JPH10164258A - Communication method and communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform unitary management of the storage of addresses of a device that transmits and receives electronic mail and the storage of telephone numbers of a communication device by transferring and storing data of telephone numbers, etc., among personal data which are managed by a communication controller side of electronic mail to/in a communication terminal. SOLUTION: An address of electronic mail, data of a telephone number that corresponds to it, etc., are stored in a television receiver 1. The stored data is shown on the receiver 1 through a prescribed operation of a controller 5. When you want to transmit electronic mail, a specific personal address is selected among what is shown and a prescribed operation is performed by an operation of the controller 5, etc. That is, when it is decided that there is no input of correction data nor new data and when a transfer mode is set to a PHS terminal 3, data of updated address book is transferred and stored to the terminal 3 that is connected to a charging base 2. Call out processing is done by using the data of telephone numbers which are stored in the terminal 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication method and a communication apparatus suitable for transmitting and receiving data such as e-mail using video display means such as a television receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, data of communication data called electronic mail has been transmitted / received to / from a specific partner using a personal computer device or the like. In this case, a program for transmitting and receiving an e-mail is stored in the computer device in advance, and the e-mail program is activated when necessary, and then the computer device is connected to the telephone via a predetermined modem. Connect and make a dial-up connection with the telephone to call a provider that stores e-mail data. Then, while connected to the provider, search for an e-mail addressed to the address of the own station, and when there is data of the corresponding e-mail,
The data is received and an e-mail is transmitted to another address.

[0003]

In the case of transmitting such an electronic mail, it is necessary to correctly assign a destination address. Therefore, some devices capable of sending an e-mail have a function of storing a plurality of addresses as an address book, and by selecting a desired address from the stored addresses, the device can be sent to a correct address. Can be sent.

On the other hand, when sending an e-mail,
A communication device such as a telephone device is connected to a computer device or the like that performs processing for sending an e-mail, and a communication device accesses a desired provider and then transmits e-mail data to the provider. here,
Some telephone devices have a telephone directory function for storing a plurality of telephone numbers. However, the storage of the address in the conventional device for transmitting and receiving e-mail and the storage of the telephone number in the telephone device are performed without any relation, which is inconvenient in handling.

[0005] In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily manage electronic mail addresses and telephone numbers.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a communication control apparatus for performing communication relating to transmission / reception of e-mail via a connected communication terminal includes at least data of a telephone number corresponding to data of an e-mail address. At the same time as storing the personal data, the communication control device side transfers at least the data including at least the telephone number data among the personal data stored by the communication control device to the communication terminal for storage. A call can be made at a communication terminal using data.

[0007] According to this processing, the telephone number data and the like of the personal data managed by the electronic mail communication control device are also stored in the communication terminal, and the personal data can be centrally managed.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of this embodiment. In this embodiment, a charging stand 2 for a mobile phone is mounted on a television receiver 1. The mobile phone 3 connected to the charging stand 2 and charged is a mobile phone for a simple wireless telephone system called a personal handy phone system (PHS) (hereinafter, referred to as a PHS terminal).
Is used. When the PHS terminal 3 is used at home, the PHS terminal 3 is set in an indoor mode, performs wireless communication with a terminal (so-called cordless telephone base unit) 4 installed in the home, and performs general communication via the terminal 4. It functions as a cordless telephone handset connected to the subscription telephone line. Also, when the PHS terminal 3 is used outdoors, the PHS terminal 3 enters a public mode, performs wireless communication with a base station (not shown) installed outdoors, and is connected to a public telephone line via the base station. You.

The television receiver 1 can be remotely controlled by an infrared signal from the controller 5. Here, in this example, the controller 5 also has a function as a cordless telephone handset capable of wireless communication with the terminal 4, and is connected to a general subscriber telephone line by wireless communication similar to that in the extension mode of the PHS terminal 3 described above. Connection.

