JP2008217731A - Mobile terminal device and its incoming call notifying method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal device and its incoming call notifying method attaining appropriate response by notifying a user (a recipient) of different incoming call according to the contents (urgency) and a sender when receiving character information communication (mail). <P>SOLUTION: When receiving the incoming call, whether it is character information communication (mail) is determined, and in the case of character information communication, a control part 103 acquires its title or keyword retrieval in the text and sender information to determine the urgency. Based on the keyword and sender information, the user is notified of the incoming call by a ringtone and/or vibrator operation set beforehand to a storage part 112. When the incoming call has high priority, the ringtone can forcibly sounds even in a silent mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device and an incoming call notification method thereof, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal device and an incoming call notification method thereof capable of notifying a user of an incoming mail according to its priority or urgency level.

  Mobile terminal devices including mobile phone terminals have many advantages over fixed telephone terminals and the like that necessary information can be obtained by transmitting and receiving virtually anytime and anywhere. Therefore, portable terminal devices are rapidly spreading as communication means for voice, text, video, and the like. And design and development for improving convenience for users of mobile terminal devices and appealing to the market advantage over other products and services are constantly being made.

  Conventional techniques in this technical field are disclosed in many documents. There has been disclosed a communication terminal device that allows a recipient to recognize an outline of what the text message is even if the user does not read the text message (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .) In addition, in order to allow the user to accurately grasp the urgency and importance of the content of incoming calls, when there is an incoming call from a pre-stored phone number, a telephone terminal that performs notification control with voice or vibration different from normal And an incoming call notification method are disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  Furthermore, a communication terminal device and a communication terminal processing program are disclosed that can confirm the contents of an incoming mail by reading out the sender of the incoming mail and a keyword in the mail by voice synthesis as in the case of normal voice incoming ( For example, see Patent Document 3.)

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-177668 (page 3-5, FIG. 1) JP 2004-320456 A (page 4-5, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-318467 (page 7-8, FIG. 1)

  However, the prior art as described above has some problems to be solved. That is, since it is impossible to identify a mischievous or erroneous incoming call, it is time consuming to respond to the incoming call, and it is difficult to appropriately and efficiently respond to the incoming call. In addition, an appropriate incoming call notification could not be made according to the content (emergency) of the incoming call, the caller, or a combination thereof.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the contents or transmission of the mail at the time of incoming voice communication with text message, TV call or mail (collectively referred to as text information communication or simply mail). It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal device and an incoming call notification method thereof that can solve or reduce the above-described problems by performing different incoming call notifications based on the priorities of the users.

  According to the portable terminal device and the incoming call notification method of the present invention, the following characteristic configuration is adopted.

(1) In a mobile terminal device that transmits and receives voice signals and mail data via a radio base station and notifies incoming calls by ringing or vibration of a vibrator,
Information receiving means for acquiring a specific keyword and caller information included in the text information communication when receiving text information communication including a voice call with mail or text message;
A portable terminal device comprising: an incoming call notification unit configured to notify an incoming call with a setting predetermined by the ringing or vibrator based on information acquired by the information acquisition unit and information registered in advance.
(2) The mobile terminal device according to (1), wherein a plurality of predetermined priorities are set for the keyword.
(3) The mobile terminal device according to (1), wherein the incoming call notification by the incoming call notification means is performed according to a setting determined in advance by a combination of priority of the keywords and the sender.
(4) The mobile terminal device according to (1) or (2), wherein the incoming call notification by the incoming call notification means is continuously performed by switching in time based on the priority order of the keywords and the sender.
(5) The mobile terminal according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the incoming call notification means forcibly rings a compulsory ringtone when the priority of the keyword is high even when the manner mode is set. apparatus.
(6) In an incoming call notification method for ringing or notifying a user by a ringing or vibrator when a mobile terminal device that transmits and receives voice and mail data via a wireless base station is received,
Determining whether the incoming call is a character information communication including an email or a voice call with a text message;
Obtaining caller information of the character information communication and specific keyword information included in the character information communication when the character information communication is received;
An incoming call notification method for a mobile terminal device, comprising: performing different incoming call notifications preset based on the acquired caller and keyword information.
(7) The incoming notification method for a mobile terminal device according to (6), wherein the keyword includes a step of setting a plurality of different priorities in advance.
(8) The incoming call notification method of the mobile terminal device according to (6), further comprising a step of dividing the caller into a plurality of groups according to a predetermined priority order.
(9) In the incoming call notification step, the setting determined based on the priority order of the keywords and the setting determined based on the caller are continuously notified in time (6), (7) or (8 ) Incoming call notification method for portable terminal device.
(10) The mobile phone according to any one of (6) to (9), further including a step of forcibly ringing and notifying an incoming call when the incoming call has a high priority even when the manner mode is set. An incoming call notification method for a terminal device.

