JP2006115124A - Mobile phone system, mail transmission / reception method, and mobile phone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: A conventional cellular phone device is intended for manners on the receiving side, not on the sending side, but on the transmitting side at present, it is a passive manner against sending manners. There is only an option.
A transmitting-side mobile phone device 10 creates a mail with mute designation information added to the mail text, and transmits a mail designating a mobile phone device 30 as a counterpart to a relay server 20. When the received mail includes the mute designation control information, the relay server 20 generates an incoming communication signal in which the mute setting information is set, adds it to the mail text, and transmits it to the mobile phone device 30. The cellular phone device 30 rings the ringtone or stops ringing according to the mute setting information of the incoming communication signal added to the mail that has been analyzed. When a mail sent with the mute designation information added by the caller is received, the ringtone does not sound.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone system, a mail transmission / reception method, and a mobile phone device, and more particularly, to a mobile phone system, a mail transmission / reception method, and a mobile phone device that control a ring volume of a receiving mobile phone device by a mobile phone device on a transmission side.

  In addition to the telephone function, mobile phone devices have a mail transmission / reception function and other various functions. Due to their convenience, mobile phone devices have been spreading rapidly in recent years. A mobile phone system, a mail transmission / reception method, and a mobile phone device that control the operation on the receiving side are known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3). In Patent Document 1, in order to make maximum use of mail data transmission / reception functions and improve usability, a mobile phone device on the sender side adds melody data as mail data to a telephone number of a call destination and makes a call. A configuration is disclosed in which a signal is generated, the call signal is transmitted to a telephone line network, and a mobile phone device on the receiving side generates a melody according to the transmitted melody data as a ring tone.

  In Patent Document 2, a plurality of mail addresses and a plurality of melody data are stored in a storage means, and transmission data including melody data arbitrarily selected by the user is generated, and the selected mail address A configuration is disclosed in which a ringtone of a melody according to received melody data is sounded in the mobile phone device on the receiving side of the mail address by transmitting to the address.

  Further, in Patent Document 3, the mobile phone device on the transmission side transmits a mail with melody data attached, and the data attached to the received mail is set as a ring tone in the mobile phone device on the reception side. Sometimes, by ringing the melody data as a ringtone, the receiver can recognize the sender when a short message or mail arrives without making new settings and checking the display. An apparatus is disclosed.

  Further, the mobile phone device on the transmission side generates and transmits an e-mail in which e-mail control information indicating the importance of the e-mail predetermined by the sender is added to the e-mail body, and the mobile phone device on the reception side In the configuration, the importance level information is extracted from the e-mail control information added to the received e-mail, the ring tone information corresponding to the level of the extracted importance level information is selected, and the ring tone is reproduced with the ring tone information. A cellular phone system is conventionally known (for example, see Patent Document 4). Accordingly, it is possible to easily notify the recipient of an incoming e-mail according to the importance of the e-mail determined by the sender.

  By the way, a message that can be sent by e-mail is not only a request for an immediate response, but it is also attractive because it is sent at your own convenience and the other party also sends back a reply at your own convenience. It should be. However, instant notification of incoming calls defeats the convenience of email and is inconvenient. The reason is that it is necessary to transmit in consideration of the other party's situation (sleeping, working, driving, etc.) at the time of mail transmission.

  Therefore, heretofore, a mobile phone system that does not ring a ring tone when a predetermined keyword is included in a received mail received at a set time zone that the receiver does not want to receive is also known. (See Patent Document 5). As a result, it is possible to prevent the ringing tone of the mail received in the time zone not desired by the recipient.

JP-A-11-136393 JP 2001-111720 A JP 2003-008686 A JP 2002-041414 A JP 2004-207959 A

  However, each of the conventional mobile phone devices described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 transmits the melody data itself by adding it to the mail as mail data, and is intended to improve the convenience of the mobile phone device. It is impossible to control the ring volume of the mobile phone device on the receiving side from the sender side.

  In addition, the conventional mobile phone system described in Patent Document 4 is intended to be easily understood by a mail recipient according to importance and urgency. Then, it is a problem whether or not it is possible to make a ringtone immediately with importance and urgency. For example, it is necessary information for the next day's work, but it is late at night, so you can read it tomorrow morning, but I can not contact you in the morning, so if you keep e-mailing at night, The content is important, but if you call it now and ring with a ringtone of importance, it will be a hindrance to bedtime. However, if the level of importance is lowered, there may be a case where the next morning may not be read because the level of importance is low. In addition, considering the recent spam mail situation, it is possible that these vendors will always send "important / emergency" and the system will fail. Therefore, in the conventional mobile phone system described in Patent Document 4, it is not possible to control the ring volume of the receiving mobile phone device from the sender side.

