JPH10178478A - Method for displaying call telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a call telephone number display method where a dialed telephone number is displayed in an easy-to-see way at any time when dialing the telephone number by displaying a delimiter symbol between a toll station number, a local station number and a personal number. SOLUTION: The digits of a toll station number and a local station number corresponding to the toll station number is stored and the toll station number is discriminated every time of dialing by one digit and when the toll station number is identified, a delimiter symbol is inserted and the resulting telephone number is displayed, the digits of the local station number corresponding to the identified toll station number is obtained and after the local telephone number by the digit number is entered and displayed, the delimiter symbol is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a calling telephone number display method in a communication device having a display unit, and more particularly to a calling telephone number display method capable of displaying a telephone number of a called party at any time in an input process so as to be easily recognized.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Here, a communication device is, for example, a telephone,
Mobile phones, personal handy-phones
This is a communication device such as a system (PHS), a facsimile, etc., in which a telephone number is input to call a destination, and at that time, the input telephone number is displayed on a display unit of the device.

Next, a conventional calling telephone number display method will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a conventional calling telephone number display method. One of the conventional calling telephone number display methods (first display method) is to continuously display the telephone number of the destination input by the user. As shown in FIG. Area code 03 and city area code a1a2a3
a4 and personal number b1b2b3b4 are displayed continuously, and FIG.
As shown in (b), the area code 052 and the city code a1a2a3
And the personal numbers b1b2b3b4 are displayed continuously.
As shown in (c), the area code 0426 and the city code a1a2
And the personal numbers b1b2b3b4 are displayed continuously.
As shown in (d), the area code 04709 and the city code a1
And the personal numbers b1b2b3b4 are displayed continuously.
As shown in (e), the area code 030 and the city code a1a2a3
And the personal number b1b2b3b4b5 are displayed continuously.

[0004] Further, in the conventional second calling telephone number display method for displaying the inputted telephone number in an easy-to-read manner, after inputting the destination telephone number in all digits, the area code and the local telephone number, and the local telephone number and the personal telephone number are displayed. There was also a method of inserting a separator between them and displaying them again.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned first conventional telephone number display method, the telephone number of the input destination is displayed continuously, so that it is difficult to see whether the telephone number is correct or not. There was a problem that it was difficult to confirm.

Further, in the above-mentioned second conventional telephone number display method, since it is difficult to continuously display the telephone number until all digits have been input, it is difficult to find an error in the input process. .

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and in the process of inputting the telephone number of the other party, by displaying a separator between the area code, the local area code and the personal number as needed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a calling telephone number display method capable of displaying the called telephone number of the called party easily at any time while inputting the telephone number.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying a calling telephone number, comprising the steps of: identifying an area code for an input telephone number; A separator is inserted after the area code and displayed, and when a local code following the area code is recognized, a separator is inserted and displayed after the local code, and the area code is displayed in the telephone number input process. And a separator between the local number and the rest of the phone number.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying a calling telephone number, comprising a plurality of area codes and a digit of a local area code corresponding to the area code. Each time a phone number to be called is entered, a search is made to see if the entered phone number matches the stored area code. If there is only one match, the entered phone number is entered. The telephone number is recognized as an area code, and a separator is inserted after the area code and displayed. If there are a plurality of area codes that match the input telephone number, the next area code is input. Judging from the telephone number, it recognizes which area code is, inserts a separator after the area code and displays it, and reads the number of digits of the area code corresponding to the identified area code When a telephone number having the above-mentioned number is input, the telephone number having the above-mentioned number is changed to a local office. It is characterized by inserting a separator after the local area code and displaying it, and displaying the remaining telephone number to be entered, and in the process of inputting the telephone number, the area code and the local area code are displayed. Separators can be displayed between the remaining phone numbers.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the claimed invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The calling telephone number display method according to the present invention stores a plurality of area codes and the number of digits of the corresponding local area code in advance, and stores the stored area code every time the telephone number to be called is input by one digit. After searching for the area code, insert a separator and display it, find the number of digits of the local area code corresponding to the identified area code, enter and display the number of digits of the local area code, and then Since the separation symbol is displayed, the input telephone number of the other party can be easily displayed at any time, and an input error or the like can be quickly found.

