JPH11215554A - Mobile telephone system and alarm clock service notice method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize an alarm clock service which is used for all portable telephone sets without being limited to a model of the portable telephone sets and with a high latitude of registered messages. SOLUTION: Upon the receipt of a registration request of alarm information from a portable telephone set 102, a portable telephone network installation 104 connects an alarm clock service ancillary installation 107 to the portable telephone set 102 to set up an alarm information registration call. A user 101 registers a desired date and time for message notice by means of a DTMF signal or the like and a desired message for notice in voice respectively to the alarm clock service ancillary installation 107. When the date and time of notice arrives, the alarm clock service ancillary installation 107 informs the portable telephone set 102 of the registered message via the portable telephone network installation 104 in voice.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile telephone system, and more particularly, to a mobile telephone system in which a task to be notified at a specific date and time is registered in advance as alarm information, and when the specific date and time is registered, the mobile telephone is registered. The present invention relates to a mobile telephone system having an alarm / clock service function for notifying a user of a task.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional mobile telephone system, an alarm clock service is generally provided as an additional function of a specific portable telephone, and a method of inputting a date and time and a message can be inputted from a keyboard of the portable telephone. It is common to use a display device mounted on a mobile phone to input textual information and to notify the user when the date and time has arrived, and the operability depends on the model of the mobile phone. Was what it was. Therefore, the availability of the function of the alarm / clock service itself depends on the model of the mobile phone.

In order to solve such a problem, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
Japanese Patent No. 317061 proposes an invention in which the function of storing the date and time and the message is shifted to the communication network side so as to eliminate the restriction on the service coverage of the user. It uses data transfer using a modem and is based on the use of a mobile terminal that is more advanced than a general mobile phone.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-19020 discloses that
A cordless communication system has been described in which the function of storing the date and time and the message is transferred to a cordless telephone base unit on the communication network side, but with this kind of cordless telephone, the range in which the user can enjoy the service is significantly restricted. Was something.

[0005]

The above-mentioned conventional mobile telephone system has the following problems. (1) The types of mobile phones that can provide the function of the alarm clock service are limited, and cannot be used in all mobile phones. (2) Since the emphasis is on notifying alarm information as text information, the type of information to be notified is
The degree of freedom is low due to restrictions on input means provided in a terminal device such as a mobile phone.

The present invention is not limited to a terminal model such as a portable telephone, but can be used in all portable telephones, and can increase the degree of freedom of a registerable task. It aims to provide a mobile telephone system that realizes services.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile telephone system according to the present invention comprises a portable telephone and a wireless connection with the portable telephone via a portable telephone communication path formed by a wireless line. Connected to the mobile telephone network equipment, and a communication path for transmitting a voice signal and a signal path for transmitting a signal for performing a telephone connection are connected to the mobile telephone network equipment. And
The speech path, the mobile phone network equipment, the mobile phone via the mobile phone communication path to input a message you want to be notified by voice, and input the date and time you want to be notified of the task, And an alarm / clock service additional facility for storing the event and the date and time as alarm information and notifying the stored event by voice when the stored date and time comes.

According to the present invention, the date and time at which the
By using a TMF signal or the like, the information to be notified is registered in the alarm / clock service additional equipment as alarm information by voice, and the alarm / clock service additional equipment is registered when the date and time to be notified is reached. Is notified by voice to the mobile phone via the mobile phone network equipment.

[0009] Therefore, there is no limitation on the portable telephones that can use the alarm / clock service. The portable telephones can be used in all portable telephones, and the information to be notified can be registered by voice. You can increase your freedom of business.

Further, in the alarm / clock service notifying method of the present invention, the information and the date and time that the user wants to be notified are registered in advance as alarm information via a portable telephone, and registration is performed when the registered date and time comes. In the alarm / clock service notifying method for notifying the mobile phone of the task, the registration of the date and time from the mobile phone is performed by a DTMF signal or the like, and the registration of the task is performed by voice. .

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a mobile telephone system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the mobile telephone system of the present embodiment.

In this embodiment, a portable telephone network equipment 104 includes:
It comprises an alarm / clock service additional equipment 107 and a mobile phone 102.

The user 101 is a person who uses the alarm clock service by using the mobile phone 102.

