JP6727943B2 - Communication device and method of controlling communication device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a communication device having a function of using a telephone number of a caller.

2. Description of the Related Art In a communication device that obtains a telephone number of a caller, a technique of performing output for notifying a user of information about the caller when receiving a call is known as a conventional technique. For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a technique of outputting a prerecorded ringing tone when an incoming call is received from a calling source in which a telephone number and a destination name are associated and registered. ing.

Further, as a function of the communication device, when there is an incoming call from a sender whose telephone number and destination name are registered, the function of outputting the destination name and the city included in the sender's telephone number There is known a function of identifying a region from an area code and outputting the identified region.

JP-A-8-307514 (Published November 22, 1996)

Here, consider a communication device having the above-described two functions. When the above-mentioned two functions are simply implemented in a communication device, when there is an incoming call from a sender whose phone number and name are associated with each other, the function of outputting the destination name is invalid, When the function of outputting the specified area is effective, the area of the caller is output even though the incoming call is from a known party. For this reason, the user of the communication device may be annoyed when receiving an incoming call from a known party, because unnecessary information about the area of the caller is notified.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a communication device capable of preventing a user from feeling annoyance in outputting information according to an incoming call from a known other party. It is to be realized.

In order to solve the above problems, a communication device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first function of outputting a name of a caller at the time of an incoming call and a caller that is information that a user can infer the sender at the time of an incoming call. A communication device having a second function of outputting analogy information, the function setting unit independently switching between valid and invalid for the first function and the second function, and the function setting unit acquired at the time of incoming call. When the telephone number is associated with the name and stored in the storage unit, the first function is valid regardless of whether the second function is valid or invalid, Of the name and the source analogy information, only the name is output, and when the first function is invalid, the output control unit does not output the name and the source analogy information.

In order to solve the above problems, a communication device control method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first function of outputting a name of a caller when an incoming call is received, and a user can analogize the caller when the incoming call is received. A method of controlling a communication device having a second function of outputting source analogy information, which is information, wherein the first function and the second function can be independently switched between valid and invalid. When the telephone number acquired at the time of incoming call is stored in the storage unit in association with the name, the first function is irrespective of whether the second function is valid or invalid. Is valid, only the name of the name and the source analogy information is output, while the name and the source analogy information are not output when the first function is invalid. including.

According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent a user from feeling annoyance when outputting information about a sender.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of the telephone according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is an external view of the telephone shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the telephone directory stored in the telephone set shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of notification function settings stored in the telephone shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a transmission source identification table stored in the telephone shown in FIG. 1. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of an incoming call notification process executed by the telephone set shown in FIG. 1. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the telephone which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. 8 is a flowchart showing part of an example of the flow of an incoming call notification process executed by the telephone set shown in FIG. 7. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing after “A” shown in FIG. 8 in the incoming call notification processing executed by the telephone shown in FIG. 7. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the telephone which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of an incoming call notification process executed by the telephone set shown in FIG. 10.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

(Appearance of telephone 1)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of the telephone 1 (communication device) according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the telephone 1 includes a handset 3, a voice output unit 13, an LED 14 (notification unit), an operation unit 15, and a display unit 16. When the telephone 1 receives an incoming call, it acquires the information of the called number (caller's telephone number) from the information receiving terminal activation signal (CAR) received from the exchange 2 (see FIG. 1), and acquires the obtained telephone number. Can be displayed. However, the telephone set 1 needs to subscribe to the called number notification service provided by the exchange 2 in order to acquire the information of the called number.

Further, the telephone 1 that subscribes to the called number notification service is from the source specified by the telephone number stored in the telephone 1 (in other words, registered in the telephone directory of the telephone 1). When an incoming call is received, the name indicating the sender, which is associated with the acquired telephone number in the telephone directory, can be output as voice from the voice output unit 13 between the ringing tones. Hereinafter, this function is referred to as a "caller notification function (first function)".

Further, when the telephone 1 subscribed to the called number notification service receives an incoming call, it sends the source analogy information, which is identified from the acquired telephone number and allows the user to analogize the source, between the ring tones. Audio can be output from the audio output unit 13. The source analogy information is mainly information indicating an area that can be identified by the area code (Tokyo, Osaka Prefecture, etc.). In addition to the information, information indicating the type of the source telephone (mobile phone, IP (Eg, telephone), information indicating the calling method selected by the sender (toll-free, etc.), and information indicating the country that can be identified by the international telephone identification number (US, Germany, etc.). Hereinafter, this function is referred to as a "source location notification function (second function)". The telephone 1 may further have other communication functions such as a facsimile function.

The handset 3 is used by the user to input a voice to the telephone 1 and listen to a voice output by the telephone 1. Note that FIG. 2 shows an example in which the handset 3 is cordless. That is, the receiver 3 is a so-called receiver. The handset 3 may be connected to the main body of the telephone 1 by a cord. Further, the telephone 1 may be able to be provided with one or a plurality of earpieces. Furthermore, the telephone 1 may have one or more slave units different from the receiver slave unit.

The voice output unit 13 outputs a voice to the outside. The voice output unit 13 outputs, for example, a ring tone, the above-mentioned name, source analogy information, and the like. Although the voice output unit 13 is provided in the handset 3 in FIG. 2, the voice output unit 13 may be provided at any position on the telephone 1. That is, the arrangement of the audio output unit 13 is not particularly limited.

The LED 14 is a light emitting element, and blinks in a predetermined light emitting color when an incoming call arrives. That is, the LED 14 can also be described as notifying that an incoming call has been received by the user. Although the details will be described later, the LED 14 emits light with a different emission color depending on whether or not there is an incoming call from a sender whose telephone number is registered in the telephone directory of the telephone 1. The LED 14 may be turned on instead of blinking when an incoming call arrives, and the blinking interval and the emission color are not particularly limited. Further, the LED 14 is not limited to blinking (or lighting) only when receiving a call. For example, when the handset 3 is placed on the main body of the telephone 1 (in other words, the cordless handset 3 is placed on the main body of the telephone 1 and is charged), the LED 14 emits light of a predetermined color. You may turn on the light. Further, the LED 14 may be provided not only at the position shown in the drawing, but also on the back surface of various buttons of the operation unit 15, for example.

