JP2001069564A - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to easily and quickly redial to the contact destination at a business trip destination or a trip destination. SOLUTION: This mobile phone is provided with a positional information acquisition section 30 for acquiring the positional information of the mobile phone itself, an abbreviation memory 24 for storing dialed telephone numbers, a dial history storage section 26, an incoming call history storage section 29, a display data selection section 40 for selecting a telephone number in an area denoted by the positional information among telephone numbers stored in this storage means, and a display device 50 for displaying the telephone number selected by the display data selection means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone with improved convenience for contacting a hotel, a restaurant, a business customer, a friend, etc. when using a portable telephone at a business trip or travel destination. Phone related.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when making a call, a call is made from a speed dial, a call history or a call history is called, and a telephone number and a name are stored in a call history area.
2. Description of the Related Art There is known a technology in which a call is made from a storage area by a simple operation without using the same telephone number again, and a call is made using the telephone number.

On the other hand, in a business trip destination or a travel destination, a mobile phone may be used to contact a hotel, a restaurant, a business customer, a friend, and the like. When recalling a contact using a mobile phone, the user can search from the speed dial registered in the mobile phone by using the user's memory when calling, or write it in a memo or advertisement I needed to call my phone number.

[0004]

However, it is burdensome for the user to search for the information to be used at a business trip destination or a travel destination from the vast amount of stored information stored in the mobile phone, and the user has to make a call again. There was a problem that it took time to contact. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has as its object to provide a mobile phone capable of easily and quickly recalling a contact at a business trip or travel destination.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone, comprising: a position information acquiring unit which acquires position information of the portable telephone; Shortening memory 24, transmission history storage unit 26, reception history storage unit 29, which is a means for storing the telephone number to be called
A display data selection unit 40 which is a display data selection unit for selecting a telephone number in the area indicated by the location information from among the telephone numbers stored in the storage unit; and a telephone number selected by the display data selection unit. And a display 50, which is a display means for displaying.

In the device configured as described above, if the position information has at least one of the following (i) to (iii), the position information of the mobile phone itself is Accurate and simple to obtain. (i) means for acquiring position information of a mobile phone itself using a signal transmitted from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite; (ii) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) On
e) means for acquiring the position information of the mobile phone itself using the longitude / latitude information transmitted from the base station; (iii) the position information of the mobile phone itself is obtained using the position information transmitted from the base station. Means to get.

[0007] Further, it is preferable that the storage means stores at least one of a speed dial, an outgoing telephone number, and an incoming telephone number. Further, if the storage means is configured to store the called telephone number in an abbreviated dial, recalling can be performed simply and quickly using the abbreviated dial.

Further, as described in claim 5, if the area indicated by the location information is municipalities, prefectures, state governments, or national units, it matches the geographical recognition of ordinary users. A display suitable for the concept of a region at a business trip destination or a travel destination can be performed. Further, as set forth in claim 6, the display data selecting means displays the telephone number in a priority order,
If the area indicated by the location information is the first rank, and the area geographically adjacent to the area indicated by the location information, or the area where the call was most recent in time is the second rank, the caller's usability is good. Become.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, an antenna 10 is a base station of a mobile phone, a low-orbit satellite, a geostationary satellite or a GP.
Receives radio waves from S satellites, base stations, low orbit satellites,
Transmits radio waves to geostationary satellites. The transceiver 20
Transmission and reception are performed via the antenna 10 in the frequency band, output wattage, and time slot determined for the mobile phone.

The calling section 22 has functions necessary for making a call from a portable telephone to another telephone, for example, transmission of a destination telephone number, digitization of voice data, and a roaming function between different carriers. are doing. Shortened memory 24
Stores the abbreviated number of the other party's telephone number when making a call, and also stores the name of the other party as necessary. The outgoing call history storage unit 26 stores, for example, the telephone number of the other party who called the other telephone from the mobile telephone about one month or the date and time of the call.

The call receiving section 28 has functions necessary for receiving a call from another telephone to the portable telephone, for example, a function of recognizing the telephone number of the other party and converting the transmitted digital voice data into an analog signal. The incoming call history storage unit 29 stores, for example, the other party's telephone number and the date and time of a call to the mobile phone most recently for about one month.

The position information obtaining section 30 obtains the current position information of the portable telephone, and the following three modes are currently known. (i) A device that obtains position information of a mobile phone itself using a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite; (ii) A position of the mobile phone itself using longitude and latitude information transmitted from a base station, such as CDMAOne. (Iii) IMT (International Mobile Telecommunicatio)
n) A device that obtains the position information of the mobile phone itself using the position information specified by the rules of the 2000 system.

The area indicated by the position information acquisition unit 30 is, for example, a municipal or prefectural unit for Japan, a city, a group, or a state government for the United States. Many nations are located in relatively small areas such as Europe. If they are accumulated, the national unit should be included. The telephone number includes a local code (area code), a national code, and a telephone company code as necessary in addition to the local telephone number.

