JP5283557B2 - Mobile terminal and e-mail address setting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily set a destination mail address. <P>SOLUTION: In the portable terminal 1, a storage part 103 stores destination control information associating a keyword with a mail address, and a control part 102 detects, when a character string is input to a text input column on an electronic mail creation screen in creating electronic mail, the keyword in the destination control information from the character string, and the control part 102 also sets the mail address corresponding to the detected keyword to the destination of the electronic mail. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having an e-mail creation function and a mail address setting method in the mobile terminal.

  When the mobile terminal executes an application for creating an e-mail, the main input items that are necessary are a destination, a subject, and a text. In the mobile terminal, in response to the operation of the operation unit by the user, the destination input field is a destination e-mail address, the subject input field is a short text that is a summary of the text, and the text input field is The text to be notified to the transmission destination is input.

  The user inputs the address, subject, and text input fields while switching the screen of the mobile terminal. User operations from the start of input to the completion of input are as follows: 1. Switch the screen to the input field and align the cursor (focus in). 2. Input operation of contents after the screen is switched; This operation repeats the operation of switching the screen from the input field and removing the cursor (focus out).

  The repeated operation described above is complicated because it is necessary to switch the screen for each input. For this reason, for example, the mail device described in Patent Literature 1 automatically generates a subject based on a sentence input in the text column, thereby saving the trouble of subject generation.

JP 2004-288111 A

  Since there is a certain degree of correlation between the text and the subject, an appropriate subject can be generated by using the mail device described in Patent Document 1. However, since the destination mail address has no correlation with the text, the mail device described in Patent Document 1 cannot be used for setting the destination mail address.

  Also, in setting the destination mail address, the content input operation is complicated. Specifically, after the focus-in to the destination input field, the user generally activates the address book function and selects from a list of mail addresses in the address book. In this case: 1. Startup operation of address book function application; 2. Search operation of desired mail address; The operation of selecting a desired mail address is necessary and complicated.

  Of these three operations, the search operation has the largest number of operations, and the number of operations is proportional to the number of mail addresses registered in the address book and the depth of the hierarchical structure (grouping, etc.). For this reason, the more mail addresses registered in the address book, and the deeper the address book hierarchy, the more complicated the operation.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal and a mail address setting method capable of easily setting a destination mail address.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention has the following features. A first feature of the present invention is a portable terminal (portable terminal 1) having a function of creating an email, a storage unit (storage unit 103) that stores keywords and email addresses in association with each other, A detection unit (keyword detection unit 152) that detects the keyword stored in the storage unit from a character string that is input to the text input field at the time of creation, and the keyword that is associated with the keyword detected by the detection unit The gist of the present invention is to include a setting unit (destination setting unit 154) for setting the e-mail address stored in the storage unit as a destination of the e-mail.

Such a portable terminal stores a keyword and an email address in association with each other, and when a character string is input in the text input field when an e-mail is created, the keyword is detected from the character string, A mail address stored in association with the keyword is set as an e-mail destination. Therefore, the user does not need to perform a complicated operation for inputting the destination mail address.
The keyword in the text input field is input to set the destination mail address, and is not originally required for the text. Therefore, by deleting the keyword in the text input field, an unnecessary character string does not remain in the text even if the user does not perform an operation for deletion.

A second feature of the present invention relates to the first feature or the second feature of the present invention, wherein the detection unit starts from a predetermined number of character strings at the beginning of the character strings input to the text input field. The gist is to detect keywords.

A third feature of the present invention relates to any one of the first to third features of the present invention, and the detection unit receives an e-mail by a user after a character string is input in the text input field. The gist is to detect the keyword stored in the storage unit from a character string input in a text input field when the e-mail is created when a transmission instruction operation is performed.

A fourth feature of the present invention relates to any one of the first to fourth features of the present invention, wherein the mail address is stored in the storage unit in association with the keyword detected by the detection unit. Display section (monitor 108), and the setting section displays the confirmed mail address when the user performs an operation for confirming the mail address displayed on the display section. The gist is to set the mail address.

A fifth feature of the present invention relates to any one of the first to fifth features of the present invention, and includes an update unit (mail address update unit 158) that updates the email address associated with the keyword. Is the gist.

