JPH11234386A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of number retrieval and number registration of an electronic telephone directly which is provided on a telephone set body. SOLUTION: When there is an input operation that designates telephone number calling (S101 Yes), an electronic telephone directory is retrieved and a telephone number is called out in order of the largest number of times of transmission processings and is shown (S102). Next, when the called telephone number is a number used for transmission processing, the telephone set proceeds to a transmission processing using the number and the transmission processing using the called telephone number is started (S105 Yes and S106). Next, on is added to the number described in the column of the number of transmission processings in the electronic telephone directory which corresponds to the telephone number used for the transmission processing and is rewritten (S107).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a telephone capable of efficiently calling a telephone number registered in a built-in electronic telephone directory and a telephone capable of automatically registering a telephone number in the electronic telephone directory. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telephone, especially a portable telephone, a telephone number is registered in advance in an electronic telephone directory in a main body in order to simplify a calling operation. May be called to make a call.

[0003]

However, when the number of registered telephone numbers increases, the operation for searching for the telephone number becomes complicated, and the time required for the search becomes longer, which makes it difficult to use. Sometimes. Further, the operation of registering a telephone number in the electronic telephone directory is troublesome, and the function may not be fully utilized. Further, when an incorrect number is registered, the user may not notice the erroneous input until the user actually makes a call.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is formed on a memory,
An electronic telephone directory in which the registered telephone number and the number of outgoing calls are rewritably described; and a means for calling the telephone number having the maximum number of outgoing calls from the electronic telephone book when an input operation for instructing the registration number call is performed. Means for calling the telephone number of the next largest number of calls after the telephone number currently being called from the electronic telephone directory when the input operation of the next registration number call is performed, and the telephone number is called by the input operation of the registration number call. Means for incrementing the number of times of outgoing call processing corresponding to the telephone number in the electronic telephone directory when the outgoing call processing is executed using the telephone number.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic telephone directory which is formed on a memory and in which a registered telephone number, the number of times of outgoing call processing and a calling order are rewritable, and an input operation for instructing a registered number call. Means to call the telephone number with the highest calling order from the electronic phonebook, and the next call order of the telephone number currently being called from the electronic phonebook when the next registration number call input operation is performed. When a calling process is executed by using the telephone number called by the input operation of the registration number call, the number of calling processes in the electronic telephone directory corresponding to the telephone number is incremented. Means for rewriting the calling order of each telephone number in descending order of the number of times of transmission processing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether or not the telephone number used for the calling process is a number registered in an electronic telephone directory.
In a case where the telephone number has not been registered, a means for registering the telephone number in the electronic telephone directory is provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, or third aspect of the present invention, a means for displaying a telephone number called from an electronic telephone directory on a screen is provided.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, or third aspect of the present invention, there is provided means for voice guidance of a telephone number called from an electronic telephone directory.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic telephone directory which is formed on a memory and has a description part of a registered telephone number and a voice recording part for recording a telephone call with a partner of the telephone number, At the time of incoming call processing, the electronic telephone directory is searched to determine whether the telephone number used for the outgoing call processing or / and the telephone number notified at the time of the incoming call is a telephone number registered in the electronic telephone directory. And means for registering the telephone number in the electronic telephone directory and recording the beginning of the call in the voice recording unit of the electronic telephone directory when the result of the determination is not a telephone number registered in the electronic telephone directory. ,
Means for calling up a call record from a corresponding voice recording unit and reproducing the voice when an input operation for designating voice reproduction is performed by designating a registered telephone number in the electronic telephone directory.

[0010]

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 flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an electronic telephone directory in a format as shown in Table 1 or Table 2 is created in the memory of the telephone body, and the user operates the keypad or the like by operating the key.
A telephone number used for calling is registered in advance.

