JPH11261720A - Portable telephone set and its communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make sure contact with a communication opposite party by sending a character message to the communication opposite party through a simple operation without conducting a transmission procedure again under a circumstance that voice communication is not available. SOLUTION: In a portable telephone system provided with a message center that stores temporarily a character message sent by a caller, a caller portable telephone set A is provided with a storage section 4 that stores a character message to be sent to a telephone set of a communication opposite party. When a communication state is in matching with a specific condition, the character message is read from the storage section with simple operation and a signal control section processes the character message in matching with a communication protocol and a radio transmission reception section 2 outputs the processed message as a radio signal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone capable of communicating by voice and text message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of portable telephones capable of transmitting and receiving text messages in addition to voice communication have been proposed. All of these portable telephones communicate by voice or text message alone. That is, these conventional mobile phones have no functional relationship between voice communication and text message communication, and when dialing for voice communication does not succeed, dial again to perform message communication. Had to switch to

Further, a portable telephone has been developed which can transmit a desired message to a facsimile of the other party when the other party is absent and cannot make a telephone call when a call is made. As an example thereof, one described in, for example, JP-A-7-59155 is known.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional portable telephone, when a call for voice communication is made, the caller cannot communicate with the communication partner by voice. In some cases, it is desired to further contact a communication partner by a text message or the like. However, conventional mobile phones are configured to perform only voice or text message communication, and there is no functional relationship or interlocking between voice communication and text message communication. In the case above,
Since it is necessary to create a new text message to be transmitted to the other party and to proceed with the transmission procedure for transmitting the text message from the beginning, that is, to redial again, there is a problem that this is very troublesome.

On the other hand, in the portable telephone described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-59155, facsimile transmission can be performed only when the communication partner accepts facsimile communication. There was a problem that there was no guarantee.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problem. When a voice communication cannot be performed, a text message can be transmitted to a communication partner by a simple operation without performing a transmission procedure again. So you can send it,
The purpose is to ensure that a communication partner can be contacted.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention is provided with a storage unit for storing a text message to be transmitted to a communication partner, and when a communication state matches a specific condition. In addition, a text message is read from the storage means by a simple operation, the text message is processed by a signal control unit in accordance with a communication protocol, and the text message is wirelessly output from a wireless transmission / reception unit.

According to the present invention, a text message can be transmitted to a communication partner by a simple operation when the communication is in a special state such as a situation where voice communication with the communication partner is not possible. As a result, a mobile phone that can reliably contact a communication partner with a simple operation can be obtained.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a voice control unit for controlling transmission and reception of voice, a key operation unit having specific keys, a display unit for displaying characters and control messages, A storage unit having a text message memory for storing a text message to be transmitted, a radio transmission / reception unit for radio transmission / reception to / from a partner telephone, and a signal processing unit for controlling each component of the mobile telephone, and a communication state is specified. When the condition is satisfied, the text message is read from the storage unit, the text message is processed by the signal control unit in accordance with the communication protocol, and the text message is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit. Can communicate with the communication partner by a simple operation when communication with the communication partner is not possible by voice.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the storage unit stores information indicating a transmission condition of the text message, and the communication state corresponds to a specific status corresponding to the information indicating the transmission condition of the text message. When it becomes, it is set in advance whether to automatically send a text message or to perform a predetermined key operation, select the contact to the communication partner according to the communication situation, and Since the message can be transmitted or not transmitted, it is possible to transmit a text message according to the communication situation, and it is not necessary to transmit an unnecessary text message.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the storage unit stores a plurality of types of standard text messages, and selects a desired text message by operating a key. This has the effect that a character message suitable for the situation can be selected and transmitted to the communication partner.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a key operation unit having a specific key, a display unit for displaying characters and control messages, a storage unit for storing character messages to be transmitted, and a portable telephone. In a mobile phone having a signal processing unit for controlling the components, a text message to be transmitted is input and stored in advance, and when a call is made for voice communication,
Detecting whether or not the communication is in a state of communication that matches a specific condition set in advance, and reading the text message from the storage unit when in the state of communication that matches the specific condition, and matching the communication protocol It processes the text message read out and transmits it to the other party wirelessly. When the caller cannot communicate with the other party by voice, the user can contact the other party with a simple operation. It has the action of:

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the storage unit, information indicating a transmission condition of a character message is stored in advance, and the communication state is stored in the information indicating a transmission condition of the character message in which a communication state is stored in advance. According to the corresponding specific state, whether to automatically transmit a text message or to transmit by a predetermined key operation is set in advance, and when a call is made for voice communication, the communication state of the text message in which the communication state is stored in advance is set. It detects whether or not it is in a specific state corresponding to the information indicating the transmission condition, automatically transmits a text message according to the specific state, or transmits it with a predetermined key operation, Depending on the communication situation, you can select a contact to the communication partner and send or not send a text message, so send a text message according to the communication situation It is Rukoto has the effect of requiring not send unnecessary text message.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of fixed type text messages are stored in the storage unit in advance, and a desired text message is selected by a key operation. Has the effect that a character message suitable for the communication situation can be selected and transmitted to the communication partner.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone set according to the first aspect, a base station for relaying wireless communication with the portable telephone set, and a telephone set of a communication partner connected to the base station from the portable telephone set. A message center that temporarily stores the text information to be transmitted to the mobile phone, including when the communication partner's telephone is in an unreceivable state and when the communication state matches a specific condition. Transmitting a text message to a base station by radio, the base station temporarily storing the received text message in the message center, and reading and transmitting the text message from the message center when a communication partner telephone becomes available for reception. When the other party's telephone is in a reception-disabled state, a text message wirelessly transmitted from the mobile phone to the base station is sent to the user. The calling mobile phone sends text messages many times by temporarily storing it in the message center and automatically reading and sending it from the message center when the other party's phone becomes available for reception. This has the effect that the data can be reliably transmitted to the telephone of the communication partner without the need.

Hereinafter, based on the attached drawings and FIGS. 1 to 6,
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. Embodiment 1 First, a mobile phone according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a use state of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an example of an operation procedure of the mobile phone shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows.

Next, the configuration of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG.
In the figure, A is a mobile phone having the functions of the present embodiment, 1 is a voice control unit having a microphone and a speaker,
Is a wireless transmission / reception unit having an antenna and a function of modulating and demodulating these signals so as to enable wireless communication of audio signals and various other signals to be described later. 3 is a signal processing unit composed of a CPU or the like. A storage unit connected to the signal processing unit 3,
5 is a key operation unit having numeric keys and other operation keys,
Reference numeral 6 denotes a display unit constituted by a liquid crystal display or the like. Of course, various circuit devices required for wireless telephone communication such as a dial pulse generation circuit and an incoming call detection circuit (not shown) are also provided.

The storage unit 4 is provided with a character message memory 4-2 together with a system memory 4-1 constituted by a ROM or a RAM. Further, the text message memory 4-2 has a plurality of fixed text messages indicating the contents to be transmitted from the portable telephone A to the other telephone, for example, "Please call back,""Retrylater." Character data is stored.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The signal processing unit 3 has a function of controlling each unit so that a wireless telephone call can be performed by a mobile phone, but also has the following control function. That is, when the signal processing unit 3 makes a call to another mobile phone, or when there is an incoming call from another mobile phone, the communication state matches a predetermined condition. The text message is read from the storage unit 4, the text message is processed in accordance with the communication protocol, and the text message is wirelessly output from the radio transmission / reception unit 2.

The conditions for wirelessly outputting a text message include, for example, when the communication partner's mobile phone is out of reach of radio waves, when it does not answer a call, or when it cannot communicate with the other party by voice. In any case. For example, a case where the other party does not answer for a certain period of time may be used, and in this case, it may be used as an "answering machine" set by the transmitting side.

Next, an example of use of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in FIG. 2, A is the mobile phone in the first embodiment, 7 is a base station, 8 is a message center for temporarily storing a text message transmitted from the mobile phone A to the other mobile phone 9, and 9 is a mobile phone A
This is a mobile phone capable of transmitting and receiving voice and text messages transmitted from.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone A in the first embodiment transmits a dial call for voice communication to the mobile phone 9 having means for transmitting and receiving a text message from another telephone. If, for example, the mobile phone 9 is out of reach of the radio wave of the base station 7, the voice call cannot be made naturally.

