Hands-free telephone apparatus
First Claim
1. A hands-free telephone apparatus for adding a hands-free telephone function to a connected telephone set, the apparatus comprising:
- a speaker for outputting voice received by the connected telephone set;
a microphone for inputting voice to be transmitted from the connected telephone set;
a state-information obtaining section for obtaining state information indicating a state of the telephone set from the connected telephone set when the telephone set is connected; and
a warning section for warning a user to change the state of the telephone set when the state of the telephone set obtained by the state-information obtaining section restricts a function of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to the user.
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Abstract
A hands-free telephone apparatus which supports a user so as not to restrict the functions of the hands-free telephone processor. The hands-free telephone processor inquires the state of the mobile telephone when the model of the connected mobile telephone is unknown. If the hands-free telephone processor receives the notification of the state of the mobile telephone in response to this inquiry, the hands-free telephone processor refers to the warning information stored in advance. The hands-free telephone processor determines whether the mobile telephone is in a state of restricting the functions of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to the user. If it is necessary to output a warning, the hands-free telephone processor outputs the warning message registered corresponding to the state of the mobile telephone in the warning information. The hands-free telephone processor issues a restart command to the mobile telephone to restart the mobile telephone.
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21 Claims
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1. A hands-free telephone apparatus for adding a hands-free telephone function to a connected telephone set, the apparatus comprising:
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a speaker for outputting voice received by the connected telephone set;
a microphone for inputting voice to be transmitted from the connected telephone set;
a state-information obtaining section for obtaining state information indicating a state of the telephone set from the connected telephone set when the telephone set is connected; and
a warning section for warning a user to change the state of the telephone set when the state of the telephone set obtained by the state-information obtaining section restricts a function of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A hands-free telephone apparatus for adding a hands-free telephone function to a connected telephone set, the apparatus comprising:
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a speaker for outputting voice received by the connected telephone set;
a microphone for inputting voice to be transmitted from the connected telephone set;
a model-information storage section for storing model information indicating a correlation between a model of a telephone set and a command for setting/changing a function of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to the user to a non-restricted state of the hands-free telephone apparatus function from the telephone set of the model for a plurality of models;
a model-identification information obtaining section for obtaining model-identification information indicating a model of the telephone set from the connected telephone set when the telephone set is connected;
a telephone-set state setting section for issuing the command to the connected telephone set when the model-identification information storage section stores model information indicating a command corresponding to a model indicated by the model-identification information obtained by the model-identification information obtaining section;
a state-information obtaining section for obtaining state information indicating a state of the telephone set from the connected telephone set when the model-identification information storage section does not store model information indicating a command corresponding to a model indicated by the model-identification information obtained by the model-identification information obtaining section; and
a warning section for warning the user to change the state of the telephone set when the state of the telephone set obtained by the state-information obtaining section restricts a function of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to a user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of supporting use of a hands-free telephone apparatus, the hands-free apparatus comprising a speaker for outputting voice received by a connected mobile telephone and a microphone for inputting voice transmitted from the connected mobile telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining state information indicating a state of the telephone set from the connected telephone set when the telephone set is connected to the hands-free telephone apparatus; and
giving a warning to change the state of the telephone set to the user when the obtained state of the telephone set restricts a function of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to a user.
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20. A method of supporting use of a hands-free telephone apparatus, the hands-free telephone apparatus comprising a speaker for outputting voice received by a connected mobile telephone and a microphone for inputting voice transmitted from the connected mobile telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining model-identification information indicating a model of the telephone set from the connected telephone set when the telephone set is connected to the hands-free telephone apparatus;
issuing a command to the connected telephone set when the hands-free telephone apparatus already knows the command for setting/changing a function of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to the user to a non-restricted state,;
obtaining state information indicating a state of the telephone set from the connected telephone set when the hands-free telephone apparatus does not know the command for setting/changing a function of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to the user to a non-restricted state; and
giving a warning to change the state of the telephone set to the user when the obtained state of the telephone set restricts a function of the hands-free telephone apparatus available to the user. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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