JPH11298635A - Information equipment with communication function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily find the desired communication address out of the set of personal information containing various communication addresses through a simple operation. SOLUTION: The information equipment with communication function registers the personal information containing plural kinds of communication addresses (such as telephone number, FAX number, electronic mail address and URL). When a 'last' button 24 is pressed in the case of finding the specified communication address of a specified individual out of this registered personal information, plural high-order persons having recently utilized communication addresses are retrieved, and the personal information of these persons is displayed on a screen. In that case, concerning the individual having plural communication addresses, the communication addresses are displayed in order from most recently utilized one. When a 'most frequent' button 25 is pressed, plural high-order persons having frequently utilized communication addresses are retrieved and the personal information of these persons is displayed on the screen. In that case, concerning the individual having plural communication addresses, the communication addresses are displayed in order from most frequently utilized one.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information device with a communication function, and more particularly to wireless communication of voice and data with a so-called portable telephone and a simple portable telephone (PHS: Personal Handy phone System). And a portable information device with a communication function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the miniaturization of computers and the development of communications, mobile communication devices such as cellular phones and PHSs have
Portable personal computers and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant)
A product in which a portable information device such as s) is integrated has been developed.

According to such a portable information device, not only can data management such as personal information including telephone directory data and a schedule be performed, but also the use of telephone and facsimile (FAX) by the device alone, the Internet, etc. Sending and receiving e-mails by accessing the mail server, WWW
(World Wide Web) You can browse the homepage by accessing the server.

[0004]

As described above, for a certain individual, various access destinations, that is, telephone numbers, F
AX number, e-mail address, URL (Uniform Reso
urce Locator). Further, the telephone number of a certain party is not limited to one, and in addition to a personal or company wired telephone number, a mobile telephone number or a PHS number may also be owned. In personal information management, it is, of course, desirable to register and manage all such access destinations, and the registered information forms a kind of database.
In this specification, such various access destinations are collectively referred to as
Called "communication address".

However, necessary information from a personal information database in which these various communication addresses are registered,
For example, it is not always easy to quickly retrieve a specific communication address of a specific individual with a simple operation.
In particular, the size of the display screen of a portable information device is generally smaller than that of a personal computer or the like, and the amount of information that can be displayed at one time is limited.

Therefore, the present invention provides an information device with a communication function having a function of quickly finding a desired communication address from a set of personal information including such various communication addresses by a simple operation. The purpose is to:

[0007]

An information device with a communication function according to the present invention includes a display capable of displaying various data, personal information registration means for registering personal information including a plurality of types of communication addresses, and at least registered personal information. Communication means for communicating with the communication address, use information management means for managing the communication information while updating the use information of each communication address each time the communication address is used, and an individual registered in the personal information registration means When retrieving information, a retrieval means for extracting a plurality of predetermined personal information based on usage information managed by the usage information management means, and a plurality of personal information extracted by the retrieval means On the screen of the display at the same time.

[0008] As described above, the retrieval means extracts predetermined personal information of a plurality of persons on the basis of the use information of various communication addresses of each person, and simultaneously displays them on the display screen. Is likely to contain the information of the intended individual.

The plurality of types of communication addresses may include a telephone number, a fax number, an e-mail address, a URL, a pager number, and the like. In the present invention, at least two of these, and even more, are used. It is suitable to be applied when including.

[0010] It is preferable that at least one of the number of uses, the use date and time, and the use frequency of the communication address is used as the use information. More preferably, as the use information, at least two of the number of uses, the use date and time, and the use frequency of the communication address are used, and the user selects one of them before the search.
Thereby, the user can further increase the possibility that the search result includes the other party by selecting one of the use information according to the other party to communicate with. In particular, by combining the above-mentioned simultaneous display of the personal information of a plurality of persons and the selection of the use information, in most cases, the target communication address of the target person can be obtained in the search result.

Further, it is preferable that the display means changes an order of displaying a plurality of communication addresses in a display area of each individual on the display screen based on the usage information. This is useful when one person has a plurality of communication addresses and not all communication addresses fit within the display area. Conversely, this makes it possible to increase the number of pieces of personal information to be displayed simultaneously, even if the display screen size is the same.

