Patent ID: 8346221
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A cellular mobile telephone apparatus, comprising: a plurality of incoming call notification portions for notifying incoming calls received from a calling party via a radio base station or switching station; a controller which is adapted to perform control so that one of the plurality of incoming call notification portions notifies an incoming call to a user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus; an input portion for selecting one message from among a plurality of response messages to be sent to the calling party in a situation in which the user cannot respond to the incoming call, a transmitter for transmitting address information to the base or switching station in response to the cellular mobile telephone apparatus receiving the incoming call in the situation in which the user cannot respond to the incoming call, wherein the address information is associated with the selected message stored in a memory of the base or switching station, and wherein the controller is adapted to control a time period for which the user is to be notified of the incoming call by said one incoming call notification portion before the selected message is to be transmitted to the calling party.