Portable terminal device
First Claim
1. A portable terminal device comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a signal waveform transmitted from a portable terminal device of a calling party, wherein said signal waveform contains received sound data;
sounding means which has at least two sound patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call; and
notification control means for extracting said received sound data from said signal waveform, said notification control means also using said received sound data for controlling said sounding means and which controls the sound pattern of said sounding means according to said received sound data.
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Abstract
A portable terminal device of a calling party individually sets a sounding pattern to be used for reporting an incoming call, and a called party is informed of the thus-set sounding pattern beforehand. As a result, when the terminal device of the called party makes the thus-set sounding pattern, the terminal device enables the user to immediately specify the calling party. In addition to sound, blinks of light, vibration of a vibrator, or the color of backlight can be used solely or in combination two of more. Further, so long as the portable terminal device is provided with display means capable of displaying characters, in addition to the incoming call reporting means, a simple message can be indicated on the portable terminal device. Consequently, the called party can immediately ascertain the nature of the call without directly talking with the calling party through the portable terminal device.
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Citations
28 Claims
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1. A portable terminal device comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a signal waveform transmitted from a portable terminal device of a calling party, wherein said signal waveform contains received sound data;
sounding means which has at least two sound patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call; and
notification control means for extracting said received sound data from said signal waveform, said notification control means also using said received sound data for controlling said sounding means and which controls the sound pattern of said sounding means according to said received sound data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 15)
said sounding means is activated according to said pattern data corresponding to said received sound data.
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15. The portable terminal device of claim 1, wherein
said signal waveform includes transmission data including said sound data; -
and further wherein said received sound data is inserted into a specific position of said transmission data or placed subsequent to a specific character; and
still further wherein, when the called party receives said signal waveform including said transmission data,said sounding means is activated according to said received sound data.
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3. A portable terminal device comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a signal waveform transmitted from a calling party, wherein said signal waveform contains received sound data and received blink data;
sounding means which has at least two sound patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call;
light emission means which has at least two blink patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call; and
notification control means for extracting said received sound data and said received blink data from said signal waveform, said notification control means using said received sound data for controlling said sounding means, and also using said received blink data for controlling said light emission means. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 16, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
said received sound data and said received blink data have a common start code for starting sounding operations, and further wherein said received sound pattern includes a first pattern data set for specifying a sound pattern, and still further wherein said received blink data includes a second pattern data set for specifying a blink pattern, wherein, as a result of said portable terminal device of the called party receiving the signal waveform including the sound data, said notification control means activates said sounding means according to said sound pattern corresponding to said first pattern data; - and further wherein
said notification control means activates said light emission means according to said blink pattern corresponding to said second pattern data.
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5. The portable terminal device of claim 3, wherein
said received sound data includes a first start code for starting sounding operations and a first pattern data set for specifying a sound pattern; - and further wherein
said received blink data includes a second start code for starting blinking operations and a second pattern data set for specifying a blink pattern; and
still further wherein, as a result of said portable terminal device of said called party receiving said signal waveform from the calling party,said sounding means is activated according to said first start code using said first pattern data for said sound pattern; and
said light emission means is activated according to said second start code using said second pattern data for said blink pattern.
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16. The portable terminal device of claim 3, wherein
said signal waveform includes transmission data including said received sound data and received blink data; - and further wherein one or both of said received sound pattern and said received blink data, is inserted into a specific position in said transmission data or placed subsequent to a specific character; and
still further whereinsaid notification control means activates said sounding means according to said received sound pattern; and
said notification control means activates said light emission means according to said received blink data.
- and further wherein one or both of said received sound pattern and said received blink data, is inserted into a specific position in said transmission data or placed subsequent to a specific character; and
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20. The portable terminal device of claim 3, further comprising:
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display means capable of displaying characters and drawings; and
notification control means capable of distinguishing character message data to be indicated on said display means;
whereinsaid notification control means controls one or both of the sound pattern of said sound means and the blink pattern of said blink means.
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24. The portable terminal device of any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein said character message data includes character data and a character start code for specifying a character display.
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25. The portable terminal device according to claim 24, wherein
said character message data appears after one or more of said received data. -
26. The portable terminal device according to claim 24, wherein
said character message data appears before one or more of said received data. -
27. The portable terminal device according to claim 24, wherein
said notification control means is activated after said character message data is received. -
28. The portable terminal device according to claim 24 wherein
said notification control means is activated when said character message data is displayed on said display means.
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6. A portable terminal device comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a signal waveform transmitted from a calling party;
wherein said signal waveform contains received sound data, and received vibration data;
sounding means which has at least two sound patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call;
vibration means which has at least two vibration patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call; and
notification control means for extracting said received sound data and said received vibration data from said signal waveform, said notification control means using said received sound data for controlling said sounding means and also using said received vibration data for controlling said vibration means and further wherein said control means controls the sounding pattern of said sounding means according to said received sound data and also controls the vibration pattern of said vibration means according to said received vibration data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 17, 21)
said received sound data includes a common start code for starting sounding operations and a first pattern data for specifying a sound pattern; - and further wherein
said received vibration data includes the common start code for starting vibrating operations and a second pattern data for specifying the vibration pattern; and
whereinsaid sounding means is activated according to said first pattern data corresponding to said received sound data and further wherein said vibration means is activated according to said second pattern data corresponding to said received vibration data.
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8. The portable terminal device of claim 6, wherein
said received sound data includes a first start code for starting sounding operations and a first pattern data set for specifying a sound pattern; - and further wherein
said received vibration data includes a second start code for starting vibrating operations and a second pattern data set for specifying a vibration pattern; and
still further wherein, as a result of said portable terminal device of the called party receiving the signal waveform transmitted by the calling party,said sounding means is activated according to said first start code using said first pattern data corresponding to said received sound data for annunciating a sound pattern and further wherein said vibration means is activated according to said second start code using said second pattern data corresponding to said received vibration data for generating a vibration pattern.
