JP2000032142A - Radio communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio communication device which can recognize that there is an incoming call in one's absence and can attain improvement of convenience even when the device is not carried with oneself. SOLUTION: An incoming signal transmitted from a radio base station is received by a portable telephone device 1. When the portable telephone system 1 receives an incoming call in one's absence, the portable telephone set 1 generates absence call incoming information consisting of a call incoming day, a call incoming time, a transmitter's telephone number or the like, and transmits the absence call incoming information to an electronic mail communication network consisting of an entrepreneur network 15 and an internet 16 as an electronic mail signal. In the case of environments where a personal computer 17 exists even when the portable telephone system 1 is not carried with oneself, a display can be made to display the absence call incoming information by connecting the personal computer 17 to an electronic mail communication network and, thus, it is possible to recognize the absence call incoming information for indicating that the portable telephone system 1 receives the incoming call in one's absence.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a wireless communication device such as a portable telephone device.

[0002]

In recent years, wireless communication devices such as portable telephone devices have become widespread, and one of the functions provided in the portable telephone devices is a missed call history. This missed call history shows when you missed a call,
When the user does not respond to the incoming call, for example, the incoming date, the incoming time, the caller's phone number, etc. are temporarily stored in the memory, and the user then performs a predetermined key operation. By doing so, the incoming date, incoming time, caller telephone number, etc. can be read from the memory and displayed on the display, and the incoming date, incoming time, caller telephone number, etc. can be recognized. .

[0003] One of the greatest advantages of the portable telephone device is that it can be carried. However, this means that, in other words, if the user carries the mobile phone device, there is a possibility that the user may misplace it. Under such circumstances, if the user misplaces the mobile phone device, even if the missed call history function is activated, the mobile phone device is not at hand at that place. ,
The incoming date, incoming time, caller telephone number, and the like stored in the memory cannot be recognized, and the conventional one is inferior in this point in convenience.

[0004] Recently, there are places where carry-in of portable telephone devices is prohibited because radio waves transmitted from portable telephone devices may affect the operation of precision equipment. Not only when the user misplaces the mobile phone device, but also when the user is in a place where bringing in the mobile phone device is prohibited and does not carry the mobile phone device. In this case, the above-described problems occur. In particular, since the caller performs the call operation without confirming the location of the other party in the normal use mode, the above-described trouble can frequently occur.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and has a purpose of recognizing that a missed call has been received even when the user is not carrying the device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication device capable of improving.

[0006]

According to the wireless communication apparatus of the first aspect, the receiving means receives an incoming signal transmitted from a wireless base station or another wireless communication apparatus, and when a missed call is received, the control means causes It is determined whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied. If it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, missed call information indicating that a missed call has been received is generated, and the missed call information is transmitted to an e-mail signal by a transmitting unit. As a transmission. Then, when the e-mail signal is received by the e-mail signal receiving device, the e-mail signal receiving device displays the e-mail information corresponding to the received e-mail signal, that is, the missed call information.

[0007] When the radio communication device misses a call, the radio communication device transmits the missed call information as an e-mail signal. When the e-mail signal is received by the e-mail signal receiving device, the missed call information is transmitted to the electronic mail signal. Since it will be displayed as mail information, even if it is not possible to carry the wireless communication device, if there is an environment where an e-mail signal receiving device exists, it will recognize missed call information indicating that a missed call has been received. And convenience can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the receiving means receives the incoming signal transmitted from the wireless base station or another wireless communication apparatus, and when the call is absent, the control means transmits the disconnection signal to the receiving means. It is determined whether or not the electronic mail signal has been received, and when it is determined that the disconnection signal has been received, the transmission processing of the electronic mail signal as described above is executed.

Thus, the caller performs a disconnection operation by operating, for example, an "end" key, and a disconnection signal is transmitted from the wireless base station or another wireless communication device in response to the disconnection signal. When the receiving means is received, the missed call information is promptly generated and transmitted as an e-mail signal. When the e-mail signal is received by the e-mail signal receiving device, the missed call information is promptly converted to the e-mail information. Since it is displayed, the missed call information can be promptly recognized.

