Portable telephone set

• US 20020094839A1
• Filed: 01/11/2002
• Published: 07/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Otsuka, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/044,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20020094839A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0264 by selectively disabling software applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A portable telephone set having an additional function unit as well as communication function unit includes stopping means 106 for stopping the operation of communication function unit. In response to the stopping operation of communication function unit 110, the portable telephone set 1 is repeatedly operative for a predetermined time for checking presence of the arrival call and/or mail to its own telephone set and displaying the arrival call and/or mail and/or a telephone number for the arrival call and/or an address for the mail.

Claims

1. A portable telephone set having additional functions such as game functions as well as telephone functions, wherein the additional functions other than the telephone functions are operated by stopping the operation of the telephone functions.

3. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 or 2, which further comprises a display means for displaying various data, and in which:

the control means is operative to render the radio communicating means operative when a predetermined time has passed after the stopping of the function of the radio communicating means, then check whether a mail addressed to the own station is present in the network, and in the case of the presence of a mail addressed to the self station, display a mail ICON indicative of the presence of the mail addressed to the own station on the display means.

2. A portable telephone set having additional functions such as game functions as well as telephone functions, comprising:

a manipulating means with a telephone function stop key for stopping the telephone functions;

a radio communicating means for performing communication with the outside; and

a control means for stopping the function of the radio communicating means when the telephone function stop key in the manipulating means is manipulated.

4. A portable telephone set having an additional function unit as well as communication function unit, the telephone set including stopping means for stopping the operation of communication function unit and in response to the stopping operation of communication function unit being repeatedly operative for a predetermined time for checking presence of the arrival call and/or mail to its own telephone set and displaying the arrival call and/or mail.

5. The portable telephone set according to claim 4, wherein a telephone number for the arrival call and/or an address for the mail are displayed.

6. The portable telephone set according to claim 4, wherein the stopping means stops power supply to the communication function unit.