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EP1408711A1 - Wireless telephone and wireless telephone system - Google Patents
EP1408711A1
EP1408711A1 EP20010948011 EP01948011A EP1408711A1 EP 1408711 A1 EP1408711 A1 EP 1408711A1 EP 20010948011 EP20010948011 EP 20010948011 EP 01948011 A EP01948011 A EP 01948011A EP 1408711 A1 EP1408711 A1 EP 1408711A1
EP20010948011
EP1408711B1 (en
EP1408711A4 (en
Shuichi Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha SEKI
2004-04-14 Publication of EP1408711A1 publication Critical patent/EP1408711A1/en
2006-06-07 Publication of EP1408711A4 publication Critical patent/EP1408711A4/en
2009-12-23 Publication of EP1408711B1 publication Critical patent/EP1408711B1/en
This invention relates to a wireless telephone and a wireless telephone system for use in a mobile telephone system such as W-CDMA (Wideband - Code Division Multiple Access) and cdma2000.
According to a related art, the case where a call is made from a mobile telephone which is one kind of wireless telephone to another mobile telephone or a fixed telephone and the like, the calling mobile telephone generates a tone corresponding to the operating state of the called telephone. For example, in the case where the calling mobile telephone is calling the called telephone, the calling mobile telephone generates a ring back tone. In the case where the called telephone is busy, the calling mobile telephone generates a busy tone. In addition, in the case where the called telephone is a mobile telephone and exists out of a service area, the calling mobile telephone generates a voice such as "the telephone you calls is turned off or is in a place radio waves do not reach".
Fig. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the entire construction of a mobile telephone system using wireless telephones according to embodiment 1 of the invention. This mobile telephone system conforms to, for example, 3G (3 Generation) standards such as W-CDMA, UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) and cdma2000, 2.5G (2.5 Generation) standards such as IS-95, or 2G (2 Generation) standards such as PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), and is provided with a plurality of mobile telephones MS1 and MS2 (hereinafter also referred to generally as "mobile telephone MS") and a network system 1.
Fig. 2 is a sequence diagram for explaining call setting processing in the above-described mobile telephone system. For example, consideration will be given to a case where a call is made from one mobile telephone (hereinafter referred to as "calling mobile telephone", as the need arises) MS1 to another mobile telephone (hereinafter referred to as "called mobile telephone", as the need arises) MS2.
The network system 1, when it receives the call setting accepted signal and the tone signal, transfers the call setting accepted signal and the tone signal to the calling mobile telephone MS1 (A5). The calling mobile telephone MS1, when it receives the tone signal, generates a sound corresponding to the tone data in the tone signal (A6). Specifically, in the case where the calling mobile telephone MS1 receives the RBT signal, the calling mobile telephone MS1 generates an RBT. In the case where the calling mobile telephone MS1 receives the busy tone signal, the calling mobile telephone MS1 generates a busy tone. In this manner, the user of the calling mobile telephone MS1 can be informed of the calling state or the busy state with the user' s original melody or sound of the called mobile telephone MS2.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal construction of the mobile telephone MS. The mobile telephone MS is provided with a wireless (RF) part 10, a control part 11, a manipulation display part 12, a first memory part 13, a second memory part 14, and an acoustic part 15. The RF part 10 executes transmission/reception processing and modulation/demodulation processing of wireless signals and the like. The control part 11 is made of a CPU and the like, and controls the wireless (RF) part 10, the manipulation display part 12, the first and second memory parts 12 and 14, and the acoustic part 15. The manipulation display part 12 is provided with a display 12a and manipulating keys 12b. The display 12a is, for example, a liquid crystal display. The manipulating keys 12b includes a call originating key, a call terminating key, function keys, ten keys and the like.
The acoustic part 15 is provided with a microphone 15a and a speaker 15b. In addition, the acoustic part 15 converts an analog voice signal inputted via the microphone 15a into a digital voice signal and gives the digital voice signal to the control part 11, or converted an input digital signal into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal from the speaker 15b.
The first memory part 13 is made of, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), and stores computer programs and various data in a non-volatile manner. The second memory part 14 is made of, for example, a flash memory, and stores various data in an electrically rewritable manner. Specifically, the second memory part 14 stores user data such as destination telephone numbers and destination mail addresses as well as tone data.
Fig. 4 is a flowchart for explaining processing for call origination. In the case where a user is to call another mobile telephone, the user executes a call originating manipulation (Step S1). Specifically, the user first manipulates the manipulating keys 12b to identify a designation telephone number. More specifically, the user inputs numbers by manipulating the ten keys or displays on the display 12a a registered destination telephone number registered by manipulating a function key. Subsequently, the user manipulates the call originating key. Consequently, the manipulation display part 12 gives the RF part 10 call setting request data containing the telephone number information. The RF part 10 generates and amplifies a call setting request signal by modulating a high frequency signal oscillated by a local oscillator (not shown) on the basis the originating data, and subsequently transmits the call setting request signal (Step S2).
