Radio communication apparatus capable of carrying out radio paging announcement with generation of a tone after portable telephone communication has finished

• US 5,495,517 A
• Filed: 11/02/1994
• Issued: 02/27/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yamada, Kazunobu, Ide, Motoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Maung, Nay Aung
• Application Number:
  US08/333,328
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/63, 379/57, 455/12.1, 455/51.2, 455/33.1, 455/38.1, 455/38.2, 455/38.4, 455/38.5, 340/825.44, 340/825.46
• US Class Current: 455/458
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In a radio communication apparatus having both portable telephone portion and radio paging portion, the portable telephone portion comprises a portable telephone transmission/reception unit 21, a control unit 23, a speech transceiver 25, a display unit 27, and an operation unit 29, while the radio paging portion comprises a radio paging receiver unit 31, the control unit 23, the display unit 27, the operation unit 29, a tone generation announcement unit 33, a silent announcement unit 35, an announcement mode memory 39, and a reception information memory 37. It is assumed that the operation unit 29 selects "a delayed announcement mode after completion of communication" and stores this mode in the announcement mode memory 39. In this event, when the radio paging operation is received during communication of the portable telephone portion, the control unit 23 makes the silent announcement unit 35 carry out call announcement in a silent mode and makes the reception information memory 37 memorize a message. After completion of the communication, the control unit 23 makes the tone generation announcement unit 33 announce reception of the radio paging operation during communication and makes the display unit 27 collectively display the reception information.

Claims

1. A radio communication apparatus for use in a portable telephone system and a radio paging system, said portable telephone system comprising a portable telephone base station, said radio paging system comprising a radio paging base station, said apparatus comprising:

portable telephone means for carrying out mutual communication with said portable telephone base station;

radio paging means responsive to a radio paging signal for carrying out call announcement in a tone generation mode, call announcement in a silent mode, and display announcement of a message;

display means for displaying reception information of said radio paging signal;

communication state monitoring means for monitoring whether or not said portable telephone means is in a communication state;

tone generation announcement permitting means for making said call announcement to be carried out in said tone generation mode when said portable telephone means is in a noncommunication state;

tone generation announcement inhibiting means for making said call announcement to be carried out in said silent mode, when said portable telephone means is in a communication state;

reception information memorizing means for memorizing said reception information when said radio paging signal is received during said communication state; and

reception information batch announcement means for collectively announcing said memorized reception information after completion of said communication state of said portable telephone means.

2. A radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said radio paging means comprises:

announcement mode input means for inputting announcement mode information indicative of the timing of said call announcement in a tone generation mode, said call announcement in a silent mode, and said display announcement of a message that is selected from immediate announcement and delayed announcement after completion of communication of said portable telephone means;

announcement mode memorizing means for memorizing said announcement mode information; and

immediate tone generation announcement permitting means for making said call announcement be carried out in said tone generation mode even if said portable telephone means is in a communication state, inasmuch as said memorized announcement mode information specifies the immediate announcement.

3. A radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reception information includes announcement type information indicative of an announcement type that is selected from said call announcement in a tone generation mode, said call announcement in a silent mode, and said display announcement of a message, message information if said announcement type information contains said message, and reception time information indicative of a reception time of said radio paging signal.

4. A radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said communication state monitoring means monitors said communication state by detecting a hook on/off signal of said portable telephone means.

5. A radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said call announcement in said silent mode is carried out by the use of at least one of vibration and light.