Call reception infeasibileness informing system and method

• US 20030138087A1
• Filed: 10/03/2002
• Published: 07/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kikuo Takeda
• Original Assignee: Kikuo Takeda
• Inventors: Takeda, Kikuo, Takeda, Yoshiko, Takeda, Hiroko, Takeda, Noriko, Takeda, Hisae
• Granted Patent: US 6,928,152 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/207.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2005 Temporarily overriding a service configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/651 Text message transmission triggered by call automatic reactions in messaging within packet-switching networks H04L51/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53383 Message registering commands or announcements; Greetings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

The present invention is a system and method for providing information concerning incoming call disablement in which a call-making mobile telephone terminal (20), which serves as a call-making telephone terminal, may be provided with information concerning a reason for incoming call disablement and a time period of incoming call disablement when a call-receiving mobile telephone terminal (10), which serves as a call-receiving telephone terminal, is unable to receive incoming calls due to various circumstances.

First, input of the reason for incoming call disablement and time period of incoming call disablement is received by the call-receiving mobile telephone terminal (10), whereupon the reason for incoming call disablement and time period of incoming call disablement are stored in the call-receiving mobile telephone terminal (10) or a computer (6) which serve as storage means.

Next, processing is performed by the call-receiving mobile telephone terminal (10) or the computer (6), serving as notification means, to notify the call-making mobile telephone terminal (20) of the reason for incoming call disablement and time period of incoming call disablement when a call is made from the call-making mobile telephone terminal (20) to the call-receiving mobile telephone terminal (10) at a time which is within the range of the time period of incoming call disablement.

Then, the call-making mobile telephone terminal (20) is notified of the reason for incoming call disablement and time period of incoming call disablement by means of an automatic voice message and/or alphanumeric information.

Claims

1. (Amended) A system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement comprising at least:

a call-receiving telephone terminal equipped with a display screen which is capable of displaying a plurality of preset statements which explain reasons for incoming call disablement, said call-receiving telephone terminal being capable of selecting one of the displayed plurality of statements explaining reasons for incoming call disablement and receiving input of a time period of incoming call disablement;

storage means for storing said selected statement explaining the reason for incoming call disablement and said inputted time period of incoming call disablement; and

notification means for performing processing to notify a call-making telephone terminal by means of alphanumeric information of said stored statement explaining the reason for incoming call disablement and said time period of incoming call disablement when a call is made from said call-making telephone terminal to said call-receiving telephone terminal at a time which is within the range of said stored time period of incoming call disablement,

said system being characterized in that the stored statement explaining the reason for incoming call disablement and time period of incoming call disablement are automatically deleted when said stored time period of incoming call disablement has passed.

2. The system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement according to claim 1, characterized in that said storage means and notification means are provided in said call-receiving telephone terminal.

3. The system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement according to claim 1, characterized in that said storage means and notification means are communicably connected to a switchboard which performs telephone switching and provided in an answering machine center having a recording device which is capable of recording messages for said call-receiving telephone terminal when said call-receiving telephone terminal is in a state of incoming call disablement.

5. (Amended) The system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement according to claim 1, characterized in that a carrier of said call-receiving telephone terminal may set a desired statement as said statement explaining the reason for incoming call disablement.

6. (Amended) The system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement according to claim 1, characterized in that said call-receiving telephone terminal, upon input reception of the time period of incoming call disablement, displays the current time in a start time line and end time line of the time period of incoming call disablement and displays a cursor on said end time line to indicate that said input reception is possible, whereupon said input is received in each of the columns of said end time and said start time to which the cursor moves.

8. (Amended) The system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement according to claim 1, characterized in that a fixed daily time period in accordance with the wishes of a carrier or owner of said call-receiving telephone terminal may be set as said time period of incoming call disablement.

9. (Amended) The system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement according to claim 8, characterized in comprising a setting cancellation restriction function which enables only the owner of said call-receiving telephone terminal, and not the carrier of said call-receiving telephone terminal, to cancel the setting of the fixed daily time period that is set as said time period of incoming call disablement.

10. (Amended) The system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement according to claim 1, characterized in that said call-receiving telephone terminal is capable of receiving input of an amount of time of incoming call disablement and comprises calculation means which calculate the time from which incoming calls may be received on the basis of this amount of time of incoming call disablement, and characterized in that

said storage means store the period from the time of input reception of said amount of time of incoming call disablement to said time from which incoming calls may be received as said time period of incoming call disablement.

13. (Amended) The system for providing information concerning incoming call disablement according to claim 1, characterized in that said notification means perform processing to request from the call-making telephone terminal input of a preset, predetermined security code number when a call is made from said call-making telephone terminal to said call-receiving telephone terminal at a time which is within the range of said stored time period of incoming call disablement, and performs processing to notify the call-making telephone terminal of said stored statement explaining the reason for incoming call disablement and time period of incoming call disablement when said preset, predetermined security code number is inputted from the call-making telephone terminal.

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14. (Amended) A method for providing information concerning incoming call disablement, comprising at least the steps of:

receiving from a call-receiving telephone terminal which is equipped with a display screen capable of displaying a preset plurality of statements explaining reasons for incoming call disablement a selection of one statement explaining a reason for incoming call disablement from the displayed plurality of statements, and receiving input of a time period of incoming call disablement;

storing said selected statement explaining the reason for incoming call disablement and said inputted time period of incoming call disablement;

performing processing for notifying a call-making telephone terminal by means of alphanumeric information of said statement explaining the reason for incoming call disablement and said time period of incoming call disablement, which are stored in said storage means, when a call is made from said call-making telephone terminal to said call-receiving telephone terminal at a time which is within the range of said stored time period of incoming call disablement; and

automatically deleting the stored statement explaining the reason for incoming call disablement and the time period of incoming call disablement when said stored time period of incoming call disablement has passed.