Caller information display system

Abstract

To make it possible to check up a telephone number of a caller during an incoming call.SOLUTION: A caller information display system 10 is provided in a mobile terminal 4 that has a telephone directory registered in advance, and has a caller information display processing unit 12. When there is an incoming call to the mobile terminal 4, if a telephone number of a caller matches a telephone number registered in the telephone directory, the caller information display processing unit displays information on the caller registered in the telephone directory on the mobile terminal 4 receiving the incoming call. If the telephone number of the caller does not match the telephone number registered in the telephone directory, the caller information display processing unit accesses an Internet retrieval site through a network 2 and retrieves the telephone number to display retrieval results on the mobile terminal 4 receiving the incoming call.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a caller information display system. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, people often make calls using mobile terminals such as smartphones, and when they receive a call, the caller's phone number may be displayed.

[0003] As a technology related to the present invention, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a customer service support system that includes a storage means for storing a customer's caller identification information and customer information in a one-to-one correspondence, an identification information acquisition means for acquiring the caller identification information of the caller when an incoming call is received, and a search means for searching the storage means based on the caller identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition means and displaying and outputting the searched customer information on a terminal, the system further includes a billing means for calculating the number of times the customer information has been displayed and output by the search means and multiplying the calculated number by a unit price that can be set arbitrarily, the storage means stores nuisance telephone numbers that a user can set arbitrarily in association with the caller identification information and the customer information, and if a nuisance telephone number is stored in association with the customer information searched by the search means, the search means displays complainer information on the terminal, and the billing means does not calculate the number of times the customer information has been displayed and output when the complainer information is displayed on the terminal.

[0004] Patent Document 2 also discloses an information processing device comprising: a first communication means for communicating with a server device that manages first data including data associating telephone numbers with name information corresponding to the telephone numbers; a processor that is controlled by operating software and executes an application program that operates on the operating software; an area for storing the operating software and the application program, a first storage means including a secret area; and a second communication means for receiving an incoming call from a calling telephone, wherein the application program causes the processor to function as an acquisition means for transmitting a request to the server device for second data corresponding to a user from the first data and storing the second data received from the server device in the secret area, and a registration means for registering at least the telephone number and name information of the second data stored in the secret area to first caller data that is stored in the secret area and that can be searched for by the operating software when the incoming call from the calling telephone is received. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 6061410 [Patent Document 2] Patent No. 6307657 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] If the caller's phone number is registered in the phone book, the caller's name and other information will be displayed on the mobile device screen, but if it is not registered in the phone book, the caller may continue to talk, or may not make the call and let the call go unanswered, after which the phone number may be searched on the Internet to see if it is a nuisance call or not. If the search shows that it is not a nuisance call, the caller must be returned.

[0007] SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT EMBODIMENT An object of the present invention is to provide a caller information display system which allows a user to check the caller's telephone number during an incoming call. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The caller information display system of the present invention is a caller information display system provided in a mobile terminal having a pre-registered phone book, and is characterized in that when an incoming call is received by the mobile terminal, if the caller's phone number matches a phone number registered in the phone book, information about the caller registered in the phone book is displayed on the mobile terminal during the incoming call, and if the caller's phone number does not match a phone number registered in the phone book, the system accesses an Internet search site via a network to search for the phone number and displays the results of the search on the mobile terminal during the incoming call.

[0009] In addition, in the caller information display system of the present invention, it is preferable to further include a recording processing unit that records the contents of a call when a call is made using the mobile terminal while the search results are displayed on the mobile terminal during an incoming call.

[0010] In addition, in the caller information display system of the present invention, it is preferable that the caller information display processing unit displays the search results by superimposing the display unit on the incoming call screen of the mobile terminal, with the display unit being smaller in size than the incoming call screen of the mobile terminal and being movable. Effect of the Invention

[0011] According to the present invention, the caller's telephone number can be checked during an incoming call. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing a caller information display system according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 2]1 is a diagram showing a state in which a search result of a caller's telephone number is displayed on a mobile terminal in the caller information display system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the same elements in all the drawings are given the same reference numerals, and duplicated explanations will be omitted. In addition, in the explanation in the text, the reference numerals previously described will be used as necessary.