The operation unit 15 is for operating the telephone 1, and is configured by, for example, a hardware key. Specifically, operation unit 15 includes a numeric keypad for inputting the telephone number of the other party, and a key group B0 including a pound (#) key and an asterisk (*) key. The operation unit 15 may include hardware keys other than the key group B0. For example, the illustrated buttons B1 to B4 may be included. Each of the buttons B1 to B4 is associated with a function of the telephone 1 (in other words, a process executed by the telephone 1). For example, a function of displaying the telephone number registered in the telephone book on the display unit 16, a function of registering a new telephone number (for example, the telephone number of the immediately preceding call partner) in the telephone book, the above-mentioned caller notification function and call origination. Although the function of switching the valid/invalid of the ground notification function and the function of changing the reception volume are associated with each other, the present invention is not limited to this example. Further, the various functions described above may be realized by a combination of operations on various buttons and keys included in the operation unit 15.

The display unit 16 displays images and messages. For example, the display unit 16 displays a called number, a telephone number input for making a call, a name associated with the called number if the called number is registered in the telephone directory, and guidance for performing various function execution operations. A menu screen or the like is displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this example. As the display unit 16, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL (electroluminescence) display, or the like can be applied.

(Structure of main part of telephone 1)
Next, a main part configuration of the telephone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of a telephone 1 according to this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the telephone 1 includes a control unit 10 that controls the respective units of the telephone 1 in a centralized manner, a transmission/reception unit 11 that exchanges voice data with the exchange 2 and a telephone line network (not shown), and the telephone 1. It is provided with a storage unit 12 for storing various data to be used, the voice output unit 13, the LED 14, and the operation unit 15 described above. Since the outlines of the voice output unit 13, the LED 14, and the operation unit 15 have already been described, the description thereof is omitted here.

Then, the control unit 10 includes a telephone directory search unit 101, a caller notification setting confirmation unit 102, a transmission destination notification setting confirmation unit 103, a transmission destination identification unit 104, a notification control unit 105 (output control unit), and a telephone directory update unit 106. , And a notification setting changing unit 107 (function setting unit). Further, the storage unit 12 stores at least a telephone directory 121, a notification function setting 122, and a place of origin identification table 123.

The transmitting/receiving unit 11 receives the called number information (CID; Caller ID) from the exchange 2 when the telephone 1 receives an incoming call when the telephone 1 subscribes to the called number notification service. The transmission/reception unit 11 outputs the received called number information to the telephone directory search unit 101. The transmission/reception unit 11 may have a configuration in which the information of the called number is stored in a buffer (not shown), and the telephone directory search unit 101 notified of that fact reads the information from the buffer.

When the operation unit 15 receives an operation for updating the phone book 121 (registering a new phone number in the phone book 121), a signal (d7 in FIG. 1) indicating the operation is sent to the phone book update unit 106. Output. Further, when the operation unit 15 receives an operation for changing the notification function setting 122, the operation unit 15 outputs a signal indicating the operation (d8 in FIG. 1) to the notification setting changing unit 107.

The telephone directory search unit 101 determines whether or not the telephone number indicated by the called number information acquired from the transmission/reception unit 11 is registered in the telephone directory 121 (in other words, whether or not the telephone number is stored in the storage unit 12). Or)) is determined. Specifically, when the telephone directory search unit 101 acquires the information of the called number, it reads the telephone directory 121 from the storage unit 12 and searches for the telephone number indicated by the information of the called number.

Here, details of the telephone directory 121 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the telephone directory 121. The data structure of the telephone directory 121 is not limited to the illustrated example.

As shown in the figure, the telephone directory 121 is composed of one or more records in which the telephone numbers and names of the other parties are associated with each other. The "phone number" column stores the telephone number of the other party, and the "name" column stores the name of the other party. The name of the other party is not particularly limited as long as it is a character string that allows the user of the telephone 1 to specify the other party. Specifically, as shown in the figure, personal names, store names, company names, words such as "grandma" indicating the relationship with the user of the telephone 1 are preferable, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

When the telephone directory 121 has a record including the telephone number indicated by the called number information, the telephone directory searching unit 101 outputs the telephone number and name included in the record to the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 (see FIG. 1). d1). On the other hand, when there is no record including the telephone number indicated by the called number information in the telephone directory 121, the telephone directory search unit 101 outputs the telephone number indicated by the called number information to the origin notification setting confirming unit 103 (FIG. 1). D2).

The caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 confirms whether or not the caller notification function is effective in the telephone 1. Specifically, when the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 acquires the telephone number and the name from the telephone directory search unit 101, it reads the notification function setting 122 from the storage unit 12 to determine whether the caller notification function is valid, or Identify if it is invalid. When the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 specifies that the caller notification function is valid, the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 outputs the acquired telephone number and name to the notification control unit 105 together with the notification indicating that the caller notification function is valid. On the other hand, when the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 specifies that the caller notification function is invalid, the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 outputs the acquired telephone number and name to the notification control unit 105 together with the notification indicating that the caller notification function is invalid.

The origin notification setting confirming unit 103 confirms whether or not the origin notification function is effective in the telephone 1. Specifically, when the origin notification setting confirming unit 103 acquires the telephone number from the telephone directory searching unit 101, it reads the notification function setting 122 from the storage unit 12 and determines whether the origin notification function is valid or invalid. Identify if there is. Then, the origination location notification setting confirmation unit 103 outputs the acquired telephone number to the origination location identification unit 104 when it is identified that the origination location notification function is valid (d3 in FIG. 1). On the other hand, when the originating location notification setting confirmation unit 103 identifies that the originating location notification function is invalid, it outputs the acquired telephone number to the notification control unit 105 (d4 in FIG. 1).

Here, details of the notification function setting 122 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the notification function setting 122. The data structure of the notification function setting 122 is not limited to the illustrated example.

As illustrated, the notification function setting 122 includes a flag indicating whether the caller notification function is valid or invalid, and a flag indicating whether the originator notification function is valid or invalid. In the illustrated example, the fact that the caller notification function and the caller location notification function are valid is indicated by "ON" and the fact that the caller notification function is invalid is indicated by "OFF". The example is not limited to the illustrated example as long as it is possible to distinguish whether the local notification function is valid or invalid. Note that the cells including the character strings of “caller notification function” and “caller location notification function” in the table shown are for the purpose of indicating which of the two flags corresponds to the caller notification function or the caller location notification function. However, the data structure of the notification function setting 122 is not intended to be limited to the illustrated example.