First, a display example using the calling telephone number display method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a calling telephone number display method according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 (a), a display example of the calling telephone number display method according to the present invention uses "-" as a separator between the area code and the local code and between the local code and the personal code. , Or a space between the area code and the local code, and a space between the local code and the personal number as shown in FIG. 1 (b). As shown, "(" is displayed between the area code and the local area code, and ")" is displayed as a separator between the local area code and the personal number. Note that the separator is only displayed and is not actually transmitted together with the telephone number.

Next, the configuration of a communication apparatus for realizing the calling telephone number display method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of the communication device of the present invention. Hereinafter, only the part of the communication apparatus that displays the input of the destination telephone number, which is a characteristic part of the present invention, will be described.

The communication device of the present invention comprises a memory unit 1, a key input unit 2, a control unit 3, a display unit 4, and a dial sending unit 5.

Next, each part of the communication device of the present invention will be specifically described. The key input unit 2 is for inputting a telephone number.

The display unit 4 displays a telephone number.
Specifically, the input telephone number and the inserted separation symbol are displayed according to the display signal output from the control unit 3.

The memory unit 1 is a storage unit having a local office number digit number table 1a in which an area code and a corresponding local office digit number are stored in advance.

As shown in FIG. 3, the local area code table 1a includes an area code and the number of digits of the local area code. The area code includes all the area codes in various telephone systems. The number of digits of the local office number stores the number of digits of the local office number corresponding to the area code. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the local station number digit number table 1a in the memory unit 1 of the communication device of the present invention.

The dial sending section 5 sends calling data in accordance with the telephone number data output from the control section 3.

The control section 3 performs a telephone number display process for displaying the input telephone number while inserting a separator into the telephone number. The input number area 3a stores the input telephone number.
And a counter 3b for counting the number of digits of the local office number. Here, the input number area 3a is configured to sequentially store the numbers input one digit at a time from the key input unit 2 from the left side.

The telephone number display process of the control unit 3 is as follows.
Specifically, input the telephone number one digit at a time from the key input unit 2,
The area code stored in the local area table 1a of the memory unit 1 is searched to identify the area code, a separator is displayed next to the area code, and the local code corresponding to the area code is displayed. Numbers are entered and displayed by the number of digits, the next separator is displayed, and subsequent personal numbers are displayed continuously.
When an area code which is not stored in the local area number table 1a of the memory unit 1 is input, the separation symbol is not displayed.

A specific processing flow of the telephone number display processing in the control unit 3 of the communication device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a telephone number display process in the control unit 3 of the communication device of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of a local office number display process in the telephone number display process. is there.

The telephone number display process according to the present invention is started when a telephone number is input, and the number is input by one digit from the key input unit 2.
The numbers are sequentially stored in the input number area 3a from the left side, displayed on the display unit 4 (100), and the area string of the local office number digit number table 1a is searched in the number string stored in the input number area 3a (106). ).

Then, it is determined whether or not there is a corresponding (matching) area code (108).
Returning to 00, if there is (Yes), it is determined whether or not there is an area code with a forward match (for example, area code 030 for area code 03) in addition to the area code that matches (110),
If not present (No), the separation symbol is displayed on the display unit 4 (1
12), input 0 to the counter 3b (114), and go to the processing 140.

On the other hand, in the process 110, if there is an area code with a forward coincidence (Yes), a one-digit number is inputted from the key input unit 2 and stored in the input number area 3a (12).
0), the area string stored in the input number area 3a is searched for the area code in the local area number table 1a (122),
It is determined whether there is a corresponding (matching) area code or an area code matching ahead (124).

