and when notifying the user with the notification sound, The data file of this component is read and notified to the user.

  As shown in FIG. 30, the vibration pattern generation unit 2502 is a processing unit that converts the notification sound stored in the notification sound storage unit 2501 into a vibration pattern corresponding to the notification sound. A pattern for controlling ON / OFF of a motor used for vibration is generated by binarizing the amplitude information of the volume power indicated by the data file of the notification sound stored in the unit 2501. When the notification modality control unit 104 determines to notify by vibration based on the notification modality setting information in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112, the user uses the vibration pattern generated by the vibration pattern generation unit 2502 to use the vibration pattern. Is notified.

  Thus, by notifying the user with the vibration of the pattern corresponding to the ringtone, the user can determine who the phone is from even when notified by the pattern due to the vibration. .

(Embodiment 3)
Next, a portable information terminal according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described.

  In the first embodiment, the notification modality is automatically selected using the user's modality setting history and the position information at that time. In the second embodiment, the notification modality is automatically selected using the call history of the user and the position information at that time. In the first and second embodiments, notification is performed at a predetermined time by using one notification modality that is optimal according to the time and place. However, even if the notification modality is determined depending on the place and time, it is necessary to control the notification time based on the determined notification modality. Furthermore, it is preferable to first notify by vibration for a predetermined time and then notify the reception of information by a notification sound, or conversely, notify by a notification sound for a predetermined time and then by vibration. It may be preferable to change to notification.

  For example, if you are notified by a ring tone, if the user is aware of an incoming call but cannot answer the call in that room and it takes time to leave the room, the call will be received until the call is received The sound will continue to sound. In this case, notification by a notification sound is performed for a predetermined time, and when the user notices an incoming call, the notification is changed to a vibration notification, thereby preventing the ringing sound from continuing to ring until the telephone is answered. On the other hand, when the notification is made by vibration, it may take time until a call is taken in a place where the vibration is difficult to notice. Thus, it may be preferable to determine an appropriate notification time depending on the time and place, and also the notification modality.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, when notifying by ringtone or vibration, a value (notification time) suitable for the location and time is automatically determined from the operation history of the portable information terminal for the notification time. Set.

  FIG. 31 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of the portable information terminal in the present embodiment. This portable information terminal is a portable information terminal having a wireless communication function such as a cellular phone that can automatically determine not only the modality when notifying the user that information has been received but also the notification time. , Location detection unit 101, time detection unit 102, information reception unit 103, notification modality control unit 104, notification unit 105, notification modality change input reception unit 106, operation input unit 107, operation history storage unit 108, non-moving operation history extraction A unit 2801, an incoming response time calculation unit 2802, a notification time setting unit 2803, and a notification modality setting information storage unit 112. Note that components that perform the same operations as those in the first embodiment are given the same numbers, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 32, the operation history accumulation unit 108 accumulates a history relating to the user's location information and an operation history relating to the portable information terminal together with the time. For example, a history of talking with Mr. A at 8:47 and talking with Mr. C from 8:58 is accumulated. However, in the call with Mr. C, the place where the call is made is different from the place where the call is received, and it is considered that the call is difficult at the place where the call is received. For this reason, it takes more time than usual to take a call after receiving a call because it involves movement.

  The non-moving operation history extraction unit 2801 extracts the operation history of the portable information terminal when the room is not moved after receiving a call or the like from the operation history accumulated in the operation history accumulation unit 108. When moving a room, etc., there is a high possibility that it took time for the movement and it took time for the response from the incoming call. The operation history of the information terminal is extracted from the operation history storage unit 108.

  The incoming response time calculation unit 2802 calculates, from the history information extracted by the non-moving operation history extraction unit 2801, a time (incoming response time) from when the incoming call is received until when the call starts. . 33A to 33D show patterns of operations and movements from incoming calls to user responses. <Pattern 2-1> shown in FIG. 33A is a pattern in which the location does not move until an incoming call is received and the call is answered. In this case, the incoming call response time is from the incoming call to the incoming call. <Pattern 2-2> shown in FIG. 33B is a pattern for receiving a call and holding the call. In this case, the time when the call is put on hold after the incoming call is set as the incoming call response time. <Pattern 2-3> shown in FIG. 33 (c) is a pattern in which an incoming call is received, the telephone is answered, and then moved between rooms. In this case, the time from the incoming call to the incoming call is defined as the incoming call response time. <Pattern 2-4> shown in FIG. 33 (d) is a pattern in which the answering to the phone is delayed because the user has moved between rooms before receiving the incoming call and answering the call. This pattern is a pattern that is not an object to be calculated by the incoming call response time calculation unit 2802 because the non-moving operation history extraction unit 2801 is accompanied by movement before answering a call.

  The notification time setting unit 2803 uses the incoming response time from the incoming call calculated by the incoming response time calculation unit 2802 in addition to the function of the notification modality determination unit 110 in the first embodiment. The notification time is set as notification modality setting information. For example, as shown in FIG. 34, the notification time is set to 5 seconds, which is a time when 80% or more of the total response has occurred using the incoming response time calculated by the incoming response time calculation unit 2802. . As a result, as shown in FIG. 35, the notification time setting unit 2803 sets the incoming response time when each notification modality is used. That is, the notification time setting unit 2803 stores the notification time information as shown in FIG. 35 in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 as notification modality setting information notification modality setting information.

