Portable electronic apparatus having a telephoning function

• US 6,985,562 B1
• Filed: 05/27/1999
• Issued: 01/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Araki, Shirayuki, Matsuda, Youzou
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Phan, Joseph T
• Application Number:
  US09/321,204
• Time in Patent Office: 2,420 Days
• Field of Search: 379 8805- 8806, 379/88.14, 379/157, 455/414.1, 455/414.4, 4555501-566
• US Class Current: 379/88.06
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus having a telephoning function receives country or area data to be set therein through an infrared communication controller 19 and an infrared communication device 20, and stores the data in a flash ROM. The country or area initial data corresponding to the data stored in the flash ROM is selected from a database including various kinds of initial data stored in a ROM to cope with a plurality of countries or areas, and the selected initial data is used to initialize software.

Claims

1. A portable electronic apparatus incorporating software and having a wireless telephoning function, comprising:

a display for displaying one or more selection screens;

a first memory for storing a plurality of sets of initial data for the software to cope with different countries and languages so that the portable electronic apparatus can utilize initial data corresponding to a country in which the portable electronic apparatus is used and at least a principal language for that country;

input means operable by a user to make selections from the selection screens of a country in which the portable electronic apparatus is being used, a principal language for that country, and an additional language different than the principal language; and

a second memory for storing data identifying the user-selected country, the user-selected principal language, and the user-selected additional language,

wherein, when the software is initialized, initial data corresponding to the user-selected country, the user-selected principal language, and the user-selected additional language identified by the data stored in the second memory is selected from the initial data stored in the first memory,

wherein the portable electronic apparatus further comprises editing means operable by the user to edit the user-selected country, the user-selected principal language and/or the user-selected additional language, and data identifying the edited selections is stored in the second memory,

wherein the portable electronic apparatus further comprises a key that is operated to delete the edited selections and, when the key is operated, the edited selections are deleted and the software is initialized by use of data identifying the country, the principal language and the additional language selected by the user prior to the editing, and

wherein, when the software of the portable electronic apparatus is initialized by use of the data identifying the edited selections, the edited selections are checked so that, if incorrect data is found therein, the data identifying the edited selections is automatically deleted and the software is initialized by use of data identifying the country, the principal language and the additional language selected by the user prior to the editing.

4. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more selection screens comprise a country selection screen identifying one or more countries for selection using the input means.

5. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more selection screens comprise a principal language selection screen identifying one or more principal languages for selection using the input means.

2. A portable electronic apparatus incorporating software and having a wireless telephoning function, comprising:

a first memory area for storing software;

a second memory area for storing a plurality of sets of initial data for the software corresponding to countries in which the portable electronic apparatus can be used and principal languages for those countries so that the portable electronic apparatus is usable in a plurality of countries and languages;

a third memory area for storing an index to the initial data;

a display for displaying one or more selection screens;

input means operable by a user to make selections from the selection screens of a country in which the portable electronic apparatus is being used, a principal language for that country, and an additional language different than the principal language;

a fourth memory area for storing country and language data used to initialize the software;

a fifth memory area for storing a flag indicating the selection of the country, the principal language, or the additional language using the input means; and

a sixth memory area for storing data identifying the country, the principal language, and the additional language which are selected using the input means,

wherein, when the flag in the fifth memory area is not set, the portable electronic apparatus reads out the country and language data from the fourth memory area, acquires from the third memory area an index to the initial data corresponding to the read-out country and language data, and initializes the software in the first memory area by using the initial data specified by the index and stored in the second memory area, and

wherein when the flag in the fifth memory area is set, the portable electronic apparatus initializes the software in the first memory area by using the country, the principal language, and the additional language identified by the data in the sixth memory area and

wherein, when the software of the portable electronic apparatus is initialized by using the country, the principal language and the additional language identified by the data in the sixth memory area, the data in the sixth memory area is checked so that, if incorrect data is found therein, the data in the sixth memory area is automatically deleted and the software is initialized by use of the country and language data in the fourth memory area.

3. A portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a key that is operated to delete the data selected using the input means.

6. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more selection screens comprise a country selection screen identifying one or more countries for selection using the input means.

7. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more selection screens comprise a principal language selection screen identifying one or more principal languages for selection using the input means.