[0011]

[Table 1]

[0012]

[Table 2]

The electronic telephone directory shown in Table 1 includes a column for describing a telephone number used for outgoing calls, a column for describing a name corresponding to the telephone number, and a column for describing a number of times of outgoing calls. Is written by a user input operation. In the column for the number of outgoing calls, the number of outgoing calls using the telephone numbers listed in this electronic telephone directory is listed for each telephone number, and this number is written automatically for each outgoing call. Will be The electronic telephone directory shown in Table 2 is obtained by adding a voice label entry field to the electronic telephone directory shown in Table 1, and for each registered telephone number, the user inputs and records the name of the other party by voice. It is something to keep.

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, the telephone user performs an input operation of an instruction to call a telephone number registered in the electronic telephone directory by using input operation means such as a key and a dial (S101 Yes). When there is an input operation to call a telephone number, search the electronic telephone directory and call the telephone number with the largest number of outgoing calls and display its name and telephone number on the screen, or play back the name and telephone number by voice (S102). When the user selects and sets one of the screen display and the voice reproduction of the name and the telephone number, one or both of the processes are executed.

In the case of using the electronic telephone directory shown in Table 1, the audio reproduction of the telephone number is performed by synthesizing a voice from a character string described in the electronic telephone directory. When the electronic telephone directory shown in Table 2 is used, a voice registered as a voice label is reproduced. In the case of the electronic telephone directories of Table 1 and Table 2, the telephone number “45” of the twelve “Manabu” having the maximum number of outgoing calls is set.
67 ... "is called. Next, if the first called telephone number is the telephone number to be used for the outgoing call processing, the user does not perform the operation of calling the next telephone number (No in S103), and the outgoing call processing using that number is performed. (S105 Yes).

However, the telephone number called first is
If the telephone number is not necessary for the calling process of the user, the user continues to call the next telephone number (S1).
03 Yes). When an input operation is performed to call the next telephone number, the electronic telephone directory is searched to call the telephone number with the next largest number of calls, and its name and telephone number are displayed on the screen, or the name and telephone number are displayed. The number is reproduced by voice (S104). In the case of the electronic telephone directories of Table 1 and Table 2, the telephone number “1234...

Here, if the called telephone number is not a number necessary for the user to make a call again, the next number calling operation is input. Thereafter, the telephone numbers with the largest number of outgoing calls are called in order. When the target telephone number is called, the user proceeds to the operation of calling processing using that number without performing the operation of calling the next telephone number (No in S103). Next, when an input operation for instructing the transmission process is performed by a key operation of the user or the like (Yes in S105),
The outgoing call process using the called telephone number is started (S106).

Next, 1 is rewritten by adding 1 to the number described in the column of number of outgoing calls in the electronic telephone directory corresponding to the telephone number used in the outgoing call (S107). It should be noted that the process of adding the number of times of transmission processing can be limited to only the case where the call is received and connected after the transmission processing. Also, in S102 and S104, if the next call operation is continued by mistake even though the target telephone number is called, an input operation for instructing return is performed, and the call is returned to the previous call in order. It is also possible to

Furthermore, in the descriptions of the electronic telephone directories in Tables 1 and 2, if the name and the telephone number correspond one by one, it is redundant to display the telephone number together with the name on the screen and to reproduce the voice. Also unnecessary. Further, there are times when it is desired to keep the telephone number registered in the electronic telephone directory secret from others. In these cases, it is possible to omit the telephone number and display only the name on the screen or reproduce the sound.

In the case where telephone numbers registered in the electronic telephone directory shown in Tables 1 and 2 are divided into groups and the group names are added, or attribute information is added to each telephone number and described, , First specify the group name and attributes,
When the number calling is started, the search target is narrowed accordingly, and the time required for calling is reduced.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an electronic telephone directory of the format shown in Table 3 is used.

[0022]

[Table 3]

This electronic telephone directory is obtained by adding a call order entry column to the electronic telephone directory of Table 1 used in the embodiment of FIG. When the number of times of processing in the electronic telephone directory is rewritten after the calling process, the calling order is determined and written in the calling order entry column in the descending order of the rewritten new number of times of processing. When a registered telephone number is called from the electronic telephone directory, the call is started from the highest number with reference to the calling order column. Except for the process of calling a number based on this calling order (S202, S204) and the process of rewriting the calling order (S208), the process is the same as that of the embodiment of FIG. Omitted.

