JPH11112651A - Mobile phone equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a portable telephone device with an answering machine function that does not cause a situation in which a portable person cannot confirm a partially received message sent due to lack of memory capacity. SOLUTION: It is configured to be controlled by a CPU 1 and a RAM 1
0, only the five most recently received messages are stored, and every time a message is received, another general message is used by using the transfer destination telephone number stored in the transfer information storage unit PI in the RAM 10. The received message is transferred to the telephone device and stored in the memory of the telephone device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0002] Under certain conditions (for example, a condition that a predetermined mode is selected by a key operation or the like or a condition that an off-hook operation is not performed even when a call notification is executed a predetermined number of times), The present invention relates to a mobile phone device having an answering machine function for storing a received message sent from a caller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable telephone device with an answering machine function, which records (stores) a received message sent from a caller side and allows the portable person to reproduce the message later, has been put to practical use. I have. Further, the size of the mobile phone device must be reduced in order to improve portability, and the size of a memory used for recording the received message is also limited.

[0003]

Since the size of the memory, that is, the capacity, of the conventional portable telephone device having the answering machine function as described above is limited, the number of storable received messages is also limited to the answering machine. This is significantly less than the number of storable cases of a general telephone device with a telephone function. In order to deal with the above circumstances, such a conventional mobile phone device with an answering machine function, when the number of received messages already stored reaches the storable number, receives the received message after that. The message is configured not to be stored at all, or to store a new received message after deleting the first stored message each time a new received message is received. Therefore, a part of the received message cannot be confirmed unless the person carrying the portable telephone device frequently checks the received message and deletes the confirmed message from the memory each time. That situation occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and does not cause a situation in which a portable person cannot confirm a partially received message that has been sent due to a shortage of memory capacity. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone device with an answering machine function.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a portable telephone device having an answering machine function for storing a received message sent from a caller under certain conditions is configured as follows. That is, when the received message is newly stored by the answering machine function, when the number of already stored received messages has reached a certain number, the previously stored received message is deleted, and then A received message storage control means for storing a newly stored received message in a storage unit, and in the case where the answering machine function is used, when there is a signal related to the telephone number of the caller in the received signal, the telephone Caller-side telephone number detecting means for detecting a number; transfer-destination storage means for storing the caller-side telephone number and transfer-destination telephone number in association with each other; When the number detecting means detects the caller's telephone number, the transfer destination storage means stores the transfer destination telephone number associated with the caller's telephone number. Check whether stored, when it is stored, and a configuration and a transfer means for transmitting the received message transmitted during this call to the telephone device of the transfer destination telephone number.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a portable telephone device having an answering machine function for storing a received message sent from a caller under certain conditions is configured as follows. That is, when the received message is newly stored by the answering machine function, when the number of already stored received messages has reached a certain number, the previously stored received message is deleted, and then A received message storage control means for storing a newly stored received message in a storage unit, and in the case where the answering machine function is used, when there is a signal related to the telephone number of the caller in the received signal, the telephone Caller-side telephone number detecting means for detecting a number, and associating three data of the caller-side telephone number, a transfer destination telephone number, and a transmission message to be added and transmitted at the time of transfer to the transfer destination. When there is an incoming call and the stored transfer information storage means and the caller's telephone number detecting means detects the telephone number of the caller, The Okusaki storage means, transfer destination telephone number associated with the calling party telephone number, check whether it has been stored, when it is stored,
Transfer means for reading the transfer destination telephone number and the transmission message associated with the transfer destination telephone number, and transmitting the transmission message and the reception message transmitted upon receiving the current call to the telephone device of the transfer destination telephone number; A configuration was provided.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the above embodiment. That is, in this embodiment, C
Other circuit sections are connected to this centering on PU1. The CPU 1 is a circuit unit that processes and sends the transmitted data, sends control signals to connected circuit units, and controls them. Display unit 2 is CP
This is a display unit for digitally displaying data sent from U1. The microphone 3 is a circuit unit that converts sound into a corresponding electric signal and transmits the electric signal. The transmission message data generation unit 4 is a circuit unit that receives the electric signal from the microphone 3 and converts it into corresponding message data, and sends this to the CPU 1 as transmission message data.