[0014] Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a caller information display system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which a search result of a caller's telephone number is displayed on a mobile terminal in the caller information display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] The caller information display system 10 is provided in a mobile terminal 4 having a preregistered telephone directory. The caller information display system 10 is connected to the mobile terminal 4 and the Internet via a network 2.

[0016] Here, the mobile terminal 4 will be described as a terminal capable of making calls, such as a smartphone, etc. Also, the operating system of the mobile terminal 4 will be described as Android (registered trademark), but other operating systems are also applicable.

[0017] The mobile terminal 4 has a telephone directory in its internal memory. The telephone directory must include a telephone number and a name, and other information such as an address and an email address can also be registered. The telephone directory in the internal memory may be mirrored in the storage unit 16, for example.

[0018] Further, although the following description will be given assuming that Google (registered trademark) is used as the Internet search site, other search engines, such as Yahoo! (registered trademark), may also be used.

[0019] The caller information display system 10 includes a caller information display processing unit 12, a recording processing unit 14, and a storage unit 16.

[0020] The caller information display processing unit 12 has a function of, when a call is received by the mobile terminal 4, displaying information about the caller registered in the phone book on the mobile terminal 4 receiving the call if the caller's phone number matches a phone number registered in the phone book, and if the caller's phone number does not match a phone number registered in the phone book, accessing an Internet search site via the network 2 to search for the phone number and displaying the results of the search on the mobile terminal 4 receiving the call.

[0021] Specifically, when a mobile terminal 4 receives an incoming call, it first checks whether there is a phone number matching the caller's phone number in the phone book in the mobile terminal 4, and if there is a matching phone number, the name of the caller registered in the phone book is displayed on the screen 4a of the mobile terminal 4. This allows the recipient to know who is calling.

[0022] If there is no matching telephone number in the telephone directory of the mobile terminal 4, an Internet search site (e.g., Google) is accessed via the network 2, and the caller's telephone number is entered to perform a search, and the search result display section 18 is displayed in part of the screen 4a of the mobile terminal 4.

[0023] 2, the caller information display processing unit 12 displays the search results on the display unit 18 in a movable state in which the size of the display unit 18 is smaller than the incoming call screen 4a of the mobile terminal 4. For example, when the screen 4a of the mobile terminal 4 is 100%, it is preferable to display the size of the display unit 18 at about 60%.

[0024] This display unit 18 is similar to the results of a normal Internet search, so that, for example, by touching the display result shown in Fig. 2 with a finger, more detailed information can be obtained. Also, by touching the display unit 18, it is possible to move it to a desired location on the screen 4a of the mobile terminal 4.

[0025] The caller information display processing unit 12 can be realized using a program or the like, and can search for incoming calls from callers using, for example, the permissions of READ_PHONE_STARE, READ_CALL_LOG, READ_CONTACTS, and the like.

[0026] The caller information display processor 12 can also listen to incoming call events using the Android "BroadcastReceiver." The BroadcastReceiver can also listen to events even when the application software is turned off.

[0027] Then, the caller information display processing unit 12 uses the authority of READ_CONTACTS to compare the incoming telephone number with the telephone book of the mobile terminal 4, and if there is no match, searches for the telephone number on Google and displays a pop-up on the display unit 18. The above function can be realized using such a program, but of course other means may be used.

[0028] The recording processor 14 has a function of recording the contents of a call when a call is made using the mobile terminal 4 with the search results displayed on the mobile terminal 4 during a call.

[0029] The storage unit 16 can store information about users (senders and recipients) of the mobile terminals 4. In addition, mirrored information may be stored as a backup of the phone book of each mobile terminal 4.

[0030] In addition, the functions of the caller information display system 10 other than the storage unit 16 can be realized by either a hardware configuration or a software configuration. For example, when realized by software, these functions can be realized by application software stored in a recording medium such as a RAM, ROM, or hard disk running on a server device that is actually configured with a CPU or MPU, RAM, ROM, etc. For example, they can function as application software that is installed and runs on the mobile terminal 4.

