Portable communication device for domestic and international communications and automatic calling method for domestic and international calls
First Claim
1. A portable communication device for communication via a connected telephone circuit, comprising:
- communication destination party information memory means for storing communication destination party information including communication destination party identifying information of a communication destination party, subscriber number information of the communication destination party, and country identifying information for identifying a country where the communication destination party is a subscriber of telephone service, wherein the communication destination party information memory means is divided into memory regions corresponding to different destination countries so that each different region includes communication destination party identifying information of the communication destination party and subscriber number information of communication destination party of a respective different destination country;
input/output means for displaying, in response to a user'"'"'s operation, a list of the communication destination party identifying information stored in the communication destination party information memory means;
calling processing means for dialing a call to a communication destination party selected from the list of the communication destination party identifying information displayed by the input/output means; and
using country information recognizing means for recognizing means for automatically recognizing, without a user input command, a country where the portable communication device is connected to the telephone circuit;
wherein the calling processing means automatically converts, as necessary, the subscriber number information stored in the communication destination party information memory means into a subscriber number suitable for a domestic or international call based on a result of comparison between the using country information recognized by the using country information recognizing means and the country identifying information of the communication destination party selected as a call destination, and dials a resultant subscriber number.
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Abstract
An internal memory has an address book table for registering data regarding a communication destination party, a telephone number, and a country flag indicative of a country where the communication destination party is present, in a manner that they are shown corresponding to one another. A calling processor compares a country flag attached to a communication destination party selected using a memory dial function, and information obtained from an RF module regarding a country where the communication circuit can be established. When the flag information and the information from the Rf module coincide, the calling processor determines that the ongoing call is a domestic call, and thus dials the telephone number as registered in the address book table and, when they do not coincide, the calling processor determines that the ongoing call is an international call, and thus dials international access and country codes prior to the telephone number registered in the address book table. Using a portable communication device having the above arrangement, the user can automatically place a call to a party in or out of the country where the user is present even when the destination party information for each communication destination candidate party is registered only in a single formation.
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29 Claims
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1. A portable communication device for communication via a connected telephone circuit, comprising:
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communication destination party information memory means for storing communication destination party information including communication destination party identifying information of a communication destination party, subscriber number information of the communication destination party, and country identifying information for identifying a country where the communication destination party is a subscriber of telephone service, wherein the communication destination party information memory means is divided into memory regions corresponding to different destination countries so that each different region includes communication destination party identifying information of the communication destination party and subscriber number information of communication destination party of a respective different destination country;
input/output means for displaying, in response to a user'"'"'s operation, a list of the communication destination party identifying information stored in the communication destination party information memory means;
calling processing means for dialing a call to a communication destination party selected from the list of the communication destination party identifying information displayed by the input/output means; and
using country information recognizing means for recognizing means for automatically recognizing, without a user input command, a country where the portable communication device is connected to the telephone circuit;
wherein the calling processing means automatically converts, as necessary, the subscriber number information stored in the communication destination party information memory means into a subscriber number suitable for a domestic or international call based on a result of comparison between the using country information recognized by the using country information recognizing means and the country identifying information of the communication destination party selected as a call destination, and dials a resultant subscriber number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable communication device for communication via a connected telephone circuit, comprising:
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communication destination party information memory means for storing communication destination party information including communication destination party identifying information of a communication destination party, subscriber number information of the communication destination party, and country identifying information for identifying a country where the communication destination party is a subscriber of a telephone service, wherein the communication destination party information memory means is divided into memory regions corresponding to different destination countries so that each different region includes communication destination party identifying information of the communication destination party and subscriber number information of communication destination party of a respective different destination country;
input/output means for displaying, in response to a user'"'"'s operation, a list of the communication destination party identifying information stored in the communication destination party information memory means;
calling processing means for dialing a call to a communication destination party selected from the list of the communication destination party identifying information displayed by the input/output means; and
using country information recognizing means for automatically recognizing, without a user input command, a country where the portable communication device is connected to the telephone circuit;
wherein when making a call, the calling processing means is able to change a selected subscriber number information, based on judgement that the subscriber number information of the communication destination party, stored in the communication destination party information memory means, is not usable for dialing a call, the judgement being based on comparison between the using country information recognized by the using country information recognizing means and the country identifying information of the communication destination party selected as a called party. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A portable communication device for communication with a communication destination party via a base station through a connected telephone circuit, comprising:
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communication destination party information memory means for storing communication destination party information including communication destination party identifying information of a communication destination party, subscriber number information of the communication destination party, and country identifying information for identifying a country where the communication destination party is a subscriber of a telephone service, wherein the communication destination party information memory means is divided into memory regions corresponding to different destination countries so that each different region includes communication destination party identifying information of the communication destination party and subscriber number information of communication destination party of a respective different destination country;
input/output means for displaying, in response to a user'"'"'s operation, a list of the communication destination party identifying information stored in the communication destination party information memory means;
using country information recognizing means for obtaining, from information sent from the base station, using country information of a country where the portable communication device is connected to the telephone circuit;
calling processing means for specifying a subscriber number when a call is made to a communication destination party selected as a called party from a list of communication destination party identifying information displayed by the input/output means, based on a comparison between the using country information recognized by the using country information recognizing means and the country identifying information of the communication destination party selected as a called party. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. An automatic calling method employed in a portable communication device for communication via a connected telephone circuit, comprising:
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a communication destination party candidate displaying step of extracting communication destination party identifying information from communication destination party information memory means and displaying a list thereof, said memory means stores the communication destination party information including communication destination party identifying information of a communication destination party, subscriber number information of the communication destination party, and country identifying information for identifying a country where the communication destination party is a subscriber of telephone service, wherein the communication destination party information memory means is divided into memory regions corresponding to different destination countries so that each different region includes communication destination party identifying information of the communication destination party and subscriber number information of communication destination party of a respective different destination country;
a comparison step of comparing country identifying information corresponding to a communication destination party selected from the list of communication destination party identifying information displayed at the communication destination party candidate displaying step, and using country information specifying a country where the portable communication device is connected to the telephone circuit, the country information being automatically recognized, without a user input command; and
a calling step of automatically converting, as necessary, the subscriber number information of the communication destination party selected, into a subscriber number suitable for a domestic or international call based on a result of comparison made at the comparison step, and making a call.
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22. An automatic calling method employed in a portable communication device for communication via a connected telephone circuit, comprising:
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a communication destination party candidate displaying step of extracting communication destination party identifying information from communication destination party information memory means to display a list thereof, said memory means stores the communication destination party information including communication destination party identifying information of a communication destination party, subscriber number information of the communication destination party, and country identifying information for identifying a country where the communication destination party is a subscriber of telephone service, wherein the communication destination party information memory means is divided into memory regions corresponding to different destination countries so that each different region includes communication destination party identifying information of the communication destination party and subscriber number information of communication destination party of a respective different destination country;
a comparison step of comparing country identifying information corresponding to a communication destination party selected from the list of communication destination party identifying information displayed at the communication destination party candidate displaying step, and using country information specifying a country where the portable communication device is connected to the telephone circuit, the country information being automatically recognized, without a user input command; and
a calling step of displaying, for editing, the subscriber number information when a judgement is made based on a result of comparison made at the comparison step, that the subscriber number information of the communication destination party, stored in the communication destination party information memory means, is not usable intact for dialing a call, and making a call using a resultant subscriber number edited.
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23. A portable communication device for communication via a connected telephone circuit, comprising:
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communication destination party information memory means for storing communication destination party information including communication destination party identifying information of a communication destination party, subscriber number information of the communication destination party, and country identifying information for identifying a country where the communication destination party is a subscriber of telephone service;
input/output means for displaying, in response to a user'"'"'s operation, a list of the communication destination party identifying information stored in the communication destination party information memory means;
calling processing means for dialing a call to a communication destination party selected from the list of the communication destination party identifying information displayed by the input/output means; and
using country information recognizing means for recognizing a country where the portable communication device is connected to the telephone circuit;
a communication module for connecting to a telephone circuit; and
a communication device main body for communication via the communication module;
wherein the communication module comprises an antenna, transmitter/receiver means for transmitting and receiving a message via the antenna, and radio communication control means for controlling radio communication according to a predetermined communication format, and the communication module has a part abutting on the communication device main body, the part having a different shape for every country; and
the using country information recognizing means specifies using country information of the communication module connected thereto by detecting a shape of the part abutting on the communication device main body, of the communication module, and wherein the calling processing means automatically converts, as necessary, the subscriber number information stored in the communication destination party information memory means into a subscriber number suitable for a domestic or international call based on a result of comparison between the using country information recognized by the using country information recognizing means and the country identifying information of the communication destination party selected as a call destination, and dials a resultant subscriber number. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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