[0008] The radio communication circuit unit 6 including the antenna 5
At the time of a general normal response, the electric signal from the antenna 5 is processed and transmitted to the speaker 7, and the electric signal from the microphone 3 is taken and processed and transmitted as a radio wave from the antenna 5. When the function is working, the circuit unit processes the electric signal from the antenna 5 and sends it to the CPU 1, converts the data from the CPU 1 into a corresponding electric signal, and sends it as a radio wave from the antenna 5. . The speaker 7 is a circuit unit that obtains an electric signal from the wireless communication circuit unit 6 and the audio signal generation unit 8 and converts the electric signal into a corresponding audio. The audio signal generating section 8 is a circuit section which takes in the data signal from the CPU 1, converts it into a corresponding audio electric signal, and sends it to the speaker 7.

The ROM 9 is a circuit section for fixedly storing programs relating to various operations of the portable telephone device, and sequentially transmitting the stored programs and the like to the CPU 1 under the control of the CPU 1. The RAM 10 includes a register unit R including various registers, a transfer information storage unit PI, a transfer recording unit TI, a reception message memory RM, and a transmission message memory OM.
1 is a circuit unit that stores data from the CPU 1 and sends the stored data to the CPU 1. The call counter CC in the register R is a counter for counting the number of occurrences (that is, the number of calls) when a call is made and a call notification sound is generated. That is, when the telephone number of the caller is detected, the telephone number is temporarily stored. The stored message number register MZ includes:
The transfer number register MS is a register for storing the number of received messages stored in a received message memory RM described later, and the transfer number register MS is a register for storing the number of received messages transferred to another telephone device. Also, the transfer information storage unit PI
Is a storage unit for storing information such as which telephone device to which a received message is to be added and what transmission message to transfer, as will be described in detail later. Transfer recording section T
I is a storage unit that stores the transfer mode of the received message that has already been transferred. Receive message memory RM
Is a memory that can store the latest received messages within five. The transmission message memory OM is a memory for storing a plurality of transmission messages to be added to the received message and transmitted when the received message is transferred to a general telephone device.

The key input unit 11 includes a dial key, an off-hook key (call key), an on-hook key (end key), a mode key for selecting various modes, and the like, and any one of the keys is operated. Sometimes, it is a circuit unit that sends a corresponding key input to the CPU 1.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the received message memory RM provided in the RAM 10. That is, the received message memory RM includes five lines of line addresses (relative line addresses) 1 to 5, and each line includes a message area RA, a reception date / time area HA, and a calling side telephone number area NA. The received message is stored in the message area RA of each row, the date and time when the received message stored in the message area RA of the same row is stored in the received date and time area HA, and the calling telephone number area is stored. In the NA, the telephone number of the caller-side telephone device detected when the received message stored in the message area RA of the same line is sent (note that the telephone number of the caller cannot be detected). In other words, when there is no signal related to the calling party's telephone number in the received signal, 0 is set in the calling party's telephone number area NA.
Is stored).

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the transmission message memory OM provided in the RAM 10. That is, the transmission message memory OM is composed of five rows from row addresses (relative row addresses) A1 to A5, and the transmission message 1 and the row address A2 are stored in the row of the row address A1.
In each row, there is a transmission message (for example, a message such as "This message is NO, a transfer message from a mobile phone") that is added to each line when sending a reception message. It is memorized in advance.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the transfer information storage section PI provided in the RAM 10. That is, the transfer information storage unit PI is composed of six lines from row addresses (relative line addresses) 11 to 16, and each line is composed of a calling telephone number area NB, a transfer destination telephone number area OB, and a transmission message designation area OF. . The calling-side telephone number area NB of each line is an area in which the telephone number of the telephone device of a person who is expected to make a call to this portable telephone device is stored in advance (the line in FIG. 0 is stored in the calling-side telephone number area NB in the row of the address 16, which indicates a case in which the signal related to the calling-side telephone number was not found in the received signal and the telephone number could not be detected. . In addition, in the transfer destination telephone number area OB of each line,
A transfer destination telephone device (for example, at the office or home of the person carrying the portable telephone device) when the received message transmitted from the telephone device of the telephone number stored in the originating telephone number area NB on the same line is transferred. The telephone number of the telephone device with an answering machine function is stored. In the transmission message designation area OF of each line, when the telephone number stored in the transfer destination telephone number area OB of each line is transferred to the telephone device, the transmission number is stored in the transmission message memory OM shown in FIG. Data that specifies which transmission message to add and transmit is stored. For example, 1 is stored in the transmission message designation area OF of the row with the row address 13 in FIG.
Specifies that the transmission message 1 stored in the row address A1 of the transmission message memory OM is to be transmitted. Note that the transmission message designation area OF of the row of the row addresses 12 and 16 of the transfer information storage unit PI in FIG.
Stores 0, which specifies that the message is forwarded without adding a transmission message.