  Furthermore, the conventional cellular phone device described in Patent Document 5 is intended to prevent manners on the receiving side, and is not a countermeasure on the transmitting side, and is currently reluctant to send no mail on the transmitting side. There is no choice but to deal with basic manners.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone system, a mail transmission / reception method, and a mobile phone device that enable the sending side to take measures against mail transmission on the receiving side.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone system, a mail transmission / reception method, and a mobile phone device that can control the ring volume of the receiving mobile phone device from the sender side.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile phone system according to a first aspect of the present invention is a mobile phone system in which a mail transmitted from a transmitting-side mobile phone device is received by a receiving-side mobile phone device as a mail transmission destination via a relay server. In
The transmitting-side mobile phone device adds an e-mail creating means for creating an arbitrary e-mail body, and a mute designation information for prohibiting a ring tone when receiving mail in the receiving-side mobile phone device to the e-mail body created by the e-mail creating means An email sending means for sending email,
The relay server receives the mail received from the first receiving means for receiving the mail transmitted from the transmitting mobile phone device, and the ringtone setting information indicating whether or not the mute designation information is added to the received mail. Relay means for transmitting the mail added to the mail body of
The receiving-side mobile phone device receives a ring tone according to the second receiving means for receiving the mail transmitted from the relay server, and the ring tone setting information added to the mail received by the second receiving means. A ring tone control means for controlling ringing or muting, and when the mute designation information is added to the mail transmitted by the transmitting-side mobile phone device, the ringing tone is prohibited when the receiving-side mobile phone device receives the mail. It is characterized by doing.

  In the present invention, the transmitting-side mobile phone device can designate the ring tone to be muted, and the transmitting-side mobile phone device can designate the muting with the manner of the receiving-side mobile phone device in mind.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the cellular phone system of the second invention, the mute designation information is added to the relay means of the relay server of the first invention in the mail received by the first receiving means. If there is no ringing ringing setting information is generated, and if no mute designation information is added, ringing ring setting information indicating ringing ringing is generated and the mail added to the mail text is transmitted It is characterized by that.

  In order to achieve the above object, a mail transmission / reception method according to a third aspect of the present invention is a cellular phone that receives a mail transmitted from a transmission-side mobile phone device by a reception-side mobile phone device that is a mail transmission destination via a relay server. In a mail transmission / reception method in a telephone system, a first step of creating an arbitrary mail body, and an incoming call when a mail is received by a receiving-side mobile phone device in the mail body created by the transmitting-side mobile phone device in the first step A second step of transmitting an e-mail with mute designation information prohibiting sound; a third step in which the relay server receives an e-mail transmitted from the transmitting mobile phone device; and a mute designation in the received e-mail The relay server creates a mail with the ringtone setting information indicating whether or not the information is added to the mail body of the received mail, A fourth step of transmitting to the talking device, a fifth step of receiving the mail transmitted from the relay server by the receiving mobile phone device, and a ring tone added to the mail received by the fifth step. And a sixth step of controlling ringing or muting according to the setting information. When the muting designation information is added to the mail transmitted by the transmitting mobile phone device, the receiving mobile phone device receives the mail. It is characterized by prohibiting the ringing of the hour. In the present invention, in the transmitting-side mobile phone device, mute designation information can be arbitrarily added to the mail to be transmitted in consideration of the transmission time zone, etc. Ringing of ringtones can be prohibited.

  In order to achieve the above object, the mail transmission / reception method of the fourth invention is the same as the fourth step of the third invention, when the mute designation information is added to the mail received by the third step. Generate ringtone setting information indicating ringtone ringing prohibition, and when no mute designation information is added, generate ringtone setting information indicating ringtone ringing and send mail added to the mail text It is characterized by that.

  In order to achieve the above object, the cellular phone device of the fifth invention receives a mail via a relay function and a mail transmission function for transmitting arbitrarily created mail to a mail destination via a relay server. In a cellular phone device equipped with a mail receiving function, a mail creating means for creating an arbitrary mail body, and a mute designation information for prohibiting a ring tone when receiving mail is added to the mail body created by the mail creating means Mail sending means for sending mail, mail receiving means for receiving mail sent from the relay server, and ring tone setting corresponding to the mute designation information added to the mail text in the mail received by the mail receiving means A ring tone control means for controlling ringing or muting of the ring tone according to the information, and the incoming call when the mute designation information is added by the ring tone control means Based on the setting information, and inhibits the ringing of the ringtone when receiving a mail. In the present invention, the transmitting-side mobile phone device can designate the ring tone to be muted, and the transmitting-side mobile phone device can designate the muting with the manner of the receiving-side mobile phone device in mind.