[0012]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic hardware configuration of an information device 100 to which the present invention is applied. In the configuration of FIG. 1, a central processing unit (CPU) 101 controls the entire information device 100. The CPU 101 has a ROM 1
05, flash memory 107, RAM 108, calendar IC 109, flat display 122, various keys 1
31 and the communication control unit 133 are connected.

The ROM 105 is a read-only nonvolatile memory, and stores various computer programs executed by the CPU 101 and necessary data. This program includes a browser (browsing software) whose functions are expanded according to the present invention.

The flash memory 107 is a rewritable nonvolatile memory for storing various types of personal information that the user wants to store in a nonvolatile manner. It is not necessary to be a flash memory as long as the storage means achieves the above. Here, “personal information” includes names and names of individuals, corporations, various organizations, etc. (collectively, “individuals”), and telephone numbers as various communication addresses (for mobile phones and PHS telephones). Numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, URLs, etc. Also, a program that can be upgraded can be stored in the flash memory 107.

The RAM 108 provides a temporary storage area and a work area necessary for the CPU 101 to execute a program, and an area for storing various data necessary for executing the program.

The calendar IC 109 is an element that is backed up by a battery (not shown), and after the current date and time data is registered, sequentially updates and outputs the date and time data according to a clock.

The flat display 122 is a device for displaying various information in the information device to inform a user, and a touch panel is arranged on a screen thereof. For this touch panel, the user
An arbitrary coordinate point on the screen can be indicated by the pen 110. The pen 110 is preferably stored in a storage unit (not shown) when not in use. However, pen 11
0 is not indispensable in the present invention, and it suffices to have a means such as a finger.

The communication control unit 133 controls communication of voice and data. The communication control unit 133 is connected to the antenna 135 via the RF unit 134, and is connected to the microphone 136 and the speaker 137.

The personal information registering means, the use information managing means, and the retrieving means in the present invention mainly include a CPU 10
ROM 105 (or flash memory 10)
This is realized by executing the program in 7).

In FIG. 1, detailed configurations (for example, a display memory, a display controller, an input / output control unit, etc.) are not shown.

In this embodiment, the flash memory 10
7 is stored in a hypertext markup language (HTML) for display.
Language) text, interpreted by a browser, and displayed on the screen of the flat display 122. When making a call with this information device, it is usually necessary to search for the other party's telephone number from the personal information registered in the device and to make outgoing calls without keying in the telephone number based on this. Has become.

On the other hand, HTML is known for describing home page information obtained from a WWW server. The document itself described in HTML is a text file, and character modification information, layout information, and the like are specified by codes sandwiched between tags “<” and “>”, and a program called a browser described above is executed. The HTML document is displayed by interpreting this tag.

In an HTML document, not only can other texts, images, and sounds be inserted into the document, but each part of a certain HTML document can be linked to an image or another HTML document. That is, in an HTML document, a specific position (usually called an anchor point or a hot spot) in the same document is linked (associated) to another position, another file, or the like, thereby immediately linking from a certain position. , And very efficient and versatile browsing of documents (including so-called multimedia) becomes possible. In addition, based on the selection of the anchor point, it is possible to open a window for transmitting an e-mail or activate a specific function related to the anchor point.

As described above, by setting anchor points for various items in the HTML document,
If the user selects those anchor points, it becomes possible to view documents corresponding to the anchor points and execute various functions according to the type of communication address.

Hereinafter, specific functions and operations of the information equipment according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which a list (pull-down menu) 21 of various functions is displayed by designating a telephone icon (mark) 20 at the left end of the screen of the information device. As can be seen from the figure, this pull-down menu 21 includes:
"Browser" as a function for browsing Internet home pages, "Mail" as a function for sending and receiving e-mails, "Schedule" as a function for managing personal schedules, and management of personal information according to the present invention. "Address book" as a function, "Phone" as a telephone function, "Clock" as a function for setting and checking a clock, "SetUp" as a function for various initial settings, and functions in operation "End" icon for terminating is displayed. From the pull-down menu, any of these functions can be selected. It is to be noted that the browser that displays the screen of FIG. 2 itself is also a browser, which can be said to be a browser in a broad sense. On the other hand, the “browser” included in the pull-down menu 21 is a browser in a narrow sense as a function for browsing a homepage on the Internet.