FIG. 5 shows a partial configuration of the transfer recording section TI provided in the RAM 10. As shown in the figure, the transfer recording unit TI is composed of a large number (50 as will be described later) starting from a row address (relative row address) 21, and each row has a reception time area RT, a calling side telephone number area NC and a transfer. A destination telephone number area OC is provided. Transfer data is recorded in each area of each row every time the transfer is performed. That is, in the reception time area RT, the reception date and time (which is also the transfer date and time) of the transferred reception data, and in the transmission-side telephone number area NC, is the telephone number of the telephone device that transmitted the received message, ie, the transmission-side telephone number. In the transfer destination telephone number area OC, the telephone number of the transfer destination telephone device that has transferred the received message is stored.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 6 is a general flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the present embodiment. That is, in the present embodiment, when the power is turned on, the process proceeds to step S1 to check whether there is a call from any of the telephone devices to the mobile phone device, and when there is no such call, the process proceeds to step S1.
At 15, it is checked whether or not a key input by operating a key of the key input unit 11 has been made. If no key input has been made, the process returns to step S1. Hereinafter, the processing of steps S1 and S15 will be repeated until the above call or key input is made. If there is a key input during this time, the key input is made in step S15.
The process proceeds to step S16 to execute a key process corresponding to the key input, and then returns to step S1. In this key process, the transmission message memory OM of the RAM 10 is used.
(See FIG. 3) to store (set) the transmission message, or store (set) various data in the transfer information storage unit PI (see FIG. 4) of the RAM 10, and display the record of the transfer recording unit TI to the display unit 2. And various processes such as deletion of the record and call to another telephone device are executed.

If a call is received while the process of steps S1 and S15 is repeated and the call and key input are awaited, the call is detected in step S1 and the process proceeds to step S2, where the speaker 7 is turned off. A call notification process for starting the generation of a ringing tone is performed, and then the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the number of ringing tones already generated after the start of the call notification process, that is, the number of calls, is counted using the number-of-calls counter CC of the RAM 10. Then, in step S4, the user of the mobile phone device Determines whether the off-hook key of the key input unit 11 has been operated, and if the operation has not been performed, in step S10, the number of calls still counted by the number-of-calls counter CC is a constant value (for example, 10 times). After that, the process returns to step S3. Hereafter, while counting the number of calls of the ringing tone that continues to occur, it waits for the operation of the off-hook key while confirming that the number of calls has not reached a certain value (step S).
3, S4, S10, S3).

If the off-hook key is operated before the number of calls reaches a certain value, it is detected in step S4, and the process proceeds to step S5 for starting a call. In the process of step S5, after the continuous generation of the ringing tone is stopped, the count value of the call number counter CC of the RAM 10 is cleared, and various operations such as supplying power to each circuit unit necessary for the call are executed. . After the process of step S5 is completed, the process proceeds to step S6, and waits until the on-hook key of the key input unit 11 is operated by the wearer. When the key operation is detected in step S6, the process proceeds to step S7, in which the line is cut off, and a call termination process such as stopping power supply to each circuit that requires operation only during a call is executed. Thereafter, the process returns to step S1, and enters the standby state again (steps S1, S15, S1).

On the other hand, steps S3, S4, S10,
If the number of calls reaches a certain value while waiting for the operation of the off-hook key while repeating the processing of S3, this is detected in step S10 and detected in step S1.
In step S12, after clearing the number-of-calls counter CC of the RAM 10, the received message from the calling side (that is, the other party calling the mobile phone) is stored in the received message memory RM of the RAM 10. An automatic answering process (to be described later in detail) is performed, and then the message is automatically transferred to a telephone device such as a home equipped with a memory having a large storage capacity at step S13. (To be described in detail later), and thereafter, the process returns to step S1, and again enters the standby state (steps S1, S15, S1).

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing in detail the answering machine processing in step S12 of FIG. That is, in the answering machine process, first, it is determined in step S20 whether the number of the stored message number register MZ of the RAM 10 has already become 5 or more (that is, the received message and the like are stored in all the rows of the received message memory RM of the RAM 10). It is determined whether there are no more rows that have been recorded and are already empty). Then, the stored message number register MZ
If the number is less than 5, the process proceeds directly from step S20 to step S22. If the number is 5 or more, the process proceeds to step S21, and among the five received messages stored in the received message memory RM, The oldest message (the one received first) is deleted, and only one blank line is created in the received message memory RM.
Proceed to. In step S22, it is determined whether or not the telephone number of the telephone device of the other party (calling side) can be detected from the currently received signal (whether or not the signal indicating the telephone number is included in the received signal). If it cannot be detected, the process directly proceeds from the step S22 to the step S24, but if it can be detected, the process proceeds to the next step S23, the detection is executed, and the detected calling telephone number is set in the telephone number register T of the RAM 10, Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S24.

