Portable communication terminal device and response message transmitting method

• US 20060116133A1
• Filed: 11/18/2005
• Published: 06/01/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Wada, Hitoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,150,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A portable communication terminal device includes a section for detecting a call from a calling party; a section for obtaining position data for a present position of the portable communication terminal device; a section for storing data of a plurality of areas and a plurality of messages to the calling party, which respectively correspond to the areas; and a section for performing a determination when the call is detected. In the determination, it is determined whether the present position based on the position data belongs to one of the plurality of the areas stored in advance. The terminal also includes a section for performing message transmission when it is determined that the present position belongs to one of the plurality of the areas. In the message transmission, one of the plurality of the messages is transmitted, which corresponds to the one of the plurality of the areas.

Claims

1. A portable communication terminal device comprising:

a call detecting section for detecting a call from a calling party;

a present position obtaining section for obtaining position data for a present position of the portable communication terminal device;

a message storage section for storing data of a plurality of areas and a plurality of messages which respectively correspond to the plurality of the areas;

a determination section for performing a determination when the call is detected by the call detecting section, wherein the determination section determines whether the present position based on the position data obtained by the present position obtaining section belongs to one of the plurality of the areas stored in the message storage section; and

a transmission control section for performing message transmission when it is determined by the determination section that the present position belongs to one of the plurality of the areas stored in advance, wherein the transmission control section transmits at least one message from among the plurality of the messages, which corresponds to said one of the plurality of the areas, to the calling party.

2. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an area specifying section for specifying the plurality of the areas based on map data.

3. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein each message is obtained by a voice recording or text-to-voice conversion.

4. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein:

the message storage section stores a normal message which does not relate to the plurality of the areas; and

when it is determined by the determination section that the present position does not belong to any one of the plurality of the areas which are stored in advance, the transmission control section transmits the normal message to the calling party.

5. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the determination section determines whether the present position based on the position data belongs to one of the plurality of the areas stored in the message storage section, wherein the position data is obtained by the present position obtaining section after the call detecting section detects the call.

6. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 5, wherein if the position data cannot be obtained by the present position obtaining section after the call detecting section detects the call, the determination section determines whether the present position based on the position data, obtained by the present position obtaining section before the call detecting section detects the call, belongs to one of the plurality of the areas stored in the message storage section.

7. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a message determining section for determining each message corresponding to each area.

8. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an absence mode setting section for setting an absence mode, wherein

the transmission control section transmits the message when the absence mode is set by the absence mode setting section.

9. A message transmitting method for transmitting a message to a calling party when detecting a call from the calling party, the method comprising the steps of:

registering a plurality of areas and a plurality of messages which respectively correspond to the plurality of the areas in advance;

obtaining position data for a present position when detecting a call from the calling party;

determining whether the present position based on the obtained position data belongs to one of the plurality of the registered areas; and

transmitting one of the plurality of the messages to the calling party when it is determined that the present position belongs to one of the plurality of the registered areas, wherein the transmitted message corresponds to said one of the plurality of the registered areas.

10. The message transmitting method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of registering a normal message which does not relate to the plurality of the registered areas in advance, wherein when it is determined that the present position does not belong to any one of the plurality of the registered areas, the normal message is transmitted to the calling party.

11. The message transmitting method according to claim 9, wherein the position data for the present position is obtained after the call is detected, and it is determined whether the present position based on this position data belongs to one of the plurality of the registered areas.

12. The message transmitting method according to claim 11, wherein if the position data for the present position cannot be obtained after the call is detected, it is determined whether the present position based on the position data, obtained before the call is detected, belongs to one of the plurality of the registered areas.