KR100267121B1 - Method of tts in digital cordless telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for checking an e-mail receiving using a mobile communication terminal is provided to check the contents of an e-mail of an electronic mail box without connecting to an electronic mail box using a PC by a user by hearing the contents of an e-mail using a certain fixed apparatus or portable apparatus using a mobile communication terminal for thereby obtaining a convenience. CONSTITUTION: It is checked whether a certain time is passed for connecting to an electronic mail box of the PC(S2). It is checked whether the electronic mail box has an e-mail(S4). If not received, the electronic mail box is disconnected, and it is checked whether a certain time is passed(S5). If the electronic mail box has an e-mail, it is informed that an e-mail is received in the electronic mail box using a certain icon or alarming tone in accordance with a control of the controller(S6). The contents of the e-mail are read in accordance with a control of the controller(S7). An audio digital data of the ADPCM method corresponding to the read characters is judged based on the audio conversion table of the PC(S8). The read audio digital data is transmitted to the fixed apparatus through a cable which implements a serial asynchronous communication method(S9). An audio digital data is received from the PC, the audio digital data is converted into an audible signal(S12) and is amplified and outputted to a speaker(S13).

Description

How to check e-mail reception using cordless phone

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to e-mail for PC communications, and more particularly to a wireless telephone that allows a PC user to listen to the contents of a received e-mail on a fixed or portable device without having to access the electronic mailbox. -Receive mail confirmation.

Conventional cordless telephones include CT2, cordless telephones operating in the US at 902 to 928 (MHz), European cordless telephones for DECT, Japanese cordless telephones for PHP, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the configuration of a fixed device in a general wireless telephone having a pair of a base set and a hand set is implemented to implement all functions of the phone, to control the entire circuit, and to perform a voice signal. Multi-channel unit and baseband controller (11) for converting digital signals, coding or decoding ADPCM, and performing communication algorithms, and storing important information and speed dial numbers. EEPROM 12, amplifying unit 13 for amplifying an electric voice signal, a converting unit 14 for converting a voice signal into an electric signal, and a button used by a user when using a telephone call or a function Key to switch to the initial state of the call if the entered button has not exceeded, and to send the hold data to the fixed device if the exceeded button is exceeded, and to terminate the call. Reset circuit section 16 for applying the reset signal to the MCU / baseband control section 11 when the power is applied to the trick section 15 and the corresponding MCU / baseband control section 11 from the beginning. ), A battery detector 17 for giving a warning signal to the MCU / baseband control unit 11 when the battery is discharged, an overcurrent protection circuit unit 18 for preventing overcurrent from flowing when the portable device is charged; Amplifying various alarms and tones output from the MCU / baseband control unit 11 and a charge checking unit 19 for applying a signal indicating whether the portable device is on the charger or not; A buzzer driver 20 for converting the electric signal output through the buzzer driver 20 into a sound that can be heard by the user, and various situations of the telephone are displayed. LED 22 that informs the user by using the device, a transmission power switch unit 23 for turning on or off a power supply to the transmitting unit of the RF module unit 30, and an RF module unit 30 operated at 3.2 (V). A regulator 24 for applying power to the receiver, a reception power switch section 25 for turning the power on or off in the reception section of the RF module section 30, and an electrical voice signal output from the audio amplifier section 27. The speaker 26 converts the sound to a user's audible sound, the audio amplifier 27 amplifying the voice signal output from the expander, and the data signal applied from the RF module unit 30 to the corresponding MCU / base. And a buffer 28 for converting the signal into a signal recognizable by the band control unit 11, and an RF module unit 30 for modulating and demodulating voice and data signals to enable wireless communication with the fixed device.

On the other hand, in the current communication system, a PC (Personal Computer) user frequently accesses his or her e-mail box and checks whether there is an e-mail received by the user, and the e-mail is received. In this case, a software is developed to notify the user of receiving the e-mail. When the e-mail is received, the user can immediately know and access the e-mail box to view the contents of the e-mail. there was.

As such, until now, PC users can read the contents of the received e-mail only after directly accessing their own e-mail boxes.

In order to solve the inconvenience described above, the present invention can listen to the contents of the e-mail received in the e-mail box through the fixed device or the portable device using a wireless telephone having a fixed device and a portable device in pairs. By doing so, even if the pC user does not directly access the e-mail box, the user can check the e-mail contents of the e-mail box to provide convenience to the user.

1 is a block diagram showing a fixing device of a typical wireless telephone.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an e-mail reception confirmation system using a wireless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for confirming e-mail reception using a wireless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of outputting an e-mail by selection of a PC user in FIG. 3. FIG.

