JP4445904B2 - Method for restricting outgoing calls of mobile phone device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone device having a telephone directory function, and relates to a technique for restricting useless calls by making it possible to select an optimum telephone number when a plurality of other party telephone numbers are registered.

  In a mobile communication system that is connected to a base station via a wireless link in a mobile communication system, the name and phone number of the communication partner are usually registered in the phone book, and the target phone book data is stored from the name and phone number. The function to search and specify the telephone number displayed on the display unit to make a call is implemented. In addition, recent mobile phone devices are provided with a mail function in addition to a normal call function, and hundreds of registrations can be registered.

  On the other hand, there are many cases where a single user has a plurality of telephone numbers or e-mail addresses such as a home phone, a company, a mobile phone or an e-mail according to the spread of a telephone line, the user's needs, and the like. As countermeasures in such a case, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, etc., a plurality of telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are registered in correspondence with one name in the telephone directory stored in the memory of the mobile phone device. For example, when the telephone directory is read from the name of the calling party and one of a plurality of stored telephone numbers or e-mail addresses is specified to make a call but the other party's response is not obtained, the telephone book Is provided with means for displaying other telephone numbers or mail addresses of the same party registered in the list, and selecting another candidate number from among them to make a call.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a conventional telephone book in which a plurality of telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are registered in such a single name. The number 2 is registered, the telephone number 3 and the telephone number 4 are registered as the type of the fixed telephone, the mail address 1 and the mail address 2 are registered as the mobile mail type, and the mail address 3 as the type of the Internet mail. Is registered. These pieces of information are stored in memory number 1. In the name 2, the telephone number 5 is registered as the type of the mobile phone, the telephone number 6 is registered as the type of the fixed phone, and the mail address 4 is registered as the type of the mobile mail. These pieces of information are stored in memory number 2.

  When displaying stored phonebook data, if the display is switched by memory number, each memory number corresponds to each name, so as shown in FIG. The telephone number 1 and the telephone number 5 stored at the beginning of each memory number are switched and displayed. On the other hand, when the name, that is, the memory number is fixed and the phone book data stored in the memory number is displayed, as shown in FIG. 7, a specific name (memory number), for example, telephone number 1 of name 1, telephone number Number 2, telephone number 3,... Are switched and displayed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-164210 JP 2002-176485 A

  As described above, when a plurality of telephone numbers or e-mail addresses are stored in one name, for example, when a calling party is specified, the mobile phone searches the phone book for the specified name, and the name is searched. Then, a plurality of telephone numbers stored in association with the name are automatically called in sequence until a response is received, or a call is made to the telephone numbers sequentially displayed by searching from the name. When an instruction is received, automatic call can be made sequentially until an incoming call response is obtained for the telephone number, so that convenience in outgoing calls can be improved. A problem arises in that wasteful power is consumed.

  For example, if a phone number that is no longer used due to a transfer or retirement, a phone number of a mobile phone that is no longer used, or an e-mail address is registered in the phone book without being deleted, such a phone number or e-mail address is issued. Even if it is called, it cannot be connected, or even if it is connected, a call with the person cannot be made.

  Although it is possible to solve such problems by constantly managing the phone number information or mail address information registered by the user and updating the phone book data, the number of cases registered in the phone book As the number increases, it becomes difficult to always manage the information. Also, if the user does not know such information, it is often difficult to determine which telephone number and address are new and often used or old and not used at all.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to make a call to a partner who has a plurality of information of the same type (telephone number, address, etc.) registered with one name in the phone book built in the mobile phone device. An object of the present invention is to provide a means that makes it possible to reduce useless calls as much as possible.

  If multiple phone numbers or email addresses of the same type are registered, there may be a phone number or email address that is no longer used, but the same type of phone number or email address is 1 If only one is registered, the telephone number or e-mail address is often used continuously.

  The mobile phone device outgoing call restriction method according to the present invention pays attention to this point, and records the latest date of communication as a communication history in the telephone number and mail address registered in the phone book built in the mobile phone device. Whether there is a different telephone number or mail address of the same type registered with the same name as the selected telephone number or mail address when one of the telephone numbers or mail addresses is selected and a call is received If there is no phone number or email address of the same type, call processing by the selected phone number or email address is executed, and if there is a different phone number or email address of the same type, With reference to the communication history recorded in the selected telephone number or email address, If the communication instruction is within a preset period from the communication history, the call processing by the selected telephone number or mail address is executed, and when the transmission instruction has passed a preset period from the communication history The call processing by the selected telephone number or mail address is stopped, and a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit.

