WO2003009571A1

WO2003009571A1 - Cellular telephone apparatus

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Publication number: WO2003009571A1
Application number: PCT/JP2002/004956
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hitoshi Sato; Shigeki Yokoi
Original assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2001-07-10
Filing date: 2002-05-22
Publication date: 2003-01-30
Also published as: JP2003023484A

Abstract

A cellular telephone apparatus capable of searching for a telephone number corresponding to an e-mail address described in the e-mail header information or message information and calling the number. When called, the apparatus searches for an e-mail address corresponding to a telephone number of a caller, edits an e-mail, and transmits it. The apparatus includes means (104) for storing an e-mail, means (105) for displaying the e-mail, means (102) for selecting an e-mail address contained in the e-mail header information and the message information, means (106) for storing information on correspondence between an e-mail address and a telephone number, and means (108) for searching for the stored information and fetches the telephone number corresponding to the e-mail address, and calls the telephone number obtained by the search means (108).

Description

Specification

The present invention relates to a portable telephone device capable of communicating voice and data with each other by connecting to a wireless communication line, and more particularly, to making a call to an e-mail sender, and to a telephone caller. The present invention relates to a mobile phone device capable of transmitting an e-mail and having a function of linking an e-mail and a telephone.

Conventionally, in such a mobile phone device, when the telephone number of the contact information of the other party is described in a document such as an e-mail or a schedule document, it can be transmitted to the telephone number described in the document, 2. Description of the Related Art As an information communication terminal capable of registering a telephone number described in a document in a telephone directory, the one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-55038 is known.

However, in the conventional information communication terminal described above, the telephone number of the contact of the other party described in an e-mail or a schedule document or the telephone number obtained by searching the e-mail address of the sender is used. The sender can only send or register the message, and cannot process the e-mail address written in the e-mail or other documents or the e-mail address of the sender other than the sender. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has been described in a header information or message information of an e-mail in a mobile telephone device capable of connecting to a wireless communication line and mutually communicating voice data and evening. The user can search for the telephone number corresponding to the received e-mail address, make a call, and, if the caller's telephone number is notified at the time of the incoming call, the e-mail corresponding to the notified caller's telephone number. Search for an email address, edit and send email to this email address. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone device that can perform the following. <Disclosure of Invention>

A portable telephone device according to claim 1 of the present invention is a portable telephone device capable of mutually communicating voice and data by connecting to a wireless communication line, wherein the portable telephone device stores electronic mail transmitted and received. Mail storage means, display means for displaying stored e-mails, sender (F rom) information, recipient (T o) information, and destinations other than the recipient included in the header information of the displayed e-mail (C c: Carboncopy) E-mail address selection means for selecting one e-mail address from any of the e-mail addresses of the information, telephone number storage means for storing correspondence information between the e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, Telephone number search means for searching information stored in the telephone number storage means to obtain a telephone number corresponding to the e-mail address. The telephone number corresponding to the selected e-mail address can be searched from the information stored in the telephone number storage means by the telephone number search means, and a call can be made to the searched telephone number. The configuration has According to the mobile phone device described in claim 1, any one of the e-mail addresses of the sender information, the recipient information, and the destination information other than the recipient is selected from the header information of the e-mail, and corresponding thereto. By searching the telephone number to be stored from the information stored in the telephone number storage means, it is possible to make a call to the telephone number corresponding to the selected e-mail address.

The portable telephone device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the portable telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the e-mail address included in the e-mail message information displayed by the display means is determined. E-mail address determination means is provided, and a telephone number corresponding to the determined e-mail address is searched from the information stored in the telephone number storage means by a telephone number search means, and the searched telephone number is obtained. Has a configuration that allows transmission to

According to the portable telephone device described in claim 2, the e-mail address is determined from the e-mail message information, and the corresponding telephone number is stored in the telephone number storage. By searching from the information stored in the means, it is possible to make a call to the telephone number corresponding to the determined e-mail address.