When the acoustic part 15 is given the tone data by the control part 11, the acoustic part 15 decodes the tone data. Specifically, since the tone data is ADPCM-coded, the acoustic part 15 restores this ADPCM code to an original analog signal (Step S5). The acoustic part 15 gives the restored analog signal to the speaker 15b. Consequently, a sound corresponding to the tone data is outputted from the speaker 15b. In this manner, an RBT or a busy tone is generated (Step S6).
Fig. 6 is a flowchart for explaining tone data registration processing. In this embodiment 1, this tone data registration processing can be executed on only the called mobile telephone. In the case where tone data is to be registered, the user manipulates a function key, and activates a tone data registering/changing mode as an operating mode of the mobile telephone MS (Step U1). When this mode is activated, the control part 11 of the mobile telephone MS displays on the display 12a a image for selecting either of the tone data registering/changing mode (Step U2).
In the case where the tone data registering mode is selected, the control part 11 displays on the display 12a a image which urges the user to input tone data (Step U3). When this image is displayed, the user inputs tone data into the mobile telephone MS (Step U4). Specifically, the user connects the mobile telephone MS to a computer such as a personal computer, and transfers melody data stored in the computer to the mobile telephone MS. In addition, the user connects the computer to the Internet or the like, and downloads melody data stored in a server on the Internet, and transmits the melody data from the computer to the mobile telephone MS. Further, the user directly connects to the Internet from the mobile telephone MS, and downloads melody data stored in a server on the Internet. Furthermore, to create RBT data, the user records a voice such as "please wait for a while" via the microphone 15a.
The melody data or voice data inputted into the mobile telephone MS in this manner is given to the control part 11. The control part 11, after having converted this tone data into an ADPCM code, associates an identification code with the tone data and registers the tone data in the area for tone data of the second memory part 14 (Step U5). In this manner, an original tone data suited to the user's preference can be registered in the mobile telephone MS.
On the other hand, in the case where the tone data changing mode is selected, the control part 11 of the mobile telephone MS displays on the display 12a an image which asks which of an RBT and a busy tone is to be changed (Step U6) . In the case where either of an RBT and a busy tone is selected as by a cursor being manipulated by the user, the control part 11 creates a list of data selected from the tone data registered in the second memory part 14, and displays on the display 12a an image which enables any data to be selected from this list (Step U7). In the case where any data is selected by the user, the control part 11 registers the selected data in the second memory part 14 as data which is set for use (Step U8). Namely, the control part 11 stores the newly selected tone data in the second memory part 14 with the use setting data associated with the newly selected tone data. Accordingly, the subsequent RBT or busy tone is generated with a changed melody or voice.
The control part 11 gives the above-described extracted RBT data or busy tone data to the acoustic part 15. The acoustic part 15 converts the RBT data or busy tone data into an analog signal, and gives the analog signal to the speaker 15b. Consequently, an RBT or a busy tone corresponding to the above-described RBT data or busy tone data is outputted from the speaker 15b (B8). In this case, like in embodiment 1, since the control part 11 repeatedly gives the RBT data or the busy tone data to the acoustic part 15, the RBT or the busy tone is repeatedly outputted. In this manner, the calling mobile telephone MS1 informs the user of a tone corresponding to the operating state of the called mobile telephone MS2.
A case where a tone is generated on the basis of tone data registered in the calling mobile telephone MS1 as in the above-described embodiment 2 will be described below by way of example. In the case where the calling mobile telephone MS1 receives call setting accepted data from the called mobile telephone MS2 via the network system 1, the calling mobile telephone MS1 reads ringing tone data corresponding to the call setting accepted data from the second memory part 14 as tone data. Specifically, in the case where the call setting accepted data is ACK data, the control part 11 of the calling mobile telephone MS1 reads ringing tone data associated with an RBT from the second memory part 14. In the case where the call setting accepted data is NAK data, the control part 11 reads ringing tone data associated with a busy tone from the second memory part 14. The control part 11 gives this read ringing tone data to the acoustic part 15. Consequently, a ringing tone corresponding to the above-described ringing tone data is generated from the speaker 15b of the acoustic part 15.
Subsequently, the user selects either of a registration mode and a changing mode similarly to the explanation of Fig. 6 (Step V2). In the case where the registering mode is selected, the control part 11 displays a tone data inputting image on the display 12a (Step V3), and when tone data is inputted (Step V4), the control part 11 gives the RF part 10 the tone data and identification data on the mobile telephone MS. Consequently, the RF part 10 generates a registration request signal containing the above-described tone data and mobile telephone identification data and transmits the registration request signal to the network system 1 (Step V5). In this manner, the user can request the network system 1 to register the tone data.
