JPH08331237A - Answering machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] The recording / playback unit 5 records a response message or another voice in one of a plurality of voice data areas provided in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6. continue,
The control unit 2 stores the recording information including the recording type indicating whether the voice data is a response message and the recording address indicating the position of the voice data area in the recording information storage unit 7. Based on the recording information, the response message or other sound is reproduced from the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6. [Effect] When the response message is not recorded,
The normal voice other than the response message can be recorded in all the voice data areas of the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6, and the recording time of the normal voice can be extended.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an answering machine having an answering machine function for reproducing a reply message and recording a message by using a recording / reproducing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile communication systems, such as analog cellular phones and digital cellular phones, which allow communication while moving, have become more and more popular.
(Personal Handy phone System) is also in the practical stage.

Mobile terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as mobile terminal devices) of these mobile communication systems tend to be multifunctional, and various functions are added. This includes various recording / playback functions realized by the recording / playback device.

The various recording / playback functions are, for example, a call recording function, a memo recording function, and an answering machine function. The call recording function is a function of recording voice during a call, and the memo recording function is a function of recording so that a user does not forget a message. In addition, the answering machine function notifies the caller that the user is absent after the mobile terminal device automatically enters the call state when the user cannot answer the incoming call. Is a function of playing back a response message and recording a message from the caller.

Since the mobile terminal device is used by moving it,
There is a need for the entire device to be small and lightweight. Therefore, in a mobile terminal device having an answering machine function that has been conventionally used, a recording / reproducing semiconductor memory, which is a semiconductor memory used for recording and reproducing voice, is used as a recording medium of the recording / reproducing means. ing.

In a recording / reproducing semiconductor memory, it is not easy to attach / detach like a cassette tape, and the total time of storable voice is strictly limited. Therefore, it is desired to reduce a wasteful area. .

On the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory provided in the above-mentioned conventional mobile terminal device, a response message recording area which is an area for storing a response message and an area for storing a voice other than the response message. And a normal recording area are provided separately.

Prior to using the answering machine function, the user
Record your own response message in advance and store it in the response message recording area. When an incoming call is received while the answering machine function is activated, the call state is entered almost at the same time as the incoming call and the response message stored in the response message recording area is reproduced. After that, the message is recorded and stored in the normal recording area.

[0009]

However, in the above configuration, since the response message recording area and the normal recording area are separately provided on the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory, whether the response message is recorded or not is determined. Regardless of
The size of the normal recording area does not change. As a result, there arises a problem that the area for the response message is wasted when the response message is not recorded.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to improve the use efficiency of the recording medium of the recording / reproducing means in the answering machine having an answering machine function so that the response message can be transmitted. It is to extend the normal recording time when there is no.

[0011]

In order to solve the above problems, an answering machine according to the invention of claim 1 stores an automatic call receiving means for automatically setting a call state after an incoming call and a plurality of voice data. A storage unit having a storage area for storing the response message, a response message recording unit for writing a response message to the storage unit and recording a response message; In an answering machine having a recording / playback means for reading out and playing back a response message that is present and writing the call contents in the storage means, is each voice data stored in the storage means a response message? Recording information that identifies whether or not it is recorded and that stores the recording information for managing the address of the area that stores each audio data. Based on the information storage means and the recording information, a recording address indicating the position in the storage means of voice data to be reproduced or recorded is specified in the recording / playback means and the response message recording means, and the voice data is And a control means for storing the recording information for the voice data in the recording information storage means when the recording information is written in the storage means.

An answering machine according to the invention of claim 2 is
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the configuration of the invention of claim 1, the recording information storage means is a recording for identifying whether or not each voice data stored in the storage means is a response message. It is characterized in that recording information including a combination of type information and the recording address is stored.

An answering machine according to the invention of claim 3 is
In order to solve the above problems, claim 1 or claim 2
In the configuration of the invention of 1, the fixed response message storage area in which the fixed response message that is not changed is stored in advance is provided in the storage means.

