JPH11112636A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the burdens on a user relating to a telephone book operation by storing the identification information in an identification information storage means, when the identification information for which a counted value has reached a prescribed value is not stored in the identification information storage means. SOLUTION: When a generated call is an outgoing call or a caller number is reported through the generated call is an incoming call, a control part 14 retrieves an opposite party telephone number from a telephone book storage area 9a. Then, as a result of retrieval, whether or not the pertinent number is formally registered or temporarily registered is determined. When the opposite party telephone number is not stored, the control part 14 temporarily registers the opposite party telephone number in a free area, where the telephone number is not registered in the telephone book storage area 9a. Then, the counter value of a counter corresponding to the temporarily registered telephone number of the opposite party is set to '1'. Then, when the counter value of the counter becomes more than a prescribed value in a temporary registration, corresponding flag is set to '1', and temporarily registered opposite party telephone number is formally registered.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to the use of identification information stored in an identification information storage means in response to selection of a call and designation of a call. For example, PH with the function of automatically calling
The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as an S (Personal Handyphone System) terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A PHS terminal generally has a telephone directory function. However, to make a call using this telephone directory function, the user must register the telephone number in the telephone directory in advance.

[0003] Therefore, even if a caller frequently makes a call, unless the telephone number of the caller is registered in the telephone directory,
You have to enter your phone number every time. On the other hand, when there are a plurality of telephone numbers registered in the telephone directory, the telephone numbers are displayed in a predetermined order (for example, in the order of names associated with the telephone numbers) according to a forward instruction by the user, You have to choose.

[0004] For this reason, the display order of a telephone number that is later in the above-mentioned predetermined order is the latter, even if it is frequently called, and the user is always forwarded many times. Instructions must be given.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional communication terminal device, the user must register the identification information, and if the identification information is not registered, the input of the identification information will be performed every time a call is made. Must be performed,
There was a problem that user operation was troublesome.

Further, when searching for identification information registered in the telephone directory, it is necessary to always give a forward instruction many times for identification information that is later in a predetermined display order. Was troublesome.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a user-friendly communication terminal device which reduces the burden on the user regarding the operation of the telephone directory.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides at least one of identification information of a call destination specified at the time of calling and identification information of a caller notified at the time of receiving a call. The identification information provisional storage means for storing one of them, for example, a free area not used for official registration in the telephone directory storage area, and the identification information stored in the identification information provisional storage means Counts at least one of the outgoing call designated as the call and the identification information stored in the identification information temporary storage means as the identification information of the caller, provided in, for example, a telephone directory storage area. Counting means comprising a counter area and a count value managing means, and automatic registering means such as a telephone directory automatic registering means. If the identification information that has reached the predetermined value is not stored (mainly registered) in the identification information storage means such as a telephone directory storage area, the identification information is stored (mainly registered) in the identification information storage means. .

By taking such means, the identification information which is not registered in the calling identification information storage means is stored in the identification information temporary storage means, and at least one of a call and an incoming call relating to the identification information is stored. One or the other is counted. Then, the identification information whose count value has reached the predetermined value is automatically registered in the source identification information storage means automatically. Therefore, the identification information of the partner who frequently makes and receives calls is automatically registered.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone system in which identification information stored in identification information storage means such as a telephone directory storage area is designated as a call destination and the identification information storage means. Counting means for counting the number of at least one of the incoming calls whose identification information is stored as the caller identification information, for example, a counter area provided in a telephone directory storage area and a count value management means When the user selects the identification information stored in the identification information storage means, the identification information stored in the identification information storage means is selected in an order (for example, in descending order) based on the count value by the counting means. A selection candidate determining means such as a call candidate number determining means as a candidate is provided.

By taking such means, the number of at least one of the outgoing call and the incoming call relating to the identification information registered in the outgoing identification information storage means is counted. Then, when the user selects the identification information stored in the identification information storage means, the identification information is presented to the user as selection candidates in descending order, for example, based on the count value. Therefore, for example, the identification information of the other party who frequently makes and receives calls can be preferentially selected as a selection candidate.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a PHS terminal device configured by applying the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a PHS terminal device according to the present embodiment includes an antenna 1, a radio unit 2, a modem unit 3, a TDM
It has an A section 4, a communication section 5, a speaker 6, a microphone 7, a power supply section 8, a memory section 9, a timing circuit 10, an operation section 11, a display section 12, a sounder section 13, and a control section 14.

