JP2002009899A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal with which a calling terminal regulates the useless calls and can automatically select the optimum communication means. SOLUTION: An operation designation information storage means 108 stores the operation designation information including the contents that designate a control method about call operations in relation to each telephone number stored in a telephone directory storage means 107. When an individual call operation is started with use of a telephone number, a terminal operation control 102 reads the operation designation information out of the storage means 108 and a call operation control means 103 controls the call operations according to the operation designation information. Thus, a calling terminal regulates the useless calls and can automatically select the optimum communication means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention automatically regulates outgoing calls and activates alternative communication means in response to outgoing operations to a communication partner registered in a telephone directory or the like in accordance with preset conditions. And a communication terminal capable of performing such operations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of mobile phones and technical improvements, multifunctional and high-performance communication terminals have come to accompany individuals regardless of time and place. It has become possible for the owner of a mobile phone to select an appropriate communication type such as a voice call, an e-mail, or a TV phone according to the scene, purpose, and other party, and make a call.

[0003] However, the widening of the selectable range means that the selection is often lost, and inevitably, consideration must be given to the person who can make a call. In one example, there is no need to make a late-night TV call to communicate requirements that may be met by email. However, basically, the called party is in a defense-only position.
Even if the other person is friendly and friendly and thinks well about this, you may sometimes forget it.

[0004] As a technical means for countering this, setting of rejection of incoming calls, answering machine response, and automatic call transfer at a receiving-side user terminal or a network is considered to be the most effective means currently in widespread use.

[0005] However, these operations require the user on the receiving side to perform setting / cancellation operations according to the situation. For example, the communication means that can be received during the day may change every moment, and if it can change individually depending on the other party, if the setting is changed accordingly, the operation is It can be huge. It is useless to activate the communication means that is rejected from the viewpoint of the calling user. From the viewpoint of communication network resource management, useless communication activation should be minimized.

[0006] Alternatively, in order to prevent a calling user from making a wrong call by an inappropriate means, it is possible to set a calling limit on his / her own communication terminal. The call restriction function is not used for any purpose.

[0007] Such a situation is the same not only when the communication terminal of the called user has various communication means but also when the called user owns a plurality of communication terminals.

[0008]

As described above, even if a user possesses a high-performance mobile terminal, the circumstances of the called user are not necessarily reflected in the judgment of the calling user, and the call rejection function and the like are used. In the case of defense, the setting operation of the called user becomes troublesome, and the occurrence of useless communication cannot be suppressed.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a communication terminal capable of restricting useless transmission by a calling terminal and automatically selecting an optimum communication means. Aim.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal, comprising: communication destination identification information storage means for storing communication destination identification information comprising a telephone number or a communication address; An operation designation information storage unit for storing operation designation information including contents for designating a control method relating to a transmission operation in association with individual communication destination identification information stored in the destination identification information storage unit, and using the communication destination identification information; And controlling means for controlling the operation in accordance with the operation designation information associated with the communication partner identification information at the time of starting the individual calling operation.

According to the present invention, the request regarding the selection and restriction of the communication means notified from the called user is associated with the communication partner identification information as the operation specifying information including the content for specifying the control method regarding the calling operation. By setting in advance and performing control in accordance with the operation designation information, useless transmission can be restricted at the time of starting the transmission, and the transmission side user can be led to transmission by more appropriate communication means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal according to the first aspect, there is provided variable value information acquiring means for acquiring variable value information that can take a variable value, such as time information and position information. When the operation specifying information includes a determination condition for selecting an operation depending on the variable value information, the control unit determines the variable value information obtained by the variable value information obtaining unit to select the operation. It is characterized in that control is performed using conditions.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal according to the first or second aspect, input means for inputting information for setting operation designation information, and input by the input means are provided. Information that has been
Means for setting in association with the communication partner identification information and storing the information in the operation designation information storage means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal according to the first or second aspect, the predetermined information obtained through the communication means is used as the operation designation information and the communication destination identification information It is characterized by comprising means for setting in association with each other and storing it in the operation designation information storage means.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes communication means for communicating with another communication terminal. Specifically, it is a wireless communication means represented by a PDC method, a CDMA method, a PHS method, or the like, or a wired communication means such as an ISDN.
This includes the case where one communication terminal includes a plurality of communication means. The effectiveness of the present embodiment does not depend on the communication method or the communication network configuration method.

