JP2000032155A - Message communication device, message storage method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To efficiently reuse a sentence used in the past when creating a new message sentence according to its content. Kind Code: A1 A RAM for classifying and storing a plurality of message texts in storage areas corresponding to the contents thereof, an arbitrary storage area of the RAM, and an arbitrary message text stored in the storage area are selectively designated. A key input unit 20 and a touch panel 22 for editing the selected and designated message text, and a communication control unit 13, a transmitting and receiving unit 12 and an antenna 11 for creating an e-mail from the edited message text and transmitting the same via a communication path, A control unit 14 stores and stores the edited message text in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 19 in accordance with whether to store and set the edited message text in a storage area from which the original message text is selected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message communication device for creating a message, converting the message into a format such as e-mail, and transmitting the message, a message storage method for storing an edited message based on a predetermined rule, and a computer. It relates to the storage medium used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, ISDN (Integrated) is used.
Services DigitalNetwork
k), PHS (Personal Handyphon)
e System: A mobile data communication service that can communicate not only voice calls but also still images, moving images, and e-mails via a communication path such as a simple cordless telephone system has already been started by some service providers. Have been.

[0003] However, especially in the case of performing message communication such as the above-mentioned electronic mail with a small communication information terminal, messages to be created are often simple and short sentences, and often have similar contents.

[0004]

However, a sentence (message) used for creation or transmission is usually simply stored in chronological order, and the contents of the sentence are not considered. There was a problem that it was difficult to efficiently reuse the sentence used in (1).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to efficiently reuse a sentence used in the past in creating a new sentence according to its contents. It is an object of the present invention to provide a message communication device, a message storage method, and a storage medium that can perform the message communication.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Storage means for classifying a plurality of messages into a plurality of storage areas for storage, storage area selection means for selecting an arbitrary storage area of the storage means, and storage in the storage area selected by the storage area selection means Message selecting means for selecting an arbitrary message, editing means for editing the message selected by the message selecting means, transmitting means for transmitting the message obtained by the editing means via a communication path,
Specifying means for specifying whether or not to store the message edited by the editing means in the storage area from which the original message is selected; and, according to the specified contents of the specifying means, the message obtained by the editing means Storage control means for storing and setting in a predetermined storage area of the storage means.

[0007] With this configuration, a plurality of previously used messages including fixed text are classified and stored according to their contents, so that a new message can be efficiently created. Can be reused.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the storage means has a storage area for a self-made message, and the storage control means is configured to store the original message by the designation means. When it is specified that storage is not to be set in the selected storage area, the message edited by the editing means is stored and set in the self-made message storage area.

With such a configuration, in addition to the operation of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to store a message that has been created by the user in particular with a simple operation.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message selecting step of selecting an arbitrary message stored in a desired storage area from a memory for storing a plurality of messages in a plurality of storage areas and storing the message. And a storage control step of storing and setting the message obtained in the editing step in a storage area of the memory in which the original message was stored.

According to such a method, a plurality of messages used in the past including a fixed message are classified and stored according to their contents, so that a new message can be efficiently created. Can be reused.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage area selecting process for selecting an arbitrary storage area of a memory for storing a plurality of messages in a plurality of storage areas, and a storage area selected by the storage area selecting processing. Message display processing for displaying a message stored therein, message selection processing for selecting a desired message from the displayed messages, editing processing for editing the selected message, and editing the edited message. A designation process for designating whether or not the original message is to be stored in the selected storage area; and storing the message edited by the editing process in a predetermined storage area of the memory in accordance with the designated contents of the designation process. And storing a program including an instruction for causing a computer to execute the storage control process.

With such storage contents, a plurality of messages used in the past, including fixed messages, are classified and stored according to their contents, so that a new message can be efficiently prepared. It is possible to reuse it.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a portable communication device for transmitting and receiving electronic mails using a PHS will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition,
Unless otherwise indicated hereafter, it will be explained as an e-mail, but message communication equipment in general (short mail such as mobile phones etc.)
Of course, it can be applied to

FIG. 1 shows a circuit configuration of the portable communication device 10, and reference numeral 11 denotes an antenna. This antenna 11
Is connected to the transmission / reception unit 12. The transmission / reception unit 12 includes a frequency conversion unit and a modem. On the reception side of the frequency conversion unit, a signal input from the antenna 11 is input via an antenna switch for distributing transmission / reception, and is transmitted from the PLL synthesizer. By mixing with the output local oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency, the frequency is converted from the 1.9 GHz band to an IF signal in the vicinity of 1 MHz.