The arriving wireless carrier signal transmitted from the base station is received by the antenna 1 and then input to the receiving unit 22 via the high-frequency switch (SW) 21 of the wireless unit 2. In the receiving section 22, the received radio carrier signal is mixed with a receiving local oscillation signal generated from the frequency synthesizer 23 and frequency-converted into a receiving intermediate frequency signal or a receiving baseband signal. The local oscillation frequency generated by the frequency synthesizer 23 is specified by the control unit 14. Further, the radio unit 2 is provided with a reception field strength (RSSI) detector 25. This R
The SSI detector 25 detects the received electric field strength of the wireless carrier signal arriving from the base station, and notifies the control unit 14 of the detected value to determine whether the wireless channel is free.

The reception intermediate frequency signal or the reception baseband signal output from the reception section 22 is input to a digital demodulation circuit 31 of the modem section 3. The digital demodulation circuit 31 digitally demodulates the received intermediate frequency signal or the received baseband signal, thereby reproducing a digital speech signal.

The TDMA decoder 41 of the TDMA unit 4
From the digital communication signal output from the digital demodulation circuit 31, a digital communication signal inserted in a time slot (instructed by the control unit 14) allocated to the own station is extracted, and the extracted digital communication signal is extracted. It is given to the communication unit 5.

The communication unit 5 includes an ADPCM codec 51
And a PCM codec 52. The ADPCM codec 51 performs decoding processing for error correction or erasure correction of a digital communication signal. The PCM codec 52 converts the decoded digital call signal into an analog call signal. The analog call signal is amplified by a receiving amplifier (not shown) and then output from the speaker 6.

On the other hand, the transmission voice input to the microphone 7 is amplified by a transmission amplifier (not shown) in the communication unit 5 and then converted into a digital transmission signal by the PCM codec 52. The digital transmission signal is input to the TDMA unit 4 after being subjected to an encoding process for error correction or erasure correction by the ADPCM codec 51. In the TDMA encoder 42, the ADP
The digital communication signal output from the CM codec 51 is inserted into the time slot specified by the control unit 14 and input to the digital modulation circuit 32. The digital modulation circuit 32 digitally modulates the high-frequency signal by the digital communication signal and outputs a modulated wave signal.

In the transmitting section 24, the modulated modulated wave signal is mixed with the transmitting local oscillation signal generated from the frequency synthesizer 23 to be up-converted to the radio channel frequency instructed by the control section 14, and further up-converted. It is amplified to a predetermined transmission power level. Then, the wireless carrier signal output from the transmitting unit 24 is transmitted from the antenna 1 via the high frequency switch 21.

The power supply unit 8 includes a battery 8 composed of a secondary battery.
1 and a power supply circuit 82 for generating a predetermined operating voltage based on the output voltage of the battery 81. The memory unit 9 includes, for example, an EEPROM or a flash memory, and stores data necessary for the control unit 14 to perform various processes. In the present embodiment, a part of the storage area of the memory unit 9 is
It is set in a telephone directory storage area 9a for storing telephone directory information. In this embodiment, the telephone directory storage area is also used for temporarily registering telephone numbers.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a memory map of the telephone directory storage area 9a. As shown in this figure, the telephone directory storage area 9a has a plurality of areas (for example, 200 cases) for storing a telephone number, a name, a count value of the number of incoming and outgoing calls, and a flag indicating whether the registration is formal registration or temporary registration. ) Is set.

The clock circuit 10 generates and outputs clock data representing the current date and time by counting the reference clock. The operation unit 11 is provided with function keys and numeric keys for the user to perform operations such as calling and answering, inputting a dial number, and ending a call, and accepts an instruction input by the user.

The display section 12 is for visually displaying various information to be notified to the user under the control of the control section 14. The sounder unit 13 is for generating a ring tone, an alarm, and the like under the control of the control unit 14.

The control unit 14 realizes an operation as a PHS terminal device by controlling each unit collectively. The control unit 14 includes, for example, a microcomputer as a main processing unit, and includes, in addition to a well-known general control unit in the PHS terminal device, a count value management unit 14a,
It has a telephone directory automatic registration means 14b and a calling candidate number determination means 14c.

