IP Library Granted Patent US 7,218,916
Granted Patent B2
US 7,218,916 · App. 09/798,920 · Granted May 15, 2007

Portable radio communication apparatus

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,218,916
App. No.
09/798,920
Granted
May 15, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention aims at providing a portable radio communication apparatus in which forming of a message is easy. The portable radio communication apparatus is provided with a novel pre-message memory formed of a ROM or the like stored in which are fixed messages each consisting of fixed statements or fixed words as “CALL OFFICE AT XX:XX”. A transmitting message may be readily formed by selecting any of the fixed messages.

Claims (13)

1. A portable radio communication apparatus comprising:

an antenna for performing at least one of transmitting or receiving a radio frequency message signal containing a text message;

radio modulator-demodulator means for demodulating a received radio frequency message signal and for modulating a transmitting message signal containing a text message;

message memory means for storing at least on of a transmitted or received text message;

display means for displaying at least one of said transmitted or received text message;

automatic answering message memory means for storing at least an ID; and

control means for selecting an automatic answering mode by user operation and for automatically transmitting a text message when a match occurs between an ID in the received message signal and an ID in said automatic answering message memory means.

2. A portable radio communication apparatus to claim 1 , wherein said control means transmitting an answer text message when a match occurs between the ID in the received message signal and the ID in said automatic answering message memory means.

3. A portable radio communication apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said automatic answering message memory means stores a registered call originator ID and the answering text message corresponding to the registered call originator ID; and

wherein said control means transmits the answering text message corresponding to said registered call originator ID when a match occurs between the ID in the received message signal and the registered call originator ID in said automatic answering message memory means.

4. A portable radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said control means transfers said received text message when a match occurs between the ID in the received message signal and the ID in said automatic answering message memory means.

5. A portable radio communication apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said automatic answering message memory means stores a registered call originator ID and a transfer address corresponding to the registered call originator ID; and

wherein said control means transfers said received text message to the transfer address corresponding to said registered call originator ID when a match occurs between the ID in the received message signal and the registered call originator ID in said automatic answering message memory means.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2011
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
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