JP2004260864A - Portable information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable information terminal device which has improved operability by improving the ties between applications.
SOLUTION: Transmission history information storage means for storing transmission history information of telephone calls or e-mails is used to record a call failure record when a telephone call is not established after a telephone call operation and a transmission failure record when an email transmission fails. New registration as ToDo data to prompt the next phone call or next mail transmission when the call is not established or mail transmission fails, and display it on the ToDo display screen.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information terminal device, and more particularly to a portable information terminal device that controls communication applications and manages information related to communication more efficiently.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal digital assistants (PDAs) have become widespread, and some of them have various user interfaces. Functions provided by such a portable information terminal include personal information management (PIM: Personal Information Manager) applications such as self schedule management, address book management, diary, memo, and world clock, as well as telephone, e-mail, and personal computer. Communication applications, such as communication, are mentioned.

  As the functions of the portable information terminal increase, the types and amounts of information possessed and managed by each application are increasing, and it is difficult for the user to quickly search for specific data desired by the user. Cases arise. In such a case, the data is rearranged in accordance with the properties of the data managed by each application, and the index is provided in a specific section to improve the data searchability. For example, in the case of an address book management application, the registered data is sorted in the reading order of the personal names, and then an index of the reading category is provided. In the case of the schedule management application, the schedule data is sorted in the order of date and time. In addition, an index for date division is provided to improve the data searchability.

  By the way, data managed and used by a communication application, which is one of the functions of the portable information terminal device, includes data having a time attribute, such as incoming call history data, and specific data, such as a telephone number at the time of making a call. However, these data are only managed, used, and displayed separately from the personal information management application on the same portable information terminal device. For example, in a schedule management application, even if schedule data of a schedule that does not want to ring a ringing tone of a telephone application on the same portable information terminal device is input in a specific time zone, the telephone application is actually used. In order to prohibit the ringing operation of the incoming call, it was necessary to set the ringing control of the telephone application separately from the schedule data input so as not to perform the ringing.

  The conventional portable information terminal device is configured as described above, and data referred to by an application other than the application executing the target function is simply displayed on the screen, and using this data, It is impossible to change or set the operation of the application related to the data, and there is a problem that the functional association (cooperation) between the applications is low.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. Even when an application mainly performing a specific function is being executed, other data related to the data referred to there may be used. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a portable information terminal device capable of changing, setting, and using the operation of the application.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a portable information terminal device according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises: a data input unit for inputting unprocessed item management data to an unprocessed item management application; A portable information terminal device comprising: a data display unit for displaying a message; a data storage unit for storing the input unprocessed item management data; and a communication unit for communicating with an external device. A communication application for controlling communication with an external device, transmission history information storage means for storing history information of the transmission operation by the communication means, and a result of the transmission operation by the communication means. Transmission history information registration means for registering transmission history information of the transmission operation in the unprocessed item management application when communication is not established. Those were.

  The portable information terminal according to claim 2 of the present invention is the portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the unprocessed item management application is a ToDo application, and the communication application is a telephone application. It is a feature.

  Further, the portable information terminal device according to claim 3 of the present invention is the portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the outgoing call history information includes a date, a time, a ToDo summary, and a telephone number of a destination of the telephone call. It is characterized by being.

  As described above, according to the portable information terminal device according to the present invention, the outgoing call history information storage means for storing outgoing call history information of telephone or e-mail can be used to record a call unsuccessful record at the time of a call unsuccessful call operation. , The transmission failure record when e-mail transmission fails is newly registered as ToDo data to prompt the next telephone call when the telephone call is not established or the e-mail transmission fails, or the next e-mail transmission, and it is displayed on the ToDo display screen Therefore, the user is encouraged to retry the communication operation in which the telephone call is not established or the mail transmission has failed, and it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to retry the communication operation.

