JP2005110026A - Portable communication device, program, and computer-readable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an easy-to-use portable communication device while reducing erroneous operations, discomfort and surprises caused by a sudden notification about a call being received while a user is running a game or application while waiting for an incoming call. To do.
When a user repeatedly presses / releases an operation key quickly to create a game or mail, an elapsed time from the release of the operation key to the press is measured by a key monitoring unit. When there is a notification regarding an incoming call in this state, if the elapsed time immediately before that is less than or equal to the threshold, it is determined that a game or mail creation is being performed, and the notification regarding the incoming call is not displayed on the display unit 8.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a portable communication device having functions such as a game and mail creation, a program used in the portable communication device, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the program.

  Conventionally, there are mobile phone devices equipped with a game function, a mail creation function, and the like. In such a mobile phone device, a user has been operating continuously for a long time in order to enjoy a game or create a text of an email even while waiting for an incoming call. For this reason, when an incoming call occurs while the user is operating, the screen display by the previous operation is suddenly interrupted and changed to a screen display indicating an incoming call notification. Incoming calls include incoming short mails and e-mails other than incoming calls, and screen changes occur in the same way.

  In particular, as a short mail service (hereinafter referred to as SMS), there is a service in which an application of a mobile phone device is specified in association with identification information stored in the short mail and the application is automatically started. In the case of this service, not a notification of an incoming call but a notification related to an application activated by the incoming call may be displayed on the screen. For example, a notification that the application has started, a notification that the application has ended, a notification that an error has occurred during execution of the application, or a request for user operation is issued.

In order to eliminate the discomfort when the creation of texts in games and emails is interrupted due to notifications of unexpected incoming calls, etc., an incoming call waiting operation stop mode has been provided so that incoming calls do not occur during games. There is a mobile phone device (see, for example, Patent Document 1). FIG. 3 shows an outline of an operation flow of the cellular phone device.
In FIG. 3, while waiting, music playback is instructed by the user in process 101 and started. Next, when an incoming call signal is received in the process 102, it is determined in the determination process 103 whether the flag F is set. The flag F indicates whether or not the standby operation stop mode is set. If the flag F is in the set state (F = 1), the process 104 prohibits the operation of notifying the incoming call. Next, the process 105 waits for the end of the performance of the music. When the process ends, the process 106 notifies the user that an incoming call has been received, and the flow ends.

  When the flag F is in the reset state (F = 0) in the determination process 103, the process 107 is performed. The process 107 is the same as a normal incoming call, and is displayed on the screen, played by a ringing melody, and notified by driving a vibrator. Thereafter, if the user performs a response operation, the call process is performed in process 108 and the end of the call is waited in process 109. When the end talk is detected, the process returns to a state in which the music can be reproduced in a process 109, and this flow is finished.

  Conventionally, there have been proposed a method in which an incoming call notification is not performed when an incoming call is detected during the execution of a game, a method in which game data is stored in a memory, an incoming call notification is performed, and then the game can be resumed.

  The above-described conventional mobile phone device needs to have an operation mode such as a wireless unit operation stop mode or a game mode for the operation of the mobile phone. Such a mode is easy to understand when the incoming call is completely rejected, but in an actual application, there is a case where it is desired to play a game while waiting for the incoming call. The mail text is created in the incoming call rejection mode, and the operation of enabling the wireless unit function of the mobile phone at the stage of sending the mail is difficult to understand and may cause confusion for the user.

In addition, mobile phone software that has a multi-process execution environment similar to that in a desktop computer has appeared. In such a software environment, since the application is being executed, it is impossible to divide in the game mode, and it is not necessary to divide like that. In other words, it is natural that the game or application being executed is hidden in the background, the interrupted work is processed, and after that, the previous game or application is resumed.
As described above, when a game or application is executed while waiting for an incoming call, the conventional technique has a problem in that an incoming call notification unexpectedly appears on the screen, thereby causing erroneous operation, discomfort, and surprise.
JP 2002-223271 A

  It is an object of the present invention to reduce erroneous operations, discomfort, and surprises caused by displaying a notification about an incoming call while a game or application is being executed while waiting for an incoming call, and to provide an easy-to-use portable communication device. Let it be an issue.

