Mobile wireless terminal device capable of informing with varied contents for ringing

• US 20030027605A1
• Filed: 07/23/2002
• Published: 02/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hijii, Kazuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/200,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20030027605A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/041 Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls

Abstract

A mobile wireless terminal device comprising a speech codec circuit, a channel codec circuit, a modulator/demodulator circuit and a radio circuit, which is connected to a base station by radio. A ROM (or RAM) stores a plurality of telephone tone data having different contents. The telephone tone data is read from the ROM (or RAM) in an order that has been set in advance when a call is received. The data is converted into sound and the speech codec circuit outputs the sounds from a speaker. The plurality of telephone tone data reflects the intentions of the user, thus ensuring the user to know whether his device or other'"'"'s device is receiving a call.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal device comprising:

receiving means for receiving a call;

storing means for storing information corresponding to a telephone tone; and

informing means that informs a user of an incoming call by ringing a plurality of different telephone tones in a predetermined order in response to said received call.

2. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information can be set by said user in advance.

3. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising setting means for setting a waiting period between the ringing of the different telephone tones of said plurality of different telephone tones.

4. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said waiting period can be changed according to the number of ringing times.

5. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said waiting period can be set by said user in advance.

6. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said telephone tone is at least one of voice data and melody data.

7. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said voice data is at least one of digitized data of the recorded voice of said user and voice-synthesized data.

8. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said melody data is downloaded data.

9. A mobile communication terminal device comprising:

a receiver that receives a call;

a memory that stores information corresponding a telephone tone; and

an indication circuit that that indicates an incoming call to a user by ringing a plurality of different telephone tones in a predetermined order in response to said received call.

10. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said information can be set by said user in advance.

11. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a setting circuit for setting a waiting period between the ringing of the different telephone tones of said plurality of different telephone tones.

12. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said waiting period can be changed according to the number of ringing times.

13. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said waiting period can be set by said user in advance.

14. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said telephone tone is at least one of voice data and melody data.

15. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 14, wherein said voice data is at least one of digitized data of the recorded voice of said user and voice-synthesized data.

16. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 14, wherein said melody data is downloaded data.

17. A call informing method for a mobile communication terminal device comprising:

storing information corresponding a plurality of telephone tones, said information listing a predetermined order for ringing said plurality of telephone tones;

receiving a call;

outputting first telephone tone by referring to said information for informing a user of a received call; and

outputting second telephone tone that is different from said first telephone tone by referring to said information for informing a user of a received call.

18. The call informing method for said mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 17, further comprising generating a first waiting period between said first telephone tone and said second telephone tone.

19. The call informing method for said mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 18, further comprising generating a second waiting period after said second telephone tone.

20. The call informing method for said mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 19, wherein said first waiting period is different from said second waiting period.

21. The call informing method for said mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 20, wherein said telephone tone is at least one of voice data and melody data.

22. The call informing method for said mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 21, wherein said voice data is at least one of digitized data of the recorded voice of said user and voice-synthesized data.

23. The mobile communication terminal device as claimed in claim 21, wherein said melody data is downloaded data.