JP2003101634A - Information terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an information terminal device capable of easily acquiring and registering caller information corresponding to a caller number using an existing Internet or an e-mail system. A number acquisition means for acquiring a caller telephone number at the time of an incoming call, a data search means for retrieving caller data related to the acquired caller telephone number from an information database, an information center through a network, and Data communication means 105 for performing data communication, data request means 106 for requesting caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number to the information center via the data communication means, and data acquisition means for acquiring caller data from the data request means 10
7 and data registering means 104 for registering the acquired caller data in the information database. Since the caller data is automatically registered, the convenience of the information terminal device is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information terminal device that receives a caller telephone number during a voice call, and more particularly to an information terminal device that has a network protocol and that receives and registers electronic mail documents and data through a network. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, not only workstations and personal computers but also information display devices such as personal digital assistants, mobile phones, and pagers have been equipped with an internet protocol such as internet browsers such as HTML and WML and the spread of electronic mail. An increasing number of terminals are capable of accessing the Internet and connecting to e-mail servers.

Although conventional terminals have such various functions, only the caller number can be acquired as the caller's information in a voice call, so that a telephone directory database of a mobile phone or the like can be obtained. In addition, when there is no name corresponding to the caller ID, only the caller ID is displayed.
In addition, a user who does not know the caller number needs to check the phone number when making a call to the caller.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-
In the telephone terminal, the information providing device, the destination information registration system, and the destination information registration method described in Japanese Patent No. 284380, in the case of a telephone device whose caller number is notified, the caller is not registered in the telephone directory. , A method of obtaining information of the sender by making an inquiry to a center or the like is disclosed.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional terminal device, since only the caller number can be acquired as the information of the caller in a voice call, the caller database such as a mobile phone is called. There is a problem that only the caller number can be displayed when there is no name corresponding to the caller number. Also, for a user who does not know the caller ID, it is necessary to check the phone number when making a call to the caller, and the mobile phone device automatically inquires the caller ID information to the center etc. Or
There was a problem that it did not have the function to register.

Further, in the method of acquiring the sender information described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-284380, the sender number database is stored only in the CD-ROM of the personal computer. Since the query method is also unique, updating the database is not easy and there is a problem that the query method is not flexible.

[0007] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and easily obtains and registers the caller information corresponding to the caller number using the existing Internet or electronic mail system. The present invention provides an information terminal device that can be used.

[0008]

An information terminal device according to the present invention includes a number acquisition means for acquiring a caller telephone number through a line in a voice call and a caller data related to the acquired caller telephone number in an information database. A data retrieval means for retrieving from the data communication means, a data communication means having a network protocol for data communication with an information center defined through a network, and a caller corresponding to the obtained caller telephone number based on the search result in the data retrieval means. Data requesting means for requesting data to the information center via the data communication means, data acquiring means for acquiring sender data requested by the data requesting means, and sender data acquired by the data acquiring means And a data registration means for registering in the information database. There. With this configuration, the caller data corresponding to the caller number corresponding to the unknown caller number can be quickly known by acquiring the caller data corresponding to the caller number through the network from the caller number when the call is received and registering it in the information database. You can

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data requesting means uses a network protocol, a request time or a timing, which is used when the data requesting unit requests the caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number acquired through the line from the information center. The data request setting table is set according to the above. With this configuration, the user can set the network protocol for requesting the caller data corresponding to the caller number and the request time.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data requesting means automatically requests the information center when the caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number does not exist in the information database. is doing. With this configuration, if the user does not respond when an unknown call arrives, the caller data corresponding to the caller number can be automatically known.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data requesting means can make a new caller corresponding to the caller telephone number even if caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number exists in the information database. In order to confirm whether or not the data exists, the information center is automatically requested for the sender data. With this configuration, even when a call is received by a known caller, the caller data corresponding to the caller number can be automatically known, and the changed caller data can be known.

