Incoming calling system

• US 5,960,367 A
• Filed: 05/15/1997
• Issued: 09/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Kita, Kazunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Application Number:
  US08/849,381
• Time in Patent Office: 866 Days
• Field of Search: 455/11.1, 455/413, 455/66, 455/550, 455/88, 455/73, 455/556-559, 455/563, 455/566-567, 455/575, 455/90, 455/128, 455/344-351, 455/31.1-32.1 , 455/38.4-38.5, 455/38.1-38.2, 455/414, 340/311.1, 340/825.44
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls

Abstract

An incoming calling system of the present invention purposes to securely notify the user of the incoming to a radio portable terminal of a mobile communication unit or the like without disturbing others and decrease the probability of erroneous notification. Therefore, an incoming notification signal transmitter (24) for notifying the user of incoming can detect an incoming tone by inserting a jack into and connecting it with an earphone-microphone terminal (23) provided for a portable telephone (21) side and moreover, an incoming notification signal transmitter (24) is set to and supported by portable telephone (21). When portable telephone (21) receives an incoming call signal according to incoming calling from a base station (22), it generates a speech signal of an incoming tone and the speech signal is input to the incoming notification signal transmitter (24) through the earphone-microphone terminal (23) to detect incoming. The incoming notification signal transmitter (24) is constituted so as to generate incoming notification signal (25), transmit the signal to a card-type incoming notification signal receiver (26) or a wrist-type incoming notification signal receiver (27) by radio, and notify the user of incoming at portable telephone (21) side by vibration or a sound output buzzer.

Claims

1. An incoming calling system having an incoming notification function for detecting incoming of a portable telephone terminal nearby a wrist watch having a time display function and to be attached to the user'"'"'s arm so as to notify the user of the incoming;

wherein said wrist watch comprises;

reception means for receiving an incoming calling signal for the incoming to said portable telephone terminal from a base station of a radiotelephone or a master unit of a telephone terminal or an incoming response signal to be transmitted to the base station of said radiotelephone or said master unit of said telephone terminal;

signal decision means for deciding whether the signal received by said reception means is a signal which is of a specific frequency band used by said portable telephone terminal (i) for detecting incoming at the time of incoming, and (ii) for the communication system used by said portable telephone terminal to recognize an incoming request for said portable telephone terminal; and

notification means for notifying the user of said wrist watch by vibration or sound when it is decided by said signal decision means that an incoming request is sent to a portable telephone terminal nearby said wrist watch.

2. The incoming calling system according to claim 1, wherein said notification means includes a weight rotational motor built in said wrist watch to produce vibration.

3. The incoming calling system according to claim 1, further comprising an alarm section for driving said notification means to produce vibration or sound when a current time coincides with a preset alarm time.

4. The incoming calling system according to claim 3, wherein said alarm section comprises:

an alarm time circuit for presetting the alarm time;

an alarm coincidence circuit for monitoring whether the current time coincides with the alarm time; and

a notification control section for controlling said notification means when the current time coincides with the preset alarm time.

5. An incoming calling system for notifying an incoming call for a telephone terminal of a small-zone-type telephone system whose position can be entered in a position entry data base by means of an incoming notification unit whose case is separate from that of said telephone terminal,

wherein said telephone terminal comprises:

wireless reception means for receiving an identification code sent from said incoming notification unit by wireless transmission;

position entry means for entering a position in said position entry data base in accordance with said received identification code;

identification code storage means for storing said received identification code; and

wireless transmission means for transmitting an identification code stored in said identification code storage means by wireless transmission; and

wherein said incoming notification unit includes;

wireless transmission means for transmitting at least the identification code of its own to said telephone terminal by wireless transmission;

wireless reception means for receiving said identification code sent from said telephone terminal by wireless transmission; and

notification means for notifying that said identification code is received by said reception means of said incoming notification unit.

6. The incoming calling system according to claim 5, wherein said incoming notification unit is built in a wrist watch to be attached to the user'"'"'s arm.

7. The incoming calling system according to claim 6, wherein said incoming notification unit includes means for notifying the user of said wrist watch by vibration or sound.

8. The incoming calling system according to claim 6, wherein said incoming notification unit includes a weight rotational motor built in said wrist watch to produce vibration.

9. The incoming calling system according to claim 6, wherein said incoming notification unit includes:

a code memory for storing the own identification code;

an identification code collation circuit for collating the received identification code with the own identification code stored in said code memory; and

a notification control section for controlling said incoming notification unit when the received identification code and the own identification code coincide with each other.

10. The incoming calling system according to claim 9, wherein said incoming notification unit further includes means for receiving the identification code from said telephone terminal as an incoming notification signal and for transmitting a position entry request signal and the identification code stored in said code memory to said telephone terminal.

11. The incoming calling system according to claim 6, wherein said wireless reception means of said telephone terminal receives the identification code and position entry data from said incoming notification unit and transmits a position entry request signal.