Portable communication terminal and communication service system

• US 20010005826A1
• Filed: 12/26/2000
• Published: 06/28/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Shibuya, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 6,847,703 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/251
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/006 Call diverting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

In a portable communication terminal having a voice communication control unit for performing voice communication and a data communication control unit for performing data communication, a message storing unit with a message of character data stored therein is provided and when receiving a call signal, the data communication control unit takes out the message of character data stored in the message storing unit to send an electronic mail including the message to the electronic mail address of a calling party.

Claims

1. A portable communication terminal having voice communication control means for performing voice communication and data communication control means for performing data communication, in which

message storing means with a predetermined message stored therein is provided, and

said data communication control means sends an electronic mail including the message stored in said message storing means to an electronic mail address of a calling party when answering a call is impossible.

2. A portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said message storing means stores a plurality of messages, and

said data communication control means takes out a predetermined message from the plurality of messages and sends the same message to the other party as the electronic mail.

3. A portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 1

, further comprising

personal information storing means for storing phone number of a calling party and an electronic mail address associated with each other is provided,

when answering a call is impossible, information stored in said personal information storing means is retrieved by the phone number of a calling party added to arrival information about the call as a key, and when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected, an electronic mail including the message stored in said message storing means is sent to the electronic mail address associated with the same phone number as a destination.

4. A portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 1

, further comprising

personal information storing means for storing phone number of a calling party and an electronic mail address associated with each other,

wherein said message storing means stores a plurality of messages,

said data communication control means takes out a predetermined message from the plurality of messages and sends the same message to the other party as the electronic mail, and

when answering a call is impossible, information stored in said personal information storing means is retrieved by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key, and when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected, an electronic mail including the message stored in said message storing means is sent to the electronic mail address associated with the same phone number as a destination.

5. A portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 1

, further comprising

personal information storing means for storing phone number of a calling party, an electronic mail address and a transfer destination address associated with each other,

when answering a call is impossible, information stored in said personal information storing means is retrieved by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key, and when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected, an electronic mail including the message stored in said message storing means is sent to the electronic mail address or the transfer destination address associated with the same phone number as a destination.

6. A portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 1

, further comprising

personal information storing means for storing phone number of a calling party, an electronic mail address and a transfer destination address associated with each other,

wherein said message storing means stores a plurality of messages,

said data communication control means takes out a predetermined message from the plurality of messages and sends the same message to the other party as the electronic mail,

when answering a call is impossible, information stored in said personal information storing means is retrieved by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key, and when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected, an electronic mail including the message stored in said message storing means is sent to the electronic mail address or the transfer destination address associated with the same phone number as a destination.

7. A portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 1

, further comprising

personal information storing means for storing phone number of a calling party, an electronic mail address and a transfer destination address associated with each other,

when answering a call is impossible, information stored in said personal information storing means is retrieved by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key, and when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected, an electronic mail including the message stored in said message storing means is sent to at least one of the electronic mail address and the transfer destination address associated with the same phone number as a destination.

8. A portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 1

, further comprising

personal information storing means for storing phone number of a calling party, an electronic mail address and a transfer destination address associated with each other,

wherein said message storing means stores a plurality of messages,

said data communication control means takes out a predetermined message from the plurality of messages and sends the same message to the other party as the electronic mail,

when answering a call is impossible, information stored in said personal information storing means is retrieved by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key, and when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected, an electronic mail including the message stored in said message storing means is sent to at least one of the electronic mail address and the transfer destination address associated with the same phone number as a destination.

9. A portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said data communication control means sends the arrival information including the phone number of a calling party and arrival time of a call to the transfer destination address of a called party, by an electronic mail, when transfer to the transfer destination address of the called party is being set.

10. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal having voice communication control means for performing voice communication and data communication control means for performing data communication, comprising the following step of:

said data communication control means sending an electronic mail including a predetermined message to an electronic mail address of a calling party when answering a call is impossible.

11. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 10

, comprising the following steps of:

storing a plurality of messages; and

the data communication control means taking out the predetermined message from the plurality of messages to send the same message to the other party as the electronic mail.

12. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 10

, comprising the following steps of:

storing phone number of a calling party and an electronic mail address associated with each other in said personal information storing means;

retrieving information stored in said personal information storing means by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key when answering a call is impossible, and sending an electronic mail including a message to the electronic mail address associated with the same phone number as a destination when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected.

13. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 10

, comprising the following steps of:

storing a plurality of messages;

said data communication control means taking out the predetermined message from the plurality of messages to send the same message to the other party as the electronic mail;

storing phone number of a calling party and an electronic mail address associated with each other in said personal information storing means; and

retrieving information stored in said personal information storing means by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key when answering a call is impossible, and sending an electronic mail including a message to the electronic mail address associated with the same phone number as a destination when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected.

14. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 10

, comprising the following steps of:

storing phone number of a calling party, an electronic mail address and a transfer destination address associated with each other in said personal information storing means;

retrieving information stored in said personal information storing means by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key when answering a call is impossible, and sending an electronic mail including the message to the electronic mail address or the transfer destination address associated with the same phone number as a destination when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected.

15. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 10

, comprising the following steps of:

storing a plurality of messages;

said data communication control means taking out the predetermined message from the plurality of messages to send the same message to the other party as the electronic mail;

storing phone number of a calling party, an electronic mail address and a transfer destination address associated with each other in said personal information storing means; and

retrieving information stored in said personal information storing means by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key when answering a call is impossible, and sending an electronic mail including the message to the electronic mail address or the transfer destination address associated with the same phone number as a destination when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected.

16. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 10

, comprising the following steps of:

storing phone number of a calling party, an electronic mail address and a transfer destination address associated with each other in said personal information storing means;

retrieving information stored in said personal information storing means by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key when answering a call is impossible, and sending an electronic mail including the message to at least one of the electronic mail address and the transfer destination address associated with the same phone number as a destination when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected.

17. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 10

, comprising the following steps of:

storing a plurality of messages;

said data communication control means taking out the predetermined message from the plurality of messages to send the same message to the other party as the electronic mail;

storing phone number of a calling party, an electronic mail address and a transfer destination address associated with each other in said personal information storing means; and

retrieving information stored in said personal information storing means by the phone number of the calling party added to the arrival information as a key when answering a call is impossible, and sending an electronic mail including the message to at least one of the electronic mail address and the transfer destination address associated with the same phone number as a destination when the corresponding phone number of the calling party is detected.

18. An automatic answering method of a portable communication terminal as set forth in

claim 10

, comprising the following steps of:

said data communication control means sending the arrival information including the phone number of a calling party and arrival time of a call to the transfer destination address of a called party, by an electronic mail, when transfer to the transfer destination address of the called party is being set.