  The mobile phone device according to the present invention measures the elapsed time from the release of the operation key by the user immediately before the incoming call in the mobile phone device that displays the incoming call notification or the notification generated due to the incoming call on the display means. Key monitoring means and control means for controlling display of the notification by the display means based on an elapsed time measured by the key monitoring means when the incoming call occurs are provided.

The program according to the present invention includes a display process for displaying a notification of an incoming call or a notification generated due to the incoming call, and a key monitoring process for measuring an elapsed time from the release of the operation key by the user immediately before the incoming call. And a control process for controlling the display process of the notification based on the elapsed time measured by the key monitoring process when the incoming call occurs.
A computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention records the above program.

  According to the mobile communication device of the present invention, while waiting for an incoming call, while executing a game or an application, it is possible to reduce discomfort and surprise due to a sudden notification about the incoming call, and to prevent erroneous operation. be able to. Further, it is not necessary to limit the operation of the mobile communication device to the execution of a specific mode or a specific application, and the effects of the present invention can be enjoyed in every scene of the operation of the mobile communication device. Therefore, it is possible to provide a portable communication device that is easy for the user to understand and use.

  The present invention measures the elapsed time from the release of the key to the press when the user repeatedly presses / releases the operation key to create a game or mail, When the time is below the threshold, it is determined that a game or email is being created and no notification regarding incoming calls is displayed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device which is one of mobile communication devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a wireless device 1 is means for realizing a function as a terminal of a mobile phone and is modularized. The OS 3 exchanges information with the wireless device 1 via the wireless device driver 2. The OS 3 is linked to the display driver 7 and the key driver 10 and controls the display unit 8 such as a liquid crystal display and the key device 9. The OS 3 is also provided with a drawing API (Application Program Interface) 6 and controls the application to display information on the display unit 8.

  If the application is in the foreground of the screen, the application receives a key event notification from the OS 3 and receives a notification that the user has operated the operation key on the key device 9. The first application 5 appears on the screen when there is an incoming call and notifies the user. At this time, if the calling number is notified, it is displayed and a ring tone is sounded. The second application 12 is a game activated by the user.

  Assume that the second application 12 is activated to play a game while waiting for an incoming call. The user quickly taps the operation key on the key device 9. This key event is notified to the second application 12 via the key driver 10, the key monitoring unit 11, and the OS 3. The key monitoring unit 11 includes a counter for measuring time, and drives the counter with a clock having a predetermined frequency.

FIG. 2 shows a processing flow of the key monitoring unit 11.
After initialization (step S21, hereinafter omitted), when the key driver 10 notifies that the operation key is pressed (S22), the count is stopped and the counter is reset to zero (S23). Further, when the key driver 10 notifies the release of the operation key (S24), the counter is started (S25).
When an inquiry about the elapsed time from the release of the operation key is received from the OS 3 while the operation key is repeatedly pressed and released, the value of the counter is read and notified. Therefore, zero is always returned as the counter value while the operation key is pressed.

  Next, assume that an incoming call occurs while the second application 12 is being executed. The wireless device 1 detects an incoming call, the wireless device driver 2 detects this interruption, and the OS 3 operates the incoming call response processing module 4. The incoming call response processing module 4 determines whether the incoming call is a call, a short mail, or an e-mail, and whether the current mobile phone device is in the manner mode or the incoming call rejection is set. The appropriate first application 5 is activated by determining various conditions such as whether or not there is.

  The first application 5 attempts to acquire the authority to draw on the display unit 8 using the drawing API 6. The OS 3 detects that this drawing authority request has been made due to an incoming call, and inquires the key monitoring unit 11 about the elapsed time from the release of the operation key. The key monitoring unit 11 returns the counter value to the OS 3. The OS 3 immediately accepts a request from the first application 5 when the elapsed time is a predetermined threshold, for example, 1 second or longer. As a result, a display for notifying an incoming call is drawn on the screen of the display unit 8.

  On the other hand, if the counter value is less than the predetermined threshold value, it is determined that the game is being played, and a response to the drawing authority request is not returned, and the incoming call notification is temporarily not displayed. At this time, the OS 3 activates a timer for a time that does not satisfy the threshold, and inquires the elapsed time from the release of the operation key to the key monitoring unit 11 again at the time-out event, and repeats this operation. For this reason, while the user continues the game and continuously presses the operation key, the elapsed time from the release of the operation key does not exceed the threshold value, and the incoming call notification can be kept waiting for a long time. When the user's operation key operation stops, the incoming call notification is interrupted and displayed on the screen. However, since the user's intention to operate has already been interrupted, no erroneous operation is performed. In addition, it is possible to reduce the degree of discomfort and surprise caused by the action (screen interruption display) contrary to the user's intention to operate.