In the above-described electronic telephone directory, the numerical value written in the number of outgoing calls process column is the total of the number of processes since starting use of the telephone for each telephone number. With the passage of time, there are cases where the number of callers frequently changes, so that it is sometimes easier to change the telephone number called preferentially by reflecting the tendency. Therefore, the electronic telephone directory is configured as shown in Table 4 or Table 5.

[0025]

[Table 4]

[0026]

[Table 5]

The electronic telephone directory shown in Table 4 is obtained by adding a column for outgoing call processing record to Table 1. In this column, the order of the transmission processes is written in order to record the temporal order of each transmission process. As a specific process for this, a counter for counting the number of transmission processes is provided in the main body, and 1 is added to the count value each time the transmission process is executed. The count value is read for each outgoing call process and written in the corresponding column of the telephone number used for the outgoing call process.

As a result, the order of the outgoing call processing executed for each telephone number is recorded in the electronic telephone directory. At the same time, at regular intervals,
The process of deleting the record of the old transmission process, that is, the process of erasing the one with the smaller value of the order is executed. As a result, the number of old outgoing calls is ignored, and the calling order is determined based on the number of recent outgoing calls.

In the electronic telephone directory shown in Table 5, the recording column of the number of outgoing calls is divided into months, and the number is recorded in the present month column every time the outgoing call is executed. The record of the number of times is sequentially moved to the previous month, and the oldest month is discarded. By calling the numbers in descending order of the number of outgoing calls for the last three months obtained in this way, the last three
The outgoing call processing only for the month is reflected in the order of the number calling. Here, it is also possible to reflect the recent tendency more strongly by weighting the number of transmission processes per month.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an electronic telephone directory of the format shown in Table 6 is created in the memory of the main body, and the telephone number used for the outgoing call processing and the other party notified when the incoming call processing is performed are automatically set. In addition to writing in the electronic telephone directory, the beginning of the call at that time is recorded.

[0031]

[Table 6]

In the telephone number column of the electronic telephone directory in Table 6, the telephone number used in the outgoing call process or the telephone number notified in the incoming call process is written. In the heading call record column, when a call is made or received with a new party not described in the electronic telephone directory, the head part of the call is voice-recorded. In the connection record column, a call record with the other party of the corresponding telephone number, for example, outgoing / incoming call, voice call /
The type of data communication, the talk time, the number of outgoing / incoming calls, and the like are recorded. In the name field, if the telephone number is automatically recorded, the user will call the number later to play the beginning call record or call the connection record to confirm the other party and write the name This is an input field. The audio label field is
Similarly, this is a field where the user inputs the name of the confirmed partner as voice.

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the third embodiment will be described. First, the incoming call of the telephone is monitored, and the incoming call processing is started (S301 Yes),
Moreover, when the telephone number of the other party is notified (S302Y
es), the electronic telephone directory is searched (S303), and it is determined whether or not the notified telephone number is registered in the electronic telephone directory (S304). Here, when the notification number is not registered in the electronic telephone directory (S304 No), the notification number is written in the electronic telephone directory (S305), and then the head of the call is recorded as voice information in the electronic telephone directory (S306).

Similarly, when the transmission is monitored and the transmission processing is started (S307 Yes), the electronic telephone directory is searched (S307).
308), it is determined whether or not the telephone number used for the calling process is registered in the electronic telephone directory (S309). here,
If not registered in the electronic telephone directory (S309N
o), the telephone number used for the calling process is written in the electronic telephone directory (S310), and the beginning of the call is recorded as voice information in the electronic telephone directory (S311).

In this way, if the telephone numbers used for incoming and outgoing calls have not been registered in the electronic telephone directory, they are sequentially registered. The user checks the electronic telephone directory at any time, for example, after the end of the call, calls the top call record or connection record of the newly registered telephone number, and determines whether the telephone number is necessary, If it is unnecessary, it is deleted, and if necessary, a voice label is created by inputting the name of the partner in the name column or by voice input. In addition, in Table 6, the column of the headline call record and the column of the voice label are separately provided. If the sound is recorded as a sound label, the two fields can be combined into one.