Here, the count value management means 14a increases or clears the count value of a counter provided for each telephone number in the telephone directory storage area 9a, and counts the number of incoming and outgoing calls of each telephone number. The operation is realized. The telephone directory automatic registration means 14b stores the telephone directory storage area 9a
The main registration of the temporarily registered telephone number is performed based on the count value of the number of calls made and received by the temporarily registered telephone number. The calling candidate number determining means 14c determines the telephone numbers permanently registered in the telephone directory storage area 9a as the calling candidate numbers in a predetermined order based on the count value when searching the telephone directory. is there.

Next, the operation of the PHS terminal configured as described above will be described. Note that the PHS of the present embodiment
The operation of the terminal device is the same as that of a conventional general PHS terminal device, and the description thereof is omitted. The operation related to the automatic registration of the telephone number in the telephone directory and the number of incoming and outgoing calls are performed in order. The operation related to the telephone directory search will be described in detail.

First, when an outgoing call or an incoming call occurs while in the standby state, the control unit 14 performs an outgoing / incoming call process as shown in FIG. 3 by using the count value managing means 14a and the telephone directory automatic registering means 14b. Execute.

In the outgoing / incoming call processing, the control unit 14 first determines whether or not the call occurring here is an outgoing call (step ST11). Then, if the generated call is an incoming call, it is determined whether or not the caller number has been notified (step ST12).

This step ST11 and step ST11
As a result of the determination in step 12, if the generated call is an outgoing call, or if the generated call is an incoming call but the caller number has been notified, the control unit 14 The other party's telephone number (calling telephone number or notification telephone number) is searched from the telephone directory storage area 9a (step ST13), and as a result of this search, it is determined whether or not the relevant number has been officially registered or provisionally registered (step ST13). Step ST14).

The destination telephone number is stored in the telephone directory storage area 9.
If the telephone number is not stored in the telephone directory storage area 9a, the control unit 14 determines whether or not there is an empty area in which the telephone number is not registered in the telephone directory storage area 9a. Is temporarily registered (step ST16). This temporary registration of the other party telephone number is performed by writing the other party telephone number in the telephone number storage area and setting the flag to "0". Further, since the outgoing / incoming call regarding the temporarily registered partner has been made this time, the counter value of the counter R (n) corresponding to the temporarily registered partner telephone number is set to "1" (step ST17), and thereafter. In step ST18, an outgoing / incoming call process is executed according to a well-known general procedure.

On the other hand, if the other party's telephone number has already been registered in telephone directory storage area 9a, controller 14 increments the count value of counter R (n) provided for the other party's telephone number (step S1). ST19). And the control unit 14
Indicates that the registration form of the other party's telephone number in the telephone directory storage area 9a is provisional registration (flag "0"), and that step ST19
Then, it is determined whether or not the count value after +1 is equal to or more than a predetermined set value (for example, “10”) (steps ST20 and ST21).

Here, the telephone directory storage area 9 of the other party's telephone number
If the registration mode to the register a is the main registration (flag “1”) or the count value of the counter R (n) is smaller than a predetermined value, the control unit 14 proceeds directly to step ST18 to make and receive a call. Execute the process. However, if the registration is temporary and the count value of the counter R (n) is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the corresponding flag is set to "1" (step ST22). That is, the telephone number of the other party that has been provisionally registered is used as the main registration. Here, at the time of provisional registration, since the name has not been set, the control unit 14 sets the telephone directory storage area 9a.
The name is automatically set by writing a predetermined name in the name storage area corresponding to the other party's telephone number in (step ST23). If the name to be automatically set is such that it is possible to identify that the corresponding telephone number is automatically registered, such as "Automatically registered 1", the telephone number automatically registered at the time of the telephone directory search is set. It is possible to notify the user of the number.

Thereafter, the control unit 14 proceeds to step S
The process shifts to T18 to execute an outgoing / incoming call process. If the caller's number is not notified when an incoming call occurs, or a free area for borrowing and registering the other party's telephone number is stored in the telephone directory storage area 9.
If not, the control unit 14 shifts the processing from step ST12 and step ST15 to step ST18, and executes an outgoing / incoming call process.

When the outgoing / incoming call processing in step ST18 is completed, the control section 14 ends the outgoing / incoming call processing. By the way, as described above, in the telephone directory storage area 9a,
The officially registered telephone number and the temporarily registered telephone number will be stored together, but if a phonebook search is instructed, only the officially registered telephone number will be presented to the user. I do.