[0010] According to the wireless communication device of the third aspect, the control means generates an incoming call date, an incoming call time, and a caller telephone number as missed incoming call information. Thus, it is possible to recognize the date of arrival, the time of arrival and the telephone number of the caller as missed call information.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the receiving means receives the incoming signal transmitted from the wireless base station or another wireless communication apparatus, the control means includes the incoming signal in the receiving signal received by the receiving means. If the registered caller telephone number matches the telephone number stored in the registration information storage means, the incoming call date, the incoming time, the caller telephone number, and the registration corresponding to the caller telephone number as the missed call information. Generate information. Therefore, in addition to the date of arrival, time of arrival, and telephone number of the caller as missed call information, it is possible to recognize registration information (eg, name) corresponding to the caller's telephone number, that is, the caller can be easily recognized. can do.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the receiving means receives the incoming signal transmitted from the wireless base station or another wireless communication apparatus, and if the call is absent, the control means sets the time of the missed call. When the voice message transmitted from the caller is stored in the voice message storage means, information indicating that the incoming date, the time of the incoming call, the caller's telephone number, and the voice message are stored as missed call information is generated. Then, as the missed call information, the incoming date,
In addition to the time of the incoming call and the telephone number of the caller, whether or not a voice message has been stored can be recognized.

According to the radio communication apparatus of the present invention, when the receiving means receives the incoming signal transmitted from the radio base station or another radio communication apparatus, the control means includes the incoming signal in the incoming signal received by the receiving means. If the registered caller phone number matches the phone number stored in the registration information storage means, the incoming call date, the time of the incoming call, the caller phone number, and the registration corresponding to the caller phone number as the missed call information. Information is generated, and when a voice message sent from the caller when a missed call is received is stored in the voice message storage means, as the missed call information, the date of the call, the time of the call, the caller's phone number and the voice message Is generated to indicate that is stored. Therefore, in addition to the date of arrival, time of arrival, and telephone number of the caller as missed call information, it is possible to recognize registration information (eg, name) corresponding to the caller's telephone number, that is, the caller can be easily recognized. It can also recognize whether a voice message has been stored.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a portable telephone device will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, in FIG. 2 showing the entire configuration of the mobile phone device, a “start” key is provided on the front side of the housing 2 in the mobile phone device 1.
"Redial" key, "End" key, "S (Sky Walker)" key, "Call / Memory" key, "Up Scroll" key, "Down Scroll" key, "0" ~
"9" numeric key, "* (asterisk)" key, "#
(Sharp) key, "memo / character" key, "F (function)" key, and "clear" key. Key operation unit 3 in which various keys are arranged, communication time, caller telephone number, and the like are displayed. A display 4, a microphone 5, and a speaker 6 are provided. An antenna case portion 2a is provided integrally with the housing 2 on the upper side of the housing 2, and an antenna 7 is provided inside the antenna case portion 2a.
(See FIG. 3).

Next, the electrical configuration of the above-described portable telephone device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Control circuit 8
(Control means in the present invention) is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and the control circuit 8 includes an audio processing section 9, a data conversion section 10, and a transmitting / receiving section 11 (transmitting means, receiving means in the present invention). ), A key operation detection unit 12, a display control unit 13, and a memory 14 (registered information storage means, voice message storage means in the present invention). The audio processing unit 9 is connected to the microphone 5 and the speaker 6 described above, and is also connected to the data conversion unit 10. The data conversion unit 10 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 11, and the transmission / reception unit 11 has , The above-mentioned antenna 7 is connected. Further, the key operation detection unit 12 is connected to the above-described key operation unit 3, and the display control unit 13 is connected to the above-described display 4.

The key operation detecting section 12 outputs a key operation detecting signal corresponding to the key operation to the control circuit 8 when various keys are operated in the key operation section 3. When a key operation detection signal is supplied from the key operation detection unit 12, the unit 8 executes a process corresponding to the supplied key operation detection signal.

When a display control signal is supplied from the control circuit 8, the display control section 13 causes the display 4 to display the display contents corresponding to the supplied display control signal.

The memory 14 includes a voice message storage area and a memory dial storage area.
The voice message storage area can store a voice message transmitted from the caller in response to the operation of the message memo function. The memory dial storage area has a telephone number and the telephone number. A name or the like (registered information in the present invention) corresponding to the number can be stored.

The portable telephone device 1 has an e-mail transmission / reception function. As shown in FIG. 1, the portable telephone device 1 is connected to a business network 15 that manages the portable telephone device 1. The personal computer (hereinafter, abbreviated as a personal computer) 17 (e-mail signal receiving apparatus according to the present invention) can be connected to the Internet 16. Under the condition
It is configured to be able to send and receive e-mail with the personal computer 17. That is, the company network 15 and the Internet 16 correspond to the electronic mail communication network according to the present invention.

