Patent ID: 7369880
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile phone apparatus comprising: a communication unit which carries out transmission and receipt of data via a communication network; an output unit for outputting at least one of sound, vibration, light and indication; a storage unit which stores apparatus identification data and various setting information, the storage unit including: an individual information registering unit which registers apparatus identification information on a plurality of other communication apparatuses and individual identification information of communication apparatuses; a group registering unit which registers some of the plurality of other communication apparatuses registered in the individual information registering unit as a group; and an operation setting unit which sets operation contents of the output unit; an input unit for inputting apparatus identification data and/or various setting information; and a display unit for displaying information on transmission and receipt of data and/or various setting information, wherein the output unit outputs the operation contents set by the operation setting unit when an incoming call signal is received by the communication unit, wherein the storage unit further includes a situation mode setting unit which sets the operation contents of the output unit in response to usage conditions of the user of the mobile phone apparatus, and the situation mode setting unit includes a situation mode selecting unit which selects any situation mode from a plurality of situation modes and a situation operation setting unit which sets the operation contents of the output unit in the situation mode selected by the situation mode selecting unit, and wherein the situation operation setting unit includes a separate group operation setting unit which specifies group information registered by the group registering unit and sets the operation contents of the output unit to the specified group information, and an individual operation setting unit which specifies individual identification information registered by the individual information registering unit and sets the operation contents of the output unit to the specified individual identification information.