Incoming calling system

• US 6,263,218 B1
• Filed: 06/16/1999
• Issued: 07/17/2001
• 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): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, PABLO N
• Application Number:
  US09/334,389
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 455/11.1, 455/66, 455/90, 455/128, 455/31-- 3, 455/38-- 3, 455/38-- 3, 455/88, 455/73, 455/556-559, 455/566-567, 455/575, 455/414, 455/96, 455/426, 455/351, 455/521, 455/413, 455/550, 455/563, 455/344, 455/79, 455/458, 340/511.1, 340/825.44, 379/52
• 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 comprising:

an incoming notification signal transmitter having an incoming detection means detachably connected to a telephone terminal to detect an incoming call addressed to said telephone terminal and a wireless transmission means for wirelessly transmitting an incoming notification signal when said incoming call is detected by said detection means; and

an incoming call notification signal receiver having wireless reception means for receiving the incoming notification signal wirelessly transmitted by said incoming notification signal transmitter and notification means for providing an indication that the incoming notification signal is received by said wireless reception means;

wherein;

said incoming notification signal transmitter and said incoming call notification signal receiver are assembled in respective cases and said incoming detection means of said incoming notification signal transmitter is detachably connected to an earphone terminal of said telephone terminal.

2. The incoming calling system according to claim 1, wherein said incoming detection means of said incoming notification signal transmitter detects an incoming signal by receiving a speech signal of an incoming tone output by said telephone terminal through said earphone terminal.

3. The incoming calling system according to claim 2, wherein a jack to be inserted into the earphone terminal of said telephone terminal is arranged so as to protrude from said case of said incoming notification signal transmitter, and said jack is inserted into and connected with said earphone terminal so that said incoming notification signal transmitter is set to said telephone terminal.

4. The incoming calling system according to claim 1, wherein said incoming notification signal receiver is a wrist type device adapted to be set on a user'"'"'s arm.

5. The incoming calling system according to claim 1, wherein said incoming notification signal receiver is in the shape of a thin card so as to be easily carried or a pen type to be easily carried by a user.

6. The incoming calling system according to claim 1, wherein said incoming notification signal receiver is in the shape of a pen so as to be easily carried or a pen type to be easily carried in a pocket of a user.

7. The incoming calling system according to claim 1, wherein said wireless transmission means and said wireless reception means transmit or receive a reception incoming notification signal by radio waves and are respectively provided with a frequency change section allowing a user to optionally change the frequencies of radio waves to be received.

8. The incoming calling system according to claim 1, wherein said incoming notification signal transmitter transmits an incoming notification signal corresponding to a predetermined code, and said incoming notification signal receiver notifies reception of the incoming notification signal corresponding to the predetermined code.

9. The incoming calling system as defined by claim 1 wherein the incoming notification signal is only indicative that an incoming call was received.

10. An incoming calling system comprising:

a transmitter provided with incoming tone signal input means connected to an earphone terminal to which an incoming signal of a portable radio terminal is supplied to receive an incoming tone signal through said earphone terminal; and

a receiver provided with reception means for receiving a radio signal and notification means for detecting and notifying that the radio signal received by said reception means is a predetermined radio signal transmitted from said transmitter, said receiver being of a wrist type,

wherein said transmitter and receiver are assembled in respective cases and the transmitter is detachably connected to said earphone terminal.

11. The incoming calling system according to claim 10, wherein said transmitter is provided with a jack terminal connected to said earphone terminal to receive said incoming tone signal and the jack terminal is connected to said earphone terminal so that said transmitter is set to said portable radio terminal.

12. The incoming calling system according to claim 10, wherein:

said transmitter is provided with first setting means for setting a radio signal transmitted from said transmission means to a predetermined radio signal; and

said receiver is provided with second setting switch for setting a radio signal detected by said notification means to a predetermined radio signal.

13. The incoming calling system according to claim 12, wherein said receiver is built in a wrist watch which is adapted to be worn on a wrist of a user.

14. The incoming calling system as defined by claim 10 wherein the radio signal is only indicative that an incoming call was received.