JP2004289577A - Mobile communication terminal and mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

In particular, the present invention relates to a mobile telephone and a mobile communication system capable of knowing a message notified by a caller before a callee answers the call.
Kind Code: A1 A mobile communication terminal capable of communicating with another communication terminal via a base station, the emotion type holding means holding a list of emotion types to be notified to a communication terminal serving as a communication partner. And an emotion type information adding means for adding information indicating the emotion type to a communication terminal as a communication partner in a call message to the base station 20.
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Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a telephone, and more particularly, to a mobile telephone and a mobile communication system capable of receiving a message notified by a caller before a called party answers the incoming call.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a conventional communication system, for example, both parties can communicate by sending a message such as a telephone call or an SMS (Short Message Service).
[0003]
In order to communicate with each other, the communication terminal on the calling side sends predetermined information to the communication terminal on the receiving side so that the volume of the communication terminal on the receiving side at the time of the incoming call can be changed according to the information. There are also known communication systems (for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). In this conventional communication system, the caller can set the incoming call volume of the receiver. For example, in the case of important communication, the incoming call volume can be increased to notify the callee of the importance of the communication.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2-65493 [Patent Document 2]
JP-A-3-6996 [0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, it is difficult to tell what kind of emotion the sender is trying to talk to the other party in a call or SMS. In the case of time, the importance of the communication was not understood, and it was not possible to know how important the incoming call was by referring to the incoming call history and the like.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and can notify a sender of a call that is going to make a call and what kind of emotion the communication is going to perform together with an incoming call notification. It is an object to provide a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication system.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is a mobile communication terminal capable of making a call with another communication terminal via a base station, wherein the feeling type holding unit holds a list of feeling types to be notified to a communication terminal to be a call partner; An emotion type information adding unit that adds information indicating the emotion type to a communication terminal that is a communication partner during a call message to the station.
[0008]
The present invention is also a mobile communication terminal capable of communicating with another communication terminal via a base station, wherein the emotion type holding means for holding a list of emotion types to be notified from a communication terminal as a communication partner; When information indicating the emotion type is added to the incoming call message from the station, an emotion type selection means for selecting an emotion type from the emotion type holding means based on the emotion type information, and an emotion type selection means And an emotion type processing unit for performing a call notification process based on the emotion type selected by the user.
[0009]
Further, it is preferable to include an emotion type history holding unit that holds the emotion type selected by the emotion type selection unit together with the incoming call history.
[0010]
Further, it is preferable that the emotion type processing means performs a process based on the emotion type by at least one of vibration, background color, sound, and display image.
[0011]
Further, the present invention provides a communication system including a base station, and a first mobile communication terminal and a second mobile communication terminal capable of making a call via the base station. Emotion type holding means for holding a list of emotion types to be notified to the communication terminal, and an emotion type for adding information indicating the emotion type to be notified to the second communication terminal in a call message to the base station Information adding means, wherein the second mobile communication terminal comprises: an emotion type holding means for holding a list of emotion types notified from the first communication terminal; When the information indicating the emotion type is added, an emotion type selection unit that selects an emotion type from the emotion type holding unit based on the emotion type information, and an emotion that performs processing based on the emotion type selected by the emotion type selection unit Type processing Comprising a stage, and wherein the was.
[0012]
Further, it is preferable that the second mobile communication terminal includes an emotion type history holding unit that holds the emotion type selected by the emotion type selection unit together with the incoming call history.
[0013]
Further, in the second mobile communication terminal, it is preferable that the emotion type processing means performs processing based on the emotion type by at least one of vibration, background color, sound, and display image.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0015]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
[0016]
Mobile communication terminals 10A and 10B, which are mobile telephones, are connected to a base station 20 via a wireless communication line. The base station 20 is connected to another base station 20 (not shown), an exchange, and a mobile communication control station (not shown) via a public line network or a dedicated line, and the mobile communication terminals 10A and 10B are connected to one of the base stations 20 and the wireless communication line. Connected by The mobile communication terminal 10 includes an antenna 11, a radio unit 12, a control unit 13, a storage unit 14, a vibrator 15, an operation unit 16, a display unit 17, and the like.
[0017]
The radio unit 12 includes a transmission / reception unit, an RF control unit, and the like, and receives radio waves from the base station 20 and transmits radio waves to the base station 20. The transmission / reception unit includes a transmission unit and a reception unit. The transmission unit generates a high-frequency signal transmitted from the antenna 11, and the reception unit amplifies the high-frequency signal received by the antenna 11, performs frequency conversion, and the like, and generates a baseband signal. Output to RF control unit. The RF control unit includes a baseband unit and a radio control unit, and the baseband unit demodulates the baseband signal into an audio signal using a codec unit in the baseband unit. The codec modulates the audio signal to generate a baseband signal. Further, the wireless control unit controls the frequency transmitted and received by the transmitting and receiving unit, the transmission and reception timing, and the output of the radio wave to be transmitted.