On the other hand, in the case where the changing mode is selected, the control part 11 displays on the display 12a an image for selecting either of an RBT and a busy tone (Step V6). When either is selected, the control part 11 gives list request data to the RF part 10 to acquire a list of the selected data. The RF part 10 transmits a list request signal containing the list request data to the network system 1 (Step V7) .
Subsequently, when the control part 11 receives the list of registered tone data from the network system 1 (Step V8), the network system 1 displays the list on the display 12a (Step V9). When any of the data is selected by the user (Step V10), the control part 11 gives the RF part 10 change request data containing an identification code for identifying the selected data, and causes the RF part 10 to transmit a change request signal containing the above-described change request data to the network system 1 (Step V11). In this manner, the user can request the network system 1 to change tone data to be used.
Fig. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the tone data changing processing in the network system 1. When the base station 20 of the network system 1 receives the registration request signal transmitted from the mobile telephone MS (Step X1), the base station 20 restores the list request data from the list request signal, and transfers the list request data to the automobile switching center 23 via the mobile control station 21 (Step X2). The automobile switching center 22, when it receives this list request data, reads from the tone data storage device 23 a list of tone data corresponding to the mobile telephone MS which has transmitted the list request data, and works the list of tone data into list data, and subsequently transmits the list data to the mobile telephone MS via the mobile control station 21 and the base station 20 (Step X3).
In the above-described embodiments 1 through 4, the "calling state" and the "busy state" are adopted as the operating states of the called mobile telephone MS2. In contrast, in this embodiment 5, in addition to the above-described two operating states, a power-off and existing-out-of-service-area state is adopted as one of the operating states of the called mobile telephone MS2.
A sound to be generated in the calling mobile telephone MS1 in the case where the called mobile telephone MS2 is in a power-off state and exists out of a service area is called intercept tone. A representative example of the intercept tone is the voice "the telephone you calls is turned off or is in a place radio waves do not reach". Namely, the intercept tone is generated during the state in which reception of data is impossible. The data of this intercept tone is registered as tone data together with RBT data and busy tone data. A registration place is the second memory part 14 in the calling mobile telephone MS1 or the tone data storage device 23 of the network system 1.
Then, the network system 1 repeatedly transmits the call setting accepted signal to the called mobile telephone MS2 (D3) , and determines whether the network system 1 has received a call setting accepted signal within a predetermined time (D4). In the case where the network system 1 has not received a call setting accepted signal within the predetermined time, the power of the called mobile telephone MS2 can be regarded as being off, or the called mobile telephone MS2 can be regarded as existing out of the service area, so that the network system 1 transmits call setting accepted data indicative of an intercept state to the calling mobile telephone MS1.
In the following description, reference will be made to the case where tone data are registered in the calling mobile telephone MS1 and to the case where tone data are registered in the network system 1. First, in the case where tone data are registered in the calling mobile telephone MS1, the network system 1 transmits only the above-described call setting accepted data to the calling mobile telephone MS1 (D5). The calling mobile telephone MS1, when it receives the above-described call setting accepted data, reads intercept tone data corresponding to the above-described call setting accepted data from among the tone data registered in the second memory part 14 (D6), and generates an intercept tone corresponding to the intercept tone data from the speaker 15b (D7).
On the other hand, in the case where tone data is registered in the network system 1, the network system 1 transmits both of the above-described call setting accepted data and tone data to the calling mobile telephone MS1 (D5, D8). Specifically, the automobile switching center 22 of the network system 1 accesses the tone data storage device 23, and reads intercept tone data from among the registered tone data associated with the calling mobile telephone MS1 or the called mobile telephone MS2. Then, the automobile switching center 22 transmits this read intercept tone data to the calling mobile telephone MS1 as tone data. The calling mobile telephone MS1, when it receives the above-described call setting accepted data and intercept tone data, generates a sound corresponding to the received intercept tone data from the speaker 15b (D7).
As described above, according to this embodiment 5, in addition to the "calling state" and the "busy state", the "power-off and existing-out-of-service-area state" is adopted as one of the operating states of the called mobile telephone. Accordingly, it is possible to improve service for the user to a further extent.
In the above-described embodiments 1 through 5, tone data has been described as the operating state informing data by way of example. In contrast, in this embodiment 6, in addition to tone data, character data and image data are adopted as the operating state informing data. The term "image" represents a concept including still images and moving images.