  In order to achieve the above object, a mobile phone device according to a sixth aspect of the invention relates to whether or not to add a mute designation information such as a check box in the vicinity of the mail message input window. A designation interface is provided, and mute designation information is added to the mail body using the designation interface.

  According to the present invention, the ringing tone can be set to be muted on the transmitting side mobile phone device side. By designating mute, it is possible to prevent the ring tone from sounding, so that mail can be transmitted without hesitation anytime.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since it is possible to mute the transmitter on the side of the transmitting side mobile phone device, the receiving side mobile phone device can shorten the manner mode setting period.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of a cellular phone system according to the present invention. In the figure, the present embodiment is composed of a transmitting-side mobile phone device 10, a relay server 20, and a receiving-side mobile phone device 30. The transmitting-side mobile phone device 10 can also be a receiving side, and the receiving-side mobile phone device 30 can also be a receiving-side mobile phone device.

  The transmitting-side mobile phone device 10 and the receiving-side mobile phone device 30 have the same configuration, for example, the configuration shown in the block diagram of FIG. In the figure, the mobile phone device 40 is an input composed of a control unit 41 for overall control of the entire phone device and various keys for inputting a telephone number, an e-mail address, an e-mail text, a mute designation, and the like. Unit 42, a storage unit 43 storing a program for performing processing peculiar to the present embodiment, telephone book data, and the like, a telephone number input by input unit 42, a mail text, etc., and a received mail text A display unit 44 composed of a liquid crystal display element for display, a microphone 45 for picking up the transmitted voice and converting it into a transmitted voice signal, and a speaker 46 for generating a ringtone or received voice A display driving unit 47 for causing the display unit 44 to perform a display operation, a voice processing unit 48 for processing a transmission voice signal from the microphone 45, a ringing tone to the speaker 46, or a reception voice signal, a transmission unit A signal processing unit 49 for processing signals for the signal, with the nearest base station (not shown), a wireless unit 50. for radio communication via the antenna 51.

  Here, the cellular phone device according to the present embodiment has a function of adding silencing control information to the mail body to be transmitted, a function of determining whether or not silencing control information is added to the received mail, and silencing in the received mail A feature is that the control unit 41 has a function of controlling a ringtone according to the presence or absence of control information.

  Next, the operation of the embodiment of the system of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 2 and the flowchart of FIG. First, when transmitting a mail, the transmitting-side mobile phone device 10 takes into consideration various conditions such as the importance and urgency of the mail, the transmission time of the sender (originating user) itself, and the recipient ( If the recipient has to send an email in a time zone that is estimated to be annoying when the recipient receives the email, add mute designation information to the email body. The e-mail is created (step S1 in FIG. 3), and the e-mail specifying the other party's mobile phone device 30 is transmitted to the relay server 20 (step S2 in FIG. 3).

  In this case, for example, the transmitting-side mobile phone device 10 has a designation interface such as a check box in the vicinity of the mail message input window so that the ringer can be turned off when sending a mail.

  When the relay server 20 receives the mail (step S3 in FIG. 3), the relay server 20 determines whether or not the mute designation control information is included in the mail body of the received mail (step S4 in FIG. 3). If it is included, an incoming communication signal in which the mute setting information is set is generated and added to the mail body (step S5 in FIG. 3), and is transmitted to the mobile phone device 30 as the other party (FIG. 3). Step S6).

  When it is determined in step S4 that there is no mute designation control information, the relay server 20 generates an incoming communication signal having no mute setting information, adds it to the mail text, and transmits it to the mobile phone device 30 (FIG. 3). Step S6). In this way, the relay server 20 transmits the mail with the incoming communication signal added to the mail text of the received mail to the mobile phone device 30.

  The cellular phone device 30 receives the above mail via the nearest base station (not shown) via the antenna 51 of FIG. 2 by the wireless unit 50, performs a predetermined reception process, and receives it via the signal processing unit 49. Analysis is performed (step S7 in FIG. 3). The control unit 41 controls the voice processing unit 48 according to the mute setting information of the incoming communication signal added to the mail analyzed by the signal processing unit 49, and rings the ring tone from the speaker 46 or the ring tone. Is stopped (silenced) (step S8 in FIG. 3).

  That is, the control unit 41 prohibits the ringer ringing by the speaker 46 and silences the sound only when the mute setting information of the incoming communication signal in the received mail indicates that the mute setting is set. To control. Further, the control unit 41 stores the data of the mail text of the received mail in the storage unit 43, for example, and notifies the display unit 44 of the mail reception via the display driving unit 47 to display the mail text. A mail reception process for displaying a menu screen indicating whether or not is received is performed (step S9 in FIG. 3).