Next, the specific configuration of each device will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the television receiver 1 is connected to an antenna connection terminal 1a to which a television antenna or the like is connected. The reception circuit 11 is connected to the reception circuit 11 and performs reception processing of a broadcast wave of a predetermined channel. This receiving process is performed based on the control of the control unit 12, which is a system controller that controls each unit of the television receiver. Then, the video signal received by the receiving circuit 11 is supplied to the image receiving circuit 14 via the mixer 13, the image receiving circuit 14 performs a predetermined image receiving process, and causes the cathode ray tube 15 to display an image. The audio signal received and received by the receiving circuit 11 is supplied to the audio circuit 16, subjected to predetermined audio output processing such as amplification, supplied to the speaker 17, and emitted sound.

Further, the television receiver of the present embodiment has a data processing section 18, and the data processing section 18 displays various data (each homepage data of the Internet, e-mail data, etc.) supplied from the PHS terminal 3. Process for This data processing is also performed based on the control of the control unit 12. The data is supplied to the data processing unit 18 via the terminal 21 of the charging stand 2. That is, when the PHS terminal 3 is placed on the charging stand 2, the terminal unit 21 of the charging stand 2 is connected to the terminal unit 37 of the PHS terminal 3, and the data output from the terminal unit 37 of the PHS terminal 3 is used for data processing. It is supplied to the unit 18 and stored. Then, based on the stored data, the data processing unit 1
The display data is created in 8, and the display data is supplied to the mixer 13. By supplying the display data to the mixer 13, the display data is mixed with the video signal supplied from the receiving circuit 11 to the mixer 13, and the display data is mixed at a predetermined position in the video displayed by the cathode ray tube 15. Characters, figures, etc. based on the displayed characters are displayed.

A memory 12a connected to the control unit 12 stores in advance a processing program for executing various operations performed by the television receiver. In this case, in addition to a processing program for receiving a television broadcast or the like, a processing program for transmitting or receiving an e-mail via a predetermined provider, and receiving an Internet service via the predetermined provider Processing program is stored. The data received by the e-mail, the data to be transmitted, and the data received by the Internet are processed by the data processing unit 18 under the control of the control unit 12. Also, memory 1
The data rewritable storage area 2a includes an area for storing data as an address book for storing e-mail addresses, telephone number data, name data, and the like.

Under the control of the control unit 12, when dialing up to a provider that provides an e-mail or Internet service, the PHS terminal 3 connected from the control unit 12 through the terminal unit 21 of the charging stand 2 is dialed up. Is supplied to the PHS terminal 3 to execute the corresponding processing. Similarly, the other processes of the PHS terminal 3 are performed by transmitting control data from the control unit 12 side.
It can be executed.

The control section 12 has a light receiving section 19 for receiving a remote control signal transmitted by an infrared signal.
Are connected, and the operation mode and the like of the control unit 12 are set by the remote control signal received by the light receiving unit 19.

As the charging stand 2, a charging circuit 22, which is a power supply for supplying a charging current to the secondary battery 38 in the PHS terminal 3 connected to the terminal section 21, is prepared. Is charged until the battery is fully charged.

The PHS terminal 3 includes a wireless communication unit 3 for performing bidirectional wireless communication with a terminal 4 (or a public base station).
1 is provided, and the transmitting / receiving antenna 3
1a is connected. In addition, this transmission / reception antenna 31a
May be built in the main body of the PHS terminal 3 and do not protrude to the outside. Communication in the wireless communication unit 31 is performed based on the control of the control unit 32 which is a system controller of the terminal 3. For example, voice communication data transmitted from the terminal 4 is demodulated in the wireless communication unit 31. After the processing is performed, the demodulated audio signal is
3 for sound emission. An audio signal picked up and output by the microphone 34 is subjected to audio modulation processing in the wireless communication unit 31, and the modulated audio data is wirelessly transmitted to the terminal 4, and transmitted to the telephone line connected to the terminal 4. Sent out.

The control unit 32 of the PHS terminal 3 has a memory 3
2a is connected, an operation program necessary for the PHS terminal is stored in advance, and a part of the data rewritable storage area includes an address book (telephone number) for storing telephone number data and name data. This is a data storage area as a book. Further, a display unit 35 (such as a liquid crystal display panel) for displaying data such as a telephone number and a name under the control of the control unit 32 is provided. further,
The operation information of the key 36 for performing an input operation such as a telephone number is
It is supplied to the control unit 32.