[0014]

According to the structure of the invention of claim 1, the storage means comprises:
It has a plurality of areas for storing voice data.
When recording the response message, the control means, based on the recording information stored by the recording information storage means,
An area for recording a response message is found in the storage means, and a recording address indicating its position is acquired. The response message recording means, based on the recording address,
Record the response message in the storage means. Further, the control means stores the recording information according to the recorded voice data in the recording information storage means.

When a call is received while the automatic call receiving means is operating, the automatic call receiving means puts the mobile terminal device into a call state. Almost at the same time when the call state is entered, the control means acquires the recording address of the response message stored in the storage means based on the recording information stored in the recording information storage means. The recording / reproducing means reproduces the response message based on the recording address.

Further, the control means finds an area for recording a call in the storage means on the basis of the recording information stored by the recording information storage means, and acquires a recording address indicating the position. The recording / playback means records the content of the call in the storage means based on the recording address. Further, the control means stores the recording information according to the recorded voice data in the recording information storage means.

Therefore, each area of the storage means is used as a response message recording area for recording a response message or as a normal recording area for recording other voice. As a result, when the response message does not exist, the entire recording area of the storage unit can be set as the normal recording area, and the normal recording time can be extended.

Further, data such as a recording address necessary for recording and reproducing voice can be obtained by reading the recording information in the recording information storage means. Since the recording information storage means has an extremely small storage capacity as compared with the storage means, the data can be acquired at a higher speed than in the case where the data is stored in the storage means.

According to the configuration of the invention of claim 2, claim 1
In the invention, when recording the voice, the control means stores the recording information including the combination of the recording type and the recording address of the voice data in the recording information storage means.

Therefore, the area for storing each recording information provided in the recording information storage means is an area for storing the recording information for recording the response message, or for other normal recording. It is used as an area for storing recording information. Since it is not necessary to separately provide an area for storing the recording information for recording the response message and an area for storing the recording information for the normal recording, the storage area of the recording information storage means can be used without waste. .

Further, the respective data such as the recording address and the recording type, which are necessary for recording and reproducing the voice, can be collectively obtained by reading the recording information in the recording information storage means. As a result, the data can be acquired at a higher speed than in the case where the above-mentioned respective data are dispersedly present.

According to the configuration of the invention of claim 3, claim 1
Alternatively, in the invention of claim 2, the recording / reproducing means can reproduce the fixed response message stored in the fixed response message storage area, instead of the response message.

Therefore, it is possible to respond even when the user has not recorded the response message yet, or when the response message recorded by the user is lost due to an erroneous operation of the user. Since the fixed response message storage area is provided in the storage means, it is not necessary to separately provide the fixed response message storage means, and the construction of the answering machine can be simplified. Further, since the recording / playback means performs the recording / playback only on the storage means, the configuration of the recording / playback means can be simplified.

[0024]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following will describe one embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS.

The mobile terminal device of the mobile communication system, which is the answering machine according to this embodiment, performs wireless mobile communication with a base station forming a service area of a wireless circuit (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal device has a radio section 1 for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a base station (not shown).
A control unit 2 for controlling the entire terminal device as well as a control unit and an automatic call receiving unit, a key input unit 3 for a user to operate the terminal device, a display unit 4 for displaying information to the user, and a recording / playback unit for recording / recording. A reproducing unit 5, a recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 which is a storage unit for storing voice data recorded or reproduced by the recording / reproducing unit 5, a recording information storage unit 7 which is a recording information recording unit, and a fixed response message are stored. The fixed response message storage unit 8 is provided.

The control unit 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing).
Unit) etc., controls the entire terminal device and automatically puts the terminal device into a call state when an incoming call is received while the answering machine function is operating. Further, the control unit 2 reads out the recording information stored in the recording information storage unit 7, acquires the recording address indicating the position of the voice data in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 based on it, and the recording / reproducing unit 5 described above. To the recording address.

The recording / playback unit 5 includes a microphone 5a and a speaker 5b, a microphone amplifier and a speaker amplifier (not shown), and the upper recording / reproducing semiconductor memory based on the recording address notified by the control unit 2. Audio data can be recorded / played back to 6.

The recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 is a semiconductor memory for storing audio data recorded or reproduced by the recording / reproducing unit 5. Recording / playback semiconductor memory 6
Since is a semiconductor memory, voice data can be input / output with a substantially unchanged waiting time, regardless of the position of voice data, as long as an address is designated.

