JP3884004B2 - Telephone - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone having a function of displaying a communication history as list information, and more particularly to a technique for deleting such a communication history.

As is well known, the function for displaying a communication history in a telephone displays a list of records of incoming and outgoing calls or mail transmission / reception in the past. Each incoming / outgoing record is made up of the date / time of outgoing / incoming call and the telephone number of the other party, and the transmission / reception of mail is made up of the date / time of transmission / reception and the other party's mail address.
Since such a communication history is stored every time a call is made or received, in the conventional telephone, for example, the history of the telephone numbers designated from the incoming call history can be deleted at once. (Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-165506 A

  However, at present, there is a case where an incoming call is received from a plurality of telephone numbers such as a home phone, a mobile phone, and a company phone, and a call is made to one communication partner. In such a case, even if you delete the history of the other party from the incoming call history, even if you delete the history related to the mobile phone number, the history of the home phone number is stored as it is, The history related to numbers must be deleted, which is very complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a new technique that can delete an item desired by an operator from a communication history selectively and without remaining.

  In order to solve the above problems, the telephone of the present invention is a telephone that displays a plurality of communication histories as list information, and relates the plurality of communication histories and items including the telephone number of the other party for each communication partner. Storage means for storing an address book registered as an item; designation receiving means for accepting designation of a communication history from the displayed list information; and storage means corresponding to the history designated by the designation accepting means. Obtaining a related item from the communication history, identifying a partner including the related item from the address book, and extracting all the related items of the partner, and all of the related items extracted by the extracting unit Erasing means for erasing the communication history that matches any one of the storage means.

  With the above configuration, the user only specifies one history from the list information of the communication history, and the related item described in the communication history stored in the storage means corresponding to the specified communication history is related to a certain partner. If it is registered as one of the items, all the communication history that matches any of the related items of the other party will be deleted from the storage means, so it will be troublesome for the user to specify the communication history or related items one by one Therefore, the related communication history can be securely deleted without omission.

The communication history is a history related to a call with a communication partner.
As a result, the user only specifies one history from the list information of the call history, and the related item described in the call history stored in the storage means corresponding to the specified call history is related to a certain partner's related item. If it is registered as one of the items, the call history that matches any of the related items of the other party is erased from the storage means, so it takes time for the user to specify the call history or related items one by one. Therefore, the related call history can be securely deleted without omission.

The call history is an incoming call history in which a caller's telephone number is described in association with an incoming call time, and the storage means includes an incoming call history storage unit for storing an incoming call history, and the erasing means Has an incoming call history erasure unit for erasing an incoming call history that matches any of the telephone numbers extracted by the extraction means from the incoming call history storage unit.
Thus, the user simply designates one incoming call history from the incoming call history list information, and the telephone number described in the incoming call history stored in the storage means corresponding to the designated incoming call history is related to a related party. If it is registered as one of the items, the incoming call history that matches any of the related items of the other party will be erased even if the phone number etc. are described differently, so the user will receive one by one There is no need to specify a history or a telephone number, and the related incoming call history can be securely deleted without omission.

Further, the call history is a call history in which a caller's telephone number is described in association with a call origination time, and the storage means includes a call history storage unit for storing a call history, and the erasing means Has a call history erasure unit for erasing a call history that matches any of the telephone numbers extracted by the extraction means from the call history storage unit.
As a result, the user can securely delete the outgoing call history without omission as in the case of the incoming call history deletion described above.

Further, the communication history is a history regarding mail with a communication partner, and the address book further includes an e-mail address as a related item.
As a result, the user only has to specify one history from the list information about the mail history, and there is an e-mail address described in the mail history stored in the storage unit corresponding to the specified mail history. If it is registered as one of the other party's e-mail addresses, all the histories related to the e-mail addresses corresponding to the other party's e-mail address will be deleted from the storage means. There is no need to specify an email address, and the history of related emails can be deleted without fail.

Further, the history related to the mail is a received mail history indicating reception of an email,
The storage unit includes a received mail history storage unit that stores a received mail history in which a reception email address of the email is described in association with an email reception time, and the erasing unit is the extraction unit. A received mail history erasure unit for erasing a received mail history that matches one of the extracted e-mail addresses from the received mail history storage unit is provided.