The information terminal device according to the present invention has a structure in which the data requesting means makes a request for sender data to the information center at a predetermined time or on the basis of a user setting. ing. With this configuration, the sender data in the sender database can always be kept up to date.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data requesting means makes a request for caller data to the information center automatically or by inquiring of the user based on the setting of the user. . With this configuration, the caller data corresponding to the caller number is acquired based on the user's setting, so that the convenience of the user is improved.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data requesting means uses internet mail to request caller data corresponding to a caller telephone number. With this configuration, it is possible to cope with the case where only the Internet mail exists on the network or the case where only the Internet mail protocol can be used.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data requesting means uses the WEB page to request caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number. With this configuration, it is possible to deal with the case where only the WEB server exists on the network or the case where only the WEB protocol is available.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data requesting means requests the caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number by using a unique protocol using the PBX line network. With this configuration, it is possible to obtain the caller data corresponding to the caller number from the public line network even in a terminal that does not have the caller data network protocol.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data communication means makes a request for data again after a certain period of time when communication with the network is impossible at the time of requesting data. With this configuration, even if communication is not possible at the time of data request, when the communication is restored, the data request is made again, so that the sender data corresponding to the sender number can be surely acquired. It will be possible.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data acquisition means identifies the type and content of the acquired data, and according to this identification, the sender data is automatically transmitted to the information database via the data registration means. It has a configuration in which it is registered manually. With this configuration, the caller data arriving at the data acquisition means is automatically registered in the information database. Therefore, when the user refers to the information database or refers to the incoming call history, the name or the like corresponding to the caller number is displayed. You will be able to obtain it immediately.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, the data acquisition unit identifies the type and content of the acquired data, and according to this identification, the information database is transmitted to the information database through the data registration unit based on the user's setting. The configuration is such that the caller data is registered automatically or by inquiring of the user. With this configuration, it becomes possible for the user to determine whether or not the information data that has arrived at the data acquisition means is necessary, and to determine whether or not registration is possible.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, when the data registration means has sender data to be registered, the sender data is output to the output means in a specific color according to a predetermined or user setting. It has a configuration of displaying. With this configuration, the user can visually and surely know that the information regarding the incoming caller number has been acquired from the server.

In the information terminal device according to the present invention, when the data registration means has sender data to be registered, the sender data is output from the output means in a specific tone color according to a predetermined or user setting. It has a configuration of outputting. With this configuration, the user can also know by sound that the information regarding the incoming caller number has been acquired from the server, and can reliably notify the user.

A mobile phone according to the present invention has the function of the information terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
It has a configuration of communicating through a wireless network.
With this configuration, the mobile phone using the wireless network has the function of the information terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

The information terminal device according to the present invention is defined in claim 1.
The information terminal device has the function of any one of 14 to 14 and has a configuration of communicating through a wired line network. With this configuration, the telephone device using the wired line network has the function of the information terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The first and second embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the configuration of the information terminal device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG. The information terminal device 100 according to the present embodiment is provided with a number acquisition unit 101.
A data search means 102 and an information database 103
A data registration means 104 and a data communication means 105
Data request means 106 and data acquisition means 107
1, an input / output control unit 108, an output unit 109, and an input unit 110.

Next, with reference to FIG. 1, a detailed configuration and functions of the information terminal device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, in the information terminal device 100, the output unit 109 is an output unit that outputs to a user such as a liquid crystal display and a speaker, and the input unit 110 is an input unit that inputs from a user such as a pen, a mouse, and a key to the terminal device. The number acquisition unit 101 is a caller number acquisition unit that acquires the number on the caller side when a voice call is received. The information database 103 includes a caller's name, name, address, e-mail address, and W associated with a caller number (caller telephone number, hereinafter simply referred to as caller number).
It is an information database that can store a plurality of EB page addresses, resource (URL) addresses on terminals and networks, etc. as one set of data. The data search means 102 searches the information database 103 for the caller data corresponding to the caller number from the caller number output from the data requesting means 106, and whether there is caller data corresponding to the caller number. It is a search means for determining whether or not. The data communication unit 105 is a data communication unit that includes an interface for performing data communication through a line or a network and that includes a series of network protocols for accessing the network.

The data request means 106 is the number acquisition means 1
The caller number acquired in 01 is output to the data search means 102, and the data search means 102 searches the information database 103 for caller data corresponding to the caller number. It is a requesting means for making a data transmission request to the network for the sender data via the data communication means 105. It should be noted that the data requesting unit makes a request for the sender data to the information center at a predetermined time, periodically based on the setting of the user, automatically based on the setting of the user, or inquiring of the user. The data acquisition unit 107 is a data acquisition unit that acquires, when the sender data requested by the data request unit 106 arrives. The data registration means 104 is a data registration means for registering the sender data corresponding to the sender number acquired by the data acquisition means 107 in the information database 103.
The output unit 109 is an output unit such as a display device or a speaker that outputs an image or a sound to the user, and the input unit 110 is an input unit that receives a user input such as a pen, a mouse, a key, or a microphone. The input / output control unit 108 is an input / output control unit that manages the output request of information and status to the user and the response from the user in the data request unit 106 and the data acquisition unit 107.

