JPH1155709A - Selective calling receiver and mobile radio communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily identify which subscriber number a subscriber number of telephone directory data stored in a storage section indicates. SOLUTION: A telephone directory data storage control means 100a controls storage of telephone directory data consisting of. subscriber number data, name data, character pictorial data and comment data to telephone directory data storage area 20a in response to an operation (request) of a user operation section 30. A telephone directory data display control means 100b controls read of telephone directory data designated by the user through operation of the operation section 30 from the telephone directory data storage area 20a and display of the data onto a display section 40. A data retrieval means 100c retrieves the telephone directory data including data designated through the operation of the operation section 30 by the user from the telephone directory data storage area 20a and displays the data onto the display section 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a selective calling receiver, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System),
The present invention relates to a mobile wireless communication device such as a PDC (Pesonal Digital Cellular).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a conventional selective call receiver (pager) and a mobile radio communication device such as a mobile phone have a built-in memory in which data such as a telephone number and a name are paired. The data is stored in the display unit, and the user displays this data on the display unit as needed, and makes a call or the like.

[0003] However, recently, with the development of communication networks, both wired and wireless, one individual has a plurality of telephone numbers such as a pager, a mobile phone, a home or office phone, and a facsimile machine. As described above, in the method of storing only the telephone number and the name in the selective call receiver (or the mobile radio communication device) in association with each other, the user can transfer the data of the desired partner from the selective call receiver (or the mobile radio communication device). At the time of reading, there is a problem in that it is difficult to determine whether the read out telephone number is the pager number or the mobile phone number.

[0004]

In a conventional selective calling receiver or mobile radio communication device, only a telephone number and a name are stored in association with each other. There has been a problem in that it is difficult to determine which mobile wireless communication device or the like is the telephone number.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and even if a telephone number of a person who possesses a plurality of telephone numbers, the telephone number of the other party can be any telephone number of a mobile radio communication device or the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a selective call receiver and a mobile radio communication device which can easily identify whether the mobile phone is a mobile communication device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a selective call receiver according to the present invention has a selection means including a storage means for storing a telephone number of a partner and a display means for displaying the telephone number. In the call receiver, input means for inputting identification information for identifying the type of telephone number, storage control means for storing identification information in the storage means in association with the telephone number, telephone number and identification information stored in the storage means And a display control means for displaying on the display means in correspondence with the above.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile radio communication device according to the present invention is directed to a mobile radio communication device comprising storage means for storing a telephone number of a partner and display means for displaying a telephone number. Input means for inputting identification information for identifying the type of telephone number, storage control means for storing the identification information in the storage means in association with the telephone number,
A display control means for displaying the telephone number and the identification information stored in the storage means in correspondence with each other on the display means is provided.

[0008] In the selective call receiver and the mobile radio communication device having the above-mentioned configuration, the telephone number and the identification information for identifying the telephone number are stored in association with each other, and the display means associates the identification information with the telephone number. To be displayed.

Therefore, according to the selective call receiver and the mobile radio communication device having the above-described configurations, the user can easily identify what telephone number is by referring to the identification information corresponding to each telephone number. it can.

Further, the selective call receiver according to the present invention includes a selective call comprising a storage means for storing a telephone number of the other party and a name corresponding to the telephone number, and a display means for displaying the telephone number and the name. Input means for inputting additional information to be added to the telephone number at the receiver, storage control means for storing the additional information in the storage means in association with the telephone number and the name, and at least the telephone number stored in the storage means And display control means for displaying the information on the display means in association with the information.

Further, the mobile radio communication apparatus according to the present invention comprises a storage unit for storing a telephone number of a partner and a name corresponding to the telephone number, and a display unit for displaying the telephone number and the name. In the communication device, input means for inputting additional information to be added to the telephone number, storage control means for storing the additional information in the storage means in association with the telephone number and name, and at least the telephone number stored in the storage means And display control means for displaying the information on the display means in association with the information.

[0012] In the selective call receiver and the mobile radio communication apparatus having the above-described configuration, the telephone number, the name, and the additional information are stored in association with each other, and at least the telephone number and the additional information are associated with the display means. To be displayed.

Therefore, according to the selective call receiver and the mobile radio communication device having the above-described configurations, the user can identify the telephone number by referring to the additional information corresponding to each telephone number, and can store the information accompanying the telephone number. Can be obtained.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, the selective call receiver (pager) shown in FIG. 1 will be described as an example. The pager shown in FIG. 1 includes a receiving unit 10, a storage unit 20, an operation unit 30, a display unit 40, a sounding unit 50, and a control unit 100.
It has.

