Patent ID: 8103315
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal, comprising: a short-range radio communication unit to communication with a remote device via a radio link directly; a storage unit to store sound data for notifying that an incoming call is received; a hands-free control unit to control a control link and a voice link with the remote device; an audio control unit to control an audio link with the remote device; an in-band setting determination unit to determine whether an in-band notification mode, which designates that the sound data is transmitted via the voice link to the remote device when an incoming call is received, is valid; and a determination unit to determine whether or not the remote device is capable of ringing based on second sound data stored in the remote device responding to an incoming call, wherein, by the hands-free control and the audio control unit compete for transmitting the sound data to the remove device, the in-band setting determination unit determines that the in-band notification mode is valid, and the determination unit determines that the remote device is incapable of ringing; and wherein the audio control unit transmits the sound data to the remote device.