Reference numeral 102 denotes a terminal operation control unit constituted by a CPU, a program storage device, and the like, and includes a transmission operation control unit 103 and an operation designation information setting unit 105.

The transmission operation control means 103 is a means for controlling the transmission operation and includes a condition judgment means 104. The condition judging means 104 is a means for making a condition judgment by using information taking a variable value for a condition judgment for selecting an operation content.

The operation designation information setting means 105 is a means for storing the contents of the operation designation information in the operation designation information storage means 108.

Reference numeral 106 denotes a rewritable data storage unit such as a nonvolatile memory.
7 and operation designation information storage means 108.

The telephone directory storage means 107 is a means for storing telephone number information of another communication terminal. In addition to the telephone number information, information relating to the communication partner's individual such as the name of the partner and the mail address of the partner is stored. It can be stored.

The operation designation information storage means 108 is a means for storing the contents of the operation designation information.
It is stored so as to be referred to from the telephone number information stored in the telephone directory storage means 107.

Reference numeral 109 denotes a user input means, such as a key, a touch panel, and a voice recognition device, for receiving an input from a user. Can be used.

Reference numeral 110 denotes a user output unit, such as an LCD or a speaker, for outputting to a user. In addition to displaying operation information setting results and transmission operation control results, it also displays telephone directory contents. It can also be used for purposes such as displaying incoming call notifications.

Reference numeral 111 denotes an auxiliary input device represented by an image information input device, an optical character recognition device, a magnetic reading device, etc., which can be used for inputting operation designation information.
The present device may be incorporated in the terminal, or may be present outside and connected as needed by wireless or wired communication means.

Reference numeral 112 denotes a variable value information acquiring means for acquiring information having a variable value. The variable value information is information that can be uniquely obtained at a certain point in time, other than information that is fixedly implemented in the terminal. Specific examples include time information, terminal position information, and a received electric field strength of an effective communication radio wave in wireless communication. As an example of the information acquisition means, a clock function built in the terminal for acquiring time information, or time notification information acquired from a communication network via the communication means can be used. As in this example, the information acquisition source does not depend on whether the terminal is inside or outside the terminal. In addition, information on a partner terminal with which communication is to be performed can be included in the variable value information. As a specific example, the location information of the partner terminal is obtained (via the communication network) without directly communicating with the partner terminal by the service of the communication network, and the partner terminal is located using the location information. For example, the time zone of the place is determined, and the time at the partner terminal is calculated.

Hereinafter, the transmission operation control method and the operation setting information setting method in the present embodiment will be described in order using an example.

First, a description will be given of an embodiment of the transmission operation control method of the communication terminal.

FIG. 2 is a schematic operation flowchart showing one example of the method for controlling the transmission operation in the communication terminal of the present embodiment shown in FIG.

One embodiment of the transmission operation control method will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

In response to a user operation on the user input means 109, the terminal operation control unit 102 causes the telephone directory storage means 1
07 is selected, the stored contents are read out, and presented on the user output means 110 (F2).
01).

Here, the user performs a calling operation. Note that the user's calling operation can be performed by selecting the telephone number information stored in the telephone directory storage means or by directly dialing the telephone number by key operation, for example.

When the transmission operation of the user is accepted (F20)
2) The calling operation control means 103 determines whether or not the telephone number for which the calling operation has been performed is stored in the telephone directory storage means 107 (F203). If the result of the determination is that it has not been stored, a normal transmission operation is performed (F204).

If the result of the above determination is that it is stored,
It is determined whether or not the operation designation information is stored in the operation designation information storage unit 108 in association with the telephone number information (F205). If the result of the determination is that there is no associated operation designation information, a normal transmission operation is performed (F206).

As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the associated operation specification information exists, the operation specification information is read from the operation specification information storage means 108 (F207).
Here, it is determined whether or not the value of the variable information is used as the condition for selecting the operation content in the read operation specifying information (F208). As a result of the determination, if the variable value information is used as a condition, the variable value information acquiring unit 112 acquires variable value information (F209). If it is not used as a condition, there is no need to acquire variable value information.

