METHOD FOR HANDLING PHONE NUMBERS IN MOBILE STATION AND MOBILE STATION

• US 20010041600A1
• Filed: 08/27/1998
• Published: 11/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: BECKER, STEFAN, KURKILAHTI, JUHA
• Granted Patent: US 6,606,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/567
• 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 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/041 Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for handling phone numbers in a mobile station and a mobile station. According to the invention, numbers (3a, 3b, 3c) are handled in groups (1a, 1b, 1c) which have different attributes (2a, 2b, 2c). The attributes (2a, 2b, 2c) mean e.g. rights to generate a ringing tone. In a certain operating mode, only a call belonging to a group (1a, 1b, 1c) which in that operating mode has the right to call the mobile station, will generate a ringing tone. The attributes (2a, 2b, 2c) also mean group-specific ringing tones which represent the type of the group (1a, 1b, 1c). The attributes (2a, 2b, 2c) further mean symbols on the display of a mobile station.

Claims

1. A method for handling phone numbers in a mobile station, characterised in that numbers are handled in groups (1a, 1b, 1c) for which different attributes (2a, 2b, 2c) are specified.

2. The method of

claim 1

, characterised in that the attributes (2a, 2b, 2c) are rights to generate a ringing tone (7, 8, 9, 10).

3. The method of

claim 1

, characterised in that the attributes (2a, 2b, 2c) are ringing tones (7, 8, 9) of different types.

4. The method of

claim 1

, characterised in that the attributes (2a, 2b, 2c) are symbols (19a) representing a group (1a, 1b, 1c), shown on a display of the mobile station.

5. The method of

claim 4

, characterised in that the symbols (19a) representing a group (1a, 1b, 1c) on a display of the mobile station are dynamic.

6. A mobile station (18), characterised in that it comprises

a processor (11) for handling number groups and defining attributes, and

a memory (12) for storing number groups.

7. The mobile station (18) of

claim 6

, characterised in that it further comprises an audio part (15) for sounding a group-specific ringing tone.

8. The mobile station (18) of

claim 6

or

7

, characterised in that it further comprises a keypad (14) for inputting and selecting numbers and number groups.

9. The mobile station (18) of

claim 6

,

7

or 8, characterised in that it further comprises a display (13) for displaying a symbol (19a) of a number group.

10. The mobile station (18) of any one of the preceding

claims 6

to

9

, characterised in that it further comprises an IR link (16, 18b, 19b) for loading a symbol (19a) of a number group to the mobile station (18).