JPH0215370A - Address storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce storage volume relating to the input of addresses by retrieving address information corresponding to a telephone number from a storage device on the basis of the telephone number inputted from an input means. CONSTITUTION:A command for checking an address is inputted from an input part on the basis of an instruction outputted from a control part 3. The telephone number concerned is read out from a telephone number storing part 13 on the basis of an instruction from the control part 3 and the address of a telephone number toll address coincident with the telephone number is retrieved from an address table storing in an address table storing part 17. The contents of the information retrieved from the address table by the instruction from the control part 3 is transmitted to an address processing part 7. The processing part 7 transmits information which can be uniformly decided from the toll local address of the telephone number to a display part 9 on the basis of the information transmitted from the storage part 17. Since a part which can be uniformly determined from the toll address of the telephone number can be removed from the address, the storage volume of the address can be compressed up to about 10 digits, so that the storage volume can be saved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention J (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an address storage device that is installed in a portable electronic notebook or the like and stores names, telephone numbers, and addresses in correspondence with each other. Regarding.

(Prior Art) In recent years, devices such as an input section such as a numeric keypad and a display section such as an LCD have been used to display stored calendars, schedules, etc.
2. Description of the Related Art Portable so-called electronic notebooks that display address books and the like as appropriate are becoming widespread.

Processing related to displaying an address book, which is one of the functions of this conventional electronic notebook, is performed by an address storage device.

This conventional address storage device will be explained below with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Conventional address storage devices store names such as individual names and company names, as well as telephone numbers and addresses corresponding to these names.

The storage unit 101 stores the input unit 10 according to instructions from the control unit 103.
5 is stored in the name storage section 111 of the storage section 101. Further, similarly, the telephone number and address input from the input section 105 corresponding to the input name are stored in the telephone number storage section 113 and the address storage section 115, respectively.

Next, the data stored in this storage section 101 is transferred to the display section 1.
09, the read command and the name of the party to be read are input from the input unit 105 according to instructions from the IIJ Il1 unit 103, and the phone number corresponding to the name of the party is input from the phone number storage unit 113 in the same manner. Each address is read out from the address storage section 15 and displayed on the display section 109.

Therefore, 1 the address storage of the above-mentioned address storage device 7!11
15 required a memory capacity of around 20 characters for kanji and 40 characters for katakana, flat names, and romaji.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) On the other hand, in such a conventional address storage device,
When inputting data such as an address, the number of characters displayed on the display section 109 is limited to about 10 characters due to the display capacity of the display section 109. Therefore, when entering an address, it is necessary to check each 10 characters of the address entered as a flat name and perform processing such as converting it into kanji, which is extremely inconvenient and even troublesome. . Additionally, when entering an address, there are some systems that save labor by calling up a part of the address that has been stored in advance according to the postal code by inputting the postal code, but this is not necessarily functionally sufficient. I couldn't say that.

Furthermore, since the capacity of the rewritable storage area is limited, storing data that requires a large amount of data such as addresses has the disadvantage that the number of items that can be stored is limited.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has the following objectives: It is an object of the present invention to provide an address storage device that can reduce the amount of storage required for inputting an address and that facilitates inputting an address.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the VR Problem) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an input means for inputting a telephone number, and a telephone number and address information corresponding to the telephone number are stored in advance. a storage means, a search means for searching the storage means for address information corresponding to the telephone number based on the telephone number input from the input means, and an output means for outputting the address information searched by the search means. It was constructed by having the following.

(Function) In the address storage device of the present invention, when a telephone number is input using an input means such as a numeric keypad, address information corresponding to the telephone number is retrieved from the address information previously stored in the storage means by the search means. The searched address information is output from an output means such as a display device or an output terminal.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the general configuration of this embodiment.

First, the configuration of this embodiment will be explained.

The storage unit 1 is, for example, RAM (Random Ac
aessMeIIlory), a name storage unit 11, a telephone number storage unit 13, and an address storage unit 15,
It has an address table storage section 17 configured by a ROM (Read On!v Memory).

The control unit 3 is constituted by a control means such as a CPU, and includes, for example, a keyboard or a keyboard connected to the input unit 5.
It performs overall control of the address storage device, such as control of data input from input devices such as.

The address processing section 7 is connected to the storage section 1, the control section 3, the input section 5, and the display section 9, and operates under the control of the control section 3.
For example, based on information transmitted from the address table storage section 17, information that can be partially determined from the area code of the telephone number is transmitted to the display section 9.

Next, the operation when storing an address will be explained.