The mobile telephone network equipment 104 is wirelessly connected to the mobile telephone 102 via a mobile telephone communication path 103 formed by a wireless line, so that the mobile telephone 102
Is communicating with

Alarm / clock service additional equipment 10
Numeral 7 is connected to the mobile phone network equipment 104 by a communication path 105 and a signal path 106, and when an alarm information registration call and an alarm information notification call occur, the communication path 105,
A call is made with the mobile phone 102 via the mobile phone network equipment 104 and the mobile phone communication path 103.

The alarm clock service adding device 107 transmits various signals related to the call connection to the signal path 1 when an alarm information registration call and an alarm information notification call occur.
06, it is possible to exchange with the mobile telephone network equipment 104.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the alarm clock service adding device 107.

Alarm clock service adding device 107
Referring to FIG. 2, the control unit 201, the communication path communication unit 201, the signal path communication unit 203, the timer 204, the temporary storage unit 205, the alarm information storage unit 206, and the voice storage unit 207 It is configured.

The control unit 201 controls other components.

The communication channel communication unit 202 transmits the audio signal transmitted from the communication channel 105 to the control unit 201, and outputs the audio signal specified by the control unit 201 to the communication channel 105.

The signal path communication unit 203 transmits the signal transmitted from the signal path 106 to the control unit 201, and outputs a signal specified by the control unit 201 to the signal path 106.

The timer 204 monitors the date and time specified by the control unit 201 and notifies the control unit 201 of the arrival of the date and time.

The temporary storage unit 205 temporarily stores data from the control unit 201.

The alarm information storage unit 206 includes the control unit 20
This is a non-volatile storage unit for storing the alarm information transmitted from No. 1.

The voice storage unit 207 stores the voice input via the communication path 105 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 201, reproduces the stored voice in accordance with the instruction from the control unit 201, and Output.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagrams of FIGS.

First, an operation for registering alarm information in the alarm / clock service additional equipment 107 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

First, the user 101 performs a registration call transmission operation on the mobile telephone network equipment 104 by operating the mobile telephone 102 (step 303).

In the mobile telephone network equipment 104, the mobile telephone 1
When a registered call is received from 02, a registered call connection request signal is transmitted to the alarm / clock service additional equipment 107 via the signal path 106 (step 304).

Alarm / clock service adding device 10
7 is transmitted to the signal path communication unit 2
03 is notified to the control unit 201. Control unit 201
Extracts the identification information of the mobile phone 102 from the registered call connection request signal and stores it in the temporary storage unit 205. Further, control section 201 instructs signal path communication section 203 to transmit a registered call connection response signal. The signal path communication unit 203
By transmitting the registered call connection response signal to the signal path 106 according to this instruction, the alarm / clock service adding device 107 notifies the mobile telephone network equipment 104 of the registered call connection response signal (step 305). The registered call connection response signal is transmitted to the alarm / clock service adding device 10.
7 is a signal transmitted to notify the mobile phone network equipment 104 that preparations for connecting the alarm information registration call have been completed.

Next, upon receiving the registered call connection response signal, the portable telephone network equipment 104 enables a call between the alarm clock service adding device 107 and the portable telephone 102 via the portable telephone communication path 103 and the communication path 105. State.
Then, the mobile telephone network equipment 104 performs a registered call response operation, which is an operation for notifying the mobile telephone 102 that the connection of the alarm information registered call has become possible (step 306). As a result, the user 101 can know that the alarm information registration call has started.

When the alarm information registration call with the subscriber 101 is started, the alarm clock service additional equipment 10
7 instructs the channel communication unit 202 to perform a date input prompting operation. In response to this instruction, the communication path communication unit 202 performs a date input urging operation on the communication path 105, so that the user 101 recognizes the date input urging operation from the alarm / clock service adding apparatus 107 (step 307). ). By this recognition, the user 101
Performs a date input operation to input a date on which the user wants to receive a call for the alarm information notification call (step 30).
8). This date input operation is recognized by the communication channel communication unit 202 of the alarm / clock service adding apparatus 107, and is notified to the control unit 201 as date input information. The control unit 201 extracts the date information desired by the user from the notified date input information and stores it in the temporary storage unit 205.

