Mobile phone and forwarding program

• US 20080032689A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Takahashi, Yusuke, Ito, Takanori, Joho, Junichi, Yokomaku, Hitoshi, Yahagi, Fuminori, Kubota, Yuji, Musha, Masami
• Granted Patent: US 7,929,957 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/425
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/006 Call diverting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2094 Proximity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/46 Arrangements for calling a number of substations in a predetermined sequence until an answer is obtained
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A mobile phone has: a close-range communication control section that performs close-range wireless communication with other mobile phones; a forwarding destination storage section that stores a forwarding destination list in which phone numbers of telephones capable of accepting forwarding are recorded; and a close-range wireless communication monitoring section that causes the close-range wireless communication section to perform close-range wireless communication and monitors establishment of close-range wireless communication with a forwarding acceptance telephone having a phone number that matches any of the phone numbers in the forwarding destination list. The mobile phone also has an incoming call forwarding destination notification section that notifies the phone number of a forwarding acceptance telephone, with which close-range wireless communication by the close-range wireless communication section has been established, to the call forwarding service center as a forwarding destination phone number.

Claims

1. A mobile phone capable of transmitting and receiving calls via wireless communication, which, by pre-registering a forwarding destination phone number to a call forwarding service center, receives a call forwarding service provided by the call forwarding service center in which an incoming call, made when reception thereof was impossible, is forwarded to a telephone having the registered forwarding destination phone number, the mobile phone comprising:

a wireless communication section that performs wireless communication including transmitting and receiving calls;

a close-range wireless communication section that performs close-range wireless communication with other mobile phones;

a forwarding destination storage section that stores a forwarding destination list in which numbers of one or more telephones capable of accepting forwarding are recorded;

a close-range wireless communication monitoring section that causes the close-range wireless communication section to perform close-range wireless communication and monitors establishment of close-range wireless communication with a forwarding acceptance telephone having a phone number that matches any of the phone numbers in the forwarding destination list stored in the forwarding destination storage section; and

a forwarding destination notification section that causes the wireless communication section to notify the phone number of the forwarding acceptance telephone with which close-range wireless communication by the close-range wireless communication section has been established to the call forwarding service center as a forwarding destination phone number.

2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, comprising:

a calling source storage section that stores a calling source list in which phone numbers of one or more calling source telephones are recorded; and

a calling source notification section that causes the close-range wireless communication section to notify a calling source phone number in the calling source list to a forwarding acceptance telephone with which close-range wireless communication by the close-range wireless communication section has been established in order to have the forwarding acceptance telephone accept forwarding of a call from a telephone having the calling source phone number.

3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising a forwarding destination adequacy judgment section that judges, based on the status of communication with a forwarding acceptance telephone with which close-range wireless communication by the close-range wireless communication section has been established, adequacy of the forwarding acceptance telephone as a forwarding destination,

wherein the forwarding destination notification section causes, upon reception of a judgment made by the forwarding destination adequacy judgment section to the effect that the forwarding acceptance telephone with which close-range wireless communication by the close-range wireless communication section has been established is adequate as a forwarding destination, the wireless communication section to notify the phone number of the forwarding acceptance telephone to the call forwarding service center.

4. The mobile phone according to claim 3, further comprising a position detection section that detects a current position,

wherein the forwarding destination adequacy judgment section judges adequacy of the forwarding acceptance telephone, with which close-range wireless communication by the close-range wireless communication section has been established, as a forwarding destination based not only on the status of communication with the forwarding acceptance telephone, but also on changes in positions detected by the position detection section.

5. A forwarding program storage medium that stores a forwarding program that is executed in a mobile phone comprising:

a wireless communication section that performs wireless communication including transmitting and receiving calls;

a close-range wireless communication section that performs close-range wireless communication with other mobile phones; and

a processing section that executes the program, wherein by pre-registering a forwarding destination phone number to a call forwarding service center, the mobile phone receives a call forwarding service provided by the call forwarding service center in which an incoming call, made when reception thereof was impossible, is forwarded to a telephone having the registered forwarding destination phone number, the forwarding program assigning to the mobile phone a forwarding function including;

a forwarding destination storage section that stores a forwarding destination list in which phone numbers of one or more telephones capable of accepting forwarding are recorded;

a close-range wireless communication monitoring section that causes the close-range wireless communication section to perform close-range wireless communication and monitors establishment of close-range wireless communication with a forwarding acceptance telephone having a phone number that matches any of the phone numbers in the forwarding destination list stored in the forwarding destination storage section; and

a forwarding destination notification section that causes the wireless communication section to notify the phone number of the forwarding acceptance telephone with which close-range wireless communication by the close-range wireless communication section has been established to the call forwarding service center as a forwarding destination phone number.