  In addition, when a call operation is performed again while displaying a message on the display unit to stop the call processing using the selected telephone number or mail address, the call processing using the selected phone number or mail address is performed. Executed.

  According to the outgoing call restriction method for a mobile phone device of the present invention, when there is a different telephone number or mail address of the same type registered with the same name as the selected telephone number or mail address, the selected telephone If the elapsed period from the previous outgoing date by number or email address is over a predetermined period, for example one year or more, it is determined that the telephone number or email address is not likely to be used and the outgoing call processing And the message is displayed so that the user can easily check different phone numbers or e-mail addresses registered with the same name and switch to another phone number or e-mail address. Can be prevented.

  In addition, the mobile phone device of the present invention includes a telephone book in which a plurality of telephone numbers or e-mail addresses can be registered in correspondence with the names of communication partners, and a plurality of telephone numbers or e-mail addresses stored in the telephone book. When one is designated, a control unit is provided for executing a control to make a call to the designated telephone number or mail address, and the telephone directory stores the telephone number or mail in the registered telephone number or mail address. The control unit has means for recording the latest date on which communication is performed by an address as a communication history, and the control unit searches the telephone directory based on a name designated by a user and a telephone corresponding to the name Means for reading out the number or e-mail address and displaying it on the display unit, and one of the displayed telephone number or e-mail address is selected to make a call Means for determining whether there is a telephone number or mail address of the same type corresponding to the name other than the selected telephone number or mail address in the telephone book, and the telephone of the same type Means for determining whether an elapsed period from the communication history is equal to or longer than a preset period by referring to the previous communication history by the selected telephone number or mail address when there is a number or mail address; When there is no telephone number or mail address of the same type as the selected telephone number or mail address, or when the elapsed period is less than the set period, the selected telephone number or mail address is used for calling. Means and the selected telephone number or e-mail address when the elapsed period is equal to or longer than the set period. Characterized in that to stop the call initiation processing has means for displaying to that effect on the display unit.

  The control unit also selects the selected telephone number when a call operation is performed again when a message indicating that the outgoing call processing by the selected telephone number or mail address is stopped is displayed on the display unit. Or it can be set as the structure which has a means to transmit by an e-mail address.

  The program for causing the mobile phone device built-in control device of the present invention to execute the program searches the phone book built in the mobile phone device by the name specified by the user and reads the telephone number or mail address corresponding to the name. When the telephone number or mail address displayed on the display unit is selected and one of the displayed telephone numbers or e-mail addresses is selected, the name corresponds to the name other than the selected telephone number or e-mail address in the phone book. A process for determining whether or not there is a telephone number or mail address of the same type, and when there is a telephone number or mail address of the same type, refer to the previous communication history by the selected telephone number or mail address. A process for determining whether an elapsed period from the communication history is equal to or longer than a preset period, and the selected telephone When there is no telephone number or email address of the same type as the issue number or email address, or when the elapsed period is less than the set period, a process of calling by the selected telephone number or email address, and the elapsed period When the period is equal to or longer than the set period, the call processing by the selected telephone number or e-mail address is stopped and the process is displayed on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, when there are a plurality of pieces of information of the same type registered with one name, when trying to make a call with one of those pieces of information, a period from the previous call date by the information is set. When the period has passed, the fact that this information is old information and may not be used at the present time is displayed and outgoing calls are restricted, so that useless outgoing calls can be prevented.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram excerpting only a portion related to the present invention in a mobile phone device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

  In the cellular phone device according to the present invention, the display unit 1 for displaying the name, telephone number, mail address, etc. of the phone book, the ROM 3 comprising a flash memory for registering and storing these information, and the name when the phone book is registered. In order to switch the display operation unit 4 used for inputting a telephone number, etc., and the display of the name, telephone number, etc. of the telephone book, display switching by memory number, display switching by telephone number, and display switching by type are performed. It has a display switching means 5 and a control unit 2 that controls their operation. The mobile phone device shown in FIG. 1 naturally includes means for performing wireless communication or mail transmission / reception, and the control unit 2 also performs control for executing these functions. Since these are not directly related to each other, their configuration is omitted in FIG.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of registered contents of the telephone directory stored in the ROM 3 in the present embodiment.