A sixth feature of the present invention relates to the sixth feature of the present invention, wherein the update unit is stored in the storage unit in association with the keyword detected by the detection unit by a user. When an operation for selecting an email address other than the email address as a destination is performed, the keyword detected by the detection unit is associated with the other email address and stored in the storage unit. The gist.

A seventh feature of the present invention relates to the sixth feature or the seventh feature of the present invention, wherein the updating unit is stored in the storage unit by the user in association with the keyword detected by the detection unit. The gist is to delete the e-mail address to be deleted when an operation for deleting the e-mail address is performed.

An eighth feature of the present invention is a mail address setting method in a mobile terminal having an e-mail creation function, wherein the mobile terminal stores a keyword and a mail address in association with each other in a storage unit, A step in which the mobile terminal detects the keyword stored in the storage unit from a character string input to the text input field when creating an e-mail; and the mobile terminal is associated with the detected keyword And the step of setting the e-mail address stored in the storage unit as the destination of the e-mail.

  According to the present invention, a destination mail address can be easily set.

It is a block diagram of the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the email creation screen which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example when a character string is input into the text input column in the email creation screen which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the destination control information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the destination selection screen which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example when a destination is set to the destination input column in the electronic mail preparation screen which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the destination setting by the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of operation | movement of the portable terminal which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Specifically, (1) the configuration of the mobile terminal, (2) the operation of the mobile terminal, (3) the operation and effect, and (4) other embodiments will be described. In the description of the drawings in the following embodiments, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals.

(1) Configuration of Mobile Terminal FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile terminal. A mobile terminal 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 is, for example, a mobile phone, and includes a control unit 102, a storage unit 103, a wireless communication unit 106, an antenna 107, a monitor 108, a microphone 110, a speaker 112, and an operation unit 114.

  The control part 102 is comprised by CPU, for example, and controls the various functions with which the portable terminal 1 is provided. The memory | storage part 103 is comprised by memory, for example, and memorize | stores the various information used for the control in the portable terminal 1, etc.

  The wireless communication unit 106 includes an RF circuit, a baseband circuit, and the like. The radio communication unit 106 performs modulation, demodulation, encoding, decoding, and the like, and transmits and receives radio signals to and from a radio base station (not shown) via the antenna 107.

  The monitor 108 displays an image received via the control unit 102 and displays operation details (input telephone number, address, etc.). The microphone 110 collects sound and outputs sound data based on the collected sound to the control unit 102. The speaker 112 outputs sound based on the sound data acquired from the control unit 102. The operation unit 114 is configured by a numeric keypad, function keys, and the like, and is an interface used for inputting user operation details.

  The control unit 102 includes a keyword detection unit 152, a destination setting unit 154, a keyword deletion unit 156, and a mail address update unit 158.

  The user uses the operation unit 114 to perform an operation for instructing activation of the e-mail creation application. The control unit 102 receives an operation signal from the operation unit 114, reads out and activates an e-mail creation application stored in the storage unit 103 based on the operation signal.

  The control unit 102 displays an e-mail creation screen on the monitor 108 in executing the e-mail creation application. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an e-mail creation screen. As shown in FIG. 2, the e-mail creation screen includes a destination input field 201, a subject name input field 202, and a text input field 203.

  The user uses the operation unit 114 to move the cursor to the text input field 203 to perform a focus-in operation on the text input field 203, an operation for inputting a character string into the text input field 203, and a message from the text input field 203. Perform focus out operation. In response to these operations, the control unit 102 switches the screen, and performs each process of focus in to the text input field 203, input of a character string into the text input field 203, and focus out from the text input field 203. Note that when focus-in is performed, there are models in which the input fields 201 and 202 that are not related to the text input fields such as the destination (To) and the reference destination (Cc) are not displayed. In the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 1 is such a model.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example when a character string is input in the text input field on the e-mail creation screen.

  After the above-described processes of focus-in to the text input field 203, input of a character string to the text input field 203, and focus-out from the text input field 203 are performed, the keyword detection unit 152 is operated by the user. It is determined whether or not an operation for transmitting an e-mail has been performed using the unit 114.

  When an operation for transmitting an e-mail is performed, the keyword detection unit 152 detects a keyword from the character string input in the text input field 203.

  The keyword is detected based on the destination control information. The destination control information is stored in the storage unit 103. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of destination control information. As shown in FIG. 4, the destination control information is configured by associating one or more mail addresses with a keyword. For destination control information, keywords, mail addresses can be added, modified, and deleted as appropriate.