If there is a corresponding or prefixed area code (Yes), for example, if the number string is 030, 030 can be recognized as an area code, and the input number is displayed on the display unit 4. (126), the separation symbol is displayed on the display unit 4 (128), and 0 is input to the counter 3b (12).
9).

On the other hand, in the process 124, if there is no applicable area code or no area code (No), for example, the number string is 03
If it is 3, 03 can be recognized as the area code, the separation symbol is displayed on the display unit 4 (130), the input number is displayed on the display unit 4 (132), and 1 is input to the counter 3b. (129).

After the processing 134 or 129 or 114, the local area code display processing is performed to display the area code and the separation symbol (140), the personal number input display processing is performed (142), and the telephone The number display process ends.

Incidentally, the personal number input display processing of the processing 142 is that a number is input by one digit from the key input section 2, the input numbers are sequentially stored in the input number area 3a from the left side, and the display section 4
Is a process of repeating a series of processes displayed in the above for the remaining inputs.

Then, the local office number display processing of the processing 130 reads the local office number digit number corresponding to the area code from the local office number digit table 1a in the memory unit 1 as shown in FIG. ), The number of digits of the local office number and the counter 3b are compared (202), it is determined whether the number of digits of the local office number and the value of the counter 3b match (204), and if they do not match (No),
One digit is input from the key input unit 2 (206), the input number is displayed on the display unit 4 (208), 1 is added to the counter 3b (210), and the process returns to step 202.

On the other hand, if the number of digits of the local station number matches the value of the counter 3b in the processing 202 (Yes), a separation symbol is displayed on the display unit 4 (212), and the local office number display processing ends.

The flowchart of FIG. 4 shows a case where the difference in the number of digits between the matching area code and the area code which matches ahead is one digit, and when the difference is two or more digits, Processing 1
Between steps 26 and 128, steps 110 to 114 and steps 120 to 126 are nested. When there is no input in the processes 100 and 120, the telephone number display process ends.

Next, the operation sequence and a display example when the calling telephone number display method of the present invention is used will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation order and a display example using the calling telephone number display method of the present invention. The input number will be described as [], the number stored in the local station number digit number table 1 a as “”, and the number displayed on the display unit 4 as (). First, telephone number 03a1a2a3a4b1b2b3
Regarding the operation sequence and display of the calling phone number display method of b4,
This will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

When [0] is input from the key input unit 2,
(0) is displayed on the display unit 4, and as a result of the search of the area code in the local area code number table 1a shown in FIG. 3, there is no corresponding area code. Is further displayed on the screen, and the entire display becomes (03).

Then, as a result of searching the local area code digit number table 1a with [03] which has been input so far, there is an applicable area code. Judge whether there is, and there is area code "030",
When a number is input by one digit and [a1] is pressed from the key input unit 2, the corresponding or prefix-matching area code is not searched in the input [03a1] so far, and "03" is the area code. Is identified as a station number, a separator "-" is displayed after 03,
Subsequently, "a1" is displayed, and (03-a
1) is displayed, and 1 is set in the counter 3b.

Then, by referring to the local station number digit number table 1a in the memory unit 1, it is required that the local office number corresponding to the area code "03" has four digits. When [a2], [a3], and [a4] are pressed, (03-a1a2
After a3a4) is displayed, the separator "-" is displayed.
Subsequently, when [b1], [b2], [b3], and [b4] are pressed, (03-a1a2a3a4-b1b2b3b4) is displayed on the display unit 4.

On the other hand, the operation order and display of the calling telephone number display method of the telephone number 030a1a2b1b2b3b4b5 are shown in FIG.
This will be specifically described with reference to FIG. The process is the same as described above up to the input of [03], and when [0] is pressed thereafter,
Since the corresponding area code is searched for in [030] input so far, “030” is determined to be the area code, and 0 is determined.
The input (0) is displayed after 3; the separator "-" is displayed after (030); (030-) is displayed on the display unit 4; and the counter 3b is set to 0. Become.

