System and method for controlling a portable telephone according to discriminated area code

• US 5,732,349 A
• Filed: 06/27/1995
• Issued: 03/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Imura, Shigeru, Sanpei, Masaru
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEGREE, TRACY MICHELLE
• Application Number:
  US08/495,010
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/356, 379/357, 379/63, 455/33.1, 455/403, 455/404, 455/422, 455/432-438, 455/440, 455/565, 455/550, 455/551, 455/552, 455/558, 455/524, 455/217, 455/514, 455/509, 455/414
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A portable telephone for communicating with a base station connected to a telephone network has a communication control unit for controlling communication through the base station, a memory for storing control information for each area in which the telephone can be operated, together with a code of each area, and wherein the communication control unit includes a discriminator for discriminating the area code included in a control signal which is transmitted from the base station. The control information for the area of the area code which the discriminator has discriminated is read from the memory so that the communication control unit can make the corresponding communication control in accordance with the control information.

Claims

1. A portable telephone apparatus for communicating with a base station connected to a communication network, said apparatus comprising:

a memory for storing control signals for a plurality of areas in which said portable telephone apparatus can be operated, each of said control signals including frequency band information associated with said plurality of areas and determining how said portable telephone apparatus should respond to a user'"'"'s instruction in each of said areas;

a receiver for receiving an area signal transmitted from said base station, said signal indicating an area in which said base station is located;

a reading unit for reading from said memory one of said control signals in accordance with said area signal, and the frequency band information corresponding to said area signal; and

a controller for controlling said portable telephone apparatus in accordance with said one of said control signals wherein in response to said user'"'"'s instruction said controller tunes said telephone apparatus to said frequency band information read out from said memory of said reading unit.

2. The portable telephone apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a function key for automatically dialing a service telephone number,

said control signals further including a plurality of service telephone numbers for the same kind of service, each of said plurality of service telephone number being associated with each of said areas,

said reading unit reading out of said memory the service telephone number corresponding to said area signal,

said controller dialing said service telephone number when said function key is pushed.

3. The portable telephone apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a function key for automatically dialing an emergency telephone number,

said control signals further including a plurality of emergency telephone numbers for the same kind of emergency service, each of said emergency telephone numbers being associated with each of said areas,

said reading unit reading out of said memory the emergency telephone number corresponding to said area signal,

said controller dialing said emergency telephone number when said function key is pushed.