Mobile communication terminal

• US 6,965,766 B1
• Filed: 09/14/2000
• Issued: 11/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood (JVC Kenwood Corporation)
• Inventors: Saigo, Takaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, CongVan
• Application Number:
  US10/089,684
• Time in Patent Office: 1,888 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/413.1, 455/414.2, 455/403, 455/407, 455/158.1, 455/158.5, 455/497
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2416 Real-time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2425 for supporting services specification, e.g. SLA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2458 Modification of priorities while in transit
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal for registering information, e.g. an e-mail address or a telephone number obtained in the form of characters correctly and easily, as it is or after correcting part of such information, in a telephone directory. Two character strings corresponding to the address of the party to be called or the party with which information is communicated are present in the contents of a received mail. One character string represents a telephone number (03-000-0000 on the third line) and the other character string represents an e-mail address (aaa @ bcd.ef.jp on the fifth line). A character string representative of these two addresses is retrieved, displayed on a display section and registered in a telephone directory by selecting the displayed address.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

message receiving means for receiving a message sent from a communication partner sending at least the message;

storing means for storing a reception history of the messages received by said message receiving means;

displaying means for displaying the contents of the reception history of the messages stored by said storing means,

retrieving means for retrieving address information from the contents of the reception history of the messages displayed on said displaying means, said address information being a non-regular format destination information which was arbitrarily written in an ordinary message sentence by said communication partner;

first displaying control means for, in the case that there are a plurality of pieces of address information retrieved by said retrieving means, causing said displaying means to display the retrieved address information in such a manner that the retrieved pieces of address information can be discriminated from one another;

selecting means for selecting specific address information from the address information caused to be displayed on said displaying means by said first display control means;

second display control means for deciding a type of the specific address information selected by said selecting means on the basis of a character string indicative of address information and for causing said displaying means to display an operational command corresponding to the selected address information and its decided type; and

registering means for registering with a directory the address information caused to be displayed on said displaying means by said second display control means, in response to the operation of the displayed operational command.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising editing means for editing said retrieved address information before registering said information.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claims 1 or 2 wherein a method of registration is changed in accordance with the type of the address information retrieved by said retrieving means.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1, 2 and 3 wherein personal information about the communication partner is registered with the directory in such a manner that the personal information is associated with the registered address information.

5. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein said registering means has associating means for associating said retrieved address information with the personal information about the communication partner to register the associated information before registering said address information with the directory.

6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, further comprising personal information searching means for searching the personal information about the communication partner.

7. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, further comprising personal information inputting means for newly inputting the personal information about the communication partner.

8. A signal control method for a mobile communication terminal, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a message sent from a communication partner sending at least the message;

storing a reception history of the messages received in said message receiving step;

displaying the contents of the reception history of the messages stored in said storing step;

retrieving address information from the contents of the reception history of the messages displayed in said displaying step, said address information being a non-regular format destination information which was arbitrarily written in an ordinary message sentence by said communication partner;

controlling displaying step so as to display a plurality of pieces of address information retrieved in said retrieving step in such a manner that the retrieved pieces of address information can be discriminated from one another;

selecting specific address information from the address information caused to be displayed in said displaying step in said controlling step;

deciding a type of the specific address information selected in said selecting step on the basis of a character string indicative of address information and controlling said displaying step so as to display an operational command corresponding to the selected address information and its decided type; and

registering with a directory the address information, whose type has been decided in said deciding and controlling step, in response to the operation of the displayed operational command.