Patent ID: 7890147

Claim:
A portable terminal, comprising: a short-range radio communication unit to communicate with a remote device via a radio link directly; a storage unit to store sound data for notifying that an incoming call is received; a hands-free control unit to control a control link and a voice link with the remote device via the short-range radio communication unit; an audio control unit to control an audio link with the remote device; and an in-band setting determination unit to determine whether an in-band notification mode, which designates that the sound data is transmitted via the voice link to the remote device when an incoming call is received, is valid; wherein, when the hands-free control unit and the audio control unit compete for transmitting the sound data to the remote device, and the in-band setting determination unit determines that the in-band notification mode is valid, the audio control unit does not transmit the sound data to the remote device; and wherein the hands-free control unit connects the voice link with the remote device and transmits the sound data via the voice link to the remote device.