Embodiment 1
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable information terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 3 denotes an input unit including an input pen and an input device 1 such as a pen tablet or a keyboard and a mouse; and an input control unit 2 for managing signals generated by the input device 1. The display means 9 comprises a display control unit 5 for converting the display information received from the PC into a signal for displaying on a display device 4 such as an LCD or a CRT. The display unit 9 converts the communication information received from the signal bus 11 into a modem, a PHS module, A communication unit 20 comprising a communication control unit 8 for converting a signal into a signal for performing communication using a communication device 7 such as a mobile phone module; a telephone database 15 for storing information on a telephone application; Database 16 for storing address book and address book database for storing information of address book application A storage unit 12 comprising a schedule database 18 for storing the schedule application 7, a world clock database 19 for storing information of the world clock application, and a database control unit 14 for controlling the application databases; A data reference means 13 for providing a means for any application to refer to data stored in an application database other than the arbitrary application database; 13 An application may be stored in an application database other than the application, or data handled by an arbitrary application other than the arbitrary application may be recorded in the database of the arbitrary application. A data conversion means for providing a data conversion means for performing the operation, a date and time acquisition means comprising a clock device 22 and a date and time acquisition section 21, and 10 are the input means 3, display means 6, communication means 9, and storage means. The control unit 20 controls the data reference unit 20, the data reference unit 12, and the data conversion unit 13 via the signal bus 11.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the display device 4 and the input device 1 of the portable information terminal device. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 30 denotes an input device effective area using a pen tablet. The input operation is performed by. Reference numeral 32 denotes an application selection button for selecting an application that can be used by the user on the portable terminal device. Reference numeral 33 denotes a telephone operation / power operation button for performing operations related to the telephone application and for turning on / off the power. is there. Reference numeral 31 denotes a display device effective area, which is arranged so as to overlap the input device effective area 30.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a weekly schedule display screen displayed on the display device effective area 31 during the selection of the schedule application. In FIG. 3, the schedule data weekly display screen has a date ( For each day (day of the week), the information of each schedule data includes the time, the outline of the schedule, and the state of the incoming call control setting, and the communication record 41 of the number of outgoing calls, the number of incoming calls, the number of outgoing mails, and the number of incoming calls for each date (day of the week). Is displayed in the schedule data display area 40.

  The display area indicating the state of the incoming call control setting displayed as information of each schedule data in the schedule data display area 40 also functions as the incoming call control setting button 46 for performing the incoming call control setting. . On the right side of the schedule data display area 40, a schedule data display month change tab 43 and a schedule data display week change tab 44 in the weekly schedule display mode are arranged. Are the schedule data display modes "4 month unit display mode", "1 month unit display mode", "weekly list format display mode", "weekly graph format display mode", "1 day display mode", Each schedule data display mode change button 42 for setting the “schedule data display mode of the day” is arranged.

  Further, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a telephone application display screen displayed on the display device effective area 31 during the telephone application selection and during the restriction of the incoming call by the incoming call control setting in the schedule, In FIG. 4, incoming call regulation information 54 is displayed in the phone information display area 53 on the incoming call regulation screen.

  A telephone number input button 50 is arranged on the lower left side of the telephone information display area 53, a function call button 52 is arranged on the lower right side of the telephone information display area 53, and a function call button 52 is A telephone number clear button 51 is provided.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an address book display screen in units of Japanese syllabary displayed in the display device effective area during the selection of the address book application. In FIG. In the address book data display area 60, a name, a telephone number, and a state of a telephone incoming call control setting are displayed as individual information. On the right side of the address book data display area 60, a syllabary classification tag button 62 for categorizing the information of each individual into the syllabary by reading the name is arranged. The Japanese syllabary classification tag button 62 indicating the reading division [ta] set for Japanese Patent No. Patent No., Patent No. Iro, etc.) is displayed on the display screen so as to appear to be located closest to the front. .

  The display area of the above-mentioned telephone incoming call control setting also serves as a telephone incoming call control setting button 63 for performing the telephone incoming call control setting, and the area where the above name is displayed is shifted to a personal detailed information display mode. The display area call button 64 is also used as a telephone function call button 65 for calling the displayed telephone number using the telephone directory application. In the lower part of the address book data display area 60, the address book data display mode in the Japanese syllabary address book display mode is set to “sound-based display mode”, “phone call count unit display mode”, An address book data display mode change button 61 for switching to each of the “number of transmission times display mode”, the “mail reception times unit display mode”, and the “mail transmission times unit display mode” is provided.

  Next, the operation of the portable information terminal device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the portable information terminal device according to the first embodiment, since all basic operations are performed by each block in FIG. 1, the operation by the basic operations will be described first.

  The display control unit 5 acquires screen information from the storage unit 20 according to the selected application and operation mode, and outputs the acquired screen information as a display signal constituting a predetermined screen to be displayed on the display device 4. 4 performs display according to the received display signal. The display screen displays information to be provided to the user. The display screen includes a tag, a tag for each operation, so that the user can perform an input for operating the application from the display screen. An input area is set in the form of a button, a grid, or the like.