However, in such a case, the signal processing unit 3 can determine from the communication procedure between the mobile phone A and the base station 7 that the other party's mobile phone 9 cannot respond. In this case, a text message suitable for the situation may be transmitted to the base station 7. The transmitted text message is temporarily stored in the message center 8 even when the other party's mobile phone 9 is out of reach of the base station 7. Thereafter, when the other party's mobile phone 9 enters the range where the radio wave of the base station 7 can reach and performs location registration, the text message transmitted from the mobile phone A is transmitted from the message center 8 via the base station 7 to the other party's mobile phone. Sent to telephone 9.

As described above, when the text message is transmitted, the user of the mobile phone 9 of the communication partner, upon arrival of the text message, immediately sees the contents and makes a telephone call to the user of the mobile phone A. be able to. as a result,
The user of the mobile phone A does not need to call the mobile phone 9 of the other party many times thereafter.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
An operation procedure of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, in step S100, the presence / absence of a dial call is detected, and if there is no dial call, step S100 is circulated to wait for the dial call to be made. In step S100, if there is a dial call, the process proceeds to step S101, where it is detected whether or not the other party's mobile phone 9 is within the range of the base station 7. If it is within the range, a voice call is started. Proceeding to S102, a text message suitable for the situation is wirelessly transmitted to the base station 7. When the wireless transmission of the text message is completed, the line is cut off (step S103), and the calling operation ends.

In the example of use of the mobile phone A described above, the case where the mobile phone of the other party making the dial call is out of the range of the radio wave of the base station has been described. However, the present invention is limited to such a case. It is not something to be done. That is, as a condition for transmitting a text message, the mobile phone of the other party making a dial call is turned off,
The text message can be transmitted when the other party disconnects the line before the other party dials the mobile phone according to the present invention and answers it, or in any other case where voice communication with the other party is not possible.

Although the other party's telephone in this embodiment is a portable telephone, any other telephone such as a normal desk telephone may be used. However, in that case, it is effective in a case where the receiver is disconnected or in a special situation. still,
The mobile phone according to the first embodiment corresponds to claim 1.

(Embodiment 2) First, a mobile phone according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a storage unit of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation procedure of the mobile phone and the storage unit illustrated in FIG. 4.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the configuration of the storage unit of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. The mobile phone according to the present embodiment is obtained by adding some functions to the storage unit 4 of the mobile phone shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the storage unit 4 includes a system memory 4-1 including a ROM and a RAM, a character message memory 4-2, and a character message transmission condition memory 4-3. In the character message transmission condition memory 4-3, information indicating under what conditions a character message is transmitted is encoded and stored.

The stored information indicating the transmission condition of the text message is, for example, that the text message is transmitted only when a specific key operation is performed when the communication partner who has dialed is busy, Automatically send text messages when the other party does not answer the call,
And the like and a key operation. One or more pieces of information on the transmission condition of the text message stored in the text message transmission condition memory 4-3 can be set.

Next, the operation of the storage unit of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The signal processing unit 3 (FIG. 1) sets the transmission condition of the character message selected by the key operation of the key operation unit 5 in advance,
It can be encoded and registered in the character message transmission condition memory 4-3. When selecting the transmission condition of the character message by key operation, the user can select the conditions while sequentially displaying the selectable conditions on the display unit 6. To be able to

Next, an example of use of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As described in the first embodiment, the signal processing unit 3 can determine in advance that the mobile phone 9 of the communication partner cannot respond. In this case, the signal processing unit 3 reads out the information stored in the character message transmission condition memory 4-3, and transmits the character message from the character message memory 4-2 only when it is acceptable to transmit the character message. It is read out and automatically transmitted to the base station 7.
If the information stored in the character message transmission condition memory 4-3 involves a key operation, this is displayed on the display unit 6 and the user performs the corresponding key operation. Then, a text message is transmitted to the base station 7.

By transmitting a text message in this way, it is possible to set in advance not to transmit a text message when the caller does not need to contact the communication partner immediately. , Unnecessary character messages can be prevented from being transmitted.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
An operation procedure of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this operation procedure, as an example of detecting a text message transmission condition, a case of detecting whether or not the other party's mobile phone 9 is out of range of the base station 7 will be described. First, in step S200, the presence / absence of a dial call is detected, and if there is no dial call, step S200 is circulated to wait for the dial call. In step S200, if there is a dial call, the process proceeds to step S201, where it is detected whether or not the other party's mobile phone 9 is within the range of the base station 7. If it is within the range, a voice call is started. Proceeding to S202, the character message transmission condition is read from the character message transmission condition memory 4-3, and the process proceeds to step S203.