The function of the "address book" will be mainly described below. When the button of the “address book” is selected by the user with a pen or a finger, the program is started. In the figure, the state of selection is indicated by an arrow cursor for convenience, but it is not necessary to actually display such a cursor. The same applies to other screen examples described below.

First, a case where new personal information is added (registered) to the address book will be described. As shown in FIG. 3A, when an “Add” button 22 at the top of the screen is pressed,
“Add address book” window 30 as shown in FIG.
Appears. This window 30 includes an input area for a communication address such as the "name" of the person to be newly added, "Yomi", "Company", "Yomi", and "Telephone" of the individual. In this example, input areas for a plurality of communication addresses are provided at the lower part of the window 30. For one communication address, an input area 31 of the type,
An area 32 for inputting whether the communication address is for personal use or business use, and an area 33 for inputting a numerical sequence as the communication address are arranged in one line.

FIG. 4 shows the display of the address book addition window when the name of the individual, its reading, and the telephone number are input. For inputting such characters, although not shown, by displaying a window of a so-called software keyboard, an arbitrary character can be selectively input from the window.

The input area 31 representing the device type of the communication address is a pull-down menu. When this area is designated, "email", "telephone", "mobile phone", "P
HS, pager, fax, UR
A pull-down menu 51 (see FIG. 5) including a plurality of predetermined options such as “L” and “other” is displayed. The user can select any one of them.

FIG. 6A shows the names and their readings,
This shows a state in which telephone and facsimile information as communication addresses have been input. In this state, when the “execute” button of the buttons arranged at the upper right in the “add address book” window 30 is pressed, the added personal information is formally registered in the address book. The personal information registered in this manner is shown to the user for confirmation as shown in FIG. An anchor point is set for each of the displayed communication addresses, and the user can start communication with a partner of the communication address by designating the anchor point.

Here, the data structure of personal information in the present embodiment will be described. Information of each individual is managed as information described on one card.
FIG. 7 shows a configuration of an empty card in which no personal information has been input yet. The card 70 has an area 71 for the name of the individual, various communication address areas 72, an area 73 for the date and time of use of the most recently used communication address, and a usage that is the sum of the number of times these communication addresses have been used. There is a count area 74. Communication address area 7
2 are the device type 721 and the communication address 72
2, the date and time of use 723, and the number of times of use 724. The data in the name area 71 and the device type field 72 and the communication address field 722 of the communication address area 72 are given by the user as described above.
The data in the field 74 and the fields 723 and 724 are managed by the information equipment system, and are updated each time a communication address is accessed, as described later.

In the card shown in FIG. 7, FIG.
Are also registered for the company name and its reading, etc., which are input on the screen of FIG.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a card 70 created by the system when new personal information is added (registered) to the address book. In this example, communication addresses of “telephone”, “FAX”, and “e-mail” are set for “Access Taro”. Although only three entries are shown in the communication address area 72 in the figure, communication addresses of more device types can be registered.

In the state in which the personal information registered as described above is displayed in the window of the address book (see FIG. 6B or FIGS. 15 and 16 described later), the various communication addresses include An anchor point has been set,
The operation or function corresponding to each is assigned in advance. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, when a telephone communication address (that is, a normal telephone number) is designated on the screen,
A predetermined function (ie, a process for making a call) is activated. For example, the following is conceivable as an example of the description of the anchor point.

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o: ... ”(also called a scheme). When the user points to this anchor point, the system responds to this command with the indicated phone number as an argument. A script (program module) to be called is executed, and by executing the script, a process of making a telephone call is performed.

In the example shown in FIG. 9, the process of making a telephone call using the script is performed in a window 9 for that purpose.
1 is displayed. In this window 91, a name 81 of a call partner, a telephone number area 82, a numeric keypad 83, a clear button 84, and an execution button 85 are displayed. In the telephone number area 82, the telephone number of the other party is automatically input by the system. When the user presses the execution key 85, dialing is performed. This window 80 is the same as that displayed when the “telephone” function described with reference to FIG. 2 is selected, and a telephone can be made by inputting an arbitrary telephone number with the ten keys 83 (however, in this case, The name 81 is not displayed.) Mobile phone, P
The same applies to telephone numbers such as HS. Although not directly related to the present invention, the "search" button at the top of the window 80 is for searching for personal information based on the name of the individual.

