Patent ID: 7046268
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: G08B,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable videophone unit comprising: an image display section which displays images, a data transmitting-receiving section which transmits image data and sound data to an opposite party's unit and receives image data and sound data from the opposite party's unit, a control section comprising a normal response mode, wherein two-way communication is not permitted when an incoming call from the opposite party is detected unless a key is pressed, and an automatic response mode which automatically responds to an incoming call from the opposite party's unit, wherein an off-hook status is generated to connect the telephone line for two-way communication whether or not said key is pressed, and the transmitting-receiving section is allowed to carry out two-way communication using at least the image data, wherein the normal response mode and the automatic response mode are switchable from one to another, an information storage section which stores information for identifying a particular party, and a section which activates the automatic response mode, wherein the control section judges whether or not the incoming call is from the particular party by comparing data received at the time of receiving the incoming call with the information stored in the information storage section, only when calling data, which indicate that the opposite party's unit is in a mode in which communication by sound and image is carried out, is input into the control section from the opposite party's unit, the control section judges or not the automatic response mode is activated; and if the control section judges that the automatic response mode is activated, and that the incoming call is from the particular party, the control section automatically responds to the incoming call and permits the data transmitting-receiving section to transmit and receive data.