As a power supply device of the PHS terminal 3, a secondary battery 38 composed of a lithium ion battery or the like is built in, and is charged by a charging current obtained in a terminal portion 37. This charging current is supplied from the charging circuit 22 in the charging stand 2 via the terminal unit 21 when the PHS terminal 3 is mounted on and connected to the charging stand 2 fixed on the upper part of the television receiver 1.

A predetermined terminal in the terminal unit 37 of the PHS terminal 3 is connected to the control unit 32, and the wireless communication unit 31
And the telephone number data stored in the memory 32a can be transmitted to the control unit 12 and the data processing unit 18 of the television receiver 1 via the terminal unit 21 of the charging stand 2. is there. This data transmission is executed based on a command supplied from the control unit 12 of the television receiver 1.

Next, the configuration of the controller 5 for performing remote control of the television receiver 1 and the like will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 3 and FIGS. The controller 5 includes a control unit 51 which is a system controller.
, A display unit 52, a key 53, and a light emitting unit 54 are connected.
As the keys 53, in addition to keys for operating the television receiver, keyboards corresponding to alphabets, numerals, and the like are provided. In addition to operation instructions for the television receiver, various characters and numerals can be input. I can do it. The display unit 52 is formed of a liquid crystal display panel or the like, and is capable of displaying a predetermined number of characters (for example, up to 45 characters). In the light emitting section 54, in addition to a remote control signal (infrared signal) for instructing the operation of the television receiver, an output of an infrared signal in which data such as characters and numerals are encoded in a predetermined manner is based on the control of the control section 51. I can do it. The memory 51a connected to the control unit 51 has an area for temporarily storing characters, numbers, and the like input by keys.

The controller 5 of the present embodiment includes a wireless communication unit 55 functioning as a cordless telephone handset, and performs bidirectional communication with the terminal 4 by wireless transmission and reception by a transmitting / receiving antenna 55a connected to the wireless communication unit 55. Wireless communication is enabled. The wireless communication unit 55 includes a speaker 56 for outputting a voice for a call and a microphone 57 for picking up the voice for a call.

Here, an example of the appearance of the controller 5 of this embodiment is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the overall shape of the controller 5 is a horizontally long shape. The main body 62
Each of the circuits described with reference to FIG. Then, a lid member 63 is attached to the upper surface of the main body 62 in a rotatable state, and a state in which the main body 62 is covered with the lid member 63 is a state shown in FIG. The operation mode of the television receiver 1 is set at the position which becomes the upper surface when the cover is placed, such as the television mode, the Internet mode,
Mode keys 53a, 53 for switching to e-mail mode
b, 53c, a dial key 53d as a telephone,
Cursor keys 53f and enter key 53 for various settings
g, and a power key 53h of the receiver.

On the surface of the main body 62 which is visible when the cover member 63 is opened, as shown in FIG. A display unit 52 composed of a liquid crystal panel is arranged above 53i. Also on the left side,
A speaker 56 and a microphone 57 are arranged.
The cursor key 53f and the enter key 53g are attached to the surface of the main body 62, and project from above the lid member 63 through through holes 64 and 65 provided in the lid member 63. The cursor key 53f and the enter key 53g can be operated even when the member 63 is opened.

Next, the structure of the terminal 4 functioning as a cordless telephone master unit will be described with reference to FIGS. The terminal 4 of this example is used by connecting to a general subscriber telephone line. However, the terminal 4 does not have a function of making a direct telephone call or the like, and has a handset (the PHS terminal 3 or 3) that communicates with the terminal 4. The controller 5) is used to perform communication such as a telephone call with a partner connected via a telephone line. A pilot lamp 41 is provided on the surface of the terminal 4 to turn on when communication using the connected telephone line is performed. A DC jack 42 for inputting a power supply for operating the terminal 4 is provided on the side surface.