In response to instructions from the control unit 3, the name of the person to be stored is inputted from the input unit 5 using a keyboard or the like, and the name is stored in the name storage unit 1.
1 and stores the data related to the name. Furthermore, according to the instructions from the control section 3, input the telephone number corresponding to the name from the input section 5, and then enter the telephone number! ! The data is transferred to the a storage unit 13 and stored. According to the instructions of Zarani II 111 Part 3,
The address corresponding to the name is input from the input unit 5, and is transferred to the address storage unit 15 and stored. After memorizing the phone number,
An address confirmation command is input from the input unit 5 according to instructions from the control unit 3 . In response to an instruction from the control section 3, the corresponding telephone number is read from the telephone number storage section 13, and an address with a matching telephone number area code is searched from the address table stored in the address table storage section 17. Furthermore, the contents of the information retrieved from the address table are transmitted to the address processing section 7 according to instructions from the control section 3 .

Based on the transmitted information from the address table storage section 17, the address processing section 7 transmits information that can be uniquely determined from the area code of the telephone number to the display section 9 according to instructions from the control section 3. In this case, the address does not require the part of the prefecture name and city/town/village name that can be uniquely determined from the area code of the telephone number. Therefore, the amount of address storage can be reduced to about 10 digits, making it possible to store more addresses. Note that it can be easily inferred from this method that address information that is automatically and uniquely determined when a telephone number is input can be displayed using the same procedure without inputting an address confirmation command from the input unit 5. In this way, by replacing part of the address with a telephone number memory, the amount of address input can be significantly reduced.

Next, a description will be given of an operation for reading out a stored address in correspondence with a telephone number. When reading an address, according to instructions from the control unit 3, a read command input from a keyboard or the like and the name of the person to be read are inputted from the input unit 5, and the phone number corresponding to the name of the person is stored in the phone number memory. Part 1
3 and transferred to the display unit 9 for display. Furthermore, the address corresponding to the name of the other party is specified by the control unit 3.

First, the corresponding telephone number is read from the telephone number storage section 13, and then an address with a telephone number area code that matches this is searched from the address table stored in the address table storage section 17. Furthermore, the contents of the information retrieved from the address table are transmitted to the address processing section 7 according to instructions from the control section 3 .

Based on the transmitted information from the address table storage section 17, the address processing section 7 transmits information that can be uniquely determined from the area code of the telephone number to the display section 9 according to instructions from the control section 3. Further, according to instructions from the control section 3, address information corresponding to the other party is read out from the address storage section 15 and displayed on the display section 9.
Send to and display.

Since such address table storage section 17 is read-only, it is realized by an inexpensive read-only storage medium, such as a ROM. Furthermore, even in cases where it is difficult to secure a sufficient storage area for storing the above-mentioned name, telephone number, and address in an address storage device such as a portable electronic notebook, the address storage device according to the present invention can be used. The device is particularly effective in minimizing the amount of address input and storage required when using a mobile phone that requires a telephone number. Therefore, am using the address table as described above is effective even in a usage method such as, for example, referring to it on a desk in an office.

For example, in the conventional system, [Ishikawa Telegraph and Telephone Office 739 Arijgo, Yukimachi, Minamimatsuura District, Nagasaki Prefecture]
The one I remembered as 0959-42-1211J is
Since "Yukimachi, Minamimatsuura District, Nagasaki Prefecture" can be generated from the information 0959-42-, in the present invention, it is possible to store it as "Ishikawa Telegram Telephone Bureau Yukikyo 739 0959-42-1211", and the address information can be created from the information 0959-42-. It can be displayed exactly like the device. In this method, no matter how long the prefecture or county name is, as long as the necessary -i last address information is short, address information can be stored very efficiently.

In addition, in the present invention, address information in areas where the address is expressed as "Minami 3-jo Nishi 4-chome" is expressed as "3-4", and a numeric keypad type in which only numbers and minus signs can be input is used. An address storage device having an input section also has the advantage that address information can be input accurately.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, most of the information related to the address is estimated from the input telephone number, so the storage unit related to address information and the amount of work at the time of input are reduced. can be significantly reduced, and an even more compact and efficient address storage device can be realized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

XX1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional example. 1... Storage section 11... Name storage section 13... Telephone number storage section 15... Address storage section 17... Dress table storage section 3... Control section 5... Input section 7.・Address processing department 9 ・Display department agent Patent attorney Yasu Miyoshi Rikitsutsu 1 Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Input means for inputting a telephone number; Storage means in which a telephone number and address information corresponding to the telephone number are stored in advance; An address storage device comprising: a search means for searching address information corresponding to the telephone number from the storage means; and an output means for outputting the address information searched by the search means.