  Thereby, the user only has to specify one history from the list information of the received mail history, and there is an e-mail address described in the received mail history stored in the storage means corresponding to the specified received mail history. If it is registered as one of the other party's e-mail addresses, the received mail history that matches any one of the other party's e-mail addresses is erased from the storage means. There is no need to specify an e-mail address, and the related received e-mail history can be securely deleted without omission.

Further, the history related to the mail is a transmission mail history indicating transmission of an email,
The storage unit includes a transmission mail history storage unit that stores a transmission mail history that associates a transmission time of an electronic mail and describes a transmission destination electronic mail address of the electronic mail, and the erasure unit is the extraction unit. A transmission mail erasure unit for erasing the content of the transmission mail that matches one of the extracted e-mail addresses from the transmission mail storage unit is provided.

As a result, the transmission history can be securely deleted without omission in the same manner as in the case of deleting the received mail history described above.
The designation accepting unit further includes an address book designation erasure accepting unit that accepts an erasure designation for erasing from the address book in which the information of the communication partner is registered, and the erasing unit further includes the address book. An address book designation erasure unit for erasing the communication partner designated by the designated erasure acceptance unit from the address book is provided.

As a result, not only the communication history but also the registration related to the specified party in the address book can be deleted, so that the trouble of searching for and deleting the registered part of the other party in the telephone book can be saved.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the communication device of the present invention is a communication device capable of storing a communication history, the storage means storing the communication history and an address book in which information on the communication partner is registered, A designation receiving means for designating at least one communication history from the communication history, an extraction means for extracting information related to the communication partner of the communication history designated by the designation receiving means from the address book, and the extraction from the communication history Erasing means for erasing the communication history that matches the communication history related to the information extracted by the means.

  With this configuration, the user only specifies at least one history from the communication history, and if the communication partner of the specified communication history is registered in the address book, it is related to the information on that partner in the address book. Since all the communication history is erased from the storage means, it is not necessary for the user to specify the communication history or related items one by one, and the related communication history can be surely erased without omission.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a telephone according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(One embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention. This telephone includes an antenna 101, a transmission / reception unit 102, a modulation / demodulation unit 103, a voice processing unit 104, a transmission unit 106, a reception unit 107, a clock unit 110, an operation input unit 111, a display unit 112, an information storage unit 120, and a control unit 130. The history erasing unit 140 is configured.

  The antenna 101 receives a carrier wave of a signal such as a call from the communication base station (hereinafter referred to as “incoming call request”), a voice of the other party, or a received e-mail message, and outputs it to the transmitting / receiving unit 102. Conversely, a call to the other party input from the transmitting / receiving unit 102 (hereinafter referred to as “call request”), a voice of the user of the telephone set, or a carrier wave of a signal such as a message of a sending e-mail is sent to the communication base station.

The transmission / reception unit 102 amplifies the signal input from the antenna 101 and outputs the amplified signal to the modulation / demodulation unit 103. Conversely, the signal input from the modem 103 is amplified and transmitted to the other party via the antenna 101.
The modem 103 performs A / D conversion on the modulation signal input from the transmission / reception unit 102, demodulates it into a signal such as an incoming request, voice, message, etc., and inputs it to the control unit 130. Output to the audio processing unit 104. Conversely, a user's voice signal input from the voice processing unit 104 or a signal such as a call request or message input from the control unit 130 is D / A converted and modulated, and the modulated signal is sent to the transmission / reception unit 102. Output.

The voice processing unit 104 D / A converts and modulates a signal such as an incoming call request input from the modem unit 103, voice, or a call request input from the control unit 130, and outputs the modulated signal to the receiver 107. Conversely, the user's voice signal input from the transmitter 106 is A / D converted and output to the modem 103.
The clock unit 110 manages the current date and time, and notifies the current date and time if there is an instruction from the control unit 130 in order to obtain the date and time of outgoing / incoming history.

