JP4555312B2 - COMMUNICATION DEVICE, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a communication apparatus that can quickly perform e-mail transmission in a simple procedure, and a control method and program thereof.

  FIG. 6 shows the external appearance of a conventional mobile phone 6, which includes a numeric keypad 611 and an operation key group 612. The operation key group 612 includes a dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121, a cursor. A key 6122, an execution key 6123, and a power key 6124 are included. The mobile phone 6 is in a dial transmission mode (call mode) when the power is turned on. By pressing the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121, the telephone number can be transmitted to the other party via the wireless communication line, or the e-mail document can be transmitted to the designated e-mail address via the wireless communication line. it can.

  The portable telephone 6 has a liquid crystal display 62. On this display, a telephone number stored in a telephone directory table built in the telephone main body is appropriately called and displayed, or a built-in simple editor is activated to display on the display 62. You can edit it.

  The operation of the mobile phone 6 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, when a code (numeric string or character string) is input from the numeric keypad 611, a control unit (not shown) of the mobile phone 6 acquires the input code (S601) and shortens whether the code is a telephone number. It is checked whether it is a code or a search key (S602). When the acquired code is a telephone number, the control unit checks whether the same telephone number as that telephone number is registered in the telephone book table (S603), and registers the same telephone number in the telephone book table. If so, the process is passed to step 609 described later.

  In step 603, when the same telephone number is not registered in the telephone directory table, the control unit displays the name and telephone number on the display 62 (S604), and the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 is pressed. (S605). When the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 is pressed, the dial transmission is performed, and when the call is finished (S606), the processing is ended ("END" in FIG. 7: That is, the state is set when the power is turned on. return).

If the code input by the user is a shortened code or a search key in step S602, as shown in FIG. 8, it is checked whether or not the shortened code or the search key is registered in the phone book table (S608). If not registered, the process is terminated ("END" in FIG. 7 ). If the abbreviated code or search key is registered in the telephone book table in step S608, it is checked whether the e-mail address is registered with the abbreviated code or search key (S609). When the e-mail address is not registered in the phone book table, the process is passed to step S604 (see FIG. 7). When the e-mail address is registered in the phone book table, the name and the phone number are used together with, for example, “ “There is an e-mail address” is displayed on the display 62 (S610).

  Next, it is checked whether mail transmission has been selected or dial transmission has been selected (dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 has been pressed) (S611), and the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 has been pressed. Passes the processing to the above-described step S606 (see FIG. 7) and performs dialing. In step S611, when a mail is selected, an e-mail selection screen or an e-mail creation screen is displayed on the display 62. It is checked whether e-mail selection and e-mail creation have been made (S612). The e-mail selection is performed by designating a pre-created e-mail from the list with the document number attached to the e-mail, and the e-mail is created by the control unit starting the simple editor. Is done.

  When e-mail selection or e-mail creation is performed, the control unit waits for the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 6121 to be pressed (S614), transmits the e-mail (S615), and ends the process (S615). (See “END” in FIG. 8).

  However, in the mobile phone 6 shown in FIG. 6, in the case of e-mail transmission, the e-mail address is not directly displayed when the abbreviated code is key-input. That is, when sending an e-mail, the e-mail address has to be specified after displaying the telephone number, which increases the number of user operations.

An object of this invention is to provide the communication apparatus which can transmit an electronic mail quickly with few operation frequency, its control method, and a program.