In step S24, an answering message corresponding message, for example, "I am away now. If there is a message, please speak within 30 seconds. Please." Send. Next, in step S25, a process of sequentially storing the received messages sent from the calling side in the message area RA of the received message memory RM of the RAM 10 is executed, and this process is performed by operating the on-hook key by the calling side to disconnect the line. Continue until done. Then, when the calling side operates the on-hook key to disconnect the line, it is detected in step S26 and the process proceeds to step S27.

In step S27, the current date and time are stored in the reception date and time area HA of the row of the reception message memory RM storing the received message received this time. Then, in the next step S28, the received message memory R
In the calling-side telephone number area NA of the above line of M, the calling-side telephone number temporarily stored in the telephone number register T or 0 when the calling-side telephone number could not be detected is stored. Thereafter, in step S29, the value of the stored message number register MZ is increased by one.

FIG. 8 shows the details of the automatic transfer process in step S13 of FIG. In the automatic transfer process, first, the current calling side telephone number temporarily stored in the telephone number register T in step S30 is stored in the RAM 10
Is determined to be equal to one of the telephone numbers stored in the transmission-side telephone number area NB (see FIG. 4) of the transfer information storage unit PI.
To read the transfer destination telephone number stored in the transfer destination telephone number area OB on the same line as the line storing the same, and connect (dial) the line to the telephone device of the transfer destination telephone number. At the same time, the transfer destination telephone device is forcibly set to the answering machine mode. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S30 that there is no equivalent, the process proceeds to step S32, where the row address 1 of the transfer information storage unit PI is set.
The line is connected to the telephone device of the transfer destination telephone number (987-654-3210 in FIG. 4) stored in the transfer destination telephone number area OB of line 6 (line 16 in FIG. 4). (For example, the telephone number in the telephone number register T is forcibly regarded as 0, as shown in the calling side telephone number area NB), and the transfer destination telephone device is forcibly set to the answering machine mode.

After completing the processing in either step S31 or S32, the flow advances to step S33 to specify the transmission message of the line in which the transfer destination telephone number used this time is stored in each line of the transfer information storage unit PI. It is determined whether the data stored in the area OF is not 0 (see FIG. 4). If not, the process proceeds to step S34 to read out the transmission message specified by the data from the transmission message memory OM (FIG. 3). After the transmission message is transmitted to the transfer destination, the process proceeds to step S35. If it is determined in step S33 that the data is 0, the process directly proceeds from step S33 to step S35. For example, the transfer destination telephone number is stored in the transfer information storage unit PI
In the case of 123-456-7890 stored in the transfer destination telephone number area OB of the row having the row address 11 (see FIG. 4), the row of the transmission message memory OM (see FIG. 3) specified by the data 3 is used. The transmission message 3 stored in the row of the address 3 is transmitted to the transfer destination, and the transfer destination telephone number is stored in the transfer destination telephone number area OB of the row of the row address 12 in the transfer information storage unit PI. -3
In the case of 45-6789, since the data in the transmission message designation area OF of the row is 0, the transmission data is not transmitted to the transfer destination.

In step S35, the received message which has been received and stored in the received message memory RM of the RAM 10 is read out, and the received message is transmitted to the portable telephone device via the line in step S31 or S32. Send (transfer) to the connected transfer destination telephone device. The received message transmitted this way is stored in both the received message memory RM of the portable telephone device and the memory in the transfer destination telephone device, and the received message memory of the portable telephone device is stored. Even if the received message stored in the RM is deleted due to the above circumstances (see step S21 in FIG. 7), it remains in the memory (large capacity) of the transfer destination telephone device. ,
The person carrying the portable telephone device can later confirm the received message from the telephone device of the transfer destination.

After the processing in step S35 is completed as described above, in step S36, the transfer number register MS
Is increased by 1 and thereafter, it is checked whether the value of the transfer number register MS becomes 50 or more.
If so, the process proceeds to step S38, where RA
The oldest one of the transfer records in each line of the transfer recording unit TI (see FIG. 5) of the M10 is erased to create only one empty line, and then the process proceeds to step S39. If it is determined that there is not, the step S37
Then, the process proceeds directly to step S39.