On the transmitting side, the π / 4-shift QPSK modulated wave input from the modem is mixed with a local oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency output from the PLL synthesizer to convert the frequency to a 1.9 GHz band. It radiates from the antenna 11 via the antenna switch.

On the receiving side of the modem, the IF signal from the frequency conversion unit is demodulated and separated into IQ data, which is transferred to the communication control unit 13 as a data string. On the transmission side, on the other hand, IQ data is generated from the data transferred from the communication control unit 13 and the π / 4 shift QP is generated.
The signal is modulated to SK and output to the frequency converter.

The transmission / reception unit 12 has a communication control unit 1
3 are connected. Here, the communication control unit 13 performs frame synchronization and slot data format processing. On the receiving side, data of one slot is extracted at a predetermined timing from the received data transmitted from the modem of the transmitting and receiving unit 12, and After extracting a unique word (synchronization signal) from the data to synchronize the frames and de-scrambling the control data section and the communication data section,
The control data and the communication data section are transferred to the control section 14 described later.

On the transmitting side, on the other hand, control data and the like are added to the communication data portion sent from the control unit 14, scrambled and the like, and then a unique word is added to create transmission data for one slot. At a predetermined timing, it is inserted into a predetermined slot in the frame and transmitted to the modem of the transmission / reception unit 12.

The control unit 14 includes the notification unit 15 and the storage device 1
8, a RAM 19, a key input unit 20, a display unit 21, and a touch panel 22 are connected. Here, the control unit 14
The storage device 18 includes a CPU and the like, and controls the entire device based on a predetermined protocol. The storage device 18 has a storage medium 18 a storing a control operation program and the like in the control unit 14 including transmission and reception of e-mail. The RAM 19 is the control unit 1
A transmission buffer for temporarily storing data including communication data handled by the control in step 4, a reception buffer, a text storage area for storing a plurality of text data in a box as a storage area for each content, and a received mail , A flag register for setting various status flags, various counters, and the like. Here, it is assumed that at least the text storage area and the received mail storage area of the RAM 19 are backed up and the stored contents are retained even when the power is off.

The storage medium 18a is a magnetic or optical storage medium or a semiconductor memory. The storage medium 18a is fixedly provided in the storage device 18 or is detachably mounted. The program, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 18a may be configured to be received and stored from another device connected via a communication line or the like. A storage medium 18a may be provided on the device side, and a program, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 18a may be used via a communication line.

The notification unit 15 drives at least one of the speaker 16 and the vibrator 17 in response to a set condition at the time of an incoming call, and notifies that there is an incoming call by a buzzer sound or vibration.

The key input unit 20 has a dial key, a "communication" key, an "off" key, a "play" key, a cursor key, and the like for inputting a key operation signal for setting each function to the control unit 14. Things.

The display section 21 is composed of, for example, a dot matrix type liquid crystal display panel and its drive circuit, and displays input data and results for various controls, text data, and the like.

The touch panel 22 is a transparent film and integrally formed on the display unit 21. The touch panel 22 is operated by a user with his / her finger or a special stylus pen (not shown) according to the display screen position. By performing the touch operation, the coordinate data of the operated position is stored in the control unit 1.
4 for inputting and editing text data.

In this embodiment, since there is no direct relation to the features of the present invention, a voice communication unit for making a voice communication is not provided, but this voice communication unit may be provided.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. FIGS. 2 and 3 show that the mobile communication device 10 specifies the transmission mode of the e-mail, reads out the text data stored in the text storage area of the RAM 19, edits it if necessary, and has a similar configuration (not shown). Is a flowchart showing a series of processing contents by the control unit 14 up to transmission to the portable communication device. A program for realizing each function described in this flowchart is stored in the storage medium 18a in the form of a program code readable by the CPU. Have been.