  Next, when the user performs an input operation using the input device 1 on the input area displayed on the display device 4 in order to perform a certain operation, the input control unit 2 stores the input area in the storage unit 20. Information is obtained, collated with an input signal generated from the input means 1 by the input operation, an operation event corresponding to the information is generated, and the operation event is transmitted to the overall control unit 10 through the signal bus 11. The overall control unit 10 that has received the operation event acquires the current application and operation event information corresponding to the operation mode from the storage unit 20, and stores the operation event in the current application and the operation state. Collation is performed, if the operation event is related to the screen configuration, a screen configuration event is generated, and the screen configuration event is transmitted to the display control unit 5 through the signal bus 11, or if the collation result is an operation event related to the communication operation, , And generates a communication event and transmits it to the communication control unit 8 through the signal bus 11.

  As described above, when the display control unit 5 receives the screen configuration event, a predetermined information to be acquired from the storage unit 20 and displayed on the display device 4 according to the selected application and the operation mode. It is output as a display signal constituting a screen, and the display device 4 performs display according to the received display signal. Subsequent operations are the same as those already described.

  On the other hand, the communication control unit 8 that has received the communication event acquires communication information from the storage unit 20 and configures a predetermined communication information format for communication according to the selected application and operation mode. The communication device 7 performs communication processing with the other communication terminal 24 by transmitting and receiving a communication signal with the other communication terminal 24. When the communication device 7 receives a communication operation from the other communication terminal 24, the communication device 7 transmits a communication signal to the communication control unit 8, and the communication control unit 8 responds to the selected application and the operation mode according to the selected operation mode. The communication information is acquired from the storage unit 20, a predetermined communication information format to be communicated is formed, a communication signal is transmitted / received to / from the communication device 7, and the communication device 7 executes a communication process with another communication terminal 24.

  Next, the telephone incoming call control setting operation in the schedule weekly table display mode will be described. Each piece of schedule data information displayed on the schedule data weekly display screen shown in FIG. 3 is registered collectively by using a separately prepared schedule data registration screen. When you open the schedule screen, you can refer to the schedule time of the display date and time and the schedule summary as before, but if you do not want to ring the incoming call during the corresponding time zone of these schedule data, Although it is possible to set so as not to sound the telephone ring tone on the telephone ring tone setting screen prepared separately, in the first embodiment, the telephone ring tone is arranged in a pair with each schedule data shown in FIG. By using the telephone incoming call control setting button 46, when the corresponding schedule data corresponding to the telephone incoming call control setting button 46 The band, can be set so as not to mute the phone ring tone. In addition, the telephone incoming call control setting button 46 performs a display reflecting the current telephone incoming call control setting, and is displayed as [鳴] when the telephone incoming ringing is permitted, and the telephone incoming ringing is prohibited. If it is, it is displayed with [x].

  When the user performs a setting operation on the telephone incoming call control setting button 46 using the input device 1, the input control unit 2 acquires input area information from the storage unit 20, and transfers the input area information to the input device by the setting operation. An operation event is generated by collating with the input signal generated from 1, and the operation event is transmitted to the overall control unit 10 through the signal bus 11.

  Upon receiving the operation event, the overall control unit 10 obtains operation event information corresponding to the current operation mode of the schedule application from the storage unit 20, compares the operation event information with the operation event, and registers the telephone number already registered in the schedule database 18. A database registration event for registering in the schedule database 18 as telephone call control setting data relating to the schedule data displayed in pair with the telephone call control setting button 46 on which the call control setting operation has been performed is generated. It is transmitted to the database control unit 20.

  Upon receiving the database registration event, the database control unit 20 registers the incoming call control setting data relating to the schedule data in the schedule database 18. In addition, the general control unit 10 generates and transmits a database registration event, and at the same time, generates a screen configuration event to change the display state of the telephone incoming call control setting button 46, transmits the event to the display control unit 5, and transmits the telephone incoming control setting. The display of the button 46 is changed.

  In the schedule setting, if the telephone application is running during the time period when the incoming call restriction (prohibition of ringing of the incoming call sound) is set, the incoming call restriction information display 54 shown in FIG. Displayed in the area 53, the user is informed that the incoming call is being restricted by the schedule setting. Also, even if there is an incoming call, the ringing of the incoming call is not performed. That is, when the user performs an operation of opening the telephone application with the application selection button 32 shown in FIG. 2, the display operation by the basic operation is performed in the telephone application mode, and the overall control unit 10 23, the schedule data corresponding to the current date and time is acquired from the storage means 20 via the data reference means 12, and it is determined whether or not the incoming call restriction is set. If it has been set, a screen configuration event for displaying the incoming call restricted information display 54 is generated and transmitted to the display control unit 5, whereby the incoming call restricted information display 54 is displayed. By doing so, for example, when the telephone application is activated without activating the schedule application, the user is notified that the time zone is a time zone in which the incoming call restriction is set. Can be.