[0018]
The control unit 13 is mainly configured by a CPU, and based on data stored in a storage unit (RAM and ROM) 14, a portable unit such as a wireless unit 12, a vibrator 15, an operation unit 16, and a display unit 17 is provided. Control each part of the telephone. The storage unit 14 also stores an emotion table described later.
[0019]
The vibrator 15 is configured by a motor or the like having an eccentric weight attached thereto, and supplies power to the motor by the control unit 13 or controls the voltage or the current to generate vibration in the mobile communication terminal 10, and By controlling the time and strength, it is possible to notify the user that there is an incoming call, an incoming mail or the like.
[0020]
The operation unit 16 accepts input of characters and numbers from the user and instructions for operation to the mobile phone, and the display unit 17 displays character information, image information, operation status of the mobile phone (radio wave) from the control unit 13. (Strength, battery level, time).
[0021]
Further, the mobile communication terminal 10 has a transmitting unit (not shown) for converting an acoustic signal into an electric signal and a receiving unit (not shown) for converting an electric signal into an acoustic signal.
[0022]
Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.
[0023]
In the embodiment of the present invention, when starting communication, mobile communication terminal 10A that makes a call selects an emotion type (emotional mode), includes information indicating the selected emotion mode in the outgoing call message, and transmits the information to the base station. The message is sent to the station 20, and the base station 20 sends an incoming call message with the emotion mode added to the mobile communication terminal 10B based on the received message. The mobile communication terminal 10B determines whether an emotion mode is added to the incoming call message. If the emotion mode is included, the mobile communication terminal 10B corresponds to the emotion mode received from the preset list of emotion modes. An incoming call notification (e.g., display of vibrator strength, color to be displayed on the display unit, image, etc.) as emotion type processing is performed.
[0024]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process when the mobile communication terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention makes a call.
[0025]
First, a user operates the operation unit 16 to input a telephone number of a call destination (step 101). This can be done, for example, by directly inputting a telephone number using the numeric keys of the operation unit 16 or by referring to telephone directory data held in the storage unit 14 by a function such as a telephone directory search. Can be entered.
[0026]
Next, it is determined whether or not the emotion mode has been selected (step 102). When the emotion mode is input, the mobile communication terminal 10 displays a message prompting the user to set the emotion mode after the telephone number has been input in step 101. The user inputs a key corresponding to the emotion mode in which one of the numeric keys 1 to 6 is desired to be set. If the emotion mode is not set, the user enters a number other than the numeric keys 1 to 6.
[0027]
The setting of the emotion mode may be configured to be selectable from a menu instead of the numeric keys.
[0028]
If it is determined that the emotion mode has been selected, that is, if the numeric keys 1 to 6 have been input, the outgoing message transmitted by the mobile communication terminal 10 to the base station includes the emotion mode set in step 102. Is added (step 103). On the other hand, if it is determined that the emotion mode has not been selected, that is, if a numeral key other than 1 to 6 has been input, the process proceeds to step 104.
[0029]
In step 104, a calling process is performed for the telephone number set in step 101.
[0030]
FIG. 3 is a table showing emotion modes set in mobile communication terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0031]
In the example of FIG. 3, the emotion mode and the numeric key are set for seven emotion modes of “happy”, “angry”, “sad”, “lonely”, “fun”, “laughing”, and no emotion mode. And the correspondence between the emotion mode and the processing performed by the mobile communication terminal. This emotion table is stored in advance in the storage unit 14 of the calling mobile communication terminal 10A and the storage unit 14 of the called mobile communication terminal 10B.
[0032]
For example, when the emotion mode is “happy”, the numeric key set in step 102 in FIG. 2 is “1”, and when this emotion mode is set, the other party's mobile communication terminal 10 The background of the display unit 17 is set to "pink", the intensity of the vibrator 15 is set to 0 (the vibrator 15 is not operated) to notify the incoming call, the "image 1" is displayed on the display unit 17, the character of "happy" Is displayed on the display unit 17 to notify the incoming call. The user of the mobile communication terminal 10 on the called side can select whether to perform the display or the operation of the vibrator, and it is also possible to select a plurality of operations.
[0033]
The emotion mode defined in the emotion table can be edited, added, or deleted by the user. For example, the original emotion mode in which an image captured by a camera built in the mobile communication terminal 10 is set is set. Can be added. Further, by using a function such as an e-mail to transfer data of the emotion mode between users, a specific emotion table can be shared and used between specific users.
