Method of and apparatus for selectively generating incoming ring in digital cordless telephone

• US 5,940,775 A
• Filed: 12/30/1996
• Issued: 08/17/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Kyou-Woong
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Nguyen
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, DUC M
• Application Number:
  US08/775,113
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/561, 455/567, 455/464, 455/508, 455/575, 455/517, 455/524, 455/462, 455/566, 455/435
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/733 with a plurality of base stations connected to a plurality of lines for selection in cordless PBX H04W84/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

A method for generating an incoming ring from a handset in response to an incoming call from only a selected one of base stations, in which the handset is registered for its operation, in a digital cordless telephone system. The digital cordless telephone system includes a plurality of base stations, and a handset operating while being registered at the base stations, the handset comprises a memory adapted to store a plurality of ring generation data respectively associated with a plurality of base stations, a central processing unit adapted to read the content of the memory when an incoming call is generated from one of the base stations, thereby identifying whether or not the memory is stored with ring generation data associated with the base station generating the incoming call, and a tone generator adapted to generate a ring tone associated with the identified ring generation data under the control of the central processing unit.

Claims

1. A method for generating an incoming ring from a handset in a digital cordless telephone system, comprising the steps of:

generating an incoming call from a base station of a plurality of base stations at which the handset is registered;

identifying whether for the base station generating the incoming call an incoming ring generation mode is set; and

generating an incoming ring corresponding to the base station generating the incoming call only when the incoming ring generation mode is set.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of generating an incoming ring corresponding to analyzed ring generation data set for the base station generating the incoming cal when the incoming ring generation mode is set.

3. A method for generating an incoming ring from a handset in a digital cordless telephone system, comprising the steps of:

setting a plurality of ring generation data respectively associated with a plurality of base stations;

generating an incoming call from a base station of the plurality of base stations at which the handset is registered;

analyzing ring generation data set for the base station generating the incoming call; and

generating an incoming ring corresponding to the analyzed ring generation data set for the base station generating the incoming call.

4. A digital cordless telephone system, comprising:

a plurality of base stations; and

a handset, the handset for operating while being registered at the plurality of base stations, wherein the handset comprises a memory for storing a plurality of ring generation data each respectively associated with one of the plurality of base stations, a central processing unit for reading the content of the memory when an incoming call is generated from one of the plurality of base stations for identifying whether ring generation data associated with the base station generating the incoming call is stored in the memory, and a tone generator for generating a ring tone associated with ring generation data identified with the base station generating the incoming call under the control of the central processing unit.

5. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 4, wherein the central processing unit controls the tone generator that when no ring generation data is stored in the memory in association with the base station which generates an incoming call, the tone generator generates a tone corresponding to a particular one of the ring generation data stored in the memory.

6. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 5, wherein the handset further comprises a display for displaying an intrinsic identification of the base station generating the incoming call, and the handset further comprises a key pad for allowing a user of the handset to modify the ring generation data stored in the memory.

7. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 6, wherein the ring generation data stored in the memory are different in sound, interval and amplitude for each of the plurality of base stations, respectively.

8. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 5, wherein the ring generation data stored in the memory are different in sound, interval and amplitude for each of the plurality of base stations, respectively.

9. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 4, wherein the handset further comprises a display for displaying an intrinsic identification of the base station generating the incoming call.

10. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 4, wherein the ring generation data stored in the memory are different in sound, interval and amplitude for each of the plurality of base stations, respectively.

11. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 4, wherein the memory comprises a non-volatile memory.

12. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 4, wherein the handset further comprises a key pad for allowing a user of the handset to modify the ring generation data stored in the memory.

13. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 4, wherein the handset further comprises a display for displaying an intrinsic identification of the base station generating the incoming call, and the handset further comprises a key pad for allowing a user of the handset to modify the ring generation data stored in the memory.

14. The digital cordless telephone system according to claim 13, wherein the ring generation data stored in the memory are different in sound, interval and amplitude for each of the plurality of base stations, respectively.