In step S203, the transmission condition read out from the text message transmission condition memory 4-3 detects whether or not the other party's mobile phone 9 is out of the service area of the base station 7, and the communication party is out of the service area. Step S
Proceed to step 204, otherwise (if the transmission conditions are other conditions) proceed to step S207 to cut off the line,
This operation procedure ends. In step S204, it is detected whether or not the transmission condition requires a specific key operation. If the transmission condition requires a specific key operation, the process proceeds to step S205 to wait for the operation of the specific key. If there is no operation, the process proceeds to step S207 to cut off the line and end this operation procedure. In step S203, the transmission condition read from the text message transmission condition memory 4-3 does not detect whether or not the other party's mobile phone 9 is out of the service area of the base station 7. May be detected.

If it is determined in step S204 that the operation of the specific key is not required, the process proceeds to step S206, in which the displayed text message is automatically read and wirelessly transmitted. In step S205, when the specific key is operated, the process proceeds to step S206, in which a text message suitable for the situation is read from the text message memory 4-2, and transmitted to the base station 7 by radio.
In step 07, the line is cut off, and the calling operation procedure is terminated. The mobile phone according to the second embodiment corresponds to the second aspect.

(Embodiment 3) Next, referring to FIG.
The mobile phone according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation procedure of the mobile phone and its storage unit in the present embodiment.
Note that the configurations of the mobile phone A and the storage unit according to the third embodiment are the same as those in FIGS.

The portable telephone according to the present embodiment is different from the portable telephone according to the first embodiment in that plural types of fixed character messages are further stored in character message memory 4-2, and key operation of key operation unit 5 is performed. Thus, when each character message is displayed on the display unit 6 and the character message is transmitted, the user is provided with key means for allowing the user to select a desired character message from the message.

Next, the operation of the portable telephone according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The signal processing unit 3 has a character message memory 4 in advance.
-2 are displayed on the display unit 6 by operating the keys on the key operation unit 5.
Further, a desired character message is selected from the key operation by the key operation of the key operation unit 5. Further, the caller can add or delete characters by a key operation to a fixed character message selected by a key operation.

Next, an example of use of the mobile phone according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
As described in the first embodiment, the fact that the other party's mobile phone 9 cannot respond can be determined by the signal processing unit 3 in advance.
Can be determined. Therefore, in such a case, the signal processing unit 3 reads a plurality of types of fixed-form text messages stored in the text message memory 4-2 by operating the keys of the key operation unit 5 and sequentially displays them on the display unit 6.

Further, when the caller selects a desired text message by a specific key operation of the key operation unit 5, the selected text message is transmitted to the base station 7.
In this case, the text message displayed on the display unit 6 and transmitted to the base station 7 may be a message in which a caller previously added or deleted text to a standard text message by key operation.

When the character messages are sequentially displayed on the display unit 6, the display can be switched to the next character message by operating a specific key. Thus, when the display of the text message is switched, the caller can select the text message according to the situation and transmit it to the other party.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
An operation procedure of the mobile phone according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, in step S300, the presence / absence of a dial call is detected, and if there is no dial call, step S300 is circulated to wait for a dial call. In step S300, if there is a dial call, the process proceeds to step S301 to detect whether or not the other party's mobile phone 9 is within the range of the base station 7. If it is within the range, a voice call is started. The process proceeds to S302, in which a plurality of character messages are sequentially read and displayed, and the process proceeds to step S303.

In step S303, the key operation unit 5
When the character message displayed by the key operation of the specific key is selected, the process proceeds to step S304. When the key operation for switching the display of the character message is performed, step S302 is performed.
Then, the display is switched to the next character message, the process proceeds to step S303, and the key operation of the specific key is waited in the same manner as described above. In step S304, the text message selected by the key operation is read from the text message memory 4-2, and transmitted to the base station 7 by radio. When the wireless transmission of the text message ends, the line is cut off (step S305), and the calling operation ends. The mobile phone according to the third embodiment corresponds to the third aspect.