Initially, when the above mode is designated, RA
One of a plurality of boxes (storage areas) set in the text storage area of M19 is selected, and the corresponding name is displayed on the display unit 21 (step S01).

Here, for example, “fixed phrase” “greeting”
Boxes with the names of "reply", "thank you", "request", "invite", "refuse", "apology" and "homemade" are prepared, and the first "crime phrase" is changed to "box name" crime phrase "? YES / NO "... (1).

While displaying the box name in this way, the process waits until an operation of selecting a box displaying the name or changing the box to another box is performed by a touch operation on the touch panel 22 (step S1). S0
2, S03). Note that a plurality of box names may be displayed in a list and selected.

If an operation to change to another box is performed in step S03, specifically, if "NO" is touched in the display state of (1), the name of the selected box is To another one (step S0
4) Returning to the processing from step S01 again, displaying the changed box name, and waiting for a corresponding touch operation.

If the operation for selecting the box displayed in step S02 is performed, specifically, if "YES" is touched in the display state of (1), the RAM 19 is selected. One of a plurality of text data stored in the box of the name is read and displayed on the display unit 21 (step S05).

Here, for example, from among a plurality of text data stored in the box of "Teacher", the head of "Let's go drinking at night if you are free today"Let's go to " YES / NO "... (2).

While displaying the sentence data in this manner, the process waits for an operation of selecting the sentence data or changing to another sentence data by a touch operation on the touch panel 22 (steps S06 and S07). . Note that a plurality of text data may be displayed in a list and selected.

If an operation for changing to other text data is performed in step S07, specifically, if "NO" is touched from the display state of (2), the selected text data is displayed. Change the data to something else (step S
07) Returning to the processing from step S05 again, displaying the changed text data, and waiting for a corresponding touch operation.

If the operation of selecting the sentence data displayed in step S06 is performed, specifically, if "YES" is touched in the display state of (2) above, then Whether to edit (including processing) the selected text data, for example, "Edit text" If you are free today, go to drink at night "Edit? YES / NO "... displayed as (3).

Here, from the display state of the above (3), "YE
"S" is touched, the text data is edited, and a selection operation of partially processing the read text data is performed. Then, the touch operation of the touch panel 22 with the stylus pen is performed on the portion to be processed. When an actual editing operation is performed (step S10), the sentence data processed in accordance with the editing operation is displayed on the display unit 21.
(Step S11), it is determined whether or not an operation for ending the editing operation has been performed at that time (step S12). If it is determined that the operation for ending has not been performed, the above operation is performed again. The operation of returning to step S10 and executing the processing related to editing is repeatedly performed.

For example, it is assumed that the sentence data of "let's go to a movie at night, if you are free today" is created by editing the sentence data of "let's go to drink at night if you are free today".

Thereafter, when it is determined in step S12 that an operation for terminating the editing operation has been performed, it is determined whether the next edited sentence data should be newly stored, for example, "sentence"Let's go to the movie. "Do you remember? YES / NO "... displayed as (4).

Here, from the display state of the above (4), "YE
If "S" is touched and a selection operation of newly storing edited text data is performed, then, as a box for storing the text data, whether to select the box from which the original text data has been read out is selected. For example, "Sentence" If you're free today, let's go to a movie at night. " YES / NO "... displayed as shown in (5).

Here, from the display state of the above (5), "YE
When "S" is touched and a selection operation of storing the edited text data in the box from which the original text data was read out is performed, the text data is newly added to the box in the RAM 19 as it is. The storage is set (step S15).

In step S14, "NO" is touched from the display state of (5), and a selection operation of storing edited text data in a box other than the box from which the text data of the editing source is read out is performed. If you do, remember, "Sentence" If you are free today, let's go to a movie at night "Box name Remember? "YES / NO" ... (6), and thereafter waits for another box to be selected by substantially the same processing as steps S01 to S03, and when it is determined that the box is selected (step S16),
The sentence data is newly added to the selected box in the RAM 19 and stored (step S17).

