Shared phone, medium having recorded therein program for controlling shared phone, and method for controlling shared phone

• US 7,792,543 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2005
• Issued: 09/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Akama, Katsuaki
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, SIMON
• Application Number:
  US11/211,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20060264234A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,839 Days
• Field of Search: 455 74- 741, 4555521-555, 455/66.1, 455/558, 455462-463, 455/556.1, 455 412- 413, 455/426.1, 455/426.2, 455/507, 455/517, 455/550.1, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The present invention provides a shared phone, a medium having recorded therein a program for controlling the shared phone, and a method for controlling the shared phone, which can make the shared use by a plurality of users easy. The shared phone switches phone numbers depending on users, and includes a user information storage unit that stores user information including phone numbers for each user, a public line communication unit that performs public line communication, and registers phone numbers stored in the user information storage unit to a public line, and detects an incoming call to a registered phone number, a display unit that, in case an incoming call is detected by the public line communication unit, displays user information corresponding to the incoming call from among user information stored by the user information storage unit, and an operation unit that accepts instruction for public line communication from a user, and sends the instruction to the public line communication unit.

Claims

1. A shared phone comprising:

a short-range radio communication unit that detects a cellular phone located in a predetermined area, and performs short-range radio communication with the cellular phone so as to take in user information including a phone number assigned to the cellular phone from the cellular phone, the cellular phone being designed to perform public line communication with a base station outside the predetermined area;

a user information storage unit that stores the user information taken in by the short-range radio communication unit;

a public line communication unit that performs the public line communication with the base station so as to cause the base station to inform of an incoming call to the phone number to the shared phone, the public line communication between the public line communication unit and the base station being radio communication different from the short-range radio communication;

a display unit that displays the user information stored in the user information storage unit when the incoming call is informed from the base station; and

an operation unit that accepts an instruction for public line communication from a user, and sends the instruction to the public line communication unit to perform public line communication, wherein

the public line communication unit performs the public line communication with the base station without the cellular phone according to the instruction, and

the shared phone is a cellular phone.

2. The shared phone according to claim 1, wherein

the short-range radio communication unit detects a second cellular phone located in the predetermined area and performs the short-range radio communication with the second cellular phone so as to take in second user information including a second phone number assigned to the second cellular phone from the second cellular phone,

the second cellular phone, the second user information and the second phone number are respectively different from the cellular phone, the user information and the phone number,

the user information storage unit stores the second user information taken in by the short-range radio communication unit,

the public line communication unit that performs the public line communication with the base station so as to cause the base station to inform of an incoming call to the second phone number to the shared phone,

the display unit displays the user information and the second user information stored in the user information storage unit,

the instruction includes a selection from the user information and the second user information, and

the public line communication unit originates a call using a public line in accordance with the instruction.

3. The shared phone according to claim 1, wherein,

the short-range radio communication unit periodically performs detection of the cellular phone located in a predetermined area, and

when the short-range radio communication unit fails to detect the cellular phone located in a predetermined area, the short-range radio communication unit deletes user information stored in the user information storage unit.

4. The shared phone according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined area is defined so that the shared phone is centered within the predetermined area.

5. The shared phone according to claim 1, wherein the phone number is dedicated to the public line communication.

6. A medium that has recorded therein, readably by a computer, a shared phone control program that

causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

detecting a cellular phone located in a predetermined area;

performing short-range radio communication with the cellular phone so as to take in user information including a phone number assigned to the cellular phone from the cellular phone, the cellular phone being designed to perform public line communication with a base station outside the predetermined area;

storing the user information into a memory;

performing the public line communication with the base station so as to cause the base station to inform of an incoming call to the phone number to the shared phone, the public line communication between the public line communication unit and the base station being radio communication different from the short-range radio communication;

displaying the user information stored in the memory when the incoming call is informed from the base station;

receiving an instruction for public line communication from a user; and

performing the public line communication with the base station without the cellular phone according to the instruction, wherein

the shared phone is a cellular phone.

7. The medium according to claim 6, wherein the shared phone control program causes the computer to further execute a process comprising:

detecting a second cellular phone located in the predetermined area;

performing the short-range radio communication with the second cellular phone so as to take in second user information including a second phone number assigned to the second cellular phone from the second cellular phone;

storing the second user information into the memory; and

performing the public line communication with the base station so as to cause the base station to inform of an incoming call to the second phone number to the shared phone,

the second cellular phone, the second user information and the second phone number are respectively different from the cellular phone, the user information and the phone number,

the displaying displays the user information and the second user information stored in the memory,

the instruction includes a selection from the user information and the second user information, and

the performing public line communication originates a call using a public line in accordance with the instruction.

8. The medium according to claim 6, wherein

the detecting a cellular phone is periodically performed, and

the shared phone control program causes the computer to further execute a process comprising

deleting the user information stored in the memory when detection of the cellular phone fails.

9. The medium according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined area is defined so that the shared phone is centered within the predetermined area.

10. The medium according to claim 6, wherein the phone number is dedicated to the public line communication.

11. A method for controlling a shared phone that includes a memory, the method comprising:

detecting a cellular phone located in a predetermined area;

performing short-range radio communication with the cellular phone so as to take in user information including a phone number assigned to the cellular phone from the cellular phone, the cellular phone being designed to perform public line communication with a base station outside the predetermined area;

storing the user information into the memory;

performing the public line communication with the base station so as to cause the base station to inform of an incoming call to the phone number to the shared phone, the public line communication between the public line communication unit and the base station being radio communication different from the short-range radio communication;

displaying the user information stored memory when the incoming call is informed from the base station;

receiving an instruction for public line communication from a user; and

performing the public line communication with the base station without the cellular phone according to the instruction, wherein

the shared phone is a cellular phone.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a second cellular phone located in the predetermined area;

performing the short-range radio communication with the second cellular phone so as to take in second user information including a second phone number assigned to the second cellular phone from the second cellular phone;

storing the second user information into the memory; and

performing the public line communication with the base station so as to cause the base station to inform of an incoming call to the second phone number to the shared phone, wherein

the second cellular phone, the second user information and the second phone number are respectively different from the cellular phone, the user information and the phone number,

the displaying displays the user information and the second user information stored in the memory,

the instruction includes a selection from the user information and the second user information, and

the performing public line communication originates a call using a public line in accordance with the instruction.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the detecting a cellular phone is periodically performed, and

the method further comprising

deleting the user information stored in the memory when detection of the cellular phone fails.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined area is defined so that the shared phone is centered within the predetermined area.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the phone number is dedicated to the public line communication.