The portable telephone device according to claim 3 of the present invention is the portable telephone device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a telephone number capturing means for capturing a caller's telephone number when receiving a call; E-mail editing means that can edit the header information or message information of the e-mail, and e-mail address search that retrieves the information stored in the telephone number storage means and obtains the e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number Means for searching for an electronic mail address corresponding to the telephone number of the caller captured by the telephone number capturing means from the information stored in the telephone number storage means by the electronic mail address searching means. It has a configuration that enables editing of an e-mail for a mail address by the e-mail editing means.

According to the portable telephone device of the third aspect, the electronic mail address corresponding to the telephone number of the caller captured at the time of the incoming call is retrieved from the information stored in the telephone number storage means, thereby making the outgoing call. You can start editing the e-mail for the e-mail address corresponding to the original telephone number and send the e-mail.

The portable telephone device according to claim 4 of the present invention is the portable telephone device according to claim 3, wherein the destination number storage device stores the source telephone number captured by the telephone number capturing means. Means for selecting a telephone number of a caller stored in the called number storage means, and an e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number selected by the called number selecting means. An address search unit searches the information stored in the telephone number storage unit from the information stored therein, and the electronic mail editing unit can start editing the electronic mail for the searched electronic mail address.

According to the portable telephone device described in claim 4, the caller's telephone number stored in the receiver's number storage means is selected by the receiver's number selector, and the electronic number corresponding to the selected sender's telephone number is selected. By retrieving the mail address from the information stored in the telephone number storage means, editing of the e-mail is started for the e-mail address corresponding to the selected transmission source telephone number, and the e-mail is transmitted. It is possible You.

The mobile telephone device according to claim 5 of the present invention is the mobile telephone device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the telephone number included in the message information of the e-mail displayed by the display means. Telephone number discriminating means for discriminating the telephone number. The electronic mail address corresponding to the telephone number determined by the telephone number discriminating means is searched by the electronic mail address searching means from the information stored in the telephone number storage means. There is a configuration that enables editing of the electronic mail for the searched electronic mail address by the electronic mail editing means.

According to the portable telephone device described in claim 5, the telephone number included in the message information of the electronic mail displayed by the display means is determined, and the electronic mail address corresponding to the determined telephone number is determined. By searching from the information stored in the telephone number storage means, the editing of the electronic mail can be started for the electronic mail address corresponding to the determined telephone number, and the electronic mail can be transmitted.

The portable telephone device according to claim 6 of the present invention is the portable telephone device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the electronic mail stored in the telephone number storage means is provided. Means for displaying the correspondence information between the address and the telephone number by the display means; means for selecting one e-mail address from the correspondence information between the e-mail address and the telephone number displayed by the display means; header information or message of the e-mail; E-mail editing means capable of editing the e-mail information, wherein the e-mail editing means starts to edit the e-mail for the e-mail address selected from the correspondence information stored in the telephone number storage means. Has a configuration that enables According to the portable telephone device described in claim 6, the correspondence information between the e-mail address and the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means is displayed, and the electronic mail address selected from the electronic mail address is displayed. You can start editing mail and send out e-mail.

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 1.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 2.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 3.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 4.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 5.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 6.

FIG. 13 is a display example by the display means of the mobile phone device according to the present invention.

In the figure, reference numerals 101, 301, 501, 701, 901, and 1101 denote mobile telephone devices, 102, 502, 702, 902, and 1102 denote e-mail address selection means, 103, 303, and 503, 703, 903, 1103 are control units, 104, 304, 504, 704, 904, 1104 are e-mail storage means, 105, 305, 507, 707s 907, 1105 are display means, 106, 306, 50

6, 706, 906, 1106 are telephone number storage means, 107, 307, 509, 709, 909, 1107 are input means, 108, 308, 508 are telephone number search means, 109, 309, 512, 713, 911, 1109 Is a communication control unit, 110, 310, 513, 714, 912, 1110 is a speaker, 111, 311, 514, 715, 913, 1111 is a microphone, 112, 312, 515, 716, 914, 1112 is a wireless unit, 302 is an e-mail address discriminating means, 505, 705, and 905 are e-mail address searching means, 511, 711, 910,

1108 is an electronic mail editing means, 710 is a called number storage means, 712 is a called number selection means, and 908 is a telephone number discriminating means.

