JPH11234370A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone set which facilitates such an operation as to transmit message to a pager. SOLUTION: An inputted character is added to a character string S (steps 103 and 104) every time a keystroke is performed, and when the length of it becomes a prescribed length (Yes at a step 106), the next keystroke is considered as an input character of the next information if it is not a transmission key (No at a step 108), a pause dial code and the character that is now inputted are added after the character string of the prescribed length and a pause is inserted between input information (step 109). At the time of transmission, a telephone number is transmitted as the first information and the next information, e.g. a message to a pager is transmitted after a pause period is taken for a while. Thus, a pause dial does not have to be inputted as an input operation and operability is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone, and more particularly to a portable telephone having improved operability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a pager is called from a mobile phone to transmit a message, an operation of <pager telephone number input> + <pause dial> + <message input> is performed, and finally a send key is pressed. By placing a pause dial between the telephone number and the message in this way, the telephone number is transmitted first, thereby covering the time required for the called pager to respond and receive the message. Pause period is taken,
Then the message will be sent. Such an operation is the same when an extension is called by directly dialing the extension telephone, and the operation of <input telephone number> + <pause dial> + <extension number> is performed. Also, when calling a home phone with an answering machine from outside and reading out the message recorded while you were away, <Home phone number> + <Pause dial> + <Enter answering machine PIN> + <Pause dial> + < By the operation of "reproduction operation", each piece of information is also separated by the pause dial, so that the other party takes a pause time longer than the time required for preparing the reception system of the next information.

[0003]

The passwords for telephone numbers and answering machines, the operation keys for reproduction, etc., use the numerical keys "0" to "9" and "#" and "*". Operation is easy. However, as the pause dial, the keys used by the model and the manufacturer are not standardized, and special keys such as "memo" are used. Therefore, there has been a problem that the user is likely to make an erroneous operation and it is difficult for the user to use the device.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable telephone having improved operability by automatically adding a pause dial.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a counting means for counting the number of input characters when a group of information is input by an input operation, and a group of the counting means. Detecting means for detecting, from the count value of the counting means, that the number of characters input as the information has reached a predetermined length for the information, and the presetting as one set of information by the means. When it is detected that a character of the set length has been input, and subsequently the character input of the next set of information is performed, the input at the time of the pause dial operation is performed next to the information of the preset length. A portable telephone comprising: a pause dial adding unit for adding a code corresponding to a symbol.

Further, the present invention provides a portable telephone characterized by adding means for variably setting the length of the set of information.

[0007] The present invention also provides a mobile phone, wherein the first information in the group of information is a telephone number.

Further, the present invention provides a discriminating means for discriminating whether the telephone number is a normal telephone number or a speed dial number, and the length of the telephone number according to the discrimination result of the means. A mobile phone comprising information length setting means for setting the length of the number or the length of the abbreviated dial number.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile phone. An antenna 1, a transmission / reception unit 2 for receiving / demodulating a radio signal and converting / transmitting a transmission signal to a radio signal, a display unit 4, and an operation unit including a numeric key and the like. 5, a control unit 3 having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like therein for controlling each unit, performing signal processing, and the like. In addition, a speaker,
Although a microphone, a power supply, and the like are also provided, illustration is omitted.

FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of a transmission control program which is a feature of the present invention.
It is stored in the OM and automatically adds a pause dial when a pager is called to transmit a message.

The program shown in FIG. 1 operates when the portable telephone is turned on and in a standby state, and it is assumed that parameters n1, n2,... Used in this program are set in advance. Where the parameters n1, n
2,... Represent the length of the input character / numeric string delimited by the pause dial. For example, when sending a message to a pager, n1 = 10 corresponding to a 10-digit number indicating the telephone number of the pager. It is. When reading from the outside of the answering machine, the length of the home telephone number n1 = 10 and the length of the personal identification number of the answering machine n2 = 4 are set. The length of each piece of information delimited by these pause dials is predetermined by the system. It is not necessary to set the length of the last information delimited by the pause dial.