As shown in FIG. 2, the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 has a plurality of fixed-length audio data areas 61. Here, the case where five audio data areas 61 are provided is shown. A response message or other voice data can be stored in each voice data area 61.

When the fixed response message is stored in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6, the data area of the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 has a structure as shown in FIG. That is, the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 has, for example, five fixed-length data areas. The first data area is the fixed response message storage area 62, and four different data areas are the voice data area 61 in which voice can be recorded. In the fixed response message storage area 62, voice data of a fixed response message that cannot be changed is stored in advance.

The recording information storage unit 7 is an EEPROM (Elect
rically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory)
The recording information corresponding to each audio data stored in the upper recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 can be stored by providing a rewritable storage device.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the recording information storage unit 7 stores at least the same number of recording information 71 as the number of recordable voice data areas 61. The recording information 71 is arranged in the order in which the audio data corresponding to the recording information 71 was recorded, and is stored in the form of a table. The recording information 71 having no corresponding voice data is stored after the recording information 71 having the corresponding voice data.

The recording information 71 is recorded in the recording flag 7 respectively.
2, a recording type 73, which is recording type information, and a recording address 74. The recording flag 72 indicates whether or not audio data corresponding to the recording information 71 is stored in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6, and the recording flag 7
When 2 is valid, it indicates that there is corresponding audio data, and when it is invalid, it indicates that there is no corresponding audio data. The recording type 73 indicates whether the voice data corresponding to the recording information 71 is a response message or a normal recording in which other voices are recorded. Further, the recording address 74 indicates the start address of the audio data area 61 of the upper recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 in which the audio data corresponding to the recording information 71 is stored.

The fixed response message storage unit 8 is RO
The ROM is pre-stored with voice data of a fixed response message.
This fixed response message is played back when the above response message does not exist and cannot be changed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 is used.
Is also the fixed response message storage means, it is not necessary to separately provide the fixed response message storage unit 8.

Next, the operation of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment when recording a response message will be described below according to the steps of the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, in step 1 (hereinafter referred to as S1), it is determined whether or not there is a request for recording a response message from the user, and the process waits until there is a request for recording.

When a response message recording request is made in S1, the control section 2 reads out each recording information 71 from the recording information storage section 7 (S2). Recording information read out 7
Based on the recording flag 72 and the recording type 73 of 1, the control unit 2 determines whether the response message is recorded (S3). Specifically, when the recording flag 72 is valid and the recording information 71 in which the recording type 73 indicates the response message can be read, it is determined that the response message is recorded, and When the recorded information 71 of the contents cannot be read, it is determined that the response message is not recorded.

When it is determined in S3 that the response message is not recorded in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6, the display unit 4 displays that recording is in progress (S4), and the control unit 2 records the recording time. Start the timer that determines (S
5).

Further, the control section 2 reads out each recording information 71 from the recording information storage section 7, and finds a vacant audio data area 61 in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 based on the recording information 71. For example, when it is determined from the recording information 71 that all the audio data areas 61 are free, the first audio data area 61a is allocated for recording, and the address indicating the position of the area 61a is set as the recording address 74. . When it is determined that at least one voice data is recorded in the voice data area 61 based on the recording information 71, the voice data area 6 which is not used is
One of the 1s is allocated for recording and its area 61
The address indicating the position of is the recording address 74. The control unit 2 notifies the recording / playback unit 5 of the recording address 74 thus obtained (S6).

The recording / playback unit 5 starts recording in the voice data area 61 based on the recording address 74 (S7). During recording, it is determined by the timer whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed, or whether or not there is a recording stop request from the user, and if neither determination is made, recording is continued (S8).

In S8, when the above-mentioned predetermined time has elapsed (referred to as time-out) or when there is a request to stop recording, the recording / playback unit 5 stops recording (S9). When the recording is stopped, the display unit 4 displays that the recording is completed (S10), and the timer is stopped (S11).