The operation input unit 111 receives various operations by the user and notifies the control unit 130 of them. Operations by the user are performed to respond to incoming calls, make outgoing calls, display received e-mails, create and send e-mails, delete various histories, and register and delete address books.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the telephone according to the present embodiment, and shows the arrangement of the operation input unit 111, the transmission unit 106, the reception unit 107, the display unit 112, and the antenna 101. The operation input unit 111 includes various buttons, and includes a sub-menu button 202, a designation button 203, an enter button 204, an upper button 205, a lower button 206, a left button 207, a right button 208, and a character (number) button 209. Note that the left button 207 in the standby state serves as a history display button 207.

Each time the user presses a button in the operation input unit 111, the operation input unit 111 notifies the control unit 130 that the button has been pressed.
The information storage unit 120 is configured by a RAM (Random Access Memory) or the like. Data stored in the information storage unit 120 includes a communication history, an address book, and an e-mail.
FIG. 3 shows an example of the contents stored in the information storage unit 120. FIG. 3 shows an incoming call history table 301 and outgoing call history table 302 which are telephone histories, an incoming mail history table 311 and outgoing mail history table 312 which are e-mail histories, an incoming mail table 321 which stores e-mails and outgoing mail. A table 322 and an address book 330 in which related items are registered are illustrated.

In the incoming call history table 301, the date and time of incoming call and the telephone number of the other party are described. This includes missed calls that did not answer the call from the other party.
In the outgoing call history table 302, the date and time of outgoing call and the telephone number of the other party are described. This includes a missed call when the other party is absent.
The received mail history table 311 describes the date and time of mail reception and the e-mail address of the sender.

The transmission mail history table 312 describes the mail transmission date and time and the destination e-mail address.
The history tables of the incoming call history table 301, outgoing call history table 302, received mail history table 311 and outgoing mail history table 312 are all arranged in the order of date and time. Will be added to. If there is no free space at the time of addition, the control unit 130 deletes the oldest history data and then adds a new history.

The received mail table 321 describes the date and time of mail reception, the email address of the mail transmission source, and the mail content. The email content is further subdivided into sub-items such as email recipient, sender, subject, and body.
Similarly, the transmission mail table 322 describes the mail transmission date and time, the destination e-mail address, and the mail contents.

In the transmission mail history table 312 and the transmission mail table 322, a history is registered one by one by the control unit 130 every time a mail is transmitted.
The address book 330 is for registering information of the communication partner, and includes the name of the partner and related items. Related items include the telephone number, e-mail address of the other party.
Multiple phone numbers can be registered with one phone number as one item. Similarly, multiple items can be registered for one email address as one item.

The display unit 112 is realized by a liquid crystal panel or the like, and displays various history lists, submenus, and the like according to instructions from the control unit 130 according to instructions from the control unit 130.
FIG. 4 shows an example of an incoming call history list instructed by the control unit 130 and displayed on the display unit 112, and a menu related to the history.
The history list is a history list of a history type designated by the user. An example of an incoming call history in the history list is shown in an incoming call history list 410.

The history-related menu includes a history type sub-menu 400, a history processing sub-menu 430, a history deletion sub-menu 440, and an deletion history type sub-menu 450.
The display unit 112 is instructed to display these menus from the control unit 130 as follows.
When the history display button 207 is pressed in the standby state, the control unit 130 instructs to display the history type submenu 400. In addition, when the history list is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 112 and one of the histories is designated, when the submenu button 202 is pressed, the control unit 130 instructs the history processing submenu 430 to be displayed. Is done.
When deletion is specified in the history processing submenu 430, the control unit 130 instructs the history deletion submenu 440 to be displayed based on a request from the history deletion unit 140. Also, when related item erasure is designated in the history erasure submenu 440, based on a request from the history erasure unit 140, the control unit 130 instructs to display the erasure history type submenu 450.

Note that related item deletion is to delete the history corresponding to the related item of the registered communication partner if the phone number or mail address of the specified destination is registered in the address book. The details will be described later.
Further, “one history is specified in the history list” means the specified history being displayed on the display unit 112 in the history table displayed in the history list in the information storage unit 120. The recorded history means a history corresponding to the designated history being displayed among the history recorded in the history table displayed in the history list. Also, erasing the history means erasing the history recorded in the history table. These definitions are the same in the following.