In accordance with the operation designation information, the transmission operation control means 103 uses the variable value information acquired as necessary to determine a transmission operation to be performed (F210). If the condition for restricting transmission is not satisfied, a normal transmission operation is performed (F21).
1). If the condition for restricting the transmission is satisfied, the following operation is performed according to the operation designation information, and the transmission operation specified via the communication means 101 is executed (F212), the transmission operation is stopped (F213), or In addition, an operation specified in the operation specifying information or an operation implemented as an operation control method of the communication terminal is performed (F21).
4).

A more specific operation example of the transmission operation control method will be described with reference to an embodiment of the operation designation information storage contents.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the storage pattern of the telephone number information and the associated operation designation information in the communication terminal of the present embodiment shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 301 denotes the contents of the telephone directory information on “Mr. A” stored in the telephone directory storage unit 107, and 302 denotes the contents of the operation specification information stored in the operation specification information storage unit 108 in association therewith. The operation specification information includes
As illustrated, it is assumed that an operation selection condition using time information is included as an example of the variable value information.

An example of a specific operation of the communication terminal when the information of FIG. 3 is stored will be described.

It is assumed that both the communication terminal and the communication terminal owned by Mr. A have a TV telephone communication function and a voice telephone communication function.

When the user of the communication terminal receives telephone directory information 301
Let's consider a case where an attempt is made to make a TV call to the telephone number included in. Since this communication terminal does not regulate the TV phone for the telephone number between 8:00 and 19:00, the user must make a TV phone call to communicate with "Mr. A" as usual. Can be. However, when the user tries to make a TV call to the telephone number during a period other than that time, i.e., from 19:00 to 8:00 on the following day, the communication terminal performs an operation of rejecting a TV telephone call.

With respect to the above-described operation embodiment, a modified example for improving usability will be described.

The embodiment of the detailed operation at the time of the TV phone call rejection operation is not limited to simply displaying a warning indicating that calling is prohibited, but also performing a display for prompting the user to perform another operation, or using communication means. A case in which the user is informed of the change and a voice telephone call is activated (in the example of FIG. 3) may be considered.

In order to prevent the user from making useless call operations, the TV from the state in which the telephone directory information 301 is displayed is displayed.
For example, the case where the telephone call operation itself is prohibited may be considered.

Further, as another operation example, instead of completely prohibiting the outgoing TV telephone call, a warning display is displayed at the time of starting the first calling operation, and the user further starts the calling operation within a certain time period thereafter. Occasionally, an outgoing call operation may be permitted.

Such a specific embodiment of the operation may be included in the operation designation information, or may be implemented in the operation control means 103.

A description will be given of another example of the contents of the operation designation information.

FIG. 4 shows another storage pattern of telephone number information and associated operation designation information.

Reference numeral 401 denotes the contents of the telephone directory information on “Mr. B” stored in the telephone directory storage unit 107, and 402 denotes the contents of the operation specification information stored in the operation specification information storage unit 108 in association therewith.

Here, the telephone directory information includes telephone number information B1, B of three different communication terminals owned by "Mr. B".
2 and B3. Phone numbers B1, B
The communication terminal of No. 3 has a voice telephone communication function, the communication terminal of B2 has a voice telephone communication function, and a text message receiving function. The present communication terminal has a voice telephone communication function and a text possessed by B2. A character message transmitting function corresponding to the message receiving function is provided. It is also assumed that the operation designation information includes an operation selection condition using time (date) information as an example of the variable value information.

An example of a specific operation of the communication terminal when the information of FIG. 4 is stored will be described.

When the user of the communication terminal receives telephone directory information 401
Let's consider a case in which a voice call is to be made to the telephone number B1 included in. Since the communication terminal does not regulate the voice call for the telephone number B1 on Saturday and Sunday, the user can make a voice call as usual and communicate with "Mr. B" during that time. However, other than that day, that is, from Monday to Friday, if the user attempts to make a voice call to the telephone number B1, the communication terminal performs an operation of refusing to make a voice call.