  Then, when there is an incoming call, the overall control unit 10 acquires the current date and time from the date and time acquisition unit 23, and when a device other than the schedule application is selected, the data is stored in the storage unit via the data reference unit 12. The schedule data corresponding to the current date and time is acquired from 20 and it is determined whether or not the incoming call restriction is set. If the incoming call restriction is set, the ringing of the incoming call is not performed.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, by operating the telephone incoming call control setting button 46 displayed so as to pair with each schedule data display on the schedule weekly display screen, the schedule data associated with each schedule data is displayed. Since the incoming call is regulated, the incoming call regulation can be set and reserved in advance according to the schedule, and the incoming call control setting can be made only with the separately provided incoming call control setting screen as in the past. The operability can be improved as compared with the case where the call is performed, and as a result, there is an effect that the ring tone can be surely stopped even when the user does not want to sound the ring tone during an important meeting or the like.

  Further, in the first embodiment, by operating the telephone incoming call control setting button 46 displayed so as to be paired with each schedule data display on the schedule weekly display screen, the corresponding time zone of each schedule data is displayed. Since the incoming call restriction operation set by the above operation is performed, the user is required to set the incoming call control for each schedule as compared with the conventional case where the incoming call control setting is performed only with the separately provided incoming call control setting screen. The communication restriction operation can be specified, and the operability is improved.

  In the first embodiment, the incoming call control is performed by the incoming call control setting button 46. However, the outgoing call, the e-mail sending / receiving reservation, the FAX, the personal computer communication software, and the starting or ending time of the Internet WWW browser are reserved. A control setting button for setting may be arranged. In this case, the effect of improved operability such as prevention of forgetting to make a phone call and e-mail transmission, and easy use of a specific time zone communication fee discount service, etc., prevent the user from forgetting to disconnect the phone or disconnecting the communication line. This has the effect of saving telephone and communication charges.

  Further, in the first embodiment, on the schedule screen shown in FIG. 3, the telephone call control setting button 46 is arranged so as to be paired with the time zone and the outline of the related schedule data. Is arranged so as to overlap with the time zone of the schedule data and the display area such as the outline, and by operating the display area such as the time zone and the outline of the schedule data, the telephone incoming call control setting may be performed. Good. In this case, the incoming call control setting operation can be performed more intuitively, and the operability is improved.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the telephone incoming call control setting button 46 is arranged on the schedule screen shown in FIG. 3 so as to be paired with the time zone and outline of the related schedule data. Like the telephone incoming call control setting button 63 on the book screen, the information may be arranged in relation to the name and telephone number of each individual's information on the address book screen. In place of the current date and time and the corresponding schedule data in the case of incoming call restriction, the calling number information of the incoming call obtained from the communication means 9 and the address book data registered in the address book database 17 which can be obtained via the data reference means 12 The incoming call control is performed based on the above. When associating the incoming call control button 46 with the name of each individual or each organization in the address book in which two or more pieces of telephone number information are registered, the incoming call having two or more pieces of calling number information is The telephone call control setting can be performed by one telephone call control setting operation. In this case, since a telephone call can be received only from a specific person or the like, a mischievous call can be prevented, and the incoming call control setting can be easily performed for a telephone call having a plurality of calling numbers.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the incoming call control is prohibited from ringing, but the power of the communication module such as the PHS may be turned off. In that case, the power consumption of the portable terminal device can be saved.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the incoming call control is prohibited from ringing, but instead of prohibiting the ringing, the operation of the ringing is changed to vibrator vibration or the ringing is changed to an incoming message. The operation content may be changed only to the display operation.

Embodiment 2
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an address book display screen for each telephone call count displayed on the display device effective area 31 during selection of an address book application of the mobile terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 6, in the address book telephone call count display screen, in the address book data display area 60, the name, the telephone number, and the state of the incoming call control setting from the individual are displayed as information of each individual, and adjacent thereto. In the address book telephone call count display item 104, the telephone call count for the individual is displayed. Also, on the address book display screen in the telephone call number display mode, the arrangement of information of each individual displayed in the address book data display area 60 is such that the upper the vertical axis, the higher the number of telephone calls. There are many things.