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

(Embodiment 1)

First, a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a professional diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile phone device shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, a mobile phone device 101 includes an email address selecting means 102 for selecting an email address included in the header information of the email, a control unit 103 for controlling the mobile phone device 101, and storing the transmitted and received emails. E-mail storage means 104, display means 105 for controlling display of e-mail and e-mail addresses and telephone numbers on the screen, telephone number storage means 106 for storing correspondence information between e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, key Input means for input control by pressing, etc. 10

7.Phone number search means 108 for searching the telephone number corresponding to the e-mail address from the information stored in the telephone number storage means 106, a communication control unit 109 for making a call to the telephone number, Speaker 110 for making calls, microphone 111 for making calls and voice input, wireless section for connecting to wireless communication lines 1 1 Consists of two.

Next, an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step 201, the mobile phone 101 receives an e-mail. In step 202, the received e-mail is stored in the e-mail storage means 104. In step 203, header information and message information of the received e-mail are displayed by the display means 105. In step 204, the e-mail address of the sender (From) information, the recipient (To) information, and the destination other than the recipient (Cc: Carboncoy) information is further displayed from the header information of the electronic mail. In step 205, the process to be performed next is selected. If the e-mail address described in the e-mail header information is to be stored, proceed to step 209 and store the information in which the telephone number is associated with the e-mail address and name in the telephone number storage means 106 . FIG. 13 is a display example of the display means of the mobile phone device according to the present invention. FIG. 13 (a) shows a case where a telephone number is associated with an e-mail address and name obtained from e-mail header information. Indicates information.

If the call is to be made to a telephone number corresponding to one of the e-mail addresses in the e-mail header information, proceed to step 206 and use the e-mail address selection means 102 to set the e-mail header information. Select one e-mail address from the sender information, recipient information, and destination information other than the recipient described in.

In step 207, the telephone number search means 108 is activated by, for example, pressing a call key by the input means 107, and corresponds to the e-mail address stored in the telephone number storage means 106. Find the phone number you want. The telephone number output as a result of the search is displayed on the display means 105, and a call is made to the telephone number output in step 208. FIG. 13 (b) shows a display example of a search result of a telephone number corresponding to the selected e-mail address.

If there is no telephone number corresponding to the selected e-mail address, the display means 105 indicates that there is no telephone number corresponding to the e-mail address, and a new telephone number storage means is provided. Processing to store correspondence information in 108 Is also possible.

(Embodiment 2)

Next, a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile phone device shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, the mobile phone device 301 includes an e-mail address determining means 3 02 for determining an e-mail address included in the e-mail message information, and a control unit 3003 for controlling the mobile phone device 301. E-mail storage means 304 for storing sent and received e-mails, display means 304 for controlling display of e-mails and e-mail addresses and telephone numbers on the screen, correspondence between e-mail addresses and telephone numbers Telephone number storage means 306 for storing information, input means 307 for input control by pressing keys, etc., and telephone numbers corresponding to e-mail addresses are retrieved from information stored in telephone number storage means 306. Telephone number search means 308, communication control section 309 for making calls to telephone numbers, loudspeakers 31 for making calls and voice output, microphones for making calls and voice input 3 It is composed of a wireless unit 3 1 2 for connecting to a wireless communication line.

Next, an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 2 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, in step 401, the mobile phone device 301 receives an e-mail. In step 402, the received e-mail is stored in the e-mail storage means 304. In step 403, the received e-mail is displayed by the display means 305, and in step 404, it is determined whether or not an e-mail address exists in the message information of the displayed e-mail. . If an electronic mail address exists in the message information, the process proceeds to step 405, and if not, the process ends. At this time, the e-mail address discriminating means 302 determines the e-mail address included in the message information of the displayed e-mail by using "@" or "." As a key word. When sending to the e-mail address included in the e-mail message information, proceed to step 4 06, and press the outgoing key by the input means 3 07, for example, to search the telephone number search means 3 0. 8 is started, and a telephone number corresponding to the e-mail address stored in the telephone number storage means 303 is searched based on the determined e-mail address. As a result of the search, the output telephone number is displayed on the display means 300, and a call is made to the output telephone number. (C) of Fig. 13 shows a display example of the search result of the telephone number corresponding to the e-mail address included in the message information. If the message is not sent to the e-mail address included in the e-mail message information, the process ends.