Subsequently, the control unit 201 controls the communication path communication unit 20
2 is instructed to perform a time input prompting operation. In response to this instruction, the communication path communication unit 202 performs a time input prompting operation on the communication path 105, so that the user 101 recognizes the time input prompting operation from the alarm clock service adding device 107 (step 309). . Based on this recognition, the user 101 performs a time input operation to input a time at which the user wants to receive a call for the alarm information notification call (step 310). This time input operation is recognized by the communication path communication unit 202 of the alarm clock service adding device 107, and is notified to the control unit 201 as time input information. The control unit 201 extracts the time information desired by the user from the notified time input information, and stores it in the temporary storage unit 205.

Further, the control unit 201 controls the communication path communication unit 20.
2 is instructed to perform a message voice input prompting operation. In response to this instruction, the communication path communication unit 202 performs a message voice input urging operation on the communication path 105, thereby enabling the user 101
Recognizes the message voice input prompting operation from the alarm clock service adding device 107 (step 311). Based on this recognition, the user 101 performs a message voice input operation to input a message to be heard in the alarm information notification call by voice (step 312). The voice input by the task voice input operation is transmitted to the voice storage unit 207 by the cooperative operation of the control unit 201 and the communication path communication unit 202.
It is stored together with the identification information given inside the alarm clock service adding device 107. With the end of the voice input, the control unit 201 reads the identification information, date information, and time information of the mobile phone 102 stored in the temporary storage unit 205, and stores the identification information given to the stored voice into this. The combination is stored in the alarm information storage unit 205 as one piece of alarm information. Further, the control unit 201
Is stored in the alarm information storage unit 205
Of the stored date and time, and the operation of the alarm information registration ends.

The user 101 finishes the alarm information registration call with the end of the voice input of the business information, and performs the registration call disconnection operation from the portable telephone 102 (step 313).
This operation is recognized by the mobile telephone network equipment 104, and the signal path 1
06, the alarm clock service additional equipment 10
7 is notified of a registered call release request signal (step 31).
4). The registered call release request signal is recognized by the signal communication unit 203 and notified to the control unit 201, and the control unit 201 performs post-processing such as deleting date information and time information recorded in the temporary storage unit 205.

Next, the operation when the date and time included in the registered alarm information has arrived will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

The timer 204 controls the control unit 201
The specified date and time are notified. In response to this, the control unit 201 reads out the corresponding alarm information from the alarm information storage unit 205, and reads the mobile phone 10
The identification information of No. 2 and the information for identifying the voice stored in the voice storage unit 208 are extracted and stored in the temporary storage unit 205. Next, the control unit 201 instructs the signal path communication unit 203 to identify the mobile phone 102 stored in the temporary storage unit 205 in order to start an alarm information notification call for notifying the user 101 of voice. It instructs transmission of a notification call transmission request signal together with the number. The signal path communication unit 203 includes:
According to the instruction, a notification call transmission request signal including the identification number of the mobile telephone 102 is transmitted via the signal path 106 to the mobile telephone network equipment 1.
04 (step 404).

In response to this, the portable telephone network equipment 104 performs a calling operation to the portable telephone 102, and as a result, an incoming call occurs in the portable telephone 102 (step 4).
05). The user 101 performs a response operation to the incoming call (step 406). The response operation is performed by the mobile phone network equipment
4 and the mobile phone communication path 103 and the communication path 1
After the alarm information notification call is established via the signal line 05, the alarm clock service adding device 1 is connected via the signal path 106.
07 is transmitted (step 40).
8). The notification call connection response signal is transmitted to the signal path communication unit 203.
And the control unit 201 is notified. In response to this, the control unit 201 cooperates with the communication path communication unit 202 to operate the voice storage unit 20 stored in the temporary storage unit 205.
The voice corresponding to the information for identifying the voice stored in 7 is read from the voice storage unit 207, and a task voice notification operation is performed (step 409). By this operation, the user 10
1 can hear the business by voice registered in the past. The user 101 who has heard the request performs a disconnection operation to end the alarm notification call (step 4).
10). This operation is recognized by the mobile phone network equipment 104,
A notification call release request signal is notified to the alarm clock service additional equipment 107 via the signal path 106 (step 411). This notification call release request signal is recognized by the signal communication unit 203 and notified to the control unit 201. The control unit 201 recognizes the end of the alarm information notification call and performs appropriate post-processing.