  In the telephone directory shown in FIG. 2, a memory number is assigned to each name. For example, information on a telephone number or mail address held by name 1 is stored in memory number 1, and a telephone held by name 2 is stored. Information on the number or mail address is stored in memory number 2. In addition, type information indicating whether the telephone of each registered telephone number is a mobile phone or a fixed telephone, and the mail address is mobile mail or Internet mail is registered corresponding to each telephone number and mail address.

  In the case of the phone numbers registered in the phone book shown in FIG. 2, among the phone numbers held by name 1, the types of phone numbers 1 and 2 are mobile phones, and phone numbers 3 and 4 The type of is a landline telephone. Of the mail addresses held by name 1, the type of mail address 1 and mail address 2 is mobile mail, and the type of mail address 3 is Internet mail. On the other hand, among the telephone numbers held by name 2, the type of telephone number 5 is a mobile phone, and the type of telephone number 6 is a fixed telephone. The type of the mail address 4 held by the name 2 is a mobile mail.

  In the telephone directory of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the previous outgoing record (recent communication history information) by each registered telephone number and mail address, for example, from date 1 to date 10, Corresponding to phone numbers and email addresses, they are stored together. This outgoing record is updated with the latest date every time communication using the telephone number or mail address is executed.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present embodiment. A control program for executing this flowchart is stored in a memory (ROM) in the cellular phone device, and the control unit 2 executes a control operation according to the control program. Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When a user makes a mobile phone call with the other party registered in the phone book, first call the phone book, specify the name of the other party, and select the mobile phone as the type. A telephone number is displayed on the display unit 1. When the user selects the other party's phone number from the display screen (step 101) and a call operation is performed (step 102, Yes), the control unit 2 determines whether there are different mobile phone numbers having the same name in the phone book. If there is no different mobile phone number having the same name (step 104, No), the calling process is continued (step 108).

  If there is a different mobile phone number having the same name as a result of the search (step 104, Yes), refer to the previous call date registered with the selected phone number (step 105) and try to make a call. It is confirmed whether or not a predetermined period (for example, one year) has passed since the previous call date of the telephone number being set, and if not (step 106, No), the call processing is continued as it is (step 106). 108).

  On the other hand, if a predetermined period or more has elapsed since the previous call date by this telephone number (step 106, Yes), the call processing is stopped and the fact (for example, “This phone number is one year) The message is suspended because it is not used any more ”is displayed on the display unit 1 and transmitted (step 107), thereby causing the user to reconfirm whether or not to continue the call.

  When this display is performed, if the user performs a call operation again, the control unit 2 performs a call process using the selected telephone number. On the other hand, when the user performs a call stop operation while the display is being performed, the control unit 2 does not perform the call processing using the selected telephone number, but waits for a call operation instruction using another telephone number. Transition.

  According to the present embodiment, when there is a different telephone number of the same type registered with the same name as the telephone number on which the call operation has been performed, the elapsed period from the previous call date by the telephone number is a predetermined period. For example, if it is over one year, it is determined that the telephone number is not likely to be used, and the call processing is temporarily stopped and a message to that effect is displayed. It is possible to easily switch to communication using another telephone number registered with the same name without making a call, and it is possible to prevent useless calls.

  FIG. 4 shows an example applicable to the phone book of this embodiment when switching and displaying the phone book data stored in the phone book. When switching the display by type, the display switching means 5 is shown. When the type display switching is designated by the above, the name and the stored memory number are the same, but the telephone number data and the mail address data can be switched and displayed together with the date data. In this case, looking at the displayed telephone number or e-mail address, it is possible to confirm for the time being the date of the previous communication and that there are multiple telephone numbers of the same type. Even if such information is overlooked without being confirmed, erroneous transmission can be prevented.

  In the case of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the date of the previous communication for each telephone number or mail address is recorded as a call record in the phone book, and the mobile phone device refers to this call record. In order to perform outgoing call restriction processing, it is not always necessary to display this date together with the telephone number or mail address, but it is possible to display only the telephone number or mail address and not display the date. . Further, like the conventional display, it is also possible to specify display switching by memory number and display switching by telephone number, and apply to means for selecting a telephone number or mail address to be transmitted.

  In the above embodiment, the telephone number has been described. However, the present invention can be similarly performed when an e-mail address is selected. Regarding the display method, character display such as “mobile phone” and “landline phone” is used in the embodiment, but an icon or the like displayed at the time of registration may be used as a means for recognizing the same type. In the embodiment, the elapsed period for determining whether to stop or continue the transmission process is set to one year. However, the length of this period can be arbitrarily set such as three months or six months.

