JP4576803B2 - Telephone book management method and mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention relates to a telephone directory management method, and more particularly to a telephone directory management method that can easily execute management of a telephone directory function of a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The mobile communication terminal has a phone book function, and can store information (records) of individual records such as names and phonetics of multiple communication partners, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, abbreviated numbers, etc. in the built-in memory. The record can be selected as desired phone numbers, etc., by displaying them on the display section as appropriate, or the desired phone numbers can be specified by entering the abbreviated number, making it easy to make outgoing calls, etc. It is configured to do so.
[0003]
Conventionally, with respect to a plurality of records registered in such a telephone directory function, the registration date and time are also registered in association with each other, and when the desired record is called, the record registration date and time are displayed. It is known that the registered records can be arranged in order of the registration date and displayed to the user (see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-136266 A
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
With the phone book function of a conventional mobile communication terminal, the maximum number of items that can be registered is usually 500 or more, and any number of additional items can be registered within that range. It is also possible to register e-mail addresses.
[0006]
As a result, not only will the number of records registered gradually increase, but even if the records were necessary at the time of registration, what was temporarily registered, what was changed or abolished such as the phone number of the mobile communication terminal, etc. Many have become unusable over the years. In other words, a telephone number that is frequently used is updated, but there is a problem that a rarely used telephone number is left unusable.
(the purpose)
An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number management method that enables creation, deletion, and update of a telephone directory file that includes telephone directory records having a predetermined importance date, before or after the registration date, and having a predetermined importance. It is to provide.
An object of the present invention is to extract telephone number and mail address candidates that are no longer used from telephone numbers and mail addresses registered in a mobile communication terminal, and to delete and update them. Is to provide.
An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number management method capable of searching for a telephone number or an e-mail address registered in a mobile communication terminal according to the registration date and importance, and easily deleting and updating There is to do.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The telephone directory management method of the present invention is:A phone book management method for a mobile communication terminal comprising a memory in which a plurality of phone book records including a telephone number and / or an e-mail address to which registration date / time information and importance information are added are stored, and a search condition is input For each phone book record, extract the phone number and e-mail address with the registration date / time information or importance information that matches the search criteria, and add link information to the source phone book record. When a new phone book record is created and processing conditions are input, the extraction source phone book record and the new phone book record are deleted from the memory or stored in the memory according to the processing conditions. Further, another telephone book management method of the present invention stores a telephone book file composed of a plurality of telephone book records each including a telephone number and / or an e-mail address to which registration date information and importance information are added. A phone book management method for a mobile communication terminal having a designated memory, and when a search condition is input, a phone number and electronic information to which registration date / time information or importance information matching the search condition is added from a phone book file If a mail address is extracted, a new phone book file is created by adding link information to the source phone book file, and processing conditions are entered, a new phone book file and a new one are added according to the processing conditions. Each phone book file is deleted from memory or stored in memory.
[0008]
The mobile communication terminal of the present invention stores an operation unit that receives input of various conditions from a user, and a plurality of phone book records each including a telephone number and / or an e-mail address to which registration date information and importance information are added. When the search condition is input from the stored memory and the operation unit, the phone number and e-mail address to which the registration date / time information or importance information matching the search condition is added are extracted for each phone book record, and extracted from A new phone book record is created by adding link information to the phone book record, and when the processing conditions are input from the operation unit, the source phone book record and the new phone book record are extracted according to the processing conditions. Are respectively deleted from the memory or stored in the memory. Further, another mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes an operation unit that receives input of various conditions from a user, and a plurality of phone numbers and / or e-mail addresses each having registration date information and importance information added thereto. When the search condition is input from the memory that stores the phone book file composed of the phone book record and the operation section, the telephone with the registered date / time information or importance information that matches the search condition is added from the phone book file Extract number and e-mail address, create new phone book file by adding link information to the source phone book file, and extract according to the processing condition when processing condition is input from the operation unit A control unit that deletes the original phone book file and the new phone book file from the memory or stores them in the memory, respectively.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(Description of configuration)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mobile communication terminal to which a telephone directory management method of the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is a radio antenna, 2 is a radio unit, 3 is a control unit, 4 is a display unit, 5 is an operation unit, 6 is a read-only memory (ROM), 7 is a random access memory (RAM), and 8 is a call. Part. Hereinafter, an outline of the function of each unit will be described.