In FIG. 1, a parameter k indicating the order of information separated by a pause dial is set to 1,
The character string S is made empty (φ) (step 101). Further, a parameter n indicating the number of the character / number of the k-th information input is set to 0 (step 10).
2) Then, wait for a key input (step 103). When there is a key input, the input character / number is added to the character string S (step 104), and it is checked whether the parameter n has reached the set length nk of the k-th information (step 10).
6). If the condition of step 106 is not satisfied, the process returns to step 103 to continue inputting. In this way, steps 103 to 105 are repeated, and characters / numeric characters of the kth information length nk are input. (Yes in step 106), the system waits for a key input (step 10).
7). Here, if there is a key input, it is also checked whether the key is a transmission key (step 108). If not, a pause dial code is added to the character string S, followed by the character / number just input. (Step 109).
Then, the parameter k is incremented by 1 and the parameter n is set to 1 (step 110). In this way, the k-th information input delimited by the pause dial is completed, after which the code of the pause dial is automatically added, and the first (n = 1) character / number of the k + 1-th information is input and the character is input. It means that it is added to the column S. Thus, the process returns to step 103, and the input is continued.

When the user finishes inputting all necessary information and presses the send key, the process proceeds from step 108 to a send operation, in which characters / numbers of the character string S are sequentially read out and sent. You. Since transmission is stopped for a predetermined period of time where a pause period is required, such as between a telephone number and a message, transmission of a message, a password or the like can be performed until the partner device is in a reception state.

Although omitted in the flow of FIG. 1, when a key which is set to stop the input is pressed in the key input steps 103 and 107, the input operation is stopped and the operation returns to the standby state. It is easy to make the operation from step 101 again. The constants n1, n2,... Indicating the length of each piece of information delimited by the pause dial are set in advance, but these lengths need to be changed depending on the target system or by changing the system. Since it is assumed that there are some cases, the above constant n1,
It is preferable that n2... can be variably set by an operation such as registration of a speed dial.

Next, a description will be given of a flow chart of transmission control including a case where a telephone number of a destination to which a message or the like is sent is called by a speed dial. FIG. 3 is the flowchart,
Steps 301 to 104 in FIG.
306 is added, and other parts are the same as those in FIG. 1 and are omitted. The feature of the speed dial is that the length of the number of input characters is shorter than that of a normal one, and a symbol character indicating that the speed dial is affixed to the head of the character. Therefore, in the following, it is assumed that the symbol indicating the speed dial is input by the "speed" key, the length at this time is n1S, and the length at the time of normal dialing is n1L (currently 11L).
0 digit number). The parameter n1 indicating these lengths
S and n1L can be variably set instead of the parameter n1 in the case of FIG.

In the flowchart of FIG.
After setting the parameter n to 0 in step 2, the parameter SW is set to 0 (step 301). Then, as in FIG. 1, a key input is waited for (step 103). When there is a key input, it is first checked whether the parameter k = 1 and the parameter SW = 0 (step 302). When k = 1, it means that the telephone number is being input, so there is a possibility that the abbreviated key comes first. Then k
If = 1 (and SW = 0), it is checked whether the input key is a shortcut key (step 303). If the key is a shortcut key, the length n1 of the first information (= phone number) is set to n1S (step 304). ), If it is a number, n1 is set to n1L (step 305). Then, the parameter SW is set to 1, and the process proceeds to step 104. Thus, the input is continued in the same manner as in FIG.
Therefore, the processing of steps 303 to 306 is not repeated, and the processing directly proceeds to step 104 to become the same processing as in FIG.

According to the above-described processing of FIG. 3, when using the speed dial, <speed key> + <speed dial number> +
A character string S of <pause dial> + <message etc.> is created with automatic addition of a pause dial.
Therefore, when transitioning to transmission operation, the speed dial is converted to a legal telephone number and transmitted,
Transmission of a message or the like is performed after a necessary pause time.

[0018]

According to the present invention, when a message is transmitted from a portable telephone to a pager, a pause dial operation is not required, so that erroneous operations can be reduced and the ease of use of the portable telephone can be improved. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an example of a transmission control program which is a feature of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a transmission control program when using abbreviated dialing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 transmitting / receiving unit 3 control unit 5 operation unit 109 pause addition processing

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A counting means for counting the number of input characters when a group of information is input by an input operation, and the number of characters input as the group of information is preset for the information. Detecting means for detecting that the length has been reached from the count value of the counting means; and detecting that the character of the preset length has been input as a set of information by the means, When the character input of the next set of information is performed, a pause dial adding unit for adding a code corresponding to an input symbol at the time of a pause dial operation next to the information of the preset length, A mobile phone, comprising: 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising means for variably setting the length of the set of information. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the first information in the group of information is a telephone number. 4. A discriminating means for discriminating whether the telephone number is a normal telephone number or an abbreviated dialing number, and according to a discrimination result of the means, the length of the telephone number is changed to a normal telephone number length or 4. The mobile phone according to claim 3, further comprising information length setting means for setting the length of the speed dial number.