JP2005129990A - Address book automatic updating cellular telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an address book automatic updating cellular telephone, capable of improving a useful rate of an address book by exchanging latest address book information using a short-range radio communication means between cellular telephones. <P>SOLUTION: The address book automatic updating cellular telephone 1 allows a cellular group ID comparing means 151 to compare the cellar group ID of a communication party received by a short-range radio communication means 16 with own cellular group ID. A group name comparison address book information exchanging means 152 exchanges address book information, and an address book comparing update means 153 updates an address book 17, on the basis of the address information of the communication party. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an address book automatic update mobile phone that automatically updates address information in an address book that stores personal information such as name and address in addition to the telephone number of a communication partner.

  In order to update the address book information of a conventional mobile phone, the latest information is stored in the telephone service provider's server and distributed to each mobile phone (mobile phone) from the telephone service provider's server. . This is described, for example, in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below.

JP 2001-136265 A

JP 2002-55923 A

  In the conventional technology, if the latest information exists in the server, it can be distributed to each mobile phone relatively efficiently. However, in practice, the procedure for storing the latest address book information on the server is complicated, and the actual operation is often not performed. For this reason, there is a problem that the latest address book information transmitted by word of mouth is localized on a small part of mobile phones that are frequently contacted, and the latest address book information is difficult to be distributed to many other mobile phones.

In particular, how to improve the usability of address books in a form of sharing each other's address book information between limited users such as company organizations and using them when needed rather than frequently Has become an issue.
An object of the present invention is to provide an address book automatic update mobile phone capable of improving the usefulness of an address book by exchanging the latest address book information using short-range wireless communication means between mobile phones. There is.

  An address book automatic update mobile phone according to the present invention comprises a key input means, a display means for displaying information inputted by the key input means, an address book containing and storing the telephone number and personal information of a communication partner, A cellular phone having a distance wireless communication means and capable of making a call to a communication destination telephone number registered in the address book, and a mobile group ID of the communication partner received from the communication partner by the short distance wireless communication means; Mobile group ID comparison means for comparing own mobile group ID, and group name comparison for searching address book using group name used for classification of address book as key and providing address information to communication partner by short-range wireless communication means Address book update using address book information exchange means and address information of communication partner input from group name comparison address book information exchange means Characterized in that it comprises an address book comparing updating means for performing.

According to the present invention, it is possible to perform short-distance wireless communication with another mobile phone using a mobile phone, automatically update the address book, and automatically update the address book information to the latest state. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently maintain the address information of the other party by using an opportunity for a related person such as a conference in the company to attend.

  An address book automatic update mobile phone according to the present invention comprises a key input means, a display means for displaying information inputted by the key input means, an address book containing and storing the telephone number and personal information of a communication partner, It has a distance wireless communication means and can make a call to a communication destination telephone number registered in the address book. The portable group ID comparison means compares the communication partner's portable group ID received from the communication partner by the short-range wireless communication means and the own portable group ID. The group name comparison address book information exchanging means searches the address book using the group name used for the classification of the address book as a key, and provides address information to the communication partner by the short-range wireless communication means. The address book comparison / update means updates the address book based on the address book information of the communication partner input from the group name comparison address book information exchange means.

  FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, an address book automatic update mobile phone 1 includes a key input means 11 for performing key input, a display means 12 for displaying input key information and address book information, and a mobile group ID storage for storing a mobile group ID. It comprises means 13, group name storage means 14 for storing group names for sharing address book information, address book automatic update means 15, near field communication means 16, and address book 17.

  The address book automatic update unit 15 includes a mobile group ID comparison unit 151, a group name comparison address book information exchange unit 152, and an address book comparison update unit 153.

  In this configuration, the mobile phone user stores the mobile group ID indicating the affiliation of the communication partner with whom information is exchanged in the address book 17 in advance in the mobile group ID storage unit 13 using the key input unit 11. Further, the group name specifying the data for exchanging information in the address book 17 is stored in the group name storing means 14. The key input means 11 is, for example, a numeric keypad of the mobile phone 1, and the mobile group ID storage means 13 and the group name storage means 14 can use the memory of the mobile phone 1, for example.

  When the other party's mobile phone for exchanging information in the address book 17 is nearby, the key input means 11 inputs an address book information exchange start signal to the address book automatic update means 15. The mobile group ID comparison unit 151 reads the mobile group ID from the mobile group ID storage unit 13. Further, the mobile group ID of the communication partner is acquired by the short-range wireless communication means 16. The short-range wireless communication means 16 can use, for example, infrared communication or Bluetooth.

  The portable group ID comparing means 151 compares its own portable group ID with the portable party ID of the communication partner, and if they match, a match signal is added to the group name comparison address information exchanging means 152. If they do not match, it is determined that the communication partner is unknown and the reliability of the stored address book information is low, and the address book information exchange is stopped.