The local office number corresponding to the area code "030" is required to be two digits with reference to the local office number digit number table 1a in the memory unit 1, and the key input unit 2 inputs [a1 ] And [a2] are pressed, (030-a1a2) is displayed, followed by a separator "-". Subsequently, when [b1], [b2], [b3], [b4], and [b5] are pressed, (030-a1a2-b1b2b3b4b5) is displayed on the display unit 4.

According to the calling telephone number display method according to the present invention, each time a number is inputted from the key input unit 2, the area code is searched, and the separation symbol is displayed when the area code is determined. And read the number of digits of the local area code corresponding to the area code,
Subsequently, the number input from the key input unit 2 is separated by the number of digits of the local area code and the separator is displayed, and the remaining numbers are displayed. There is an effect that a separator can be inserted between the local number and the personal number so that it can be displayed easily.

Further, the calling telephone number display method of the present invention comprises:
If the present invention is used for a conventional telephone which transmits call data every time a telephone number is input, an input error can be quickly detected and the telephone can be redialed at an early point.

Further, the calling telephone number display method according to the present invention comprises:
If the present invention is applied to a mobile phone or the like that inputs a telephone number and transmits call data by operating a call key after confirmation, an input error can be quickly found and the input number can be corrected earlier.

[0041]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when an area code is identified, a separator is inserted and displayed for an input telephone number, and when a subsequent area code is recognized, a local code is added after the area code. The calling telephone number display method inserts and displays a separator, so the separator is displayed between the area code, the local office code and the rest of the telephone number in the process of entering the telephone number. Is displayed at any time in an easy-to-recognize manner, so that an input error can be quickly found.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of area codes and the number of digits of the corresponding city code are stored in advance,
Every time you enter a single digit of the telephone number to call, search for the entered telephone number to match the area code. If there is only one area code that matches, use the entered telephone number as the area code. Recognize and insert a separator after the area code and display it.If there are multiple area codes that match the entered telephone number, Recognize whether it is an area code, insert a separator symbol after the area code, display it, read the number of digits of the area code corresponding to the identified area code, and call the number of digits of the area code When a number is entered, the telephone number is recognized as a local office number, a separator is inserted after the local office number and displayed, and the remaining telephone number to be entered is displayed as a calling telephone number display method. So, in the process of entering the phone number, enter the area code, city code and the rest of the phone number. To by displaying a separator, and displays easily recognize the phone number entered, the effect which can quickly discover typos.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a calling telephone number display method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of a communication device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a local station number digit number table in a memory unit of the communication device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a telephone number display process in a control unit of the communication device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of a local office number display process in a telephone number display process in the control unit of the communication device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation order and a display example using the calling telephone number display method of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a conventional calling telephone number display method.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... memory unit, 1a ... local station number digit number table, 2 ...
Key input section, 3 ... Control section, 3a ... Input number area,
3b: counter, 4: display unit, 5: dial sending unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] When an area code is identified for an input telephone number, a separator is inserted after the area code and displayed. When a subsequent area code is recognized, a separator is added after the city code. A calling telephone number display method characterized by being inserted and displayed. 2. A plurality of area codes and a number of digits of a local area code corresponding to the area code are stored in advance, and each time a telephone number to be called is input, the input telephone number is stored. Is searched for a match with the stored area code, and if there is only one match, the input telephone number is recognized as an area code, and a separator symbol is added following the area code. If there is more than one area code that matches the input telephone number, it will be inserted and displayed. A separator is inserted after the area code and displayed, the number of digits of the local area code corresponding to the identified area code is read, and when the telephone number of the number of digits is input, the telephone number of the number of digits is entered into the city. It is recognized as a local number, and a separator is inserted after the local number and displayed. A calling telephone number display method, characterized by displaying a telephone number of a caller.