[0010]
The wireless unit 2 has a control signal and communication data modulation / demodulation function for wireless communication with the base station of the mobile communication terminal via the wireless antenna 1. The display unit 4 has various display functions such as input information of portable communication terminals, transmission / reception information, menu screen information, and a registration / edit screen for individual telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. The operation unit 5 has an input function such as a telephone directory function in addition to a numeric keypad composed of numerals 0 to 9, communication control such as outgoing and incoming calls, and the like.
[0011]
In addition to various programs related to the normal communication function of the mobile communication terminal, the ROM 6 stores a dedicated program for telephone book management of the present invention described later. The RAM 7 is a storage function that enables writing and reading for the processing operation of the control unit 3, and in addition to a storage function such as information for telephone communication and e-mail communication, information such as menu information, It has a storage function of a phone book file (referred to as “phone book file”) comprising information (referred to as “phone book record”) such as individual telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for each communication partner. The call unit 8 includes a receiver and a microphone and has a voice data transmission / reception function.
[0012]
The control unit 3 reads out a corresponding program stored in the ROM 6 regarding the selected function of the mobile communication terminal, controls each unit of the mobile communication terminal based on the program, and realizes various functions. For example, normal various settings, function selection, communication control, data received by the wireless unit 2 through the wireless antenna 1 are classified according to the type of data, stored in the RAM 7 (or ROM 6) and displayed on the display unit 4 In addition to control and the like, various controls including display of the telephone directory function of the present invention are executed.
[0013]
With the above configuration, with respect to the communication function of the present embodiment, the user inputs the telephone number of the communication partner (partner side) by the input operation from the operation unit 5 based on the display content of the display unit 4, or enters the RAM 7. The individual phone book records of the stored phone book file are read out, a desired phone number is selected, and a call origination operation is performed. The control unit 3 wirelessly transmits a communication control signal through the wireless unit 2 by the above operation, and controls connection or disconnection of the line with the base station. In the line connection state, the control unit 3 performs transmission / reception processing with the other party, and the voice unit 8 can perform a voice call. In addition, an electronic mail (mail) or the like created by an input operation from the operation unit 5 and temporarily stored in the RAM 7 is transmitted as transmission mail data from the control unit 3 through the wireless unit 2, and received mail data is displayed on the display unit 4. And is stored in the RAM 7.
[0014]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a more detailed configuration of the telephone directory function of the present embodiment. The information stored in the ROM 6 and the RAM 7 regarding the telephone book function is shown.
The ROM 6 stores a phone book program 61, a phone book search program 62, and a clock information program 63 as phone book function programs. The RAM 7 is a storage area for a telephone directory file as a telephone directory, and includes a telephone number storage unit 71, a mail address storage area 72, a registration date / time storage area 73, and an importance information storage area 74. Stored is a phone book record including information on individual communication partners constituting the file, each of which is a telephone number, a mail address, registration date and importance information. Note that a plurality of telephone numbers and mail addresses can be stored for one communication partner, and registration date / time and importance information can be stored for each telephone number and mail address.
[0015]
The phone book program 61 is a basic program of the phone book function, and controls the control unit 22 by being activated. For example, the phone book record screen is displayed on the display unit 20, and the phone number, mail address, date and time of registration, and importance level are displayed. Or registering the registered phone book file and opening the registered phone book file and using the phone number, mail address, etc. of the registered phone book record, and the clock information program 63 and the phone book search program 62 It has a function of editing and managing phone book files and phone book records in cooperation.
[0016]
The phone number and mail address input from the operation unit 5 by the registration / use function of the phone book file of the phone book program 61 or the phone number and mail address at the time of transmission / reception by the control unit 22 are stored in the phone book number of the RAM 7. It can be stored in the area 71 and the mail address storage area 72 or can be read out.
[0017]
The clock information program 63 controls the control unit 22 in the same manner, and at the time of registration of the telephone number and mail address, the input operation of the operation unit 5 or the telephone number and mail address of the control unit 22 for the registration date and time (day of the week if necessary). The telephone book program 61 has a function of acquiring date and time information by detecting transmission / reception and the like, and the telephone directory program 61 stores the registration date and time acquired by the clock information program 63 in the registration date and time information storage area 73 of the RAM 7 and a telephone number and mail address. It has a function to register corresponding to. Therefore, the registration date / time information storage area 73 corresponds to the telephone number storage area 71 and the mail address storage area 72 on a one-to-one basis for each telephone book record.
Further, the telephone book program 61 receives importance information indicating rankings such as A, B, and C, which are input by the user from the operation unit 5 in consideration of the usage frequency and the like regarding the telephone number and the mail address. It has functions of registering in the information storage area 74, deleting and updating. For this reason, the importance information storage area 74 corresponds to the telephone number storage area 71 and the mail address storage area 72 on a one-to-one basis for each telephone book record. The telephone number and mail address input from the operation unit 5 are displayed on the display unit 4 and simultaneously stored in the storage areas.
[0018]
The phone book search program 62 controls the control unit 22 at the time of activation, displays a phone book record search condition input screen on the display unit 4, receives search condition input data from the operation unit 5, and displays the search condition on the screen. The phone number and mail address that match the entered conditions are retrieved from the phone book file stored in the RAM 7 and all are extracted and output, and a new phone book record (phone book file) is output. A function of creating, and a function of creating link information for indicating where the extracted phone book record or phone book file corresponding to the created phone book record is stored as a new phone book record. As a search condition, either a registration date (when registering if necessary), an importance level, or a combination thereof (AND, OR) can be designated.
[0019]
From the phone book record extracted by the phone book search program 62, a new phone book file is created by the phone book program 61, and is managed by link information of the phone book record or phone book file of the extraction source. On the display screen of the phone book record, it is possible to edit each information of telephone number, e-mail address, registration date and importance.
[0020]
Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure and a display screen of the phone book record according to the present embodiment.
In the present embodiment, the phone book record 9 is data in units such as a personal name in the phone book file, and includes a name field 91 for displaying a name, a reading field 92 for displaying a reading of a name, and a first phone number. The first telephone number field 93 for displaying 1, the second telephone number field 94 for displaying the second telephone number 2, the first mail address field 95 for displaying the first mail address 1, the second mail A second mail address field 96 for displaying an address, a registration date / time information field 97 for displaying registration date / time, and an importance level information field 98 for displaying importance level information are included.
[0021]
In the name field 91 and the reading field 92, an individual name and a corresponding reading pseudonym are input. A first telephone number field 93 and a second telephone number field 94 are used to input a personal telephone number. Each telephone number can be entered with a different number. Similarly, the first mail address field 95 and the second mail address field 96 are used to input a personal mail address. You can enter different email addresses.
Here, the thick frame of the first telephone number field means that this field has a focus (or cursor). The registration date / time information field 97 indicates the date and time when the telephone number and mail address with the focus described above were registered. When the focus is moved among the telephone number 1, the telephone number 2, the mail address 1, and the mail address 2, the date and time when the data in the focused field is registered is displayed. The registration date / time information field can be displayed by providing a display location for each of telephone number 1, telephone number 2, mail address 1, and mail address 2.
[0022]
The importance level information field 98 displays the importance rank of the telephone number and mail address with focus. The importance level information field 98 may be configured such that the telephone number 1, the telephone number 2, the mail address 1, and the mail address 2 are individually provided and displayed.
[0023]
(Description of operation)
Hereinafter, an operation of registering a phone book record in the phone book file after the phone book program is started by an operation of phone book registration from the operation unit 5 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method of inputting registration date and importance information when registering a phone book record in the phone book file.
[0024]
When the phone book program is started, the screen of the phone book record shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 4, and individual information can be input. If the name field 91 and the reading field 92 have already been entered when the phone book program is started, the focus moves to the phone number 1 field 93 on the screen of the phone book record, and the phone number is entered in that field. (401). When the input is completed, the telephone directory program inputs the current date and time automatically acquired by the clock information program into the registration date and time information field 97 for the telephone number 1 (402).
[0025]
Next, it is selected whether or not the importance level information for the telephone number 1 is input (403). When storing the importance level information, symbols such as A, B, and C in order of importance are selected from the options, and the selected importance level symbol is stored in the importance level information field for the telephone number 1 (404). When no importance level information is input, the importance level information field is empty.
[0026]
Next, it is selected whether or not the telephone number 2 is input (405). In the case of input, the telephone number 2 is subsequently input (406), and the registration date and time information at that time is automatically stored by the program (407). If the telephone number 2 is not entered, the process ends.