[0031] Next, the operation of the caller information display system 10 configured as above will be described. A caller number display service (number display) that notifies the caller's number was started in January 1997. This made it possible to start a call after determining whether the caller was a known number.

[0032] After that, mobile phones became widespread, and it became possible to know in advance who the caller was based on the phone book registered in the mobile phone. Around 2007, smartphones became widespread, and smartphones became capable of accessing the Internet. When receiving an incoming call from a number not registered in the phone book, there were more and more occasions when the caller would end the call without answering it, look up the phone number on the Internet, and then call back if necessary. However, such a task required operations such as calling back, which was a cumbersome task. The caller information display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention exhibits a remarkable effect in solving such a problem.

[0033] When the mobile terminal 4 receives an incoming call, the caller information display processing unit 12 determines whether the caller's telephone number matches a number registered in the telephone directory of the mobile terminal 4. If the number matches a number registered in the telephone directory, the name of the corresponding caller is displayed on the screen 4a of the mobile terminal 4.

[0034] Furthermore, at this time, if the number does not match one registered in the telephone directory of the mobile terminal 4, the caller information display processing unit 12 uses its function to search for the caller's telephone number via an Internet search site (e.g., Google), and as shown in FIG. 2, a display unit 18 of the search results is displayed as a pop-up on the incoming call screen 4a of the mobile terminal 4 during the incoming call.

[0035] At this time, if the user looks at the information displayed on the display unit 18 superimposed on the screen 4a of the mobile terminal 4 and judges that the call is a nuisance call, there is no need to answer the call, but if the user judges that the call is from a familiar company (e.g., a delivery company), he or she can answer the call and talk. This has the remarkable effect of making it possible to make a call without the need for the wasteful effort of having to answer the phone once, search the Internet, and then call back, as in the past.

[0036] In addition, even if the call is neither a nuisance call nor a call you do not recognize, the conversation is recorded by the function of the recording processor 14, so that even if it is a nuisance call such as a fraudulent or threatening call, you can answer the call with peace of mind knowing that it can be analyzed later.

[0037] In the above description, the caller information display processing unit 12 has been described as having a function of displaying information about the caller registered in the phone book on the mobile terminal 4 receiving the incoming call if the caller's phone number matches a phone number registered in the phone book, and of accessing an Internet search site via the network 2 to search for the phone number and displaying the search results on the mobile terminal 4 receiving the incoming call if the caller's phone number does not match a phone number registered in the phone book, but other functions may be provided. For example, even after a missed call, a function may be provided in which the phone number is searched for and displayed without the need to copy and paste, and after checking the search results, the user can immediately make a call by simply tapping the phone icon. [Explanation of symbols]

[0038] 2 network, 4 mobile terminal, 4a screen, 10 caller information display system, 12 caller information display processing unit, 14 recording processing unit, 16 memory unit, 18 display unit.

Claims

1. A caller information display system provided in a mobile terminal having a preregistered telephone directory, A caller information display system characterized by comprising a caller information display processing unit that, when a call is received by the mobile terminal, if the caller's telephone number matches a telephone number registered in the telephone directory, displays information about the caller registered in the telephone directory on the mobile terminal during the incoming call, and if the caller's telephone number does not match a telephone number registered in the telephone directory, accesses an Internet search site via a network to search for the telephone number and displays the results of the search on the mobile terminal during the incoming call.

2. 2. The caller information display system according to claim 1, A caller information display system comprising a recording processing unit that records the contents of a call when a call is made using the mobile terminal while the search results are displayed on the mobile terminal during a call.

3. 2. The caller information display system according to claim 1, The caller information display system is characterized in that the caller information display processing unit displays the search results on a display unit that is smaller in size than the incoming call screen of the mobile terminal and is movable, and displays the display unit superimposed on the incoming call screen of the mobile terminal.

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