When the character data and/or the image data are to be read from the second memory part 14, the character data and/or the image data are read together with tone data corresponding to the same operating state. For example, in the case where the called mobile telephone MS2 is in a communication-. possible state, RBT data and the character data and/the image data indicative of a calling state are read from the second memory part 14. In the case where the called mobile telephone MS2 is in a communication-impossible state, busy tone data and the character data and/the image data indicative of an idle state are read from the second memory part 14. Further, in the case where the power of the called mobile telephone MS2 is turned off or the called mobile telephone MS2 exists out of a service area, intercept tone data and the character data and/or the image data are read from the second memory part 14. Accordingly, the calling mobile telephone MS1 outputs an RBT, a busy tone or an intercept tone from the speaker 15b, and also displays on the display 12a a character or an image corresponding to the operating state of the called mobile telephone MS2.
A wireless telephone comprising, after a predetermined call originating manipulation, receiving operating state informing data indicative of an operating state of a called telephone from the called telephone, which data is registered in the called telephone, and informing the operating state of the called telephone on the basis of this received operating state informing data.
A wireless telephone comprising:
A wireless telephone according to claim 2, wherein the call originating manipulation is a key manipulation which indicates call origination.
A wireless telephone according to claim 2, wherein the operating state informing data is ring back tone data indicative of a calling state, busy tone data indicative of a busy state or intercept tone data indicative of a data-reception-impossible state, the operating state informing means generating a ring back tone, a busy tone or an intercept tone.
A wireless telephone according to claim 2, wherein the operating state informing data is character data or image data indicative of a calling state, a busy state or a data-reception-impossible state, the operating state informing means displaying on a screen a character corresponding to the character data or an image corresponding to the image data.
A wireless telephone according to claim 2, wherein the operating state informing data is ringing tone data associated with the operating state.
A wireless telephone comprising operating state informing data indicative of operating states are previously registered in the wireless telephone, and in a case where the wireless telephone receives call setting request data from a calling telephone, the wireless telephone wirelessly transmits to the calling telephone, operating state informing data corresponding to an operating state of the wireless telephone when the wireless telephone receives the call setting request data from among the registered operating state informing data.
A wireless telephone according to claim 8, further comprising data inputting means for inputting the operating state informing data, and registration control means for registering in the registering means the operating state informing data inputted by the data inputting means.
A wireless telephone according to claim 8, wherein the operating state informing data is ring back tone data indicative of a calling state, busy tone data indicative of a busy state or intercept tone data indicative of a data-reception-impossible state.
A wireless telephone according to claim 8, wherein the operating state informing data are character data or image data indicative of a calling state, a busy state or a data-reception-impossible state.
A wireless telephone according to claim 8, wherein the operating state informing data is ringing tone data associated with the operating state.
A wireless telephone comprising operating state informing data indicative of operating states are previously registered in the wireless telephone, and in a case where the wireless telephone receives call setting accepted data after having originated a call, the wireless telephone informs an operating state of a called telephone on the basis of operating state informing data corresponding to the received call setting accepted data from among the registered operating state informing data.
A wireless telephone according to claim 14, wherein the operating state informing data is ring back tone data indicative of a calling state, busy tone data indicative of a busy state or intercept tone data indicative of a data-reception-impossible state, the operating state informing means generating a ring back tone, a busy tone or an intercept tone.
A wireless telephone according to claim 14, wherein the operating state informing data is character data or image data indicative of a calling state, a busy state or a data-reception-impossible state, the operating state informing means displaying on a screen a character corresponding to the character data or an image corresponding to the image data.
A wireless telephone according to claim 14, wherein the operating state informing data is ringing tone data associated with the operating state.
A wireless telephone system comprising operating state informing data indicative of operating states inputted to wireless telephones are transmitted to a network system and are registered in the network system in the state of being associated with the respective wireless telephones, and in a case where a call is originated from a calling wireless telephone to a called wireless telephone and call setting accepted data from the called wireless telephone is received by the network system, operating state informing data corresponding to an operating state of the called wireless telephone from among operating state informing data registered in the state of being associated with the calling or called wireless telephone is transmitted from the network system to the calling wireless telephone and the calling wireless telephone informs the operating state corresponding to the operating state informing data.
A wireless telephone system provided with a wireless telephone which wirelessly communicates with a network system, wherein:
A wireless telephone system according to claim 19, wherein the operating state informing data is ring back tone data indicative of a calling state, busy tone data indicative of a busy state or intercept tone data indicative of a data-reception-impossible state, the operating state informing means generating a ring back tone, a busy tone or an intercept tone.
A wireless telephone system according to claim 19, wherein the operating state informing data is character data or image data indicative of a calling state, a busy state or a data-reception-impossible state, the operating state informing means displaying on a screen a character corresponding to the character data or an image corresponding to the image data.
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