  In FIG. 35, “conference room 1” indicates that notification by vibration is further performed when notification by ringtone is received. In this case, if there is a high possibility of answering a call even after notification by a ring tone, the notification is changed to vibration so as not to bother others. For example, in FIG. 35, in the “living room”, notification using both the ringtone and vibration modalities is performed for 5 seconds from the incoming call, and the subsequent 2 seconds are notified only by vibration. When there is an 80% response to a notification within 5 seconds and a 100% response within 7 seconds, the notification time of each notification modality is determined in this way.

  Next, the operation of the portable information terminal according to the present embodiment having the above configuration is summarized in the flow of FIG. First, the operation history is collected until a sufficient operation history is accumulated in the operation history accumulation unit 108. This step is repeated until the number of incoming calls at a certain place reaches 15 or more (S3301). If the predetermined number of times has been exceeded, first, the non-movement operation history extraction unit 2801 deletes the call history that accompanies location movement from the incoming call to the call (S3302). Next, the incoming response time calculation unit 2802 calculates the incoming response time from the incoming call to the response (start of call), and calculates the frequency for each incoming response time (S3303). Further, the frequency is calculated for each predetermined time interval, and the table of FIG. 34 is generated. In the example of FIG. 34, the frequency is calculated at intervals of 1 second. Note that this interval may be determined based on specifications that allow the notification time to be controlled by the portable information terminal. For example, when the portable information terminal can set the notification time with an accuracy of 0.1 seconds, the frequency is calculated in units of 0.1 seconds. In the case of notification by a ringing melody, the notification time interval may be determined by using the melody break time. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 37 (a), the cut of the notification melody is calculated from the volume power, and based on the time, the frequency and occurrence rate of the incoming response time as shown in FIG. 37 (b) are calculated. By calculating, a candidate for the length of the notification time may be determined. In the table of FIG. 34, the incoming response time calculation unit 2802 determines whether or not there is a response frequency of 80% or more (S3305). If the frequency of the response is low, the incoming response time interval is extended. (S3307). The notification time setting unit 2803 creates a table of FIG. 35 by setting a time when there is a reaction of 80% or more as the notification time at the place, and stores it in the notification time setting unit 2803.

  As described above, the setting values related to the notification modality and the notification time are stored as the notification modality setting information in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 for each location. Is notified from the notification unit 105 to the user by the modality determined by the set value and the notification time. That is, the notification modality control unit 104 refers to the notification modality setting information stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 when the information receiving unit 103 receives information, thereby detecting the location detection unit 101 and the time detection. The modality corresponding to the current position and time detected by the unit 102 is selected, and the notification unit 105 is controlled to notify the user that the information has been received for the set notification time with the selected modality.

  As a result of the above operation, when notification is made at a predetermined notification modality at each location, the notification time can be automatically determined using the reaction time of the past operation.

(Embodiment 4)
Next, a portable information terminal according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described.

  In the first to third embodiments, there are sensors in which entrances and exits are detected in doors or the like in a building, and the position of the user is specified using the information of the sensors and accumulated as a history. However, even outdoors, it is more convenient to detect the user's position using GPS or the like and automatically set the notification modality using the history.

  The portable information terminal according to the present embodiment is a device that determines a notification modality according to each place and time, using a history of positions outdoors and indoors and a history of operations of the portable information terminal.

  FIG. 38 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the portable information terminal according to the present embodiment. This portable information terminal can automatically determine the modality when notifying the user that information has been received from the indoor and outdoor positions and the operation history of this portable information terminal. A mobile information terminal having a function, a location detection unit 101, a time detection unit 102, an information reception unit 103, a notification modality control unit 104, a notification unit 105, a notification modality change input reception unit 106, an operation history storage unit 108, and map information The storage unit 3401, the visit destination specifying unit 3402, and the visit destination specific notification modality specifying unit 3403 are configured. Note that components that perform the same operations as those in the first embodiment are given the same numbers, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  The operation history storage unit 108 stores a history of position information outdoors and a setting history of notification modalities of the portable information terminal. For example, as shown in FIG. 39, the time, the latitude and longitude of each point, and the notification modality at that location are accumulated. In addition, since position information is measured using a GPS device, when the user enters the building, measurement by GPS becomes impossible. At that time, information on the time, “not measurable”, and notification modality at that time are accumulated.

  The map information accumulation unit 3401 is a memory or the like that accumulates map information including landmarks including buildings and position information of the landmarks. For example, as shown in FIG. 40, information on each building and its latitude and longitude is accumulated.

  The visit destination specifying unit 3402 specifies the user's visit destination (landmark) from the history series related to the position stored in the operation history storage unit 108. When position information is to be acquired indoors by GPS, measurement may not be possible. In the present embodiment, the fact that measurement could not be performed is stored in the operation history storage unit 108 along with the time. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 41, by replacing the location at the time when the location information could not be obtained with the location information of the location where the location information could be obtained before and after that time, Estimate the location of the information terminal. For example, in the example of FIG. 41, when the position information cannot be acquired at 10:21:32, the time when the position information can be acquired is the time closest to 10:21, 10:20. The minute is selected and the position information at that time is used as a substitute.

  Next, the visited site specifying unit 3402 determines whether there is position information within a predetermined range from the position of each building from the information on the building (landmark) stored in the map information storage unit 3401 and its position. Search for. As a result, as shown in FIG. 42, the position information accumulated in the operation history accumulation unit 108 can be indicated on the coordinates of the building. Furthermore, it is determined whether or not each building has been visited based on whether or not the building has stayed within a predetermined range.

