Portable telephone device

• US 6,898,443 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2002
• Issued: 05/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamaoka, Michiyuki, Akao, Masahide
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, TUAN A
• Application Number:
  US10/084,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20020119806A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,182 Days
• Field of Search: 4555751- 4, 455566-567, 455/574, 455 901- 3, 455/414.1, 379/433.01, 379/433.04, 345/102
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/401 for selecting or indicating operating mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

While the backlight is lit, if the control unit detects key input concerning a request instruction from a user by the request instruction signal from the operation unit, the control unit outputs the lights-out instruction signal to the display lighting unit to turn off the backlight, and outputs the detected request instruction signal to the communication unit. The communication unit transmits the request instruction signal to the server via the base station. If the server responses the request instruction signal and distributes the contents information to the communication unit via the base station, and the communication unit outputs the contents information within the waiting time, the control unit reproduces the contents information, outputs the reproduced contents information to the display unit to display the contents information on the display panel in the display unit, and outputs the light-up instruction signal to the display lighting unit to turn on the backlight.

Claims

1. A portable telephone device which receives contents information distributed from a server in response to a request made by a user for the contents information, the portable telephone device comprising:

a display panel which displays the received contents information thereon;

a backlight which lights up the display panel;

a request detecting means for detecting that the request has been made;

a reception judgment means for judging whether the contents information is received within a predetermined period of time since the request detecting means detects that the request has been made;

a display control means for (a) in a case where the contents information is received, displaying on the display panel the received contents information when the contents information is received, and (b) in a case where the contents information failed to be received, displaying on the display panel a message indicating that that contents information failed to be received when the predetermined period of time has elapsed; and

a lighting control means for (a) in the case where the contents information is received, turning off the backlight after the request detecting means detects that the request has been made until the contents information is displayed and turning on the backlight when the contents information is displayed and (b) in the case where the contents information failed to be received, turning off the backlight after the request detecting means detects that the request has been made until the message is displayed and turning on the backlight when the message is displayed.

2. The portable telephone device of claim 1, wherein

the lighting control means turns on the backlight when the lighting control means detects completion of a display procedure for displaying the received contents information on the display panel.

3. The portable telephone device of claim 2, wherein

the display procedure displays a portion of the received contents information on the display panel.

4. The portable telephone device of claim 3, wherein

the request detecting means includes an instruction accepting unit for accepting from the user an instruction for requesting the contents information, and detects that the request has been made by detecting the instruction.

5. The portable telephone device of claim 3, wherein

the request detecting means includes an instruction accepting unit for accepting from the user an instruction for requesting the contents information, and detects that the request has been made by detecting transmission of the instruction.

6. The portable telephone device of claim 2, wherein

the display procedure displays all of the received contents information on the display panel.

7. The portable telephone device of claim 6, wherein

the request detecting means includes an instruction accepting unit for accepting from the user an instruction for requesting the contents information, and detects that the request has been made by detecting the instruction.

8. The portable telephone device of claim 6, wherein

the request detecting means includes an instruction accepting unit for accepting from the user an instruction for requesting the contents information, and detects that the request has been made by detecting transmission of the instruction.