  The control unit 130 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (not shown), and controls each component of the telephone by the CPU executing a control program stored in the ROM. In addition to realizing the transmission / reception medium function that is a basic function as a telephone, generation and management of various types of information in the information storage unit 120, such as making a call, creating a history of incoming calls, sending and receiving e-mails, etc. Performs various management functions such as history creation, deletion, address book registration, and deletion.

  When receiving an incoming request from a certain telephone from the modem 103 via the antenna 101 and the transmitting / receiving unit 102, the control unit 130 obtains the current date and time from the clock unit 110 as the incoming time. Then, the latest incoming call history is registered at the top of the incoming call history table 301 together with the caller telephone number accompanying the incoming call request. Similarly, when a call request for a certain telephone number is received from the operation input unit 111, the modem 103 is notified of this and the current date and time is received from the clock unit 110 as the call time. It is registered as the latest outgoing call history at the top of the outgoing call history table 302 together with the telephone number of the outgoing call request destination.

  When the control unit 130 receives a message from a certain e-mail address from the transmission / reception unit 102 via the modulation / demodulation unit 103, the control unit 130 receives the current date and time from the clock unit 110 as a reception time, and receives the mail history together with the transmission source e-mail address. The latest received mail history is registered at the top of Table 311. At the same time, the current date and time, the e-mail address of the other party, and the contents of the mail message are registered at the top of the received mail table 321. When the control unit 130 receives an instruction to send a mail message to a certain e-mail address from the operation input unit 111, the control unit 130 instructs the transmission / reception unit 102 to transmit a mail via the modem unit 103, and sets the current date and time as a transmission time. Received from the section 110 and registered as the latest outgoing mail history at the top of the outgoing mail history table 312 together with the destination electronic mail address. At the same time, the current date and time, the e-mail address of the other party, and the contents of the mail message are registered at the top of the outgoing mail table 322.

The control unit 130 displays a registration screen on the display unit 112 when there is an instruction to register an address book from the operation input unit 111, and registers it in the address book 330 if there is a registration instruction from the operation input unit 111.
Next, processing of the control unit 130 regarding history erasure will be described.
The control unit 130 is normally in a standby state and waits for a user instruction.

  When the user presses the history display button 207, the control unit 130 is notified from the operation input unit 111, displays the history type submenu 400 on the display unit 112, inquires the user of the type of history to be displayed, and the user 1 Wait for the item to be specified. Since the item number is displayed for each item of the history type in the history type sub-menu 400, the user presses the designation button 203 after pressing the letter (number) button 209 of that number, thereby specifying one item. I do. For example, if the user wants to specify the incoming call history 401 of item 1 in the history type sub-menu 400, the user may press the designation button 203 after pressing the number “1” button. When the character (number) button 209 and then the designation button 203 are pressed, this is notified to the control unit 130 from the operation input unit 111.

  When a history type is specified by the user, the control unit 130 displays a list of history types of that type on the display unit 112. When the incoming call history 401 of item 1 is specified in the history type sub-menu 400, the control unit 130 extracts the incoming call history registered in the incoming call history table 301 in order from the first line, and the other party's telephone number and name are stored in the address book 330. If registered, the telephone number is displayed on the display unit 112 together with the incoming date and time instead of the name. If the other party's telephone number is not registered in the address book, or if the other party's telephone number is registered in the address book 330 but no name is registered, the telephone number is displayed on the display unit 112 together with the incoming date and time. To do. The incoming call history list 410 is an example displayed based on the incoming call history table 301 and the address book 330. For example, “03 11/3 12:54 090XXXX0001”, which is the incoming call history in the first line of the incoming call history table 301, is a phone number whose phone number “090XXXX0001” is one of the related items of “Ichino” in the address book 330. Since it is registered as one item, the control unit 130 first displays the name “Ichino” and the incoming call date and time. The second and fourth lines of the incoming call history table have different phone numbers, but since both are registered as related items of the other party “Yamashita” in the address book 330, “Yamashita” and each incoming date and time are displayed. . The third “03 11/2 0:03 090XXXX0003” in the incoming call history table displays the telephone number because the corresponding telephone number is not registered in the address book. The incoming call history list 410 displays these results.

