Telephone whose setting details can be changed, and telephone capable of changing settings of called telephone

• US 6,351,639 B1
• Filed: 09/10/1999
• Issued: 02/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Motohashi, Kazutoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, TUAN A
• Application Number:
  US09/394,772
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/432, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 379/201.07, 379/201.08, 379/201.02, 379/201.03
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

The present invention is directed to technology relating to a telephone whose settings can be changed and a telephone capable of changing settings of a called telephone. A portable cellular phone includes function setting request receiving means for receiving from the calling telephone a function setting request added to call setting information, setting changing means capable of changing setting details according to the function setting request received by the function setting request receiving means, and control means capable of refusing the function setting request to change the settings received from the setting changing means, when the function setting request is not acceptable. By means of this configuration, the portable cellular phone enables the user of the called telephone to select whether or not to allow the calling telephone to change settings regarding a ring tone or activation/deactivation of a call vibrator of the called telephone, thereby avoiding inconvenient changing of settings, and permits changing of settings without introducing an element of inconvenience.

Claims

1. A telephone whose settings can be changed, comprising:

function setting request receiving means for receiving from the calling telephone a function setting request added to call setting information;

setting changing means capable of changing setting details according to the function setting request received by the function setting request receiving means; and

control means capable of refusing the function setting request to change the settings received from the setting changing means, when the function setting request is not acceptable.

2. The telephone as defined in claim 1, wherein the control means is configured so as to allow a function setting request when the function setting request is transmitted from a telephone having specific information.

3. The telephone as defined in claim 2, wherein the control means is configured so as to allow a function setting request when the function setting request is transmitted from a telephone having a specific phone number as specific information.

4. The telephone as defined in claim 2, wherein the control means is configured so as to allow a function setting request when the function setting request is transmitted from a telephone having specific identification information as specific information.

5. The telephone as defined in claim 2, wherein the control means is configured so as to allow a function setting request when the function setting request is transmitted from a telephone which has previously been given specific identification information as specific information.

6. The telephone as defined in claim 1, wherein in a case where the function setting request comprises a plurality of setting requests and where some of the individual function setting requests are not acceptable, the control means is configured so as to refuse requests that the setting changing means should change settings according to the corresponding function setting requests.

7. The telephone as defined in claim 1, further comprising criteria-for-evaluation setting means which sets, by use of external input means, criteria-for-evaluation information as to whether or not the function setting request is allowed.

8. A telephone capable of changing settings of a called telephone, comprising:

function setting request addition means for adding to call setting information a function setting request for changing the settings of the called telephone; and

specific information addition means which, upon addition of the function setting request by the function setting request addition means, adds to the call setting information specific information capable of allowing changing of settings of the called telephone on the basis of the function setting request.