The terminal 4 of this embodiment is connected directly to a telephone modular jack outlet embedded in the wall of each home without a cord as a connection to a telephone line. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, in a home provided with a telephone line, a telephone modular jack outlet 90 is provided at a predetermined position.
The modular plug of the terminal 4 is directly inserted into the jack portion 91 substantially at the center of the outlet 90 so that the outlet 90 is directly attached to the installation location.

Specifically, on the back surface of the terminal 4, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a concave portion 44 corresponding to the protrusion of the modular jack outlet 90 is provided, and a modular plug 45 is protruded from a substantially central portion of the concave portion 44. In addition, the detachable projections 4 are provided below the modular plug 45.
6 is provided, and the modular plug 45 is connected to the outlet 9.
A groove 47 required to press the attaching / detaching projection 46 necessary for removing the 0 is provided on the back surface of the terminal 4. In order to fix the installation state of the terminal 4 to the outlet 90, a screw hole 43 is provided at the upper part of the terminal 4, and as shown in the mounting state of FIG. 7 or the sectional view of FIG. Through a predetermined screw 48, and directly screwed to the wall on which the outlet 90 is mounted,
It can be fixed securely.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state where the outlet 90 is fixed to the wall to which the outlet 90 is attached. In this state, a power plug 49 for obtaining a DC power supply of a predetermined voltage is attached. By inserting the terminal 4 into the DC jack 42, the terminal 4 operates as a cordless telephone base unit.

By the way, when the terminal 4 is attached to the outlet 90 and the modular plug 45 is connected to the jack part 91, as shown in a cross section in FIG. , Fits into the concave portion 92 in the jack portion 91 and cannot be removed as it is. Therefore, by using a tool having a thin tip such as a screwdriver, the tip of the attaching / detaching projection 46 is pushed from below through the groove 47 (pushed at the position indicated by the dashed arrow P in FIG. 9), and It is necessary to remove the projection 46 for detachment and remove the modular plug 45 from the jack 91.

In the sectional view of FIG. 9, circuit components in the terminal 4 are omitted. Also, here, the configuration in the case where the terminal 4 is attached to the outlet 90 has been described. However, some measures may be taken such that the terminal 4 is attached to an outlet other than the outlet embedded in the wall. Of course.

Next, the operation when the system of this embodiment is operated by combining the above-described devices will be described.

In this embodiment, based on the operation of the controller 5, the television receiver 1 can view television broadcasts and the like, and can connect to the Internet and transmit and receive electronic mail. Specifically, when the mode is set to the television mode by operating the mode key 53a provided on the controller 5, the control unit 12 of the television receiver 1 controls to receive a television broadcast. When the mode key 53b or 53c is operated to set the Internet mode or the e-mail mode, the Internet software or the e-mail software based on the program stored in the memory 12a connected to the control unit 12 is started. , Corresponding operation control is performed. However, the Internet mode and the e-mail mode are basically modes that operate when the PHS terminal 3 is placed on the charging stand 2. Also, viewing of a television broadcast in the television mode can be processed in parallel with processing in another mode. For example, during a search for receiving an e-mail, a television broadcast may be temporarily received, or characters and the like received by an e-mail may be superimposed and displayed on a part of the television broadcast reception screen. Can also.

In the operation in the Internet mode,
From the control unit 12 of the receiver 1 to the control unit 32 of the PHS terminal 3
Then, a control command to connect to the Internet provider (the telephone number of the provider is set in advance in the program) by dial-up is sent. When the control unit 32 receives the corresponding command, it communicates with the terminal 4 to perform a calling process to the corresponding telephone number on the telephone line connected to the terminal 4, and when the line is connected, the controller 5 A search process is performed for each homepage on the Internet based on the operation described above, the necessary homepage data is transmitted from the provider via a telephone line, received by the PHS terminal 3, and the received data is transmitted via the terminal units 37 and 21. The data is transferred to the data processing unit 18 of the television receiver 1. Then, the data processing unit 18 performs a display process of the received data based on the control of the control unit 12, supplies the processed data to the image receiving circuit 14, and causes the cathode ray tube 15 to display the processed data. If audio data is included in the received data, the audio data is supplied to the audio circuit 16 and output from the speaker 17.