  According to the portable terminal device and the incoming call notification method of the present invention, there are the following practical specific effects. In other words, when an incoming mail or text information communication is received, the incoming message indicates what kind of content is received from which sender by analyzing the character message during the text information communication (keyword search) and identifying the sender. Since it is obtained as prior knowledge before responding to, appropriate and efficient response is possible. In addition, since a caller or a caller group (for example, a business person, a friend, a family, etc.) can be identified, an appropriate response can be made to an incoming call of mischief or mistake. Furthermore, it is possible to respond more appropriately to the incoming call by continuously giving the priority notification of the caller (or caller group) following the combination of the content (keyword) and the caller or the priority notification of the content. is there. In addition, even if the manner mode is set, an incoming call with a particularly high degree of emergency can be appropriately handled by forcibly ringing a ringtone.

  Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of a portable terminal device and an incoming call notification method thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone terminal which is a preferred embodiment of a mobile terminal device according to the present invention. The mobile phone terminal 100 includes an antenna (ANT) 101, a transmission / reception unit (TRX) 102, a control unit 103, an operation unit 104, a microphone 105, a receiver 106, a speaker 107, an H / S jack 108, an LED (display) 109, The vibration amount adjusting unit 110, the vibrator 111, a storage unit (memory) 112, and a display unit 113 are included.

  Next, main functions of each component of the mobile phone terminal 100 will be described. The antenna 101 wirelessly transmits and receives signals to and from a wireless base station (not shown) in the service area. The TRX 102 performs processing such as amplification and modulation / demodulation of a signal transmitted / received to / from a radio base station via the antenna 101.

  The control unit 103 is constituted by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), for example, and controls the entire system of the mobile phone terminal 100. The control unit 103 includes a timer 114 that manages time and time. The operation unit 104 is a key (KEY) or the like for the user (user) of the mobile phone terminal 100 to perform transmission, reception, and other processing. The microphone 105 converts voice into an electrical signal for voice call (or transmission), that is, for transmitting own voice to the other party. The receiver 106 is for voice call (or reception), and converts a voice signal transmitted from the other party into an acoustic signal. The speaker 107 notifies or informs the user of the mobile phone terminal 100 of an incoming call from the other party. The H / S jack 108 is a connector that connects the mobile phone terminal 100 to another digital device or the like. The LED 109 blinks to leave an incoming call or the like to the user of the mobile phone terminal 100. When the manner mode is set, the vibration amount adjusting unit 110 adjusts the vibration amount and vibration pattern when the vibrator 111 is vibrated and left by the user of the mobile phone terminal 100 when receiving a call.

  The storage unit 112 stores, for example, a keyword, a notification operation method, and a specific vibration pattern of the vibrator 111 that the user is particularly interested in when receiving a voice call with a text message, a television (TV) call, mail, or the like (that is, text information communication). Save and manage etc. The display unit 113 is an interface between the mobile phone terminal 100 and its user, and is, for example, a color liquid crystal display panel that displays various types of information.