[0034]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a screen displayed on the display unit 17 of the destination mobile communication terminal 10B when the emotion mode is set. In the case where the user selects to display an image, FIG. FIG. 4A is an example of an image displayed at the time of receiving a call when the emotion mode is set to “happy” and FIG. 4B is set when the emotion mode is set to “anger”.
[0035]
Next, a calling process to which an emotion mode is added will be described.
[0036]
FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating a call processing of mobile communication terminal 10A via base station 20 to mobile communication terminal 10B according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0037]
First, the mobile communication terminal 10A performs a calling process (FIG. 2) to the base station 20, and transmits a calling message to the base station 20. Details of this call message will be described later with reference to FIG.
[0038]
Upon receiving the outgoing call message, base station 20 transmits an ACK message to the effect that the message has been received to mobile communication terminal 10A. Next, base station 20 transmits a paging message notifying mobile communication terminal 10B that there is an incoming call. When mobile communication terminal 10B receives the paging message and transmits an ACK message to the effect that the paging message has been received, information on the communication channel is transmitted. Thereafter, the base station 20 transmits an information message to the mobile communication terminal 10B based on the calling message. Details of this information message will be described later with reference to FIG.
[0039]
Note that the base station with which mobile communication terminal 10A communicates and the base station with which mobile communication terminal 10B communicates need not be the same. In this case, the base station is connected by a dedicated line or the like, and each message is exchanged.
[0040]
The mobile communication terminal 10B transmits an ACK message indicating that the information message has been received to the base station 20, and performs an incoming call process based on the content included in the information message. Details of the incoming call processing will be described later with reference to FIG.
[0041]
When the mobile communication terminal 10 </ b> B performs a response operation by the incoming call processing, it transmits an off-hook message to the base station 20. The base station 20 transmits an ACK indicating that the off-hook message has been received to the mobile communication terminal 10B, and then transmits an off-hook message to the mobile communication terminal 10A. The mobile communication terminal 10A determines that the off-hook message has been received. When ACK is transmitted to base station 20, a communication line is set between mobile communication terminal 10A and mobile communication terminal 10B, and a call can be made.
[0042]
FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a call message transmitted to base station 20 by mobile communication terminal 10A according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0043]
The field 1001 contains "meaning of calling" and "transmission side transmission terminal ID". “Meaning of call” indicates the type of call made by the mobile communication terminal, and includes, for example, information indicating the type of call such as outgoing call, SMS transmission, and Web connection. The caller-side communication terminal ID includes information indicating an ID unique to the mobile communication terminal 10A that makes a call, and is used by the base station 20 to identify which mobile communication terminal the message is from. Used for
[0044]
The field 1002 contains information corresponding to the contents defined in the meaning of the call in the field 1001. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the contents included in the field 1002 when the outgoing call is the outgoing call for the purpose of calling are exemplified, and include the own station number, the other party number, the Display, and the calling number notification restriction.
[0045]
The own station number includes information indicating the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 10A that makes a call, and the other party number includes information indicating the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 10B that receives an incoming call.
[0046]
Display is an 8-bit field for storing display information for displaying information to the mobile communication terminal 10B that receives a call from the base station. In the embodiment of the present invention, the Display field indicates the emotion mode. Information (for example, numerical values of 1 to 9 and 0) is stored.
[0047]
The transmission number notification restriction is a field for indicating whether or not to notify the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 10A that makes a call to the mobile communication terminal 10B that receives an incoming call.
[0048]
Field 1003 is a field for indicating the end of the message.
[0049]
FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of an information message transmitted from base station 20 to mobile communication terminal 10B according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0050]
Field 1101 contains "meaning of incoming call" and "transmission side transfer terminal ID". The “meaning of the incoming call” includes the same contents as the “meaning of the outgoing call” in FIG. 6 described above, and includes, for example, information indicating the type of incoming call for call purpose, SMS reception, and the like. Further, the called party communication terminal ID includes information indicating an ID inherent to the mobile communication terminal 10B receiving the incoming call, and is used by the base station 20 to identify which mobile communication terminal 10 the message is for. Used for
[0051]
Field 1102 contains information corresponding to the contents defined in the meaning of the incoming call in field 1101. Like the example shown in FIG. 6, the example shown in FIG. 7 illustrates the contents included in the field 1102 when the incoming call is for the purpose of communication, and includes the own station number, the other party number, the Display, and the transmission number notification restriction. It is included. Information indicating the emotion mode is stored in the Display field, and the mobile communication terminal 10B that has received the call determines the content of the Display field and performs a call receiving process described later with reference to FIG.
[0052]
Field 1103 is a field for indicating the end of the message.
[0053]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process when mobile communication terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention accepts an incoming call.
