Patent ID: 8958849
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication device that communicates via a base station through a radio link, said communication device comprising: a display that displays a first inquiry from a plurality of first inquiries, a phone number being dialed, and/or a contact name being dialed, the plurality of first inquiries including a family inquiry, friend inquiry and coworker inquiry; a first input, which upon being activated, indicates an agreement in response to said first inquiry from said plurality of first inquiries; a second input, which upon being activated, indicates a disagreement in response to said first inquiry from said plurality of first inquiries; an emergency input, which upon being activated, indicates an emergency situation; a controller that selects and dials said phone number corresponding to said contact name from a plurality of phone numbers corresponding to a plurality of contact names based on said indicated agreement, said indicated disagreement, and said indicated emergency situation, said controller including: a speaker that outputs audio received by or produced in said communication device; and a microphone that receives a voice and converts said voice to a voice signal, wherein the controller (1) displays, in response to a selection of the first input when one of the plurality of first inquiries is displayed, a second inquiry of the plurality of second inquiries, the second inquiries including a man inquiry and a woman inquiry, and in response to a selection of the first input when one of the second inquiries is displayed, the controller displays a list of contact names corresponding to the selected first and second inquiry, displays, in response to a selection of the second input when one of the plurality of first inquiries is displayed, a different one of the first inquiries and repeats the processing of (1), said agreement and said disagreement with each inquiry of said plurality of inquiries guides said controller in selecting and dialing said phone number corresponding to said contact name from said plurality of phone numbers, wherein upon activating said emergency input that indicates said emergency situation, said controller of said communication device based on said current location of said communication device, searches for a closest phone number that corresponds to a closest contact name from all of said plurality of contact names, said closest phone number being said phone number of a closest contact that is geographically located closest to said current location, wherein said first input is a yes button, said second input is a no button, and said emergency input is an emergency button, and said first input, second input and emergency input are the only inputs of said communication device.