Information addition system and mobile communication terminal

• US 20070054704A1
• Filed: 08/14/2006
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alpine Electronics Incorporated (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alpine Electronics Incorporated (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Satoh, Takao
• Granted Patent: US 7,623,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/569.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

An information addition system acquires data and a control signal from a hands-free apparatus and a navigation apparatus. The hands-free apparatus is connected to a mobile communication terminal and includes an address-book data storage unit that associates communication-partner information of the mobile communication terminal with name information and stores the associated information in a personal information database as first personal information. The information addition system includes an additional information acquiring unit that acquires date and time information at an outgoing or incoming call from the navigation apparatus as first additional information and that acquires predetermined information at the outgoing or incoming call as second additional information, and an information adding unit that identifies the first personal information in the personal information database on the basis of the communication-partner information and that associates the first and second additional information with the first personal information and stores the associated additional information.

Claims

1. An information addition system that acquires data and a control signal from a hands-free apparatus and a navigation apparatus, the hands-free apparatus operative to communication with a mobile communication terminal, the hands-free apparatus comprising an address-book data storage unit operative to associate communication-partner information indicating a communication partner of the mobile communication terminal with name information corresponding to the communication-partner information and to store the associated information in a personal information database as first personal information, the navigation apparatus comprising a position detecting unit operative to detect a current position and to set a destination, the information addition system comprising:

an additional information acquiring unit operative to acquire date and time information indicating a date and time when the mobile communication terminal transmits an outgoing call or receives an incoming call from the navigation apparatus as first additional information and to acquire predetermined information at the outgoing call or the incoming call as second additional information; and

an information adding unit operative to identify the first personal information corresponding to the communication partner at the outgoing call or the incoming call, in the personal information database, on the basis of the communication-partner information indicating the communication partner at the outgoing call or incoming call and to associate the first and second additional information, acquired by the additional information acquiring unit, with the identified first personal information and to store the first and second additional information associated with the first personal information.

2. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the first personal information is generated on the basis of data stored in a storage unit in the mobile communication terminal.

3. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the predetermined information at the outgoing call or incoming call corresponds to place-name information corresponding to the current position detected by the navigation apparatus at the outgoing call or incoming call and destination information set in the navigation apparatus.

4. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the communication-partner information is data indicating at least one of a telephone number and an e-mail address.

5. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the information addition system is further operative to acquire data and a control signal from an audio apparatus and an operating unit, the audio apparatus comprising a voice recording unit that records a voice input through a microphone, the operating unit operative to output the control signal,

wherein the voice recording unit is operative to record the voice input through the microphone as first voice-memo information when the voice recording unit acquires the control signal on the basis of a predetermined input operation from the operating unit after the communication with the mobile communication terminal at the outgoing call or incoming call is terminated, and

wherein the additional information acquiring unit is further operative to acquire the first voice-memo information recorded by the voice recording unit as third additional information, and the information adding unit is operative to associate the third additional information with the identified first personal information and to store the third additional information associated with the first personal information.

6. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is a mobile telephone,

wherein the hands-free apparatus further comprises:

an answering-machine determining unit that is operative to determine whether the communication partner at the outgoing call is an answering machine and

an answering-machine information generating unit that is operative to generate answering machine information indicating that the communication partner is an answering machine if the answering-machine determining unit determines that the communication partner is an answering machine, and

wherein the additional information acquiring unit is further operative to acquire the answering machine information generated by the answering-machine information generating unit as fourth additional information, and the information adding unit is further operative to associate the fourth additional information with the identified first personal information and stores the fourth additional information associated with the first personal information.

7. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is a mobile telephone,

wherein the hands-free apparatus comprises:

a response determining unit that is operative to determine whether the communication partner at the outgoing call responds or whether the mobile telephone responds at the incoming call and

a speech-information generating unit that is operative to generate speech information if the response determining unit determines that the communication partner or the mobile telephone responds and to generate non-speech information if the response determining unit determines that the communication partner or the mobile telephone does not respond, and

wherein the additional information acquiring unit is operative to acquire the speech information or the non-speech information as fifth additional information, and the information adding unit is further operative to associate the fifth additional information with the identified first personal information and to store the fifth additional information associated with the first personal information.

8. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the information addition system is further operative to acquire data and a control signal from an operating unit operative to output the control signal,

wherein the hands-free apparatus comprises an address-book data outputting unit that is operative to display the content of data on the basis of address book information including the first personal information stored in the personal information database, and

wherein, if a first control signal on the basis of a predetermined input operation is acquired from the operating unit while the address-book data outputting unit displays the content of the data, the additional information acquiring unit acquires predetermined image data as sixth additional information if the additional information acquiring unit further acquires a second control signal on the basis of a predetermined input operation for selecting an image from the operating unit, and the information adding unit associates the sixth additional information with the first personal information corresponding to the content of data displayed in the address-book data outputting unit when the first control signal is acquired and stores the sixth additional information associated with the first personal information.

9. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the information addition system is further operative to acquire data and a control signal from an audio apparatus and an operating unit, the audio apparatus comprising a voice recording unit that records a voice input through a microphone, the operating unit operative to output the control signal,

wherein the hands-free apparatus comprises a historical information outputting unit that is operative to display the content of data on the basis of outgoing-call or incoming-call historical information including the first personal information and the first additional information,

wherein the voice recording unit is operative to record the voice input through the microphone as second voice-memo information when the voice recording unit acquires the control signal on the basis of a predetermined input operation from the operating unit while the content of the data is displayed, and

wherein the additional information acquiring unit is operative to acquire the second voice-memo information recorded by the voice recording unit as seventh additional information, and the information adding unit is operative to associate the seventh additional information with the first personal information corresponding to the content of the data displayed in the historical information outputting unit when the control signal is acquired and to store the seventh additional information associated with the first personal information.

10. The information addition system of claim 1, further comprising:

a first information indicating unit operative to output by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information.

11. The information addition system of claim 10,

wherein, when the mobile communication terminal transmits the outgoing call, the first information indicating unit outputs by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the first personal information identified by the information adding unit when the mobile communication terminal transmits the outgoing call.

12. The information addition system of claim 10,

wherein, when the mobile communication terminal receives the incoming call, the first information indicating unit outputs by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the first personal information identified by the information adding unit when the mobile communication terminal receives the incoming call.

13. The information addition system of claim 10,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is a mobile telephone, and

wherein, when the answering is held on the mobile telephone, the first information indicating unit outputs by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the first personal information identified by the information adding unit when the mobile telephone receives the incoming call.

14. The information addition system of claim 10,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is a mobile telephone, and

wherein, when the call is placed on hold on the mobile telephone, the first information indicating unit outputs by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the first personal information identified by the information adding unit when the mobile telephone transmits the outgoing call or receives the incoming call.

15. The information addition system of claim 10,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is a mobile telephone,

wherein the hands-free apparatus comprises as the reception settings:

a manual response mode in which the hands-free unit does not allow automatic response to the mobile telephone and

an automatic response mode in which the hands-free unit allows automatic response to the mobile telephone, and

wherein, when the mobile telephone receives the incoming call, the first information indicating unit does not allow the hands-free apparatus to automatically respond to the mobile telephone until the first information indicating unit terminates the output by voice of the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the first personal information identified by the information adding unit when the mobile telephone receives the incoming call with the reception setting being set to the automatic response mode.

16. The information addition system of claim 10,

wherein the information addition system is further operative to acquire data and a control signal from an operating unit operative to output the control signal,

wherein the hands-free apparatus comprises an address-book data outputting unit that is operative to display the content of data on the basis of address book information including the first personal information stored in the personal information database, and

wherein, if the control signal on the basis of a predetermined input operation is acquired from the operating unit while the content of the data is displayed, the first information indicating unit outputs by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the first personal information corresponding to the content of the data displayed when the control signal is acquired.

17. The information addition system of claim 10,

wherein the information addition system is further operative to acquire data and a control signal from an operating unit operative to output the control signal,

wherein the hands-free apparatus comprises a historical information outputting unit that is operative to display the content of data on the basis of outgoing-call or incoming-call historical information including the first personal information and the first additional information, and

wherein the first information indicating unit outputs by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the first personal information corresponding to the content of the data displayed when the control signal is acquired, if the voice recording unit acquires the control signal on the basis of a predetermined input operation from the operating unit while the content of the data is displayed.

18. The information addition system of claim 10,

wherein the first information indicating unit displays the content of the data, instead of outputting by voice the content of the data.

19. The information addition system of claim 1,

wherein the navigation apparatus comprises a browser function,

wherein the additional information acquiring unit is operative to acquire URL information indicating a specified URL from the navigation apparatus as second personal information, and

wherein the information adding unit is operative to store the second personal information.

20. The information addition system of claim 19,

wherein the additional information acquiring unit is operative to acquire the second personal information from the navigation apparatus and to acquire a date and time when the URL is specified as eighth additional information, and

wherein the information adding unit is operative to associate the eighth additional information with the second personal information for every date and time that is specified and to store the eighth additional information associated with the second personal information.

21. The information addition system of claim 19,

wherein the navigation apparatus comprises:

a Web page update determining unit that is operative to determine whether the URL of a Web page that is accessed coincides with the URL indicated by the second personal information and whether the accessed Web page is updated if the URL of the accessed Web page coincides with the URL indicated by the second personal information and

a Web page update information generating unit that is operative to generate an update date and time of the Web page as Web page update information if the Web page update determining unit determines that the Web page is updated,

wherein the additional information acquiring unit is operative to acquire the Web page update information from the navigation apparatus as ninth additional information, and

wherein the information adding unit is operative to associate the ninth additional information with the second personal information indicating the URL of the Web page that is determined to be updated by the Web page update determining unit for every update date and time and to store the ninth additional information associated with the second personal information.