Further, in the notification function setting 122 according to the present embodiment, each flag can be changed by a user operation as illustrated. The details will be described later.

The source identification unit 104 identifies the source analogy information that allows the user to analogize the source, in particular, the area (source) where the source telephone is located. Specifically, when the call origin identification unit 104 acquires the telephone number from the call origin notification setting confirmation unit 103, the call origin identification table 104 reads out the call origin identification table 123, and a consecutive number string from the first number included in the telephone number. To search.

Here, the details of the transmission destination identification table 123 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the source location specifying table 123. Note that the data structure of the source location specifying table 123 is not limited to the example shown in the figure.

As shown in the figure, the transmission destination specifying table 123 is composed of a plurality of records in which a numeric string and a character string corresponding to the numeric string are associated with each other. The numeric string is stored in the "city code" column, and the character string is stored in the "region" column. The above-mentioned number string is mainly the area code of each place in Japan, and the above-mentioned character string is the character string which shows the area mainly specified from the area code. For example, as shown in the figure, the numeral string "03" is a numeral string indicating the area code of the 23 wards of Tokyo, and is therefore associated with the character string "Tokyo".

Note that the number string stored in the origination point identification table 123 is not limited to the area code. Specifically, the type of the telephone set of the caller and the number string indicating the call system selected by the caller may be stored. For example, as shown in the figure, a numeric string “090” that is continuous from the first digit in the telephone number of the mobile phone may be stored. In the case of this example, as shown in the figure, a character string indicating the type of the calling telephone, that is, "mobile phone" is associated with the numeral string "090". Also, although not shown in the figure, in the telephone number indicating the toll-free number, a consecutive number string "0120" or "0800" from the first number is stored in the "city code" column, and the originator is stored in the number string. Corresponds a character string (for example, "toll-free") indicating the selected call method, stores a numeric string "+60" indicating the international identification number, etc. in the "city code" column, and stores the caller in the numeric string. A character string indicating a country name (for example, "Malaysia") may be associated.

If the number string that is included in the acquired telephone number and that is consecutive with the number sequence starting from the first number is in the source point specifying table 123, the source point specifying unit 104, together with the acquired telephone number, the source point specifying table. The character string associated with the numeral string 123 is output to the notification control unit 105. On the other hand, when there is no number string in the acquired number, which is consistent with the number sequence starting from the first number and is included in the acquired telephone number, in the origin specifying table 123, the notification control unit notifies only the acquired telephone number. Output to 105.

The notification control unit 105 controls the notification of the sender or the place of origin by the voice output unit 13 and the LED 14. Specifically, when the notification control unit 105 acquires a telephone number and a name from the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 together with a notification indicating that the caller notification function is valid, the notification control unit 105 outputs a voice message between the ringing tones. The output unit 13 causes the acquired name to be output as voice, and causes the LED 14 to blink with a green emission color. For example, when the name “Mr. XX” is acquired, the notification control unit 105 causes the sound output unit 13 to output a sound “Mr. Mr. XX” between the ringing tones. That is, when the telephone number indicated by the called number information is registered in the telephone directory 121 and the caller notification function is valid, the notification control unit 105 outputs the name specified from the telephone directory by voice. , LED 14 is caused to blink in green emission color.

On the other hand, when the notification control unit 105 acquires the telephone number and the name from the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 together with the notification indicating that the caller notification function is invalid, the notification control unit 105 does not output the acquired name by voice, and the LED 14 Blinking with a green emission color. That is, if the telephone number indicated by the called number information is registered in the telephone directory 121 and the caller notification function is disabled, the notification control unit 105 does not output the voice between the ringing tones and the LED 14 Is blinked with a green emission color.

In addition, when the notification control unit 105 acquires the telephone number and the character string from the place of origin specifying unit 104, the notification output unit 13 causes the sound output unit 13 to output the acquired character string by voice, and causes the LED 14 to emit a red light in between the ringing tones. Flashes in the emission color. For example, when the character string “XX prefecture” is acquired, the notification control unit 105 causes the voice output unit 13 to output the voice “From XX prefecture” in the interval between the ringing tones. That is, when the telephone number indicated by the called number information is not registered in the telephone directory 121, the notification control unit 105 is effective in the notification function of the place of origin and is included in the acquired telephone number. When there is a number string in the source location specifying table 123 that matches a number string that is continuous from the number, the character string associated with the number string in the source location specifying table 123 (mainly a character string indicating a region) Is output as a sound, and the LED 14 is made to blink in a red light emission color.

On the other hand, when the notification control unit 105 acquires only the telephone number from the origin notification setting confirming unit 103 or the origin specifying unit 104, the notification control unit 105 does not output the voice between the ringing tones and causes the LED 14 to blink with a red emission color. .. That is, the notification control unit 105 includes the case where the telephone number indicated by the called number information is not registered in the telephone directory 121 and the origin notification function is invalid, or is included in the acquired telephone number. If there is no number string in the source location specifying table 123 that matches the number string that continues from the first number, the voice output process is not performed, and the process of blinking the LED 14 with a red emission color is performed.

The notification control unit 105 may control the display on the display unit 16 (not shown in FIG. 1). Specifically, when the notification control unit 105 acquires the telephone number and name (name associated with the telephone number in the telephone directory 121) from the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102, these are displayed on the display unit 16. Let Further, when the notification control unit 105 acquires the telephone number from the origin notification setting confirming unit 103 or the origin specifying unit 104, the notification control unit 105 displays the telephone number on the display unit 16. That is, the notification control unit 105 executes the service provided by the called number notification service to which the telephone 1 subscribes (a service for notifying the user of the telephone number of the telephone number) by displaying the called number on the display unit 16. ..

Further, as described above, the notification control unit 105 changes the blinking color (light emitting color) of the LED 14 depending on whether or not the called number is registered in the telephone directory 121. As a result, the user simply confirms the LED 14 and the sender is the partner registered in the telephone directory 121 (in other words, the partner having no problem in making a call) or the partner not registered (in other words, the partner). , Who may not be able to talk).

Further, when performing voice output, the notification control unit 105 outputs either the caller or the place of origin, and does not output both. That is, when an incoming call is received from the other party registered in the telephone directory 121, the name of the other party is output by voice and the place of origin is not output. Therefore, even if the origin notification function is effective, in the case of an incoming call from a known partner, the originator analogy information indicating the origin or the like is not output, so that the user does not feel bothered.