  Also, the type is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the type is divided into “phone” and “mail”, the mobile phone and the fixed phone are grouped into the same type “phone”, and mobile mail and Internet mail are combined. The same type “mail” may be collected. Further, when the call is stopped, it is possible to allow the user to appropriately select which telephone number to call.

It is the block diagram which extracted only the relevant part in the mobile telephone apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the registration content of the telephone directory stored in ROM3 in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example which switches and displays the registration content of the telephone directory applicable to this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the conventional telephone directory which registered the several telephone number and the mail address to one name. It is a figure which shows the example which switches and displays the registration content of a telephone directory. It is a figure which shows another example which switches and displays the registration content of a telephone directory.

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1 Display unit 2 Control unit 3 ROM
4 Display operation section 5 Display switching means

Claims (6)

  The latest date of communication was recorded as a communication history in the telephone number and mail address registered in the phone book built in the mobile phone device, and one of the telephone number or mail address was selected to receive a call instruction. Sometimes it is determined whether there is a different phone number or email address of the same type registered with the same name as the selected phone number or email address, and if there is no phone number or email address of the same type The communication history recorded in the selected telephone number or e-mail address is executed when a call process using the selected telephone number or e-mail address is executed and there is a different telephone number or e-mail address of the same type. Referring to the above, the call instruction has passed from the communication history for a preset period or more. If it is determined that the call processing by the selected telephone number or e-mail address is executed, and the call instruction has passed from the communication history for a preset period, the call processing by the selected phone number or e-mail address is executed. A method for restricting outgoing calls of a cellular phone device, wherein the message is canceled and a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit.   When a call origination operation is performed again while displaying a message on the display unit to stop the call process using the selected telephone number or mail address, the call process using the selected phone number or mail address is executed. The method for restricting outgoing calls of a mobile phone device according to claim 1. When a telephone book that can register a plurality of telephone numbers or e-mail addresses corresponding to the names of each communication partner and one of a plurality of telephone numbers or e-mail addresses stored in the telephone book is designated In a mobile phone device provided with a control unit that executes control for making a call to a telephone number or e-mail address,
The telephone directory has means for recording, as a communication history, the latest date on which communication has been executed by the telephone number or mail address in a registered telephone number or mail address,
The control unit searches the telephone directory based on a name designated by a user, reads out a telephone number or mail address corresponding to the name, and displays it on a display unit; and the displayed telephone number or mail When one of the addresses is selected and an outgoing operation is performed, it is determined whether there is a telephone number or mail address of the same type corresponding to the name in addition to the selected telephone number or mail address in the telephone directory And whether or not an elapsed period from the previous communication history by the selected telephone number or e-mail address to the call operation is equal to or longer than a preset period when there is a telephone number or e-mail address of the same type There is no phone number or email address of the same type as the selected phone number or email address Or means for making a call by the selected telephone number or e-mail address when the elapsed period is less than the set period, and the selected telephone when the elapsed period is greater than or equal to the set period Having a means for canceling the outgoing call processing by number or email address and displaying that on the display unit;
A cellular phone device characterized by that.   When the call operation is performed again when a message for canceling the call processing by the selected telephone number or mail address is displayed on the display unit, the control unit performs the selected phone number or 4. The cellular phone device according to claim 3, further comprising means for making a call using a mail address.   A process of searching a telephone directory built in a mobile phone device based on a name designated by a user, reading a telephone number or mail address corresponding to the name and displaying it on a display unit, and the displayed telephone number or mail address When one of the above is selected and a call is made, it is determined whether there is a telephone number or mail address of the same type corresponding to the name in addition to the selected telephone number or mail address in the telephone directory When there is a process and the same type of telephone number or mail address, the elapsed time from the communication history with reference to the previous communication history by the selected telephone number or mail address is greater than or equal to a preset period A process of determining whether or not a telephone number or e-mail address of the same type as the selected telephone number or e-mail address Or when the elapsed period is less than the set period, a process of making a call using the selected telephone number or e-mail address, and the selected when the elapsed period is greater than or equal to the set period A program for causing the control unit built in the mobile phone device to execute a process of canceling the calling process based on the telephone number or the mail address and displaying the fact on the display unit. A process of making a call using the selected telephone number or e-mail address when a call operation is performed again while displaying a message on the display unit to stop the call process using the selected telephone number or e-mail address; The program according to claim 5, which is executed by a control unit built in the mobile phone device.

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