More specifically, when the "S (Sky Walker)" key is operated, the control circuit 8 enters the e-mail transmission mode, and thereafter, the character information input according to the key operation of the user is performed. Is transmitted to the business network 15 as an electronic mail signal together with the electronic mail address.

At this time, upon receiving the e-mail signal, the business network 15 identifies the e-mail address of the e-mail signal, and transmits the e-mail signal to the Internet 16 specified by the e-mail address. And the Internet 16
When an e-mail signal is received, the e-mail signal can be transmitted to the personal computer 17 designated by the e-mail address by identifying the e-mail address of the e-mail signal.

In this manner, the electronic mail signal can be transmitted from the portable telephone device 1 to the personal computer 17 via the business network 15 and the Internet 16. Conversely, when a predetermined operation is performed on the personal computer 17, the personal computer 1
7, it is also possible to transmit an e-mail signal to the mobile phone 1 via the Internet 16 and the business network 15.

Here, the above-mentioned e-mail address is, for example, a well-known IP address, and as an example, xxxxxxxxxabc. defg. co. jp xxxxxxx: user name abc: subdomain name defg: domain name co: organization name jp: country name. The Internet 16 is a network in which computer networks of companies, educational institutions, and other organizations are interconnected.

The control circuit 8 executes a predetermined process by executing a stored program. In particular, when the missed call history transfer is set to be valid, The processing to be described later is executed.

Next, regarding the operation of the above configuration, in particular,
Under conditions where missed call forwarding is enabled,
The processing executed by the control circuit 8 after a missed call, that is, after not responding to the incoming call, will be described with reference to FIGS. When the missed call history transfer is set valid after the missed call, the control circuit 8 exits from a main routine (not shown) for waiting for outgoing and incoming calls and executes the missed call history transfer process shown in FIG. Move to

Now, the control circuit 8, which has shifted to the missed call history transfer process, first sets the radio base station (B
S: Base Station) 18 (see FIG. 1) identifies the caller's telephone number included in the incoming signal, and the caller's telephone number is stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14. Whether the number matches, that is,
It is determined whether the telephone number matches the telephone number registered as the memory dial, and the result of the determination is temporarily stored (step S1).

Next, the control circuit 8 identifies whether or not the message memo function has been activated when a missed call has been received.
The voice message is transmitted from the caller side, and it is determined whether or not the voice message is stored in the voice message storage area of the memory 14, and the determination result is temporarily held (step S2).

Next, the control circuit 8 generates missed call information (step S3). Here, the missed call information is
The information includes the date of arrival, the time of arrival, the telephone number of the caller, and the presence / absence information of the message memo.

That is, when the caller telephone number matches the telephone number registered as a memory dial, the control circuit 8 identifies the name (registration information) registered with the telephone number as the caller. Therefore, as the missed call information, the caller is also generated in addition to the call arrival date, the call arrival time, the caller telephone number, and the presence / absence information of the message memo. On the other hand, if the caller telephone number does not match the telephone number registered as the memory dial, the control circuit 8 determines whether or not the incoming call date, the incoming time, the caller telephone number, and the message memo as missed call information. Generate information only.

Next, the control circuit 8 sends the missed call information together with the e-mail address as an e-mail signal to the business network 15 (step S4), and returns to the main routine (return). As described above, in the mobile phone device 1, the missed call information is generated, and the missed call information is transmitted as an e-mail signal.

Now, upon receiving the e-mail signal transmitted from the portable telephone device 1, the business network 15
By identifying the electronic mail address of the electronic mail signal, the electronic mail signal is transmitted to the Internet 16 specified by the electronic mail address. Upon receiving the e-mail signal, the Internet 16 identifies the e-mail address of the e-mail signal.

Then, the personal computer 17 is connected to the Internet 1
6, an e-mail signal is transmitted from the Internet 16 to the personal computer 17, and the number of missed calls (“1” in FIG. 1) is displayed on the display of the personal computer 17 as missed call information as shown in FIG. 5. ), The date of arrival, the time of arrival, the telephone number of the caller, and the presence or absence of a message memo are displayed. Further, as described above, when the caller telephone number matches the telephone number registered as the memory dial, as shown in FIG. 6, the name registered corresponding to the caller telephone number (FIG. In FIG. 6, "Yamada Taro" is also displayed.

