Mobile paging telephone with an automatic call back function

• US 6,466,782 B2
• Filed: 03/02/1998
• Issued: 10/15/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Mobile Communications Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation of USA (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakagomi, Hisashi, Itakura, Hitoshi, Ishikawa, Hironari
• Primary Examiner(s): CUMMING, WILLIAM D
• Application Number:
  US09/033,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20020065087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,688 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/414, 455/412, 455/417, 455/31.1, 455/31.3, 455/38.4, 455/556, 455/564, 455/567, 455/575, 455/421, 455/450, 379/67, 379/58, 379/142
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• 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: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

A system with a mobile phone capable of receiving a paging message. A method and apparatus automatically transmits a callback message to a callback number associated with the caller in response to a page message. The user of the system prepares a data structure in which a caller ID of each of the prospective callers in associated with information on the caller as well as the caller'"'"'s communication device. In response to the reception of a page message, the user can display a response message used for calling back the caller when the user is busy. When the user selects the response message, the call back message is compiled using a call back number associated with a caller ID contained in the page message. The callback message can then be sent to the caller.

Claims

1. In a system provided with a mobile phone and a capability of receiving a page message from a caller, a method for automatically transmitting a call back massage to a call back number associated with the caller in response to a reception of the page message, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a data structure, entered by a system user, in which a caller ID of each of prospective callers is associated with information on the prospective caller and a caller'"'"'s communication device to which said prospective caller wants a call to him or her to be directed;

in response to said reception of said page message, displaying response messages prepared for use in calling back in a situation where said user is too busy to call back and permitting said user to select one of said prepared response messages;

in response to the selection by said user, compiling said call back message by using said call back number associated with a caller ID contained in said page message and said prepared response message;

transmitting said call back message to said call back number;

wherein said step of transmitting said call back message further comprises the step of;

in a situation where said mobile phone is located out of a service area, repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved; and

wherein said step of repeatedly attempting said transmitting still further comprises the step of carrying out said transmitting a predetermined time period after said situation has been resolved.

2. In a system provided with a mobile phone and a capability of receiving a page message from a caller, a method for automatically transmitting a call back massage to a call back number associated with the caller in response to a reception of the page message, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a data structure, entered by a system user, in which a caller ID of each of prospective callers is associated with information on the prospective caller and a caller'"'"'s communication device to which said prospective caller wants a call to him or her to be directed;

in response to said reception of said page message, displaying response messages prepared for use in calling back in a situation where said user is too busy to call back and permitting said user to select one of said prepared response messages;

in response to the selection by said user, compiling said call back message by using said call back number associated with a caller ID contained in said page message and said prepared response message;

transmitting said call back message to said call back number; and

wherein said step of transmitting said call back message further comprises the step of;

in a situation where said mobile phone is located out of a service area, repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved; and

wherein said step of repeatedly attempting said transmitting comprises the step of;

when said situation has been resolved, carrying out said transmitting in response to a determination that an electric field around said system is equal to or larger than a predetermined level.

3. In a portable device provided with a mobile phone and a capability of receiving a page message from a caller, a system for automatically transmitting a call back message to a call back number associated with the caller in response to a reception of the page message, the system comprising:

means for storing a data structure, entered by a portable device user, in which a caller ID of each of prospective callers is associated with information on the prospective caller and a caller'"'"'s communication device to which said prospective caller wants a call to him or her to be directed;

means, responsive to said reception of said page message, for displaying response messages prepared for use in calling back in a situation where said user is too busy to call back and for permitting said user to select one of said prepared response messages;

means responsive to the selection by said user for compiling said call back message by using said call back number associated with a caller ID contained in said page message and said prepared response message; and

means for transmitting said call back message to said call back number;

wherein said means for transmitting said call back message comprises;

means, operative in a situation where said mobile phone is located out of a service area, for repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved; and

wherein said means for repeatedly attempting said transmitting comprises means for carrying out said transmitting a predetermined time period after said situation has been resolved.

4. In a portable device provided with a mobile phone and a capability of receiving a page message from a caller, a system for automatically transmitting a call back message to a call back number associated with the caller in response to a reception of the page message, the system comprising:

means for storing a data structure, entered by a portable device user, in which a caller ID of each of prospective callers is associated with information on the prospective caller and a caller'"'"'s communication device to which said prospective caller wants a call to him or her to be directed;

means, responsive to said reception of said page message, for displaying response messages prepared for use in calling back in a situation where said user is too busy to call back and for permitting said user to select one of said prepared response messages;

means responsive to the selection by said user for compiling said call back message by using said call back number associated with a caller ID contained in said page message and said prepared response message; and

means for transmitting said call back message to said call back number;

wherein said means for transmitting said call back message comprises;

means, operative in a situation where said mobile phone is located out of a service area, for repeatedly attempting said transmitting at a preset time interval till said situation is resolved;

wherein said means for repeatedly attempting said transmitting comprises;

means for carrying out said transmitting in response to a determination that an electric field around said device is equal to or larger than a predetermined level when said situation has been resolved.