Mobile telephone terminal with improved utility
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1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
- a time monitor that detects the time that an incoming call signal is received from an originating terminal, said incoming call signal including caller ID information;
a caller ID storage device that stores preselected caller ID information and associates specific call answering message information with each stored caller ID, wherein at least one caller ID has associated therewith different call answering messages based on the time that said incoming call signal is received;
a call answering message storage device for storing call answering messages associated with specific call answering message information stored in said caller ID storage device, and a preset call answering message not associated with any call answering message information in said caller ID storage device; and
a call answering message selector that receives an incoming call signal caller ID and receives from said time monitor the time that the incoming call signal is received, determines whether said incoming call signal caller ID is stored in said caller ID storage device, and if so whether different call answering message information is stored for said incoming call signal caller ID based on the time that said incoming call is received, retrieves a call answering message from said call answering message storage device based on the results of said determinations, and outputs said retrieved call answering message when a user of said mobile communication terminal has failed to answer said incoming call;
whereby incoming calls for the same user of said mobile communication terminal are capable of receiving different call answering messages based on the received caller ID, and the time that the incoming call from a particular caller as identified by said caller ID is received.
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Abstract
A mobile communication terminal includes timer for detecting the time of an incoming call, a caller number registration table for storing caller numbers, answer message ID numbers and time-dependent switching codes in relation to each other, the time-dependent control codes designating callers for whom answer messages are switched depending on a time zone in which the call is made. There is thus provided a capability of selecting an answer message for a caller based on the caller number included in the incoming call signal and switching between answer messages based on the time of call incoming detected by the timer.
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8 Claims
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1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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a time monitor that detects the time that an incoming call signal is received from an originating terminal, said incoming call signal including caller ID information;
a caller ID storage device that stores preselected caller ID information and associates specific call answering message information with each stored caller ID, wherein at least one caller ID has associated therewith different call answering messages based on the time that said incoming call signal is received;
a call answering message storage device for storing call answering messages associated with specific call answering message information stored in said caller ID storage device, and a preset call answering message not associated with any call answering message information in said caller ID storage device; and
a call answering message selector that receives an incoming call signal caller ID and receives from said time monitor the time that the incoming call signal is received, determines whether said incoming call signal caller ID is stored in said caller ID storage device, and if so whether different call answering message information is stored for said incoming call signal caller ID based on the time that said incoming call is received, retrieves a call answering message from said call answering message storage device based on the results of said determinations, and outputs said retrieved call answering message when a user of said mobile communication terminal has failed to answer said incoming call;
whereby incoming calls for the same user of said mobile communication terminal are capable of receiving different call answering messages based on the received caller ID, and the time that the incoming call from a particular caller as identified by said caller ID is received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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a receiving unit configured to receive a call setting signal including a caller number of a calling terminal;
a forced alert function setting unit configured to set forced alert functions associated with the caller numbers;
an answering message storage unit configured to store a plurality of answering messages depending on time zones;
an answering message selecting unit configured to select an answering message from those stored in said answering message storage unit based on the time zone that the call setting signal is received; and
a transmitting unit configure to read the answering message from the answering message storage unit according to an operation of said answering message selecting unit and to transmit the answering message, wherein said transmitting unit is configured to not transmit any answering message regardless of time passed since reception of the call setting signal based on the time zone, when a forced alert function associated with a caller number which matches with the received caller number is set by said forced alert function setting unit.
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7. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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a time monitor that detects the time that a incoming call signal is received from an originating terminal, said incoming call signal including caller ID information;
a caller ID storage device that stores preselected caller ID information and associates specific call answering message information with each stored caller ID, wherein at least one caller ID has associated therewith different call answering messages based on the time that said incoming call signal is received;
a call answering message storage device for storing call answering messages associated with specific call answering message information stored in said caller ID storage device, and a preset all answering message not associated with any call answering message information in said caller ID storage device; and
a call answering message selector that receives an incoming call signal caller ID and receives from said time monitor the time that the incoming call signal is received, determines whether said incoming call signal caller ID is stored in said caller ID storage device, and if so whether different call answering message information is stored for said incoming call signal caller ID based on the time that said incoming call is received, retrieves a call answering message from said call answering message storage device based on the results of said determinations, and outputs said retrieved call answering message when a user of said mobile communication terminal has failed to answer said incoming call;
whereby incoming calls for the same user of said mobile communication terminal are capable of receiving different call answering messages based on the received caller ID, and the time that the incoming call from a particular caller is identified by said caller ID is received, wherein said preselected caller ID information includes a caller'"'"'s number and a caller'"'"'s name corresponding to the caller'"'"'s number, and a locked dialing control code associated with a caller'"'"'s number for allowing a caller to set a locked dialing option;
in said mobile communication terminal to prevent said mobile communication terminal from being used to make outgoing calls, whereby a user who has lost or misplaced the mobile communication terminal may call the terminal from a predesignated calling terminal to prevent the mobile communication terminal from being used by unauthorized persons.
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8. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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a time monitor that detects the time that a incoming call signal is received from an originating terminal, said incoming call signal including caller ID information;
a caller ID storage device that stores preselected caller ID information and associates specific call answering message information with each stored caller ID, wherein at least one caller ID has associated therewith different call answering messages based on the time that said incoming call signal is received;
a call answering message storage device for storing call answering messages associated with specific call answering message information stored in said caller ID storage device, and a preset all answering message not associated with any call answering message information in said caller ID storage device; and
a call answering message selector that receives an incoming call signal caller ID and receives from said time monitor the time that the incoming call signal is received, determines whether said incoming call signal caller ID is stored in said caller ID storage device, and if so whether different call answering message information is stored for said incoming call signal caller ID based on the time that said incoming call is received, retrieves a call answering message from said call answering message storage device based on the results of said determinations, and outputs said retrieved call answering message when a user of said mobile communication terminal has failed to answer said incoming call;
whereby incoming calls for the same user of said mobile communication terminal are capable of receiving different call answering messages based on the received caller ID, and the time that the incoming call from a particular caller is identified by said caller ID is received, wherein said preselected caller ID information includes a caller'"'"'s number and a caller'"'"'s name corresponding to the caller'"'"'s number, and a voice mail control code associated with a caller'"'"'s number for allowing a caller to set a voice mail option in said mobile communication terminal from a predesignated calling terminal whereby a voice mail function in said mobile communication terminal may be set up remotely by an authorized user as identified from said stored caller number.
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