[0027]
Next, it is selected whether or not to input importance information for the telephone number 2 (408). When inputting importance information, symbols such as importance A, B, and C are selected from options and stored in the importance information field for telephone number 2 (404). If no entry is made, the importance level information field for the telephone number 2 is empty.
[0028]
Hereinafter, an operation of searching for a phone book record after starting the phone book search program by a phone book search operation from the operation unit 5 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a telephone directory search method using registration date information and importance information. The telephone directory search method of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
[0029]
First, a search function based on a telephone directory search program is activated by an input operation of the operation unit 5 (501). When the search function is activated, whether or not the date and time is input as a search target is displayed on the display unit 4 (502). When inputting the date and time as a search target, the date and time are input from the operation unit 5 (503). When the date / time input is completed or the date / time is not input, the process proceeds to the next step. In the next step, whether or not importance level information is to be input as a search target is displayed (504). When the importance level information is input, one of the importance levels A, B, and C is selectively input from the operation unit 5 (505). When the input of importance information is completed or not input, the process proceeds to the next step.
[0030]
Next, the search process is executed according to the search condition input by the search start operation of the operation unit 5, the search date / time is searched in the registration date / time information field, and the importance of the search target is searched in the importance level information field. Then, a phone number or the like matching the condition is searched from the phone book file and a phone book record is extracted (506). The search date / time and importance can be searched individually or in combination with logical combination of logical product (AND) and logical sum (OR). Search by specifying a range such as a plurality of ranges of importance, such as before or after the day, is possible.
[0031]
Further, a method for deleting and updating a phone book record by the phone book program for the extracted phone book record by an operation from the operation unit 5 will be described.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a method for deleting and updating the telephone number and the like of the extracted telephone directory record.
A new telephone directory record is created for each telephone number extracted by executing the search process (601). The newly created phone book record includes link information indicating which phone book file and phone book record are extracted from which phone number is extracted (602). By doing so, even if a plurality of telephone numbers are registered in the extraction source telephone directory record, only the corresponding telephone number can be confirmed regardless of the other telephone numbers of the extraction source.
[0032]
The contents of the created phone book record are displayed (603). Based on the display content, a deletion, update, and end processing function is selected (604).
If update is selected (605), it can be updated to new data such as a change in the contents of the telephone directory record. It is confirmed whether or not the updated content is reflected on the extraction source (606). When update is selected, the telephone number of the extraction source is also updated using the link information of the previous extraction source (607). After the update is completed, the newly created phone book record may become unnecessary, so it is possible to select deletion (608). If deletion is selected, the telephone directory record itself is deleted (609). If not deleted, this phone book record can be left as a new phone book record.
[0033]
In step 604 for selecting a processing function, if nothing is deleted or updated with respect to the newly created phone book record, end is selected (610).
In step 604 of selecting a processing function, if deletion is selected (611), whether or not the data of the extraction source is also displayed is displayed (612). If the extraction source is also deleted, the link information of the previous extraction source is displayed. Then, the telephone number of the extraction source is also deleted, and the telephone directory record itself is also deleted (613). When not deleting, only this telephone directory record is deleted, and the extraction source telephone number is not deleted.
The operation of the editing process flow such as deletion and update of the phone book record shown in FIG. 6 is repeatedly executed for each search result data in units of phone book records.
[0034]
(Other embodiments)
In the above embodiment, an example of editing the phone book file in units of phone book records has been described. However, a phone book file composed of phone book records searched and extracted by the phone book search program is displayed on the display unit by the phone book program. Display and edit each phone book record by operation from the operation unit 5 and delete and update all the phone book files by using the link information for each phone book file and reflecting it in the source phone book record Can be configured to.
[0035]
FIG. 7 is a view showing a display screen of a phone book file created from a phone book record extracted by a phone book search program. FIG. 8 is a diagram for deleting and updating the source phone book records in batch for each phone book file. It is a figure which shows the processing flow to do.