[0045]

The present invention is constructed as described above, and particularly has a storage unit for storing a text message to be transmitted to a communication partner, and the communication state is, for example, voice communication with the communication partner is not possible. When a specific condition is met, the text message is read from the storage unit and transmitted wirelessly, so that the text message can be easily transmitted to the communication partner and communicated by simple operation. I can contact the other party without fail.

According to the present invention, it is possible to transmit a text message according to a communication situation by selecting or not sending a text message by selecting a contact with a communication partner according to the communication situation. In addition, unnecessary text messages can be avoided.

According to the present invention, a plurality of fixed type text messages are stored in a storage unit, and a desired text message is selected by a key operation, so that a caller can select a text message suitable for a communication situation. Can be transmitted to the communication partner.

According to the present invention, when the communication partner's telephone is in a reception-disabled state, a text message wirelessly transmitted from the portable telephone to the base station is temporarily stored in the message center so that the communication partner's telephone can receive. Automatically read from the message center and send the message, the calling mobile phone can send the message to the other party's phone without sending the text message many times. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a use state of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1,

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a storage unit of the mobile phone according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the mobile phone and its storage unit shown in FIGS. 1 and 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation procedure of a mobile phone and a storage unit thereof according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 voice control unit 2 wireless transmission / reception unit 3 signal processing unit 4 storage unit 4-1 system memory 4-2 text message memory 4-3 text message transmission condition memory 5 key operation unit 6 display unit 7 base station 8 message center 9 Mobile phone of the other party A Mobile phone

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A storage having a voice control unit for controlling transmission and reception of voice, a key operation unit having a specific key, a display unit for displaying text and control messages, and a text message memory for storing text messages to be transmitted. Unit, a wireless transmitting and receiving unit for wirelessly transmitting and receiving to and from the other telephone, and a signal processing unit for controlling each component of the mobile phone, when the communication state matches a specific condition, the storage A mobile phone characterized in that a text message is read from a unit, a text message is processed by a signal control unit according to a communication protocol, and the text message is wirelessly transmitted from a wireless transmission / reception unit. 2. The storage unit stores information indicating a transmission condition of a text message, and transmits the text message when a communication state becomes a specific state corresponding to the information indicating the transmission condition of the text message. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein whether the operation is automatically performed or a predetermined key operation is performed is set in advance. 3. The portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein said storage unit stores a plurality of types of standard text messages, and selects a desired text message by operating a key. 4. A key operation unit having a specific key, a display unit for displaying characters and control messages, a storage unit for storing character messages to be transmitted, and a signal processing unit for controlling each component of the mobile phone. In the portable telephone having the above, a character message to be transmitted is input and stored in advance, and when a call is made for voice communication, it is detected whether or not the communication state matches a predetermined specific condition, and the identification is performed. When the communication state matches the condition, the character message is read from the storage unit, the read character message is processed according to the communication protocol, and the character message is wirelessly transmitted to the communication partner. Mobile phone communication method. 5. A storage unit according to claim 1, wherein said storage unit stores information indicating a transmission condition of the character message in advance, and stores the communication state according to a specific state corresponding to the information indicating the transmission condition of the character message stored in advance. Send automatically or
Alternatively, it is set in advance whether transmission is performed by a predetermined key operation, and when a call is made for voice communication, it is determined whether the communication state is in a specific state corresponding to information indicating a transmission condition of a text message stored in advance. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the steps of: detecting and automatically transmitting a text message according to the specific state; or transmitting the text message by a predetermined key operation.
Communication method of the described mobile phone. 6. The communication of a portable telephone according to claim 4, further comprising the step of storing a plurality of fixed-form text messages in said storage unit in advance and selecting a desired text message by operating a key. Method. 7. A portable telephone according to claim 1, a base station for relaying wireless communication with the portable telephone, and character information temporarily connected to the base station and transmitted from the portable telephone to a communication partner telephone. The mobile phone transmits a text message from the mobile phone to the base station by radio when the communication status matches a specific condition, including when the communication partner's telephone is in an unreceivable state. Wherein the base station temporarily stores the received text message in the message center, and reads and transmits the message from the message center when a communication partner telephone becomes available for reception. system.