The timing of voice output is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to perform voice output between the ringing tones as described above. There may be a silent period for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) between the output of the ring tone and the voice output of the caller or the place of call. Further, the notification control unit 105 can use an existing technique for the process of converting the acquired character string into voice data and causing the voice output unit 13 to perform voice output.

The phone book updating unit 106 updates the phone book 121 according to a user operation. Specifically, when the phonebook update unit 106 acquires a signal indicating a user operation for updating the phonebook 121 from the operation unit 15, the phonebook update unit 106 adds a record to the phonebook 121 according to the signal, or the phonebook 121. Or delete the record in.

The notification setting changing unit 107 switches between valid and invalid of at least one of a caller notification function and a caller location notification function in accordance with a user operation. This process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4A is a diagram showing the notification function setting 122 before the change, and FIG. 4B is a diagram showing the notification function setting 122 after the change.

As shown in the figure, the caller notification function and the caller location notification function of the telephone set 1 can be independently switched between valid and invalid. That is, the notification setting changing unit 107 can change the validity and invalidity of one function regardless of whether the other function is valid or invalid. In the existing telephone, it was necessary to enable the caller notification function when switching the enable/disable of the caller location notification function. On the other hand, in the case of the telephone 1 according to the present invention, the user can individually switch between validating and invalidating the caller notification function and the origination notification function, which improves convenience.

(Flow of incoming call notification processing executed by the telephone 1)
Next, the flow of incoming call notification processing executed by the telephone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of incoming call notification processing. In the following description, it is assumed that the telephone set 1 subscribes to the called number notification service.

First, the transmission/reception unit 11 waits for an incoming call from the exchange 2 (step S1, hereinafter "step" is omitted). When the incoming call is received (YES in S1), the transmitting/receiving unit 11 outputs the information of the called number to the telephone directory searching unit 101.

Then, the telephone directory search unit 101 determines whether the called number is in the telephone directory 121 (S2). When it is determined that the called number is in the phonebook 121 (YES in S2), the phonebook search unit 101 sets the record including the called number (that is, the caller's phone number and name) to the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102. Output to.

Subsequently, the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 specifies whether or not the caller notification function is valid (S3). When the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 determines that the caller notification function is valid (YES in S3), the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 outputs the acquired telephone number and name to the notification control unit 105 together with the notification indicating that the caller notification function is valid. .. Subsequently, the notification control unit 105 causes the LED 14 to blink in a green emission color and causes the voice output unit 13 to output the obtained name by voice (S4, output control step). For example, as shown in S4, a voice message "I am from Mr. XX" is output.

On the other hand, when the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 determines that the caller notification function is not valid (NO in S3), the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 determines that the caller notification function is invalid. The acquired telephone number and name are output to the notification control unit 105 together with the notification. Subsequently, the notification control unit 105 causes the LED 14 to blink with a green emission color, but does not perform voice output (S5, output control step).

On the other hand, when the phonebook search unit 101 determines that the called number does not exist in the phonebook 121 (NO in S2), the phonebook search unit 101 sets the phone number indicated by the information of the called number to the origin notification setting confirmation unit 103. Output to.

Subsequently, the origin notification setting confirming unit 103 specifies whether or not the origin notification function is valid (S6). When it is specified as valid (YES in S6), the origin notification setting confirming unit 103 outputs the acquired telephone number to the origin specifying unit 104.

Then, the origin identification part 104 determines whether the area code of the acquired telephone number exists in the origin identification table 123 (S7). If it is determined that there is an area code (YES in S7), the origin identification unit 104, together with the acquired telephone number, the character string associated with the area code in the origin identification table 123 (outside the area). The character string indicating the area indicated by the station number) is output to the notification control unit 105. Subsequently, the notification control unit 105 causes the LED 14 to blink in a red light emission color and causes the voice output unit 13 to output the acquired character string by voice (S8). For example, as shown in S8, a voice output "From XX prefecture" is output.

On the other hand, when the origin notification setting confirming unit 103 specifies that the caller notification function is not effective (NO in S6), or the origin specifying unit 104 transmits the area code of the acquired telephone number. When it is determined that the location identification table 123 does not exist (NO in S7), the origination location notification setting confirmation unit 103 or the origination location identification unit 104 outputs only the acquired telephone number to the notification control unit 105. Subsequently, the notification control unit 105 causes the LED 14 to blink with a red light emission color, but does not perform voice output (S9).

[Embodiment 2]
Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, when the number acquisition impossibility information indicating that the telephone number cannot be acquired instead of the called number at the time of the incoming call is acquired, it is the incoming call that cannot acquire the telephone number according to the number acquisition impossibility information. The telephone 1a, which is configured to output a notification indicating that, will be described. Note that, as the number acquisition impossible information according to the present embodiment, specifically, information indicating an incoming call from a public telephone, information indicating that the caller has made non-notification setting, and the caller's telephone are There is information such as being unable to notify the called number due to being in an area outside the range of the called number notification service.However, the number acquisition failure information is information indicating that the call cannot be acquired. However, the present invention is not limited to this example.

(Structure of main part of telephone 1a)
Next, a configuration of a main part of the telephone 1a according to the present embodiment will be described based on FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the telephone 1a according to this embodiment.

As shown in the figure, the telephone 1a according to the present embodiment is different from the telephone 1 described in the first embodiment, instead of the control unit 10, the transmission/reception unit 11, and the storage unit 12, the control unit 10a, the transmission/reception unit 11a, And a storage unit 12a. Then, unlike the control unit 10 described in the first embodiment, the control unit 10a newly includes the acquired information determination unit 108. Further, in place of the phonebook search unit 101, the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102, and the notification control unit 105, a phonebook search unit 101a, a caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a, and a notification control unit 105a are included. Further, the storage unit 12a newly stores a special utterance voice 124, unlike the storage unit 12 described in the first embodiment.

The exchange 2a according to the present embodiment indicates the reason why the caller number cannot be notified instead of the callee number when the caller's phone number cannot be obtained or the caller is set not to notify the other party of the phone number. The information (information that the number cannot be acquired) is output to the transmitting/receiving unit 11a. The number acquisition impossibility information is, for example, information indicating an incoming call from a public telephone. When the number acquisition prohibition information is acquired, the transmission/reception unit 11a according to the present embodiment outputs the number acquisition prohibition information to the telephone directory search unit 101a, as in the case of acquiring the called number information.

