Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Message storage or retrieval
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-21
2001-02-27
Tsang, Fan (Department: 2683)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Message storage or retrieval
C455S415000, C455S575100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06195544
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a mobile telephone and more specifically, to a method of readily confirming a received message and a mobile telephone for the same.
2. Description of the Related Art
In a conventional mobile telephone, messages transmitted from counter parties (message senders) via base stations are merely stored into a storage unit in the message reception order. Also, in the conventional mobile telephone, when the messages stored in the storage unit are read, these messages are merely read in the message storage order.
For the reason, when these received messages are displayed to be confirmed, these messages are displayed at random irrespective of the message senders. As a result, a message from a desirable message sender cannot be immediately confirmed. Also, since tones used to notify that receptions of messages are completed are identical to all the message senders, the desirable message sender cannot be distinguished from the other message senders unless the received messages are actually read.
Japanese Laid Open Patent Application, (JP-A-Heisei 7-30636) discloses the technique related to the radio telephone apparatus. In this radio telephone apparatus, telephone numbers and the telephone number groups to which these telephone numbers belong are previously stored, and an answer message to an arrived call is stored for every telephone number group. In the radio telephone apparatus, when a telephone number of one telephone caller is received, the telephone number of this telephone caller is compared with the telephone number contained in the telephone number group so as to detect the telephone number group to which this telephone number of this telephone caller belongs. Then, the answer message corresponding to this detected telephone number group is transmitted to the telephone caller. However, this conventional radio telephone apparatus is not equipped with any means for solving the above-described problems as to the reception of the message and the confirmation of this message.
Also, Japanese Laid Open Patent Application, (JP-A-Showa 62-69764) discloses the technique on the message telephone. In this conventional message telephone, a message is registered in a message file based on a request from a subscriber as a telephone receiver, and the message file and a file processing apparatus are connected to a central processing apparatus of a switching unit. However, in this radio telephone apparatus, there is no means which can solve the above-described problems as to the receptions of the messages and the confirmations of these messages.
Also, Japanese Laid Open Patent Application, (JP-A-Showa 63-256039) describes the technique about the message sender discriminating apparatus. This discriminating apparatus is an apparatus which can discriminate a specific message sender upon arrival of a call to select the specific message sender from among unspecified message senders, and to receive a message. However, this conventional message sender discriminating apparatus is not equipped with means which can solve the problems as to the receptions of the messages and the confirmations of these messages.
Further, Japanese Laid Open Patent Application, (JP-A-Heisei 1-284045) discloses the technique for the electronic telephone receiver with a calling tone discriminating function. In this telephone receiver with the calling tone discriminating function, who is called by a telephone caller is determined before a called party answers to this telephone call when the single telephone receiver is used by users. In this telephone receiver with the calling tone discriminating function, the respective ID codes of the users are previously stored, and a plurality of call receiving tone sources are provided for the respective users. In this telephone receiver, one of the calling tones is selected based on the ID code transmitted from the telephone caller, and this telephone may notify who is called before the counter party answers to this telephone call. However, this conventional telephone receiver with the calling tone discriminating function is not equipped with means which can solve the above-described problems as to the receptions of the messages and the confirmations of these messages.
Furthermore, Japanese Laid Open Patent Application (JP-A-Heisei 8-228220) discloses the technique related to the digital cordless telephone apparatus. In the telephone apparatus, the mobile station stores a plurality of telephone numbers for the telephone callers without producing the telephone calling tones when the telephone calls are received. The mobile station shows the receptions of the telephone calls and also the storage of the telephone numbers for the telephone callers. This digital cordless telephone apparatus sequentially displays a plurality of stored telephone numbers of the telephone callers in response to the key operations. When the relevant telephone number is displayed among the sequentially displayed telephone numbers, the user manipulates the telephone call key such that the relevant telephone number is called. However, the digital cordless telephone apparatus merely stores the received telephone numbers of the telephone callers and sequentially displays these telephone numbers. The digital cordless telephone apparatus is not provided with the means for solve the above-described problems related to the receptions of the messages and the confirmations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is made to solve the problems in conventional technique as mentioned above. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and a mobile telephone for storing received messages in units of groups.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a message receiving method and a mobile telephone in which a tone informing message reception is changed for every group.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a message receiving method and a mobile telephone which can select a received message and output this selected message to an external equipment such as a personal computer.
In order to achieve an aspect of the present invention, a method of manipulating transmitted messages in a mobile telephone includes the steps of setting a plurality of groups, allocating each of a plurality of telephone numbers to any one of the plurality of groups, and when message data corresponding to one selected from among the plurality of telephone numbers is received, storing the message data into a storage region corresponding to at least one of the plurality of groups based upon an identifier corresponding to the message data.
A method of manipulating transmitted messages further may include the step of reading the stored message data.
In order to achieve another aspect of the present invention, the step of setting a plurality of groups includes entering one of the plurality of telephone numbers, entering a name of any one group of the plurality of groups, which is allocated with the entered telephone number, and allocating the storage region to the group having the entered name.
In order to achieve still another aspect of the present invention, the step of setting a plurality of groups further includes the step of allocating each of notification sounds different from each other to one of the plurality of groups to notify the reception of the message data.
In this case, the step of setting a plurality of groups includes allocating the entered telephone number to any one of the plurality of groups.
Also, the step of setting a plurality of groups includes allocating the entered telephone number to at least two groups of the plurality of groups.
In order to achieve yet still another aspect of the present invention, the step of setting a plurality of groups includes entering a first one of the plurality of telephone numbers, entering a name of a first one among the plurality of groups, which is allocated with the first telephone number, allocating a first memory area of the storage region to the first group, en
NEC Corporation
Perez-Gutierrez Rafael
Tsang Fan
Young & Thompson
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