Portable terminal, portable telephone and master slave portable telephone system using the portable terminal
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a portable terminal such as a portable telephone terminal and so forth for effecting communication, information processing and so forth, and to provide the portable terminal and a master slave portable telephone system capable of rendering a transmission and/or reception mode of information to be multi-functional to enhance communication function, thereby enhancing the convenience thereof. The portable terminal comprises an information transmission and/or reception part for effecting transmission and/or reception of information, a radio communication part for effecting communication by radio, and an information processing part for processing information. The portable terminal can effect transmission and/or reception of information relative to another portable terminal by any of a master terminal made up of the information transmission and/or reception part and the information processing part, a slave terminal made up of the information transmission and/or reception part and the radio communication part, and a normal terminal configured by combining the radio communication part with the information processing part via the information transmission and/or reception part.
1. A portable terminal comprising:
an information transmission and/or reception part for effecting transmission and/or reception of information;
a radio communication part for effecting communication by radio; and
an information processing part for processing the information;
wherein a first communication mode capable of effecting transmission and/or reception of information relative to another portable terminal by combining said radio communication part with said information processing part via said information transmission and/or reception part;
a second communication mode capable of effecting transmission and/or reception of information relative to another portable terminal using said information transmission and/or reception part and said information processing part;
a third communication mode capable of effecting transmission and/or reception of information relative to another portable terminal using said information transmission and/or reception part and said radio communication part;
and wherein said first, second and third communication modes are switched.
2. A portable telephone comprising:
an information transmission and/or reception part for effecting transmission and/or reception of information;
a radio communication part for effecting communication by radio; and
an information processing part for processing the information;
wherein a first communication mode capable of effecting transmission and/or reception of information relative to another portable terminal by combining said radio communication part with said information processing part via said information transmission and/or reception part;
a second communication mode capable of effecting transmission and/or reception of information relative to another portable terminal using said information transmission and/or reception part and said information processing part;
a third communication mode capable of effecting transmission and/or reception of information relative to another portable terminal using said information transmission and/or reception part and said radio communication part;
and wherein said first, second and third communication modes are switched.