Mobile terminal having recording function

• US 20050026653A1
• Filed: 07/29/2004
• Published: 02/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ootuka, Nobuo
• Granted Patent: US 7,499,725 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A mobile terminal such as a cellular telephone can include a voice recording function. Upon arrival of an incoming call when the cellular telephone is executing a recording operation, the cellular telephone informs of the arrival of the incoming call by any one of or both of an incoming call display on a display unit and light emission of light emitting means. At this time, the cellular telephone stops a sound generating operation and a vibrating operation which affect the recording operation. The recording stops temporarily when a user answers the incoming call.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal having a recording function, the mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit;

a control unit; and

incoming call informing means,

wherein the incoming call informing means includes at least any one of a vibration generation unit and a sound generation unit, and

the control unit informs of arrival of an incoming call upon the arrival of the incoming call in the course of a recording operation by an incoming call display on the display unit without activating the vibration generation unit and the sound generation unit.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

light emitting means,

wherein the control unit informs of the arrival of the incoming call upon the arrival of the incoming call in the course of the recording operation by at least any one operation of light emission of the light emitting means and the incoming call display on the display unit without activating the vibration generation unit and the sound generation unit.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit temporarily stops the recording operation when answering the incoming call in the course of the recording operation.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit starts the recording operation after finishing a call.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a key unit for temporarily stopping the recording operation.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the display on the display unit includes information concerning a caller.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for sending a given voice message back to a caller of the incoming call when the incoming call arrives in the course of the recording operation.