MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100318621A1
• Filed: 11/28/2008
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Aono, Tomotake, Takenaka, Tetsuya, Ujii, Junichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,252,978 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A transmission side terminal 10 is provided with a transmission and reception unit 20 for transmitting and receiving an e-mail and an e-mail composing unit 32 for composing an e-mail including a special character for inquiry having associated therewith an information reply request, which is to obtain information on a destination mobile terminal of the e-mail to be transmitted. A reception side terminal 10 is provided with the transmission and reception unit 20, a determination unit 34 for determining whether a received e-mail includes a special character for inquiry, and a reply e-mail composing unit 32, when it is determined that the received e-mail includes the special character for inquiry, for composing a reply e-mail including a special character for reply with which reply information in accordance with the information reply request is associated.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving an e-mail; and

an e-mail composing unit for composing an e-mail including a special character with which an information reply request is associated, wherein the information reply request is to obtain information on a destination mobile terminal of the e-mail, which is transmitted by the transmission and reception unit.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the e-mail composing unit further comprises a selection unit for selecting information on the destination mobile terminal to request, and composes the e-mail by associating the information reply request, which is to obtain the information selected by the selection unit, with the special character.

3. A mobile terminal comprising:

a transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving an e-mail;

a determination unit for determining whether an e-mail received by the transmission and reception unit includes a special character for inquiry with which an information reply request requesting reply with information on the mobile terminal is associated; and

a reply e-mail composing unit, if the determination unit determines that the special character for inquiry is included, for composing a reply e-mail including a special character for reply with which reply information in accordance with the information reply request is associated.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the reply e-mail composing unit further comprises a selection unit for selecting a desired item from items of the information reply request, and composes the reply e-mail by associating the reply information in accordance with the item of the information reply request selected by the selection unit with the special character for reply.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, further comprising a location information obtaining unit for obtaining location information of the mobile terminal,

wherein the reply e-mail composing unit composes the reply e-mail including the location information of the mobile terminal obtained by the location information obtaining unit.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 5, further comprising a timing unit for measuring present time,

wherein the reply e-mail composing unit composes the reply e-mail including estimated transportation information of the mobile terminal, estimated based on the location information of the mobile terminal obtained by the location information obtaining unit and time information obtained by the timing unit.