JP2003298680A - Mobile communication terminal and communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems such as annoyance given to people around a user of a receiving terminal which may be caused if the user forgets to set a call receiving mode by hand. <P>SOLUTION: A call sender selects a receiver side's manner mode setting item 101A in a menu panel because the sender is certain that a receiver is in a meeting, whereby a sound restraint flag is set to '1', which is then stored in a memory. When the call sender inputs a destination telephone number and presses a button corresponding to an instruction of transmission, the sound restraint flag for setting an incoming call notification mode of the receiving terminal forcibly to the manner mode is sent in a state that the user of the receiving terminal cannot change the setting. The sound restraint flag is received by a receiver, and based on a value of this sound restraint flag, even if a ringer unit is set to 'ON', this setting is disregarded, and a vibrating notification is forcibly performed in accordance with the manner mode, which is set to 'ON'. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for switching an incoming call notification method in a mobile communication terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wireless device typified by a mobile phone always has means for notifying an incoming call from the other party. As a general rule, this notification means outputs a sound. And in places such as movie theaters and conferences where quietness is required, turn on the manner mode to vibrate the vibrator,
Flashes the light emission color of the LED to visually notify that an incoming call is occurring.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in a movie theater or a meeting where quietness is required, making a sound is generally against manners. People who attend do not make a sound manually, but try to activate the vibrator. In this case, if the work is done before attending the meeting, there will be no problem, but if you forget the setting, if there is an incoming call, a ring tone will be generated even during the meeting, etc. Will result in trouble.

Further, when an emergency call is desired and the user has turned on the manner mode on the receiving side, if the ringing process reflecting the manner mode on setting is performed as it is, the called party rings. There is also a risk of not being able to notice and not being able to make an emergency call. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable information terminal and a communication device capable of controlling an incoming call notification method from a calling side to a called side.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a storage means for storing manner mode information indicating whether the manner mode is ON or OFF, and an OFF state according to the manner mode information when receiving an incoming call. If there is an incoming call notification method that outputs a sound, the notification control means that notifies the incoming call using the incoming call notification method that suppresses the sound output, and if the incoming call notification force is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method After the forced operation information receiving means for receiving operation information and the incoming call notification forced operation information, the predetermined incoming call notification method by ignoring the manner mode information stored in the storage means when receiving an incoming call. And an incoming call notification control means for executing.

According to the present invention, the incoming call notification forced operation information, which is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method, is the manner mode forced operation information for forcibly turning on the manner mode. The incoming call notification control means, after receiving the manner mode forced operation information, ignores the manner mode information stored in the storage means and suppresses the sound output to notify when an incoming call arrives. To do.

Further, the present invention is a communication apparatus, wherein means for generating information that is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method at the time of incoming call notification of a portable communication terminal, and the generated information is used by the incoming call side. And transmitting means for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal when making a call. Further, according to the present invention, the information, which is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method at the time of incoming call notification of the mobile communication terminal, is information forcibly executing the manner mode at the time of incoming call notification of the mobile communication terminal. Is characterized by.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. <Structure> FIG. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This mobile phone 100 is a phone compatible with the manner mode. Here, the manner mode is a mode that is set so that a notification means that suppresses sound can be used as a means for notifying that there is an incoming call when an incoming call arrives. The manner mode is ON when the notification means that suppresses sound is set, and the manner mode is OFF when the notification means that outputs sound is set.

The mobile phone 100 has a display section 101, an operation key section 102, and a ten-key section 103. Figure 2
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of mobile phone 100. The mobile phone 100 includes a control unit 104, a transmission / reception unit 105, a voice input unit 106, and a voice output unit 10 in addition to the above units.
7. Incoming-side manner mode setting unit 108 and ringer unit 10
9 and the vibration part 110 are provided.

The display section 101 comprises a display panel and is
A CD panel, a PDP panel, an EL panel, or the like can be used, and has a function of displaying a phone number, characters such as e-mail, a photographed image, and the like based on a signal received from the control unit 104. The operation key unit 102 is
The mobile phone 100 includes a button for accepting an instruction to turn on / off the power source, a button for accepting a call start (on-hook) and a call end instruction (off-hook), and the like. When these instructions are accepted, these instructions are accepted. Is output to the control unit 104.

The ten-key unit 103 is made up of buttons for accepting input of numbers and characters such as telephone numbers and e-mails, and outputs a signal indicating the accepted numbers and characters to the control unit 104. The transmitting / receiving unit 105 includes a filter,
A wireless circuit that sends and receives wireless signals, including an amplifier,
In accordance with an instruction from the control unit 104, communication data such as voice, images, and characters is wirelessly transmitted, and communication data from the outside to the mobile phone 100 is received and output to the control unit 104.