  The configuration of the mobile phone terminal 100 and the function of each unit have been described above with reference to FIG. 1. However, the configuration of the mobile phone terminal 100 in FIG. 1 and the outline of normal operations for incoming calls such as voice calls with text messages, TV calls, and mails are described. Is well known to those skilled in the art and is not directly related to the present invention, and therefore detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Next, an operation related to the function notification function when the mobile phone terminal 100 shown in FIG. 1 receives a voice call, a TV call, an email or the like will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone terminal 100 shown in FIG.

  In the cellular phone terminal 100 shown in FIG. 1, the incoming call operation is started (step A1). First, it is assumed that the user of the portable information terminal 100 (hereinafter simply referred to as “user”) receives an incoming call from another person (hereinafter referred to as “sender”) (step A2). Next, the control unit 103 identifies whether the content of the incoming call is a voice call, a TV call, or an email (step A3). In the case of mail, a mail incoming operation is performed (step A10).

  When it is identified as a voice call or a TV call in step A3 described above, it is identified whether or not the incoming call has a text message (step A4). When it is identified that the incoming call is accompanied by a text message (step A4: Yes), it is confirmed whether the incoming call operation is set by a keyword (step A5). If the incoming call has no text message (step A4: No), a normal incoming call operation is performed (step A9).

  If the incoming call operation is set by keyword (step A5: Yes), keyword search is performed from the text message (step A6). On the other hand, when the incoming call operation by the keyword is not set (step A5: No), the normal incoming call operation described above is performed (step A9).

  Next, when there is a keyword in the text message (step A6: Yes), it is confirmed whether or not the caller (phone number) is registered (step A7). When there is no keyword (step A6: No) and when the caller is not registered (step A7: No), the above-described normal incoming operation is performed (step A9).

  On the other hand, when the caller is registered (step A7: Yes), the business notification incoming call operation set in the storage unit 112 becomes possible, and the operation of the designated keyword is performed. That is, the ringing of the incoming call or the vibrator vibration by the vibrator 111 set by the vibration amount adjusting unit 110 or both of them are performed to notify the user of the incoming call (step A8).

  Next, the “mail incoming operation” mentioned in step A10 of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing details of the mail incoming operation.

  First, it is confirmed whether or not an incoming mail is received (step B1). In the case of an incoming mail (step B1: Yes), it is confirmed whether an incoming call setting by a keyword is performed (step B2). When the incoming call setting by keyword is made (step B2: Yes), a keyword search is performed from the title or subject (title), and it is confirmed whether or not the keyword includes the keyword (step B3). When the incoming call operation by keyword is not set (step B2: No), the normal mail incoming operation is performed (step B7).

  Next, when a keyword is included in the title (step B3: Yes), it is confirmed whether or not a caller (for example, a mail address of the caller) is registered (step B5). If no keyword is included in the title (step B3: No), whether or not the keyword is included in the text is searched and confirmed (step B4).

  When the keyword is included in the text (step B4: Yes), the process proceeds to the above-described step B5, and it is confirmed whether or not the caller is registered. On the other hand, when the keyword is not included in the text (step B4: No), the above-described normal mail incoming operation is performed (step B7).

  If the caller is not registered (step B5: No), the normal mail incoming operation described above is performed (step B7). On the other hand, when the caller is registered (step B5: Yes), the business notification incoming call operation set in the storage unit 112 is performed (step B6).

  Next, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the incoming call operation setting when a keyword is set. The specific example shown in FIG. 4 includes a priority order 41, a keyword 42, a caller (or telephone number) 43, a ring tone setting 44, a vibrator operation setting 45, and a forced ringing ringing flag setting 46. The keyword 42 is searched according to the first to third priority orders 41. In the specific example shown in FIG. 4, the priority order 41 is set first for the keyword 42 “urgent, urgent”. The priority order 41 is second for the keyword 42 of “contact, notification”. The priority order 41 is set to the third priority for the keyword 42 of “request, request”. The caller or the telephone number 43 is divided into a plurality of groups (for example, customers, family members, friends, etc.) in advance according to the importance or the like by the user. The forced ringing tone is a function for forcibly ringing a ringing tone ignoring this setting even when the setting is made so that the ringing tone in the manner mode is not ringed.

