Phone number transmission between telephone devices

• US 6,876,862 B1
• Filed: 10/05/2000
• Issued: 04/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Tanaka, Motoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Pablo N.
• Application Number:
  US09/679,969
• Time in Patent Office: 1,643 Days
• Field of Search: 455460-461, 455/466, 455/517, 455563-567, 455/575, 455/90, 455/415, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/403, 455/458, 379/67.1, 379/88.16, 379/304, 379/354
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A telephone apparatus allowing easy and reliable phone number transfer to the other party through an established connection now used for telephone conversation is disclosed. A desired phone number can be automatically transmitted to the other party, and the other party automatically receives and stores the desired phone number without human errors. At a receiving side, the correct phone number can be easily registered in a memory or a phone directory memory so as to make a call at the phone number.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data from a first telephone to a second telephone during an established audio connection between the telephones, the method comprising:

at the first telephone,

a) producing data to be transmitted comprising a first data field that includes a predetermined identifier code, the predetermined identifier code indicating that a second data field that includes a telephone number will follow the first data field;

b) transmitting the data to the second telephone through the connection during the established audio connection;

at the second telephone,

c) receiving the first data field and the second data field;

d) displaying the telephone number; and

e) storing the telephone number into a memory for storing data.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

f) at the second telephone, making a call to the telephone number stored in the memory as a function of a user'"'"'s instruction.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (a), the telephone number is produced through an input device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (a), the telephone number is retrieved from the memory depending on a user'"'"'s instruction.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (a), a processor performs speech recognition to produce the second data field.

6. A telephone adapted to permit a telephone conversation between a first user associated with the telephone and a second user associated with a remote telephone when an audio connection has been established between the two telephones, said telephone comprising:

a transceiver;

a display device;

an input device for inputting instructions;

a memory for storing data; and

a processor for controlling telephone operations;

wherein the telephone, responsive to the processor, is capable of transmitting information data other than conversation data through the established audio connection, the information data comprising a first data field that includes a predetermined identifier code, the predetermined identifier code indicating that a second data field that includes a telephone number will follow the first data field.

7. The telephone according to claim 6, wherein the telephone number transmitted in the second data field is produced in response to an instruction inputted through the input device.

8. The telephone according to claim 6, wherein the telephone number transmitted is obtained from the memory.

9. The telephone according to claim 6, further comprising:

a speech recognizer, responsive to the processor, for recognizing input voice signals to produce character data;

wherein the phone number to be transmitted is produced by the speech recognizer upon receiving the voice signals corresponding to the digits of the telephone number through a microphone of the telephone.

10. A telephone adapted to permit a telephone conversation between a first user associated with the telephone and a second user associated with a remote telephone when an audio connection has been established between the two telephones, said telephone comprising:

a transceiver;

a display device;

an input device for inputting instructions;

a memory for storing data; and

a processor controlling telephone operations;

wherein the telephone, responsive to the processor, is capable of receiving information data other than conversation data through the established audio connection, the information data comprising a first data field that includes a predetermined identifier code, the predetermined identifier code indicating that a second data field that includes a telephone number will follow the first data field.

11. The telephone according to claim 10, wherein the processor causes the telephone number to be displayed to the display device.

12. The telephone according to claim 10, wherein the telephone is capable of making a telephone call to the telephone number upon an instruction inputted into the input device.

13. The telephone according to claim 10, wherein the processor causes the telephone number to be stored into the memory.

14. The telephone according to claim 13, wherein the memory is a received data memory.

15. The telephone according to claim 13, wherein the memory is a phone directory memory.

16. A communications link between a sending telephone and a receiving telephone, wherein during a telephone call the ink is adapted to permit the transfer of information data comprising a first data field that includes a predetermined identifier code, the predetermined identifier code indicating that a second data field that includes a telephone number will follow the first data field.