[0054]
First, it is determined whether an incoming call message (information message) sent from the base station includes an emotion mode (step 201). If the emotion mode is included, the process proceeds to step 202. If the emotion mode is not included, the process proceeds to step 204.
[0055]
In step 202, the received emotion mode is searched and selected from the emotion table (see FIG. 3). Then, processing (for example, LCD color, vibrator intensity, etc.) indicated by the selected emotion mode is executed (step 203).
[0056]
Next, in step 204, an incoming call notifying process for reproducing a ringtone and displaying the telephone number of the caller or a name corresponding to the telephone number is performed.
[0057]
Next, it is determined whether or not the user has responded to the incoming call notification (step 205). If it is determined that the response processing has been performed, a telephone call is started (step 206). If it is determined that the response process has not been performed, the incoming call is terminated after the elapse of a predetermined time, and the telephone number and other information of the mobile communication terminal 10 that made the call are written in the incoming call history (step 207). The process proceeds to a standby process (step 208).
[0058]
FIG. 9 shows an example of information recorded in the incoming call history of the mobile communication terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0059]
The upper part of the table shows that at 15:05 on February 8, the call with the emotion mode “anger” was received from a caller named “XX”. Also, the middle part of the figure shows that at 15:00 on February 8, there was an incoming call that did not include the emotion mode from a sender named “XX”.
[0060]
In the communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the call message transmitted by mobile communication terminal 10A that makes a call to base station 20 includes information indicating the emotion mode, 20 includes the emotion mode included in the outgoing message in the information message transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 10B receiving the incoming call, so that the processing corresponding to the emotion table is performed on the mobile communication terminal 10B when the incoming call is notified. Can be made.
[0061]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the emotion type notification information is included in the message transmitted by the mobile communication terminal that makes the call, and the mobile communication terminal that has received the emotion type notification information performs the process specified in the emotion type notification information. In addition, it is possible to accurately convey nuances that are difficult to convey through communication such as telephone calls and e-mails, and to achieve communication according to emotions. In addition, since the history including the emotion type remains in the mobile communication terminal receiving the incoming call, the priority corresponding to the called party can be clarified.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a process performed when a mobile communication terminal 10 makes a call.
FIG. 3 is a table showing emotion modes set in the mobile communication terminal 10;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a screen displayed on the destination mobile communication terminal 10 when the emotion mode is set.
FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of a calling process.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the structure of a call message.
FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of an information message.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an incoming call receiving process.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of information recorded in an incoming call history.
[Explanation of symbols]
10A, 10B Mobile communication terminal 11 Antenna 12 Radio unit 13 Control unit 14 Storage unit 15 Vibrator 16 Operation unit 17 Display unit 20 Base station

Claims (7)

A mobile communication terminal capable of communicating with another communication terminal via a base station,
Emotion type holding means for holding a list of emotion types to be notified to a communication terminal to be called,
During a call message to the base station, an emotion type information adding unit that adds information indicating the emotion type to a communication terminal that is a communication partner,
A mobile communication terminal comprising: A mobile communication terminal capable of communicating with another communication terminal via a base station,
Emotion type holding means for holding a list of emotion types to be notified from the communication terminal to be called,
In the incoming message from the base station, when information indicating the emotion type is added, an emotion type selection unit that selects an emotion type from the emotion type holding unit based on the emotion type information,
Emotion type processing means for performing a call notification process based on the emotion type selected by the emotion type selection means,
A mobile communication terminal comprising: The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, further comprising an emotion type history holding unit that holds the emotion type selected by the emotion type selection unit together with an incoming call history. 4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the emotion type processing unit performs a process based on the emotion type using at least one of a vibration, a background color, a sound, and a display image. 5. In a communication system including a base station, and a first mobile communication terminal and a second mobile communication terminal capable of talking via the base station,
The first mobile communication terminal,
Emotion type holding means for holding a list of emotion types to be notified to the second communication terminal;
An emotion type information adding unit that adds information indicating the emotion type to be notified to the second communication terminal during a call message to the base station,
The second mobile communication terminal,
An emotion type holding unit that holds a list of emotion types notified from the first communication terminal;
In the incoming message from the base station, when information indicating the emotion type is added, an emotion type selection unit that selects an emotion type from the emotion type holding unit based on the emotion type information,
Emotion type processing means for performing processing based on the emotion type selected by the emotion type selection means,
A communication system, characterized in that: The communication system according to claim 5, wherein the second mobile communication terminal includes an emotion type history holding unit that holds the emotion type selected by the emotion type selection unit together with an incoming call history. 7. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the emotion type processing means performs processing based on the emotion type by at least one of a vibration, a background color, a sound, and a display image. A communication system as described.

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