When the communication address specified by the user is other than a telephone number, the following processing is performed. That is, when the FAX number is designated, a window for FAX transmission (not shown) is displayed, and information input by the user with keys or handwriting in the window is displayed.
It can be transmitted to the partner of the AX number. When an e-mail address is specified, a window for sending and receiving e-mail is displayed. When the URL is instructed, the browser for browsing the homepage is activated, and dialing to the telephone number of the Internet provider registered in advance is performed. As a result, after connection to the Internet, access to a target homepage is performed using the URL. As described above, the processing according to these various communication addresses is performed by adding a special command (for example, mailto: ..., faxto: ..., etc.) to the start tag sandwiching the description of the communication address of the anchor point. It can be realized by including the script and executing the corresponding script.

Each time an access is made to any communication address of an individual registered in such an address book, the use information of the communication address is updated. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of this processing.

In the process of FIG. 10, first, a personal card corresponding to the communication is found (S11). next,
The use date and time of the communication address used this time for this card is updated (S12). That is, as shown in FIG.
"Access Taro" at 13:20 on March 11, 998
When a call is made to the user, the contents of the use date field 723 and the use date area 73 of the corresponding device type “telephone” of the card 70 of “Access Taro” are changed to the date “03/11/1998 13:20”. Will be updated. The use date / time area 73 is constantly updated regardless of the device type when a communication address is used, so that the date / time is always the latest of the use dates / times of all communication addresses of the individual. Become. Next, the number of times the card uses the communication address of the device type is incremented (S13). That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the access frequency field 72 of the communication address of the corresponding device type “telephone” of the card 70 of “Access Taro”
4 and the value of the usage count area 74 are each increased by one. The initial value of the number of times of use is naturally 0. When the communication address is used, the usage count area 74 is always incremented irrespective of the device type. Therefore, the numerical value corresponds to the sum of the usage counts of all the communication addresses. The number of times of use may be reset to 0 (or any numerical value) by the user at any time. This makes it possible to intentionally adjust the ease of extracting the communication address in the search.

FIG. 12 shows that “Access Taro” is further requested by the same information device on March 12, 1998.
This shows a change in the contents of the card 70 of the individual when the AX is transmitted. In this case, it is understood that the contents of the use date area 73 and the use date field 723 of the device type “FAX” are updated, and the contents of the use frequency area 74 and the use frequency field 724 of “FAX” are updated.

FIG. 13 shows the contents of the card 70 after further accessing the various communication addresses of "Access Taro". From now on, the total number of uses will be 7
At the time, it can be seen that the most recent (last) utilization is at 10:00 on March 15, 1998. In addition, according to the device type, it can be seen that the number of times of use of the personal communication address is larger in the order of “telephone”, “FAX”, and “e-mail”. In addition, the use date and time is "FAX""E-mail"
It turns out that it is near the present in the order of "phone".

When the updating of the contents of the card 70 as shown in FIG. 13 is repeatedly executed for each person registered in the address book, the registration contents as shown in FIG. Is obtained. Here, a case is considered where the owner of this information device attempts to use a communication address of a specific device type of a specific individual.
At this time, it is preferable to display all registered contents in a list and find out the target communication address of the target partner from the list, but it is preferable that the number of registered people is actually limited because the display size is limited. Except for an extremely small number of cases, it is impossible to display all information in one screen at a time and easily viewable. Alternatively, the screen can be sequentially switched (or scrolled) and displayed, but it is difficult to quickly find the communication address of the target person. Generally, it is considered that the whole or a part of the name is inputted and a search for a card is performed using this as a search key. In this method, the search itself can be performed at a high speed by the system, but the operation to be performed by the user (displaying a software key and inputting a character) for inputting a name reading as a preprocessing is complicated, Again, it is not appropriate to quickly obtain the desired communication address.

