Patent ID: 6842507

Claim:
A portable phone with a video answerphone message function capable of transmitting a video answerphone message, said portable phone comprising: a multimedia file retention memory for storing and retaining voice data and image data specified as a video answerphone message in a multimedia file format so that the voice data and the image data can be synchronously reproduced; a receiving unit for receiving a call originated from an origination party; an answerphone mode starting unit for starting said multimedia file retention memory on an answerphone mode to be executed when said receiving unit has a call destination caused by the call originated from the origination party at an answerphone setting and for outputting the corresponding data in the multimedia file from said multimedia file retention memory; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the corresponding data in the multimedia file output from said multimedia file retention memory to the origination party as a video answerphone message by opening a data channel.