The receiving section 10 includes an antenna 11, a radio circuit 1,
2, an oscillation circuit 13 and a demodulation circuit 14. A paging signal transmitted from a base station (not shown) via a space is received by an antenna 11, and the received paging signal is input to a radio circuit 12.

The wireless circuit 12 is connected to a control unit 100 described later.
The intermittent reception is performed by controlling the operation timing, and the local signal from the oscillation circuit 13 is mixed with the received signal and frequency-converted to an intermediate frequency or a baseband frequency. The oscillation circuit 13 generates a local signal having a frequency according to an instruction from the control unit 100.

The demodulation circuit 14 demodulates the received signal frequency-converted by the radio circuit 12, converts the demodulated signal into digital data, and inputs the digital data to the control unit 100. The demodulation circuit 14
Performs an error correction process on the digital data and decodes the digital data.
The D code and the message code are reproduced, and the control unit 100
To enter.

The storage unit 20 uses a semiconductor memory such as a ROM or a RAM as a storage medium. The storage medium stores various control data and user data in addition to the control program of the control unit 100 and its own ID data. In addition to an area for storing various setting data and received message codes, a message code conversion table for converting the message codes into Japanese and alphanumeric characters including Chinese characters, a telephone directory data storage area 20a is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the telephone directory data storage area 20a stores name data such as names, character pictograms, and name data in various subscriber numbers such as a home, a company, or a pager or a mobile phone. 9 is a table for storing telephone directory data that is associated with arbitrarily created comment data. Note that the character pictogram is graphic data that visually indicates the type of the subscriber number as shown in FIG.

The operation unit 30 has a role of an input interface for receiving a request from a user, and is composed of a plurality of push switches.
Write / read / erase of data stored in 0,
It is used for searching for a subscriber number, transmitting a tone signal, and the like.

The display unit 40 is, for example, an LCD (Liquid Cry).
A display (not shown) such as a stal display) is provided, and data indicated by the control unit 100 is displayed on the display.

The display contents include, in addition to the received message, the status of the own device (whether the message is stored, the remaining amount of memory in the storage unit 20, the state of the received radio wave) and the telephone number stored in the telephone directory data storage area 20a. Book data is displayed.

The sound generator 50 includes a drive circuit 51 and a speaker 52. The drive circuit 51 is controlled by the control unit 100 and generates a sound signal in accordance with an instruction from the control unit, and generates a signal for notifying the user of the reception of the call signal. The speaker 52 receives the signal generated by the drive circuit 51 and outputs the signal as audible sound.

The DTMF transmitting section 60 includes a DTMF tone generating circuit 61 and a DTMF transmitting speaker 62. The DTMF tone generation circuit 61 is controlled by the control unit 100, and generates a DTMF signal used for sending a dial number on a push line. The DTMF transmission speaker 62 loudspeaker-outputs the DTMF signal generated by the DTMF tone generation circuit 61.

The control unit 100 includes, for example, a microcomputer as a main control unit, and controls the above-described units in an integrated manner. The control unit 100 receives a call signal, performs a call notification operation, and records / reads / displays a received message code. Control function.

The control unit 100 controls the DTMF transmission unit 6
0 and a control function for loudspeaker output of a DTMF signal corresponding to the subscriber number displayed on the display unit 40. As a new control function, the telephone directory data storage control means 100a, the telephone directory data display control Means 100b and data search means 100c.

The telephone directory data storage control means 100a controls the recording of the above-mentioned telephone directory data in the telephone directory data storage area 20a in accordance with the operation (request) of the operation unit 30 by the user.

The telephone directory data display control means 100b stores the telephone directory data specified by the user by operating the operation unit 30.
It is read out from the telephone directory data storage area 20a, and the display unit 4
This is to control the display to 0.

The data retrieving means 100c performs a control of retrieving telephone directory data including data designated by the user operating the operation unit 30 from the telephone directory data storage area 20a and displaying the data on the display unit 40. .

Next, the operation of the pager having the above configuration will be described. First, a description will be given of a standby state of receiving a calling signal. The control unit 100 controls the receiving unit 10 to detect a timing at which a calling signal addressed to the own device may be transmitted from digital data from the demodulation circuit 14, The receiving operation of the wireless circuit 12 is intermittently controlled so as to receive only this timing. At this time, the control unit 100 controls the oscillation circuit 1
3 controls the frequency of the local signal generated, thereby controlling the reception frequency of the radio circuit 12.

Next, the control unit 100 checks the ID code reproduced by the demodulation circuit 14 from the digital data received at the above timing with the ID code of its own device stored in the storage unit 20 in advance. If a match is detected between the two codes by the collation, it is recognized that a call to the own device has occurred, and for example, the drive circuit 51 generates a sound signal and the speaker 52 generates an audible sound. To notify the occurrence of the call.

The control unit 100 converts the message code reproduced by the demodulation circuit 14 together with the ID code into message data such as Japanese and alphanumeric characters by referring to the message code conversion table in the storage unit 20. Then, it is displayed on the display unit 40.

Next, the operation at the time of inputting (registering) the telephone directory data will be described. The user operates the operation unit 30 and
When the telephone directory data input request is made, the telephone directory data storage control means 100a receives the subscriber number data and the name data, and then inputs the character pictogram data and the comment data according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Accept.

As shown in FIG. 4, when inputting the character pictogram data, a predetermined initial character pictogram is first displayed on the display section 40 in step 4a, and the process proceeds to step 4b.

In step 4b, the user is asked whether or not the character pictogram displayed on the display unit 40 is to be associated with the previously entered subscriber number data or name data. Here, if the corresponding (fixed) operation is not performed, the process proceeds to step 4c, another character pictogram is displayed, and the process again proceeds to step 4b.

On the other hand, if the corresponding (confirmation) operation is performed, the process proceeds to step 4d, where the character pictogram being displayed is associated with the subscriber number data or name data previously inputted, and the telephone directory data is entered. It is recorded in the storage area 20a.

As shown in FIG. 5, first, in step 5a, predetermined initial comment characters are displayed on the display section 40, and the process proceeds to step 5b. In step 5b, the user is asked whether to use the comment characters displayed on the display unit 40 as the comment characters.

If no (confirmation) operation for adoption is performed, the flow shifts to step 5c to display another comment character, and shifts to step 5b again. On the other hand, if the operation to adopt is performed, step 5
d, and associate the displayed comment character data with the previously entered subscriber number data and name data,
Record in the telephone directory data storage area 20a, step 5e
Move to

At step 5e, the user is asked whether to end the comment input. If the user does not perform an operation to end the process (the user continues inputting), the process returns to step 5a to select a character subsequent to the previously used comment character.

On the other hand, when the user performs an operation to end the comment, the comment input processing is terminated, and the adopted comment character data is associated with the above-described subscriber number data and name data. It is recorded in the telephone directory data storage area 20a as one character string.

Next, the operation when a user makes a request to retrieve telephone directory data will be described. When the user operates the operation unit 30 and makes a search request for telephone directory data,
The data search means 100c executes the search processing shown in the flowchart of FIG.

First, at step 6a, a predetermined initial character pictogram is displayed on the display section 40, and the routine goes to step 6b. In step 6b, the user is asked whether to search for telephone directory data including the character pictogram being displayed on the display unit 40. Here, when the operation for executing the search for the character pictogram being displayed is not performed, the process proceeds to step 6c, another character pictogram is displayed, and the process again proceeds to step 6b.

On the other hand, if the operation for executing the search for the character pictogram being displayed is performed, step 6
The process proceeds to step d, where the phonebook data stored in the phonebook data storage area 20a is searched for phonebook data including the character pictogram being displayed, and the process proceeds to step 6e.

In step 6e, the telephone directory data display control means 100b responds to the operation of the operation unit 30 by the user,
The telephone directory data corresponding to the search is sequentially displayed on the display unit 40.
To be displayed. FIG. 7 shows an example of the display.

Thereafter, while displaying the searched telephone directory data,
When a user requests a DTMF signal to output a loudspeaker, the control unit 100 controls the DTMF transmitting unit 60 to
The DTMF signal corresponding to the subscriber number displayed in is output.

As described above, in the pager having the above configuration,
As telephone directory data, character pictograph data that visually indicates the type of the subscriber number and comment data that can be arbitrarily created by the user are stored in association with the subscriber number data and the name data thereof. Character pictogram data and comment data are displayed together with subscriber number data and name data as necessary.

Therefore, according to the pager having the above configuration, it is possible to easily identify the subscriber number of the name data corresponding to a plurality of subscriber numbers.

Also, using the character pictogram data,
Since the telephone directory data can be searched, the user can quickly display the necessary telephone directory data on the display unit 40, and can execute the auto dial function by loudspeaker output of the DTMF signal.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the reception-only pager has been described as an example. However, the same effect can be obtained by applying the invention to a bidirectional pager having a transmission function or a mobile radio communication device such as a PHS or PDC. can get.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which, when telephone directory data is searched, a character pictogram specified by a user is searched. However, character data included in comment character data and name data is searched. May be performed.

In a mobile radio communication device such as a PDC or PHS, it is needless to say that, when a telephone directory data is searched, a call is made to the searched partner instead of DTMF output. It goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0052]

As described above, in the present invention, a telephone number and identification information for identifying the telephone number are stored in association with each other, and the display means displays the identification information in correspondence with the telephone number. I am trying to do it.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the user can refer to the identification information corresponding to each telephone number, and can easily identify the telephone number of the selective call receiver and the mobile radio communication. Equipment can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a selective call receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a table of telephone directory data stored in a telephone directory data storage area of a storage unit of the selective call receiver shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a character pictogram stored in a telephone directory data storage area of a storage unit of the selective call receiver shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a process in which the selective call receiver shown in FIG. 1 accepts input of character pictogram data when inputting telephone directory data.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the selective call receiver shown in FIG. 1 accepts input of comment data when inputting telephone directory data.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a process in which the selective call receiver shown in FIG. 1 searches for telephone directory data stored in a telephone directory data storage area.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example in which the selective call receiver shown in FIG. 1 displays telephone directory data on a display unit.

[Description of Signs] 10 receiving section 11 antenna 12 radio circuit 13 oscillation circuit 14 demodulation circuit 20 storage section 20a phonebook data storage area 30 operation section 40 display section 50 sounding section 51 Driving circuit 52 Speaker 60 DTMF transmitting unit 61 DTMF tone generating circuit 62 DTMF transmitting speaker 100 Control unit 100a Phonebook data storage control unit 100b Phonebook data display control unit 100c Data search unit

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Wagai 3-1-1 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo Inside Toshiba Communication Technology Co., Ltd.

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a telephone number of a partner.
In a selective call receiver comprising a display unit for displaying the telephone number, an input unit for inputting identification information for identifying a type of the telephone number, and storing the identification information in the storage unit in association with the telephone number. A selective call receiver, comprising: a storage control unit; and a display control unit that causes a telephone number and identification information stored in the storage unit to be displayed on the display unit in association with each other. 2. The selective call receiver according to claim 1, further comprising a search unit that searches the storage unit for a telephone number stored corresponding to the identification information based on the identification information. . 3. The selective call receiver according to claim 2, further comprising means for outputting a DTMF signal corresponding to the telephone number searched by said search means. 4. The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is graphic data. 5. A selective call receiver comprising: a storage unit for storing a telephone number of a partner and a name corresponding to the telephone number; and a display unit for displaying the telephone number and the name. Input means for inputting additional information to be stored, storage control means for storing the additional information in the storage means in association with the telephone number and the name, and at least the telephone number and the additional information stored in the storage means. And a display control means for displaying on the display means in association with the call. 6. The selective call receiver according to claim 6, further comprising a search unit that searches the storage unit for a telephone number stored corresponding to the additional information based on the additional information. . 7. The selective call receiver according to claim 6, further comprising means for outputting a DTMF signal corresponding to the telephone number searched by said search means. 8. The selective call receiver according to claim 4, wherein said additional information is a character string. 9. A storage means for storing the telephone number of the other party,
A mobile radio communication device comprising: a display unit for displaying the telephone number; an input unit for inputting identification information for identifying a type of the telephone number; and storing the identification information in the storage unit in association with the telephone number. A mobile radio communication device comprising: a storage control unit; and a display control unit that causes a telephone number and identification information stored in the storage unit to be displayed on the display unit in association with each other. 10. The mobile radio communication apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a search unit that searches the storage unit for a telephone number stored corresponding to the identification information based on the identification information. . 11. The mobile radio communication apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a unit that outputs a signal corresponding to the telephone number searched by the search unit. 12. The mobile radio communication device according to claim 9, wherein the identification information is graphic data. 13. A mobile radio communication device comprising: storage means for storing a telephone number of a partner and a name corresponding to the telephone number; and display means for displaying the telephone number and the name. Input means for inputting additional information to be added; storage control means for storing the additional information in the storage means in association with the telephone number and the name; at least a telephone number and additional information stored in the storage means And a display control means for causing the display means to display the information in a corresponding manner. 14. The mobile radio communication apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a search unit that searches the storage unit for a telephone number stored corresponding to the additional information, based on the additional information. . 15. The mobile radio communication apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a unit that outputs a signal corresponding to the telephone number searched by the search unit. 16. The mobile radio communication device according to claim 13, wherein the additional information is a character string.