Next, an outline of the operation of the information terminal device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First, the number acquisition means 101 acquires a caller number when a voice call is received, and the caller number is requested by the data request means 10.
Output to 6. The data search means 102 searches the sender information database 103 for sender data based on the sender number output from the data request means 102, and outputs the search result to the data search means 102. The data requesting unit 106 receives the search result from the data searching unit 102, and when it is found that the caller number does not exist in the information database 103, the data requesting unit 106 has a predetermined network protocol or a network protocol selected by the user. On the network through the data communication means 105, for example, a mail server or an information center (not shown)
Requesting the caller data corresponding to the caller number, and requesting the input / output control means 108 to output to the user.

The data communication means 105 uses a data communication protocol set by default or set by the user,
It is a data communication means for requesting caller data of a caller number from a server through a public line network. The data communication protocol used may be Internet mail using TCP / IP or a WEB protocol (http protocol), a unique protocol, or a DTMF tone. When the requested data arrives, the data communication unit 105 uses the arrived data as the data acquisition unit 107.
To notify.

When the protocol used is Internet mail, for example, a mail server dedicated to data search is prepared, and a mail address for data search is also prepared. When requesting data, describe the sender number you want to search in the title of the mail header and send it. The mail server that received this mail describes the sender data such as the name, address, and mail address corresponding to the sender number in the mail header in the mail body and sends it back. In the case of the WEB protocol, for example, a WEB address (URL) for data search is prepared and information acquisition is requested with the sender number data attached to the address.

The data acquisition means 107 acquires the data arriving from the network from the data communication means 105 and identifies the contents thereof. As a result of identifying the data, if there is caller data corresponding to the caller number, the caller data is output to the data registration means 104, and the input / output control means 108 outputs it to the user by the output means 109. An output request is sent to notify the arrival of data. In the determination of the arrived data, if the arrival data is the Internet mail and the sender number requested in the mail header, it is judged that the sender data has arrived, and the contents of the mail body are stored in the data registration means 104. Output. When the arrived data is sender data according to the WEB protocol, the HTML tag is analyzed to identify the information to be registered. Further, the data acquisition unit 107 registers the acquired caller data via the data registration unit 104 automatically, automatically based on the setting of the user, or inquires of the user to register in the information database 103. Also,
When the sender data to be registered is present, the data registration means 104 displays the sender data in a specific color on the output means 109 according to a predetermined or user setting, and outputs a specific tone color from the output means 109. Output.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, a data request procedure by the information terminal device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the data request means 106 outputs the caller number output from the number acquisition means 101 to the data search means 102 (step S300, the letters of the steps below are omitted). The data search means 102 transmits the caller data (20 in FIG. 4) corresponding to the received caller number.
1 to 20 n) is searched for in the information database 103, and the result is output to the data requesting means 106. The data request unit 106 receives the search result from the data search unit 102, determines whether or not the sender data corresponding to the received sender number exists in the information database 103 (S301), and the corresponding sender data is If it does not exist, the sender number and the protocol used for data communication are output to the data communication unit 105 (S302). If there is caller data corresponding to the caller number in the information database 103, the process ends.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the caller data corresponding to the caller number when the call is received is acquired and automatically registered in the information database. Even if the sender is an unknown (unregistered) user, the information data of the sender can be easily known, so that the convenience of the terminal device can be improved.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, an information terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The information terminal device according to the present embodiment is different from the information terminal device 100 according to the first embodiment in that a data request setting table 111 is further provided. The other components are the same as those in the first embodiment. The data request setting table 111 is connected to or built in the data requesting means 106, and is referred to when the data requesting means 106 requests the data corresponding to the sender number from the data communication means 105. It describes the time, timing, required conditions, etc. to be set and can be freely set by the user.

The outline of the operation of the information terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of the first embodiment, except that the data request means 106 is the data communication means 105.
Data request setting table 11 when making a data request to
The difference is that data is requested by referring to 1.