  In the ring tone setting 44, the melody 1, the melody 2 and the melody 3 are set when the priority order 41 is the first, second and third, respectively. Similarly, as the vibrator operation setting 45, pattern 1, pattern 2, and pattern 3 are set when the priority order 41 is first, second, and third, respectively. The forced ringing tone ringing flag setting 46 is ON when the priority order 41 is first, and is OFF when the priority order 41 is second and third.

  As described above, in the specific example shown in FIG. 4, a forced ringing sound ring flag setting is provided, and even when the manner mode is set, the user must I am going out (that is, answering an incoming call). That is, the flag setting item 46 of the manner mode forced release mode is added, and the manner mode can be forcibly released based on the flag result.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 8, another embodiment of the portable terminal device and the incoming notification method thereof according to the present invention will be described. In other embodiments, the configuration is substantially the same as the functional block shown in FIG. 1, but the incoming ringing operation in step A8 described above with reference to FIG. 2 and step B6 in FIG. 3 is modified.・ Changes have been made.

  First, a description will be given with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a specific example in which different ringtones are set for each caller. In the specific example shown in FIG. 4, one ringtone (melody) is set by the combination of the keyword 42 and the caller (or telephone number) 43, but the ringtone is set according to the caller (or telephone number) 51. By performing 52 individually, the user can quickly and easily determine who the incoming call is from. That is, in the specific example shown in FIG. 5, when the caller is B, C, or D, the ringtone is set to melody 11, melody 12, or melody 13, respectively.

  In the above-described specific example, the time is managed by the timer 114 provided in the control unit 103, and the first few seconds from the time of the incoming call is set as the ringing tone according to the priority (urgency) of the business, and the subsequent several seconds May be switched to a ring tone for each caller. With such a ring tone setting, the user can know the message (emergency level) and the caller at the time of the incoming call. Therefore, the user can take an appropriate action when answering an incoming call.

  This will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. When there is an incoming call from the caller B, the user's mobile phone terminal 100 learns that the first few seconds is an urgent business that is the first priority with the melody 1, and the melody 11 thereafter sends the caller. Can be known as B. Thereby, the user can know both the message at the time of the incoming call and the caller.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the ring tone switching operation described above. First, a ringtone according to the business shown in FIG. 4, for example, melody 1 is sounded (step C1). Next, the timer 114 is started (T = 0) in order to monitor the passage of time from the start of the ringing sound (step C2). Then, the timer 114 is counted up (T = T + 1) (step C3). Next, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time, for example, Ts = 5 seconds, has elapsed as a result of the timer 114 (step C4). If the predetermined time Ts has not elapsed (step C4: No), the process returns to step C3 and continues counting up. On the other hand, when the predetermined time Ts has elapsed (step C4: Yes), the ring tone (for example, melody 11) set for each telephone number is switched to sound (step C5).

  Next, the operation patterns 1 to 3 of the vibrator 111 described above with reference to FIG. 4 will be described with reference to a specific example of FIG. FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C are waveform diagrams of drive signals of pattern 1 to pattern 3 that vibrate vibrator 111, respectively. In the specific example shown in FIG. 7, in the emergency pattern 1 that is the first priority, the vibration of the vibrator 111 increases with time as shown in FIG. 7A. In pattern 2, as shown in FIG. 7B, the vibration of vibrator 111 at the time of notification, which is the second priority, repeats strong and weak. Pattern 3 is a vibration pattern at the time of request, which is the third priority, and as shown in FIG. 7C, vibration of vibrator 111 becomes weaker with time. In addition, by combining these patterns 1 to 3 arbitrarily, many patterns can be obtained as necessary.

