Portable telephone

• US 5,222,127 A
• Filed: 03/10/1992
• Issued: 06/22/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: MRT Asset Services, Limited Liability Company
• Original Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Inventors: Fukui, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Schreyer, Stafford
• Application Number:
  US07/848,915
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 379/131, 379/140, 379/141, 379/61, 379/58, 379/207
• US Class Current: 379/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/04 Recording calls , or communications in printed, perforated or other permanent form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A portable telephone of a type to which a plurality of subscriber numbers are registered comprises an air timer for measuring a calling period of time from start of calling and end of calling and a memory device for saving and integrating results of measuring by the air timer for each subscriber number. The portable telephone also includes a last call timer, a user timer and a system timer. The memory device includes a RAM. In the RAM, memory areas for the last call timer, user timer and system timer are provided for respective subscriber numbers. As a telephone communication is finished, a calling period of time measured by the air timer is saved in the last memory area to which the subscriber number just used is assigned and this calling period of time is also added up into the user timer memory area and/or system timer memory area for the just used subscriber number.

Claims

1. A portable telephone of a type to which a plurality of subscriber numbers are registered, comprising:

time measuring means for measuring a calling period of time from start of calling to end of calling; and

memory means for saving and integrating results of measuring by the time measuring means for each subscriber number.

2. The portable telephone of claim 1, further including display means for displaying the results of time measuring and results of integration.

3. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein the memory means includes a memory area for storing a latest calling period of time for each subscriber number.

4. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein the memory means includes at least two integration memory areas for integrating the results of time measuring for each subscriber number.

5. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein the memory means includes a clearable integration memory area and a non-clearable integration memory area for each subscriber number.

6. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein a security code peculiar to the portable telephone can be set up, and there is provided for each subscriber number an integration memory area which is clearable only when the security code is confirmed.

7. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein the time measuring means starts time measuring upon detecting a calling from a third party.

8. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein the time measuring means starts time measuring as a calling to a third party starts.

9. The portable telephone of claim 1, further including display means for displaying a history of time measuring by the time measuring means.

10. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein the time measuring means stops time measuring upon detecting an end of calling to a third party.

11. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein results of time measuring by the time measuring means are saved in the memory means upon ending of a telephone communication.

12. The portable telephone of claim 1, wherein results of time measuring by the time measuring means are integrated into the memory means upon detecting an end of telephone communication.

13. The portable telephone of claim 1, further including means for adding up results of calling time integration of each subscriber number so as to display a total calling period of time for all the subscriber numbers.

14. The portable telephone of claim 1, further including means for simultaneously clearing results of integration stored for each subscriber number.