  In addition to the function of the notification modality determination unit 110 in the first embodiment, the notification modality specifying unit 3403 by visit destination adds the total stay time at the visit destination specified by the visit destination specifying unit 3402 and the total stay time. On the other hand, the ratio of the total time during which the notification modality is set to vibration is calculated, and the notification modality at the visited site is determined. For example, as shown in FIG. 43, assuming that the total stay time is 183 minutes for “company B” and 95% of the stay time is set for vibration notification, , Notification modality setting information indicating that the notification modality is set to “vibration” is stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112.

  As described above, when the notification modality is set to “vibration” for “company B”, the mobile information terminal is within a predetermined range from the position information of “company B” stored in the map information storage unit 3401. 44, as shown in FIG. 44, the portable information terminal vibrates and a message “Do you want to set the manner mode?” Is displayed on the display screen. Further, when the position information of the portable information terminal exceeds a predetermined distance from the position from “Company B”, the notification modality control unit 104 automatically changes the notification modality from “vibration” to “notification”. Whether or not to set to change to "sound" is confirmed with respect to the user. The notification modality is changed only when a positive response is obtained from the user for the confirmation. As a result, if the user always changes the notification modality from “notification sound” to “vibration”, the device can automatically check with the user to prevent forgotten settings. become.

  Next, the operation of the portable information terminal in the present embodiment configured as described above will be described using the flow of FIG. In the movement history of the user accumulated in the operation history accumulation unit 108, the position information cannot be obtained when the position information is obtained indoors because the position information is obtained by the GPS sensor. is there. Therefore, the operation history storage unit 108 determines whether or not there is a time at which position information cannot be measured. If there is a time at which position information cannot be acquired, the process proceeds to S 4102 and there is no time at which position information cannot be acquired. In the case, the process proceeds to S4103 (S4101). The operation history storage unit 108 substitutes the position where the position information can be measured before and after the time when the position information cannot be measured (S4102). Thereafter, the process proceeds to S4103. The visited site specifying unit 3402 uses the building stored in the map information storage unit 3401 and its position information to extract position information within the range of the building (S4103). It is determined whether or not the position information within the range of the building continues for 5 minutes or more (S4104). If it has been continuous for more than 5 minutes, it is determined that the user has stayed at the building (S4105). If it is not continuous for 5 minutes or more, it is determined that the vicinity of the building has been passed (S4106). The visiting destination specifying unit 3402 selects the stayed building, and calculates the ratio of the staying time in the building and the time when the notification modality is set to “vibration” (S4107). The notification modality specifying unit 3403 by visit destination determines whether the notification modality in a predetermined building has a vibration ratio of 80% or more (S4108). If the notification modality is 80% or more, the notification modality is “vibration”. (S4109). If it is less than 80%, the notification sound is set (S4110). In other words, the notification modality specifying unit 3403 for each visit destination stores information indicating the modality set for each building in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 as notification modality setting information.

  As described above, the setting value related to the notification modality is stored as the notification modality setting information in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 for each place, and the notification modality control unit 104 receives the information from the information receiving unit 103 according to the setting value. Sometimes, the notification unit 105 notifies the user that the information has been received with a modality determined by the set value. That is, the notification modality control unit 104 refers to the notification modality setting information stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112 when the information receiving unit 103 receives information, thereby detecting the location detection unit 101 and the time detection. The modality corresponding to the current position and time detected by the unit 102 is selected, and the notification unit 105 is controlled to notify the user that information has been received with the selected modality.

  As a result of the above operation, even if accurate position information cannot be measured indoors, such as GPS, notification modality can be automatically set according to the location based on the movement of the user and the operation history of the portable information terminal. It becomes possible.

  In this embodiment, the number of portable information terminals owned by the user is limited to one, and the portable information terminal has a function of notifying the user of information reception with a plurality of notification modalities. Said about the case. However, a mode in which the user has a plurality of portable information terminals and confirms notification with respect to each terminal is also conceivable. For example, as shown in FIG. 46, when a mobile phone is held in a bag, the mobile phone in the bag is called by a mobile information terminal attached such as a wrist or a chest pocket waist. An environment in which the user is notified is conceivable. The mobile information terminal attached to the body has a local communication function such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) with the mobile phone in the bag, and when there is an incoming call to the mobile phone, each mobile information terminal notifies Similarly to the above, it is possible to provide a function such as stopping the notification sound of the portable information terminal by inputting a switch of each portable information terminal. Therefore, if you have multiple portable information terminals, depending on the situation, you can use the history of which terminal the user confirmed the notification, so that the appropriate notification modality and notification portable information for each situation It is also possible to select a terminal.

  FIG. 47 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of the portable information terminal in the modification of the fourth embodiment. This portable information terminal is a portable information terminal having a wireless communication function such as a cellular phone capable of automatically determining a modality for notifying a user that information has been received and a portable information terminal for notification. , Location detection unit 101, time detection unit 102, information reception unit 103, notification modality control unit 104, operation history storage unit 108, notification modality setting information storage unit 112, first notification unit 4301, second notification unit 4302, third It comprises a notification unit 4303, a first notification confirmation input unit 4304, a second notification confirmation input unit 4305, a third notification confirmation input unit 4306, a location-specific notification confirmation terminal determination unit 4307, and a map information storage unit 3401. Note that components that perform the same operations as those in the fourth embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  The first notification unit 4301, the second notification unit 4302, and the third notification unit 4303 notify the user of information reception according to an instruction from the notification modality control unit 104. In this notification, the user may be notified through a plurality of different portable information terminals.