The voice input unit 106 is a voice input device such as a microphone and converts the input voice into a voice signal and outputs it to the control unit 104. The voice output unit 107 is a speaker including a piezoelectric element or the like, and outputs voice according to a voice signal received from the control unit 104. Ringer part 1
The terminal 09 informs the user of the incoming call by outputting a sound upon receiving the incoming call.

The vibrating section 110 informs the user of the arrival of an incoming call by vibrating the vibrator. The ringing by the ringer unit 109 and the vibration by the vibrating unit 110 are
It selectively functions under the instruction of the control unit 104 according to the user's selection. Specifically, in the memory area of the control unit 104,
The selection information whether to turn on or off the manner mode based on the selection of the user is stored. Control unit 104
Is based on this information and is based on this information.
Any one of 10 is operated.

When the receiving side manner mode setting unit 108 functions as the transmitting side, the receiving side ignores the content of the information, which is stored in the memory area of the control unit, for turning the manner mode on or off. It is an element that functions based on the user's selection to forcefully execute it, and sets the sound suppression instruction flag to the value of “1” and outputs it to the control unit 104. The control unit 104 stores the value of this flag in the memory area.
The function of the sound suppression instruction flag will be described later. The operation of setting the sound suppression instruction flag by the called-side manner mode setting unit 108 to “1” is performed when the user selects the called-side manner mode setting item 101A displayed on the display unit 101 as shown in FIG. In response to the occurrence of an event by the control unit 1
An instruction is issued from 04 and executed. When the user does not select the incoming-side manner mode setting item 101A, the value of the sound suppression instruction flag remains zero.

The control unit 104 is responsible for overall transmission / reception control, has a recording medium such as a CPU, ROM, RAM, and further has a DSP for performing input / output control of voice data, character data, image data, and the like. And numeric keypad 1
When the telephone number is accepted by 03, a call is made to the telephone having this telephone number, and a predetermined communication protocol (for example, RCR-STD27 of PDC method is determined in advance.
A communication sequence unique to each of the transmitting side and the receiving side is executed according to a compliant communication protocol.

After the sound suppression instruction flag set by the incoming-side manner mode setting unit 108 is stored in the memory area of the control unit 104, the control unit 104 sets this sound suppression instruction flag in the call setting of the communication procedure on the outgoing side. Set to the user information of the user / user information element in. The data structure of the user-user information element is shown in FIG. In the structure, the user information is an area where the user can arbitrarily set the content, and is set as a flag reflecting the sound suppression instruction flag in this area. The flag set in the user information in this way will be referred to as a sound suppression flag.

The sound suppression flag set in this way is set after the call setting is received on the receiving side, and after the call is notified,
Read out. <Premise of operation> In the following operation, user / user information including a sound suppression flag is sent from the transmitter to the network side (base station with which the transmitter communicates), and the network side interprets the user / user information. Since it does not have the function to do so, the information of this part is sent as it is to the other network side (base station with which the receiver communicates), and is transmitted from this base station to the receiver.

Further, each network side is provided with a structure in which each base station is connected by a communication line such as an optical fiber and transmission / reception is possible. <Operation When Functioning as Transmitter> When functioning as a transmission side, it operates between the user and the network according to the control sequence shown in FIG. Here, explanations of general matters will be omitted, and the description will focus on characteristic points.

In the call setting on the calling side, the value "1" of the sound suppression instruction flag set by the manner mode setting section 108 on the called side is stored in the control section 104, and then the user
The value "1" of the sound suppression instruction flag is set as the sound suppression flag in the user information element and transmitted as transmission data. FIG. 7 shows an operation flow (sound suppression instruction flag storing process) of setting / storing the sound suppression instruction flag of the receiving-side manner mode setting unit 108 in the memory area of the control unit. FIG. 8 shows an operation flow of the value generation process of FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 shows an operation flow of the control unit (call process) at the time of transmission.

As shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 104 first issues a caller-side manner mode setting instruction (step S).
71). When the user selects the incoming-side manner mode setting item 101A on the menu screen, this instruction is executed in response to the occurrence of an event due to the selection. In response to this instruction, the receiving-side manner mode setting unit 108 sets the value of the sound suppression instruction flag to "1" (step S81 in FIG. 8). Then, the flag value is output to the control unit 104 (see FIG. 8).
Step S82), and is stored in the memory area of the control unit 104 (step S72 in FIG. 7).