Next, consider the case where the user attempts to make a voice call to telephone number B2. This communication terminal
Other than weekdays, that is, Saturday and Sunday, and weekdays 8
From 19:00 to 19:00, i.e., from 19:00 to 8:00 the next day, if an attempt is made to make a voice call to the telephone number B2, an operation to refuse the call is performed, and a text message transmission is performed as an alternative communication means. A function can be activated to display a message prompting the user to input a message.

With respect to the above-mentioned operation embodiment, an embodiment in which association is provided between telephone numbers B1, B2, and B3 in order to improve the efficiency of communication method selection will be described.

As an example, a priority is set to be lower in the order of telephone numbers B1, B2, and B3. It is assumed that the user tries to make a voice call to telephone number B1 at 10:00 on weekdays. At this time, the communication terminal first determines the date information and rejects the voice call to the telephone number B1.
Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a voice call to the telephone number B2 is possible. Here, the time information is determined, and it is determined that the voice call is permitted, but the priority of the text message transmission function is set higher, and the text message transmission to the telephone number B2 is provided to the user. Is displayed to allow the user to select whether to start or make a voice call. According to the user's selection, the communication terminal activates a text message transmission function to the telephone number B2 or activates a voice telephone call. In this example, if the user tries to make a call at 20:00 on a weekday, when it is determined whether or not a voice call to the telephone number B2 is possible, it is determined that the voice call cannot be made based on the time information, The user can be prompted to select whether to activate text message transmission for the telephone number B2 or to make a voice call for the telephone number B3.

As another embodiment, the display for selecting whether to transmit a text message to the telephone number B2 or to make a voice call to the telephone number B3 is not performed, and the telephone number to the telephone number B3 is directly displayed. It is also conceivable to activate a voice call.

As in the above example, by associating a plurality of pieces of telephone number information, the user can select any telephone number information to start calling or omit the operation of selecting. The communication terminal automatically selects the communication means with the highest priority among the communication means that can be activated at that time, and connects to the intended communication partner. .

A more specific operation example will be described.

When the priority of each set of telephone number information is automatically changed depending on the time, or when one set of telephone number information corresponds to a plurality of communication methods, each set of telephone number information is used for each communication method. May be automatically changed. Further, when a call is made with a certain telephone number and the call connection fails due to no response of the other party or a communication failure, a case may be considered in which a call is re-transmitted with a different communication method or a different telephone number.

The embodiment of the operation having the association between the telephone number information may be included in the operation designation information.
It may be implemented in the operation control means 103.

In addition to the above examples, further modified examples of the embodiment of the transmission operation control method will be described.

In each of the above examples, the information for specifying the partner communication terminal can be replaced with information other than the telephone number information. Specifically, it is a communication address such as an e-mail address, a URL, an IP address, and a communication terminal number in a local communication network. The telephone directory storage means 10
7 may be stored.

In each of the above examples, variable value information other than the time and date can be used as the operation selection condition. As an example, it is conceivable to set outgoing call regulation that depends on the position information of the partner communication terminal or the time difference between the terminal and the partner communication terminal.

In each of the above examples, as an auxiliary means for preventing useless transmission operation itself by the user, it is also possible to combine the operation of presenting the transmission restriction state at that time on the telephone directory display.

FIG. 5 shows an example of telephone directory information 40 in FIG.
1 is a display example in the case where 1 is displayed on a display device used as the user output unit 110. In this example, it is assumed that the priority is set to be lower in the order of the telephone numbers B1, B2, and B3. However, message transmission of the telephone number B2 is permitted at any time regardless of the priority.

Reference numeral 501 denotes a telephone directory display on the display device, reference numeral 502 denotes a telephone number column, and reference numeral 503 denotes a status display column. The status display column indicates the outgoing call restriction status, priority setting, and the like for each telephone number and communication method at the time of displaying the telephone directory.
As examples of the status display symbols used here, “○” indicates that the transmission is permitted and the priority is high, “△” indicates that the transmission is permitted but the priority is low, and “×” indicates that the transmission is prohibited. Is shown.

Reference numeral 501a denotes a telephone directory display on Saturday or Sunday, 501b denotes a telephone directory display from 8:00 to 19:00 on weekdays, and 501c denotes a telephone directory display from 0:00 to 8:00 and from 19:00 to 24:00 on weekdays. .

