Communication terminal having caller identification information display function

• US 7,127,237 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2001
• Issued: 10/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Naruse, Akiko, Ishikura, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hashem, Lisa
• Application Number:
  US09/893,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20020002044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,943 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 379/142.04, 379/207.15
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile

Abstract

A communication terminal according to the present invention is configured so that a user can selectively set any one of a first display mode for displaying a CLI message with high priority, a second display mode for displaying a phone book storage information with high priority, and a third display mode for displaying both of the CLI message and phone book storage information. When an incoming call takes place, it is determined whether or not any one of the first, second, and third modes is set. According to the determination result, the caller name notified by the CLI message and the user name stored in the phone book are selectively displayed.

Claims

1. A communication terminal adapted to be connected to a network which provides a service function for notifying of a message that contains a caller phone number and a caller name, the communication terminal comprising:

a phone book for storing user identification information containing a user phone number and a user name to be associated with the user phone number for each communication party user;

message receiving means for receiving the caller phone number and the caller name in the message included in an incoming call signal from the network;

display mode selling means for setting either a first display mode for displaying only the received message received by said message receiving means or a second display mode for displaying only the user identification information stored in the phone book;

determining means for determining whether the first display mode or second display mode is set by said display mode setting means;

comparing means for comparing the received caller phone number with each stored user phone number stored in the phone book; and

display means for displaying the received caller name and the stored user name corresponding to a stored user phone number that coincides with the received caller phone number according to the determination result of the determining means, wherein said display means displays only the message received by said message receiving means when the first display mode is set or when the received caller phone number does not coincide with one of the user phone numbers stored in the phone book, and displays only the stored user identification information including one of the stored phone numbers when the received caller phone number coincides with one of the user phone numbers stored in the phone book.

2. A radio communication terminal comprising:

a phone book for storing user identification information containing a user phone number and a user name to be associated with the user phone number for each communication party user;

receiving means for receiving an incoming call signal including a caller phone number and a caller name;

display mode setting means for setting either a first display mode for displaying only the message received by said message receiving means or a second display mode for displaying only the user identification information stored in the phone book;

determining means for determining whether the first display mode or second display mode is set by said display mode setting means;

comparing means for comparing the received caller phone number with each stored user phone number stored in the phone book; and

display means for displaying the received caller name and the stored user name corresponding to a stored user phone number that coincides with the received caller phone number according to the determination result of the determining means, wherein said display means displays only the message received by said receiving means when the first display mode is set or when the received caller phone number does not coincide with one of the user phone numbers stored in the phone book, and displays only the stored user identification information including one of the stored phone numbers when the received caller phone number coincides with one of the user phone numbers stored in the phone book.

3. A radio communication terminal comprising:

a memory for storing a phone number and a user name associated with the phone number;

means for obtaining a caller phone number and a caller name from an incoming call;

means for setting either a first display mode for displaying the obtained caller name or a second display mode for displaying the stored user name preferentially;

means for comparing the obtained caller phone number with the stored user phone number; and

means for displaying the obtained caller name when the first display mode is set or when the second display mode is set and the obtained caller phone number does not coincide with the stored phone number, and for displaying the stored user name when the second display mode is set and the obtained caller phone number coincides with the stored phone number.

4. A radio communication terminal comprising:

a memory for storing a phone number and a user name associated with the phone number;

means for obtaining a caller phone number and a caller name from an incoming call;

means for setting either a first display mode for displaying the obtained caller name or a second display mode for displaying the stored user name preferentially;

means for comparing the obtained caller phone number with the stored user phone number; and

means for displaying the obtained caller name when the first display mode is set;

means for displaying the obtained caller name when the obtained caller phone number does not coincide with the stored phone number and when the second mode is set, and for displaying the stored user name when the obtained caller phone number coincides with the stored phone number when the second mode is set.