Portable telephone device and external adapter connected by a short-range wireless link
View Patent ↗A portable telephone device has a long-range wireless communication function and a short-range wireless communication function for communicating with an external adapter. The quality of short-range communication with the external adapter is monitored during the long-range communication. When the quality of short-range communication has been deteriorated, a message indicative of short-range communication deterioration is transmitted to the party on the other end of line. Voice data received from the party on the other end of line in response to the message is recorded onto a data memory.
1. A portable telephone device comprising:
a long-range wireless communication section for communicating with a base station of a mobile telephone system to communicate with a party on other end of line;
a short-range wireless communication section for communicating with an external adapter;
a monitor for monitoring quality of short-range communication with the external adapter; and
a controller for activating the monitor during long-range communication, wherein, after the quality of short-range communication monitored becomes lower than a predetermined threshold level, the controller instructs the long-range wireless communication section to transmit a message indicative of short-range communication deterioration to the party on the other end of line.
2. The portable telephone device according to claim 1 , wherein at least voice data is exchanged between the portable telephone device and the external adapter.
3. The portable telephone device according to claim 2 , wherein the external adapter is a headset having a speaker and a microphone.
4. The portable telephone device according to claim 2 , wherein the external adapter is a camera adapter connected to a camera module, wherein image and voice data are exchanged between the portable telephone device and the camera adapter.
5. A portable telephone device comprising:
a long-range wireless communication section for communicating with a base station of a mobile telephone system to communicate with a party on other end of line;
a short-range wireless communication section for communicating with an external adapter;
a monitor for monitoring quality of short-range communication with the external adapter; and
a controller for activating the monitor during long-range communication, further comprising:
a data memory for storing data that is received from the party on the other end of line,
wherein, after the message has been sent to the party on the other end of line, the controller stores data received from the party on the other end of line onto the data memory.
6. A portable telephone device comprising:
a long-range wireless communication section for communicating with a base station of a mobile telephone system to communicate with a party on other end of line;
a short-range wireless communication section for communicating with an external adapter;
a monitor for monitoring quality of short-range communication with the external adapter; and
a controller for activating the monitor during long-range communication, wherein the message is transmitted to the party on the other end of line when the quality of short-range communication monitored has been lower than the predetermined threshold level for a predetermined time period.
7. A portable telephone device comprising:
a long-range wireless communication section for communicating with a base station of a mobile telephone system to communicate with a party on other end of line;
a short-range wireless communication section for communicating with an external adapter;
a monitor for monitoring quality of short-range communication with the external adapter; and
a controller for activating the monitor during long-range communication, wherein, after the quality of short-range communication monitored becomes lower than a predetermined threshold level, the controller instructs the long-range wireless communication section to transmit a message indicative of short-range communication deterioration to the party on the other end of line, and
wherein, when the quality of short-range communication monitored becomes lower than a predetermined threshold level, the controller instructs the short-range wireless communication section to renew a short-range wireless communication link.
8. A portable telephone device comprising:
a long-range wireless communication section for communicating with a base station of a mobile telephone system to communicate with a party on other end of line;
a short-range wireless communication section for communicating with an external adapter;
a monitor for monitoring quality of short-range communication with the external adapter; and
a controller for activating the monitor during long-range communication, wherein, after the quality of short-range communication monitored becomes lower than a predetermined threshold level, the controller instructs the long-range wireless communication section to transmit a message indicative of short-range communication deterioration to the party on the other end of line, and
wherein the controller instructs the short-range wireless communication section to transmit the message indicative of short-range communication deterioration to the external adapter.
9. A communication method for a portable telephone device comprising:
a long-range wireless communication section for communicating with a base station of a mobile telephone system to communicate with a party on other end of line; and
a short-range wireless communication section for communicating with an external adapter,
the method comprising:
monitoring quality of short-range communication with the external adapter during long-range communication;
when the quality of short-range communication monitored becomes lower than a predetermined threshold level, transmitting a voice guidance to the party on the other end of line; and
when receiving data from the party on the other end of line in response to the voice guidance, recording the data onto a data memory.
10. The communication method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
transmitting a playback guidance to the party on the other end of line; and
when receiving a playback request in response to the playback guidance from the party on the other end of line, transmitting the data recorded to the party on the other end of line.
11. The communication method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
when receiving a disconnect request from the external adapter, disconnecting an existing short-range wireless communication link; and
transmitting a connection request to the external adapter to renew a short-range wireless communication link.
12. The communication method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
when the quality of short-range communication monitored becomes lower than the predetermined threshold level, transmitting a voice guidance to the external adapter.