Communication device of the present invention includes an operation unit having operation keys, memory means for storing telephone numbers and e-mail address corresponding to the short code, the document storage means for storing a document, is reduced encoded by said operation means input in the case where the e-mail address corresponding to the short code is judged whether it is stored in the storage means, when the e-mail address is stored is stored in the document storage means select the document corresponding to the document ID inputted from the document by the operation means, in which and a control unit for controlling to transmit addressed the e-mail address.
The document to be transmitted may be a document selected from the listed documents.
When the abbreviated code is input by the operating means, it is determined based on the key operated after the input of the abbreviated code whether dialing or sending a document is performed, and dialing is performed based on the abbreviated code. When making a call, it is determined whether or not a telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code is stored in the storage means, and if the telephone number is stored, the telephone number may be dialed.
Code entered by said operating means, further comprising a code determining means for determining whether the short code or telephone number, said code determining means, when the input code is determined that the telephone number by the operation means , it is preferable to dialing the code.
It said code determination means, code input by said operating means, may be judged by the number of digits of the code whether short code or telephone number.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication device control method comprising: a storage step of storing a telephone number and an e-mail address corresponding to an abbreviated code; a document storage step, when the abbreviated code is input by the operation means, the e-mail address corresponding to the short code input by said operating means to determine whether dolphin stored in the storing step, the stored If you are, select the document corresponding to the document ID input from the document stored in the document storage step by the operation means, and a control step of controlling to transmit addressed the e-mail address, the The communication device is made to execute.
The document to be transmitted may be a document selected from the listed documents .
When the abbreviated code is input by the operation means, whether to transmit the or document to dialing, further determining step of determining based on the key operated after the input of the short code by the operation means is performed to the communication apparatus, the control step, in the determination step, when determining the effect that dialing, dolphin whether the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code entered by said operating means and stored in said storing step If it is determined and stored, the step may include a process of dialing the telephone number.
The communication device further executes a code determination step for determining whether the code input by the operation means is a shortened code or a telephone number , and the control step is input by the operation means in the code determination step. If it is determined that the code is a telephone number, the step may include a process of dialing the code.
The code determination step may be a step of determining, based on the number of digits of the code, whether the code input by the operation means is a shortened code or a telephone number .
The present invention also provides a program for causing a computer that controls a communication device to execute each step of the communication device control method.

  In the present invention, e-mail transmission can be quickly performed by a simple procedure. In other words, the data communication device of the present invention can send a mail to the e-mail address corresponding to the abbreviated code when the abbreviated code is input, immediately after a predetermined key is pressed, and a mail document is transmitted. Thus, it becomes possible to perform e-mail transmission with a small number of operations.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable telephone according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 includes an operation unit 11, a display unit 12, a control unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a communication unit 15.

The operation unit 11 includes a numeric keypad 111 and an operation key group 112 as shown in the external view of the mobile phone in FIG. The numeric keypad 111 is composed of twelve keys “0” to “9”, “*”, “#”, and the operation key group 112 includes a dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 1121, a cursor key (seesaw key) 1122, An execution key 1123, a power key 1124, and a mode change key 1125 are provided. In the present embodiment, the mode change key 1125 can change from the call mode to the e-mail transmission mode or from the e-mail transmission mode to the call mode.
Various function selections can be performed by operating the seesaw key 1122 or the like, for example, but description of the function selection is omitted in this embodiment.

  By default (when the power is turned on), the dial transmission mode is set, and e-mail transmission can be performed by pressing a mode change key 1125 as described later.

  When dialing, the telephone number can be transmitted from the communication unit 15 to the other party via the wireless communication line by pressing the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 1121.

  Further, when sending an e-mail, the e-mail document can be sent from the communication unit 15 to the e-mail address of the other party via the wireless communication line by pressing the dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 1121.

  The control unit 13 includes a CPU 131, a clock (not shown), and the like. The storage unit 14 includes a programmed ROM 141, a nonvolatile RAM 142, and a work RAM 143. The programmed ROM 141 stores a telephone number registration program prg_01, an email address registration program prg_02, an abbreviated dial program prg_03, an email selection program prg_04, an email creation program prg_05, and the like. A non-volatile RAM 142 has a telephone directory table TBL as shown in FIG. 3A, and each record includes a name field, a telephone number field, an abbreviated number field, and an e-mail address field. The e-mail document is stored in the nonvolatile RAM 142. FIG. 3B illustrates an e-mail document stored in the nonvolatile RAM 142.

The operation of the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
First, it is assumed that the user has created an e-mail document in advance using the mail creation program prg_05. For example, let this document list be D_00, D_01,..., D_99 (see FIG. 3B), and these are “xy” (x = 0 to 9, y = It can be specified by inputting 0-9).

  From the normal state (default state when the power is turned on), when a code (usually a numeric string) is input from the numeric keypad 111 and the execution key 1123 is pressed, the control unit 13 acquires the input code (S101), It is checked whether the code is a telephone number or an abbreviated code (S102).

  For example, the control unit 13 can determine that the input code is a telephone number when the input code is 7 digits or more. Further, if the abbreviated code is represented by a 2-digit number from 00 to 99, when the input code is 2 digits, the code is an abbreviated code.

  If it is determined in step S102 that the input abbreviated code is a telephone number, the communication unit 15 dials and connects to the other party (S105). When the call ends (S106), the process ends. ("End").

On the other hand, if the input code is a shortened code in step S102, it is determined which of the mode change key 1125 and the dial transmission / mail transmission key 1121 is pressed ( S103 ), and the dial transmission / mail transmission key 1121 is pressed. If the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code is registered in the telephone book table TBL (S104), the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code is not registered in the telephone book table TBL. , The process ends (“END”).

  In step S104, when the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code is registered in the telephone directory table TBL, dialing is made to connect to the other party (S105), and when the call is terminated (S106), the process is terminated. ("End").

  When the mode change key 1125 is pressed in the above step S103, it is checked whether or not the mail address corresponding to the abbreviated number is registered in the telephone book table TBL (S107). 3 (A) corresponds to the record with the abbreviated number “01” in this case), and the processing ends (“END”).

  If the e-mail address corresponding to the abbreviated code is registered in the telephone directory table TBL in step S107, the control unit 13 activates the e-mail selection program prg_04 and displays the e-mail selection list on the display unit 12 ( S108). The display order of the list in this case can be such that the e-mail document transmitted in the previous e-mail transmission is displayed first.

When the e-mail document is selected (S109), the e-mail document is transmitted (S110).
For example, when the abbreviated number is “00” and the electronic mail document is D_02, “00 * 02” can be displayed on the display unit 12.

It is a figure which shows the block diagram of the portable telephone of this invention. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone according to the present invention. (A) is a diagram illustrating a telephone book table, and (B) is a diagram illustrating an e-mail document stored in a nonvolatile RAM. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone shown in FIGS. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the remaining part of the flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is an external view of the conventional portable telephone. It is a figure which shows a part of flowchart which shows operation | movement of the portable telephone shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the remaining part of the flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the portable telephone shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable telephone 11 Operation part 12 Display part 13 Control part 14 Storage part 15 Communication part 111 Numeric keypad 112 Operation key group 131 CPU
141 Programmed ROM
142 Nonvolatile RAM
143 Work RAM
1121 Dial transmission / e-mail transmission key 1122 Cursor key (seesaw key)
1123 Execution key 1124 Power key 1125 Mode change key

Claims (11)

Operation means having operation keys;
Storage means for storing a telephone number and an email address corresponding to the abbreviated code;
Document storage means for storing the document;
When an abbreviated code is input by the operating means, it is determined whether or not an email address corresponding to the abbreviated code is stored in the storage means, and when the email address is stored, Control means for controlling to select a document corresponding to the document number input by the operation means from the documents stored in the document storage means and to send to the e-mail address;
A communication device comprising:   The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document to be transmitted is a document selected from a list-displayed document. When a shortened code is input by the operating means,
Decide whether to dial or send a document based on the key operated after entering the abbreviated code,
When dialing based on the abbreviated code, it is determined whether or not a telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code is stored in the storage means. If the telephone number is stored, the telephone number is 3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein dialing is performed. Code input by said operating means further comprise code determination means for determining whether short code or telephone number,
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein when the code determination unit determines that the code input by the operation unit is a telephone number, the code is dialed. . 5. The communication apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the code determination unit determines, based on the number of digits of the code, whether the code input by the operation unit is a shortened code or a telephone number. In a control method of a communication device provided with an operation means having an operation key ,
A storage step for storing a telephone number and an email address corresponding to the abbreviated code;
A document storage step for storing the document;
When the abbreviated code is input by said operating means, when the electronic mail address corresponding to the short code input by the operating means and stored in said storing step dolphin whether determined by, and stored, Causing the communication apparatus to execute a control step of selecting a document corresponding to the document number input by the operation unit from the document stored in the document storing step and transmitting the selected document to the e-mail address . A control method for a communication apparatus. The method for controlling a communication apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the document to be transmitted is a document selected from a list-displayed document. When a shortened code is input by the operating means ,
The communication apparatus further executes a determination step of determining whether to dial or transmit a document based on a key operated after the input of the abbreviated code by the operation means,
Wherein the control step, wherein in the determining step, when determining the effect that dialing, dolphin whether to determine a telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated code entered by said operating means and stored in said storing step, the stored 8. The method for controlling a communication apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a step of dialing out the telephone number when the telephone number is present. Causing the communication device to further execute a code determination step of determining whether the code input by the operation means is a shortened code or a telephone number ;
Wherein the control step, by the code decision step, when the input code is determined that the telephone number by the operating means, to claim 6, characterized in that a step including a process for dialing the code the communication control method according to any one of 8. Wherein the code determining step, the code input by said operating means, the control of the communication apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that the step of determining the number of digits of the code whether short code or phone number Method. A computer for controlling a communication apparatus, a program for causing execution of the steps of the control method of a communication apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 10.

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