If the telephone number corresponding to the determined e-mail address does not exist, the display means 300 indicates that the telephone number corresponding to the e-mail address does not exist, and the telephone number storage means 3 is newly added. It is also possible to perform a process of storing the correspondence information in 06.

(Embodiment 3)

Next, a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation of the mobile phone device shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, the mobile phone device 501 includes an e-mail address selecting means 502 for selecting an e-mail address included in the header information of the e-mail, and a control unit 503 for controlling the mobile phone device 501. E-mail storage means 504 for storing transmitted and received e-mails, telephone number storage means 506 for storing correspondence information between e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, e-mail addresses corresponding to telephone numbers to telephone numbers E-mail address searching means 505 for searching from the information stored in the means 506, display means 507 for controlling the display of electronic mails and e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, etc. on the screen. Telephone number search means 508 for searching the telephone number corresponding to the mail address from the information stored in the telephone number storage means 506, input means 509 for input control by pressing a key, etc. E-mail editing means 5 1 1 for collecting, electricity Communication control unit 512 for making a call to a talk number, Speaking power 513 for making a call or voice output, Microphone 5 14 for making a call or voice input, for connecting to a wireless communication line Wireless section 5 15.

Next, an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 3 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, in step 601, an incoming call is received by the mobile phone device 501. In step 602, if the telephone number of the caller has been notified at the time of the incoming call, this telephone number is captured, and the telephone number of the caller is displayed on the display means 507. In 603, select whether to edit the e-mail for the telephone number of the caller. If the e-mail is to be edited for the caller's telephone number, proceed to step 604. If not, the process ends.

In step 604, the e-mail address search means 505 is activated by, for example, pressing a menu key by the input means 509, and based on the displayed telephone number of the sender, The e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means 506 is searched. As a result of the search, the output e-mail address is displayed by the display means 507, and in step 605, the editing of the e-mail can be started by the e-mail editing means 511.

At this time, the output e-mail address is displayed as the e-mail address of the recipient of the header information in editing the e-mail. After the editing of the e-mail has been completed, the e-mail can be sent to the other party of the caller's telephone number by, for example, pressing a call key using the input means 509.

(Embodiment 4)

Next, a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation of the mobile phone device shown in FIG.

In FIG. 7, a mobile phone device 700 is an e-mail address selecting means 702 for selecting an e-mail address included in the header information of the e-mail, and a mobile phone device. Control unit 703 that controls 701, e-mail storage means 704 for storing transmitted and received e-mails, telephone number storage means 706 for storing correspondence information between e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, telephone E-mail address search means 705 for searching the e-mail address corresponding to the number from the information stored in the telephone number storage means 706, e-mail and display of e-mail addresses and telephone numbers on the screen Display means for controlling 707, input means for controlling input by pressing a key, etc.709, incoming number storage means for storing the telephone number of the sender when receiving an incoming call, e-mail for editing e-mail Editing means 7 1 1, Called number storage means 7 1 0 Called number selection means 7 1 2 to select the caller's telephone number stored, Communication control section 7 1 Speaker for audio output It consists of 7 14, Microphone 7 15 for making calls and voice input, and 7 16 for connecting to wireless communication lines. Next, an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 4 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, in step 801, an incoming call is received by the mobile phone device 701. In step 802, if the telephone number of the caller has been notified at the time of the incoming call, this telephone number is captured, and the telephone number of the caller is displayed on the display means 707, and this caller is displayed. Is stored in the incoming call number storage means 7 10 as incoming call history information. In step 803, when there is a further incoming call, the process returns to step 801 to repeat the process of capturing and storing the telephone number of the caller.

When all the processes for the incoming call are completed, in step 804, select whether or not to edit the e-mail for the telephone number of the caller. To edit the e-mail for the source phone number, select the source phone number stored in the destination number storage means 7 10 by the destination number selection means 7 12 Proceed to and terminate the process if the e-mail is not edited.