In the communication terminal apparatus of the present embodiment, the telephone numbers registered in the telephone directory search are used as selection candidates one by one, and the selection candidates are displayed on the display unit 12. The order in which the numbers are selected as candidates is, in addition to the well-known general order such as the order of names in association with the telephone numbers, a telephone directory search mode in which the number of selections is determined in the order of the number of incoming and outgoing calls. Have.

When a telephone directory search in the telephone directory search mode in the number-of-times order is designated, the control unit 14 executes a number-of-times telephone directory search process as shown in FIG. 4 using the calling candidate number determining means 14c. .

In this order-based telephone directory search process, the control unit 14 first sorts the telephone directory numbers registered in the telephone directory storage area 9a in descending order based on the corresponding counters (step ST31).

Subsequently, the control unit 14 initializes the variable m to "1" (step ST32), and then proceeds to step ST31.
The registration contents (for example, telephone number and name) corresponding to the m-th telephone directory number in the sorting result in are displayed on the display unit 12 (step ST33).

In this state, control unit 14 waits for an instruction to display the next selection candidate telephone number (next number display instruction) or an instruction to end the search (steps ST34 and ST35). ).

Here, if the next number display instruction is issued, the controller 14 increments the variable m by 1 (step ST3).
6), it is determined whether there is an m-th telephone directory number in the sorting result in step ST31 (step ST31).
37). That is, here, it is determined whether or not the registered contents corresponding to all of the telephone directory numbers that have been officially registered in the telephone directory storage area 9a have been displayed. If there is a telephone directory number for which the corresponding registered content has not yet been displayed, there is an m-th telephone directory number in the sorting result in step ST31. The registered contents corresponding to the number are displayed. On the other hand, after the registered contents corresponding to all of the registered telephone directory numbers are displayed in the telephone directory storage area 9a, the m-th telephone directory number in the sorting result in step ST31 is changed. Because it does not exist
The control unit 14 performs the display again from the beginning by repeating the processing after step ST32.

Then, the telephone number search operation is reset,
If the search end is instructed by a call instruction of a telephone number that is a selection candidate, the control unit 14 ends the number-based telephone directory search process.

Thus, according to the present embodiment, when an outgoing / incoming call is made for a partner having a telephone number that is not officially registered, the telephone number of the partner is temporarily registered and the temporarily registered telephone number is registered. The number of outgoing / incoming calls for the partner having is counted. Then, the telephone number of the other party for which the number of outgoing / incoming calls is equal to or more than a predetermined set value is automatically registered.

Therefore, even if the user does not perform an operation for instructing telephone directory registration, if the telephone number of the other party that makes and receives calls more than a predetermined set value, that is, the communication frequency is high, The telephone number of the supposed partner is automatically registered automatically, and thereafter, it is possible to make a call to the partner using the telephone directory function. As a result, the user's work concerning telephone directory registration and calling is simplified, and the burden on the user is reduced.

According to the present embodiment, the number of incoming and outgoing calls for the party having the officially registered telephone number is counted, and the telephone number as a selection candidate to be presented to the user when searching the telephone directory is determined. Since the number of incoming and outgoing calls is determined in descending order based on the count value, the telephone number of the other party with high communication frequency can be selected as a selection candidate at an earlier timing and presented to the user. As a result, the number of times the next number display instruction is issued can be reduced, and the burden on the user is reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the embodiment described above, the communication terminal device according to the present invention is applied to a PHS terminal device. However, other types of wireless telephone terminal devices such as a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) terminal device and a general wired The present invention can be applied to a telephone terminal. Further, the present invention is not limited to a voice terminal, but can be applied to a data terminal such as a facsimile machine.

In the above embodiment, the automatic registration of the telephone number is performed based on the number of outgoing and incoming calls, but the automatic registration may be performed based on only one of the number of outgoing calls and the number of incoming calls. good. In other words, there may be a case where it is not necessary to call the other party even if the other party receives a call frequently, and it may be useless to register the telephone number of the other party in the telephone directory. Therefore, in order to avoid such a problem, it is sufficient to automatically register a telephone number based only on the number of calls. On the other hand, since the user frequently registers the telephone number of a frequently called party in the telephone directory, the user is often required to make a call to a called party. May be registered and the telephone number is automatically registered based only on the number of incoming calls. Furthermore, if the user can select which of these automatic registration methods to use, appropriate automatic registration can be performed in accordance with the use situation of the user, which will be efficient.