  FIG. 8 shows a process of registering the communication result as call failure information ToDo data when the call is not established due to a reason that the other party is busy when the user makes a call while the telephone application is running. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a telephone application display screen at the time. In FIG. 8, a telephone screen when a call is not established has a telephone information display area 53 in which a telephone call destination name, a partner telephone number, and ToDo data registration information display 85 are displayed. Is displayed.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen displaying an unprocessed ToDo in the ToDo list display mode displayed on the display device effective area 31 while the ToDo application is running. In FIG. In the example, the date and the outline of the ToDo are displayed in time series in the ToDo data display area 90 as information of each unprocessed ToDo data. On the left side of the information display area of each ToDo data in the ToDo data display area 90, a ToDo data processing / unprocessed change button 93 for changing the attribute of each ToDo data as processed data is arranged. Further, in FIG. 9, among the displayed unprocessed ToDo data, 94 indicates telephone call unsuccessful ToDo data, and indicates that the telephone call is unsuccessful ToDo data as the telephone call unsuccessful ToDo data [call origination! ], The telephone number of the caller, and the time of the call. Further, the telephone call destination telephone number display also serves as a telephone function call button for calling the displayed telephone number with the telephone directory application. On the right side of the ToDo data display area 90, an unprocessed ToDo data / processed ToDo data display selection tag button 92 for switching between unprocessed ToDo data and processed ToDo data display is arranged. Below 90, a ToDo data display mode switching button 91 for a “list display” mode and a “detailed display” mode, which are display modes of ToDo data, is arranged.

  Next, the operation of the portable information terminal according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the portable information terminal according to the second embodiment, since the basic operations are all performed by the respective block diagrams of FIG. 1, the operation by the basic operations will be described first.

  Upon receiving the communication event, the communication control unit 8 acquires communication information from the storage unit 20 according to the selected application and operation mode, configures a predetermined communication information format to be communicated, and communicates with the communication device 7. The communication device 7 transmits and receives signals, and executes communication processing with the other communication terminal 24. Further, when the communication device 7 receives a communication operation from the other communication terminal 24, the communication device 7 transmits a communication signal to the communication control unit 8, and the communication control unit 8 responds to the selected application and operation mode according to the selected application and operation mode. The communication information is acquired from the storage unit 20, a predetermined communication information format to be communicated is configured, a communication signal is transmitted / received to / from the communication device 7, and the communication device 7 executes a communication process with another communication terminal 24.

  Next, a description will be given of an operation in which the telephone call record is registered in the address book after the telephone call operation is performed, and the number of telephone calls for each individual registered in the address book is referred to on the address book screen.

  When the user makes a phone call using a separately prepared phone call screen (not shown), the communication control unit 8 transmits the outgoing telephone number information to the overall control unit 10, and the overall control unit 10 The outgoing telephone number information is registered as a telephone call record in the telephone database 15 of the storage means 20, and the telephone number information in the address book data registered in the address book database 15 is acquired via the data reference means 12, and the outgoing call is registered. If there is telephone number information in the address book data that matches the telephone number information, telephone call number counter information belonging to each personal information of the address book data to which the telephone number belongs is obtained via the data reference unit 12 and One is added to the acquired number-of-calls counter information and stored in the address book database 17 of the data storage means 20 via the data conversion means 13. That.

  Then, when the user performs the operation of starting the address book application later, the operation of the basic operation displays the address book 50 tone list display screen of FIG. When the number display mode is selected, an address book telephone call number display screen of FIG. 6 is displayed. It is possible for the user to refer to the number of outgoing calls for each piece of telephone number information by using the outgoing times display screen of the telephone application prepared separately. In addition to the name, telephone number, and telephone incoming call control setting displayed as personal information, it is possible to refer to the telephone call count information changed and stored by the telephone application.

  The address book telephone call count display screen shown in FIG. 6 has a screen configuration that emphasizes the listability. In the address book data display area 60, personal information such as name, telephone number, telephone call control setting, and the telephone application Only the information on the number of phone calls that has been changed and stored is displayed, but other information such as multiple phone numbers, addresses, and e-mail addresses are also registered, and name information data and details that also serve as name information display By operating the information display button 64, the other plurality of telephone number information, the address, the mail address, and the like can be easily displayed, and the number of telephone calls is registered as information belonging to each individual. It indicates the total number of outgoing calls made by the telephone number.

