JP2002354076A - mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a mobile phone capable of optimally responding to received mail by controlling the response to received mail in accordance with the situation of the user and the attribute of the other party. SOLUTION: When a mail is received, correspondence to a received mail is controlled based on the status of the user and the attribute of the partner when the mail is received.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone capable of responding to a situation of a recipient when a mail is received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable telephone, when a user receives an e-mail when the user cannot reply, for example, while driving or sleeping, the e-mail is stored in a mailbox as it is. In that case, the state where no response is returned to the sender of the mail for a long time will continue

[0003]

As described above, conventionally, no response is made to the sender of a mail for a long time, which causes inconvenience to the person waiting for the reply. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. By controlling the response to the received mail in accordance with the situation of the user and the attribute of the partner, it is possible to optimally respond to the received mail. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a portable telephone according to the present invention comprises a memory in which a user's situation and the attributes of the other party are recorded. It is characterized in that correspondence to the received mail is controlled by the attribute.

According to the present invention, the response to the received mail is to delete the received mail. In the present invention, the response to the received mail is to send a reply mail to the other party.

In the present invention, the received mail is automatically deleted from a mailbox when a mail is received from an address registered in advance by a user, and is deleted when a mail is received from an unregistered address. Or automatically deleted. The reply mail is a mail having contents prepared corresponding to the situation of the user and the attribute of the partner.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the mobile phone of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a determination unit, 2 is a mail transmission / reception unit, 3 is, for example, during driving,
The situation memory 4 for storing the situation of the user such as sleeping,
For example, an attribute memory for storing attributes of a partner (sender) such as a friend, relative, or business partner, 5 is a deletion setting unit, 6 is a CPU, 7
Is a display unit, 8 is a key, 9 is a communication mail memory, 9 is a received mail memory, 11 is a speaker, 12 is a microphone, 1
3 is a data bus, 14 is a control bus, and 15 is a mobile phone.

Next, the operation of the automatic mail reply in the above-mentioned portable telephone will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. At the start (step S1), the user of the mobile phone uses his / her key 8 to store his / her status, for example, driving, sleeping, working, or any other status selected by the user.
Set to. Next, the reply contents are recorded in the reply mail memory 9 in accordance with the situation of the user and the attribute of the partner (step S2).

When the mail transmission / reception unit 2 receives the mail (step S3), the display unit 7 of the mobile phone 15 displays a message indicating the reception of the mail or the date as shown in FIG. The determination unit 1 determines whether a situation such as driving or sleeping is set (step S4). If the status is not set, the process is terminated as it is. If the status is set, it is determined whether or not the attribute of the partner is set (step S5). If the attribute is not set, the process is terminated. If it has been set, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S6, a reply mail corresponding to the situation of the user and the attribute of the partner is displayed on the display unit 6, and the contents are transmitted from the mail transmitting / receiving unit 2 to the partner.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a mail response according to the situation of the user, and FIG. 5 shows a specific example of a mail response according to the attribute of the other party. As shown in FIG. driving,
2. 2. While sleeping 3. During work. Others (the situation arbitrarily selected by the user) are set in the situation memory 3 (step S).
1). In step S6 of FIG. 2, a reply mail corresponding to the contents of the above items 1 to 4, for example, a sentence "Now driving, running at high speed" is displayed on the display unit 6, and this sentence is sent to the mail transmitting / receiving unit. 2 to the other party.

As illustrated in FIG. Relatives,
2. Friends, 2. Others (attributes arbitrarily selected by the user) are set in the attribute memory 4 (step S1). Step S
6, a reply mail corresponding to the contents of the above 1 to 3; If the person is a relative, a reply mail stating "I'm heading there. About 3 hours" is displayed on the display unit 6 and sent from the mail transmission / reception unit 2 to the other party. Also,
2. If you are a friend, "I'm driving now, I'm running at a high speed."
Is displayed on the display unit 6 and transmitted from the mail transmitting / receiving unit 2 to the other party. Also, 3. In other cases, a reply e-mail saying “It's been a long time. I'll write a new e-mail” is displayed on the display unit 6 and sent from the e-mail transmission / reception unit 2 to the other party.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation for preventing unsolicited e-mail when an e-mail comes from an address not registered in the address book of the mobile phone. When the mobile phone receives the mail (step S11), this is displayed on the display unit 6 (step S12). The determination unit 1 determines whether the sender of the mail is the first person (step S13), and in the first case, determines whether the mobile phone mail is set for automatic deletion (step S1).
4) If the setting is automatic deletion, the mail is deleted (step S15), and the process is terminated. If the automatic deletion is not set, it is determined whether or not to register the mail address (step S16). If Yes, the new mail address is registered (step S1).
7), the process ends. If No (no e-mail address is registered) in step S16, it is determined whether or not the first (or subsequent) e-mail to be deleted is deleted (step S18). Modes are linked and stored (step S1).
9), end the processing.

In step S13, if the mail is not the first time, it is determined whether or not to delete the address (step S20). If not, the process is terminated.
When deleting, delete the e-mail address (step S2
1), end the process.

[0014]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when a mail is received, the response to the received mail is controlled according to the situation of the user and the attribute of the other party. Optimal response such as provisional reply or deletion of received mail from the mailbox is possible according to the situation such as medium, sleeping, etc. and the attributes of the other person's relatives, friends, etc. This has the effect of eliminating inconvenience such as not returning a response.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an automatic mail reply.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents when a mail is received.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a mail response according to a situation.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a mail response according to an attribute.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of preventing annoyance.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 discriminating unit 2 mail transmitting / receiving unit 3 status memory 4 attribute memory 5 deletion setting unit 6 CPU 7 display unit 8 key 9 reply mail memory 10 received mail memory 11 speaker 12 microphone 13 data bus 14 control bus 15 mobile phone

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A memory for recording the status of a user and the attribute of a partner, and when receiving a mail, the response to the received mail is controlled according to the status of the user and the attribute of the partner. Mobile phone. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the response to the received mail is to delete the received mail. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the response to the received mail is to send a reply mail to the other party.
The mentioned mobile phone. 4. When the received mail is deleted from an address registered in advance by the user, the received mail is automatically deleted from the mailbox, and when the mail is received from an unregistered address, the received mail is stored in the mailbox or automatically deleted. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the mobile phone is deleted. 5. The mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein the reply mail is a mail having contents prepared according to the situation of the user and the attribute of the partner.