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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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 non-transient computer readable medium to store computer code executable by a processor in a communication terminal, the computer readable medium comprising:
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computer code to cause the processor to detect a time that an incoming call signal is received from an originating terminal, the incoming call signal including caller ID information; computer code to cause the processor to store preselected caller ID information in a caller ID storage device and associate 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 the incoming call signal is received; computer code to cause the processor to store call answering messages in a call answering message storage device associated with specific call answering message information stored in the caller ID storage device, and a preset call answering message not associated with any call answering message information in the caller ID storage device; and computer code to cause the processor to receive an incoming call signal caller ID and receive the time that the incoming call signal is received, determine whether the incoming call signal caller ID is stored in the caller ID storage device, and if so, whether different call answering message information is stored for the incoming call signal caller ID based on the time that the incoming call is received, retrieve a call answering message from the call answering message storage device based on the results of the determination and output the retrieved call answering message when a user of the communication terminal has failed to answer the incoming call;
whereby incoming calls for the same user of the 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 the caller ID is received. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for receiving an incoming call by a communication terminal, the method comprising:
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detecting the time that an incoming call signal is received by a time monitor from an originating terminal, the incoming call signal including caller ID information; storing preselected caller ID information in a caller ID storage device, and associating 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 the incoming call signal is received; storing call answering messages in a call answering message storage device associated with specific call answering message information stored in the caller ID storage device, and a preset call answering message not associated with any call answering message information in the caller ID storage device; and receiving an incoming call signal caller ID by a call answering message selector and receiving the time that the incoming call signal is received by the time monitor and determining whether the incoming call signal caller ID is stored in the caller ID storage device, and if so whether different call answering message information is stored for the incoming call signal caller ID based on the time that the incoming call is received, retrieving a call answering message from the call answering message storage device based on the results of the determination, and outputting the retrieved call answering message when a user of the communication terminal has failed to answer the incoming call;
whereby incoming calls for the same user of the 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 the caller ID is received. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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