On Saturday or Sunday, as indicated by 501a, the telephone number B1 (0444-XX-XXXX) is indicated by "O" because voice transmission is permitted. Phone number B2 (0
999-XXX-XXXX) is indicated by "x" because voice transmission is prohibited. However, even with the same telephone number B2, the transmission of the message indicated by the symbol 510 is permitted at any time.
This is indicated by “O”. Phone number B3 (0707-XX
X-XXXX) is also permitted to make a voice call, but the telephone number B1
Since the priority is lower than the priority, it is indicated by “△”.

Similarly, between 8:00 and 19:00 on weekdays,
As shown in 501b, the telephone number B1 is "X" because voice transmission is prohibited, and the telephone number B2 is "O" because voice transmission is permitted.
Indicated by Message transmission and telephone number B3 are the same as 501a.

Similarly, from 00:00 to 8:00 and from 19:00 to 24:00 on weekdays, as shown at 501c,
Both the telephone number B1 and the telephone number B2 are indicated by "x" because voice transmission is prohibited, and the voice transmission is permitted only by the telephone number B3, which is indicated by "o". Note that a priority may be provided between the message transmission of the telephone number B2 and the voice transmission of the telephone number B3, and either one may be indicated by “△”.

In the above example, how to arrange the display of a plurality of pieces of telephone number information and how to express the transmission restriction state depend on the implementation of the terminal. Also, in this example, whether to prohibit outgoing calls to the telephone number indicated by "x", or whether to prevent outgoing calls by simply indicating "x" on the phonebook display, etc. Also, the detailed embodiment may be included in the operation designation information, or may be implemented in the transmission operation control unit 103.

As in this example, the variable value information acquisition means 11
An operation example in which the display content is changed depending on the value of the information obtained from time to time in 2 is conceivable.

In addition, the calling operation control method of the present embodiment can be applied to a calling method other than starting calling after displaying the telephone directory information of the other party in each of the above examples. Even when dialing with the key or starting a call from redial, if a match is found with the stored phone number information and there is a match with the phone number information, if the relevant operation designation information is applied, connect to this communication terminal. When starting outgoing calls by dial input from external electronic devices, etc., if there is matching phone number information, if the relevant operation designation information is applied,
Alternatively, the present invention may be applied to a case in which, when an incoming call is received from another communication terminal, a call transfer to a telephone number preset in a function of the present communication terminal is activated.

The embodiment of the effective range of such operation designation information may be included in the operation designation information, or may be implemented in the transmission operation control means 103.

Next, an embodiment of a method for setting operation specifying information will be described.

FIGS. 6 to 8 are schematic operation flowcharts showing one example of a method of setting operation designation information in the communication terminal of the present embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic operation flowchart in the case where the operation designation information is set by the user input means. One embodiment of the operation designation information setting by the user input means will be described with reference to FIGS.

It is assumed that at least one piece of telephone number information is registered in telephone directory storage means 107. By the user's operation on the user input means 109, the telephone directory stored contents including the target telephone number information is stored in the user output means 110.
Presented above (F601). In accordance with the user's operation while confirming the presentation content, the operation designation information is input (F602). The operation designation information setting means 105 associates the operation designation information with the telephone number information in response to the input,
It is stored in the operation designation information storage unit 108 (F60
3). The action designation information setting means 105 presents the result of the action designation information setting on the user output means 110 (F60
4).

As a modification of the above embodiment, it is conceivable to store operation designation information in association with telephone number information not registered in the telephone directory storage means 107. In this case, the operation designation information input step (F602) is started by a method other than the telephone directory presentation step (F601), and the telephone number information is input together with the operation designation information, so that the telephone number information is newly added to the telephone directory. In addition to the storage in the storage unit 107, the operation designation information is associated with the telephone number information and stored in the operation designation information storage unit 108 (F603).

FIG. 7 is a schematic operation flowchart for setting operation specifying information via the communication means. One embodiment of the operation designation information setting via the communication means will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, by a user operation or the like via the user input means 109, the telephone number information stored in the telephone directory storage means 107 is used to communicate with a target communication terminal by any appropriate communication means. A call is made and a communication connection is made (F701).