The user designates one of the other party histories to be deleted from the displayed incoming call history list 410. For example, if it is desired to designate “Yamashita”, one of the second and fourth “Yamashita” 411 histories in the incoming call history list 410 is designated as follows.
When the history list is displayed, the first history is designated, and the control unit 130 is highlighted (not shown, the same applies hereinafter) to indicate that the designated history is designated. The user moves to the history of the other party to be deleted by using the up button (205) and the down button (206). Each time the designated destination moves, the control unit 130 notifies the destination of movement from the operation unit 111, so that the history is highlighted.

  In the following description, instead of the designated partner, the partner “Yamashita” is used as an example. The control unit 130 notified of the designation of “Yamashita” 411 from the operation unit 111 instructs the display unit 112 to highlight the history portion of the designated “Yamashita” 411. The user presses the submenu button 202 after confirming that the display of the designated incoming call history is reversed. The control unit 130 informed of pressing of the submenu button 202 from the operation input unit 111 displays the history processing submenu 430 on the display unit 112. The user designates the deletion 431 of item 3 from among the processing items displayed in the history processing submenu 430 by pressing the “3” character (number) button 209 and the designation button 203.

  The control unit 130 informed that the erasure 431 is designated from the operation input unit 111 instructs the history erasure unit 140 to perform the erasure process regarding the incoming history of “Yamashita” 411. When the history erasing unit 140 gives an instruction to display the history erasing submenu 440 for inquiring the erasing type, the history erasing unit 140 displays it on the display unit 112. Then, an item designated by the user is received from the operation input unit 111 and notified to the history erasing unit 140. If any of the three items of “Delete one”, “Delete specified”, or “Delete all” is specified among the menu items of the history deletion submenu 440, the history deletion unit 140 performs an appropriate deletion process, and then performs control. Since the processing completion notification is sent to the unit 130 from the history erasing unit 140, the control unit 130 puts the telephone in a standby state and waits for the next instruction from the user.

  When the related item deletion 441 is specified in the history deletion submenu 440, the history deletion unit 140 instructs the user to display the deletion history type submenu 450 in order to inquire the user of the type of deletion history. The unit 130 displays on the display unit 112. Then, an item designated by the user is received from the operation input unit 111 and notified to the history erasing unit 140. After the history erasure unit 140 performs the related item erasure processing, the control unit 130 is notified of the completion of processing from the history erasure unit 140. Therefore, the control unit 130 puts the telephone in a standby state and gives the next instruction from the user. wait.

The history erasure unit 140 performs processing related to erasure of communication history.
Now, it is assumed that the incoming call history of item 1 is specified by the user for the history type sub-menu 400, and the history of the other party in the incoming call history list 410 is specified. When the user designates deletion 431 for the history processing submenu 430 presented by the control unit 130, the operation input unit 111 notifies the control unit 130 of that fact, and the control unit 130 instructs the history deletion unit 140 to perform deletion processing. Is done. In order to inquire the user of the type of erasure, the history erasure unit 140 displays the history erasure submenu 440 on the display unit 112 via the control unit 130 and inquires how to erase the user.

The user designates one item from the erase type items displayed in the history erase submenu 440 by pressing the character (number) button 209 and the designation button 203. When the item designated by the user is any one of items 1 to 3 in the same submenu, the erasure process described below is performed, and the control unit 130 is notified of the completion of the erasure process.
When the item 1 “delete one” is designated, only the history specified in the currently displayed incoming call history list 410 is erased. When selection deletion of item 2 is designated, the user is made to designate a plurality of histories in the incoming call history list 410 and then erased. Further, when the deletion of all items 3 is designated, all the histories in the incoming call history list 410 are deleted from the incoming call history table 301.

Further, when the item designated by the user is the related item deletion 441 of the item 4, the history deletion unit 140 further inquires the user of the history type to be deleted, so that the deletion history type submenu 450 is displayed via the control unit 130 on the display unit 112. To display.
Multiple items can be specified in this sub-menu, and the user specifies the item by pressing the specification button 203 following the pressing of the character (number) button 209 of the item number of the history type to be specified. A designated mark (not shown) is displayed in the box displayed on the left side of the designated item. The user repeats the same operation for all items to be specified, and finally presses the enter button 204. Each time the user presses the character (number) button 209, the designation button 203, and the determination button 204, the operation input unit 111 notifies the control unit 130 that the button is pressed. When a user-specified item is notified from the operation input unit 111 via the control unit 130, the history erasing unit 140 performs the following processing.

