Communication terminal apparatus, method of changing function and/or setting of communication terminal apparatus, and program

• US 7,634,299 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2005
• Issued: 12/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Mise, Hiroaki, Yatabe, Shigeki, Otsuji, Tetsuo, Natsumura, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US11/217,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20060057966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,566 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411- 412, 4554041-4042, 4554141-4142, 4554561-4563, 4555561-5562, 455/410, 455/411, 4554121-4122, 455/413, 455/414.3, 455/415, 455/418, 455/456.6, 455/567, 455 901- 902, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 455/566, 340/539.1, 34053911-53913, 340/572.1, 340/573.1, 34053922-53929
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A communication terminal apparatus includes a situation change detecting unit that detects a change in external situation and transmits an external situation change detection signal, and a control unit that receives the external situation change detection signal, thereby reads out a predetermined function and/or setting stored in a storing unit, and changes the functions and/or setting.

Claims

1. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

a calendar unit;

a clock unit;

a situation change detecting unit that;

acquires a current time from the clock unit and a current date and a day of the week from the calendar unit;

determines if the acquired time, date, day of the week corresponds to first period or second period; and

outputs a change detection signal when detecting change of determination of the first period and the second period;

a storage unit that stores first setting information including a first phone number and mail address for the first period and second setting information including a second phone number and mail address for the second period;

a control unit that reads out the first setting information or the second setting information based on the determination of the first period and the second period when receiving the change detection signal and changes a phone number and a mail address of the communication terminal to the first phone number and mail address or the second phone number and mail address based on the setting information read out from the storage unit.

2. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first phone number and mail address is a phone number and mail address for work, and the second phone number and mail address is a phone number and mail address for private.