Incoming call notification system and method

• US 20050090234A1
• Filed: 04/06/2004
• Published: 04/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Morimoto, Yoshiaki, Ioku, Akira, Satoyama, Motoaki
• Application Number:
  US10/818,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20050090234A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• 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
• 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 3/465 Arrangements for simultaneously calling a number of substations until an answer is obtained
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0033 Notification or handling of incoming calls by a computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1235 where one of the core networks is a wireless network

Abstract

In an incoming call notification system for notifying of an incoming call when a call comes in to a portable terminal, an incoming call notification is simultaneously transmitted to devices available in the periphery, and each of the devices that receives the incoming call notification chooses to either accept or not accept the incoming call notification and determines the output method for the incoming call notification if the device chooses to accept the incoming call notification.

Claims

1. An incoming call notification system formed from a portable terminal that is connectable to a mobile public communications network, and at least one device that is communicable with the portable terminal through a communications path that is different from the mobile public communications network, the incoming call notification system comprising:

a receiving unit provided on the portable terminal that receives an incoming call from the mobile public communications network; and

a wireless communications unit that performs a simultaneous transmission of an incoming call notification concerning the incoming call from the portable terminal to the at least one device through the communications path that is different from the mobile public communications network.

2. An incoming call notification system according to claim 1, wherein the simultaneous transmission is one of a multicasting and a broadcasting.

3. An incoming call notification system according to claim 1, further comprising an incoming call notification creating module that creates an incoming call information notification frame, wherein the incoming call notification includes the incoming call information notification frame.

4. An incoming call notification system according to claim 3, wherein the incoming call notification creating module sets information concerning the incoming call in the incoming call information notification frame.

5. An incoming call notification system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communications unit simultaneously transmits the incoming call notification to a plurality of devices that are present in a wireless communication range, and each of the plurality of devices determines as to whether or not the incoming call notification is to be accepted.

6. An incoming call notification system according to claim 5, wherein when one of the plurality of devices decides to accept the incoming call notification, the one of the plurality of devices performs a first action according to the incoming call notification.

7. An incoming call notification system according to claim 6, wherein when another one of the plurality of devices determines not to accept the incoming call notification, the another one of the plurality of devices performs a second action different from the first action.

8. An incoming call notification system according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call notification includes information concerning a caller, and the at least one device that receives the incoming call notification comprises a choosing module that chooses the information concerning the caller in the incoming call notification that is simultaneously transmitted.

9. An incoming call notification system formed from a portable terminal that is connectable to a first network through a first communications method, and at least one device that is communicable with the portable terminal through a second communications method that is different from the first communications method, the incoming call notification system comprising:

a receiving unit that receives an incoming call from the first network; and

a communications unit that performs a simultaneous transmission of an incoming call notification concerning the incoming call to the at least one device through the second communications path.

10. An incoming call notification system according to claim 9, wherein the simultaneous transmission is one of a multicasting and a broadcasting.

11. An incoming call notification system according to claim 9, further comprising an incoming call notification creating module that creates an incoming call information notification frame, wherein the incoming call notification includes the incoming call information notification frame.

12. An incoming call notification system according to claim 11, wherein the incoming call notification creating module sets information concerning the incoming call in the incoming call information notification frame.

13. An incoming call notification system according to claim 9, wherein the communications unit simultaneously transmits the incoming call notification to a plurality of devices that are present in a wireless communication range, and each of the plurality of devices determines as to whether or not the incoming call notification is to be accepted.

14. An incoming call notification system according to claim 13, wherein when one of the plurality of devices decides to accept the incoming call notification, the one of the plurality of devices performs a first action according to the incoming call notification.

15. An incoming call notification system according to claim 14, wherein when another one of the plurality of devices determines not to accept the incoming call notification, the another one of the plurality of devices performs a second action different from the first action.

16. An incoming call notification system according to claim 9, wherein the incoming call notification includes information concerning a caller, and the at least one device that receives the incoming call notification comprises a choosing module that chooses the information concerning the caller in the incoming call notification that is simultaneously transmitted.

17. A method for operating an incoming call notification system that is formed from a portable terminal that is connectable to a mobile public communications network, and at least one device that is communicable with the portable terminal through a communications path that is different from the mobile public communications network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving an incoming call from the mobile public communications network; and

performing a simultaneous transmission of an incoming call notification concerning the incoming call from the portable terminal to the at least one device through the communications path that is different from the mobile public communications network.

18. A method for operating an incoming call notification system according to claim 17, wherein the simultaneous transmission is one of a multicasting and a broadcasting.

19. A method for operating an incoming call notification system according to claim 17, further comprising the step of creating an incoming call information notification frame, wherein the incoming call notification includes the incoming call information notification frame.

20. A method for operating an incoming call notification system according to claim 19, wherein the step of creating the incoming call information notification frame includes the step of setting information concerning the incoming call in the incoming call information notification frame.

21. A method for operating an incoming call notification system according to claim 17, wherein a plurality of devices that are present in a wireless communication range receive the incoming call notification that is simultaneously transmitted, and each of the plurality of devices determines as to whether or not the incoming call notification is to be accepted.

22. A method for operating an incoming call notification system according to claim 21, wherein when one of the plurality of devices decides to accept the incoming call notification, the one of the plurality of devices performs a first action according to the incoming call notification.

23. A method for operating an incoming call notification system according to claim 22, wherein when another one of the plurality of devices determines not to accept the incoming call notification, the another one of the plurality of devices performs a second action different from the first action.