Portable telephone set

• US 20040106432A1
• Filed: 11/25/2003
• Published: 06/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Okumura, Masaya, Makino, Megumi, Kanai, Yuichi, Kawabata, Tohru, Hioki, Toshiaki, Hori, Yoshihiro, Kanamori, Miwa, Yokoyama, Jiro, Ota, Seiya
• Granted Patent: US 7,489,951 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files

Abstract

A portable telephone set capable of recognizing a call during music replay is disclosed. This portable telephone set comprises talking means and music replay means, and posts a call when receiving the same during music replay by the music replay means. Thus, the call can be recognized during the music replay.

Claims

1. A portable telephone set comprising:

talking means; and

music replay means,

for posting a call when receiving said call during music replay by said music replay means.

2. The portable telephone set according to claim 1, superposing a tone posting said call on replayed music in the process of said music replay by said music replay means when receiving said call during said music replay by said music replay means.

3. The portable telephone set according to claim 2,

further comprising telephone number storage means storing telephone numbers,

for superposing said tone posting said call on said replayed music in the process of said music replay by said music replay means when receiving said call from any of said telephone numbers stored in said telephone number storage means during said music replay by said music replay means.

4. The portable telephone set according to claim 3,

performing no call processing when receiving said call from a telephone whose number is not stored in said telephone number storage means during said music replay by said music replay means.

5. The portable telephone set according to claim 2, further comprising:

telephone number storage means storing telephone numbers, and

call set means selecting/setting a telephone number authorized to call among said telephone numbers registered in said telephone number storage means,

for superposing said tone posting said call on said replayed music in the process of said music replay by said music replay means when receiving said call from said telephone number authorized by said call set means to call during said music replay by said music replay means.

6. The portable telephone set according to claim 5,

performing no call processing when receiving said call from a telephone number not authorized by said call set means to call during said music replay by said music replay means.

7. The portable telephone set according to claim 2, further comprising:

volume control means controlling the volume of said replayed music and the volume of said tone posting said call, wherein

said volume control means reduces the volume of said replayed music when superposing said tone posting said call on said replayed music in the process of said music replay.

8. The portable telephone set according to claim 7, wherein

said volume control means gradually reduces the volume of said replayed music with the elapse of time when superposing said tone posting said call on said replayed music in the process of said music replay.

9. The portable telephone set according to claim 8,

said volume control means gradually reduces the volume of said replayed music with the elapse of time while keeping the volume of said tone posting said call constant when superposing said tone posting said call on said replayed music in the process of said music replay.

10. The portable telephone set according to claim 2, further comprising:

volume control means controlling the volume of said replayed music and the volume of said tone posting said call, wherein

said volume control means gradually increases the volume of said tone posting said call with the elapse of time when superposing said tone posting said call on said replayed music in the process of said music replay.

11. The portable telephone set according to claim 10, wherein

said volume control means gradually increases the volume of said tone posting said call with the elapse of time while keeping the volume of said replayed music constant when superposing said tone posting said call on said replayed music in the process of said music replay.

12. The portable telephone set according to claim 2,

not replaying said replayed music while making telephone communication through said talking means when answering to said call.

13. The portable telephone set according to claim 1, further comprising:

set means setting a call notice mode,

for posting said call at least by vibration when receiving said call during said music replay by said music replay means regardless of said call notice mode set by said set means.

14. The portable telephone set according to claim 13,

not giving a sound notice when said set means sets a notice mode including said sound notice.

15. The portable telephone set according to claim 14, wherein

said sound notice includes at least a notice through a speaker of said talking means.

16. The portable telephone set according to claim 1, further comprising:

set means setting a call notice mode,

to be capable of switching a music priority mode for posting said call at least by vibration when receiving said call during said music replay by said music replay means regardless of said call notice mode set by said set means and a set priority mode for posting said call in accordance with said call notice mode set by said set means when receiving said call during said music replay by said music replay means.

17. The portable telephone set according to claim 16,

not giving a sound notice in said music priority mode when said set means sets a mode for said sound notice.

18. The portable telephone set according to claim 17, wherein

said sound notice includes at least a notice through a speaker of said talking means.

19. A portable telephone set comprising:

talking means; and

music replay means,

for superposing a talking voice of telephone communication on replayed music in the process of music replay by said music replay means when making said telephone communication through said talking means during said music replay by said music replay means.

20. The portable telephone set according to claim 19, further comprising:

telephone number storage means storing a telephone number,

for superposing said talking voice of said telephone communication on said replayed music in the process of said music replay by said music replay means when making said telephone communication with said telephone number stored in said telephone number storage means.

21. The portable telephone set according to claim 19,

capable of arbitrarily setting the volume of said talking voice of said telephone communication and the volume of said replayed music in the process of said music replay.

22. The portable telephone set according to claim 20,

capable of arbitrarily setting the volume of said talking voice of said telephone communication and the volume of said replayed music in the process of said music replay in correspondence to said telephone number stored in said telephone number storage means.

23. A portable telephone set comprising:

talking means; and

music replay means,

for replaying music corresponding to an interruption call from a third party by said music replay means when receiving said interruption call during telephone communication through said talking means and superposing replayed said music on a talking voice of said telephone communication.

24. The portable telephone set according to claim 23, further comprising:

volume control means controlling the volume of said replayed music and the volume of said talking voice of said telephone communication, wherein

said volume control means reduces the volume of said talking voice of said telephone communication when superposing said replayed music corresponding to said interruption call on said talking voice of said telephone communication.

25. The portable telephone set according to claim 23, further comprising:

volume control means controlling the volume of said replayed music and the volume of said talking voice of said telephone communication,

for superposing said replayed music corresponding to said interruption call on said talking voice of said telephone communication while reducing the volume of said replayed music by said volume control means during continuation of a connection state between three persons including talkers and a waiting person when answering to said interruption call from said third party.