Next, on the communication terminal side, the operation designation information setting means 105 is brought into a state where the operation designation information setting can be started by a user operation or the like (F702). In addition, the start of the operation designation information setting is notified to the partner terminal by a control signal, voice information, or the like, and the input of the operation designation information is prompted (F703). However, this may be such that the user of the communication terminal notifies the partner terminal user by voice or the like. The operation designation information setting means 105 receives the operation designation information transmitted by the partner terminal as a control signal, a voice signal, or the like (F704). The operation designation information does not have to be transmitted in a lump, but may be divided and transmitted, or may be transmitted and received in an interactive manner between the communication terminal and the partner terminal. The operation specification information setting unit 105 that has acquired the operation specification information associates the operation specification information with the telephone number information and stores it in the operation specification information storage unit 108 (F705). Operation designation information setting means 105
Notifies the other terminal of the completion of the setting of the operation designation information by a control signal, a voice signal, or the like (F706), and also notifies the user of the communication terminal via the user output means 110 or the like (F707). However, instead of the notification process to the partner terminal (F706), the user of the communication terminal notified of the completion may notify the partner terminal user by a voice signal or the like. The operation designation information set in the above process is applied at the time of the next and subsequent calling operations based on the telephone number information.

Several modified examples of the embodiment for setting the operation designation information via the communication means will be described.

The telephone directory information other than the telephone number information stored in the telephone directory storage unit 107 and used for making a call is
It is also conceivable to store the operation designation information in association with it.
Take an example. When dialing with a key or making a call from redial, the terminal operation control unit 102 stores outgoing dial information. After the steps F702 to F704, the operation designation information setting unit 105 searches whether or not the telephone number information that matches the stored outgoing dial information is already stored in the telephone directory storage unit 107. If it is stored, the operation specifying information storing step (F
In 705), the operation specifying information is stored in association with the stored telephone number information. If it is not stored, the outgoing dial information is stored as telephone number information in the telephone directory storage means 107, and the operation designation information is stored in the operation designation information storage means 108 in association with the telephone number information.

Another example will be described. If the telephone number information of the partner terminal is notified when receiving a call from the partner terminal, the terminal operation control unit 102 stores it. F702-
After the process of F704, the operation designation information setting means 105
A search is performed to determine whether or not the telephone number information that matches the stored incoming dial information is already stored in the telephone directory storage unit 107 (even if the search is performed by the terminal operation control unit 102 when the incoming call is activated). In that case, the search result is stored and held in the terminal operation control unit 102). The operation designation information setting means 105 stores the telephone number information corresponding to the incoming dial information in the telephone directory storage means 1.
07, the operation designation information storage step (F7
At 05), the operation specifying information is stored in association with the stored telephone number information. If it is not stored, the incoming dial information is stored as telephone number information in the telephone directory storage unit 107, and the operation designation information is stored in the operation designation information storage unit 108 in association with the telephone number information.

Another example will be described. It is also conceivable to store the operation designation information without using the telephone number information used by the present communication terminal for calling or the telephone number information notified at the time of the incoming call. During communication with the partner terminal, the F702 to F7
After the process of 03, the partner terminal adds, in addition to the operation designation information,
When the telephone number information is also transmitted, the operation designation information setting unit 105 determines whether or not the operation designation information and the telephone number information should be stored in association with each other, or the user output unit 110 The user is requested to make the determination via the user's selection. Operation designation information setting means 10
If it is determined that the operation designation information and the telephone number information may be stored in association with each other based on the determination of 5 or the user's intention display by the user input unit 109, the operation designation information setting unit 105 stores The telephone number information that matches the dial information is already stored in the telephone directory storage unit 107.
A search is performed to determine whether or not the information is stored. If it is stored, in the operation specifying information storing step (F705),
The operation specifying information is stored in association with the stored telephone number information. If not stored, the telephone number information is stored in the telephone directory storage means 107, and the operation designation information is stored in the operation designation information storage means 108 in association with the telephone number information. As in the present embodiment, the telephone number information associated with the operation designation information does not necessarily need to match the telephone number of the partner terminal that transmitted the operation designation information during communication. By allowing this, when the partner terminal has multiple telephone numbers, or when the partner user has a communication terminal identified by a different telephone number in addition to the terminal in communication, Also, it is possible to store the operation designation information in association with arbitrary target telephone number information.