In the above embodiment, the automatic registration of the telephone number is performed based on the number of outgoing and incoming calls. However, the number of outgoing calls and the number of incoming calls are separately counted, and a predetermined value indicating the automatic registration timing is set. May be set to different values.

In the above embodiment, telephone directory registration (main registration)
The temporary registration is performed using the empty area of the telephone directory storage area 9a for performing the temporary registration, but a temporary registration storage area may be set separately from the telephone directory storage area 9a. .

In the above embodiment, the telephone number to be presented to the user at the time of searching the telephone directory is determined in the order of the number of outgoing and incoming calls based on the count value. The order may be determined based on only one of the number of incoming calls.

In the above embodiment, the telephone numbers to be presented to the user when searching the telephone directory are determined in descending order based on the count value of the number of incoming and outgoing calls. The order may be different.

In the above embodiment, the telephone number is used as the identification information. However, information other than the telephone number such as an IP address can be used as the identification information. In the above embodiment, even after the automatic registration is performed, the count value up to that point is continued. This has been registered for a long time when searching the phonebook,
This is because the telephone number of the other party that is frequently registered recently and that is frequently communicated is presented to the user earlier than the telephone number of the other party that does not perform much communication. However, the count value corresponding to the automatically registered partner telephone number may be reset to “0”, and the management of the outgoing / incoming call frequency for the telephone directory search processing in the order of the number may be performed from the beginning. In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0052]

According to the present invention, the identification information provisional storage for storing at least one of the identification information of the call destination specified at the time of calling and the identification information of the caller notified at the time of receiving the call. Means for receiving a call in which the identification information stored in the identification information temporary storage means is designated as a call destination, and a destination in which the identification information stored in the identification information temporary storage means is notified as caller identification information. Equipped with a counting means for counting at least one of the number of calls, and automatic registration means,
If the identification information indicating that the count value of the counting means has reached a predetermined value is not stored (mainly registered) by the automatic registration means in the identification information storage means, the identification information is stored in the identification information storage means (main registration). ).

According to another aspect of the present invention, a call in which the identification information stored in the identification information storage means is specified as a call destination and the identification information stored in the identification information storage means are used as the identification information of the caller. Counting means for counting at least one of the notified incoming calls; and identification information stored in the identification information storage means when a user selects the identification information stored in the identification information storage means. A selection candidate determining unit for selecting information in a sequence based on the count value of the counting unit (for example, in descending order) as selection candidates. As a result, a user-friendly communication terminal device that reduces the burden on the user regarding the operation of the telephone directory is provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a PHS terminal device configured by applying a communication terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a memory map of a telephone directory storage area 9a.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit 14 in processing at the time of incoming / outgoing call.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit 14 in the number-of-times telephone directory search processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna 2 ... Radio | wireless part 3 ... Modem part 4 ... TDMA part 5 ... Talking part 6 ... Speaker 7 ... Microphone 8 ... Power supply part 9 ... Memory part 9a ... Phonebook storage area 10 ... Clock circuit 11 ... Operation part 12 ... Display Unit 13: Sounder unit 14: Control unit 14a: Count value management unit 14b: Automatic telephone directory registration unit 14c: Calling candidate number determination unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] When a call is specified by selecting one of the identification information stored in the identification information storage means, a call is automatically made using the selected identification information. A communication terminal device having a function of performing the following: identification information for storing at least one of identification information of a call destination specified at the time of calling and identification information of a caller notified at the time of receiving a call; A temporary storage means, and a call in which the identification information stored in the identification information temporary storage means is designated as a call destination and the identification information stored in the identification information temporary storage means are notified as caller identification information. Counting means for counting at least one of the number of incoming calls; and if the identification information indicating that the count value of the counting means has reached a predetermined value is not stored in the identification information storage means, the identification information is A communication terminal device comprising: an automatic registration unit that stores the identification information in the identification information storage unit. 2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising: selecting one of the identification information stored in the identification information storage means and designating the call, automatically setting the call using the selected identification information. A communication terminal device having a function of performing the following: a call in which the identification information stored in the identification information storage means is designated as a call destination; and the identification information stored in the identification information storage means identifies the caller. Counting means for counting the number of at least one of the incoming calls notified as information; and when the user selects the identification information stored in the identification information storage means, the identification information is stored in the identification information storage means. And a selection candidate determining unit for selecting the identification information as a selection candidate in an order based on the count value of the counting unit. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the selection candidate determining means sets the selection candidates in order from the identification information having the largest count value by the counting means.