Portable telephone set and control method thereof

1. A portable telephone set comprising:

a database with data stored therein,

a temporary memory for storing a received mail,

a first means for checking whether a preliminarily registered password, registered in the database, is contained in the received mail,

a second means for checking, when the password is found to be contained, whether a letter train other than the password is also contained in the received mail,

a means for retrieving, when the other letter train is found to be contained in the received mail, data from the database by using the other letter train,

a means for mail returning, when data corresponding to the other letter train is found to be in the database, the corresponding data to a source of transmission of the received mail, and

a data-to-voice conversion unit configured to, when the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database when the first checking means has determined that the preliminarily registered password is contained in the received mail, converting a message indicating that the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database into voice data,

wherein when the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database when the first checking means has determined that the preliminarily registered password is contained in the received mail, this fact is mail returned to the source of transmission of the received mail,

wherein the temporary memory is independent from the first means, the second means, the retrieving means, the mail returning means, and the database, and

wherein the converted message is output by the mail returning means to be played as a voice message at the source of transmission of the received mail.

2. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the retrieving means retrieves a telephone diary in the database by using the other letter train when the other letter train is found in the database.

3. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the retrieving means retrieves a schedule book in the database by using the other letter train when the other letter train is found in the database.

4. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the mail returning means transmits data to a preliminarily registered main address or telephone number when the other letter train is found in the database.

5. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the other letter train corresponds to a retrieval keyword or keywords that are used by the retrieving means to retrieve information from the database to be provided to the source of transmission by way of the mail returning means.

6. Control method of a portable telephone set comprising steps of:

storing a received mail in a temporary memory;

checking whether a preliminarily registered password, registered in a database, is contained in the received mail;

checking, when the password is found to be contained, whether a letter train other than the password is contained in the received mail;

retrieving, when the other letter train is found to be contained in the received mail, data from the database by using the other letter train,

mail returning, when data corresponding to the other letter train is found to be in the database, the corresponding data to a source of transmission of the received mail, and

converting, when the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database when it has been determined that the preliminarily registered password is contained in the received mail, a message indicating that the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database into voice data,

wherein when the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database when the first checking step has determined that the preliminarily registered password is contained in the received mail, this fact is mail returned to the source of transmission of the received mail,

wherein the temporary memory is independent from other components making up the portable telephone set, and

wherein the converted message is output in the mail returning step to be played as a voice message at the source of transmission of the received mail.

7. The control method according to claim 6 , wherein the other letter train corresponds to a retrieval keyword or keywords that are used by the retrieving step to retrieve information from the database to be provided to the source of transmission by way of the mail returning step.

8. Control method of a portable telephone set comprising steps of:

checking as to whether a received mail contains a password as a combination of preliminarily registered symbols or letters;

retrieving, when the password is found, a telephone diary in a database by using a letter train other than the password contained in the received mail;

mail returning, when a telephone number corresponding to the other letter train is contained in the telephone diary, the corresponding telephone number to a source of transmission of the received mail, and when no such telephone number is contained, mail returning this fact, and

converting, when the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database when it has been determined that the preliminarily registered password is contained in the received mail, a message indicating that the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database into voice data,

wherein when the data corresponding to the other letter train is not found in the database when the checking step has determined that the password is contained in the received mail, this fact is mail returned to the source of transmission of the received mail, the data corresponding to the other letter train being non-password data,

wherein the converted message is output in the mail returning step to be played as a voice message at the source of transmission of the received mail.

9. The control method according to claim 8 , wherein the other letter train corresponds to a retrieval keyword or keywords that are used by the retrieving step to retrieve information from the database to be provided to the source of transmission by way of the mail returning step.