Therefore, in the present invention, use information of each communication address of each individual (that is, information of use date and time and number of uses in this embodiment) is used. This allows
With a relatively high probability, it is possible to quickly find the intended communication address of the intended individual. As a configuration for realizing this, a “previous” button 24 and a “most” button 25 are provided in a menu column at the upper end of the screen of the information device (see FIG. 2). In addition, special processing described later is executed in accordance with the instructions of these buttons. The "reading" button 23 is used to search for personal information by inputting the above-described reading, and is not directly related to the present invention, so that the detailed description thereof is omitted here.

FIG. 15 is an example of a window screen based on the search processing result when the "previous" button 24 is pressed. In this example, the window screen is divided into six sections in a table format of three rows and two columns so that personal information of up to six persons can be displayed. Here, from the first row of the left column to the third row,
Furthermore, six people are displayed from the first row to the third row in the right column. That is, "Shinnosuke Matsumoto" has the most recently accessed communication address, "Ichiro Sato" has the second most recently accessed communication address, and "Kodama Yamano" in order, "Kana Kuno"
, "Izumi Morino" and "Access Taro". However, the present invention is not limited to the number of divisions of six and the arrangement order of the six persons, and other division numbers and arrangement orders may be used.

A further characteristic feature of this embodiment is that when a plurality of communication addresses are registered in the display area of each displayed personal information, the display order of these addresses is determined based on the usage information. Is to be determined. For example,
In the example of FIG. 15, a normal phone number and a mobile phone number are registered for “Kana Katsura”, but since the mobile phone has been used more recently, the mobile phone number has been registered. Is displayed above your regular phone number. This is because the number of device types is so large that it does not fit in the divided display area, that is, the number of communication addresses is large, or conversely, the divided display area is so small that only a small number of communication addresses can be displayed (the number of divisions is large). Is useful. This is because even if a specific communication address does not appear in the divided display area due to the change of the display order of the communication addresses based on the usage information, it is considered that there is less problem.

Although not shown, FIG. 15 (and FIG. 1)
In 6), means for switching or scrolling the window screen may be provided so that personal information outside the window appears.

Further, in this embodiment, means for scrolling the screen using, for example, an HTML frame function so that a communication address hidden outside each divided display area appears in the divided display area. Is provided. Therefore, a scroll bar (not shown) is displayed on the right side of each divided display area.

FIG. 16 is an example of a window screen based on the search processing result when the “most” button 25 is pressed. This is a screen similar to that of FIG. 15, except that the personal information of the six persons is displayed as the use information not in the use date and time of the use date and time area 73 of the card 70 but in the order of the number of uses of the use number area 74 which is the largest. I have. Even when the same registered data in the address book as in FIG. 15 is used, the display order is changed due to a difference in the focused use information. However, FIG.
In FIG. 15, the same six members as in FIG. 15 appear, but actually, different members may appear.

As shown in the example in the figure, when a plurality of personal information of about the top six persons are displayed at the same time, if the number of times of use is used as a search criterion, the target communication partner is stochastically included in the top six persons. It is likely that the likelihood will increase. However, in the search based on the number of uses, the number of times of use as a past result is large, but there is a case where it does not happen in the near future. In such a case, the target communication partner may be omitted from the search results. There is. Conversely, a communication partner whose number of uses as a past record is small but whose use overlaps recently may be omitted from the search result in a search based on the number of uses. However, the user can immediately determine which of the specific parties to communicate with corresponds to. Therefore, in the present embodiment, by preparing the “last time” button 24 and the “most” button 25 on the screen at the same time, the user can use both according to the communication partner. As a result, in most communications, a target partner can be found in the six personal information displayed by pressing either the "last time" button 24 or the "most" button 25. This makes it possible to access the target communication address of the target partner very quickly.

FIG. 17 shows the operation of the system when the "last time" button 24 is pressed, that is, the CPU 101 (FIG. 1).
2 shows a flowchart of a schematic process executed by the computer. First, all the cards registered in the address book are sorted in ascending order of date and time using the date and time of use in the date and time area 73 (S21). The top six people as a result are determined (S22). Furthermore, the plurality of entries in the communication address area 72 of the top six persons are sorted in the new order using the use date and time as a key (S2).
3). Therefore, the personal information of the top six persons is displayed in each of the six divided display areas (S24). that time,
The “device type” and its “communication address” are displayed in the order sorted in step S23. Data that does not fit in the split display area is not displayed.