Next, by operating as shown in FIG. 9 at the time of call setting, the value "1" of the sound suppression instruction flag is set as a part of the communication data (as the sound suppression flag) to the receiving side. Sent. That is, when the user inputs a telephone number by operating the ten-key unit 103, the input is accepted (step S91), and the value of the stored sound suppression instruction flag is "1".
Is determined (step S92), and the value of the sound suppression instruction flag is "1" (Yes in step S92).
s), an area that cannot be changed on the network side. Here, the transmission data is transmitted by calling the transmission data after setting the value "1" of the sound suppression flag which is the flag information reflecting the value of the sound suppression instruction flag in the user / user information element Settings are made (step S93). After that, the call sequence (step S94) is executed, and when it is off hooked and ended, the value of the sound suppression instruction flag stored in the memory area is updated to "0" (step S95).

If the value of the sound suppression instruction flag stored in the memory area is not "1" in step S92, step S93 and step S94 are not executed and step S95.
The value of the sound suppression instruction flag stored in the memory area is updated to "0". With the above operation, it becomes possible for the transmitting side to control the calling state in consideration of the circumstances on the receiving side.

<Operation When Functioning as Receiver> When functioning as a receiving side, the user and the network operate according to the control sequence shown in FIG. The value “1” of the sound suppression flag set as a part of the transmission data is read after the call is notified and the call is notified on the receiving side. FIG. 10 is an operation flow of the control unit 104 on the receiving side.

As shown in this figure, when the transmission data is received (step S101), it is judged whether or not the value of the sound suppression flag set in the user-user information element is "1" (step S102). If the value of the sound suppression flag is "1" (Yes in step S102), the manner mode that causes the vibration unit 110 to vibrate when an incoming call is notified is set to ON (step S103). Then, at the time of notification of an incoming call, a vibration process reflecting the turning on of the manner mode is executed (step S104).

If the value of the sound suppression flag is not "1" (No in step S102), it is judged whether or not the ringer section is on (step S105), and if the ringer section is on (Yes in step S105). ), A process that reflects the manner mode off setting is executed (step S1).
04). If the ringer section is not set to ON (step S1
No in 05), the process reflecting the manner mode on setting is executed (step S104).

A description will be given based on an embodiment in which the above operation is realized by a mobile phone. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example thereof.
In this embodiment, as an example of considering the situation of the called party,
The sender side shows an example in which it is assumed that the called party side is clearly in a situation where silence is required, such as during a conference. Since the sender clearly knows that the called party is currently in a conference, the sender's manner mode setting item 10 on the menu screen shown in FIG.
Select 1A. By this selection, the sound suppression instruction flag is set to "1" and stored in the memory.

When the sender inputs the telephone number of the other party and presses the button reflecting the transmission instruction, the sound suppression flag for forcibly setting the notification mode of the called party to the manner mode is set by the user. It is set and sent in an area that cannot be changed. This sound suppression flag is an operation that is received via the base station and ignores the sound even if the ringer section is on based on the value of this sound suppression flag and forcibly reflects the manner mode on. Vibrator vibration is performed. <Others> Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be similarly implemented in the following modified examples. (1) In the above description, the manner mode is based on the vibration of the vibrator, but in addition to this, blinking of color by the LED, display on the display unit, etc. (including those due to vibration and any one of these combinations) ) May be used as an incoming call notification. (2) In the above description, the value of the sound suppression instruction flag on the transmitting side is set when the user gives an operation instruction, and the operation instruction means is a soft button as shown in FIG. However, in addition to this, a dedicated hard button may be provided. (3) Further, the value of the sound suppression instruction flag on the transmitting side is not only set when the user has an active operation instruction, but also, for example, the positional information of the other party (the positional information of the other party is displayed). As a system to obtain, GPS (Global Positioning System) can be applied) and schedule management information (for example, the schedule of the other party can be managed by software and acquired from this software). The control unit 104 may be configured to actively and automatically set and store the sound suppression instruction flag value. (4) In the above-described embodiment, when the incoming call is notified by the incoming caller, the manner mode is forcibly turned on and the ringing process that reflects this setting is executed, but it is also possible to do the following.

When the user sets the manner mode on at the called side when making an emergency call, if the ringing process that reflects the manner mode on setting is performed as it is, the callee does not notice the ringing. Without doing so, it may result in the inability to make emergency contact. In consideration of such a case, the transmitter transmits the flag information for forcibly receiving the incoming call notification by outputting the sound instead of the sound suppression flag, and the ringer unit is in the off state based on the flag information. However, it is also possible to ignore this and forcibly execute the sound output that is an operation that reflects the turn-on of the ringer section (turn-off of the manner mode). (5) In the above embodiment, the PDC communication protocol has been described as an example, but needless to say, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to any standard communication protocol.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the storage means for storing the manner mode information indicating whether the manner mode is ON or OFF, and the incoming call that outputs the sound when the incoming call is OFF according to the manner mode information. Notify the incoming call by the notification method, and if it is on, receive the notification control means for notifying the incoming call by the incoming call notification method in which the sound output is suppressed, and the incoming call notification forced operation information that is an instruction to forcibly execute the predetermined incoming call notification method. After receiving the forced operation information receiving means and the incoming call notification forced operation information, when receiving an incoming call notification for ignoring the manner mode information stored in the storage means and executing the predetermined incoming call notification method. And a control means.