  Specifically, the keyword detection unit 152 extracts a keyword included in the destination control information stored in the storage unit 103 from the input character string. For example, the keyword detection unit 152 tries to detect a keyword from a character string input in a specific line (the first line in the present embodiment) of the text input field 203. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, when the character string “To everyone” is input in the first line of the text input field 203 and the destination control information is as shown in FIG. , "To everyone" is detected as a keyword.

  When a keyword is detected by the keyword detection unit 152, the destination setting unit 154 specifies an email address associated with the detected keyword in the destination control information. For example, when “to everyone” is detected as a keyword and the destination control information is as shown in FIG. 4, the destination setting unit 154 includes an email address “sample01” associated with the keyword “to everyone” in the destination control information. “@ aaa.co.jp” and “sample02@aaa.co.jp” are specified as destination email addresses.

  Next, the destination setting unit 154 causes the monitor 108 to display a destination selection screen including the specified mail address. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a destination selection screen. The destination selection screen shown in FIG. 5 includes an e-mail address 211 specified by the destination setting unit 154, a “confirm” operation button 212, a “cancel” operation button 213, an “add” operation button 214, and “delete”. An operation button 215 is included.

  When the user selects the “cancel” operation button 213 on the destination selection screen using the operation unit 114, the destination setting unit 154 performs normal destination setting. That is, the destination setting unit 154 sets a mail address directly input by the user using the operation unit 114 or a mail address selected from the address book as a destination.

  In addition, when the user selects the “add” operation button 214 using the operation unit 114, the destination setting unit 154 uses the operation unit 114 to directly input a mail address or an address book. In addition to the mail address selected from the above, the mail address corresponding to the keyword detected by the keyword detection unit 152 is set as the destination.

  When the “delete” operation button 215 is selected, the destination setting unit 154 deletes the email address that the user has instructed to delete using the operation unit 114 from among the email addresses included in the destination selection screen, and the rest Set the e-mail address as the destination.

  When the user selects the “confirm” operation button 212 using the operation unit 114, the destination setting unit 154 shows an email address corresponding to the keyword detected by the keyword detection unit 152 in FIG. Is set in the destination input field 201.

  After the destination e-mail address is set by the destination setting unit 154, the keyword deletion unit 156 in the control unit 102 detects a specific line in the text input field 203 detected as a keyword by the keyword detection unit 152 (this embodiment) Then, the character string input in the first line) is deleted. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, when the keyword “to everyone” is included in the first line of the text input field 203, the keyword deletion unit 156 starts the keyword “to everyone” from the first line of the text input field 203. Is deleted. In FIG. 6, the keyword “To everyone” is deleted from the first line of the text input field 203, so that the first line of the text input field 203 becomes blank. In this case, the keyword deletion unit 156 performs a process of moving up the character strings after the second line in the text input field 203 by one line. The first line may be left blank, or the first line may be closed and the second and subsequent lines may be moved up.

  Next, the e-mail address updating unit 158 in the control unit 102 sets a new correspondence between the keyword and the e-mail address by adding or deleting the e-mail address described above in the destination control information, and stores the destination control information in the storage unit 103. Thereby, the destination control information is updated. Note that the mail address update unit 158 may update the destination control information even before the creation of the e-mail.

  Thereafter, the control unit 102 performs processing for transmitting an e-mail with a destination e-mail address set via the wireless communication unit 106 and the antenna 107.

(2) Operation of Mobile Terminal Next, the operation of the mobile terminal 1 will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile terminal 1.

  In step S <b> 101, the control unit 102 in the mobile terminal 1 activates an e-mail creation application in response to a user operation. Thereby, the e-mail creation screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed.

  In step S <b> 102, the control unit 102 performs focus-in processing on the text input field 203 on the e-mail creation screen in accordance with the operation of the operation unit 114 by the user. In step S <b> 103, the control unit 102 performs character string input processing in the text input field 203 in accordance with the operation of the operation unit 114 by the user. In step S <b> 104, the control unit 102 performs focus-out processing from the text input field 203 in accordance with the operation of the operation unit 114 by the user. As a result, a screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the monitor 108.

  In step S <b> 105, the keyword detection unit 152 in the control unit 102 determines whether the user has performed an operation of transmitting an e-mail using the operation unit 114.

  When an operation for transmitting an e-mail is performed, a destination e-mail address is set in step S106. Hereinafter, the detailed operation of step S106 will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the setting operation of the destination mail address by the portable terminal 1.

  In step S201, the keyword detection unit 152 in the control unit 102 detects a keyword using the destination control information from the character string input in the first line of the text input field 203 on the e-mail creation screen.

  In step S202, the destination setting unit 154 in the control unit 102 determines whether or not a keyword has been detected.

  If it is determined that a keyword has been detected, in step S203, the destination setting unit 154 identifies the mail address associated with the detected keyword as the destination mail address in the destination control information.

  In step S204, the destination setting unit 154 causes the monitor 108 to display a destination selection screen including the specified destination mail address as shown in FIG.

  In step S205, the destination setting unit 154 determines whether the user has selected the “cancel” operation button 213 on the destination selection screen using the operation unit 114, in other words, whether the cancel operation has been performed. judge.

  When the cancel operation is performed, a series of operations are finished, and normal destination setting is performed. On the other hand, if the cancel operation has not been performed, in step S206, the destination setting unit 154 uses the operation unit 114, and the user uses the operation unit 114 to operate the "add" operation button 214 and the "delete" operation button 215. In other words, it is determined whether any one of an adding operation and a deleting operation has been performed.

  When either the addition operation or the deletion operation is performed, in step S207, the destination setting unit 154 changes the destination mail address specified in step S203. Specifically, when an addition operation is performed, the destination setting unit 154 specifies the mail address directly input by the user using the operation unit 114 or the mail address selected from the address book in step S203. To the specified destination email address. When a deletion operation is performed, the destination setting unit 154 deletes a mail address that the user has instructed to delete using the operation unit 114 from among the destination mail addresses included in the destination selection screen.

  After the change of the destination email address in step S207, or after it is determined in step S206 that neither an addition operation nor a deletion operation has been performed, in step S208, the destination setting unit 154 causes the user to operate the operation unit 114. Is used to determine whether or not the “confirm” operation button 212 on the destination selection screen has been selected, in other words, whether or not a confirmation operation has been performed.

  When the confirming operation is not performed, the operations after the determination as to whether or not the cancel operation in step S205 has been performed are repeated. On the other hand, when the confirmation operation is performed, in step S209, the destination setting unit 154 sets the mail address in the destination input field 201 as shown in FIG.

  In step S210, the keyword deletion unit 156 in the control unit 102 deletes the detected keyword from the character string input in the first line of the text input field 203 on the destination selection screen.

  In step S211, the mail address update unit 158 in the control unit 102 creates new destination control information that associates the destination mail address with the keyword detected in step S202 by adding or deleting the mail address described above. The data is stored in the storage unit 103.

  Again, returning to FIG. In step S107, after the e-mail destination mail address is set, in step S107, the control unit 102 performs processing for transmitting the e-mail.

(3) Action / Effect The mobile terminal 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention stores destination control information in which a keyword is associated with a mail address. Further, when a character string is input to the text input field on the e-mail creation screen when the e-mail is created, the mobile terminal 1 detects a keyword in the destination control information from the character string. Furthermore, the mobile terminal 1 sets a mail address associated with the detected keyword as an e-mail destination. Therefore, the user does not need to perform a complicated operation of inputting the destination email address, and can easily set the destination email address. This will be described in more detail below.

  In a mobile terminal, the screen is small, and it is difficult to input input items for a destination input field, a text input field, and the like on the same screen at a time. For this reason, the user needs to switch to a screen corresponding to each input item. The mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment can transmit an e-mail without performing a complicated operation such as switching to the screen of the destination input field after the user inputs the content in the text input field. it can. In other words, the user of the portable terminal 1 can send an e-mail simply by activating an e-mail application and inputting contents in the text input field.

  The mobile terminal 1 deletes the keyword in the text entry field in view of the fact that the keyword in the text entry field is input to set the destination mail address and is not necessary for the text. Thereby, even if the user does not perform an operation for deletion, an unnecessary character string does not remain in the text. Furthermore, the correspondence between the character string (keyword) and the mail address need not be known to the other party.

