Portable telephone

• US 7,295,863 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2001
• Issued: 11/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Takenaka, Hidetoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Zewdu; Meless
• Application Number:
  US09/791,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20020098875A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,454 Days
• Field of Search: 455/128, 455566-567, 455/66, 455/88, 455/575, 455/435, 455/420, 455/558, 4554121-4122, 455/413, 455/414.1, 455/3.06, 455/401, 455/404.1, 455/550.1, 455/556.2, 455/415, 455/418, 455/425, 455/517, 455/575.1, 379/52, 379/88.12, 379/88.15, 379/7.58, 379/7.59, 379/7.56, 379/7.61, 379/7.62, 379/7.74, 379/88.11, 379 8819- 8822, 379/164, 379/179, 379/373.01, 379/373.02, 379/373.03, 379/373.04, 379/374.01, 379/374.02, 379/67.1, 379/88.1, 379/142.01, 379/142.09, 379/142.17, 379/185, 379/252, 379/215.01, 379/911, 379/374.03, 379/375.01, 379/375.06, 340/407.1, 340/815.4, 340/815.45, 340/61, 340 755- 759, 340/6, 340/62, 340 76- 762, 373/374.03, 370/375.01, 370/376.01
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

Disclosed is a portable telephone in which the informing of a reception is performed at the time of the reception by causing a buzzer to generate its reception sound and simultaneously a history of the reception is recorded in a memory, wherein in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the buzzer generates an alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed.

Claims

1. A portable telephone in which a process of informing of a reception of an incoming voice call is performed during the reception by causing a buzzer to generate its reception sound and simultaneously a history of the reception is recorded in a memory,

wherein in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the buzzer generates an alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed;

wherein the memory records therein at least one telephone number that is designated beforehand, the designated telephone number being of a potential originator of a call; and

the buzzer generates its alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case a telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory.

2. A portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein the buzzer generates its alarming sound for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed.

3. A portable telephone in which a process of informing of a reception of an incoming voice call is performed during the reception by causing an LED to turn “

on”

“

off” and

simultaneously a history of the reception is recorded in a memory,

wherein in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the LED turns “

on”

“

off”

until the history of the reception is confirmed;

wherein the memory records therein at least one telephone number that is designated beforehand, the designated telephone number being of a potential originator of a call; and

the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory.

4. A portable telephone according to claim 3, wherein the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed.

5. A portable telephone in which a process of informing of a reception of an incoming voice call is performed during the reception by causing a vibrator to vibrate and simultaneously a history of the reception is recorded in a memory, wherein

in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the vibrator vibrates until the history of the reception is confirmed;

wherein the memory records therein at least one telephone number that is designated beforehand, the designated telephone number being of a potential originator of a call; and

the vibrator vibrates until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory.

6. A portable telephone according to claim 5, wherein the vibrator vibrates for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed.

7. A portable telephone in which a process of informing of a reception of an incoming voice call is performed during the reception by causing a buzzer to generate its alarming sound and causing an LED to turn “

on”

/“

off” and

simultaneously a history of the reception is recorded in a memory, wherein

in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the buzzer generates its alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed; and

in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

until the history of the reception is confirmed;

wherein the memory records therein at least one telephone number that is designated beforehand, the designated telephone number being of a potential originator of a call;

the buzzer generates its alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory; and

the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory.

8. A portable telephone according to claim 7, wherein the buzzer generates its alarming sound for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed;

and the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed.

9. A portable telephone in which a process of informing of a reception of an incoming voice call is performed during the reception by causing a buzzer to generate its alarming sound and causing a vibrator to vibrate and simultaneously a history of the reception is recorded in a memory, wherein

in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the buzzer generates its alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed;

and

in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the vibrator vibrates until the history of the reception is confirmed;

wherein the memory records therein at least one telephone number that is designated beforehand, the designated telephone number being of a potential originator of a call; and

the buzzer generates its alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory; and

the vibrator vibrates until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory.

10. A portable telephone according to claim 9, wherein the buzzer generates its alarming sound for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed;

and

the vibrator vibrates for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed.

11. A portable telephone in which a process of informing of a reception of an incoming voice call is performed during the reception by causing an LED to turn “

on”

/“

off” and

causing a vibrator to vibrate and simultaneously a history of the reception is recorded in a memory, wherein

in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

until the history of the reception is confirmed; and

in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, the vibrator vibrates until the history of the reception is confirmed;

wherein the memory records therein at least one telephone number that is designated beforehand, the designated telephone number being of a potential originator of a call; and

the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory; and

the vibrator vibrates until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory.

12. A portable telephone according to claim 11, wherein the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed; and

the vibrator vibrates for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed.

13. A portable telephone according to claim 11, wherein the generation of the reception sound is made at the time of the reception and, in the case no response to the informing of the reception is made and the history of the reception is recorded in the memory, a buzzer generates its alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed.

14. A portable telephone according to claim 13, wherein

the buzzer generates its alarming sound for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed;

the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed; and

the vibrator vibrates for a prescribed time length in units of a prescribed time length until the history of the reception is confirmed.

15. A portable telephone according to claim 13 or 14, wherein

the buzzer generates its alarming sound until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory;

the LED turns “

on”

/“

off”

until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory; and

the vibrator vibrates until the history of the reception is confirmed only in the case the telephone number of the reception coincides with the previously designated telephone number that is recorded in the memory.

16. A portable telephone, comprising:

a wireless circuit that receives an incoming voice call;

a display circuit that displays a message indicating a termination of the voice call that is not answered after termination of the voice call; and

a control circuit that generates a first sound during reception of the incoming voice call by the wireless circuit and that generates a second sound after termination of the voice call but before an erasing of the message from the display circuit, the second sound being generated only in the case an originating telephone number of the received voice call coincides with a previously designated telephone number that is recorded in a memory of the portable telephone.

17. The portable telephone according to claim 16, wherein the control circuit does not generate the second sound after the erasing of the message from the display circuit.

18. The portable telephone according to claim 16, wherein the control circuit generates the second sound repeatedly at intervals of a predetermined period of time, and the control circuit stops a repetition of generating the second sound after the erasing of the message from the display circuit.

19. The portable telephone according to claim 18, further comprising a memory that stores a reception history of the call, wherein the message is erased from the display circuit after a user of the portable telephone confirms the reception history.