  When the mobile group IDs match, the group name comparison address information exchanging unit 152 reads the group name for exchanging information in the address book 17 from the group name storage unit 14. Next, the group name comparison address information exchanging means 152 acquires the address book information having the same group name via the short-range wireless communication means 16. The group name comparison address information exchanging means 152 gives the received address book information to the address book comparison updating means 153 for updating the address book. The address book comparing / updating means 153 that has received the address book information updates the address book 17.

  FIG. 2 shows a usage form of the mobile phone 1 for automatically updating an address book according to the present invention. The user of the address book automatic updating mobile phone 1 can exchange address book information with a plurality of other address book automatic updating mobile phones 2 and 3 so that the address book is in a state close to the latest.

  FIG. 3 shows a flowchart in which the mobile group ID comparing means 151 compares the group IDs of the mobile phones 1 that execute processing.

  The mobile group ID comparison means 151 makes a connection request to another mobile phone via the short-range wireless communication means 16 in step S1. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the connection is successful. If the connection is unsuccessful, the process proceeds to step S4, where it is determined that there is no communication partner and the process ends. If successful, the process proceeds to step S3 to acquire the mobile phone group ID of the communication partner.

  The process proceeds from step S3 to step S5 to acquire the group ID of the own mobile phone 1 and compares it with the mobile group ID of the communication partner acquired in step S3 in step S6. If it is determined in step S6 that they do not match, the process proceeds to step S8, where it is determined that the address information is to be exchanged, and the process ends. If they match, the process proceeds to step S7 and proceeds to the next group information acquisition process. Through the above processing, it is possible to identify a partner to communicate with and perform more reliable information exchange.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the format of the address book 17. Contact information such as TEL and Mail is stored for the name No. and the name. In addition, the department to which the company belongs is stored as the group name. In the present invention, highly reliable address book information exchange is realized mainly by using this group name. Further, there is Stat indicating the state of the address book data, and update date information indicating the last update date of the information.

  FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of group information acquisition by the group name comparison address book information exchanging means 152.

  When requesting address book information from another mobile phone, the group name comparison address book information exchanging means 152 extracts the group name from the group name storing means 14 of the own mobile phone 1 in step S11, and in step S12 the short-range wireless It transmits to another mobile phone via the communication means 16. Moving from step S12 to step S13, address book information having the same group name is received from the mobile phone of the communication partner.

  On the contrary, when the address book information is requested from the mobile phone of the communication partner, the group name is received from the short-range wireless communication means 16 at step S14, and information with the same group name is searched from the address book 17 at step S15. The process proceeds from step S15 to step S16, and the address book information is transmitted via the short-range wireless communication means 16. The search for the address book information may be performed by referring to the entire address book 17 and performing a match comparison of the group names, or by creating an index for the group name in advance to speed up the search.

  FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of address book information comparison / update of the address book comparison / update means 153.

  The address book comparing / updating means 153 processes the number of pieces of information acquired from other mobile phones in step S22, and in step S23, checks for the presence or absence of information having the same address book information No. If it does not exist, the connection result, which is the Stat item of the address book 17, is referred to. If it is determined in step S24 that there is a connection record, the process proceeds to step S26 and is registered in the address book 17. This is a case of so-called new registration, which is a process of newly importing into the own mobile phone information with communication performance possessed by other mobile phones.

  If it is determined in step S24 that there is no connection record, the process proceeds to step S25 to check the last update date. If it is determined in step S25 that the last update date is new and conscious update has been performed, update information is registered in the address book 17 in step S26. On the contrary, if it is old, it is determined that the information is not used and has low reliability, and the processing is continued without being registered in the address book 17.

  Here, as for the new and old discrimination criteria, the degree of change in reliability also changes depending on the degree of change in information, but about 3 months is appropriate when referring to recent information changes. That is, it is a judgment that the address book information that has not been used for three months or more cannot be trusted. Of course, the new and old discrimination criteria can be changed, and the user can modify them in the operation process.

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Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile phone, 11 ... Key input means, 12 ... Display means, 13 ... Mobile group ID storage means, 14 ... Group name storage means, 15 ... Address book automatic update means, 16 ... Near field communication means, 17 ... Address Book 151: Mobile group ID comparison means 152 ... Group name comparison address book information exchange means 153 Address book comparison update means

Claims (1)

  A key input means; a display means for displaying information input by the key input means; an address book for storing a telephone number and personal information of a communication partner; and a short-range wireless communication means; In a mobile phone capable of making a call to a communication destination telephone number registered in the book, a mobile group ID for comparing the mobile group ID of the communication partner received from the communication partner by the short-range wireless communication means with its own mobile group ID A comparison unit; a group name comparison address book information exchange unit that searches the address book using a group name used for classification of the address book as a key, and provides address information to a communication partner by the short-range wireless communication unit; An address for updating the address book with the address information of the communication partner input from the group name comparison address book information exchanging means. Address book automatic update mobile phone, characterized by comprising the Phone Book comparing updating unit.

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