When the phonebook search unit 101a according to the present embodiment acquires the number acquisition impossible information, the phonebook search unit 101a determines that there is no record in the phonebook 121 that includes the phone number indicated by the called number information. Then, the acquired number acquisition impossibility information is output to the acquisition information determination unit 108 (d2 in FIG. 7). In addition, when the telephone directory search unit 101a acquires the information of the called number, and when it is determined that there is no record including the telephone number indicated by the information in the telephone directory 121, the telephone number indicated by the acquired information of the called number is displayed. The number is output to the acquisition information determination unit 108.

The acquisition information determination unit 108 determines whether or not the telephone 1a has acquired the called number information. Specifically, when the telephone number is acquired from the telephone directory search unit 101a, the acquisition information determination unit 108 determines that the telephone 1a has acquired the called number, and the acquired telephone number is sent to the origin notification setting confirmation unit 103. It is output (d9 in FIG. 7). On the other hand, when acquiring the number acquisition impossibility information from the telephone directory search unit 101a, the acquisition information judgment unit 108 judges that the telephone 1a has not acquired the information on the called number, and notifies the acquired number acquisition impossibility information to the sender. It is output to the setting confirmation unit 102a.

The acquisition information determination unit 108 may acquire information (information on the called number or information that the number cannot be acquired) from the transmission/reception unit 11a and judge whether the telephone 1a has acquired the information on the called number. In the case of this example, the acquisition information determination unit 108 determines that the telephone number is acquired by the telephone 1a when the information of the called number is acquired from the transmission/reception unit 11a, and the telephone number indicated by the acquired information is used as the telephone directory search unit. Output to 101a. The processing of the phonebook search unit 101a in this example is the same as that of the phonebook search unit 101 described in the first embodiment. On the other hand, when the acquisition information determination unit 108 acquires the number acquisition impossibility information from the transmission/reception unit 11a, it is determined that the telephone 1a has not acquired the destination number information, and the acquired number acquisition impossibility information is transmitted as described above. It outputs to the person notification setting confirmation unit 102a.

The caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a according to the present embodiment stores the phone number and name from the telephone directory search unit 101a, and also acquires the number acquisition impossibility information from the acquired information determination unit 108, the storage unit 12 The notification function setting 122 is read from to specify whether the caller notification function is valid or invalid. When the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a specifies that the caller notification function is valid, the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a outputs the acquired number acquisition prohibition information to the notification control unit 105a together with the notification indicating that the caller notification function is valid. On the other hand, when the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 specifies that the caller location notification function is invalid, the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102 outputs the acquired number acquisition impossibility information to the notification control unit 105a together with the notification indicating that the caller location notification function is invalid.

The notification control unit 105a according to the present embodiment includes, in addition to the function of the notification control unit 105 described in the first embodiment, a notification indicating that the caller notification function is valid from the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a, When the number acquisition impossible information is acquired, the voice data associated with the acquired number acquisition impossible information is read from the special utterance voice 124 stored in the storage unit 12a. Then, the notification control unit 105a causes the audio output unit 13 to output the audio data and causes the LED 14 to blink with a red light emission color. Here, the special utterance voice 124 is a plurality of voice data associated with the number acquisition impossible information. For example, when the notification control unit 105a acquires the number acquisition impossibility information indicating that the incoming call is from a public phone, the notification control unit 105a associates the number acquisition impossibility information with the voice data of the voice "From a public phone". Is read out and output to the voice output unit 13. That is, when the telephone 1a acquires the number acquisition impossibility information from the exchange 2a and the caller notification function is valid, the notification control unit 105a outputs a predetermined voice according to the number acquisition impossibility information, and The LED 14 is made to blink with a red emission color.

Note that, as another example of the special utterance voice 124, voice data of a voice “not notified” associated with the number acquisition impossibility information indicating that the sender has performed non-notification setting, or the sender. The voice data of the voice from "out of service area" is associated with the number acquisition impossible information indicating that the called number cannot be notified because the telephone is not in the area where the called number notification service is applicable. However, the present invention is not limited to this example.

The special utterance voice 124 may be a plurality of text data associated with the number acquisition impossibility information. In the case of this example, the notification control unit 105a converts the read text data into voice data and causes the voice output unit 13 to output the voice. Note that existing technology can be used for converting text data into voice data.

On the other hand, when the notification control unit 105a acquires the number acquisition prohibition information from the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a together with the notification indicating that the caller notification function is invalid, the notification control unit 105a outputs a voice. Instead, only the process of blinking the LED 14 in the red emission color is performed. That is, when the telephone 1a acquires the number acquisition impossibility information from the exchange 2a and the caller notification function is invalid, the notification control unit 105a does not perform the voice output process and causes the LED 14 to blink in a red light emission color. Perform processing.

When the notification control unit 105 acquires the number acquisition impossibility information, the notification control unit 105 may cause the display unit 16 to display “External line incoming”. The notification control unit 105 may also display the same when receiving an incoming call when the telephone 1 does not subscribe to the called number notification service.

As described above, when the called number cannot be obtained from the exchange 2a, the user can be notified of that fact. Therefore, the user can recognize the fact that the called party number could not be acquired and the reason thereof before starting the call.

(Flow of incoming call notification processing executed by the telephone 1a)
Next, the flow of the incoming call notification process executed by the telephone 1a will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a part of an example of the flow of incoming call notification processing. Further, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing after “A” shown in FIG. 8 in the incoming call notification processing.

Note that the processing of S11 to S15 of FIG. 8 is the same as the processing of S1 to S5 of FIG. 6 except that the processing of “A” and subsequent steps is performed when NO in S12. Therefore, the detailed description of these processes is omitted.

When the telephone directory search unit 101a determines that the called number does not exist in the telephone directory 121 (NO in S12), the telephone directory search unit 101a acquires the information (information on the called number or information that the number cannot be obtained) from the transmission/reception unit 11a. Is output to the acquisition information determination unit 108.

Subsequently, the acquisition information determination unit 108 determines whether or not the telephone 1a has acquired information different from the telephone number (information on the called number) from the exchange 2a (S21). When it is determined that the information different from the telephone number has been acquired (YES in S21), the acquired information determination unit 108 outputs the acquired number acquisition impossibility information to the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a.