In step 805, the e-mail address search means 705 is activated by, for example, pressing a menu key by the input means 709, and the telephone number of the caller selected by the incoming number selection means 712 The e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means 706 is searched based on the e-mail address. As a result of the search, The output e-mail address is displayed by the display means 707, and in step 806, the editing of the e-mail can be started by the e-mail editing means 711. At this time, the output e-mail address is displayed as the e-mail address of the recipient of the header information in editing the e-mail. After the editing of the e-mail is completed, the e-mail can be transmitted to the other party of the caller's telephone number by, for example, pressing a call key by the input means 709.

(Embodiment 5)

Next, a mobile phone device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the mobile phone device illustrated in FIG.

In FIG. 9, a mobile phone device 901 is an electronic mail address selecting means 902 for selecting an email address included in the header information of the electronic mail, and a control section 903 for controlling the mobile phone device 901. E-mail storage means 904 for storing sent and received e-mails, telephone number storage means 906 for storing correspondence information between e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, e-mail addresses corresponding to telephone numbers to telephone numbers E-mail address searching means 905 for searching from the information stored in the means 9 06, display means 9 07 for controlling the display of electronic mail and e-mail addresses and telephone numbers on the screen. Phone number discriminating means 9 0 8 for discriminating phone numbers included in e-mail message information, input means 9 0 9 for input control by pressing keys, etc.E-mail editing means 9 10 10 for editing e-mail Communication control section 911 for making calls to telephone numbers, speaker 912 for making calls and voice output, microphone 913 for making calls and voice input, connection to wireless communication lines It consists of a radio section 9 14.

Next, an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 5 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, in step 1001, the mobile phone device 901 receives an e-mail. The received e-mail was stored by e-mail storage means 904 and stored. The message information of the e-mail is displayed by the display means 907. Next, in step 1002, it is determined whether or not a telephone number exists in the message information of the displayed e-mail. If there is a telephone number in the message information, the process proceeds to step 103, and if there is no telephone number, the process ends. At this time, the telephone number included in the e-mail message information is determined by the telephone number determining means 908 using “0” and “one” as keywords.

In step 1003, it is selected whether or not to edit the electronic mail to the other party whose telephone number is included in the message information of the determined electronic mail. If the user wants to edit the e-mail, the process proceeds to step 104. If the user does not edit the e-mail, the process ends.

In step 104, the telephone number included in the message information of the determined e-mail is input by the input means 909, for example, by pressing the menu key, by the e-mail address searching means 905. Based on this, an electronic mail address corresponding to the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means 906 is searched. As a result of the search, the output e-mail address is displayed by the display means 907, and in step 1005, the e-mail can be started to be edited by the e-mail editing means 910. (D) of Fig. 13 shows a display example of the search result of the e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number included in the message information.

At this time, the output e-mail address is displayed as the e-mail address of the recipient of the header information in editing the e-mail. After the editing of the e-mail is completed, the e-mail is sent to the telephone number listed in the message information of the e-mail by, for example, pressing the transmission key by the input means 909. can do.

(Embodiment 6)

Next, a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 11 and FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile phone device shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, a mobile phone device 1101 controls an email address selecting means 1102 for selecting an email address included in the header information of the email, and a mobile phone device 1101. Control unit 1103, e-mail storage unit 1104 for storing transmitted and received e-mails, display unit 1105 for controlling display of e-mails, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, etc. on the screen Telephone number storage means 1 106, which stores correspondence information between e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, input means 110, which controls input by pressing keys, etc., e-mail editing means, which edits e-mail 1 1 0 8 , A communication control unit for making calls to phone numbers, a speaker for making calls and voice output, a microphone for making calls and voice input, and a connection to wireless communication lines From the radio section 1 1 1 2 It is made.

Next, an example of the operation of the mobile phone device according to Embodiment 6 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

When editing an e-mail, first, in step 1 201, by pressing the telephone book key, for example, by pressing the telephone book key, the electronic data already stored in the telephone number storage Corresponding information such as e-mail address, telephone number, and name are displayed by the display means 1105. Next, in step 122, the e-mail address of the partner to whom the e-mail is to be sent is selected from the displayed correspondence information. Further, by pressing, for example, a menu key by the input means 111, the process proceeds to step 123, and the editing of the e-mail can be started by the e-mail editing means 110.