Further, a modified example of the embodiment of the method for starting operation designation information setting will be described.

By omitting the steps F702 and F703 and transmitting the operation designation information from the partner terminal during communication, the operation designation information means 105 automatically associates the operation designation information with the telephone number information. You may make it memorable. This is because even if the telephone number of the other terminal notified at the time of the incoming call to this communication terminal is used as the telephone number information,
The same applies to the case where the telephone number information is transmitted together with the operation designation information from the partner terminal. In this example, in order to prevent unauthorized operation setting information that is not recognized by the user of the communication terminal, a presentation requesting confirmation from the user may be provided when the operation specifying information is received from the partner terminal.

As in the above examples, when receiving the operation designation information from the partner terminal, in order to prevent unauthorized setting of the operation designation information which is not recognized by the communication terminal user, before and after the transmission and reception of the operation designation information, It is also conceivable to provide a process of performing authentication or the like between the communication terminal and the partner terminal.

Further, there may be an embodiment in which the setting is made when the communication terminal and the partner terminal are not directly communicating. As an example, the other terminal sends a short message message composed of a text string including operation designation information (and possibly phone number information) to the messaging service center and temporarily stores the message in the mail server. An indirect operation designation information receiving method in which the communication terminal reads and receives the information in a timely manner can be considered. in this case,
The communication terminal may automatically store the operation designation information setting when receiving the operation designation information, or may present the contents once to the user and display the user's intention to understand the operation by the user operation. Then, the operation designation information may be set.

As a modification of the communication mode between the communication terminal and the partner terminal, telephone number information and operation designation information associated with the telephone number information are included as data on a Web homepage. A method of accessing the homepage and acquiring the data is conceivable. In this case, the information may include data on the telephone number of the communication terminal owned by the homepage creator. As described above, in the present embodiment, the telephone number is replaced with a mail address, a URL, or the like. Since it is also possible, the information may include data on a mail address, a URL, and the like.

In the method of setting the operation designation information via the communication means as in each of the above examples, the communication means is not necessarily limited to the one via the public communication network. It may be via a private branch exchange network or a local network, or may be realized by direct communication between communication terminals. Further, the communication means is not necessarily limited to the intended communication means of the communication terminal (such as a communication device for a public communication network, and the operation designation information is set using direct infrared communication between communication terminals).

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an example of a schematic operation when setting operation specifying information via auxiliary input means.

As an embodiment, a case where operation designation information is obtained from a business card format information source as shown in FIG.
One embodiment of setting an operation designation method via auxiliary input means will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 9, 900 is a business card, 901 is information indicating the affiliation of the business card owner, 902 is information indicating the name of the business card owner, 903 is telephone number information of the contact information of the business card owner, and 904 is a telephone number. The operation designation information relating to the information 903, 905 is the telephone number information of the private communication terminal owned by the business card owner, and 906 is the operation designation information relating to the telephone number information 905.

First, the auxiliary input means 111 (such as an optical character recognition device in this example) of FIG. 1 converts at least the telephone number information 903 and the operation designation information 9 from the business card 900.
04, telephone number information 905 and operation designation information 90
6 is recognized and extracted as a character string (F801), and the information is transmitted to the operation designation information setting means 105 (F802). The telephone number information and the operation designation information need not be transmitted collectively, but may be transmitted separately. The operation specification information setting unit 105 recognizes the received information as a combination of “telephone number information” and “operation specification information” (F803).

A plurality of combinations of the telephone number information and the operation designation information may be received at one time, but it is necessary to recognize the combination relationship. Operation designation information setting means 10
No. 5 determines whether or not telephone number information that matches one or more received telephone number information already exists in the telephone directory storage unit 107 (F804). If it exists, the operation specifying information is stored in the operation specifying information storage unit 108 in association with the telephone number information (F805). In this case, the telephone directory storage means 107 already stores the telephone number information received at the same time.
If there is any other information, the operation specifying information combined with the other is stored in the operation specifying information storage unit 108 in association with the telephone number information. If not, the telephone number information is newly stored in the telephone directory storage means 107, and the operation designation information is stored in the operation designation information storage means 108 in association with the telephone number information.