In step S39, 1 of the transfer recording unit TI
One blank line is selected, and the reception time and date of this reception stored in the reception date and time area HA of the reception message memory RM are also stored in the reception time area RT of that line, and the next step S40
Then, the caller telephone number in the current reception, which is stored in the caller telephone number area NA of the received message memory RM, is also stored in the caller telephone number area NC in the above line of the transfer recording section TI. Then, in a succeeding step S41, the telephone number of the transfer destination telephone device to which the received message has been transferred this time is stored in the transfer destination telephone number area OC of the above line, and then in a step S42, the transfer recording unit TI (see FIG. 5).
A display process for displaying the entire transfer record on the display unit 2 for a fixed time is started.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, each time a received message is sent to another telephone device (a large-capacity memory is provided and a large number of received messages can be stored). The mobile phone device is configured to transfer and store the destination in such a manner that the transfer destination can be recognized, and to store and hold only the five most recently received messages. Therefore, as long as the carrier does not miss the received message and performs frequent confirmation operations, all the received messages can be directly transmitted from the mobile phone device without going to the transfer destination phone device. You can confirm.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the received message memory RM has five rows, and the transmitted message memory OM has five rows.
Line, 6 lines of transfer information storage unit PI, 50 lines of transfer storage unit TI
Although each row is constituted, it is needless to say that it may be changed according to the storage capacity of the memory which can be built in the mobile phone device.

In this embodiment, the telephone number is directly stored in the caller telephone number area and the transfer destination telephone number area in the received message memory RM, the transfer information storage unit PI, and the transfer storage unit TI. But the calling phone number,
It is a matter of course that a configuration may be adopted in which a storage table for the transfer destination telephone number is separately provided, and the corresponding number is stored in the caller (transfer destination) telephone number area such as in the received message memory RM.

[0030]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, an answering machine which does not cause a situation in which a carrier cannot confirm a partially received message sent due to a shortage of memory capacity does not occur. It is possible to provide a mobile phone device with a function.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a received message memory RM provided in a RAM 10 in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a transmission message memory OM provided in a RAM 10 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a transfer information storage unit PI provided in a RAM 10 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a transfer recording unit TI provided in a RAM 10 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a general flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the answering machine processing in FIG. 6 in detail;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the automatic transfer processing in FIG. 6 in detail.

[Brief description of reference numerals]

 1 CPU 2 Display unit 3 Microphone 4 Transmission message data generation unit 5 Antenna 6 Wireless communication circuit unit 7 Speaker 8 Voice signal generation unit 9 ROM 10 RAM 11 Key input unit CC Call frequency counter T Phone number register MZ Stored message number register MS Transfer Count register

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mobile telephone device having an answering machine function for storing a received message sent from a caller under a certain condition. When the received message is newly stored by the answering machine function, When the number of stored received messages has reached a certain number, after deleting the earliest stored received message, the received message storage control means for storing the newly stored received message in the storage unit, In the case where the answering machine function is used, when there is a signal related to the caller's telephone number in the received signal, a caller's telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number, and the caller's telephone The destination storage means for storing the number and the transfer destination telephone number in association with each other; When the telephone number of the caller is detected, it is checked whether or not the transfer destination telephone number associated with the caller's telephone number is stored in the transfer destination storage means. Transfer means for transmitting the received message sent to the telephone device of the transfer destination telephone number at the time of the current incoming call. 2. A mobile telephone device having an answering machine function for storing a received message sent from a caller under a certain condition, wherein when the received message is newly stored by the answering machine function, When the number of stored received messages has reached a certain number, after deleting the earliest stored received message, the received message storage control means for storing the newly stored received message in the storage unit, In the case where the answering machine function is used, when there is a signal related to the caller's telephone number in the received signal, a caller's telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number, and the caller's telephone The three data of the number, the telephone number of the transfer destination, and the transmission message to be added and transmitted at the time of transfer to the transfer destination are stored in association with each other. When there is an incoming call and the caller's telephone number detecting means detects the caller's telephone number, the caller's telephone number is stored in the transfer destination memory means. It checks whether the attached transfer destination telephone number is stored or not, and if it is stored, reads out the transfer destination telephone number and the transmission message associated therewith and reads out the transfer destination telephone number. Transfer means for transmitting the transmitted message and the received message sent at the time of the current incoming call to the telephone device of (1).