Response message transmitter and response message transmitting method in cellular mobile telephone apparatus and recording medium recording program for executing the method
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1. A response message transmitter in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party;
means for selecting one from said plurality of messages;
means for transmitting a message selected by said selecting means to the calling party; and
incoming call responding means operable when an incoming call is received to instruct said transmitting means to transmit the message selected by said selecting means to the calling party.
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Abstract
A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit or transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
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37 Claims
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1. A response message transmitter in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party;
means for selecting one from said plurality of messages;
means for transmitting a message selected by said selecting means to the calling party; and
incoming call responding means operable when an incoming call is received to instruct said transmitting means to transmit the message selected by said selecting means to the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A response message transmitter in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising a cellular mobile telephone body and an incoming call communicator which communicates with said cellular mobile telephone body, wherein:
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said cellular mobile telephone body comprises a transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving information to and from said incoming call communicator, means responsive to an incoming call received from a calling party for instructing said transmitter/receiver to notify said incoming call communicator of the reception of the incoming call, a memory for storing at least one message for responding to said calling party, and means for transmitting said message to said calling party when said transmitter/receiver receives response information from said incoming call communicator; and
said incoming call communicator comprises a transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving information to and from said cellular mobile telephone body, means for notifying a user of said cellular mobile telephone apparatus of the reception of an incoming call when said transmitter/receiver receives the notification of the reception of the incoming call from said cellular mobile telephone body, and responding means for instructing said transmitter/receiver to transmit said response information to said cellular mobile telephone body when said user responds to said incoming call notifying means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A response message transmitter in a cellular mobile telephone comprising:
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in a radio base station or in a switching station, a memory for storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party, and means for transmitting a selected message to the calling party based on address information for specifying a selection message transmitted from a cellular mobile telephone; and
in said cellular mobile telephone, means for selecting one from among said plurality of messages stored in said memory, and means for transmitting said address information associated with a message selected by said selecting means to said radio base station or to said switching station.
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32. A method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party in a memory;
selecting a message from among said plurality of messages;
transmitting the message selected at said selecting step to the calling party; and
transmitting the message selected at said selecting step to said calling party in response to reception of an incoming call.
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33. A method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising a cellular mobile telephone body and an incoming call communicator for communicating with said cellular mobile telephone body, comprising the steps of:
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said cellular mobile telephone body storing at least one message for responding to a calling party in a memory;
said cellular mobile telephone body notifying, in response to an incoming call received from a calling party, said incoming call communicator of the reception of the incoming call said incoming call communicator notifying a user of said cellular mobile telephone apparatus of the reception of the incoming call when said incoming call communicator receives the notification of the reception of the incoming call from said cellular mobile telephone body;
said incoming call communicator transmitting response information to said cellular mobile telephone body when said user responds to said notification of the reception of the incoming call; and
said cellular mobile telephone body transmitting said message to said calling party when said cellular mobile telephone body receives said response information from said incoming call communicator.
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34. A method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party in a memory provided in a radio base station or in a switching station;
selecting, in a cellular mobile telephone, one from among said plurality of messages stored in said memory;
said cellular mobile telephone transmitting address information associated with a message selected at said selecting step to said radio base station or to said switching station; and
said radio base station or said switching station transmitting said selected message to the calling party based on the address information transmitted from said cellular mobile telephone.
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35. A recording medium readable by a computer, said recording medium recording a program for executing a method of transmitting a response information in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party in a memory;
selecting one from among said plurality of messages;
transmitting a message selected by said selecting means to the calling party; and
transmitting the message selected by said selecting step to said calling party in response to an incoming call.
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36. A recording medium readable by a computer, said recording medium recording a program for executing a method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising a cellular mobile telephone body and an incoming call communicator for communicating with said cellular mobile telephone body, comprising the steps of:
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said cellular mobile telephone body storing at least one message for responding to a calling party in a memory;
said cellular mobile telephone body notifying, in response to an incoming call received from a calling party, said incoming call communicator of the reception of the incoming call;
said incoming call communicator notifying a user of said cellular mobile telephone apparatus of the reception of the incoming call when said incoming call communicator receives the notification of the reception of the incoming call from said cellular mobile telephone body;
said incoming call communicator transmitting response information to said cellular mobile telephone body when said user responds to said notification of the reception of the incoming call; and
said cellular mobile telephone body transmitting said message to said calling party when said cellular mobile telephone body receives said response information from said incoming call communicator.
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37. A recording medium readable by a computer, said recording medium recording a program for executing a method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party in a memory provided in a radio base station or in a switching station;
selecting, in a cellular mobile telephone, one from among said plurality of messages stored in said memory;
said cellular mobile telephone transmitting address information associated with a message selected at said selecting step to said radio base station or to said switching station; and
said radio base station or said switching station transmitting said selected message to the calling party based on the address information transmitted from said cellular mobile telephone.
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