Create a phone book file composed of a plurality of phone book records as search results (801), create link information related to the source phone book file (802), display the phone book file (803), A function is selected (804). When deleting and updating individual telephone book records (805), the corresponding part of all telephone book records is deleted and updated in units of telephone book files. Further, when the extraction source is updated (806), the phone book records are associated with the link information in units of deleted and updated phone book files, and are deleted and updated collectively by, for example, overwriting. (807). Further, the created phone book file or the updated phone book file can be deleted, or it can be added and stored in the RAM as a completely different new address book file with a different file name (808, 809). If no deletion or update is performed in step 804, the process ends (810). As described above, it is possible to delete and update the source address book file collectively.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, by registering the registration date and time in the phone book record and registering importance information, the necessary phone book record is extracted from the phone book file using these as search conditions, and a new phone book file is created. Can be deleted and updated, so that a phone book file consisting of phone book records of a predetermined importance date, before or after the registration date, and the deletion can be created. It is possible to update and create a desired phone book file. In particular, the telephone number or e-mail address of the phone book record allows a plurality of registrations, and the registration date and importance information can be registered corresponding to each of the registration date and importance level. It is possible to create a completely new phone book file such as a phone number and an e-mail address to which information is assigned.
[0037]
Also, by using the link information between the source phone book file and the new phone book file, the original phone book file can be deleted or updated in units of new phone book records or phone book files. For example, it is easy to perform phone book management such as extracting and deleting old phone book records, and extracting, deleting, and updating less important and rarely used phone book records. be able to.
[0038]
Also, even when multiple phone numbers and mail addresses exist in one phone book record, by registering information of individual registration date and importance for each, a search for a combination of these information makes a completely new phone book. A record or a phone book file can be created, and by using link information with the original phone book file, it is possible to delete and update only the target phone number and mail address.
[0039]
Also, by creating a new phone book record or phone book file with only the extracted phone number and e-mail address, when deleting or updating, it is first deleted and updated with the newly created phone book record, and then reflected to the extraction source Therefore, it is possible to prevent the original data from being deleted or updated by mistake.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a more detailed configuration of the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure and a display screen of a phone book record according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a method for inputting registration date and importance information to a telephone directory record.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a telephone directory search method using registration date information and importance information.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a method for deleting and updating an extracted phone book record.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data structure and display screen of a phone book file.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a method of deleting and updating a created phone book file.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Antenna
2 radio section
3 Control unit
4 display section
5 Operation part
6 ROM
61 Phonebook program
62 Phonebook search program
63 Clock information program
7 RAM
71 Telephone number storage area
72 Email address storage area
73 Registration date / time information storage area
74 Importance information storage area
8 Calling part

Claims (4)

A phone book management method for a mobile communication terminal comprising a memory in which a plurality of phone book records each including a telephone number and / or an e-mail address to which registration date / time information and importance information are added,
When a search condition is input, for each of the phone book records, the registration date and time information or the importance level information that matches the search condition is extracted, and the extraction source telephone Create a new phone book record with link information to the book record,
When processing conditions are input, the extraction source phone book record and the new phone book record are respectively deleted from the memory or stored in the memory according to the processing conditions.
Phone book management method. A telephone directory management method for a mobile communication terminal comprising a memory storing a telephone directory file composed of a plurality of telephone directory records each including a telephone number and / or an e-mail address to which registration date / time information and importance information are added Because
When a search condition is input, the telephone number and the e-mail address to which the registration date / time information or the importance level information that matches the search condition is extracted from the phone book file, and the extraction source telephone book Create a new phone book file with link information to the file,
When processing conditions are input, the extraction source phone book file and the new phone book file are respectively deleted from the memory or stored in the memory according to the processing conditions.
Phone book management method. An operation unit for receiving input of various conditions from the user;
A memory storing a plurality of phone book records each including a telephone number and / or an e-mail address to which registration date / time information and importance information are added;
When a search condition is input from the operation unit, the telephone number and e-mail address to which the registration date / time information or the importance information that matches the search condition is extracted and extracted for each phone book record A new phone book record is created by adding link information to the original phone book record, and when a processing condition is input from the operation unit, the extraction source phone book record and A controller that deletes or stores the new phone book record from the memory, respectively;
A mobile communication terminal comprising: An operation unit for receiving input of various conditions from the user;
A memory storing a phone book file composed of a plurality of phone book records each including a telephone number and / or an e-mail address to which registration date / time information and importance information are added;
When the search condition is input from the operation unit, the phone number and the e-mail address to which the registration date / time information or the importance level information matching the search condition is added are extracted from the phone book file, To create a new phone book file by adding link information to the phone book file, and when the processing condition is input from the operation unit, the extraction source phone book file and the A controller that deletes or stores new phone book files from the memory, respectively;
A mobile communication terminal comprising:

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