  Note that when the mute setting information of the incoming communication signal in the received mail is not set to mute, the ring tone is sounded by the speaker 46 as in the prior art. Further, the mail reception process in step S9 is performed regardless of whether or not a ring tone is ringing.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the transmitting side mobile phone device 10 which is a mail sender can mute the ringtone, the mail sender can always send a mail without hesitation. Further, according to the present embodiment, the receiving-side mobile phone device 30 that is the mail recipient is designed to mute on the transmitting-side mobile phone device 10 side, so that the manner mode setting period Can be shortened.

  The present invention is not limited to a mobile phone, and can be applied to the entire mobile phone device which is a mobile communication device having a telephone function and a mail transmission / reception function.

It is a system configuration figure of one embodiment of the system of the present invention. It is a block diagram of an example of a mobile phone device. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Transmission side mobile telephone apparatus 20 Relay server 30 Reception side mobile telephone apparatus 40 Mobile telephone apparatus 41 Control part 42 Input part 46 Speaker 48 Audio | voice processing part

Claims (6)

In a mobile phone system that causes a mail transmitted from a transmitting-side mobile phone device to be received by a receiving-side mobile phone device that is a mail transmission destination via a relay server,
The transmitting-side mobile phone device is
Email creation means to create any email body;
A mail sending means for sending a mail with mute designation information for prohibiting a ring tone when receiving mail in the receiving mobile phone device in the mail body created by the mail creating means;
The relay server is
First receiving means for receiving the mail transmitted from the transmitting-side mobile phone device;
Relay means for transmitting, to the receiving side mobile phone device, a mail in which the ringtone setting information indicating whether or not the mute designation information is added to the received mail is added to the mail text of the received mail; Have
The receiving side mobile phone device is:
Second receiving means for receiving the mail transmitted from the relay server;
Ringtone control means for controlling ringing or muting of a ringtone according to the ringtone setting information added in the mail received by the second receiving means;
A cellular phone system, wherein when the mute designation information is added to a mail transmitted by the transmitting-side mobile phone device, ringing of a ringing tone when receiving mail at the receiving-side mobile phone device is prohibited.   The relay unit of the relay server generates ringing tone setting information indicating that ringing ringing is prohibited when the mute designation information is added to the mail received by the first receiving unit, and the mute designation 2. The mobile phone system according to claim 1, wherein when no information is added, ringtone setting information indicating ringing tone is generated and a mail added to the mail text is transmitted. In a mail transmission / reception method in a mobile phone system in which a mail transmitted from a transmission-side mobile phone device is received by a reception-side mobile phone device as a mail transmission destination via a relay server,
A first step of creating an arbitrary email body;
The transmitting mobile phone device transmits a mail in which mute designation information for prohibiting a ring tone at the time of receiving a mail in the receiving mobile phone device is added to the mail body created in the first step. Steps,
A third step in which the relay server receives the mail transmitted from the transmitting mobile phone device;
The relay server creates a mail in which the ring tone setting information indicating whether the mute designation information is added to the received mail is added to the mail body of the received mail, and the receiving side mobile phone A fourth step of transmitting to the device;
A fifth step in which the receiving mobile phone device receives the mail transmitted from the relay server;
And a sixth step of controlling ringing or muting of a ring tone according to the ring tone setting information added to the mail received in the fifth step, and the transmitting side mobile phone device transmits An e-mail transmission / reception method characterized in that, when the mute designation information is added to an e-mail, ringing of a ringing tone when receiving e-mail at the receiving mobile phone device is prohibited.   In the fourth step, when the mute designation information is added to the mail received in the third step, ring tone setting information indicating prohibition of ringtone ringing is generated, and the mute designation information is added. 4. The mail transmission / reception method according to claim 3, wherein when not set, ringing tone setting information indicating ringing of a ringing tone is generated and a mail added to the mail text is transmitted. In a mobile phone device having a mail transmission function for transmitting arbitrarily created mail to a mail transmission destination via a relay server, and a mail reception function for receiving the mail via the relay server,
Email creation means to create any email body;
A mail sending means for sending a mail with a mute designation information forbidding a ringtone at the time of receiving a mail added to the mail body created by the mail creating means;
Mail receiving means for receiving the mail transmitted from the relay server;
Ringtone control means for ringing or muting the ringtone according to the ringtone setting information corresponding to the mute designation information added to the mail body in the mail received by the mail receiving means. ,
The mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the ring tone control means prohibits ringing of a ring tone when the mail is received based on ring tone setting information when the mute designation information is added. The mail transmission means has an interface for specifying whether or not to add the mute designation information such as a check box in the vicinity of a mail message input window, and the mute designation information is added to the mail body using the designation interface. 6. The mobile phone device according to claim 5, which is added.

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