  For example, the user can refer to the name and telephone number of each individual as viewed in the horizontal direction as information of each individual as before, but can also refer to the number of calls made to each individual together with the name and telephone number of each individual. By a simple operation of the name information data / detailed information display button 64, it is possible to refer to all other registered information of each individual. In addition, since the address book telephone call count display screen is configured so that information about an individual who makes a large number of telephone calls is displayed at the top of the screen, the user can use the address book telephone call count display screen to display: From a large number of address book personal data, it is possible to easily display address book personal data that is frequently called. Also, the telephone number information and telephone function call button 65, which is a telephone number display also serving as a telephone function call button, is arranged so as to pair with the name of the address book personal data, the number of telephone calls, and the like. The user can easily call the telephone directory function as it is after displaying the desired address book personal data from the viewpoint of the telephone number that frequently makes a telephone call.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the number of telephone calls made in the address book database 17 is updated based on the telephone number information transmitted by the telephone application. Compared to the case of referring to the number of phone calls on the number of phone calls display screen of the application, the above-mentioned number of phone calls can be referenced together with each personal information related to the outgoing phone number, and the personal information related to the calling phone number can be referenced There is an effect that operability at the time of performing is improved.

  In the second embodiment, when the number of telephone calls in the address book database 17 is updated based on the telephone number information transmitted by the telephone application, the telephone number belongs to each personal information in the address book database 17. By displaying the sum of the number of telephone calls for all the telephone number information on the address book telephone call number display screen of FIG. 6, personal data of the address book in which two or more telephone numbers are registered can be stored. Can also be displayed on the address book screen from the viewpoint of the number of calls made in each personal data unit. Therefore, the user can perform this display without having to be aware of a plurality of telephone numbers, as compared with the case where the number of telephone calls is displayed for each telephone number on the separately prepared telephone application telephone call frequency display screen. This has the effect of improving operability.

  In the second embodiment, the number of telephone calls made in the address book database 17 is updated based on the telephone number information transmitted by the telephone application. The display order (display format) of personal data is changed according to the number of phone calls made by the user, so that the data is always displayed at the top of the screen. Compared to the conventional display screen for searching for individual data that frequently makes a telephone call, each personal data that frequently makes a telephone call can be easily searched, and the operability is improved.

  In the second embodiment, the number of telephone calls made in the address book database 17 is updated based on the telephone number information transmitted by the telephone application, and the telephone number information is displayed on the address book telephone number display screen of FIG. A call can be easily made simply by arranging the call function call button 65 and operating the telephone number information call function call button 65 for an individual who frequently makes a call. Compared to switching to the phone application to make a call after confirming the phone number, there is no need to switch screens, making it possible to make a call intuitively and easily with frequently called phone numbers, improving operability. There is an effect of doing.

  In the second embodiment, the data in the address book database 17 is converted and stored on the basis of the outgoing telephone number information. This may be performed based on incoming e-mail address information, transmitted / received fax number information, and the like.

  Further, in the second embodiment, the data in the address book database 17 is converted and stored based on the outgoing telephone information. However, the data is converted and stored in the schedule database 18 instead of the address book database 17. You may make it. The outgoing telephone number information may be newly registered as a new telephone call record in the schedule database 18 as new schedule data, or may be registered as a new telephone call record in association with the already registered schedule data. In this case, the telephone call record schedule data can be displayed simultaneously with other schedule data. Therefore, when the user wants to refer to the telephone call record by comparing it with the schedule data (record), the telephone application telephone call record screen is displayed. Compared to the case where the telephone call record and the schedule data (record) are referred to on separate screens of the schedule screen, there is no need to switch the screens to refer to, and the operability is improved.

  Further, in the second embodiment, the data in the address book database 17 is converted and stored based on the outgoing telephone number information. However, when a telephone call is displayed on the telephone screen when the telephone call is not established in FIG. Based on the call failure record when the call is not established due to a busy state, etc., it is newly registered in the ToDo database as ToDo data for prompting the next call when the call is not established, and the ToDo data display on the ToDo list display mode screen of FIG. 9 One record of the telephone call unsuccessful ToDo data 94 displayed in the area 90, and a telephone number information display / telephone function call button that also serves as a telephone call unsuccessful telephone number display and a telephone function call while the telephone call unsuccessful ToDo data 94 is displayed. 95 may be arranged. In this way, when the call is not established, the screen switching operation for the ToDo data registration operation is not required as compared with the conventional method of switching to the ToDo screen and performing the ToDo registration operation, so the call is easily established. You can register ToDo data to prevent forgetting to make a call again, and you can intuitively make a call again when a call is not established, which has the effect of improving operability. .