The present invention is also a communication device, which generates information that is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method when an incoming call is notified by a mobile communication terminal, and the generated information on the receiving side. And transmitting means for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal when making a call. With these, it is possible to control the incoming call notification state of the called party from the called party according to the situation of the other party, so that it becomes possible for the calling party to take into consideration the problem caused by forgetting to turn on the manner mode. . Also, when you want to make an emergency call,
Even when the user has turned on the manner mode on the called side, emergency contact can be surely made.

According to the present invention, the incoming call notification forced operation information, which is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method, is the manner mode forced operation information for forcibly turning on the manner mode. The incoming call notification control means, after receiving the manner mode forced operation information, ignores the manner mode information stored in the storage means and suppresses the sound output to notify when an incoming call arrives. To do.

Further, according to the present invention, the information, which is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method at the time of notification of incoming call of the mobile communication terminal, is the information for forcibly executing the manner mode at the time of notification of incoming call of the mobile communication terminal. Is characterized in that.
With these, it is possible to control the incoming call notification state of the called party from the called party according to the situation of the other party, so that it becomes possible for the calling party to take into consideration the problem caused by forgetting to turn on the manner mode. .

Here, the operation of ignoring the manner mode information and suppressing the sound output to notify when the manner mode forced operation information is received is performed only until the first off-hook. You can do that. As a result, it becomes possible to operate in the manner mode limited to a specific situation, such as when quietness is required.

Here, the incoming call notification in which the output of the sound is suppressed may be characterized in that the incoming call is notified by any one of vibration, blinking of color, and display instead of sound, or by a combination thereof. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of mobile phone 100.

FIG. 3 shows display items on a menu screen.

FIG. 4 shows a data structure of a user-user information element.

FIG. 5 is an operation control sequence between a user and a network on the transmission side.

FIG. 6 is an operation control sequence between the user and the network on the called side.

FIG. 7 is a flow of an operation (sound suppression instruction flag storage processing) of setting / storing a sound suppression instruction flag of the incoming-side manner mode setting unit 108 in the control unit.

FIG. 8 is an operation flow of a value generation process of a sound suppression instruction flag by a receiving-side manner mode setting unit.

FIG. 9 is an operation (call processing) flow of a control unit at the time of transmission.

FIG. 10 is an operation flow of the control unit 104 on the called side.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an operation in an embodiment realized by a mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 mobile phones 101 display 102 Operation key section 103 Numeric keypad 104 control unit 105 transmitter / receiver 106 voice input section 107 voice output unit 108 Incoming Manner Mode Setting Section 109 Ringer 110 Vibration part

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing manner mode information indicating whether the manner mode is on or off, and when an incoming call is received, the incoming call is notified according to the manner mode information and a sound output is produced when the mode is off and a sound is produced when the mode is on. Notification control means for notifying an incoming call by the incoming call notification method whose output is suppressed, forced operation information receiving means for receiving the incoming call notification forced operation information which is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming notification method, and the incoming call notification forcing After receiving the operation information, the mobile phone is provided with an incoming call notification control means for ignoring the manner mode information stored in the storage means and executing the predetermined incoming call notification method when receiving an incoming call. Communication terminal. 2. The incoming call notification forced operation information, which is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method, is manner mode forced operation information for forcibly turning on a manner mode, and the incoming call notification control means. 2. After receiving the manner mode forced operation information, when receiving an incoming call, the manner mode information stored in the storage means is ignored and the sound output is suppressed and notified. The mobile communication terminal according to. 3. When the manner mode forced operation information is received, the operation of ignoring the manner mode information and suppressing the sound output to notify is performed only until the first off-hook. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2. 4. The incoming call notification in which the output of the sound is suppressed is notified by any one of vibration, blinking of a color, and display instead of sound or a combination thereof, or The mobile communication terminal according to item 3. 5. A communication device, which generates information that is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method when an incoming call is notified to the mobile communication terminal; and the generated information, the mobile communication terminal on the receiving side. A communication device, comprising: a transmission unit that transmits a call to a destination. 6. The information, which is an instruction to forcibly execute a predetermined incoming call notification method at the time of incoming call notification of the mobile communication terminal, is information forcibly executing the manner mode at the time of incoming call notification of the mobile communication terminal. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein the communication device is a communication device.