However, after the edited text data is additionally stored in any box of the text storage area in the RAM 19 in step S15 or S16, the edited text data is stored in the RAM in step S13.
When it is determined that there is an operation not to additionally store data in the document data 19, or when it is determined in step S09 that the text data read from the RAM 19 is not edited, the transmission data is converted from the text data in accordance with a preset format. It is created (step S18).

After the data to be transmitted is created, the telephone number of the transmission destination is selected (step S19), and transmission is executed using the selected telephone number (step S20).
At the time when the line is connected, data transmission processing in accordance with the above format is performed after synchronization with the transmission destination, and after the processing is completed, the line is disconnected, and this processing is completed.

As described above, a plurality of previously used sentence data including a standard sentence are classified according to their contents and stored in the sentence storage area of the RAM 19 to create a new sentence. At this time, similar sentence data can be easily read from the classification that matches the content, so that past sentence data can be reused more efficiently.

In particular, since a box having a name of "self-made" for storing only self-created text data is provided in the text storage area of the RAM 19 in addition to a plurality of other boxes, particularly simple operation is possible. You can classify your own sentences and store them.

In the present embodiment, a case is shown in which the present invention is applied to a portable communication device for transmitting and receiving electronic mail via a communication line (communication path). However, the present invention is not limited to this. No, PSTN (Public
Switched Telephone Network
rk), ISDN (Integrated Service)
ces Digital Network), a mobile phone network, a pager communication network, and the like.

In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof. For example, in the above embodiment, a dedicated box is provided in advance, but it may be possible to select from received messages.

[0048]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a new message is created by classifying and storing a plurality of messages used in the past including a fixed message according to their contents. In this case, it can be efficiently reused.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to classify and store, in particular, a self-created message with another by a simple operation. According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of previously used messages including a fixed message are classified and stored for each content, so that a new message can be efficiently created. It can be reused.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of previously used messages including a fixed message are classified and stored according to their contents, a new message is created. It can be reused efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing contents at the time of transmission according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing contents at the time of transmission according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Portable communication apparatus 11 ... Antenna 12 ... Transmission / reception part 13 ... Communication control part 14 ... Control part 15 ... Notification part 16 ... Speaker 17 ... Vibrator 18 ... Storage device 18a ... Storage medium 19 ... RAM 20 ... Key input part 21 ... Display Part 22 ... Touch panel

Claims (4)

[Claims] Storage means for classifying a plurality of messages into a plurality of storage areas for storage; storage area selection means for selecting an arbitrary storage area of the storage means; storage area selected by the storage area selection means Message selecting means for selecting an arbitrary message stored therein; editing means for editing the message selected by the message selecting means; transmitting means for transmitting the message obtained by the editing means via a communication path; A designating means for designating whether or not the message edited by the editing means is set to be stored in the storage area from which the original message is selected; and a message obtained by the editing means in accordance with the contents specified by the designating means. A message communication device, comprising: storage control means for storing and setting in a predetermined storage area of the storage means. 2. The storage means has a storage area for a message created by the user, and the storage control means determines that the original message is not to be stored in the selected storage area by the specification means. 2. The message communication device according to claim 1, wherein the message edited by the editing unit is stored and set in the storage area for the self-made message. 3. A message selecting step of selecting an arbitrary message stored in a desired storage area from a memory that classifies a plurality of messages into a plurality of storage areas and stores the message, A message storage method, comprising: an editing step of editing a message that has been edited; and a storage control step of storing and setting the message obtained in the editing step in a storage area of the memory where the original message has been stored. 4. A storage area selecting process for selecting an arbitrary storage region of a memory for storing a plurality of messages by classifying them into a plurality of storage regions, and a message stored in the storage region selected by the storage region selecting process. , A message selection process for selecting a desired message from the displayed messages, an editing process for editing the selected message, and a process for converting the edited message into a source message. A designation process for designating whether or not to set the storage in the selected storage area; and a storage control process for storing and setting a message edited by the editing process in a predetermined storage area of the memory according to the designated contents of the designation process. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program including an instruction to be executed by a computer.