JPH1188496A - Caller information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To instantaneously recognize the caller of an incoming call by means of a user by retrieving a database and displaying a telephone number and attached information on the caller. SOLUTION: An analysis part 21 analyzes caller information contained in the incoming call. A display part 22 displays the telephone number of the caller in accordance with the analysis result of the analysis part 21. Attached information of the telephone numbers are registered in the data base 2 in accordance with the plural telephone numbers. A data retrieval part 1 displays the telephone number and attached information of the telephone number in accordance with the analysis result. A data compilation part 5 compiles attached information. Attached information can contain picture information of a map and a photograph. Thus, the telephone number of the caller and information attached to the telephone number the name of the caller or the like can simultaneously be displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used for a service for notifying caller information of a call to a callee. In particular, the present invention relates to a technique for displaying detailed information on a caller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A service for notifying caller information of a call to a callee (hereinafter, referred to as a caller information service) is being put to practical use. This conventional example will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a conventional sender information display device.

A conventional caller information display device 2 shown in FIG.
0 is an analyzing unit 21 for analyzing the telephone number information of the caller included in the incoming call, a display unit 22 for displaying the telephone number,
It comprises a memory 23 and an operation unit 24. When an incoming call arrives at the caller information display device 20 and the telephone terminal 40 via the local exchange 30, the analysis unit 21 analyzes the telephone number information of the caller included in the call. This analysis result is displayed on the display unit 22 and recorded in the memory 23.

[0004] The memory 23 is a FIFO (First In First Ou).
t). A maximum of 30 analysis results are recorded in the memory 23, and when the 31st analysis result is recorded, 1
The analysis result that was recorded the second time is pushed out and erased. Further, the recorded contents of the memory 23 can be displayed on the display unit 22 by the analysis unit 21 reading out the memory 23 in accordance with the operation input of the operation unit 24.

[0005] Thus, the user of the telephone terminal 40 can confirm the telephone number of the caller displayed on the display unit 22 and then off-hook the telephone terminal 40 to start a call. In addition, up to 30 past call histories can be confirmed.

[0006]

However, such a conventional caller information display device merely displays the telephone number of the caller. Therefore, the user of the telephone terminal 40 must specify who the caller is from the information of the telephone number displayed on the display unit 22. In addition, the ringer of the telephone terminal 40 continues to ring during this time, and if a call is made from a useful party, it is necessary to avoid giving the unpleasant feeling to the other party. It is required to identify the caller from the displayed telephone number. Under such circumstances, it must be said that it is difficult for the user to effectively use the caller information service.

The present invention has been made in such a background, and a caller information display capable of simultaneously displaying information accompanying the telephone number such as the caller's name together with the caller's telephone number. It is intended to provide a device. An object of the present invention is to provide a caller information display device that can freely edit and register information accompanying a telephone number that can be displayed together with the telephone number. An object of the present invention is to provide a caller information display device capable of displaying a large number of incoming call histories. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a caller information display device capable of selecting a telephone number to be transmitted from a registered telephone number and automatically dialing the telephone number. An object of the present invention is to provide a machine-readable recording medium that can be used as the sender information display device of the present invention by installing software in a general personal computer device.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A first aspect of the present invention is as follows.
A caller information display device comprising: means for analyzing caller information included in an incoming call; and means for displaying a caller's telephone number in accordance with the analysis result of the means. A feature of the present invention is that a database in which supplementary information of the telephone number is recorded for each of a plurality of telephone numbers, means for searching the database according to the analysis result, and the telephone number according to the search result And means for displaying the additional information of the telephone number. Thus, the user of the telephone terminal can instantly confirm the caller of the incoming call.

It is desirable that the user freely processes the supplementary information and registers it in the database. To this end, it is desirable to provide a means for editing the additional information. For example, a plurality of caller names can be registered for one telephone number, and conversely, a plurality of telephone numbers can be registered for one caller.

The means for analyzing and the means for displaying the telephone number, and the means for displaying the database and the means for searching and the means for displaying the supplementary information are separately provided in separate boxes, and the means for analyzing and the means for searching are provided. And a communication means for connecting

According to this, the communication information is added to the conventional transmission information display device and connected to the other means constituting the invention provided in a separate box by a communication line, whereby the transmission information display device of the invention is provided. The device can be configured. Therefore, the conventional outgoing information display device is slightly modified,
If the other means constituting the present invention are realized by installing software in a personal computer device, the caller information display device of the present invention can be realized simply and at low cost.

[0012] The additional information may include image information. According to this, together with the telephone number of the caller, information that allows the caller to be visually recognized, such as a map showing the location value of the caller and a photograph of the caller's face, can be displayed at the same time.

[0013] The display unit of the means for displaying the supplementary information includes:
It is preferable that the display device further includes a unit that is provided in common with another device and displays the supplementary information on the display unit in accordance with a switching input. According to this, when there is no incoming call,
For example, the display unit can be used as a screen of a word processor, and when there is an incoming call, the display unit automatically switches to the screen of the caller information display device. Therefore, even when the user is engaged in other work, this user is informed that there is an incoming call,
Information on the caller of the incoming call can be displayed.

It is desirable to have means for automatically registering the incoming call history in the database. Further, the apparatus may include means for selecting any of the telephone numbers registered in the database, and means for automatically dialing the selected telephone number. Thus, for example, when making a telephone call sequentially while referring to the incoming call history, dialing can be automatically performed by selecting a telephone number in the incoming call history, thereby improving work efficiency of telephone communication. Can be.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the personal computer device is further installed on a personal computer device having predetermined hardware and predetermined basic software installed on the hardware, thereby enabling the personal computer device to be installed. A machine-readable recording medium on which software is recorded as a device corresponding to the sender information display device of the present invention.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a caller information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to the present invention, there is provided an analyzing unit 21 as means for analyzing caller information included in an incoming call, and a display unit 22 as means for displaying the telephone number of the caller according to the analysis result of the analyzing unit 21. Is a caller information display device provided with:

Here, the features of the present invention are a database 2 in which supplementary information of the telephone numbers is registered corresponding to a plurality of telephone numbers, and means for searching the database 2 according to the analysis result. It is provided with a data search unit 1 and a display unit 3 which is means for displaying the telephone number and accompanying information of the telephone number in accordance with the search result. A data editing unit 5 is provided as a means for editing the supplementary information. The supplementary information can include image information such as a map and a photograph.

Also, a sender information display device 20 including an analysis unit 21 and a display unit 22, and a sender information display device 1 including a database 2, a data search unit 1, and a display unit 3.
0 are provided in separate boxes, respectively, and include communication units 25 and 26 as communication means for connecting the analysis unit 21 and the data search unit 1, and a cable 27.

The display unit 3 is provided in common with a general office processing device 8 having a function such as a word processor, and is a means for switching and connecting the display unit 3 to the data search unit 1 in accordance with a switching input of the data search unit 1. A certain switch 4 is provided.

The data search unit 1 searches the database 2 for each incoming call, and the data search unit 1 automatically registers the incoming call history in the database 2.

If one of the telephone numbers registered in the database 2 is selected by operating the keyboard 6 or the mouse 7 and this telephone number is transferred to the dialer 28 via the communication units 25 and 26 and the cable 27, the dialer 2
8 automatically dials the selected telephone number.

The sender information display device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Is further installed on a personal computer device having predetermined hardware and predetermined basic software installed on the hardware so that the personal computer device can be used as the caller information display device 10 of the present invention. It can be realized by a machine-readable recording medium in which software for a corresponding device is recorded. Note that the basic software of the embodiment of the present invention is “Windows 95”.

[0024]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a startup screen display. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a basic screen display. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the minimization. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display of the caller information. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a sender list. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display of the incoming call history. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing display of additional items. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the display of the incoming call history of one telephone number. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the display of the detailed information. FIG. 13 is a view showing the display of the photograph / map information.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing display of memory information.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, when the caller information display device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is started, the display unit 3 displays the start-up from the start to the initial setting (about 7 to 8 seconds) as shown in FIG. A screen is displayed (S1). When the initial setting is completed, a basic screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 5 (S2). On the basic screen, display fields for telephone number, caller name, caller address, and caller company name, and buttons for receiving history, detailed information, photos / maps, additional items, memory information, and minimization are displayed. Have been. Each button can be clicked by operating the mouse 7. At this time, when the minimize button is clicked (S
37), the click information is transmitted to the switch 4 and the basic screen is closed. As shown in FIG. 6, information indicating that the caller information display device 10 is activated is displayed at the bottom of the screen of the display unit 3. The display is switched to the minimized form (S3
8).

Here, when an incoming call arrives at the telephone terminal 40, the analyzer 21 of the sender information display device 20 analyzes the information of the telephone number of the sender included in the incoming call, and displays the analysis result. The data is displayed on the memory 22, recorded in the memory 23, and transmitted to the data search unit 1 of the caller information display device 10 via the communication units 25 and 26 and the cable 27.

When the data retrieval unit 1 receives this, the basic screen is minimized as shown in FIG.
4) The switch 4 is operated (S5), and the basic screen is displayed on the display unit 3.
Is displayed on the foreground (S6). Subsequently, the data search unit 1
Compares and searches the received data (telephone number) with the registered telephone number in the database 2 (S7). If the matching data exists (S8), the matching data (name, address, etc.) in the database 2 is displayed on the basic screen of the display unit 3 as shown in FIG. 7 (S9). If the received data (telephone number) is not registered in the database 2, (S
8) Register the received data (telephone number) as new data in the database 2 (S10). In this case,
Only the telephone number is displayed on the display unit 3 similarly to the display unit 22. The new data is recorded in the database 2 as an incoming call history. The user reads the new data from the database 2 and edits and registers the additional information corresponding to the telephone number of the new data by the data editing unit 5. Can be.

When editing data in the database 2, the data editing section 5 is activated by clicking on an address book menu on the basic screen (S11). The data editing unit 5 accesses the database 2 and displays the sender list on the display unit 3 as shown in FIG. 8 (S1).
2).

At this time, when the dial menu at the top of the caller list shown in FIG. 8 is clicked (S13), the data editing unit 5 transmits the telephone number and dial command of the selected data to the communication units 25 and 26 and the cable. It is sent to the dialer 28 via the server 27 (S14). Dialer 28
Makes a call to the local exchange 30 in response to the request. The selection of data is performed with the mouse 7.

At this time, when the incoming call history menu at the top of the sender list shown in FIG. 8 is clicked (S15), an incoming call history with the selected data as the latest history is displayed as shown in FIG.

At this time, when an additional item menu at the top of the sender list shown in FIG. 8 is clicked (S17), FIG.
Is displayed, and additional items can be changed or registered (S18).

At this time, when the edit menu at the top of the sender list shown in FIG. 8 is clicked (S19), menus of "search" and "grouping" are further displayed. Here, when the "search" menu is selected (S20), a character string is set as a search key (S21), a search is started (S22), and the searched data can be displayed (S23). The displayed data can be changed or deleted. When the "group" menu is selected (S24), arbitrary data can be grouped. Grouping is a process of combining data displayed on the sender list into one, and performs data processing such as addition to a group, connection between groups, and deletion from a group (S25). In addition, various edits conventionally performed by a word processor or the like can be performed on the selected data (S26).

At this time, the file menu at the top of the caller list shown in FIG. 8 is clicked (S27), and when the "Close" menu is further displayed, the editing is completed and the display returns to the basic screen (S28). In the file menu, edited data can be stored in the database 2. Before selecting "close", it is necessary to save the edited data in the database 2. When editing other data, the data stored in the database 2 can be read from this file menu (S29).

As described above, in various menus,
If there is an input from the keyboard 6 (S30), the data currently selected can be changed or deleted (S30).
31).

Returning to the basic screen, when reading the memory information (S32), the user clicks the memory information bonder shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 7 (S32). As a result, the data search unit 1 communicates with the communication units 25 and 26 and the cable 27.
Then, a read designated address command is sent to the analysis unit 21 via the interface (S33). Upon receiving the read designated address command, the analysis unit 21 reads the data at the designated address from the memory 23 and sends the data to the data search unit 1 via the communication units 25 and 26 and the cable 27. The data search unit 1 receives the designated address data (S34). When the reading of the data of all addresses (address 30) of the memory 23 is completed in this way (S35), the data search unit 1 displays the data (S36). FIG. 14 shows an example of the display.

When other menus and buttons are clicked (S39), information corresponding to each menu and button is displayed (S40). When the detailed information button shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 7 is clicked, detailed information as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. In the detailed information, a detailed address and an incoming date and time are displayed in addition to the caller name and the calling telephone number.
When the photograph / map button shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 7 is clicked, a photograph or a map is displayed in addition to the caller name and the calling telephone number as shown in FIG. The additional item, memory information, and minimize buttons are the same as those described above.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Information accompanying the telephone number, such as the name of the caller, can be displayed simultaneously with the telephone number of the caller. Information accompanying the telephone number that can be displayed together with the telephone number can be freely edited and registered.
Multiple incoming histories can be displayed. You can select a phone number to call from among registered phone numbers and dial it automatically. General personal
By installing software on a computer device, the caller information display device of the present invention can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a caller information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

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

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a startup screen display.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a basic screen display.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing minimization.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing display of caller information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a caller list.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display of an incoming call history.

FIG. 10 is a view showing display of additional items.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display of a call history of one telephone number.

FIG. 12 is a view showing display of detailed information.

FIG. 13 is a view showing display of photograph / map information.

FIG. 14 is a view showing display of memory information.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a conventional sender information display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Data retrieval part 2 Database 3 and 22 Display part 4 Switcher 5 Data editing part 6 Keyboard 7 Mouse 8 General office processing device 10, 20 Sender information display device 21 Analysis part 23 Memory 24 Operation part 25, 26 Communication part 27 Cable 28 dialer 30 subscriber line switch 40 telephone terminal

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kazuyoshi Koshida 1-7-7 Akahori, Okegawa-shi, Saitama Nikko Electric Works, Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A caller information display device comprising: means for analyzing caller information included in an incoming call; and means for displaying a telephone number of the caller according to a result of the analysis by the means. A database in which the supplementary information of the telephone number is registered in correspondence with the telephone number, means for searching the database according to the analysis result, and displaying the supplementary information relating to the caller together with the telephone number according to the search result. And a means for displaying caller information. 2. The means for analyzing and the means for displaying the telephone number, and the means for displaying the database and the means for searching and the means for displaying the supplementary information are separately provided in separate boxes. 2. The caller information display device according to claim 1, further comprising communication means for connecting the caller information to the caller information display means. 3. The sender information display device according to claim 1, wherein the supplementary information includes image information. 4. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display unit of the means for displaying the additional information is provided in common with another device, and further comprising means for displaying the additional information on the display unit in accordance with a switching input. Information display device. 5. The caller information display device according to claim 1, further comprising means for automatically registering an incoming call history in said database. 6. The personal computer device according to claim 1, wherein said personal computer device is further installed on a personal computer device having predetermined hardware and predetermined basic software installed on said hardware. A machine-readable recording medium on which software is recorded as a device corresponding to the sender information display device according to any one of the above.