  In the present embodiment, the first application 5 is an application for notifying incoming calls, but may be an application for executing some other process. That is, when a short mail arrives, the incoming call response processing module 4 can start the associated application as the first application 5 based on the identifier stored in the short mail. As such a short mail service (SMS), there is a use in which an e-mail has arrived at the center by SMS, a mail application is started due to the incoming SMS, and the center mail is received. Alternatively, there is a use in which the user immediately starts the service by contracting with a specific content provider and notifying the start of the new content service by SMS.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing when an application activation is instructed by incoming SMS.
When there is an incoming SMS (S31), the identifier stored in the message is analyzed (S32). Then, the application corresponding to the identifier is activated (S33), and the application calls the drawing API 6 (S34). At this time, it is checked whether or not the counter value is equal to or larger than a threshold value (S35). If the counter value is equal to or larger than the threshold value, drawing processing is performed (S36). If it is not equal to or greater than the threshold, drawing is performed after waiting for the threshold (S37).

As the first application 5, there may be an application that requests a drawing authority for the display unit 8, and an application that performs processing in the background. The present invention can be effective for any application that requires drawing authority.
Further, in this embodiment, since the OS 3 waits for a drawing authority request, not only the first application 5 but also, for example, the case where the OS 3 itself needs to display a notification to the user is effective. Can be played. For example, there is a case where the incoming response processing module 4 displays an error message when the first application 5 cannot be started due to insufficient resources such as memory when starting the first application 5.

Next, a program according to the present embodiment and a recording medium for recording the program will be described.
A program for the CPU of the computer system in the portable communication apparatus according to this embodiment to execute the processing based on the operation of FIG. 1 and the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 constitutes the program according to this embodiment.

  The recording medium for recording the program constitutes a computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention. As this recording medium, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic recording medium, or the like can be used, and these may be configured and used in a ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, flexible disk, memory card, or the like.

  In addition, this recording medium can store a program for a certain period of time such as a volatile memory such as a RAM in a computer system as a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. The thing to hold is also included.

  The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. The transmission medium refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.

  The program may be composed of a plurality of programs in order to realize the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

Therefore, even when this program and recording medium are used in a system or apparatus different from the system or apparatus in FIG. 1 and the computer of the system or apparatus executes this program, the functions and effects described in the embodiments are the same. Functions and effects can be obtained, and the problems of the present invention can be solved.
The mobile communication device includes a mobile phone device, a mobile information device with a built-in communication unit, a mobile information device to which a communication card can be attached and detached, and the like.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone apparatus by the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a key monitoring part. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement regarding the application starting by SMS incoming. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the conventional mobile telephone apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 Wireless device 2 Wireless device driver 3 OS
4 Incoming response processing module 5 First application 6 Drawing API
7 Display Driver 8 Display Unit 9 Key Device 10 Key Driver 11 Key Monitoring Unit 12 Second Application

Claims (7)

In a mobile phone device that displays a notification of an incoming call or a notification generated due to an incoming call by a display means,
Key monitoring means for measuring the elapsed time from the release of the operation key by the user;
A portable communication apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls display of the notification to the display unit based on an elapsed time measured by the key monitoring unit when an incoming call occurs.   The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call is an incoming mail, and the notification generated due to the incoming call is a notification related to an application activated in accordance with mail information.   3. The portable communication device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays the notification by the display unit when the elapsed time measured by the key monitoring unit reaches a predetermined threshold value. A display process for displaying an incoming call notification or a notification generated due to an incoming call;
A key monitoring process for measuring the elapsed time from the release of the operation key by the user;
A program for causing a computer to execute a control process for controlling the display process of the notification based on an elapsed time measured by the key monitoring process when the incoming call occurs.   The program according to claim 4, wherein the incoming call is an incoming mail, and the notification generated due to the incoming call is a notification related to an application activated in accordance with mail information.   6. The program according to claim 4, wherein when the elapsed time measured by the key monitoring process reaches a predetermined threshold by the control process, the notification display process is performed. The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of any one of Claims 4-6.

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