The operation in the e-mail mode is as follows. When an e-mail is received, the PHS
The control unit 32 of the terminal 3 sends a control command for dial-up connection to an e-mail provider (the provider's telephone number is set in advance by a program). When the control unit 32 receives the corresponding command, the control unit 32 communicates with the terminal 4 to perform a calling process to the corresponding telephone number on the telephone line connected to the terminal 4. Search processing of the e-mail addressed to the address of the own station, and when the e-mail addressed to the address of the own station is stored, the e-mail data is transmitted from the provider via the telephone line and received by the PHS terminal 3, The received data is transferred to the data processing unit 18 of the television receiver 1 via the terminal units 37 and 21. Then, the data processing unit 18 performs a display process of the received data based on the control of the control unit 12, supplies the processed data to the image receiving circuit 14, and causes the cathode ray tube 15 to display the processed data.

The processing at the time of sending an e-mail includes
After the dial-up connection to the e-mail provider by the PHS terminal 3 in the same manner as at the time of reception, the e-mail data for transmission prepared in the data processing unit 18 is transmitted to the PHS terminal 3 by the instruction of the control unit 12. The data is sent to the telephone line via the Internet and stored in the provider.

The processing in each mode up to this point is performed based on the operation of the controller 5, but in this example, automatic reception of electronic mail is enabled. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing in that case. First, the control unit 12 of the receiver 1 determines whether or not the PHS terminal 3 is connected to the charging stand 2 (step 101). Here, when it is determined that the PHS terminal 3 has been connected since it was not connected, a charging current is supplied from the charging circuit 22 built in the charging stand 2 to the PHS terminal 3 so that the PHS terminal 3 Rechargeable battery 3
8, and based on the control of the control unit 12,
The PHS terminal 3 is set to the indoor mode (step 10).
2). Next, the control unit 12 activates the e-mail software in accordance with the program stored in the memory 12a, and sets the operation mode of the receiver 1 to the e-mail mode (step 103). When the e-mail software is activated, the control unit 12 of the receiver 1 sends a control command for dial-up connection to the e-mail provider to the control unit 32 of the PHS terminal 3 to connect to the terminal 4 (master). The provider is connected to the telephone line (step 104).

After this connection has been made, a search is performed to determine whether e-mail addressed to the address of the own station is stored in the provider (step 105). Causes the data of the e-mail to be transmitted (here, there are cases where only the data of the header part of the e-mail is transmitted and cases where all data is transmitted), and the data processing unit 18 stores the data. Then, on the screen displayed by the cathode ray tube 15 of the receiver 1, a display notifying the reception of the e-mail is performed by the display data supplied from the data processing unit 18 to the mixer 13 (step 10).
6). For example, as shown in FIG. 11, "e-mail has been received" is displayed at a predetermined position on the television broadcast receiving screen 15a with a character superimposition a. If you are not receiving television broadcasts,
Only this character may be displayed. In addition, a corresponding sound (ie, a sound for notifying the reception of an e-mail) may be output from the speaker 17 by voice synthesis or the like.

When it is determined that the e-mail mode key 53c of the controller 5 has been operated after the notification display or the like is performed, the received mail list stored in the data processing unit 18 is displayed on the cathode ray tube 15. 15a on the screen
Is displayed (step 108). Display section b in FIG.
Corresponds to the list display, and here, a transmission date and a caller name are displayed in a list. When the list is displayed, a mail that has already been displayed once and a mail that has never been displayed on the receiver are displayed in different modes. For example, the colors of characters and numbers to be displayed are displayed in different colors to distinguish them. In FIG. 12, the two lower displays with diagonal lines correspond to mails that have not been displayed yet.

Then, the cursor key 5 of the controller 5
By selecting an e-mail to be displayed from this list by the operation of 3f or the like, as shown in FIG. 12, the text of the selected e-mail is displayed on the screen 15a (step 109). Here, the display c of the heading portion such as the date and time, the transmission address and the reception address and the display d of the mail text are performed in the vertically divided area. If the user wants to output the text of the e-mail by voice (a program for operating a text reader in the memory 12a of the receiver 1 or the like is necessary), the corresponding processing is performed based on the control of the control unit 12. The audio data is supplied to the audio circuit 16 as audio data, and is output from the speaker 17 as audio.

