Portable telephone

• US 6,442,404 B1
• Filed: 08/26/1999
• Issued: 08/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Sakajiri, Noriyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vuong, Quochien B.
• Application Number:
  US09/384,115
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 455/552, 455/553, 455/556, 455/557, 455/412, 455/413, 455/414, 455/415, 455/417, 455/344, 455/345, 455/445, 455/560, 455/566-569, 455/90, 455/422, 455/575, 370/352, 370/353, 370/354, 379/93.01, 379/93.09, 379/93.24, 379/902, 358/441, 358/442, 358/443, 358/444, 358/468
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Portable telephone capable of automatically receiving data without any operation to accept an incoming call by a user on an incoming call of data communication. The portable telephone comprises means for automatically identifying the communication mode on reception of an incoming call if the portable telephone is preset to an automatic receiving mode of the data communication, a plurality of communication control means each for one of a plurality of different communication modes, switching means for selecting any one of communication control means corresponding to the identified communication mode, and storing means for storing and saving received data. It informs the user the received data is stored at the data communication mode. The received and stored data is forwarded to an information processing terminal.

Claims

1. A car-mounted type portable telephone, comprising:

means for automatically identifying a communication mode on reception of an incoming call if the portable telephone is preset to an automatic receiving communication mode;

a plurality of communication control means each for one of a plurality of different communication modes;

switching means for selecting any one of communication control means corresponding to the identified communication mode;

storing means for storing and saving received data; and

control means for automatically rejecting a call establishment on reception of a voice call if the incoming call is a voice communication mode while the telephone is connected to a cradle.

2. A car-mounted type portable telephone as defined in claim 1, further comprising means for informing the user that the received data is stored in said storing means if the communication mode is a data communication mode other than a voice communication mode.

3. A car-mounted type portable telephone as defined in claim 2, further comprising means for forwarding the received data which has been stored in said storing means to an information processing terminal.

4. A car-mounted type portable telephone as defined in claim 1, further comprising means for forwarding the received data which has been stored in said storing means to an information processing terminal.

5. A car-mounted type portable telephone as defined in claim 1, wherein a data communication other than a voice communication mode includes packet, facsimile and high speed data communication modes which are performed between said portable telephone and an external device via a network to which said telephone is wirelessly connected.

6. A portable telephone which is used as a car telephone, the portable telephone, comprising:

communication mode detecting means for identifying which mode among modes of voice, facsimile and data communication including packet communication is established on reception of an incoming call;

data communication means for performing communication in a data communication mode;

facsimile communication means for performing a communication in a facsimile communication mode;

voice communication means for performing a communication in a voice communication mode;

communication mode switching means for automatically selecting any one of communication modes to be performed by said data, facsimile and voice communications means in accordance with the communication mode which is identified by the communication mode detecting means;

means for informing the user of the portable telephone that the data has been received by using facsimile or data communication mode other than the voice communication;

storing means for storing the received data;

information forwarding means for forwarding said received data to an information processing terminal; and

control means for automatically rejecting call establishment on reception of a voice call if the incoming call is the voice communication while the telephone is connected to a cradle.