The history erasure unit 140 stores the address of the other party to which the telephone number described in the history table corresponding to the history specified in the displayed incoming call history list 410 from the address book 330 registered in the information storage unit 120 belongs. Extract all related phone numbers and email addresses.
When an incoming call history is designated in the deletion history type menu 450, all incoming call histories corresponding to any of the telephone numbers among the above-mentioned related items are deleted from the incoming call history table 301. Also, when a call history is specified in the delete history type menu 450, all call logs corresponding to any of the telephone numbers among the related items are deleted from the call history table 302. When the received mail history is specified in the deletion history type menu 450, all the received histories corresponding to any of the e-mail addresses among the related items are deleted from the received mail history table 311. Also, when a transmission mail history is specified in the deletion history type menu 450, all transmission histories corresponding to any of the e-mail addresses among the related items are deleted from the transmission history table 312. If the entire history is designated in the deletion history type menu 450, the telephone number and e-mail address of the related items are retrieved from the incoming call history table 301, outgoing call history table 302, received mail history table 311 and outgoing mail history table 312. FIG. 5 shows that when the state of the history table stored in the information storage unit 120 is FIG. 3, the user designates the history of “Yamashita” 411 in the incoming call history list 410, Subsequently, when the related item deletion 441 is specified in the history deletion submenu 440 and all the history 451 is finally specified in the deletion history type submenu 450, the incoming call history table 501, outgoing call history table 502, received mail history table 511, outgoing mail The processing result of the related item deletion of the history table 512 is shown.

  Up to now, when describing the role of history erasure between the control unit 130 and the history erasure unit 140, the incoming call history of item 1 is designated for the history type submenu 400, and the other party is designated from the incoming call history list 410. As explained. Even when the outgoing call history of item 2 is specified in the history type sub-menu 400, the processing of the control unit 130 is the same as that in the incoming call history list except for the display of the outgoing call history list. When the received mail history of item 3 or the transmitted mail history of item 4 is designated, when displaying the designated mail history as a list, the control unit 130 sets the electronic mail address of each mail partner in the address book 330. If the other party's name is registered, the electronic mail address is displayed on the display unit 112 together with the reception date / time or the transmission date / time instead of the other party's name. If the other party's e-mail address is not registered in the address book 330, or if the e-mail address is registered but the other party's name is not registered, the e-mail address is displayed together with the reception date / time or the transmission date / time. 112. Subsequent processing by the control unit 130 and the history erasing unit 140 is the same as the processing in the incoming call history list 410 described above.

  Next, the history erasing operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In the following description, the processing of the control unit 130 and the history deletion unit 140 will be mainly described. When the user performs an input operation, there is a notification from the operation input unit 111 to the control unit 130, and when the display is performed by the control unit 130 or the history deletion unit 140, the control unit 130 or the control unit 130 is operated. There is a display instruction from the history erasing unit 140 to the display unit 112, but in order to avoid complicated explanation, an expression to that effect is omitted.

  First, in the standby state, the control unit 130 waits for the user to press the history display button 207 (S601). When the history display button 207 is pressed, the control unit 130 displays the history type submenu 400 (S603), and waits for the user to specify the history type of the history list to be displayed from the displayed four types of history (S605). ). When the history type to be displayed is designated, the control unit 130 displays the designated history list (S607). An example of a case where the incoming call history is designated is shown in the incoming call history list 410. This example is displayed based on the incoming call history data stored in the incoming call history table 301. For each history data in the incoming call history table 301, the phone number and name of the other party in the history are stored in the address book 330. If registered, the name is displayed instead of the telephone number. If the other party's telephone number is not registered in the address book 330 or if the other party's name is not registered, the telephone number is displayed. In addition to displaying itself, the date and time of incoming calls are also displayed.