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17. The portable terminal device of claim 6, wherein
said signal waveform comprises transmission data including said received sound data and said received vibration data, and further wherein one or both of said received sound data and, said received vibration data is inserted into a specific position in said transmission data or placed subsequent to a specific character, and still further wherein said sounding means is activated according to said sound data; - and
said vibration means is activated according to said vibration data.
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21. The portable terminal device of claim 6, further comprising:
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display means capable of displaying characters and drawings; and
notification control means capable of distinguishing character message data to be indicated on said display means;
whereinsaid notification control means controls one or both of the sound pattern of said sound means and the vibration pattern of said vibration means.
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9. A portable terminal device comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a signal waveform transmitted from a calling party, wherein said signal waveform includes received sound data and received illumination color data;
sounding means which has at least two sound patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call;
display means which has at least two colors of backlight and is capable of reporting an incoming call; and
notification control means for extracting said received sound data and said received illumination color data from said signal waveform, said notification control means also using said received sound data for controlling said sounding means and also using said received illumination color data for controlling the color of backlight of said display means. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 18, 22)
said received sound data includes a common start code for starting sounding operations and pattern data for specifying a sound pattern; - and further wherein
said received illumination color data includes said common start code for starting illumination operations and color data for specifying the color of said backlight;
wherein, when said portable terminal device of the called party receives said signal waveform including said sound data;
said sounding means annunciates a sound pattern according to said pattern data; and
said display means displays a color according to said color data included in said received sound data.
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11. The portable terminal device of claim 9, wherein
said received sound data includes a first start code for starting sounding operations and pattern data for specifying a sound pattern; - and further wherein
said received illumination color data includes a second start code for starting illumination operations and color data for specifying the color of the backlight; and
still further wherein, as a result of said portable terminal device of the called party receiving said signal waveform,said sounding means is activated according to said first start code and annunciates a sound pattern according to said pattern data, and said display means is activated according to said second start code and displays a backlight color corresponding to said color data.
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18. The portable terminal device of claim 9, wherein
said signal waveform comprises transmission data including received sound data and received illumination color data; -
and wherein one or both of said received sound data, and said received illumination color data, is inserted into a specific position in said transmission data or placed subsequent to a specific character, and further wherein said sounding means annunciates a sound pattern according to said received sound data; and
said display means displays a color according to said received illumination color data.
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22. The portable terminal device of claim 9, further comprising:
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display means capable of displaying characters and drawings; and
notification control means capable of distinguishing character message data to be indicated on said display means;
whereinsaid notification control means controls one or both of the sound pattern of said sound means and the color of the backlight of said display means.
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12. A portable terminal device comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a signal waveform transmitted from a calling party, said signal waveform including received sound data, received blink data, received vibration data, and received illumination color data;
sounding means which has at least two sound patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call;
light emission means which has at least two blink patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call;
vibration means which has at least two vibration patterns and is capable of reporting an incoming call;
display means which has at least two colors of backlight and is capable of reporting an incoming call; and
notification control means which extracts said received sound data, said received blink data, said received vibration data, and said received illumination color data;
from said signal waveform, said notification control means further controllingthe sound pattern of said sound means according to said received sound data;
the blink pattern of said light emission means according to said received blink data;
the vibration pattern of said vibration means according to said received vibration data; and
the color of the backlight of said display means according to said received illumination color data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 19, 23)
said received sound data includes a common start code for starting sounding operations and first pattern data for specifying a sound pattern; - said received blink data includes said common start code for starting blinking operations and second pattern data for specifying a blink pattern;
said received vibration data includes said common start code for starting vibrating operations and third pattern data for specifying a vibration pattern;
said received illumination color data includes said common start code for starting illumination operations and color data for specifying the color of said backlight; and
further wherein
said sounding means is activated according to said first pattern data, said light emission means is activated according to said second pattern data, said vibration means is activated according to said third pattern data; and
said display means is activated according to said color data.
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14. The portable terminal device of claim 12, wherein
said received sound data includes a first start code for starting sounding operations and first pattern data for specifying a sound pattern; -
said received blink data includes a second start code for starting blinking operations and second pattern data for specifying a blink pattern;
said received vibration data includes a third start code for starting vibration operations and third pattern data for specifying a vibration pattern;
said received illumination color data includes a fourth start code for starting illumination operations and color data for specifying the color of backlight;
wherein, as a result of said portable terminal device of the called party receiving said signal waveform,said sounding means is controlled according to a sound pattern corresponding to said received sound data;
said light emission means is controlled according to a blink pattern corresponding to said received blink data;
said vibration means is controlled according to a vibration pattern corresponding to said received vibration data; and
said display means is controlled through use of a color of backlight corresponding to said received illumination color data.
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19. The portable terminal device of claim 13, wherein,
said signal waveform comprises transmission data including; -
said received sound data;
said received blink data;
said received vibration data; and
said received illumination color data; and
whereinone or more of the members of the group consisting of said received sound data, said received blink data, said received vibration data, and said received illumination color data, is inserted into a specific position in said transmission data or placed subsequent to a specific character; and
further whereinsaid sounding means is activated according to said received sound data, said light emission means is activated according to said received blink data, said vibration means is activated according to said received vibration data; and
said display means is activated according to said received color illumination data.
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23. The portable terminal device of claim 12, further comprising:
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display means capable of displaying characters and drawings; and
notification control means capable of distinguishing character message data to be indicated on said display means;
whereinsaid notification control means controls one or more of the members of the group consisting of the sound pattern of said sound means, the blink pattern of said blink means, the vibration pattern of said vibration means, and the color of backlight of said display means.
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