MOBILE PAGING TELEPHONE WITH AN AUTOMATIC CALL BACK FUNCTION

• US 20020065087A1
• Filed: 03/02/1998
• Published: 05/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), Panasonic Mobile Communications Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Mobile Communications Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: NAKAGOMI, HISASHI, ITAKURA, HITOSHI, ISHIKAWA, HIRONARI
• Granted Patent: US 6,466,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/458
• 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 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• 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 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

When a page message containing a caller ID is received from a caller, a call back message containing one of prepared response messages is transmitted to a call number associated with the caller ID. For this, the system displays the prepared response messages and prompts the user to select one of them. A call back message is compiled from a call back number associated with a caller ID contained in the page message and the selected response message. The call back message is transmitted to the call back number. The compilation of call back message is performed such that the format of call back message is adapted to the type of the caller'"'"'s communication device associated with the caller ID.

Claims

1. In a system provided with a mobile phone, a capability of receiving a page message from a caller and means for associating a caller ID of each prospective caller with information on the prospective caller and his or her communication device, a method for automatically transmitting a call back massage to a call back number associated with the caller in response to a reception of the page message, the method comprising the steps of:

permitting a user of the system to select one of prepared response messages;

in response to the selection by said user, compiling said call back message by using said call back number associated with a caller ID contained in said page message and said one of prepared response messages; and

transmitting said call back message to said call back number.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said information includes a type of his or her communication device, and wherein said step of compiling said call back message comprises the step of compiling said call back message in accordance with a type associated with said caller ID contained in said page message.

3. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying said page message and at least one of a name of said caller included in said information and said call back telephone.

4. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said step of compiling said call back message comprises the step of including, in said call back message, at least one of a time of said reception of said page message and a name of said user.

5. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said step of transmitting said call back message comprises the step of:

in a situation where said mobile phone is busy, repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved.

6. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said step of transmitting said call back message comprises the step of:

in a situation where a paging station serving said mobile phone is busy, repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved.

7. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said step of transmitting said call back message comprises the step of:

in a situation where said mobile phone is located out of a service area, repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved.

8. A method as defined in claim 7, wherein said step of repeatedly attempting said transmitting comprises the step of carrying out said transmitting a predetermined time period after said situation has been resolved.

9. A method as defined in claim 7, wherein said step of repeatedly attempting said transmitting comprises the step of:

when said situation has been resolved, carrying out said transmitting in response to a determination that an electric filed around said system is equal to or larger than a predetermined level.

10. In a device provided with a mobile phone and a capability of receiving a page message from a caller, a system for automatically transmitting a call back massage to a call back number associated with the caller in response to a reception of the page message, the system comprising:

means for permitting a user of the device to select one of prepared response messages;

means responsive to the selection by said user for compiling said call back message by using said call back number associated with a caller ID contained in said page message and said one of prepared response messages; and

means for transmitting said call back message to said call back number.

11. A system as defined in claim 10, wherein said means for compiling said call back message comprises a table which, for each prospective caller, contains a record at least comprises a caller ID and a name of the prospective caller and a call number and a type of his or her communication device.

12. A system as defined in claim 10, wherein said means for compiling said call back message comprises means for compiling said call back message in accordance with a type of a destination device associated with said caller ID contained in said page message.

13. A system as defined in claim 10, further comprising means displaying said page message and at least one of said name and said call number associated with said caller ID.

14. A system as defined in claim 10, wherein said means for compiling said call back message comprises means for including, in said call back message, at least one of a time of said reception of said page message and a name of said user.

15. A system as defined in claim 10, wherein said means for transmitting said call back message comprises:

means operative in a situation where said mobile phone is busy for repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved.

16. A system as defined in claim 10, wherein said means for transmitting said call back message comprises:

means, operative in a situation where a paging station serving said mobile phone is busy, for repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved.

17. A system as defined in claim 10, wherein said means for transmitting said call back message comprises:

means, operative in a situation where said mobile phone is located out of a service area, for repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved.

18. A system as defined in claim 17, wherein said means for repeatedly attempting said transmitting comprises means for carrying out said transmitting a predetermined time period after said situation has been resolved.

19. A system as defined in claim 17, wherein said means for repeatedly attempting said transmitting comprises:

means for carrying out said transmitting in response to a determination that an electric filed around said device is equal to or larger than a predetermined level when said situation has been resolved.

20. A mobile paging telephone capable of receiving a page message from a caller and automatically transmitting a call back massage to a call back number associated with the caller, the mobile paging telephone comprising:

means for permitting a user of the device to select one of prepared response messages;

means responsive to the selection by said user for compiling said call back message by using said call back number associated with a caller ID contained in said page message and said one of prepared response messages; and

means for transmitting said call back message to said call back number.

21. A mobile paging telephone as defined in claim 20, wherein said means for compiling said call back message comprises means for compiling said call back message in accordance with a type of a destination device associated with said caller ID contained in said page message.

22. A mobile paging telephone as defined in claim 20, wherein said means for transmitting said call back message comprises:

means, operative in a situation where said mobile phone is busy, a situation where a paging station serving said mobile phone is busy and/or a situation where said mobile phone is located out of a service area, for repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till all of said situations are resolved.

24. A system as defined in claim 23, wherein said means for compiling said call back message comprises means for compiling said call back message in accordance with a type of a destination device associated with said caller ID contained in said page message.

25. A system as defined in claim 23, wherein said means for transmitting said call back message comprises:

means, operative in a situation where said mobile phone is busy, a situation where a paging station serving said mobile phone is busy and/or a situation where said mobile phone is located out of a service area, for repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till all of said situations are resolved.

26. A system as defined in claim 23, wherein said means for compiling said call back message comprises means for associating a caller ID of each of prospective callers with a name of the prospective caller, and a call number and a type of his or her information device.

23. A mobile system comprising;

page receiving means for receiving a page message from a caller and alerting a user of the system;

cellular telephone means capable of transmitting a text message;

means for permitting said user to select one of prepared response messages;

means responsive to the selection by said user for compiling said call back message by using a call back number associated with a caller ID contained in said page message and said one of prepared response messages; and

means for transmitting said call back message to said call back number.