Mobile terminal equipment capable of storing called state

• US 5,293,418 A
• Filed: 06/17/1991
• Issued: 03/08/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Any Co. Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Any Co. Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Fukawa, Yasurou
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US07/716,119
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• Field of Search: 379/57, 379/58, 379/59, 379/67, 379/88
• US Class Current: 455/458
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/022 Paging systems personal calling arrangements or devices G08B3/1008; selective calling networks H04W84/022
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Mobile terminal equipment communicable with a public switched network has a receiving section for receiving information over a radio channel from a radio station which is accommodated in the public switched network, a storage for storing the information received by the receiving section, an indicating section for indiating the information stored in the storage, and a controller connected to the receiving section, storage and indicating section. The controller controls the storage in response to the reception of the information by the receiving section such that the storage stores the information while the indicating section indicates the information.

Claims

1. Mobile terminal equipment communicable with a public switched network, which includes a stationary radio station for establishing a radio channel to said equipment and switches information including a message to said equipment on the radio channel, said mobile terminal equipment comprising:

receiving means for receiving the information over the radio channel from the radio station;

storing means for storing the information received;

display means for visually displaying the message received;

control means interconnected to said receiving means, said storing means and said display means for controlling, in response to said receiving means receiving the information, said storing means to store the information and said display means to display the message included in the received information;

indicator means interconnected to said control means for indicating that the information has been received from the radio station in response to said receiving means receiving the information; and

first input means for inputting a command for disabling said indicator means;

said control means controlling, in response to the command, said indicator means to inhibit said indicator means from indicating that the information has been received from the radio station, and controlling, in response to cancelling the command from said first input means, said storing means to read out the message from said storing means and said display means to display the message thus read out.

2. Equipment in accordance with claim 1, wherein said indicator means comprises audible indicator means for providing an audible indication representing that the information has been received from the radio station.

3. Equipment in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

second input means interconnected to said control means for inputting a message to be transmitted to the switched network and identification (ID) information designating a called terminal device to which the message to be transmitted is meant to be sent; and

transmitter means interconnected to said control means for transmitting the message to be transmitted and the ID information to the switched network;

said control means being responsive to said second input means to control said transmitter means to transmit the ID information and the message to be transmitted following the ID information.

4. Equipment in accordance with claim 3, wherein said transmitter means transmits the message to be transmitted when connected to the terminal device designated by the ID information through the switched network.

5. Equipment in accordance with claim 3, further comprising indicator means interconnected to said control means for producing a failure indication representing that the switched network has failed to connect said equipment to the terminal device;

and

additional receiving means interconnected to said control means for receiving from the switched network failure information indicating that the switched network has failed to connect said equipment to the terminal device;

said control means controlling, when said additional receiving means receives the failure information from the switched network, said indicator means to produce the failure indication.

6. Equipment in accordance with claim 3, wherein said control means controls said storing means to store the message to be transmitted and the ID information inputted on said second input means.

7. Equipment in accordance with claim 3, wherein said control means controls said display means to visually display the message to be transmitted and the ID information inputted on said second input means.

8. Equipment in accordance with claim 5, wherein said indicator means comprises visual indicator means for producing a visual indication representative of the failure information.

9. Equipment in accordance with claim 3, wherein the switched network comprises a telephone subscriber set,

said transmitter means comprising acoutic coupling means for setting up an acoustic connection to the telephone subscriber set.

10. Equipment in accordance with claim 5, wherein the switched network comprises a telephone subscriber set,

said transmitter means and said additional receiving means comprising acoustic coupling means for setting up an acoustic connection to the telephone subscriber set.

11. Equipment in accordance with claim 3, wherein said transmitter means comprises radio transmitter means for transmitting the message to be transmitted and the ID information over the radio channel to the radio station.

12. Mobile terminal equipment communicable with a public switched network, which includes a stationary radio station for establishing a radio channel to said equipment and switches information including a message to said equipment on the radio channel, said mobile terminal equipment comprising:

input means for inputting a message to be transmitted to the switched network and identification (ID) information designating a called terminal device to which the message to be transmitted is meant to be sent;

transmitter means for transmitting the message to be transmitted and the ID information to the switched network;

receiving means for receiving the switched information over the radio channel from the radio station;

storing means for storing the message to be transmitted and the information received;

display means for visually displaying the message to be transmitted and the information received; and

control means interconnected to said input means, said transmitter means, said receiving means, said storing means and said display means for controlling, in response to said input means, said transmitter means to transmit the ID information and the message to be transmitted, and further controlling, in response to said receiving means receiving the switched information, said storing means to store the received information and said display means to display the message which is included in the received information;

said control means controlling, in response to said receiving means receiving from the switched network failure information indicating that the switched network has failed to connect said equipment to the terminal device, said transmitter means to transmit the ID information and the message to be transmitted following the ID information.

13. Equipment in accordance with claim 12, further comprising indicator means interconnected to said control means for producing a failure indication representing that the switched network has failed to connect said equipment to the terminal device;

said control means controlling, in response to said receiving means receiving the failure information, said indicator means to produce the failure indication.

14. Equipment in accordance with claim 12, wherein said control means controls said storing means to store the ID information together with the message to be transmitted which are entered on said input means.

15. Equipment in accordance with claim 13, wherein said indicator means comprises visual indicator means for producing a visual indication representative of the failure information.

16. Equipment in accordance with claim 12, wherein the switched network comprises a telephone subscriber set,

said transmitter means comprising acoustic coupling means for setting up an acoustic connection to the telephone subscriber set.

17. Equipment in accordance with claim 12, wherein the switched network comprises a telephone subscriber set,

said transmitter means and said receiving means comprising acoustic coupling means for setting up an acoustic connection to the telephone subscriber set.

18. Equipment in accordance with claim 12, wherein said transmitter means comprises radio transmitter means for transmitting the message to be transmitted and the ID information over the radio channel to the radio station.

23. Equipment in accordance with claim 12, wherein said control means produces a status signal representing that said equipment is in a condition in which said equipment is not responsive to a call transmitted from the switched network, said transmitter means transmitting the status signal to the switched network upon receiving a call from the switched network while said equipment is in the condition.

24. Equipment in accordance with claim 23, wherein said input means is adapted to input a command for instructing the status signal to be produced, said control means producing the status signal in response to the command.

19. A mobile communication method for communicating with mobile terminal equipment via a public switched network, comprising the steps of:

providing first mobile terminal equipment;

inputting in the first mobile terminal equipment a message to be transmitted and identification (ID) information designating second mobile terminal equipment;

transmitting the message to be transmitted and the ID information from the first mobile terminal equipment to the public switched network;

calling a second mobile terminal equipment via the public switched network on the basis of the ID information;

transmitting the message to be transmitted via the public switched network to the second mobile terminal equipment;

storing the message transmitted from the public switched network in storing means included in the second mobile terminal equipment; and

displaying visually the message received from the public switched network on visual display means included in the second mobile terminal equipment.

20. A mobile communication method of communicating with mobile terminal equipment via a public telephone switched network, comprising the steps of:

providing first mobile terminal equipment;

providing a mobile telephone to be interconnected to the first mobile terminal equipment;

inputting in the first mobile terminal equipment a message to be transmitted and identification (ID) information designating second mobile terminal equipment;

originating a call meant for the second mobile terminal equipment on the mobile telephone to the public telephone switched network;

transmitting, upon receiving from the public telephone switched network failure information indicating that the public telephone switched network has failed to connect the first terminal equipment to the second terminal equipment, the message to be transmitted and the ID information from the first mobile terminal equipment to the public telephone switched network;

calling the second mobile terminal equipment by the public telephone switched network on the basis of the ID information;

sending the message to be transmitted from the public telephone switched network to the second mobile terminal equipment;

storing the message transmitted from the public telephone switched network in storing means included in the second mobile terminal equipment; and

displaying visually the message received from the public telephone switched network on visual display means included in the second mobile terminal equipment.

21. Method in accordance with claim 20, further comprising the steps of:

producing a status signal representing that the second mobile terminal equipment is in a condition in which the second mobile terminal equipment is not responsive to a call transmitted from the switched network, when the second mobile terminal equipment is called from the switched network while the second mobile terminal equipment is in the condition; and

transmitting the failure information from the switched network to the first mobile terminal equipment upon receiving the status signal from the second mobile terminal equipment.

22. Method in accordance with claim 21, further comprising the step of setting the second mobile terminal equipment to produce the status signal.