In order to designate a partner to be deleted from the history list of the type designated by the user, here, the incoming call history list, designation of the history regarding the partner by the user is accepted (S609). The control unit 130 reversely displays the designated history data (not shown).
Next, the control unit 130 waits for the submenu button 202 to be pressed (S611). When the submenu button 202 is pressed, the control unit 130 displays a history processing submenu 430 in order to inquire about the processing contents related to the history of the designated partner (S613). Then, it is checked whether or not the user instruction is erased (S615).

If the user instruction is processing other than erasure, the history erasure unit 140 performs the instructed processing (S617). When the processing is completed, control is returned to the control unit 130, and the control unit 130 puts the telephone in a standby state. .
If the user instruction is erasure in step S615, the control unit 130 instructs the history erasure unit 140 to perform erasure processing. Upon receiving the erasure instruction, the history erasure unit 140 displays the history erasure submenu 430 on the display unit 112 via the control unit 130 and inquires the user about what erasure is to be performed (S619).

It is checked whether the deletion type designated by the user is “related item deletion” among the deletion items shown in the history deletion submenu 430 (S621).
When erasure other than “related item erasure” is designated, the history erasure unit 140 performs the instructed erasure process (erasure of one item, selective erasure, or erasure of all items) (S623).
If “delete related item” is designated in step S621, the deletion history type sub-menu 450 is displayed to inquire the user of the type of history to be deleted (S625).

If the history type to be deleted is designated by the user from the deletion history type sub-menu 450, the history deletion unit 140 sequentially accepts it (S701). If the designation by the user is completed (S703), the related item deletion process is performed as follows.
The history erasure unit 140 first looks at the history in the history table corresponding to the history specified in the history list, and determines whether the other party's telephone number or e-mail address described in the history is registered in the address book. Check (S705).

  If the other party's telephone number or e-mail address is not registered in the address book, the history erasure unit 140, as in the prior art, for each communication history table of the history type designated in the erasure history type submenu, All the history corresponding to the number or e-mail address is deleted from the communication history table (S707). When the erasing process is completed, control is returned to the control unit 130, and the control unit 130 puts the telephone in a standby state.

In step S705, if the other party's telephone number or e-mail address is registered in the address book, the history erasure unit 140 extracts the relevant item of the other party in the address book. Then, for each communication history table of the history type specified in the deletion history type sub-menu 450, all the history corresponding to the extracted telephone number of the related item or the e-mail address is deleted from the communication history table ( S709).
When the erasure processing is completed, the history erasure unit 140 returns control to the control unit 130, and the control unit 130 puts the telephone in a standby state.
(Other variations)
Although the present invention has been described based on the above embodiment, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The following cases are also included in the present invention.
(1) In the embodiment, the erasure target is limited to four types of communication history, but in this modification, the erasure type is expanded from the communication history to include an address book and e-mail.

  In this modification, the history erasure unit 140 presents an erasure type submenu 460 to the user instead of the erasure history type submenu 450. Here, when “received mail history / received mail” or “all” is designated, the history erasing unit 140 selects one of the email addresses of the related items of the designated history partner as in the embodiment. All received mail histories that fall under the above are deleted, and all received mail that falls under one of the e-mail addresses in the related items is also deleted.

When “sent mail history / sent mail” or “all” is designated, the sent mail history and the sent mail are deleted in the same manner as in the sent mail history / sent mail.
Next, when “address book” or “all” is designated, the history erasure unit 140 erases related items of the designated history partner from the address book.
Although the embodiment has been described with reference to the telephone, it can also be applied to the deletion of the communication history of other communication devices.
(2) In the embodiment, one history is designated from the communication history, but a plurality of histories can be selected at a time. In this case, the related item registered as the partner of the selected history is extracted and the corresponding history is deleted, which is the same operation as in the above embodiment.
(3) The present invention may be a computer program for realizing the method described in the above embodiment using a computer system, or may be a digital signal representing the program.

The present invention may be a computer-readable recording medium that records the program or the digital signal, such as a semiconductor memory.
The present invention may be the computer program or the digital signal transmitted via an electric communication line, a wireless or wired communication line, a network represented by the Internet, or the like.

 This contributes to improving the operability of deleting the history of a telephone, particularly a mobile telephone.