After the display of the mail, the control unit 1
2 judges whether or not there is a command to display another mail from the controller 5 (step 110), and if there is such a command, returns to step 109 to perform the display processing of the mail. If it is determined in step 110 that there is no mail to be displayed next, processing for disconnecting the line from the provider is performed (step 111), and the processing in the e-mail mode ends. Also, when there is no e-mail addressed to the address of the own station in step 105 and when the e-mail mode is not operated in step 107,
The process proceeds to step 111 to perform processing for disconnecting the line connection with the provider. Note that even before the step 111, if all the e-mail data addressed to the address of the own station has been received, the processing for disconnecting the line connection with the provider may be executed at that point.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, simply placing the PHS terminal 3 on the charging stand 2 above the television receiver 1,
Under the control of the control unit 12 of the television receiver 1 automatically, the communication using the PHS terminal 3 connects to the e-mail provider and searches for the e-mail addressed to the own station. The result is displayed on the screen,
E-mail can be received without any operation, which is very convenient. For example, when a user who is always carrying the PHS terminal 3 is out of the office,
Just put the HS terminal 3 on the charging stand 2 and charge it,
It is possible to automatically recognize the existence of the mails stored in the provider up to now, and it is not necessary to perform an operation for connecting to the provider and an operation for starting the e-mail program, and it is possible to save labor and time for access.

Next, processing of address data performed in the system of this embodiment will be described. In this example, the television receiver 1 can store address data and the like as an address book. That is, in the rewritable area of the memory 12a connected to the control unit 12 in the television receiver 1, an area for storing personal data as an address book is prepared.
Phone number data, name data, etc. are stored. Other personal data such as an address and a company name may also be stored.

In the process of storing data in the address book area, for example, characters and numerals are input using the keyboard 53i of the controller 5, and the input data is transmitted to the television receiver 1 as infrared signals. It is done by that.

The stored data is displayed as a list in the cathode ray tube 15 of the television receiver 1 as shown in FIG. 13, for example, by instructing the display mode of the address book by a predetermined operation of the controller 5. Is displayed. The creation of the display data is performed by the data processing unit 18 under the control of the control unit 12, for example.

Here, from the list displayed,
When an e-mail is to be transmitted by selecting an address of a specific individual, a necessary address is selected by operating the cursor key 53f and the enter key 53g of the controller 5, and a predetermined operation is performed. An address corresponding to the transmitted e-mail is given. The mark f shown in FIG. 13 is a mark indicating that the assignment of the address in this column has been selected.

Then, as described above, the television receiver 1
At least the data of the telephone number and the data of the name out of the data of the address book set in the PHS terminal 3 are transferred to the control unit 32 in the PHS terminal 3 connected to the charging stand 2, and are connected to the control unit 32. The transferred data can be stored in the data storage area of the address book (telephone number book) of the memory 32a. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of a process based on the control of the control unit 12 in this case. First, it is determined whether or not the mode is a mode for updating the address book data stored in the memory 12a of the television receiver 1. (Step 201) When the mode to be updated is selected, a list of personal data in the address book is displayed on the screen of the television receiver 1 (Step 20).
2).

Here, it is determined whether or not the data to be corrected or the data to be newly registered has been input by operating the controller 5 (step 203). The data of the corresponding area 12a is updated (step 20).
4). When the update process is performed in step 204 and when it is determined in step 203 that there is no input of correction data or new data, a mode for transferring the updated data to the PHS terminal 3 is set. It is determined whether or not the data is transferred (step 205). If the transfer mode is set, the updated address book data is transferred to the control unit 32 of the PHS terminal 3 connected to the charging stand 2 (step 205). 206). At this time, of the data registered as the address book, the data of the telephone number and the data of the name, which are the data used in the PHS terminal 3, are transmitted.

As the data transfer of the address book in step 206, all the updated personal data is transferred. Alternatively, only the corrected personal data of the updated data may be transferred.