Step S3 of the above flow chart
04, if the searched telephone number is registered in the electronic telephone directory in S309, the result of the processing is recorded in the connection record column of that number. Further, steps S306 and S311
The recording time for recording the beginning of a call can be arbitrarily set, but is 3 to 5 for a normal call.
Voice information that can identify the other party can be obtained in about seconds.
Also, when recording a call, set to extract only the other party's voice or only your own voice, and if necessary, automatically edit the space, such as by cutting the blank part, and then record it. , It is possible to collect information on a person whose content is deep in the memory capacity of the user.

Furthermore, the automatic registration function of the telephone number in this embodiment can be operated by limiting only the outgoing call processing or only the incoming call processing by switching the setting of the user. Further, the processing of the embodiment of FIG. 3 is combined with the embodiment of FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 to automatically register the telephone number used for the processing when the telephone number has not been registered, and to store the telephone number from the telephone directory. Can be configured to be called in the descending order of use frequency. In this case, it is possible to reflect not only the outgoing call processing but also the number of incoming call processing in the calling order.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of outgoing calls of the telephone number subjected to the outgoing call is recorded, and when the registration number is called, the order of the number of outgoing calls, that is, the frequency of use, is recorded. Call from a phone number with a higher
On average, search time is reduced. Further, since the telephone numbers used for the outgoing call processing and the incoming call processing are sequentially registered in the electronic telephone directory, troublesome telephone number registration operations are reduced. Moreover, since the telephone number actually processed for outgoing or incoming call is used as the registered telephone number, an erroneous number is not registered. In particular, the present invention can greatly improve the convenience of a mobile phone by applying the present invention to a mobile phone that has a high dependence on an electronic telephone directory for managing telephone numbers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (6)

[Claims] An electronic telephone directory formed on a memory, in which a registered telephone number and the number of outgoing calls are written in a rewritable manner. A means for calling the telephone number with the largest number of outgoing calls, and a means for calling the telephone number with the next largest number of outgoing calls from the telephone number currently being called from the electronic telephone directory when the next registration number call input operation is performed And means for incrementing the number of outgoing calls corresponding to the telephone number in the electronic telephone directory when the outgoing call is executed using the telephone number called by the input operation of the registration number call. A telephone characterized by the following. 2. A registered telephone number formed on a memory;
An electronic telephone directory in which the number of outgoing calls and the order of call are rewritably described; and a means for calling the highest-ranked telephone number from the electronic telephone directory when an input operation for instructing a registration number call is performed; A means for calling the telephone number in the next calling order of the telephone number currently being called from the electronic telephone directory when the input operation of the next registration number call is performed, and the telephone number called by the input operation of the registration number call Means for rewriting the calling order of each telephone number in ascending order of the number of call processings after incrementing the number of call processings in the electronic telephone directory corresponding to the telephone number when the call processing is executed using Telephone. 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the telephone number used for the outgoing call is a number registered in an electronic telephone directory. A telephone comprising: means for registering a telephone number in an electronic telephone directory. 4. The method according to claim 1, 2 or 3.
The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying a telephone number called from the electronic telephone directory on a screen. 5. The method according to claim 1, 2 or 3.
The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising means for providing voice guidance of the telephone number called from the electronic telephone directory. 6. An electronic telephone directory formed on a memory and having a description part of a registered telephone number and a voice recording part for recording a telephone call with the other party of the telephone number, and an outgoing call processing and / or an incoming call processing. Means for searching the electronic telephone directory to determine whether the telephone number used in the outgoing call processing and / or the telephone number notified at the time of the incoming call is a telephone number registered in the electronic telephone directory. If the result is not a telephone number registered in the electronic telephone directory, means for registering the telephone number in the electronic telephone directory and recording the beginning of a call in a voice recording section of the electronic telephone directory; Means for calling a call record from a corresponding voice recording unit and reproducing the voice when an input operation for instructing voice reproduction is performed by designating a registered telephone number.