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40: PC 50: fixing device

60: mobile device 70: cable

80: adapter

E-mail reception confirmation method using a radiotelephone according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the first connected to the electronic mailbox in a predetermined time interval is connected to the PC and the radiotelephone fixed device Process; A second step of confirming the existence of the e-mail received in the electronic mailbox by the PC and notifying reception of the e-mail; A third step of reading the contents of the e-mail in order from the first character on the PC and reading voice digital data corresponding to the read character; A fourth step of transmitting the read voice digital data from the PC to a fixed device via a cable; And a fifth process of confirming whether or not the voice digital data is received from the PC in the fixed device, converting the voice digital data into a voice signal and outputting the voice digital data through a speaker. The method may further include a first step of checking whether an e-mail listening function key is input through a keypad before confirming whether voice digital data is received from the PC in the fifth step; When the e-mail listening function key is input, after confirming whether or not a password is input through the keypad, a preset password is read to confirm whether the corresponding input password and the read preset password are the same. Step 2; If the input password is not the same as the read preset password, a warning tone is generated, the number of input of the password is increased, and the presence or absence of input of the corresponding password until the number of input of the password reaches a predetermined number of inputs. Confirming the third step; And a fourth step of continuing to perform an e-mail listening operation if the input password and the read-out preset password are the same.

In addition, an e-mail reception confirmation method using a wireless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is to confirm the input of the extension key in the portable device after the extension call between the fixed device and the portable device; And a sixth process of receiving digital voice data of the e-mail received by the fixed device, converting the digital voice data into a voice signal and outputting the same through a speaker. In addition, in the second step, when notifying the reception of the e-mail, it is characterized by notifying by an icon or a warning sound.

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

2 is a block diagram showing an e-mail reception confirmation system using a wireless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a flow diagram showing a method for confirming e-mail reception using a wireless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a flowchart showing a process of outputting an e-mail by the selection of a PC user in FIG. 3.

E-mail reception confirmation system using a wireless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, comprises a PC 40, a fixing device 50, a portable device 60, It further comprises a cable 70 for connecting a serial asynchronous communication between the PC 40 and the fixing device 50 and the adapter 80 for applying power to the fixing device 50.

That is, the configuration of the prior art is similar, but since the PC 40 and the fixing device 50 are connected to the serial communication port by the cable 70, an e-mail is received in the electronic mail of the PC 40. It is implemented by adding software that informs the user and converts the contents of the received e-mail into digital voice data of the ADPCM method and transmits it to the fixed device 50 through the serial communication port. In addition, the digital voice data of the received e-mail may be transmitted to the portable device 60 by the data transmission / reception method using the extension telephone method between the fixed device 50 and the portable device 60.

Alternatively, instead of the fixing device 50, the PC 40 is directly connected to the charging device of another mobile phone such as the mobile device 60 or a mobile phone by the cable 70 and the corresponding charging device and the portable device ( 60) Alternatively, data may be transmitted / received between other telephones such as a mobile phone, and may be implemented in the above software.

On the other hand, as an additional function, the user does not read the contents of the e-mail received in the electronic mail of the PC 40 from the fixed device 50 or the portable device 60 unconditionally. After being notified that the e-mail has been received in the e-mail box, a specific function key provided on the keypad of the fixed device 50 or the portable device 60 must be pressed and a password must be entered to receive the e-mail in the e-mail box of the PC 40. It is also implemented by adding more software to read the contents of the email.

An e-mail reception confirmation method using a wireless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 as follows.

First, when a user of the PC 40 shown in FIG. 2 installs a TTS (Text-to-Speech) related program as described above on his own PC 40, the user Even when other programs are used, they are automatically connected to the electronic mailbox of the PC 40 at regular time intervals.

That is, the control unit of the PC 40 checks whether the T-related program is installed (step S1). Thus, if the T-S related program is installed, it is checked whether a predetermined time has elapsed to automatically access the electronic mailbox of the PC 40 at regular intervals (step S2).

Then, if a predetermined time has elapsed, the controller connects to the electronic mailbox (step S3) and checks whether there is an e-mail received in the electronic mailbox (step S4).

If there is no e-mail received in the electronic mailbox in the fourth step (S4), after confirming that the predetermined time of the second step (S2) has elapsed after releasing the connection of the electronic mailbox. (Step S5).

On the other hand, when there is an e-mail received in the electronic mailbox in the fourth step (S4), under the control of the control unit, a pictogram displaying various functions or messages of the PC 40 so as to know the meaning An icon or a beep informs that the e-mail has been received in the electronic mailbox (step S6).