As described above, since the data in the address book can be transferred to the PHS terminal 3, a call can be made to the number using the telephone number data stored in the PHS terminal 3. That is, the PHS terminal 3 is connected to the charging stand 2
When used as a telephone in the indoor mode or the public mode, the telephone number or name in the address book stored in the memory 32a is displayed at the time of making a call.
Are displayed in order, and when a desired name or number is displayed, a call key is pressed to perform a calling process to the number. Therefore, the television receiver 1 having the function of managing the transmission and reception of e-mail can collectively manage the data in the address book of the PHS terminal 3,
Since the function of the address book of the PHS terminal 3 is used, it is not necessary to input a telephone number or the like by key operation of the terminal, which is convenient.

Although the process of transferring the address book data stored in the television receiver 1 to the PHS terminal 3 and storing the data therein has been described, the data of the address book stored in the PHS terminal 3 is connected to the PHS terminal 3. May be transferred to the television receiver 1 and stored in the memory 12a.

The data to be transferred to and stored in the PHS terminal 3 is only the data of the telephone number and the data of the name related to the direct transmission of the telephone number, but other data such as an e-mail address is transferred. Needless to say, the information may be stored. By doing this,
For example, by having the PHS terminal 3 when going out, it is convenient to know the e-mail address when going out.

In the above embodiment, the communication terminal is P
Although a wireless telephone terminal called HS is used, another wireless telephone communication terminal may be used. Alternatively, a wireless terminal dedicated to data communication may be used. Although the television receiver is used in the above-described embodiment as a device to which the PHS terminal is connected, another device including a video display unit may be used. For example, the present invention can be applied to a case where a communication terminal can be connected to a personal computer device, and an automatically received mail is displayed on a display of the computer device.

[0053]

According to the present invention, telephone number data and the like of personal data managed by the electronic mail communication control device are also stored in the communication terminal, and personal data can be centrally managed. On the communication terminal side, it is possible to have accurate telephone directory data without inputting a telephone number or the like.

In this case, the personal data stored in the communication terminal can be transferred to the communication control device,
Personal data input on the communication terminal side can also be managed on the communication control side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a receiver and a terminal according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a controller according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an example of an appearance of a controller according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the controller shown in FIG. 4 is opened.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating an installation example of a terminal according to one embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an installation example of a terminal according to one embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the back surface of the terminal according to one embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an e-mail receiving process according to an embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example at the time of receiving an e-mail according to one embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of an e-mail according to one embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of address display according to one embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing address data processing according to one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 television receiver, 2 charging stand, 3 PHS terminal, 4 terminal, 5 controller, 12 control unit,
15 cathode ray tube, 18 data processing section, 22 charging circuit,
31 wireless communication unit, 32 control unit, 38 secondary battery, 4
5 Modular plug section, 51 control section, 52 display section, 53 keys

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A communication control unit that performs communication related to transmission and reception of an electronic mail via a connected communication terminal, stores personal data including at least data of a telephone number corresponding to data of an e-mail address, At a predetermined time, data including at least the telephone number data among the personal data stored by the communication control side is transferred to and stored in the communication terminal, and the transferred and stored telephone number data is used. A communication method in which a call can be made by the communication terminal. 2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein personal data including telephone number data stored in said communication terminal is transferred to said communication control side and stored therein. 3. A communication control device for controlling communication relating to transmission or reception of electronic mail, and a communication terminal connected to the communication control device for performing communication of transmission or reception of the electronic mail, wherein the communication The control device includes: a control-side storage unit that stores personal data including at least data of a telephone number corresponding to data of an e-mail address; and a control-side display unit that displays personal data stored in the storage unit. As the communication terminal, terminal-side storage means for transferring and storing at least telephone number data of personal data stored in the control-side storage means, and a terminal side for displaying personal data stored in the terminal-side storage means A communication device comprising: a display unit; and a calling control unit that performs a calling control of a telephone number stored in the terminal-side storage unit. 4. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the personal data stored in the terminal storage device provided in the terminal device is transferred to and stored in the control storage device provided in the communication control device. Communication device.