Patent ID: 7565177

Claim:
A call device comprising: a call device melody information storage for storing melody information that represents a melody having a beginning and an end; a call device receiver for receiving an incoming call signal and a speech signal that represents speech of a caller; a talk start command input unit for accepting a talk start command from a user; a call device output unit for starting to output the melody represented by the melody information stored in said call device melody information storage from said beginning when said incoming call signal is received by said call device receiver; a caller speech superimposer for superimposing a part of the melody not thus far outputted by said call device output unit on the speech represented by the speech signal received by said call device receiver when said talk start command is accepted by said talk start command input unit; and a superimposed sound output unit for outputting a superimposed sound generated by said caller speech superimposer, wherein said melody is outputted for a duration extending to said end.