As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, when the data requesting means 106 requests the data communication means 105 for the sender data, the data request setting preset by the user. Since the caller data corresponding to the caller number can be acquired according to the table 111, the convenience of data request is improved.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, an example of the sender information database 200 used for the information terminal device in the first and second embodiments of the present invention will be described. The sender information database 200 is stored in the information database 103 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and includes a plurality of sender data 20.
1 to 20n. Caller data 201, 202, 2
0n describes the caller's number (telephone number) and the corresponding name, zip code, address, FAX number, mail address, WEB address, character data (memo), image data, background color, and voice data. It has a field and a field indicating whether or not the sender data is searched.

In the first and second embodiments of the present invention, the data search means 102 has the sender data that matches the sender number output from the sender information database 200 and the data request means 106 shown in FIG. 201-2
Search for 0n. The sender data storage method and sender data search means are performed by using a method such as a simple match search method or a hash method. The sender data 201 to
For 20n, the same effect can be obtained by using an arbitrary field name or an arbitrary field other than the field name shown in the example of FIG.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the operation of the data requesting means by the information terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, an example of the data request setting table 111 shown in FIG. 5A will be described. In the data request setting table 111, the setting item 400 automatically searches for data when an incoming call is received, and allows the latest data to be confirmed even if the caller data 201 to 20n exist in the information database 103. The following shows the settings that can be used for data search. The setting item 401 is a setting for confirming the latest information data at a fixed time interval, and indicates that the latest data is confirmed every Sunday and 12:00 of every month. A setting item 402 indicates an item for selecting a protocol used when making an information data request.

Next, referring to FIG. 5B, a data request procedure by the data request means 106 of the information terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, when the data request unit 106 receives the caller number from the number acquisition unit 101, the data request setting table 11
With reference to the sender data search setting No. 1, it is determined whether or not the setting is to search for incoming information (S410). If the setting is such that no information is retrieved when receiving a call, the process ends. In the case of the setting for performing the incoming information search, the data requesting unit 106 outputs the caller number to the data searching unit 102 (S411) and receives the search result from the information database 103. Next, from the search result, the sender database 201 corresponding to the sender number is stored in the information database 103.
It is judged whether or not ~ 20n exists (S41).
2). Caller data 201 to 20 corresponding to the caller number
If n does not exist, the sender number and the protocol type used are output to the data communication unit 105 (S41).
4), the process ends. If the data exists, the data request setting table 111 is referred to, and it is determined whether or not the setting is a search for existing data (S413). If the setting is such that existing data is not searched, the process ends.

Next, referring to FIGS. 6A and 6B and FIGS. 7A and 7B, the data communication means 105 in the first and second embodiments of the present invention will be described. Information data request and information data acquisition will be described. Figure 6
(A) is a diagram showing an example of an information data request of the data communication means 105 using the Internet mail protocol. In this example, the destination email address is "seac
h @ tel-search. co. jp "and the mail title is the sender number to be searched" 022-123- "
4567 ″. The protocol used may be the SMTP protocol, which is a generally widely used Internet protocol, or a protocol that can configure a mail system, such as an original protocol.

FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example of information data acquisition by the data communication means 105 using the Internet mail protocol. In this example, the destination of the mail is "user@terminal.co.jp" and the mail title is "0222-123-4567". It also indicates that the mail body contains information about the number shown in the mail title.

As shown in FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (B), when the Internet mail protocol is used, the mail title is determined to be the same character string. It is possible to easily determine whether or not it is data. The method of writing the email to be transmitted and received may be a method of comparing the first line of the text, for example.

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an example of the information data request of the data communication means 105 using the WEB protocol. In this example, the protocol used is http and the address "http: //www.tel-sea".
rch. com / cgi-bin / search. cg
i ”indicates that the caller number“ 022-123-4567 ”is requested by search designation. The protocol to be used is https which corresponds to security.
A protocol or a proprietary protocol may be used.

FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of information data acquisition of the data communication means 105 using the WEB protocol. In this example, the search result is HTML (Hyper
3 shows the results described in TextMarkupLanguage). The description language used is ASCII.
It may be text, XML, or WML.

When the WEB protocol is used as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, HMTL <ti.
By entering the retrieved caller number in the tle> tag, it is possible to easily determine that the information data of the caller. Note that the <meta> tag or the like may be used as the tag that describes the caller number.