(4) Other Embodiments As described above, the present invention has been described according to the embodiment. However, it should not be understood that the description and drawings constituting a part of this disclosure limit the present invention. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples and operational techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  In the embodiment described above, the keyword deletion unit 156 in the control unit 102 deletes the keyword detected by the keyword detection unit 152 from the character string input in the first line of the text input field 203. Of the character string input in the first line 203, the keyword detected by the keyword detection unit 152 may be replaced with another character or another character string. Here, other characters and other character strings include blank characters.

  In the above-described embodiment, the mobile terminal 1 performs each process of focus-in to the text input field, character input to the text input field, and focus-out from the text input field after the e-mail creation application is activated. It was. However, when the text input field is not dedicated to creating an e-mail but is general-purpose, for example, the text input field of the e-mail may be used as another input field. In this case, the application for creating an e-mail is activated after each process of character input to the text input field and focus out from the text input field.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing another operation of the mobile terminal 1.

  In steps S301 to S303, the control unit 102 focuses on a general-purpose character input field (general-purpose input field) on a predetermined screen displayed on the monitor 108 according to the operation of the operation unit 114 by the user. , Processing for inputting a character string into the general-purpose input field, and processing for focus-out from the general-purpose input field.

  In step S304, the control unit 102 determines whether or not the use of the character string input in the general-purpose input field is an e-mail. For example, when the user performs a predetermined operation for creating an e-mail using the operation unit 114, the control unit 102 determines that the use of the character string input in the general-purpose input field is an e-mail. To do.

  When the use of the character string input in the general-purpose input field is an e-mail, in step S305, the control unit 102 in the mobile terminal 1 activates an e-mail creation application.

  Thereafter, the general-purpose input field is treated as a text input field in creating an e-mail. Since the operations in steps S306 to S308 are the same as the operations in steps S105 to S107 in FIG. 7, the description thereof is omitted.

  Thus, it should be understood that the present invention includes various embodiments and the like not described herein. Therefore, the present invention is limited only by the invention specifying matters in the scope of claims reasonable from this disclosure.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The mobile terminal and mail address setting method of the present invention can easily set a destination mail address, and are useful as a mobile terminal and mail address setting method.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable terminal, 102 ... Control part, 103 ... Memory | storage part, 106 ... Wireless communication part, 107 ... Antenna, 108 ... Monitor, 110 ... Microphone, 112 ... Speaker, 114 ... Operation part, 152 ... Keyword detection part, 154 ... Address setting unit, 156... Keyword deletion unit, 158.

Claims (8)

A mobile terminal having an email creation function,
A storage unit for storing keywords and email addresses in association with each other;
A detection unit that detects the keyword stored in the storage unit from a character string that is input to the text input field when creating an e-mail;
A setting unit that sets the email address associated with the keyword detected by the detection unit and stored in the storage unit as a destination of the email ;
A portable terminal comprising: a deletion unit that deletes the keyword detected by the detection unit from the text input field or replaces the keyword with another character or another character string . The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects the keyword from a predetermined number of character strings at the top of the character strings input in the text input field. When the user performs an operation for sending an email after a character string has been entered in the text input field, the detection unit is configured to input a character to be entered in the text input field when the email is created. the mobile terminal according to claim 1 or 2 for detecting the keywords stored from the column in the storage unit. A display unit that displays the mail address stored in the storage unit in association with the keyword detected by the detection unit;
The setting unit, by the user, when said confirmation of the operation of the e-mail address displayed on the display unit is performed, finalized of claims 1 to 3 the email address set in the e-mail address The portable terminal in any one. The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , further comprising an update unit that updates the mail address associated with the keyword. The update unit is operated by the user to select a mail address other than the mail address stored in the storage unit in association with the keyword detected by the detection unit as a destination. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the other email address is associated with the keyword detected by the detection unit and stored in the storage unit. The update unit is a target for deletion when an operation is performed by the user to delete the mail address stored in the storage unit in association with the keyword detected by the detection unit. The portable terminal according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein the e-mail address is deleted. An e-mail address setting method in a mobile terminal having an e-mail creation function,
The portable terminal stores a keyword and an email address in association with each other in a storage unit;
The portable terminal detecting the keyword stored in the storage unit from a character string input in a text input field when creating an e-mail;
The portable terminal sets the email address stored in the storage unit in association with the detected keyword as the destination of the email ;
An e-mail address setting method comprising: a step in which the mobile terminal deletes the detected keyword from the text input field, or replaces the keyword with another character or another character string .

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