Then, the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a specifies whether or not the caller notification function is valid (S22). When it is specified that the caller notification setting is valid (YES in S22), the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a outputs the acquired number acquisition impossibility information to the notification control unit 105a together with the notification indicating that the caller notification function is valid. .. Subsequently, the notification control unit 105a causes the LED 14 to blink with a red light emission color and causes the audio output unit 13 to output audio data associated with the acquired number acquisition inability information (S23). For example, when the number acquisition impossibility information indicating that the incoming call is from a public telephone is acquired, a voice message "From a public telephone" is output as shown in S23.

On the other hand, when the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a specifies that the caller notification function is not valid (NO in S22), the caller notification setting confirmation unit 102a confirms that the caller notification function is invalid. The acquired number acquisition prohibition information is output to the notification control unit 105a together with the notification. Subsequently, the notification control unit 105a causes the LED 14 to blink with a red emission color, but does not output a voice (S24).

On the other hand, when the acquired information determination unit 108 determines that the information different from the telephone number is not acquired (NO in S21), that is, when the telephone 1a determines that the called number information is acquired, the acquired information determination unit 108 outputs the acquired number acquisition impossibility information to the sender notification setting confirmation unit 102a. Note that the subsequent processing of S25 to S28 is the same as the processing of S6 to S9 in FIG. 6, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

(Modification of Embodiment 2)
In the second embodiment, when the acquisition information determination unit 108 determines that the telephone 1a has acquired information (number acquisition impossibility information) different from the telephone number from the exchange 2a, the acquired number acquisition impossibility information is used for the caller notification setting confirmation unit. It was output to 102a. That is, the telephone set 1a determines whether or not to output a voice to that effect when the number acquisition impossibility information is acquired, based on whether or not the caller notification function is valid. However, the method of determining whether or not to output the number acquisition prohibition information by voice when it is acquired is not limited to this example.

For example, whether or not to output the fact that the number acquisition impossible information is acquired may be determined according to whether or not the origination notification function is valid. In the case of this example, when the acquisition information determination unit 108 determines that the telephone 1a has acquired the information (number acquisition impossibility information) different from the telephone number from the exchange 2a, the acquired number acquisition impossibility information is used as the origin notification setting confirmation unit. Output to 103.

Further, for example, whether or not to output the fact that the number acquisition impossible information is acquired may be determined according to whether or not a notification function different from both the caller notification function and the call origin notification function is effective. In the case of this example, the control unit 10a includes a member (not shown) that confirms whether or not the notification function is valid, and the acquired information determination unit 108 informs the acquired information determination unit 108 that the telephone 1a differs from the telephone number from the exchange 2a ( When it is determined that the number acquisition impossible information) has been acquired, the acquired number acquisition impossible information is output to the member.

Further, for example, when the acquisition information determination unit 108 determines that the telephone 1a has acquired information (number acquisition impossibility information) different from the telephone number from the exchange 2a, the fact may be output by voice. In the case of this example, when the acquisition information determination unit 108 determines that the telephone 1a has acquired information (number acquisition impossibility information) different from the telephone number from the exchange 2a, it outputs the acquired number acquisition impossibility information to the notification control unit 105a. To do. Then, the notification control unit 105a reads the voice data associated with the acquired number acquisition impossibility information from the special utterance voice 124 stored in the storage unit 12a, and outputs the voice data to the voice output unit 13. The sound is output and the LED 14 is made to blink in red light emission color.

Further, the special utterance voice 124 may have the same content regardless of the type of the number acquisition impossible information. For example, the special utterance voice 124 may be a voice having a content of "could not acquire telephone number".

[Embodiment 3]
Another embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as the members described in the above embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, even if the origination notification function is valid and the origination number table 123 includes a sequence of numbers included in the destination number and continuing from the leading number, the destination number is predetermined. If the condition is satisfied, specifically, if the numeric string matches a pre-registered numeric string, the source analogy information (source, etc.) associated with the numeric string is set in the sending point identification table 123. A description will be given of the telephone 1b which does not output voice. It should be noted that the predetermined condition is not limited to the above-mentioned number string matching the previously registered number string.

(Structure of main part of telephone 1b)
Next, a configuration of a main part of the telephone 1b according to the present embodiment will be described based on FIG. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the telephone 1b according to this embodiment.

As shown in the figure, the telephone 1b according to the present embodiment is different from the telephone 1 described in the first embodiment, in place of the control unit 10, the storage unit 12, and the operation unit 15, the control unit 10b, the storage unit 12b, And an operation unit 15b. The control unit 10b newly includes the non-notification area updating unit 109, unlike the control unit 10 described in the first embodiment. Further, instead of the transmission place identification unit 104, a transmission place identification unit 104b is included. Further, the storage unit 12b newly stores the non-notification area setting 125, unlike the storage unit 12 described in the first embodiment.

In addition to the function of the operation unit 15 described in the first embodiment, when the operation unit 15b receives an operation for updating the non-notification area setting 125, the operation unit 15b outputs a signal indicating the operation (d11 in FIG. 10) to the non-notification area. It is output to the updating unit 109.

The non-notification area update unit 109 adds the number string input by the user operation to the non-notification area setting 125. The non-notification area setting 125 is a table that stores a numeric string, and in the case of an incoming call from a sender of a telephone number that includes the numeric string as a continuous numeric string from the first digit, the numeric string is for identifying the originating location. Even if the table 123 is associated with the source analogy information, this table is used to specify the destination number for which the source analogy information is not output by voice. Note that the non-notification area update unit 109 may delete the number string included in the non-notification area setting 125 according to the user operation.

The origination point identifying unit 104b according to the present embodiment does not notify from the storage unit 12b when the origination point identifying table 123 includes a numeral string that is included in the acquired telephone number and that is consistent with the numeral string that continues from the first numeral. The regional setting 125 is read. Then, the originating location identifying unit 104b determines whether or not there is a number string in the non-notification area setting 125 that is included in the acquired telephone number and that is consistent with the number sequence that continues from the first number (in other words, For example, determine whether the area code of the acquired phone number is registered as a non-notification area).