Thereafter, under the control of the controller, the first character of the contents of the e-mail received in the electronic mailbox is read in order (step S7), and the ADPCM-type voice digital data corresponding to the read character is read by the PC ( It reads from the speech conversion table 40) (step S8).

Then, the read voice digital data is transmitted to the fixing device 50 via a cable 70 which enables the serial asynchronous communication to be performed (step S9).

Then, the fixing device 50 checks whether the voice digital data from the PC 40 side has been received through the cable 70 (step S10).

If the voice digital data from the PC 40 side is not received, a normal telephone call operation is performed (step S11). If the voice digital data from the PC 40 side is received, the voice is performed. The digital data is converted into a human voice that can be heard (step S12), and the amplified voice signal is output by a speaker such as an audio amplifier (step S13).

Here, as an additional function, an operation process that can be read only by the user's selection of the PC 40 rather than reading the e-mail received in the electronic mailbox of the PC 40 unconditionally by the fixing device 50. 4, first, the user of the PC 40 knows that an e-mail has been received in an e-mail box as an icon or a warning sound, and then, via a keypad of the fixing device 50, an e-mail listening function key. Press.

That is, the fixing device 50 confirms the input of the e-mail listening function key through the keypad (step T1). If the e-mail listening function key is input, the password is input through the keypad. Check (step T2).

Accordingly, when a predetermined time elapses without the password being input in the second step T2, the e-mail listening operation is terminated (step T3).

On the other hand, when the password is input in the second step T2, the preset password is read (step T4), and it is checked whether the input password is the same as the read preset password (step T5).

Accordingly, in the fifth step (T5), if the input password and the corresponding predetermined read password is not the same, a warning sound is generated to inform the input error of the password (step T6), The number of inputs is increased (step T7).

Then, it is checked whether the number of times of inputting the password is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of times. If the number of times the password is input is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of times, the e-mail listening operation is terminated (step T8).

On the other hand, if the input password is the same as the read preset password in the fifth step (T5), by performing the operation of the tenth step (S10) to confirm whether or not received voice digital data is- A mail listening operation is performed (step T9).

In addition, the portable device 60 confirms whether an extension key is input by the user of the PC 40 and then transmits and receives data using an extension call method between the fixed device 50 and the portable device 60. In this manner, the digital voice data of the e-mail received by the fixed device 50 may be received, and the received digital voice data may be converted into a voice signal and output through the speaker.

As described above, the present invention provides a PC user an electronic mailbox by allowing a user to listen to the contents of an e-mail received in an electronic mailbox through a fixing device or a portable device using a wireless telephone having a fixed device and a portable device as a pair. Even if you don't have direct access, you can check the contents of the e-mail in the e-mail box, thus providing convenience for users.

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A first step of connecting a PC 40 connected to the radio telephone fixing device 50 to an electronic mailbox at predetermined time intervals; A second step of notifying the reception of the e-mail by approving the presence or absence of the e-mail received in the electronic mailbox in the PC 40; A third step of reading the contents of the e-mail in order from the first character in the PC 40 and reading voice digital data corresponding to the read character; A fourth step of transmitting the read voice digital data from the PC (40) to the fixed device (50) through a cable (70); And a fifth process of confirming whether or not the voice digital data is received from the PC 40 by the fixing device 50, converting the voice digital data into a voice signal, and outputting the voice digital data through a speaker. How to check e-mail reception using The method according to claim 1, further comprising: a first step of confirming whether an e-mail listening function key is input through a keypad before confirming whether voice digital data is received from the PC (40) in the fifth step; When the e-mail listening function key is input, after confirming whether or not a password is input through the keypad, reading a preset password to confirm whether the corresponding input password and the read preset password are the same. Step 2; If the input password is not the same as the read preset password, a warning sound is generated, the number of input of the password is increased, and the presence or absence of input of the corresponding password until the number of input of the password reaches a predetermined number of inputs. Confirming the third step; And a fourth step of continuing to perform an e-mail listening operation when the input password and the read preset password are the same. According to claim 1, After the mobile device 60 confirms the input of the extension key received by the fixed device 50 using the extension call between the fixed device 50 and the portable device 60- And receiving a digital voice data of the mail, converting the voice voice data into a voice signal, and outputting the same through a speaker. The method of claim 1, wherein in the second step, when notifying the reception of the e-mail, the e-mail reception confirmation method using the wireless telephone is characterized in that it is notified by an icon or an alarm sound.

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