Subsequently, the control unit 2 records the recording flag 72 indicating the validity and the recording type 73 indicating the response message.
And the recording address 74 notified to the recording / playback unit 5 in step 6 above, the recording information 71 corresponding to the voice data recorded in S7 to S9 is created, and the recording information 71 is recorded. It is stored in (S12).
For example, if all the audio data areas 61 are free before recording, the address indicating the position of the first audio data area 61a is the recording address 74 in the above S6. The recording information 71 is created from the recording flag 72 and the recording type 73, and is stored as the first recording information 71a. If some of the audio data areas 61 have been used before recording, the recording information 71 is created from the recording address 74 specified in S6, the recording flag 72 and the recording type 73, and is recorded. The flag 72 is stored in the position where the first recording information 71 in which the flag 72 is invalid is stored. When the process of S12 ends, the process for recording the response message ends.

In S3, if the response message is recorded, the recording is not performed and the process ends.
When recording a new reply message, it is necessary to delete the reply message and then record the reply message.

The operation for deleting the recorded response message will be briefly described. That is, when the user requests deletion of the response message, the control unit 2
The recording flag 72 of the recording information 71 corresponding to the voice data to be erased is invalidated so that the recording information 71 comes after the recording information 71 in which the recording flag 72 is valid.
Rearrange. The storage content of the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 is not changed and only the recording information storage unit 7 having a storage capacity extremely smaller than that of the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 is operated. Shorter than when operating.

Next, the operation of each part of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment when the answering machine function is operating will be described below according to the steps of the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, in S21, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call at the mobile terminal device, and the system waits until there is an incoming call.

When it is determined in S21 that there is an incoming call, the control unit 2 puts the mobile terminal device into a call state (S2).
2). Then, the control unit 2 reads out each recording information 71 from the recording information storage unit 7 (S23). Based on the recording information 71, the control unit 2 determines whether the response message is recorded (S24).

When it is determined in S24 that the response message is recorded, the control unit 2 acquires the recording address 74 based on the recording information 71 read out in S23 (S25), and based on the recording address 74. The recording / playback unit 5 starts playing back the response message stored in the recording / playback semiconductor memory 6 (S26).

When it is determined in S24 that the response message is not recorded, reproduction of the fixed response message is started (S27). That is, the control unit 2
The voice data stored in the fixed response message storage unit 8 is sent to the recording / playback unit 5. The reproduction of the fixed response message is started according to the voice data.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the fixed response message storage area 62 is provided on the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6, the control unit 2 causes the recording / playback unit 5 to store the fixed response message storage area 62 in S27. Just specify the address of. The recording / playback unit 5 starts playing the fixed response message according to the address.

The above S25 and S26 or S27
When the reproduction of the response message or the fixed response message is started by, the display unit 4 displays that a response is being made (S28). While the message is being played
The control unit 2 determines whether the reproduction is completed and waits until the reproduction is completed (S29).

If it is determined in S29 that the reproduction has ended, the recording of the call contents is started. That is, the display unit 4 displays that recording is in progress (S30), and the control unit 2
Activates the timer that determines the recording time (S3
1). Further, the control unit 2 reads out each recording information 71 from the recording information storage unit 7, finds a vacant audio data area 61 in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 based on the recording information 71, and outputs the audio data area 61. The recording / playback unit 5 is notified of the recording address 74 of the data area 61 (S32). S32
The operation of the controller 2 in step S6 is the same as the operation of the controller 2 in step S6 shown in FIG. The recording / playback unit 5 starts recording in the audio data area 61 based on the recording address (S33).

During recording, it is determined whether or not the call is disconnected or whether or not the timer has timed out, and recording is continued while both determinations are negative (S34). When a time-out or a call disconnection is detected in S34, the recording / playback unit 5 stops the recording (S35). When the recording is stopped, the display unit 4 displays that the recording is completed (S36), and the timer is stopped (S37).

Subsequently, the control unit 2 determines from the recording flag 72 set to be valid, the recording type 73 indicating the normal recording, and the recording address 74 notified to the recording / reproducing unit 5 in the above step S33 to the above S33. Through S35, the recording information 71 corresponding to the voice data recorded is created.
Next, the control unit 2 changes the recording information 71 to the first recording information 7 in which the recording flag 72 in the recording information storage unit 7 is invalid.
It is stored in the position where 1 was stored (S38). S38
When is finished, the processing of the recorded message is finished.

