COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20100279671A1
• Filed: 10/23/2008
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohmoto, Akihiro
• Application Number:
  US12/810,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20100279671A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• 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 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

There are provided a communication apparatus and a communication method that enable notification of caller information in an oversea call. A portable phone 100 that is an example communication apparatus has an operation section 16 for accepting an operation input; a storage section 13 for storing information showing a location of the portable phone 100; and a control section 17 for effecting control so as to make a voice phone call with an addition of a predetermined message in accordance with the information when the operation section 16 instructs voice phone call.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a storage section that stores positional information indicating a location of the communication apparatus; and

a control section that performs control operation, when the positional information stored in the storage section indicates an oversea, so as to make a voice phone call with an addition of a phone number of the communication apparatus as a predetermined message so that the phone number of the communication apparatus is displayed as a text message on a screen of a communication apparatus at a call destination.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage section stores information including MM information as the positional information;

and

wherein the control section performs, when the MM Information indicates the oversea, control operation so as to make the voice phone call with the addition of the predetermined message.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage section stores information including GPS information as the positional information;

and

wherein the control section performs, when the GPS Information indicates the oversea, control operation so as to make the voice phone call with the addition of the predetermined message.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined message includes information about the phone number or a user name of the communication apparatus.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined message is a message generated by the control section in accordance with an operation input to an operation section.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined message includes country information based on a latitude or a longitude where the communication apparatus is located.

2. A communication apparatus comprising:

a storage section that stores positional information indicating a location of a communication apparatus of a call destination; and

a control section that performs control operation, when the positional information stored in the storage section indicates an oversea, so as to make a voice phone call with an addition of a phone number of the communication apparatus as a predetermined message so that the phone number of the communication apparatus is displayed as a text message on a screen of a communication apparatus at the call destination.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage section stores information including MM information as the positional information;

and

wherein the control section performs, when the MM Information indicates the oversea, control operation so as to make the voice phone call with the addition of the predetermined message.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage section stores information including GPS information as the positional information;

and

wherein the control section performs, when the GPS Information indicates the oversea, control operation so as to make the voice phone call with the addition of the predetermined message.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined message includes information about the phone number or a user name of the communication apparatus.

16. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined message is a message generated by the control section in accordance with an operation input to an operation section.

17. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined message includes country information based on a latitude or a longitude where the communication apparatus is located.

8. A communication apparatus comprising:

a storage section that stores, as a phone directory, information about a phone number of a communication apparatus of a call source and a user name associated with each other;

an incoming call section that receives a voice call haying, as an additional predetermined message, phone number information about the communication apparatus of the call source and country information about a location of the communication apparatus of the call source when the communication apparatus of the call source is located abroad; and

a control section that, when the voice call is received, converts the phone number information included in the predetermined message into a corresponding user name by reference to the storage section, and that controls a display section to display the user name.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the storage section stores map information corresponding to the country information about the location of the communication apparatus of the call source;

and

wherein the control section controls the display section to display the map information corresponding to the country information included in the message by reference to the storage section along with the user name.

10. A communication method for use with a communication apparatus comprising:

a step of performing control, when making of a voice phone call is instructed and when information about a location of the communication apparatus indicates an oversea, so as to make a voice phone call with an addition of a phone number of the communication apparatus as a predetermined message so that the phone number of the communication apparatus is displayed as a text message on a screen of a communication apparatus of a call destination.

11. A communication method for use with a communication apparatus comprising:

a step of performing control, when making of a voice call is instructed and when information about a location of a communication apparatus of a call destination indicates an oversea, so as to make a voice phone call with an addition of a phone number of the communication apparatus as a predetermined message so that the phone number of the communication apparatus is displayed as a text message on a screen of the communication apparatus of the call destination.

12. A communication method for use with a communication apparatus comprising:

a storage step of storing, as a phone directory, information about a phone number of a communication apparatus of a call source and a user name associated with each other;

a step of receiving a voice call having, as an additional predetermined message, phone number information about the communication apparatus of the call source and country information about a location of the communication apparatus of the call source when the communication apparatus of the call source is located abroad; and

a step of, when a voice call is made, converting the phone number information included in the predetermined message into a corresponding user name by reference to the storage section and controlling a display section to display the user name.