Patent ID: 7242969

Claim:
A portable communication terminal comprising: two chassis, connected to one another and movable between an overlapped position and a non-overlapped position relative to one another; a receiver for outputting voice that is arranged in one of the two chassis; a speaker for informing of an incoming call that is arranged in the one of the two chassis, at a volume based on a ringtone volume signal; a detection section that detects whether or not the two chassis are in said overlapped position and generates a corresponding detection signal; and a control section having means for receiving and storing a first volume level, means for receiving and storing a second volume level, means for generating, in response to receiving said incoming call signal concurrent with said detection signal indicating said two chassis having said overlapped position, said ringtone volume signal based on said first volume level, means for generating, in response to receiving said incoming call signal concurrent with receiving said detection signal indicating said two chassis being in said non-overlapped position, said ringtone volume signal based on the lesser of said first volume level and said second volume level, said means for generating including means for comparing said first volume level with said second volume level, and wherein said generating is based, at least in part, on said comparing.