As described above, in the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment, each voice data area 61 of the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6 for storing voice data is used for recording a response message or normal recording. Further, it is possible to determine whether or not each voice data area 61 is used for recording the response message based on the recording information 71 stored in the recording information storage unit 7. Therefore, each voice data can be reproduced according to its recording type, and when the response message is not recorded, all the voice data area 61 can be used as a normal recording area.

As a result, as compared with the conventional case where the response message recording area and the normal recording area are separately provided on the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6, the normal recording is performed when the response message is not recorded. You can extend the time.

Further, the recording information 71 stored in the recording information storage section 7 manages the identification of whether or not the voice data is a response message and the acquisition of the recording address. When erasing the recorded voice or acquiring the recording address of the voice data, do not read the recording / playback semiconductor memory 6,
Since it is necessary to read only the recording information storage unit 7 having a smaller storage capacity than the upper recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6, the time required for each operation can be reduced.

Further, the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment, in the above-mentioned configuration, includes the recording type 73 and the recording address 74 in the recording information 71 stored in the recording information storage section 7. As a result, the storage area of the recording information storage unit 7 can be used without waste.

That is, the area for storing the plurality of pieces of recording information 71 provided in the recording information storage unit 7 serves as an area for storing the recording information 71 corresponding to the recording of the response message or corresponds to the normal recording. It is used as an area for storing the recording information 71. As a result, it is not necessary to separately provide an area for storing the recording information 71 for recording the response message and an area for storing the recording information 71 for normal recording. As a result, the number of areas for storing the recording information 71, which need to be provided in the recording information storage unit 7, can be suppressed to the same as the number of audio data areas 61 provided in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory 6, The useless area in the storage area of the storage unit 7 can be reduced.

Further, the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment is
By providing the fixed response message storage area 62 in the recording / playback semiconductor memory 6 having the above configuration, the fixed response message can be reproduced when the response message is not recorded. If you have not recorded the response message yet or if you accidentally deleted the response message,
You can reply without recording the reply message. Also,
The fixed response message storage unit 8 can be omitted, and the configuration of the mobile terminal device can be simplified. Since the control unit 2 does not need to send the voice data of the fixed response message to the recording / playback unit 5, the control unit 2 can be simplified and the recording / playback unit 5 does not need to receive the voice data. The part 5 can also be simplified. In addition, in the control unit 2 and the recording / playback unit 5, since the process when playing back the response message and the process when playing back the fixed response message can be made substantially the same, the processes performed by both can be simplified. it can.

In this embodiment, each recording information 71
The audio data and the audio data have a one-to-one correspondence, but the recording information 71 and the audio data area 61 may have a one-to-one correspondence. As a result, when each audio data area 61 is fixed and the recording address corresponding to the audio data area 61 does not change, the recording address can be acquired without storing the recording address as the recording information 71. it can. As a result, the storage capacity required for storing the recording information 71 can be reduced, and the normal recording time can be extended as in the present embodiment. In this case, in order to manage the order of the audio data, it is necessary to newly add data indicating the order to the recording information 71.

Further, in this embodiment, the recording information 71
Are stored in the recording information storage unit 7 side by side in a table form, and the recording information 71 is arranged in the arrangement order in the recording information storage unit 7,
Although the order of the audio data corresponding to the recording information 71 is managed, the order is not limited to this. For example, recording information 7
The recording information 71 may be stored in a list by adding an address indicating the position of the recording information 71 in the next order to 1, and the order of the audio data may be managed by this. In this case, by tracing the list based on the address, the order of the recording information 71 in the list, that is, the recording information 7
The order of the audio data corresponding to 1 can be obtained. Further, data indicating the order may be newly added as described above. Furthermore, the order of the audio data is not limited to the order of recording, and may be arranged in another order such as the order of reproduction.

In this embodiment, the sizes of all the audio data areas 61 are set to the same value, but they may be set to different values. Further, although the size of each audio data area 61 is fixed, the size may be set by the user by selecting from a plurality of values according to the usage situation. In addition, it may be set according to the recording time.

