Patent ID: 7203523
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable telephone having an incoming call sound generator for generating incoming call sound, a line connection establisher for establishing a line connection with a telephone terminal, a communicator for performing communication by the established line connection, and a musical tone generator for generating musical tones of a prescribed musical tune, said portable telephone comprising: a storage for storing in advance prescribed telephone numbers in association with a plurality of classes respectively; a telephone number checker for upon receipt of an incoming call from a calling party, checking a telephone number of the calling party with the prescribed telephone numbers stored in the storage to determine one of the classes to which the telephone number of the calling party belongs; and a musical tone controller for, upon receipt of the incoming call during generation of the musical tones of the musical tune by the musical tone generator, controlling the musical tone generator in a selected manner, in response to the class determined by the telephone number checker, out of a plurality of predetermined manners respectively associated with the classes.