Similarly, FIG. 18 shows the operation of the system when the “most” button 25 is pressed, ie, the CPU 101
2 shows a flowchart of a schematic process executed by (FIG. 1).
First, all the cards registered in the address book,
Using the number of times of use of the number-of-times-of-use area 74 as a key, sorting is performed in descending order of the number of uses (S31). The top six persons as a result are determined (S32). Further, a plurality of entries in the communication address area 72 of these top six persons are
Sorting is performed in ascending order using the number of times of use as a key (S33). Therefore, the personal information of these top six people is
It is displayed in each of the two divided display areas (S34). At this time, the “device type” and the “communication address” are displayed in the order sorted in step S33. Data that does not fit in the split display area is not displayed.

Although only the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the scope of the claims.

For example, sorting based on the use information is as follows:
Although the processing is executed when the “last time” button or the “most” button is pressed, the processing may be executed in advance after the use information updating process of FIG. 10 and the result may be held. Also,
It is also possible to use the use frequency as an average value of the number of uses within a predetermined period instead of the “use number” as the use information.

Although the information device in the above embodiment has been described as being of a portable type, it can be applied to a desktop computer or the like having a communication function.

Furthermore, an example has been shown in which a browser in a "broad sense" is used for display on the information device of the above embodiment.
It is also possible to realize the same function without using a browser, and the present invention also includes such an embodiment (however, in this case, the “WWW access to the Internet has a“ narrow sense ”). Use a browser).

[0058]

According to the information equipment with a communication function of the present invention, a telephone number, a FAX number, an e-mail address, a UR
From a set of personal information including various communication addresses such as L, pager number, etc., a desired communication address can be quickly found by a simple operation. Therefore, usability of the information device can be improved.

[0059]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic hardware configuration of an information device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a list (pull-down menu) of various functions on a display screen of the information device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a window screen for inputting new data when an “address book” function is selected on the screen of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the progress of a window screen in adding new data in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the progress of a window screen when adding new data in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the progress of a window screen in adding new data in FIG. 3;

7 is an explanatory diagram of a card for describing a data structure for registering personal information in the information device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a card when a new individual is registered in the address book of the card of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a function activated when the telephone number in the address book is designated in the information device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a communication address use information update process executed each time an individual communication address registered in the address book is accessed.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of a card when an access is made to a personal communication address registered in an address book.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a change in the content of the card following FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a change in the content of the card following FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of a plurality of cards after performing many communications.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a search result of personal information when a “last time” button is pressed in the information device of FIG. 1;

16 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a search result of personal information when a “most” button is pressed in the information device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of the system when the “last time” button is pressed in the information device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an operation of the system when the “most” button is pressed in the information device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

20 ... icon, 21 ... pull-down menu, 22, 2
3, 24, 25 ... button, 31 ... device type area, 7
2 Communication address area 73 Usage date and time area 74
... Use frequency area, 721 Device type field, 72
2. Communication address field, 723 Use date / time field, 724 Use number field.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A display capable of displaying various data, personal information registration means for registering personal information including a plurality of types of communication addresses, communication means for performing communication with at least the registered communication addresses, and each communication Each time an address is used, a usage information management unit that manages the communication information while updating the usage information of the communication address, and when the personal information registered in the personal information registration unit is searched, the usage information is managed by the usage information management unit. Search means for extracting personal information of a plurality of persons determined in advance based on the use information, and display means for simultaneously displaying the personal information of the plurality of persons extracted by the search means on a screen of the display, Information equipment with communication function equipped with. 2. The information device with a communication function according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of communication addresses include at least two of a telephone number, a fax number, an e-mail address, a URL, and a pager number. 3. The information device with a communication function according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the number of times of use of the communication address, the date and time of use, and the frequency of use is used as the use information. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the number of times of use of the communication address, the date and time of use, and the frequency of use are used as the use information, and the user selects one of them before the search. Information equipment with communication function. 5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit changes a display order of a plurality of communication addresses in a display area of each individual on the display screen based on the usage information.
5. The information device with a communication function according to any one of items 1 to 4. 6. The information device with a communication function according to claim 1, wherein said information device is of a portable type.