As described above, the alarm clock service by voice can be realized.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be appropriately modified and implemented without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mobile phone system. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a simple mobile phone system (PHS). It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to both analog and digital mobile phone systems.

The connection signal system between the portable telephone network equipment and the alarm clock service adding device can be applied to both common line and individual line systems. Further, the signal transmission method during this period can be applied irrespective of analog or digital.

For the sake of simplicity, the above embodiment employs a configuration in which an alarm clock service adding device is added to the mobile telephone network equipment, but a function corresponding to this alarm clock service adding device is provided by the mobile telephone network. It is also possible to implement in a form that incorporates into the equipment.

A method of inputting a date and time from a user is based on a DTMF (Dual) generally used in a cellular phone network.
Tone Multi Frequency) signal,
It is possible to adapt to various forms such as voice input by voice recognition. In addition, various voice coding / combining schemes have been put into practical use for storing voices of a user's business, but any type of scheme is applicable.

[0044]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

The alarm clock service can be provided to all portable telephones without being limited to terminal models such as portable telephones. (2) Since the message can be registered by voice, the degree of freedom of the message that can be registered by the alarm clock service can be increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an alarm / clock service adding apparatus 107 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of an alarm information registration call.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of an alarm information notification call.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 user 102 mobile phone 103 mobile phone communication path 104 mobile phone network equipment 105 communication path 106 signal path 107 alarm / clock service adding device 201 control section 202 communication path communication section 203 signal path communication section 204 timer 205 temporary storage section 206 alarm Information storage unit 207 Voice storage unit 303-314 Step 404-411 Step

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A task and date and time to be notified are registered in advance as alarm information via a mobile phone, and when the registered date and time comes, the registered mobile phone is registered with An alarm / clock service notification method for performing notification, wherein registration of date and time from the mobile phone is performed by a DTMF signal, and registration of a task is performed by voice. 2. A task and date and time to be notified are registered in advance as alarm information via a mobile phone, and when the registered date and time comes, the registered mobile phone is registered with An alarm / clock service notification method for performing notification, wherein registration of a date and time and registration of a task from the mobile phone are performed by voice. 3. A portable telephone network facility for performing communication between the portable telephone and the portable telephone by being wirelessly connected to the portable telephone via a portable telephone communication path formed by a wireless line. A signal path for transmitting a signal and a signal path for transmitting a signal for performing a call connection are connected to the mobile phone network equipment, and the communication path, the mobile phone network equipment, and the mobile phone communication path are connected to the mobile phone network equipment. The user inputs a message to be notified from the mobile phone by voice, inputs a date and time to be notified of the message, stores the message and the date and time as alarm information, and stores the stored date and time. A mobile telephone system comprising an alarm / clock service additional facility for giving a voice notification of a stored task upon arrival. 4. The alarm / clock service additional equipment, further comprising: a control unit for controlling other components; transmitting a voice signal transmitted from the communication path to the control unit; A communication path communication unit that outputs a voice signal instructed from the communication path to the communication path; a signal transmitted from the signal path to the control unit; and a signal instructed by the control unit to the signal. A signal path communication unit that outputs to the road, a timer that monitors the date and time instructed by the control unit, and notifies the control unit of the arrival of the date and time, and temporarily stores data from the control unit. A temporary storage unit, an alarm information storage unit that is a non-volatile storage unit for storing alarm information transmitted from the control unit, and an alarm information storage unit that is input via the communication path according to an instruction from the control unit. Voice storage The performed, the mobile telephone system according to claim 3 which is composed of a voice storing section for output to reproduce the audio stored the call path by an instruction from the control unit. 5. The mobile telephone system according to claim 3, wherein the transmission of the date and time from the mobile telephone to the alarm clock service additional equipment is performed using a DTMF signal. 6. The transmission of the date and time from the portable telephone to the alarm and clock service additional equipment is performed by a voice signal, and the alarm and clock service additional equipment performs voice recognition of the voice signal to transmit the date and time information. The mobile telephone system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the mobile telephone system is obtained.