Method for showing caller's horoscope index in cellular phone and cellular phone displaying caller's horoscope index

• US 20040204143A1
• Filed: 04/11/2003
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, James
• Application Number:
  US10/411,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20040204143A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for showing a caller'"'"'s horoscope index in a cellular phone, which comprises the steps of establishing a horoscope index database in the cellular phone, storing the caller'"'"'s birth month and day in the cellular phone, checking the caller'"'"'s horoscope index according to a caller'"'"'s birth month and day and current date by inquiring a horoscope index database stored in the cellular phone, and finally, displaying a picture representing the caller'"'"'s horoscope index on the screen of the cellular phone.

The present invention also relates to a cellular phone displaying caller'"'"'s horoscope index on a screen thereof. Therefore, the cellular phone according to the present invention can be more interesting on phone communication.

Claims

1. A method for showing a caller'"'"'s horoscope index in a cellular phone, which comprises the steps of:

establishing a horoscope index database in said cellular phone;

storing a caller'"'"'s birth month and day in said cellular phone;

checking a caller'"'"'s horoscope index according to said caller'"'"'s birth month and day and a current date by inquiring said horoscope index database stored in said cellular phone; and

displaying a picture for representing said caller'"'"'s horoscope index on a screen of said cellular phone.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when a user adds new friend'"'"'s data in said cellular phone;

a friend'"'"'s birthday can be also added and stored.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said caller'"'"'s birth month and day is checked to select what horoscope the caller belongs to then a horoscope index is inquired in a database according to a current date.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 3, wherein said horoscope index is shown as a number.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said number is 1, 2, 3, or 4;

the number 1 represents very bad fate, 2 represents bad fate, 3 represents good fortune, and 4 represents very good fortune.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the horoscope index is shown in one of following pictures:

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₅₄₀ represents a good fortune, and the picture ⁵³⁹ ◯

₅₄₀ represents a very good fortune.

7. A cellular phone capable showing a caller'"'"'s horoscope index, comprising a central processing unit (CPU), memory, radio frequency module, displaying screen, keyboard, speaker, microphone, and antenna;

besides, said cellular phone further including a horoscope index database, said database is used for storing a caller'"'"'s name, telephone number, and birthday, and said central processing unit inquires a horoscope index stored in said database according to said caller'"'"'s birth month and day.

8. The cellular phone according to claim 7, wherein said horoscope index is displayed as a picture on said displaying screen.

9. The cellular phone according to claim 7, wherein the displaying function of said horoscope index is activated or deactivated by a user.

10. The cellular phone according to claim 7, wherein the central processing unit can process the following logic judgment:

(1) checking whether a caller'"'"'s phone number is displayed on said screen;

(2) checking whether a caller'"'"'s birthday is stored in said database; and

(3) activating a displaying function for showing said caller'"'"'s horoscope index.

11. The cellular phone according to claim 10, wherein said displaying function for showing a horoscope index is operated by the following procedures:

checking said caller'"'"'s birth month and day to select what horoscope said caller belongs to and then check said horoscope index at current date, and displaying a picture representing said horoscope index on said displaying screen.