Embodiment 3
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen during activation of the telephone application of the portable information terminal device according to the third embodiment. In the display device effective area 31, the current position and the time difference at the time when the user attempts to make a telephone call are displayed. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a telephone application display screen during telephone number setting (input) when a telephone number is set for a certain area. In FIG. In the telephone information display area 53, a destination time difference information display 80 is displayed together with the destination name and the telephone number of the destination.

Next, the operation of the portable information terminal according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 used earlier.
Upon receiving the communication event, the communication control unit 8 acquires communication information from the storage unit 20 according to the selected application and operation mode, configures a predetermined communication information format to be communicated, and communicates with the communication device 7. The communication device 7 performs communication processing with the other communication terminals 24 by transmitting and receiving signals. When the communication device 7 receives a communication operation from the other communication terminal 24, the communication device 7 transmits a communication signal to the communication control unit 8, and the communication control unit 8 stores the communication signal according to the selected application and operation mode. The communication information is acquired from the means 20, a predetermined communication information format to be communicated is formed, a communication signal is transmitted / received to / from the communication device 7, and the communication device 7 executes a communication process with another communication terminal 24.

  Next, the operation in which the user operates the telephone function call button in the address book mode and makes a telephone call to the area where the user is located and the area where the user is located in the called telephone application telephone calling mode. explain. The user can, for example, display telephone number information on each individual, which is arranged in a display area of address book information on each individual displayed in the address book data display area 60 on the address book telephone call count display screen shown in FIG. The user operates the telephone number information display / telephone function call button 65, which is a telephone function call button also serving as a telephone function. For example, a telephone number information display / telephone function call button arranged in an area where a name, a telephone number, a telephone reception control state, and the number of telephone calls are displayed, such as "Patent Hachiro 777-888-3456 ○ 93" When the user has operated (selection execution) 65, the overall control unit 10 receives an operation event from the input unit 3 and stores operation event information corresponding to the current operation mode (call originating frequency display mode) of the address book application in the storage unit. 20 and obtained from the address book database 17 and collated with the operation event. The overall control unit 10 determines the name of the individual, the telephone number used for making a telephone call, and the address related to the operation of the telephone number information and telephone function call button 65. Each piece of information is obtained from the address book database 17 of the storage means 20, and the telephone application is activated via the data conversion means 13. The above-mentioned name and telephone number information are stored in the telephone database 15 as a part of the screen configuration information, and the address information and the address (city / region) obtained from the world clock database 19 via the data reference means 12 are stored. The time information is compared with a reference place (area where the user is going to make a telephone call) with respect to the address information in the world clock database 19 where both information match, and the time difference information is obtained from the date and time obtaining means 23. The current time of the call destination is calculated from the current time information obtained and the time difference information, and as a part of the screen configuration information at the time of starting the telephone application via the data conversion means 13, the time difference information and the current time of the call destination are calculated. The time is stored in the telephone database 15.

  Next, the overall control unit 10 changes the operation mode state from the address book application to the telephone application, generates a screen configuration event for the telephone application mode, transmits the screen configuration event to the display control unit 5 through the signal bus 11, and The display control unit 5 having received the screen configuration event acquires the screen configuration information from the telephone database 15 of the storage unit 20, configures a predetermined telephone application screen to be displayed on the display device 4, and outputs this as a display signal. . The display device 4 displays the received display signal, and a telephone application screen is displayed on the display device 4. At this time, the user can refer to the caller's name information and the destination telephone number on the telephone call screen to the time zone with or without time zone as shown in FIG. Using the current time of the other party, the time difference information display 80 of the destination is displayed in the telephone information display area 53 together with information on the time of day such as day / night of the other party.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, when the user makes a call using the telephone function call button displayed on the address book screen, the user uses the data reference means 12 and the data conversion means 13 to store the address book database. 17 is stored in the telephone database 15 and is displayed on the telephone screen. The information on the current time of the call destination, which is calculated from the address information of 17 and the area of the world clock database 19, and the time difference information, is displayed on the telephone screen. The user can refer to the information about the current time of the call destination before making a call. If only the name and call number of the call destination are displayed on the screen as in the past, Compared to this, it is possible to prevent unwanted calls at midnight and respond easily to greetings, etc. tailored to the caller, making calls from the standpoint of the caller. There is an effect that the operability is improved in performing.

