IP Library Granted Patent US 7,120,470
Granted Patent B2
US 7,120,470 · App. 10/238,684 · Granted Oct 10, 2006

Mobile communication terminal

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,120,470
App. No.
10/238,684
Granted
Oct 10, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

When reproducing a multimedia file received by a receiving section, a control section controls a sound reproduction section to reproduce a sound on the basis of sound data. Further, the control section controls a display section to display an image on the basis of image data if the multimedia file contains the image data, and controls the display section to display a prepared substitute image if the multimedia file contains no image data.

Claims (12)

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a receiving section which receives a multimedia file formed to contain both first image data and sound data;

a memory section which stores second image data used for indicating that the multimedia file does not contain the first image data;

a sound reproduction section which reproduces sound on the basis of the sound data;

a display section which selectively displays an image on the basis of one of the first image data and the second image data; and

a control section connected to the sound reproduction section and the display section;

wherein the control section:

checks whether the multimedia file contains both the first image data and the sound data and whether the multimedia file contains only the sound data;

if the multimedia file contains both the first image data and the sound data, controls the display section to display the first image data contained in the multimedia file, and controls the sound reproduction section to output the sound data contained in the multimedia file; and

if the multimedia file contains only the sound data, controls the display section to display the second image data stored in the memory section to indicate that the multimedia file does not contain the first image data, and controls the sound reproduction section to output the sound data contained in the multimedia file.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the second image data comprises a character message.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the second image data comprises at least one of a picture, a photograph, or a motion picture.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 16, 2013
From: FUJITSU TOSHIBA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029645/0133 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2010
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: FUJITSU TOSHIBA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 025433/0713 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Sep 22, 2010
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 025026/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2002
From: OOTA, HISASHI; MACHIDA, YOSHIAKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 013283/0974 →