  Next, FIG. 8 is a specific example showing still another embodiment of the keyword and the incoming call operation. In the specific example of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the priority order 81 is the first to fourth priority orders. The keyword 82 has the same priority order 81 as in the case of FIG. 4 described above, but adds “reply” as the fourth priority order 81. The caller (or telephone number) 83 is the same as in FIG. As the ring tone setting 84, the ringing speed is set. In this specific example, the 1.5-times sounding for the first priority, the sound gradually increasing for the second priority, the repetition of the fast sounding and the low-speed sounding for the third priority, For the priority of 4, a ringing that gradually decreases is assigned. As in the case of FIG. 4 described above, the forced ringing tone ringing flag setting 85 is ON only for incoming calls of the first priority, and is OFF in other cases.

  The embodiments of the mobile terminal device and the incoming call notification method according to the present invention have been described above in detail. However, it should be noted that such embodiments or specific examples are merely examples of the present invention and do not limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art can easily understand that various modifications and changes can be made according to a specific application without departing from the gist and spirit of the present invention.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone terminal which is suitable embodiment of the portable terminal device by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the whole receiving operation | movement by the portable terminal device shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of mail reception operation | movement in FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the 1st setting example of the keyword and incoming call operation | movement in the incoming call notification method by this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a ring tone setting by caller in the incoming call notification method according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows other embodiment of the incoming call notification method by this invention. The vibrator drive waveform in the incoming call notification method by this invention is shown, (A) is the pattern 1 at the time of emergency mail arrival, (B) is the pattern 2 at the time of notification mail arrival, (C) is the pattern 3 at the time of request mail arrival. . It is explanatory drawing of the keyword in other embodiment of the incoming call notification method by this invention, and incoming call operation | movement.

Explanation of symbols

41, 81 Priority 42, 82 Keyword 43, 83 Caller (or phone number)
44, 84 Ringtone setting 45 Vibrator operation setting 46, 85 Forced ringtone ringing flag setting 100 Mobile terminal device (mobile phone terminal)
103 Control unit 112 Storage unit 114 Timer

Claims (10)

In portable terminal devices that send and receive voice signals and mail data via a wireless base station and notify incoming calls by ringing or vibration of a vibrator when receiving an incoming call,
Information receiving means for acquiring a specific keyword and caller information included in the text information communication when receiving text information communication including a voice call with mail or text message;
A mobile terminal device comprising: an incoming call notification unit configured to notify an incoming call with a predetermined setting by the ringing or vibrator based on information acquired by the information acquisition unit and information registered in advance.   The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of predetermined priorities are set for the keyword.   2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call notification by the incoming call notification unit is performed according to a setting determined in advance by a combination of the priority order of the keywords and the caller.   The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the incoming call notification by the incoming call notification means is continuously performed by switching in time based on the priority order of the keywords and the caller.   The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the incoming call notification means causes a forced ringing tone to be forcibly notified when the priority of the keyword is high even when the manner mode is set. Terminal device. In an incoming call notification method for ringing or notifying a user by a ringing or vibrator when a mobile terminal device that transmits and receives voice and mail data via a radio base station is received,
Determining whether the incoming call is a character information communication including an email or a voice call with a text message;
Obtaining caller information of the character information communication and specific keyword information included in the character information communication when the character information communication is received;
A method of notifying a different incoming call set in advance based on the acquired caller and keyword information.   The method of claim 6, wherein the keyword includes a step of setting a plurality of different priorities in advance.   The incoming call notification method for a mobile terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the caller includes a step of dividing the caller into a plurality of groups according to a predetermined priority order.   9. The incoming call notification step of notifying the setting determined based on the priority order of the keywords and the setting determined based on the caller in a time sequence. Notification method for mobile terminal devices. 10. The incoming call notification includes a step of forcibly ringing and notifying an incoming call when the priority is high even when the manner mode is set. An incoming call notification method for a mobile terminal device.

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