When the message memo function is activated when a missed call is received, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
Although "message memo: yes" is displayed, when the message memo function does not operate, as shown in FIG.
"Message memo: nothing" is displayed. In addition, on the caller side,
When the caller telephone number notification service is rejected,
Is displayed as "caller's phone number: not notified".

In the configuration described above, the e-mail communication network includes NIFTY-Serv, PC-
It may be configured to include a personal computer communication network such as VAN and Nikkei MIX. The e-mail signal receiving device is not limited to a personal computer, and can be connected to these e-mail communication networks and has a display or the like. Such as a PDA (Personal Digital)
Assistant) A terminal may be used.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control circuit 8 of the portable telephone device 1 sets the date of the incoming
Missed call information including an incoming time and a caller's telephone number is generated, and the missed call information is transmitted as an e-mail signal to an e-mail communication network including the business network 15 and the Internet 16, so that the Even when the telephone device 1 is not carried, if the personal computer 17 is present, the personal computer 17 is connected to an e-mail communication network to display the missed call information on the display. Can be recognized, and the convenience can be improved.

When the caller telephone number contained in the incoming call signal matches the telephone number stored in the memory 14, the control circuit 8 of the portable telephone device 1 determines whether or not the incoming call date, In addition to the incoming time and the caller telephone number, a name registered corresponding to the caller telephone number is also generated, so that the caller can be easily recognized.

When the voice message transmitted from the caller when the call is missed is stored in the memory 14, the control circuit 8 of the portable telephone device 1 determines the incoming call time, the caller's telephone number as the missed call information. In addition to the information indicating that the voice message was stored (information on the presence or absence of a message memo)
Is also generated, so that the presence or absence of a message memo can be recognized.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows. Wireless communication devices are not limited to mobile phone devices,
It may be a vehicle-mounted telephone device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is a network configuration diagram showing a state of being connected to an electronic mail communication network.

FIG. 2 is a front external view.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart.

FIG. 5 shows a display screen of a personal computer (part 1).

FIG. 6 shows a display screen of a personal computer (part 2).

FIG. 7 shows a display screen of a personal computer (part 3).

FIG. 8 shows a display screen of a personal computer (part 4).

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawings, 1 is a mobile phone device (wireless communication device), 8 is a control circuit (control means), 11 is a transmitting / receiving unit (transmitting means, receiving means), 14 is a memory (registration information storing means, voice message storing means), Reference numeral 15 denotes a business network (e-mail communication network), 16 denotes the Internet (e-mail communication network), 17 denotes a personal computer (e-mail signal receiving device), and 18 denotes a wireless base station.

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Claims (6)

[Claims] An e-mail signal is transmitted via an e-mail communication network to an e-mail signal receiving apparatus capable of displaying e-mail information corresponding to the e-mail signal in response to receiving the e-mail signal. A possible transmitting means, a receiving means capable of receiving an incoming signal transmitted from a wireless base station or another wireless communication device, and a predetermined condition after a missed call in response to the receiving means receiving the incoming signal. When it is determined that is established, missed call information indicating that a missed call is received is generated,
Control means for causing said transmitting means to transmit said missed call information as an e-mail signal. 2. The receiving unit is configured to receive a disconnection signal transmitted from a wireless base station or another wireless communication device, and the control unit determines that the receiving unit has received a disconnection signal by the predetermined signal. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to satisfy the condition. 3. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means is configured to be able to generate an incoming call date, an incoming call time, and a caller telephone number as missed call information. 4. A registration information storage unit capable of storing a telephone number and registration information corresponding to the telephone number, wherein the control unit includes a caller telephone number included in an incoming call signal received by the reception unit. When the telephone number stored in the registration information storage means matches, the reception date, the reception time, the caller telephone number and the registration information corresponding to the caller telephone number can be generated as missed call information. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein: 5. A voice message storage means capable of storing a voice message, wherein the control means is configured to store a voice message transmitted from a caller when a missed call is received. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information indicating that an incoming date, an incoming time, a caller's telephone number, and a voice message are stored as incoming information can be generated. 6. A registration information storage unit capable of storing a telephone number and registration information corresponding to the telephone number, and a voice message storage unit capable of storing a voice message, wherein the control unit receives the registration information by the reception unit. The voice message transmitted from the caller when the caller telephone number included in the received call signal matches the telephone number stored in the registration information storage means, and when a missed call is received, is the voice message. When stored in the storage means, it is configured to be able to generate, as missed call information, an incoming date, an incoming time, a caller telephone number, registration information corresponding to the caller telephone number, and information indicating that a voice message has been stored. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein: