Cellular mobile telephone apparatus
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1. A cellular mobile telephone apparatus having a response message transmitter, comprising:
- a memory for storing a plurality of audio messages for responding to an incoming call from a calling party;
means for selecting one of said plurality of messages according to a responding user'"'"'s circumstance at the time of receiving the incoming call from the calling party, regardless of the identity of the calling party;
means for transmitting the message selected by said selecting means to the calling party; and
incoming call responding means operable when an incoming call is received to instruct said transmitting means to transmit the message selected by said selecting means to the calling party;
wherein said incoming call responding means includes means for detecting voice of the user; and
wherein said voice detecting means includes;
means for transducing said voice of the user to an electrical signal;
means for extracting a predetermined voice spectrum component from a voice signal fetched by said transducing means; and
means for operating said transmitting means when the component extracted by said extracting means is higher than a predetermined noise level.
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Abstract
A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
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1. A cellular mobile telephone apparatus having a response message transmitter, comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of audio messages for responding to an incoming call from a calling party;
means for selecting one of said plurality of messages according to a responding user'"'"'s circumstance at the time of receiving the incoming call from the calling party, regardless of the identity of the calling party;
means for transmitting the message selected by said selecting means to the calling party; and
incoming call responding means operable when an incoming call is received to instruct said transmitting means to transmit the message selected by said selecting means to the calling party;
wherein said incoming call responding means includes means for detecting voice of the user; and
wherein said voice detecting means includes;
means for transducing said voice of the user to an electrical signal;
means for extracting a predetermined voice spectrum component from a voice signal fetched by said transducing means; and
means for operating said transmitting means when the component extracted by said extracting means is higher than a predetermined noise level.
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2. A cellular mobile telephone apparatus having a response message transmitter, comprising:
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a cellular mobile telephone body and an incoming call communicator which communicates with said cellular mobile telephone body, wherein;
said cellular mobile telephone body comprises a transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving information to and from said incoming call communicator, means responsive to an incoming call received from a calling party for instructing said transmitter/receiver to notify said incoming call communicator of the reception of the incoming call, a memory for storing at least one message for responding to said calling party, and means for transmitting said message to said calling party when said transmitter/receiver receives response information designating said message to be transmitted from said incoming call communicator;
said incoming call communicator comprises a transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving information to and from said cellular mobile telephone body, means for notifying a user of said cellular mobile telephone apparatus of the reception of an incoming call when said transmitter/receiver of the incoming call communicator receives the notification of the reception of the incoming call from said cellular mobile telephone body, and responding means for instructing said transmitter/receiver of the incoming call communicator to transmit said response information to said cellular mobile telephone body when said user responds to said incoming call notifying means;
said message storing memory stores a plurality of messages;
said incoming call communicator further comprises means for selecting one from among the plurality of messages stored in said message storing memory, said responding means includes means for instructing said transmitter/receiver of the incoming call communicator to transmit response information associated with a message selected by said selecting means to said cellular mobile telephone body; and
wherein said incoming call communicator further comprises means for storing information associated with the message selected by said selecting means;
and said responding means includes means for transmitting the information stored in said storing means as said response information.
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3. A cellular mobile telephone apparatus having a response message transmitter, comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of audio messages for responding to a an incoming call from calling party;
means for automatically selecting one of said plurality of messages in response to the incoming call;
means for transmitting the selected message to the calling party; and
means for instructing said transmitting means to transmit the selected message in response to the selection by said selecting means;
wherein said instructing means includes means for detecting voice of the user; and
wherein said voice detecting means includes;
means for transducing said voice of the user to an electrical signal;
means for extracting a predetermined voice spectrum component from a voice signal fetched by said transducing means; and
means for operating said transmitting means when the component extracted by said extracting means is higher than a predetermined noise level.
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