Portable terminal

• US 20080039152A1
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Arisawa, Yukihiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,452,343 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/567
• 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 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls

Abstract

A portable terminal includes an output device configured to output a ringing tone, a vibrator configured to generate vibration, and a first controller configured to detect a missed call indicating that an incoming call response operation is not performed, and a second controller coupled to the first controller. The second controller is configured, if the first controller detects the missed call, to notify a missed call notification at predetermined time intervals by at least one of the ringing tone output from the output device and the vibration generated by the vibrator, the missed call notification indicating that a response operation for the missed call is not performed.

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

an output device configured to output a ringing tone;

a vibrator configured to generate vibration;

a first controller configured to detect a missed call indicating that an incoming call response operation is not performed; and

a second controller coupled to the first controller, and configured, if the first controller detects the missed call, to notify a missed call notification at predetermined time intervals by at least one of the ringing tone output from the output device and the vibration generated by the vibrator, the missed call notification indicating that a response operation for the missed call is not performed.

2. A terminal according to claim 1, further comprising

a light-emitting device configured to emit light, and wherein

the second controller notifies the missed call by at least one of the ringing tone output from the output device, vibration generated by the vibrator, and light emission of the light-emitting device.

3. A terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the second controller terminates the missed call notification at predetermined time intervals if an operation of stopping the missed call notification is performed.

4. A terminal according to claim 1, further comprising

a memory configured to set a notification count, and wherein

the second controller terminates the missed call notification at predetermined time intervals if the missed call notification are performed a number of times set the memory.

5. A terminal according to claim 1, wherein whether the second controller performs the missed call notification for each person registered in an address book is individually set, and the missed call notification is performed based on the individual setting.

6. A terminal according to claim 5, wherein when a current missed call is to be notified, whether a missed call to be notified has been received other than the current missed call is determined to set the current missed call as a missed call to be notified when no missed call has been received other than the current missed call, and to select and update the missed call to be notified in accordance with the setting of the priority order when the missed call to be notified has been received other than the current missed call.

7. A portable terminal comprising:

an output configured device to output a ringing tone;

a vibrator configured to generate vibration;

a first controller configured to detect existing unread email upon after an email reception; and

a second controller coupled to the first controller, and configured, if the first controller detects the unread email, to notify an unread email notification at predetermined time intervals by at least one of the ringing tone output from the output device and the vibration generated by the vibrator, the unread email notification indicating that a reading operation for the unread email is not performed.

8. A terminal according to claim 7, further comprising

a light-emitting device configured to emit light, and wherein

the second controller notifies the unread email by at least one of the ringing tone output from the output device, vibration generated by the vibrator, and light emission of the light-emitting device.

9. A terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the second controller terminates the unread email notification at predetermined time intervals if an operation of stopping the unread email notification is performed.

10. A terminal according to claim 7, further comprising

a memory configured to set a notification count, and wherein

the second controller terminates the unread email notification at predetermined time intervals if the unread email notification are performed a number of times set the memory.

11. A terminal according to claim 7, wherein whether the second controller performs the unread email notification for each person registered in an address book is individually set, and the unread email notification is performed based on the individual setting.