IP Library Granted Patent US 7,734,300
Granted Patent B2
US 7,734,300 · App. 10/498,989 · Granted Jun 8, 2010

Portable telephone performing a predetermined operation based on location information

Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.; Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,734,300
App. No.
10/498,989
Granted
Jun 8, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable telephone comprising a GPS receiving section ( 17 ) for detecting the current position, an input section ( 16 ) having one or more key, a RAM 13 for storing a registered operating order of the keys and registered positional conditions, and a control circuit ( 11 ) for executing the operating procedure of the keys stored in the RAM ( 13 ) when a current position detected at the GPS receiving section ( 17 ) satisfies the positional conditions stored in the RAM ( 13 ), wherein the positional conditions specifies one point or the position of an area, and adds a distance exceeding the positional detection accuracy to a specified position.

Claims (14)

1. A portable telephone apparatus comprising:

a location detector for detecting movement of a portable telephone from outside a predetermined area into the predetermined area;

an input portion for accepting input, by a user, of the predetermined area, of an e-mail message, and of a date/time condition that determines when the location detector performs detection;

a time keeper for keeping a current date and time;

a memory for storing at least the e-mail message and the date/time condition in a pair; and

a transmitter for sending the e-mail message stored in the memory to a predetermined addressee,

wherein when the date/time condition is fulfilled, the location detector performs detection within a period specified by the date/time condition and, if the date/time condition has not been entered, the location detector performs detection continuously so that, when the location detector detects movement of the portable telephone from outside the predetermined area into the predetermined area, the e-mail message is read out from the memory and is sent by the transmitter.

2. A portable telephone apparatus comprising:

a current location detector for detecting a current location of a portable telephone;

an input portion for accepting input, by a user, of a predetermined area, of an e-mail message, and of a date/time condition that determines when the location detector performs detection;

a time keeper for keeping a current date and time;

a memory for storing at least the e-mail message, the predetermined area, and the date/time condition in a set; and

a transmitter for sending the e-mail message stored in the memory to a predetermined addressee,

wherein when the date/time condition is fulfilled, the location detector performs detection within a period specified by the date/time condition and, if the date/time condition has not been entered, the location detector performs detection continuously so that, when the current location is detected as having moved into the predetermined area stored in the memory, the e-mail message is read out from the memory and is sent by the transmitter.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2010
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; SANYO CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025524/0631 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2010
From: TOTTORI SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025417/0451 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2004
From: TANAKA, SHIGEYUKI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; TOTTORI SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016595/0729 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-149270 · May 23, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050176444A1 · Aug 11, 2005