At this time, the selected e-mail address is displayed as the e-mail address of the recipient of the header information in editing the e-mail. After the editing of the e-mail is completed, the e-mail can be transmitted by the input means 1107, for example, by pressing a transmission key. In this way, an e-mail can be transmitted to the e-mail address selected from the information stored in the telephone number storage means 1106.

Although the present invention has been described in detail and with reference to specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is clear.

This application is based on a Japanese patent application filed on July 10, 2001 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-209509), the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

As described above, according to the present invention, in a mobile phone device capable of communicating voice and data mutually by connecting to a wireless communication line, correspondence information between a child mail address and a telephone number is stored. Selects one e-mail address from the header information of sent / received e-mails and the e-mail address described in the message, and stores the telephone number corresponding to this e-mail address. By retrieving from the information stored in the means, it is possible to make a call to the telephone number corresponding to the selected e-mail address. Further, according to the present invention, when a call is received, the telephone number of the caller is captured, or the telephone numbers included in the message information are determined, and the e-mail addresses corresponding to these telephone numbers are stored in the telephone number storage means. By searching from the received information, it is possible to transmit an e-mail to the e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number of the sender / telephone number included in the message information.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. In a mobile phone device that can connect to a wireless communication line and communicate voice and data with each other,

E-mail storage means for storing transmitted and received e-mails,

Display means for displaying the email,

The electronic mail included in the header information of the electronic mail displayed by the display means.

An e-mail address selecting means for selecting one e-mail address from the lures;

Telephone number storage means for storing correspondence information between the e-mail address and the telephone number;

Telephone number searching means for searching information stored in the telephone number storage means to obtain a telephone number corresponding to an e-mail address,

A telephone number corresponding to the e-mail address selected by the e-mail address selection means is searched from the information stored in the telephone number storage means by the telephone number search means, and a telephone number corresponding to the selected e-mail address is retrieved. A mobile telephone device capable of making a call to a telephone number searched for.

2. A telephone corresponding to the e-mail address determined by the e-mail address determination means, comprising e-mail address determination means for determining an e-mail address included in the e-mail message information displayed by the display means. A number can be retrieved from the information stored in the telephone number storage means by the telephone number search means, and a call can be made to the retrieved telephone number corresponding to the determined e-mail address. Claim 1

3. A telephone number capturing means that captures the telephone number of the caller when receiving a call, and a telephone that can edit the header information or message information of the e-mail. Child mail editing means,

E-mail address search means for searching information stored in the telephone number storage means to obtain an e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number,

An e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number of the caller captured by the telephone number capturing means is searched by the electronic mail address search means from the information stored in the telephone number storage means, and the e-mail address of the captured caller is The electronic mail editing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein editing of an electronic mail for the electronic mail address retrieved corresponding to the telephone number can be started by the electronic mail editing means.

4. Called number storage means for storing the source telephone number captured by the telephone number capturing means,

A called number selection means for selecting a caller's telephone number stored in the called number storage means,

An e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number selected by the called number selection means is searched by the e-mail address search means from the information stored in the telephone number storage means, and an e-mail address corresponding to the selected transmission source telephone number is retrieved. 4. The portable telephone according to claim 3, wherein editing of the e-mail corresponding to the searched e-mail address can be started by the e-mail editing means.

5. A telephone number discriminating means for discriminating a telephone number included in the e-mail message information displayed by the display means, and an e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number discriminated by the telephone number discriminating means is provided. The e-mail address search means searches the information stored in the telephone number storage means from the information stored in the telephone number storage means, and edits the e-mail for the e-mail address searched corresponding to the telephone number determined in the above-mentioned e-mail. 5. The mobile phone device according to claim 3, wherein the mobile phone device can be started by editing means.

6. A means for displaying the correspondence information between the e-mail address and the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means by the display means,

Means for selecting one e-mail address from the correspondence information between the e-mail address and the telephone number displayed by the display means,

E-mail editing means capable of editing e-mail header information or message information.

6. The electronic mail editing means according to claim 1, wherein editing of an electronic mail for an electronic mail address selected from the correspondence information stored in said telephone number storage means can be started by said electronic mail editing means. The mobile phone device according to any one of the above items.