It is a block diagram of one embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention. It is a front view of the telephone of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the memory content of the information storage part of the said embodiment. It is a log | history list displayed on the display part of the said embodiment, and various submenus. It is a figure which shows the memory content (after erasure | elimination) of the information storage part of the said embodiment. It is a flowchart (the first half) of the history deletion process of the above embodiment. It is also a flowchart (second half).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Antenna 102 Transmission / reception part 103 Modulation / demodulation part 104 Voice processing part 106 Transmission part 107 Reception part 110 Clock part 111 Operation input part 112 Display part 120 Information memory | storage part 130 Control part 140 History erasure part 202 Submenu button 203 Specification button 204 Determination button 205 Up button 206 Down button 207 Left button (cum history display button)
208 Right button 209 Character (numeric) button 301 Incoming history table 302 Outgoing history table 311 Incoming mail history table 312 Outgoing mail history table 321 Incoming mail table 322 Outgoing mail table 330 Address book 400 History type submenu 410 Incoming history list 430 History processing submenu 440 history deletion submenu 450 deletion history type submenu 460 deletion type submenu 501 incoming history table 502 outgoing history table 511 incoming mail history table 512 outgoing mail history table 521 incoming mail table 522 outgoing mail table

Claims (9)

A telephone that stores a plurality of types of communication history groups including identification information for identifying a communication partner ,
Storage means for storing an address book in which the identification information is registered ;
Selection accepting means for accepting selection of a communication history included in the communication history group ;
Designation accepting means for accepting designation of the type of the communication history group ;
Erasing means for erasing the communication history from the communication history group of the type specified by the reception of the designation receiving means based on the identification information included in the communication history selected by the reception of the selection receiving means. Phone. In the address book of the storage means, a plurality of identification information for identifying the communication partner is registered in association with each other,
  The erasure unit includes an extraction unit that extracts identification information registered in association with identification information included in the communication history selected by the reception of the selection reception unit;
  The erasure unit erases the communication history from the communication history group of the type specified by the reception of the designation reception unit based on the identification information extracted by the extraction unit.
  The telephone set according to claim 1. The communication history is a communication history related to a call with a communication partner,
A plurality of telephone numbers for identifying communication partners are registered in the address book of the storage means in association with each other.
The telephone set according to claim 2. The communication history is a communication history related to mail with a communication partner,
A plurality of e-mail addresses for identifying communication partners are registered in the address book of the storage means in association with each other.
The telephone set according to claim 2 or 3 . The communication history relating to the call is an incoming history in which the caller's telephone number is described in association with the incoming time of the telephone, and an outgoing history in which the telephone number of the caller is described in association with the outgoing time of the telephone. The communication history regarding the received mail history in which the email reception time is described in association with the email reception time, and the email transmission destination email address in association with the email transmission time. With the sent mail history described,
  The storage means stores the incoming call history group, the outgoing call history group, the received history group, and the outgoing mail history group.
  The telephone set according to claim 4. The storage means further stores the transmitted / received mails in association with the communication history of the mails,
  The erasure means further erases the communication history including the identification information extracted by the extraction means and the mail corresponding to the communication history.
  The telephone set according to claim 4 or 5. In the address book, the identification information and address information about each communication partner are registered,
The designation receiving means further accepts designation of the address book,
When the designation accepting unit accepts designation of the address book, the erasing unit erases the communication partner identification information having the communication history identification information accepted by the selection unit and the address information from the address book. phone according to claim 1, characterized in that. The designation accepting unit accepts designation of two or more types of the communication history group,
  The erasing means erases a communication history including identification information extracted by the extracting means from each type of communication history group designated by acceptance of the designation accepting means;
  The telephone according to claim 2, further comprising: A communication device that stores a plurality of types of communication history groups including identification information for identifying a communication partner,
  Storage means for storing an address book in which the identification information is registered for each communication partner;
  Selection accepting means for accepting selection of the communication history;
  Designation accepting means for accepting designation of the type of the communication history group;
  Extracting means for extracting identification information of a communication partner having identification information of a communication history selected by reception of the selection reception means from the address book;
  An erasing unit for erasing a communication history including identification information extracted by the extraction unit from each type of communication history group designated by the reception of the designation receiving unit;
  A communication device comprising:

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