Further, in the present embodiment, the fixed response message is reproduced only when the response message is not recorded, but it is also possible to select which one is reproduced. Further, although only one response message can be recorded, a plurality of response messages may be recorded and one of them may be reproduced.

[0065]

As described above, the answering machine according to the first aspect of the present invention identifies whether each voice data stored in the storage means is a response message and stores each voice data. Recording information storage means for storing recording information for managing the address of the area, and a recording address indicating the position in the storage means of voice data to be reproduced or recorded based on the recording information, the recording / reproducing means and the response. And a control means for storing the recording information for the voice data in the recording information storage means when the voice data is written in the storage means.

Therefore, each area of the storage means is used as a response message recording area for recording a response message or as a normal recording area for recording other voice. As a result, when there is no response message, the entire recording area of the storage unit can be set as the normal recording area, and the normal recording time can be extended.

Further, since the data such as the recording address necessary for recording and reproducing the voice can be obtained by reading the recording information from the recording information storage means having a small storage capacity, the data can be obtained at a higher speed. Play together.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the answering machine of the first aspect, the recording information storage means is
This is a configuration in which recording information including a combination of recording type information for identifying whether or not each voice data stored in the storage means is a response message and the recording address is stored.

Therefore, the area for storing each recording information provided in the recording information storage means is an area for storing the recording information for recording the response message, or for other normal recording. It is used as an area for storing recording information. As a result, it is possible to improve the use efficiency of the storage area even in the recording information storage means.

Further, it is possible to collectively acquire each data such as a recording address and a recording type, which are necessary for recording and reproducing voice. As a result, the effect that the respective data can be acquired at a higher speed is also obtained.

In the answering machine according to the third aspect of the invention, in the configuration of the first or second aspect of the invention, a fixed response message storage area in which a fixed response message which is not changed is stored in advance is provided in the storage means. It is a configured structure.

Therefore, there is an effect that the constitution of the mobile terminal device can be simplified without the need to separately provide the fixed response message storage means. Further, since the recording / playback means performs the recording / playback only on the storage means, it has an effect that the configuration of the recording / playback means can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a mobile terminal device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of storing recording data in a recording / reproducing semiconductor memory when a fixed response message is not stored in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory in the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of storing recording information in a recording information recording unit when a fixed response message is not stored in a recording / reproducing semiconductor memory in the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of storing recording data in the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory when the fixed response message storage area is on the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory in the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of storing recording information in a recording information recording unit when the fixed response message storage area is on the recording / reproducing semiconductor memory in the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of each unit when recording a response message in the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of each unit in the mobile terminal device during an operation of an answering machine function.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 wireless section 2 control section (automatic incoming call means and control means) 3 key input section 4 display section 5 recording / playback section (response message recording means and recording / playback means) 6 recording / reproducing semiconductor memory (storage means) 7 recording information storage Section (recording information storage means) 8 fixed response message storage section 61 voice data area (storage area) 62 fixed response message storage area 71 recording information 73 recording type (recording type information) 74 recording address

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic incoming call means for automatically setting a call state after an incoming call, a storage means having a storage area for storing a plurality of voice data, and a response message is written to the storage means to record the response message. A response message recording means, and a recording / reproducing means for reading the response message stored in the storage means and reproducing the same after entering the call state by the automatic call receiving means, and recording the call content by writing it in the storage means. In an answering machine having the above, the recording information for identifying whether or not each voice data stored in the storage means is a response message and storing the address of the area for storing each voice data is stored. Recording information storage means and the audio data to be reproduced or recorded based on the recording information. A recording address indicating a position in the storage means is designated in the recording / playback means and the response message recording means, and recording information for the voice data is stored in the recording information storage means when the voice data is written in the storage means. An answering machine is provided with a control means for controlling the answering machine. 2. The recording information storage means includes recording information including a combination of recording type information and the recording address for identifying whether or not each voice data stored in the storage means is a response message. 2. An answering machine according to claim 1, wherein the answering machine is stored. 3. A fixed response message storage area, in which a fixed response message that is not changed is stored in advance, is provided in the storage means.
Alternatively, the answering machine according to claim 2.