MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING DATA TRANSFER CAPABILITY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL
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Abstract
A control unit detects whether or not a mobile phone is in a state of data communication with an external disc device through a signal input/output unit and a communication path. During the period in which it is detected that the mobile phone is in the state of data communication, an incoming call or electronic mail through an antenna if detected is recorded in an incoming memory unit. In this period, notification of the incoming by means of a notification unit (LED unit, vibration unit, display unit), however, is not performed.
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23 Claims
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14. A mobile terminal comprising:
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an incoming detection unit detecting an incoming arriving through a first communication path which includes an antenna; a notification unit for making a notification of the incoming, when said incoming detection unit detects said incoming; a data communication unit receiving data transmitted from an external device through a second communication path different from said first communication path; a communication detection unit detecting whether said data communication unit is in a state of data communication with said external device; a notification control unit for controlling the notification of said incoming; a memory unit; and an incoming storage unit storing in said memory unit said incoming detected by said incoming detection unit, when it is detected that said data communication unit is in said state of data communication, said notification control unit prohibiting the notification of said incoming by said notification unit, when it is detected that said data communication unit is in said state of data communication. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for controlling operation of a mobile terminal including an antenna, comprising the steps of:
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detecting an incoming arriving through a first communication path which includes said antenna; making a notification of the incoming, when said incoming is detected in said step of detecting an incoming; detecting whether said mobile terminal is in a state of data communication with an external device through a second communication path different from said first communication path; controlling the notification of said incoming; and storing in a memory unit said detected incoming when it is detected that said mobile terminal is in said state of data communication, wherein in said step of controlling the notification, the notification of said incoming in said step of making a notification is prohibited, when it is detected, in said step of detecting, that said mobile terminal is in said state of data communication.
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