If it is determined that the non-notification area setting 125 includes a number string that is included in the acquired telephone number and that is continuous with the number from the leading number, the transmission source identification unit 104b determines only the acquired telephone number. Output to the notification control unit 105. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no number string in the non-notification area setting 125 that is included in the acquired telephone number and is consistent with the number string that continues from the first number, the transmission source identification unit 104b determines the acquired telephone number. At the same time, the character string associated with the number string in the origination table 123 is output to the notification control unit 105.

The number string registered as the non-notification area setting 125 is not limited to the area code. Specifically, the type of the caller's telephone set described in the first embodiment and the number string indicating the call method selected by the caller may be registered as the non-notification area setting 125.

An example of registering the non-notification area setting 125 is a case where the area code of the area where the user of the telephone 1b lives is registered as the non-notification area setting 125. Generally, an incoming call to the telephone set 1b is often an incoming call from a sender in the same area. Therefore, when the call origin notification function is enabled, a voice indicating the same region may be output each time a call is received from a caller not registered in the telephone directory 121, and the user may feel annoyed. In such a case, if the area code of the area in which the user lives is registered as the non-notification area setting 125, the voice indicating the same area is output many times without disabling the caller location notification function. Can be prevented.

(Flow of incoming call notification processing executed by the telephone 1b)
Next, the flow of incoming call notification processing executed by the telephone 1b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of incoming call notification processing. The processing of S31 to S37 of FIG. 11 is the same as the processing of S1 to S7 of FIG. Therefore, the detailed description of these processes is omitted.

When the place of origin identifying unit 104b determines that the area code of the acquired telephone number is in the place of origin specifying table 123 (YES in S37), the place of origin specifying unit 104b further determines the area code of the acquired telephone number. It is determined whether or not is registered as a non-notification area (S38). When the area is not registered as a non-notification area (NO in S38), the origin identification unit 104b, together with the acquired telephone number, is associated with the area code in the origin identification table 123 (the suburbs). The character string indicating the area indicated by the station number) is output to the notification control unit 105. Subsequently, the notification control unit 105 causes the LED 14 to blink in a red light emission color and causes the voice output unit 13 to output the obtained character string by voice (S39). For example, as shown in S8, a voice output "From XX prefecture" is output.

On the other hand, when the area code of the acquired telephone number is registered as the non-notification area (YES in S38), the origin identification unit 104b outputs only the acquired telephone number to the notification control unit 105. Subsequently, the notification control unit 105 causes the LED 14 to blink with a red light emission color, but does not output a voice (S40).

The configuration described in the present embodiment can also be applied to the telephone 1a described in the second embodiment.

[Modifications common to each embodiment]
In each of the above-described embodiments, the caller notification function and the call origination function can be independently switched between valid and invalid. However, the telephone according to the present invention is not limited to this configuration. That is, in the telephone according to the present invention, only the caller notification function of the caller notification function and the caller location notification function can be switched between valid and invalid, and the caller notification function is always valid. Good. In the case of this example, the origin notification setting confirming unit 103 can be omitted.

Further, the telephones 1, 1a, 1b according to the above-described embodiments may have a configuration in which the user can operate the operation unit 15 to update the origination table 123. Specifically, the user may be able to freely change the character string that is output as a voice by the origin notification function. As a result, for example, the character string associated with the area code of the area where the user lives can be changed to "From the city" or "From the neighborhood", and the user can You can narrow down. Further, when the association between the area code and the area is changed, the association between the existing number string and the character string is changed by the operation of the operation unit 15 by the user, and the origination table 123 is set. It may be possible to add a new record to.

The telephones 1, 1a, 1b may implement the caller notification function and the caller location notification function by another output method that is not voice output. For example, the caller notification function and the caller location notification function may be realized by displaying a character string on the display unit 16. Further, in the present invention, the configuration in which the LED 14 blinks or lights up when an incoming call arrives is not essential. That is, the present invention can be applied to a telephone that does not include the LED 14.

[Embodiment 4]
(Example of software implementation)
The control blocks of the telephones 1, 1a, 1b (in particular, each unit included in the control units 10, 10a, 10b) may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, It may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

In the latter case, each of the telephones 1, 1a, and 1b has a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only) in which the program and various data are recorded so that they can be read by a computer (or CPU). Memory) or a storage device (these are referred to as a "recording medium"), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like. Then, the computer (or CPU) reads the program from the recording medium and executes the program to achieve the object of the present invention. As the recording medium, a "non-transitory tangible medium", for example, a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the above program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The communication device (telephone 1) according to the first aspect of the present invention outputs the first function of outputting the name of the caller at the time of an incoming call and the sender analogy information which is information by which the user can analogize the caller at the time of an incoming call. A communication device having a second function, comprising: a function setting unit (notification setting changing unit 107) for independently switching between valid and invalid for the first function and the second function; When the acquired telephone number is stored in the storage unit (storage unit 12) in association with the name, the first function is used regardless of whether the second function is valid or invalid. Is valid, only the name of the name and the source analogy information is output, while if the first function is invalid, the name and the source analogy information are not output. The notification control unit 105) is provided.

According to the above configuration, when the telephone number acquired at the time of incoming call is stored in the storage unit in association with the name, if the first function is valid, the second function is valid, or Regardless of whether it is invalid, only the name of the name and the source analogy information is output, and when the first function is invalid, regardless of whether the second function is valid or invalid. Do not output name and source analogy information. In other words, if the incoming call is from a known party, the source analogy information is not always output. As a result, in the case of an incoming call from a partner who does not need to analogize the sender, the analogy information of the sender is not output. Therefore, even if the incoming call is from a known party, the analogy information of the sender is output and the user It is possible to prevent feeling annoying.

Note that the analogy information of the sender includes information indicating the area of the sender such as prefecture, city, country, country, information indicating the type of communication device of the sender such as mobile phone and IP phone, and the sender such as toll-free number. For example, information indicating the selected calling method may be used.

In the communication device according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in the aspect 1, the output control unit, when the acquired telephone number is associated with the name and is not stored in the storage unit, associates with the telephone number. The transmitted analogy information may be output.

According to the above configuration, when the acquired telephone number is associated with the name and is not stored in the storage unit, the source analogy information associated with the telephone number is output. Whether or not to start the call can be determined according to the transmitted analogy information of the transmission source.

The communication device according to the third aspect of the present invention is the communication device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the source analogy information is selected by the area associated with the acquired telephone number, the type of the communication device of the source, and the source. It may be information indicating one of the calling methods.