22. The information addition system of claim 20, further comprising:

a second information indicating unit that is operative to output by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information.

23. The information addition system of claim 22,

wherein the information addition system is further operative to acquire data and a control signal from an operating unit capable of outputting the control signal,

wherein the navigation apparatus comprises a Web historical information outputting unit that is operative to display Web historical information including the content of data on the basis of the second personal information, and

wherein, if the control signal on the basis of a predetermined input operation is not acquired from the operating unit for a predetermined time period while the content of the data is displayed, the second information indicating unit outputs by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the second personal information corresponding to the content of the data displayed when the control signal is not acquired for the predetermined time period.

24. The information addition system of claim 22,

wherein the information addition system is further operative to acquire data and a control signal from an operating unit operative to output the control signal,

wherein the navigation apparatus comprises a Web historical information outputting unit that is operative to display the content of data on the basis of the second personal information as Web historical information, and

wherein, when the control signal on the basis of a predetermined input operation is acquired from the operating unit while the content of the data is displayed, the second information indicating unit outputs by voice the content of data on the basis of the additional information associated with the second personal information corresponding to the content of the data displayed when the control signal is acquired.

25. The information addition system of claim 22,

wherein the second information indicating unit is operative to display the content of data, instead of outputting by voice the content of the data.

26. The information addition system of claim 20, further comprising:

an access-date-and-time calculating unit that is operative to calculate a date and time when the Web page having the URL indicated by the second personal information is accessed on the basis of the eighth additional information associated with the second personal information; and

a first access-guide-information generating unit that is operative to generate information directing an access to the Web page whose access date and time is calculated by the access-date-and-time calculating unit as first access guide information.

27. The information addition system of claim 22,

wherein, on the access date and time calculated by the access-date-and-time calculating unit, the second information indicating unit outputs by voice the first access guide information.

28. The information addition system of claim 22, further comprising:

an update-date-and-time calculating unit that is operative to calculate a date and time when the Web page having the URL indicated by the second personal information is updated, on the basis of an interval of the update date and time indicated by ninth additional information associated with the second personal information; and

a second access-guide-information generating unit that is operative to generate information directing an access to the Web page whose update date and time is calculated by the update-date-and-time calculating unit as second access guide information.

29. The information addition system of claim 28,

wherein, on the update date and time calculated by the update-date-and-time calculating unit, the second information indicating unit is operative to output by voice the second access guide information.

30. The information addition system according to claim 1,

wherein the information adding unit is operative to store the additional information in a storage device.

31. The information addition system according to claim 1,

wherein the information adding unit stores the additional information, along with the first or second personal information with which the additional information is associated, in a storage unit in the mobile communication terminal.

32. A method of adding information and for acquiring data and a control signal from a hands-free apparatus and a navigation apparatus, the hands-free apparatus in communication with a mobile communication terminal and operative to associate communication-partner information indicating a communication partner of the mobile communication terminal with name information corresponding to the communication-partner information and to store the associated information in a personal information database as first personal information, the navigation apparatus operative to detect a current position and to set a destination, the method comprising the steps of:

acquiring date and time information indicating a date and time when the mobile communication terminal transmits an outgoing call or receives an incoming call from the navigation apparatus as first additional information and acquiring predetermined information at the outgoing call or the incoming call as second additional information; and

identifying the first personal information corresponding to the communication partner at the outgoing call or the incoming call, in the personal information database, on the basis of the communication-partner information indicating the communication partner at the outgoing call or incoming call, associating the first and second additional information with the identified first personal information, and storing the first and second additional information associated with the first personal information.

33. A method for acquiring data, the method comprising:

acquiring date and time information from a navigation apparatus as first additional information, the first additional information indicating a date and time when a mobile communication terminal performs one of transmitting an outgoing call and receiving an incoming call;

acquiring predetermined information as second additional information when the mobile communication terminal performs one of transmitting an outgoing call and receiving an incoming call;

identifying a first personal information corresponding to a communication partner at one of transmitting an outgoing call and receiving an incoming call, the first personal information identified in a personal information database on a basis of communication-partner information indicating the communication partner at the outgoing or incoming call;

associating the first and second additional information with the identified first personal information; and

storing the first and second additional information.

34. A computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for acquiring data, the method to direct a system to perform acts of:

acquiring date and time information from a navigation apparatus as first additional information, the first additional information indicating a date and time when a mobile communication terminal performs one of transmitting an outgoing call and receiving an incoming call;

acquiring predetermined information as second additional information when the mobile communication terminal performs one of transmitting an outgoing call and receiving an incoming call;

identifying a first personal information corresponding to a communication partner at one of transmitting an outgoing call and receiving an incoming call, the first personal information identified in a personal information database on a basis of communication-partner information indicating the communication partner at the outgoing or incoming call;

associating the first and second additional information with the identified first personal information; and

storing the first and second additional information.