The display data selecting section 40 includes the shortened memory 2
4. A telephone number in the area indicated by the position information acquisition unit 30 is selected from the telephone numbers stored in the transmission history storage unit 26 and the reception history storage unit 29. The priority of displaying the telephone number in the display data selecting unit 40 is such that the area indicated by the position information is the first order, the area geographically adjacent to the area indicated by the position information, or the area in which the telephone call was made most recently in time May be the second rank. The display 50 is a display device such as a liquid crystal panel provided on the mobile phone, and displays text information on a model corresponding to the current telephone number or e-mail displayed on a normal mobile phone, The telephone number selected by the display data selection unit 40 is displayed.

The operation of the apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration will be described below. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the apparatus of FIG. First, the display data selection unit 40 starts a history information search (S10). With reference to the position information acquisition unit 30, it is determined whether the current area of the mobile phone has been changed, that is, whether or not it has moved (S12). If it has not moved, the display data selection unit 40 continues the display on the current display 50.

If the user is moving, the display data selecting section 40 has a telephone number included in the current destination area among the telephone numbers stored in the shortened memory 24, the transmission history storage section 26, and the reception history storage section 29. Is determined (S14). If the telephone number of the movement destination area is not stored, the display data selection unit 40 continues the display on the current display 50. If the telephone number of the destination area is stored, the telephone number including the position information of the same area is displayed on the display 50.
(S16). Then, the telephone number, name, area, date and the like used last time are displayed on the display 50 (S18).

FIG. 3 shows the shortening memory 24 and the transmission history storage unit 2.
6 is a diagram showing an example of a telephone number stored in the incoming call history storage unit 29. FIG. For example, the first column contains the history telephone number "04
5-123-4567 ", name information" Suzuki ", and position information" XXX-ku, Yokohama-shi ". The summary information is stored as "call was made at the previous visit".

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which the display data selection unit 40 selectively displays telephone information of the Osaka area. For example,
In the first order column, the history storage number “5” and the history telephone number “0”
66-567-1234 ", name information" Hotel KC ",
The location information “ZZZ-ku, Osaka-shi” is stored, and the second rank column,
The third rank column is also information on the Osaka area. The fourth and fifth order columns are Yokohama City.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the telephone numbers displayed on the display 50. On the screen of the display 50, “066-567-1234: Hotel KC” is displayed in the first rank, and “066-321-9876: K” is displayed in the second rank.
"C Rent-a-car", third place "066-888-777"
7: Restaurant KC ". Telephone numbers other than those in the Osaka area are not displayed.

In the above embodiment, the display 5
0 shows a case where only those corresponding to the business trip destination and the travel destination area are displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is good to display. The determination as to whether or not they are adjacent to each other may be made by combining regional code information included in the telephone number and geographical information. For example, areas adjacent to the Osaka area include Kyoto, Kobe, and Nishinomiya,
Areas adjacent to Yokohama include Kawasaki, Yokosuka and Tokyo.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Means for acquiring position information of the mobile phone itself, means for storing a telephone number to be called, and display data selection for selecting a telephone number in an area indicated by the position information from among the telephone numbers stored in the storage means Means and a display means for displaying the telephone number selected by the display data selecting means, so that when searching for a local contact telephone number of a business trip destination or a travel destination, the history information of the mobile phone is used. The stored telephone destinations are displayed, and the usability of the mobile phone is improved. Further, if the displayed telephone number is redialed, usability is further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of telephone numbers stored in a shortened memory 24, a transmission history storage unit 26, and a reception history storage unit 29.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which telephone information of the Osaka area is selectively displayed by a display data selection unit 40;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a telephone number displayed on a display 50.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Antenna 20 Transceiver 24 Shortened memory 26 Outgoing history storage part 29 Incoming history storage part 30 Position information acquisition part 40 Display data selection part 50 Display

Continuation of the front page F term (reference)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A means for acquiring location information of a mobile phone itself, a means for storing a telephone number to be called, and a telephone number in an area indicated by the location information among telephone numbers stored in the storage means. A mobile phone comprising: display data selecting means for selecting; and display means for displaying a telephone number selected by the display data selecting means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position information obtaining means includes:
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of i) is provided.
A mobile phone according to claim 1. (i) means for obtaining position information of the mobile phone itself using a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite; (ii) obtaining position information of the mobile phone itself using longitude / latitude information transmitted from a base station (Iii) means for acquiring position information of the mobile phone itself using position information transmitted from a base station. 3. The storage means stores at least one of a speed dial, an outgoing telephone number, and an incoming telephone number.
The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein one of the mobile phones is stored. 4. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein said storage means stores the called telephone number in a speed dial. 5. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the area indicated by the location information is a city, a prefecture, a state government, or a national unit. 6. A priority order for displaying a telephone number by the display data selecting means is a region indicated by the position information as a first order, a region geographically adjacent to the region indicated by the position information, or a time period. 6. The mobile phone according to claim 5, wherein an area where the most recent call is made is set as the second rank.