According to the above configuration, the transmission source analogy information is information indicating any one of the area associated with the acquired telephone number, the type of the communication device of the transmission source, and the call system selected by the transmission source. This allows the user to know, when receiving an incoming call from a caller whose telephone number is not stored in the storage unit, the caller's area, the type of the caller's communication device, or the call method selected by the caller. it can. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether to start a call according to the output analogy information of the transmission source.

A communication device according to Aspect 4 of the present invention is the communication device according to any one of Aspects 1 to 3, wherein the output control unit replaces the telephone number with the number acquisition impossibility information indicating that the telephone number cannot be acquired. When it is acquired, a notification indicating that the telephone number cannot be acquired may be output instead of the name and the source analogy information.

According to the above configuration, when receiving the number acquisition impossible information indicating that it is an incoming call for which the telephone number cannot be acquired instead of the telephone number, the notification indicating that the telephone number cannot be acquired is made. When there is an incoming call that cannot be obtained, the user can be notified of that fact. Therefore, the user can determine whether to start a call when there is an incoming call for which the telephone number cannot be acquired.

A communication apparatus according to Aspect 5 of the present invention is the communication device according to any one of Aspects 1 to 4, wherein the output control unit determines that the acquired telephone number is not stored in the storage unit and the telephone number is predetermined. If the condition is satisfied, the source analogy information associated with the telephone number may not be output.

According to the above configuration, when the acquired telephone number is not stored in the storage unit and when the telephone number satisfies the predetermined condition, the source analogy information associated with the telephone number is not output. .. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user from feeling annoyed due to the source analogy information being output. An example of the “predetermined condition” is that the acquired telephone number matches the telephone number registered in advance. For example, when the telephone number including the area code is acquired by registering the area code of the area where the user lives in advance and storing it in the storage unit, the information indicating the area indicated by the area code. You can turn it off. As a result, a call from the area where the user himself/herself lives is expected to be frequently received (more specifically, a call from the area where the user himself/herself lives and the telephone number is stored in the storage unit). In the case of a call from a source that does not exist), the information indicating the area is not output, so it is possible to suppress the annoyance that is repeatedly output from the source of the area in which you live. it can.

The communication apparatus according to Aspect 6 of the present invention may further include a voice output unit (voice output unit 13) that outputs a voice according to any one of Aspects 1 to 5, and the output may be a voice output.

According to the above configuration, since the name and the source analogy information are output by voice, the user can recognize the name and the source analogy information even if the user is away from the communication device.

A communication device according to Aspect 7 of the present invention, in any one of Aspects 1 to 6 above, further includes a notifying unit (LED 14) for notifying that a user has received an incoming call, and the output control unit is You may make the said alerting|reporting part alert|report that the incoming call was received in the aspect according to whether the acquired telephone number is memorize|stored in the said memory|storage part.

According to the above configuration, since the notification mode is changed depending on whether the telephone number of the sender is stored or not, the user only needs to confirm the notification mode of the notification unit. It is possible to determine whether or not the incoming call is from a known party. Further, in the case of a communication device capable of switching between valid and invalid of the first function and the second function, even if the first function and the second function are invalid, the user is It is possible to know whether or not the call is received.

A communication device control method according to aspect 8 of the present invention includes: a first function of outputting a name of a sender when an incoming call is received; and a method of outputting source analogy information that is a user's analogy to the sender when an incoming call is received. A method of controlling a communication device having two functions, wherein the first function and the second function can be independently switched between valid and invalid, and the telephone number acquired at the time of incoming call is the above-mentioned. When the first function is valid when the second function is valid or invalid when stored in the storage unit in association with the name, the name and the call Of the original analogy information, only the name is output, and when the first function is invalid, an output control step (steps S4 and S5) of not outputting the name and the source analogy information is included. With the above configuration, the same operational effects as those of the communication device according to aspect 1 are achieved.

The communication device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the communication device is realized by the computer by operating the computer as each unit (software element) included in the communication device. A control program for a communication device and a computer-readable recording medium having the program recorded therein also fall within the scope of the present invention.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

1 Telephone 12 Storage 13 Audio Output 14 LED (Notification)
105 notification control unit (output control unit)
107 Notification setting change section (function setting section)
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Claims (8)

A communication device having a first function of outputting a name of a sender when an incoming call is received, and a second function of outputting source analogy information which is information by which a user can infer the sender at the time of an incoming call,
A function setting section for independently switching between valid and invalid for the first function and the second function;
When the telephone number acquired when a call is stored in the storage unit in association with the name, when the first functional upper SL is enabled, whether or invalid the second function is valid Regardless of the name and the source analogy information, only the name is output, and if the first function is invalid, whether the second function is valid or invalid. Regardless, an output control unit that does not output the name and the source analogy information, and a communication device. The output control unit is characterized in that, when the acquired telephone number is associated with the name and is not stored in the storage unit, the output analogy information associated with the telephone number is output. The communication device according to claim 1. The source analogy information is information indicating any one of an area associated with the acquired telephone number, a type of a communication device of the sender, and a call system selected by the sender. Or the communication device according to 2. When the output control unit obtains, in place of the telephone number, the number acquisition impossibility information indicating that the incoming call cannot be obtained, the output control unit obtains the telephone number instead of the name and the originator analogy information. The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a notification indicating that the communication cannot be performed is output. The output control unit does not output the source analogy information associated with the telephone number if the acquired telephone number is not stored in the storage unit and if the telephone number satisfies a predetermined condition. The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: A voice output section for outputting voice is further provided,
The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the output of the name or the source analogy information is a voice output. A notification unit that notifies the user that an incoming call has been received,
7. The output control unit causes the notification unit to notify that there is an incoming call in a mode depending on whether or not the acquired telephone number is stored in the storage unit. The communication device according to claim 1. A method for controlling a communication device, comprising: a first function of outputting a name of a sender when an incoming call is received; and a second function of outputting a source analogy information which is information by which a user can infer the sender when an incoming call is received. ,
The first function and the second function can be independently switched between valid and invalid,
When the telephone number acquired when a call is stored in the storage unit in association with the name, when the first functional upper SL is enabled, whether or invalid the second function is valid Regardless of the name and the source analogy information, only the name is output, and if the first function is invalid, whether the second function is valid or invalid. Regardless, a communication device control method comprising an output control step of not outputting the name and the source analogy information.

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