Telephone apparatus using a detachable memory device

• US 5,384,834 A
• Filed: 05/21/1990
• Issued: 01/24/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hoshino, Makoto, Sato, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Huyen D.
• Application Number:
  US07/526,401
• Time in Patent Office: 1,709 Days
• Field of Search: 379/354, 379/355, 379/357, 379/67, 379/88, 379/91, 379/144, 235/380, 235/381, 395/2
• US Class Current: 379/88.21
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/23 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/275 implemented by means of portable electronic directories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/675 the user being required to insert a coded card, e.g. a smart card carrying an integrated circuit chip

Abstract

A telecommunication apparatus adapted to be used with a detachable memory device is disclosed. The detachable memory device such as an IC card are capable of storing information relating to a particular user. When the detachable memory device is connected to the apparatus, the apparatus retrieves information relating to the particular user out of the detachable memory device. Thereafter, the apparatus may perform one or more of functions on the basis of the retrieved information. When the detachable memory device is connected to the telecommunication apparatus, the apparatus detects the presence of identification information stored in the detachable memory device. In the event that the identification information is not detected, the apparatus provides an indication to a user so as to request the user to enter an identification information. After that, if an identification information is entered into the apparatus by the user, the entered identification number is sent to the detachable memory device and stored therein under the control of the apparatus. On the other hand, in the event that the identification information is detected, the apparatus provides an indication representative of the detected identification information to the user of the apparatus.

Claims

1. A telecommunication apparatus used with a detachable memory device which is capable of storing personal information, the personal information being available for the apparatus when the detachable memory device is connected to the apparatus, comprising:

detecting means for detecting whether identification information is stored in the detachable memory device when the detachable memory device is connected to the apparatus;

indicating means, responsive to an absence of identification information, for providing an indication to a user of the apparatus; and

storing means, responsive to the user'"'"'s operation, for storing an identification information in said detachable memory device.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said indicating means comprising alarming means for producing an audible speech signal indicative of the absence of identification information.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said alarming means produces the audible signal on the basis of data stored in the detachable memory device.

4. An telecommunication apparatus used with a detachable memory device which is capable of storing personal information, the personal information being available for the electronic apparatus when the detachable memory device is connected to the apparatus, comprising:

detecting means for detecting whether identification information is stored in the detachable memory device when the detachable memory device is connected to the apparatus;

indicating means, responsive to an absence of identification information, for providing an indication to a user of the apparatus; and

input means for inputting an identification information in response to the user'"'"'s operation; and

control means, responsive to said input means, for controlling the detachable memory device so that the input identification information is stored in the detachable memory device as an identification information assigned to the detachable memory device.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said indicating means comprises alarming means for producing an audible speech signal indicative of the absence of identification information.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 wherein said alarming means produces the audible signal on the basis of data stored in the detachable memory device.