  In the third embodiment, information on the current time of the call destination calculated from the address information in the address book database 17 and the area and time difference information in the world clock database 19 is stored in the telephone database 15. However, the telephone number information used for the transmission of the address book database 17, the international telephone number and the area code information of the telephone database 15, the area of the world clock database 19, and the current time of the transmission destination calculated from the time difference information. Information may be stored in the telephone database 15.

  Further, in the third embodiment, when the user makes a call to the time zone, the information on the current time of the call destination is displayed on the telephone screen. When sending, etc., the information on the current time of the callee may be displayed, or the current time information of the callee may be displayed as part of the contents of fax transmission or e-mail transmission. May be added to the data set as the transmission content for transmission. By doing this, the recipient can easily see when the fax or e-mail was received in the area where he or she is by simply looking at the contents of the facsimile or e-mail. Even when it is not done, the reception time can be easily known.

  Further, in the third embodiment, when the user makes a call to the other party in the time zone, information on the current time of the other party is displayed on the phone screen. When making a call to a person located in a different area, the phone screen may be configured to display information about the current season of the person making the call, or a call may be made when sending a fax or e-mail. Information about the current season of the other party may be displayed, and the user may also send information about the current season of the other party (such as greetings of the weather) as part of the contents of fax transmission or e-mail transmission. A configuration may be adopted in which this is added to the data set as the content and transmission is performed.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The portable information terminal device according to the present invention is useful as a portable information terminal device capable of improving the solidarity between applications, and in particular, improving the operability when a call is not established.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable information terminal device according to Embodiments 1, 2, and 3 of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of a display device and an input device used in the portable information terminal device of each of the above embodiments. It is a schematic diagram of a schedule data weekly display screen of the portable information terminal device. It is a schematic diagram of a screen of the portable information terminal device during a call termination control. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an address book 50-sound list display screen of the portable information terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of the address book telephone call frequency display screen of the portable information terminal device. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a display device during activation of a telephone application of the portable information terminal device according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a telephone application when a telephone call is not established for explaining an operation of the portable information terminal device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a to-do list display mode screen of the portable information terminal device according to the third embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input device 2 Input control part 3 Input means 4 Display device 5 Display control part 6 Display device 7 Communication device 8 Communication control part 9 Communication means 10 Overall control part 11 Signal bus 12 Data reference means 13 Data conversion means 14 Database management part 15 Telephone database 16 Email database 17 Address database 18 Schedule database 19 World clock database 20 Storage means 21 Date and time acquisition unit 22 Clock device 23 Date and time acquisition means 24 Other communication terminals 30 Input device effective area 31 Display device effective area 32 Application selection button 33 Telephone operation , Power operation button 40 Schedule data display area
41 Communication record
42 Schedule display mode change button 43 Schedule data display month change button 44 Schedule data display week change button 45 Detailed communication record display button 46 Phone call control setting button 50 Phone number input button 51 Phone number clear button 52 Function call button 53 Phone information display Area 54 Incoming call restriction information display 60 Address book data display area 61 Address book display mode change button 62 Japanese syllabary tag button 63 Phone call control setting button 64 Name information data and detailed information display button 65 Phone number information and telephone function call button 66 Previous page display button 67 Next page display button 50 Phone number input button 51 Phone number clear button 52 Function call button 53 Phone information display area 80 Destination time difference information display 85 ToDo data registration Information display 90 ToDo data display area 91 ToDo data display mode switching button 92 Unprocessed ToDo data / processed ToDo data display selection button 93 ToDo data processing / unprocessed change button 94 Todo data unsuccessful telephone call 95 Phone number information and telephone function call Button 104 Address book telephone call count display item

Claims (3)

Data input means for inputting unprocessed item management data to the unprocessed item management application, data display means for displaying the input unprocessed item management data, and data for storing the input unprocessed item management data In a portable information terminal device including a storage unit and a communication unit for performing communication with an external device,
A communication application for controlling the communication means to communicate with an external device;
Transmission history information storage means for storing transmission history information of a transmission operation by the communication means,
As a result of the transmission operation by the communication means, when communication with an external device is not established, transmission history information registration means for registering transmission history information of the transmission operation in the unprocessed item management application,
A portable information terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1,
The unprocessed item management application is a ToDo application,
The communication application is a telephone application;
A portable information terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1,
The outgoing call history information is the date when the call was made, the time, the ToDo summary, and the telephone number of the call destination.
A portable information terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned.

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