Patent ID: 6778819
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A portable telephone comprising:country information storage means having a plurality of pieces of country information for a plurality of countries, each piece of country information corresponding to a time difference for each of the plurality of countries with reference to a predetermined time zone; reception means for receiving a message generated by a base station; reading means for reading from the received message a local offset showing a time difference for an area in which the base station is located; display means for retrieving a piece of country information corresponding to a time difference closest to the read local offset from the country information storage means, and displaying the retrieved one; operation country storage means storing a piece of information indicating an operation country; judging means for judging whether the piece of country information having a time difference closest to the local offset matches the piece of operation country information, wherein the display means displays the piece of country information, only when the judging means judges not to match; updating means for updating the piece of information stored in the operation country storage means, with the piece of country information having the time difference closest to the local offset, only when the judging means judges not to match; receiving means for receiving, when two or more pieces of country information are displayed by the display means, a selection operation from a user to select one, wherein the updating means updates the piece of information stored in the operation country storage means, with the one piece of country information selected by the operator.