Further, in the present embodiment, in a system in which voice communication and data communication can be performed at the same time, the information of the other party can be acquired and registered while talking, so that the information of the other party can be immediately obtained after the call ends. It can be referred to, and the convenience is further improved.

[0047]

The information terminal device according to the present invention is configured as described above, and in particular, when the call is received, the caller data corresponding to the caller number received from the number acquisition means is present in the information database by the data search means. It is possible to automatically acquire the caller data from the network even if the user has an unknown caller number by searching for whether or not to do so, and if it does not exist, it is acquired from the network by the data communication means and registered in the information database. Therefore, the information of the other party can be recognized quickly, and the convenience of the telephone is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a data request procedure by the data requesting means of the information terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information terminal device according to a second embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a caller information database in the first and second embodiments of the present invention,

FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of sender data search setting of the information terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention; and FIG.
A flow chart showing a data request procedure of the information terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example of information data request using the Internet mail protocol of the data communication means in the first and second embodiments of the invention, and FIG. 6B is the first and second inventions of the invention. A diagram showing an example of information data acquisition using the Internet mail protocol of the data communication means in the embodiment of

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an example of information data request using the WEB protocol of the data communication means in the first and second embodiments of the invention, and FIG. 7B is a diagram showing the first and second embodiments of the invention. The figure which shows the example of the information data acquisition which used the WEB protocol of the data communication means in embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 information terminal device 101 number acquisition means 102 data search means 103 Information database 104 data registration means 105 data communication means 106 data requesting means 107 data acquisition means 108 Input / output control means 109 output means 110 input means 111 Data request setting table 200 Caller information database (example) 201, 202, 20n Caller data (example) 400, 401, 402 setting items

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A number acquisition means for acquiring a caller telephone number through a line in a voice call, a data search means for searching caller data related to the acquired caller telephone number from an information database, and a network protocol. Data communication means for performing data communication with an information center defined through a network, and caller data corresponding to the acquired caller telephone number based on the search result by the data search means, via the data communication means. The data requesting means for requesting the caller, the data acquiring means for acquiring the caller data requested by the data requesting means, and the data registering means for registering the caller data acquired by the data acquiring means in the information database. An information terminal device characterized by: 2. The data request means is a network protocol used when requesting caller data corresponding to a caller telephone number acquired through a line to the information center,
The data request setting table for setting a request time or timing by a user is provided.
Information terminal device described. 3. The data requesting means automatically requests the information center when the caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number does not exist in the information database. Information terminal device described. 4. Even if caller data corresponding to a caller telephone number exists in the information database, the data requesting means determines whether new caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number exists. 4. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein sender information is automatically requested to the information center in order to confirm the message. 5. The data requesting means makes a request for sender data to the information center at a predetermined time or periodically based on a user's setting. The information terminal device according to any one. 6. The data requesting means according to claim 1, wherein the data requesting means requests the sender data to the information center automatically or based on an inquiry from the user. The information terminal device described in. 7. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the data requesting means requests the caller data corresponding to the caller telephone number using Internet mail. 8. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said data requesting means requests caller data corresponding to a caller telephone number using a WEB page. 9. The data requesting means requests the caller data corresponding to a caller telephone number by utilizing a unique protocol using a PBX line network. Information terminal device described. 10. The data communication means, when communication with the network is impossible at the time of requesting data, again requests data after a certain period of time.
10. The information terminal device according to any one of 9 to 9. 11. The data acquisition means identifies the type and content of the acquired data, and in accordance with this identification, automatically registers sender data in the information database via the data registration means. Claim 1 characterized by
11. The information terminal device according to any one of 1 to 10. 12. The data acquisition means identifies the type and content of the acquired data, and according to this identification, automatically or by the user based on the setting of the information database via the data registration means. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the caller data is registered by making an inquiry. 13. The data registration means displays the caller data in a specific color on the output means when a caller data to be registered is present, according to a predetermined or user setting. The information terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 12. 14. The data registration means outputs the caller data with a specific tone color from the output means when there is caller data to be registered in accordance with a predetermined or user setting. Claims 1 to 1
2. The information terminal device according to any one of 2. 15. A mobile phone having the function of the information terminal device according to claim 1 and communicating through a wireless network. 16. A telephone device having the function of the information terminal device according to claim 1 and communicating through a wire line network.