  The first notification confirmation input unit 4304, the second notification confirmation input unit 4305, and the third notification confirmation input unit 4306 acquire a notification confirmation instruction from the user after notifying the reception of information. When the notification is performed by the notification sound in the first notification unit, it is also possible to confirm the notification by using the second notification confirmation input unit and the third notification confirmation input unit and to stop the notification sound.

  In addition to the function of the notification modality determination unit 110 in the first embodiment, the location-specific notification confirmation terminal determination unit 4307 uses the history of the terminal that has performed the notification confirmation stored in the operation history storage unit 108, so that the user can Identify the terminal that performs notification confirmation at each location. For example, it is assumed that the history regarding the time, the location at that time, and the notification confirmation terminal is accumulated in the operation history accumulation unit 108 as shown in FIG. That is, as in the fourth embodiment, it is assumed that a history of which portable information terminal is performing notification confirmation input in each building is accumulated. As shown in FIG. 49, the location-specific notification confirmation terminal determination unit 4307 determines which mobile information terminal should use each modality to notify each building, as notification modality setting information, as shown in FIG. It accumulates in the notification modality setting information storage unit 112.

  By providing the configuration as described above, the portable information terminal in this modification example is suitable from the past operation history in consideration of the situation such as the location even when the portable information terminal has a plurality of portable information terminals. A portable information terminal and a notification modality can be determined.

(Embodiment 5)
In Embodiments 1 to 4, a system that automatically changes the notification modality is realized using the operation history of the portable information terminal and the movement history of the owner of the portable information terminal. Thereby, the time when the notification modality of the portable information terminal is changed can be known in advance. It will also be known in advance that the notification modality will change when you arrive at a predetermined location. On the other hand, for a caller user who makes a phone call to the mobile information terminal and talks with the mobile information terminal owner over the phone, he / she can talk with the information recipient over the phone at any time. I can't know what will happen. Therefore, in this embodiment, the information about the time and place where the notification modality is changed is notified to the user who has made a call to the portable information terminal, and the reference information when calling again is provided. To do. In addition, when there is a return call from the recipient, it is possible to notify when the call is received. As a result, it is possible to prepare in advance so that the telephone can be received in a time zone where there is a high possibility that there is a telephone call from the recipient. For example, it is possible to make preparations such as avoiding situations where mobile phones cannot be received at hospitals, etc., or when calling from a landline at home, such as being at home during a time when there is a return call .

  FIG. 50 shows the system configuration of this embodiment. In the system configuration shown in FIG. 50, a part different from the system of the fourth embodiment (FIG. 38) is that a notification modality change time estimation unit 5001, a proxy response content accumulation unit 5002, and a proxy response generation unit 5003 are added. It is a part.

  An operation of a portion different from the fourth embodiment will be described. The operation history storage unit 108 stores a history of notification modalities when an operation of the portable information terminal is performed. For example, as shown in FIG. 51, the position information when the user operates the portable information terminal and the history of the notification modality at that time are accumulated. In FIG. 51, for example, at 10:20:00, a history in which the setting of the portable information terminal is set to the notification modality by sound such as a ring tone is shown. At 10:32:12, the notification modality was notification by vibration, but the mobile information terminal is turned off, and the user is not notified even when there is an incoming call. In this way, in this embodiment, the state where no notification is made is interpreted as the notification modality being changed to “no notification modality”.

  The notification modality change time estimation unit 5001 is a processing unit that estimates the time when the user who owns the portable information terminal changes the notification modality. In this embodiment, the time when the notification modality changes next is stored in the operation history. Estimation is performed using the user operation history accumulated in the unit 108. Focusing on the time of the operation history of the user's portable information terminal and the notification modality at that time, the operation history shown in FIG. 52 is extracted. The upper part of FIG. 52 shows that, for example, the notification by vibration was set from 10:00 to 11:40 on July 12, and then the notification modality by the notification sound was set until 13:00. Show. Furthermore, after that, it is shown that the notification is set by vibration until about 15:30, and after that, the notification modality by sound is set. Thus, the history of the notification modality for each day is extracted from the operation history. At this time, it is possible to extract the time zone that was always set for notification by vibration and the time zone that was always set for notification by notification sound. From the operation history of FIG. 52, for example, it can be seen that the time zone from 11:40 to 13:00 is always set to sound notification. Therefore, if there is an incoming call such as a phone call at 11:00 and the notification is due to vibration, if it is 11:40, change to a notification by a notification sound if the usual action is taken. I understand. Similarly, it can be seen that the notification received by vibration at 15:00 is changed to the notification by sound at 15:30.

  In the above description, the time zone that is the notification sound is always extracted from the history of the notification modality. May be. For example, when a notification by sound of 80% or more is given from the history of past notification modalities, it may be considered as a notification time zone by a notification sound.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 56, 24 hours of the day may be divided in units of a predetermined time (1 hour in the example of FIG. 56), and the occupation rate of the notification modality may be calculated in each time zone. In the time from 8:00 to 9:00, when the time when the notification modality is set to “vibration” is 49 minutes on average, 49/60 = 82%. Similarly, other notification modalities in other time zones can also be calculated. At this time, if the notification is “vibration” when an incoming call arrives at 10:30, the time period when the notification modality is likely to be changed to “notification sound” next is 12: Since it is 00 to 13:00, the notification modality change time estimation means can estimate 90 minutes.

  Note that a user who operates the mobile information terminal often forgets to change the notification modality. Therefore, the notification modality when the operation has not been performed for a predetermined time or longer may be regarded as the user forgetting to operate the portable information terminal and not be considered as a history.

  FIG. 53 shows the operation history with attention paid to the position. In FIG. 53, a white circle indicates a place where notification by “sound” is performed, and a black circle indicates a place where notification by “vibration” is performed. At this time, if the map is segmented by a predetermined unit, it is possible to extract an area that is always notified by vibration and a place that is always notified by sound. Here, it is assumed that there is an incoming call at a point indicated by x in the map. At this time, the notification is often a notification by vibration. For this reason, the user often has a portable information terminal in the bag, and the user is often unaware by vibration alone. If the user moves from that point and moves to an area where the notification is changed from vibration to sound, the user may be aware of the incoming call. Therefore, since the time required for moving to the area always remains as a vibration, if the time required for moving from the time of arrival is changed to the notification by sound, the user may notice. . In this case, the processing in the notification modality change time estimation unit 5001 is configured as shown in FIG. Specifically, a region dividing unit 5701 for dividing the movement history of the portable information terminal holder for each predetermined region, a notification modality occupancy rate calculating unit 5702 for calculating the occupancy rate of the notification modality for each divided region, and the current location And a notification modality change area arrival time estimation unit 5703 for estimating the time required to reach an area that may be changed to a notification modality different from the current notification modality from the moving speed and the like. The operation of each module will be described.

  The region dividing unit 5701 is a processing unit that divides a region having a predetermined size from the location information accumulated as the operation history, and in the present embodiment, from the location history obtained from the operation history, The area is divided into an area where the user is moving at high speed due to traveling or the like and an area where the user is staying. As shown in FIG. 42, in general, there is little movement of the user in the user's home, work place, or commercial facility where shopping is performed. On the other hand, when the vehicle is traveling on a road or on a railroad where the vehicle travels, the user's moving distance is long per unit time. Therefore, it is possible to divide the area where the user is staying and the area where the user is moving at high speed. For example, as shown in FIG. 59, the history position information whose movement distance per unit time is a predetermined value (2 KM / h) or less and the history position information of a predetermined value or more are shown on the map. Thus, it is possible to divide a region according to the moving speed. However, there may be a place where a history with a large movement distance per unit time and a history with a small distance are mixed. In this case, a predetermined value may be set in advance, and the area may be divided by an area that is moving 80% or more. Finally, an identifier is assigned to each region as an ID.

  The notification modality occupancy rate calculating unit 5702 is a processing unit that calculates the occupancy rate of the notification modality in each region divided by the region dividing unit 5701 from the history of the notification modality accumulated as the operation history. Then, the occupation rate of the notification modality is calculated from the past setting history of the notification modality for each ID of each region divided by the region dividing unit 5701. In the example of FIG. 57, for example, in the area 001, the rate at which the notification modality is vibration is 5% and the rate at which the notification modality is 95%. Thus, when the occupation rate of the notification modality is calculated for each area ID, the notification modality is generally set in the manner mode when the vehicle is driven in the area where the vehicle is moving. Is unlikely to be a notification sound. On the other hand, there is a tendency that the notification modality is often a notification sound at a place where the user stays at home or the like. Therefore, when moving from the area where the notification modality is the vibration to the area where the notification modality is the notification sound, it is highly likely that the notification modality is changed at the boundary.

  The notification modality change area arrival time estimation unit 5703 is a processing unit that estimates the time at which the notification modality is changed using a distance to an area where the occupation rate of the notification modality is different from the notification modality of the portable information terminal. In the embodiment, when moving to an area having a notification modality different from the notification modality at the current location, the arrival time is estimated. For example, as shown in FIG. 58, it is assumed that the current location ID 002 exists and the notification modality at this point is “vibration”. At this time, the time to reach the area IDs 002 and 003 whose notification modality is “notification sound” can be calculated from the distance from the current point to the respective regions 002 and 003 and the moving speed. Become. In the example of FIG. 58, since the current location is in the area of area ID002, the distance to area ID001 is 15 KM, and the distance to area ID003 is 30 KM. If the current vehicle speed is 15 KM / hour on average, the time to reach each region is 1 hour and 2 hours. Therefore, it is possible to estimate that the notification modality is not changed for one hour from the current time. In this embodiment, the arrival time to each area is calculated by the straight line distance. However, if it is understood that the route search function generally used in car navigation and the train is being used, the time of the railway You may calculate the arrival time to the area where the notification modalities have different occupation ratios using a table or the like.

  With the above operation, the notification modality change time estimation unit 5001 can estimate the time when the notification modality is changed using the position history.

  The proxy response content accumulation unit 5002 is a storage unit that accumulates a response pattern on behalf of the user to the sender of the information received by the information reception unit 103. In this embodiment, the mobile information terminal receives an incoming call. In this case, patterns of proxy response contents when the user does not respond or when the user is not notified of the incoming call are stored. For example, proxy response contents as shown in FIG. 54 are stored as text and voice data. In FIG. 54, the time until the next notification modality is changed from the time when an incoming call is received, and the probability of the notification modality being estimated in the time zone in which the change of the notification modality is estimated are used as the estimation accuracy. As this probability, for example, since an incoming call was received at 10:30, “vibration” was selected as the notification modality at that time. On the other hand, between 11 o'clock and 11:30, the possibility that the notification modality is “vibration” was 90%. At this time, at 11 o'clock, the probability that the notification modality is changed from vibration to notification sound is interpreted as 90%. This probability can be processed in the same manner as the occupation rate of the notification modality described above. When the change probability is high, when there is a notification during that time period, the user who has the portable information terminal has a high probability of changing the notification modality. That is, when the manner mode or the like is set, it is highly likely that the mode is changed to the modality based on the notification sound. There is a high probability that the user will not recognize the incoming call. As a result, again, there is a possibility that there is a possibility of an incoming call from the same caller, and attention is paid to the incoming call.

  Further, the proxy response content may be changed depending on whether or not it is the second or more incoming call from the same caller. Assume that there is an incoming call from a certain caller, and the user does not respond to the incoming call at that time. At this time, when an incoming call is received from the same caller again, if the caller's telephone number is a caller registered in the portable information terminal, the user is notified that the call will be returned. You may do it. In this case, as described in the modification of the second embodiment (FIG. 28), a sender information storage unit and a sender information specifying unit are further added. In the caller information storage unit, as in the modification of the second embodiment, an address book related to the caller as shown in FIG. 29 is stored in advance, and a history of incoming calls from the caller is stored. Accordingly, the proxy response content is selected. In this way, proxy response content storage section 5002 stores proxy response content according to the incoming call history by the caller. The proxy response selected by the proxy response generation unit can be made different depending on whether the caller has received an incoming call for a predetermined time before the caller specified by the caller specifying unit. .

  The proxy response generation unit 5003 uses the time estimated by the notification modality change time estimation unit 5001 to select the proxy response stored in the proxy response content storage unit 5002 so as to respond to the caller. In this embodiment, the proxy response content stored in the proxy response content storage unit and the time information calculated by the notification modality change time estimation unit 5001 are used as a proxy. Generate response content. The proxy response content depends on the value of the attribute such as the time from the arrival time to the time when the next notification modality is changed, the change probability in the changed time zone, the number of incoming calls, etc. It is determined. The proxy response generation unit may respond to the caller with a voice, but can also reply with text such as an email.

  The above operations are summarized in a flowchart and shown in FIG. It is checked whether there is an incoming call to the user's portable information terminal (S5501). If there is no incoming call, S5501 is repeated. If there is an incoming call, proceed to the next step. It is confirmed whether it is set to be able to respond to the incoming call by telephone (S5502). If it is set to be answered by telephone, the process proceeds to S5503. As a result of notifying the user by the ring tone, for example, when the user does not answer the phone for 3 minutes, it is determined that the user is not able to answer the phone or the user is not aware, and the process proceeds to S5505. If the user responds to the ring tone, the algorithm ends.

  In S5505 and subsequent steps, as a result of estimating the next time when the notification modality is changed from the past operation history of the portable information terminal, a response message is created for the caller and a response is made. First, 24 hours are divided into hourly intervals (S5505). Next, in each time zone, the ratio of the occupation time for each notification modality is calculated (S5506). For example, as shown in FIG. 56, the occupation rate of the notification modality in each time zone is calculated from the past history. Next, a time when the rate set for the notification sound is 70% or more after the current time is calculated. For example, in the example of FIG. 56, it is assumed that the power is turned off when a call arrives at 10:30 or a notification is made by vibration, and at that time the user cannot respond to the notification. At this time, the next time zone that is most likely to be notified by the ringtone is after 12:00. In this case, the time between the incoming time and the time when the next notification modality changes is 90 minutes. Next, a response is generated using the time until the notification modality becomes a notification sound from the proxy responses stored in the proxy response content storage unit 5002 (S5508). In the case of this example, when the proxy response shown in FIG. 54 is accumulated, the caller sends a response message “Calling but not answering the phone. Please call again around 12:00.” Return to. It is also possible to generate a proxy response using the movement history and using the arrival time at a different area from the current notification modality.

  By the above operation, the caller can know not only that the callee cannot currently answer the call but also the information that the caller can answer when the call is next made around 12 o'clock. In addition, the caller can know when the next call can be made without calling many times.

  As described above, the portable information terminal according to the present invention has been described based on the embodiments and modifications thereof, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments and modifications.

  For example, embodiments realized by arbitrarily combining the embodiments and modifications are also included in the present invention. As a specific example, a mobile information terminal that automatically sets a notification modality and a notification time corresponding to a combination of a place, a time zone, and an information sender from an operation of the mobile information terminal and a call history is also included in the present invention.

  The correspondence between the constituent elements (means, etc.) in the claims and the constituent elements in the embodiments of the specification is as follows. That is, the information receiving unit corresponds to the information receiving unit 103, the location detecting unit corresponds to the location detecting unit 101, the operation input unit corresponds to the operation input unit 107, and the operation history storage unit corresponds to the operation history storage unit 108. The notification modality determination unit corresponds to the notification modality determination unit 110 and the notification modality determination unit 1506, the notification modality setting information storage unit corresponds to the notification modality setting information storage unit 112, and the notification unit notifies the notification modality control unit 104 and the notification modality. The notification modality change frequency calculation means corresponds to the notification modality change frequency calculation section 109, the time detection means corresponds to the time detection section 102, and the notification modality change confirmation determination means corresponds to the notification modality. Corresponding to the change confirmation determination unit 111, the operation pattern analysis means corresponds to the operation pattern analysis unit 1505. The other party identification unit corresponds to the caller identification unit 1502, the notification sound storage unit corresponds to the notification sound storage unit 2501, the vibration pattern generation unit corresponds to the vibration pattern generation unit 2502, and the incoming response time calculation unit does not move. Corresponding to the combination of the operation history extracting unit 2801 and the incoming response time calculating unit 2802, the notification time setting unit corresponds to the notification time setting unit 2803, the map information storage unit corresponds to the map information storage unit 3401, and the visit The destination-specific notification modality specifying unit corresponds to the destination-specific notification modality specifying unit 3403, the destination-specific specifying unit corresponds to the destination specifying unit 3402, and the plurality of notification units include a first notification unit 4301, a second notification unit 4302, and Corresponding to the third notification unit 4303, a plurality of notification confirmation input means includes a first notification confirmation input unit 4304, a second notification confirmation input unit 4305, and a third notification confirmation input unit 43. 6, the location-specific notification confirmation terminal determination unit corresponds to the location-specific notification confirmation terminal determination unit 4307, the notification modality change time estimation unit corresponds to the notification modality change time estimation unit 5001, and the proxy response storage unit is a proxy response Corresponding to the content storage unit 5002, the proxy response generating unit corresponds to the proxy response generating unit 5003, the region dividing unit corresponds to the region dividing unit 5701, and the notification modality occupation rate calculating unit corresponds to the notification modality occupation rate calculating unit 5702. The notification modality change area arrival time estimation means corresponds to the notification modality change area arrival time estimation unit 5703.

  The present invention is a mobile information terminal having a wireless communication function, for example, a mobile phone, a portable personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), etc. It can be used as a mobile phone having a function of notifying the user.

Functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal in Embodiment 1 of the present invention The figure which shows the scene using the automatic setting function of the notification modality Figure showing an example of indoor layout The figure which shows ID of the operation button of a portable information terminal The figure which shows the example of the history of the operation button The figure which shows the example of the operation history accumulate | stored in the operation history storage part An example of the manner mode setting sequence The figure which shows the example of the calculation result by a notification modality change frequency calculation part The figure which shows the example of the notification modality setting information memorize | stored in a notification modality setting information storage part Flowchart showing the operation of the portable information terminal in the first embodiment Figure showing manner mode setting frequency before and after leaving the room The figure which shows the example of the notification modality setting information memorize | stored in a notification modality setting information storage part Functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal in a modification of the first embodiment A figure showing an example of setting the manner mode considering the time The figure which shows the example of the notification modality setting information which considered the time in each place The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the portable information terminal in the modification of Embodiment 1. Functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention Figure showing an example of an address book Figure showing an example of call and movement history Figure showing examples of outgoing patterns Figure showing an example of incoming pattern The figure which shows the example of data of the call operation pattern accumulate | stored in the call operation pattern storage part Diagram showing an example of pattern extraction results The figure which shows the table which describes the weight (evaluation value) of the notification modality for every pattern The figure which shows the example of the ratio of the notification by the ringtone in each place The figure which shows the example of the notification modality setting information which consists of each place and the other party Flowchart showing the operation of the portable information terminal in the second embodiment Functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal in a modification of the second embodiment The figure which shows the correspondence example of address book and ringtone Diagram showing the relationship between ringtone and vibration pattern Functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable information terminal according to Embodiment 3 The figure which shows the example of the call operation and movement history Figure showing an example of a call pattern Figure showing an example of incoming response time The figure which shows the example of notification modality setting information including the notification time in each place Flowchart showing the operation of the portable information terminal in the third embodiment The figure which shows the example which determines the candidate of the length of notification time from the break of a notification melody Functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal in Embodiment 4 The figure which shows the example of the operation history which includes position information and notification modality The figure which shows the example of the map information which shows the building and the position A figure showing how to replace a position that cannot be measured Figure showing an example of the position of the building on the map Figure showing examples of staying time and notification modalities at each location The figure which shows the example of a screen display at the time of changing notification modality in a specific place Flowchart showing operation of portable information terminal according to Embodiment 4 The figure which shows the portable information terminal comprised from a some notification part Functional block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal in a modification of the fourth embodiment Diagram showing examples of notification confirmation at each location The figure which shows the example of notification modality setting information including designation | designated of the notification terminal used in each place FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable information terminal according to the fifth embodiment. Diagram showing an example of the history of accumulated notification modalities Diagram explaining the history of notification modalities Figure showing the history of notification modality locations Illustration of contents stored in proxy response storage Flowchart showing the operation of the fifth embodiment Occupancy rate of notification modality in time zone Block diagram of detailed configuration of notification modality change time estimation unit Diagram explaining the time calculation to the area where the notification modality is changed Diagram explaining regional division

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Location detection part 102 Time detection part 103 Information receiving part 104 Notification modality control part 105 Notification part 106 Notification modality change input reception part 107 Operation input part 108 Operation history storage part 109 Notification modality change frequency calculation part 110 Notification modality determination part 111 Notification Modality change confirmation determination unit 112 Notification modality setting information storage unit 1113 Time zone notification modality change frequency calculation unit 1114 Time zone modality determination unit 1501 Caller information accumulation unit 1502 Caller identification unit 1503 Call operation input unit 1504 Call operation pattern accumulation Unit 1505 Operation pattern analysis unit 1506 Notification modality determination unit 2501 Notification sound accumulation unit 2502 Vibration pattern generation unit 2801 Non-movement operation history extraction unit 2802 Incoming reaction time calculation unit 2803 Notification time setting unit 401 Map information storage unit 3402 Visit destination specifying unit 3403 Visit destination specific notification modality specifying unit 4301 First notification unit 4302 Second notification unit 4303 Third notification unit 4304 First notification confirmation input unit 4305 Second notification confirmation input unit 4306 Third Notification confirmation input unit 4307 Notification confirmation terminal by location determination unit 5001 Notification modality change time estimation unit 5002 Proxy response content accumulation unit 5003 Proxy response generation unit 5701 Region division unit 5702 Notification modality occupancy rate calculation unit 5703 Notification modality change region arrival time estimation unit

Claims (9)

A portable information terminal having a wireless communication function,
Information receiving means for receiving information by wireless communication;
A location detecting means for detecting the location of the portable information terminal;
Operation input means for receiving an operation on the portable information terminal;
An operation history storage unit that stores an operation history in which the location detected by the location detection unit and the operation received by the operation input unit are associated with each other;
Based on the operation history stored in the operation history storage means, a notification modality that is an output mode when notifying the user that the information reception means has received information is determined in association with the location where the notification is performed. A notification modality determination means to
Notification modality setting information storage means for storing notification modality setting information indicating the notification modality and location determined by the notification modality determination means;
When the information receiving unit receives the information, the notification modality setting information stored in the notification modality setting information storage unit is referred to the user with the notification modality corresponding to the location detected by the location detecting unit. A notification means for notifying that the information has been received ;
A notification modality change time estimating means for estimating a time at which the user holding the portable information terminal changes the notification modality;
Proxy response storage means for storing a pattern for responding on behalf of the user to the sender of the information received by the information receiving means;
A proxy for responding to the caller by selecting a proxy response stored by the proxy response storage unit and using the selected proxy response and the time information estimated by the notification modality change time estimation unit A portable information terminal comprising: a response generation unit that generates a response and responds the generated proxy response to the caller . The proxy response storage means stores a plurality of patterns that respond on behalf of the user,
The proxy response generation means uses a time between the time estimated by the notification modality change time estimation means and the time received by the information reception means, and is stored in the proxy response storage means. The personal digital assistant according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile information terminal is selected from response patterns. The portable information terminal further comprises a caller specifying means for specifying a caller of information received by the portable information terminal,
The proxy response storage means stores a plurality of patterns that respond on behalf of the user,
Wherein in the proxy response generation means, the portable information terminal according to claim 1 wherein said depending on whether or not identify the caller by the caller identifying unit, and selects the proxy response. The proxy response generation means selects a different proxy response depending on whether or not an incoming call from the caller specified by the caller specifying means has arrived from the caller a predetermined time ago. The portable information terminal according to claim 3 . The notification modality change time estimation means estimates the time when the user arrives at a place where the notification modality is changed using information on a place accumulated in the operation history accumulation means. 1. A portable information terminal according to 1 . The notification modality change time estimation means includes:
A region dividing unit that divides a region of a predetermined size from information on a location stored in the operation history storage unit;
A notification modality occupancy rate calculating means for calculating the occupancy rate of the notification modality in each area divided by the area dividing means from the history of the notification modality accumulated in the operation history accumulating means;
The notification modality change area arrival time estimation means for estimating the time when the notification modality is changed using the distance to the area where the occupation rate of the notification modality is different from the notification modality of the portable information terminal. The portable information terminal according to claim 5 . The portable information terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the area dividing unit divides the area according to a moving distance per unit time accumulated in the operation history accumulating unit. An information notification method by a portable information terminal having a wireless communication function,
An information receiving step of receiving information by the wireless communication;
A location detecting step for detecting the location of the portable information terminal;
An operation input step of receiving an operation on the portable information terminal;
An operation history accumulation step for accumulating an operation history in which the location detected in the location detection step and the operation accepted in the operation input step are associated;
Based on the operation history accumulated in the operation history accumulation step, a notification modality that is an output mode when notifying the user that information has been received in the information reception step is determined in association with the location where the notification is performed. A notification modality determination step;
A notification modality setting information storage step for storing in the storage means notification modality setting information indicating the notification modality and location determined in the notification modality determination step;
When the information receiving step receives information, the information is received by the user with the notification modality corresponding to the location detected in the location detecting step by referring to the notification modality setting information stored in the storage means. A notification step to notify the effect ,
A notification modality change time estimation step for estimating a time at which the user holding the portable information terminal changes the notification modality; and
A proxy response accumulation step for accumulating a pattern for responding on behalf of the user to the sender of the information received in the information reception step;
A proxy for selecting the proxy response stored in the proxy response storage step and using the selected proxy response and the time information estimated in the notification modality change time estimation step to respond to the caller A proxy response generating step of generating a response and responding the generated proxy response to the caller . A program for information notification by a portable information terminal having a wireless communication function,
A program for causing a computer to execute the steps included in the information notification method according to claim 8 .

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