Method for announcing data entering a communication terminal device and communication terminal device

• US 20030053604A1
• Filed: 08/28/2002
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Berauer, Sven, Bueckers, Albert
• Application Number:
  US10/229,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20030053604A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Provided are a method for announcing data entering a communication terminal device, and a communication terminal device, wherein at least parts of the data, depending on the origin of the data, are transmitted to a second communication terminal device with the assistance of a service for transmitting short messages, whereby at least one second communication terminal device is determined, in the first communication terminal device, as the receiver of the data parts by a first bit of address information stored in the first communication terminal device.

Claims

1. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device, the method comprising the steps of:

determining, in the first communication terminal device and by a first bit of address information stored in the first communication terminal device, at least one second communication terminal device as a receiver of at least part of the data; and

transmitting the data parts, depending on an origin of the data, to the second communication terminal device with assistance from a service for sending short messages.

2. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 1, the method further comprising the step of enabling transmission to be switched by adjusting an absence mode.

3. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein an answering machine function implemented in the first communication terminal device is activated by adjusting the absence mode.

4. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the data parts are transmitted via a caller when the answering machine function is used, with the data parts containing at least one bit of information with respect to use.

5. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data parts are transmitted given receipt of a short message, and the data parts contain at least a content of the short message.

6. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data parts contain a bit of address information which characterizes the origin of the data.

7. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first communication terminal device is a fixed network terminal device, and the second communication terminal device is one of a radio receiver pager, a personal digital assistant, a wireless telephone and a mobile radio terminal device.

8. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data parts contain a call number that determines the origin of the call and has been transmitted according to calling line identification presentation, and are transmitted given a call, with the data parts containing at least the call number as information.

9. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data parts are transmitted in regular time intervals which can be adjusted, with the data parts containing at least bits of information concerning all data received between two transmissions.

10. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the service is a short message service.

11. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 2, the method further comprising the steps of:

adjusting parameters for the absence mode;

checking the data received in the first communication terminal device based on the parameters; and

activating transmission depending on a result of the check.

12. A method for announcing data entering a first communication terminal device as claimed in claim 2, the method further comprising the steps of:

adjusting parameters for the absence mode;

checking the data received in the first communication terminal device based on the parameters; and

selecting a first bit of address information depending on a result of the check.

13. A communication terminal device for announcing data entering the communication terminal device, comprising:

a first selection device for enabling transmission of at least parts of the data, depending on an origin of the data, to a second communication terminal device with assistance from a service for sending short messages; and

a second selection device for selecting a first bit of address information stored in the communication terminal device for determining the second communication terminal device as a receiver of the data parts.