The telephone number information that matches the telephone number information received by the operation designation information setting means 105 is stored in the telephone directory storage means 1.
Even if there is no record in 07, the telephone number information is newly stored in the telephone directory storage unit 107 (F806).
In both cases, the operation specifying information is stored in the operation specifying information storage unit 108 in association with the information (F807).

When the storage of the operation designation information is completed, the result is presented (F808). The presentation destination of the result is either the user output unit 110 or the auxiliary input unit 111, or both.

In the above embodiment, the step of recognizing the combination of “telephone number information” and “operation designation information” (F803) may be performed by the auxiliary input means 111. In addition, the operation designation information setting means 105 sets F8
The process of steps F806 and F807 may be performed by omitting the process of step 04 and newly storing the received telephone number information.

As another embodiment of the method of setting the operation designation information through the auxiliary input means, as the auxiliary input means 111, a magnetic reading device, a bar code input device, a voice recognition device, a personal An information device such as a computer may be used.

The operation designation information once set by each of the operation designation information setting methods shown in FIGS.
It may be arbitrarily modified by a user operation via the user input means 109, or may be overwritten only by the operation designation information setting method at the time of setting, and may not be modified by a normal user operation. The method of maintaining the set operation specifying information may be implemented in the present communication terminal, or may be specified by being included in the operation specifying information.

If there is a logical inconsistency in which the operation of the communication terminal cannot be performed between the combination of the plurality of input telephone number information and operation designation information, the operation designation information setting means 105 detects the inconsistency. Selection of whether to reject the execution of the storage operation and present a warning display to the user, or to store it in the operation designation information storage means 108 with inconsistency, and to operate in accordance with a priority setting according to a certain rule May be implemented in the present communication terminal.

[0106]

As described above, according to the communication terminal of the present invention, the communication terminal that the receiving communication partner considers most appropriate at that time is set in advance, so that the communication terminal serving as the calling terminal can be used. This eliminates the need for the user to select a communication method each time a call is made, and prevents unnecessary communication that may be rejected by the called party. Become.

Further, since the occurrence of an incoming call in the communication means which is not preferred by the communication partner on the receiving side can be suppressed, the receiving side can use various communication means efficiently. Also, preventing the occurrence of useless communication can be expected to have the effect of preventing the waste of resources in the communication network.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic operation flowchart illustrating an example of a transmission operation control method according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a storage pattern of telephone number information and operation designation information associated therewith in one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of a storage pattern of telephone number information and operation designation information associated therewith in one embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing a telephone directory display example on a user output unit in one embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic operation flowchart in a case where operation designation information is set by a user input unit in one embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic operation flowchart for setting operation designation information via a communication unit according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic operation flowchart in a case where operation designation information is set via auxiliary input means in one embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a source of business card format telephone number information and operation designation information according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Communication means 102 ... Terminal operation control part 103 ... Transmission operation control means 104 ... Condition determination means 105 ... Operation designation information setting means 106 ... Data storage means 107 ... Phonebook storage means 108 ... Operation designation information storage means 109 ... User input Means 110: User output means 111: Auxiliary input 112: Variable value information acquisition means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Communication destination identification information storage means for storing communication destination identification information consisting of a telephone number or a communication address, and association with each communication destination identification information stored in the communication destination identification information storage means. Operation designating information storage means for storing operation designating information including contents for designating a control method relating to a calling operation, and at the time of starting an individual calling operation using the communication partner identification information, And a control means for controlling an operation according to the operation designation information. 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a variable value information acquiring unit for acquiring variable value information capable of taking a variable value, wherein said control unit determines the operation specifying information based on the variable value information and selects an operation. The method according to claim 1, wherein when is included, the control is performed using the variable value information acquired by the variable value information acquiring means as a determination condition for selecting an operation. Communication terminal. 3. An input means for inputting information for setting operation specifying information, and setting the information input by the input means as the operation specifying information in association with the communication destination identification information; The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a unit configured to store the operation designation information in the operation designation information storage unit. And means for setting predetermined information obtained through a communication means as the operation designation information in association with the communication destination identification information, and storing the information in the operation designation information storage means. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal is a communication terminal.