Cellular phone having mail and schedule functions

1. A cellular phone device capable of receiving/transmitting an e-mail comprising:

first means for judging whether or not the e-mail received includes a predetermined e-mail allotted to an inquiry concerned with a state of the cellular phone and

second means for automatically transmitting a state response e-mail indicative of the state of the cellular phone device when the predetermined e-mail is received, wherein said second means generates time period information that identifies a time period for placement of an in-bound telephone call to said cellular phone device and includes said time period information in said state response e-mail in response to said predetermined e-mail;

further comprising:

out-bound call query transmitting means for transmitting a second predetermined e-mail to another cellular phone device prior to initiation of an out-bound telephone call to said another cellular phone device: and

out-bound call query receiving means for receiving a second state response e-mail from said another cellular Phone device that is sent in response to said second predetermined e-mail.

2. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined e-mail includes a password assigned to specific persons only and the first means comprises:

receiving means for receiving the e-mail;

detecting means for detecting whether or not the password is included in the received e-mail; and

first judging means for judging that the received e-mail is the predetermined e-mail when the password is detected in the received e-mail.

3. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second means comprises:

second judging means for judging whether or not the cellular phone device is put in an receivable state of receiving an incoming telephone call; and

transmitting means for transmitting the state response e-mail in response to the predetermined e-mail.

4. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a storage for storing schedule information, wherein the second judging means comprises:

accessing means for accessing the storage to refer to the schedule information when the predetermined e-mail is received; and

deciding means for deciding whether or not the cellular phone device is put into the receivable state on the basis of the schedule information.

5. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the deciding means comprises:

a first section for searching the schedule information so as to investigate the schedule information at a current time of receiving the predetermined e-mail; and

a second section for deciding the receivable state of the cellular phone when the schedule information is representative of the receivable state of the incoming telephone at the current time;

the transmitting means transmitting the state response e-mail representative of the receivable state while the transmitting means transmits the state response e-mail representative of a non-receivable state at the current time.

6. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the state response e-mail which is representative of the non-receivable state includes message information indicative of a non-receivable state together with time information at which the cellular phone device is put into the receivable state.

7. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined e-mail includes a mail address assigned to a sender and the first means comprises:

receiving means for receiving the e-mail; and

means for detecting whether or not the mail address of the received e-mail is registered in the cellular phone device; and

first judging means for judging that the received e-mail is the predetermined e-mail when the mail address is registered in the cellular phone device.

8. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the second means comprises:

second judging means for judging whether or not the cellular phone device is put in an receivable state of receiving an incoming telephone call; and

transmitting means for transmitting the state response e-mail in response to the predetermined e-mail.

9. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a storage for storing schedule information, wherein the second judging means comprises:

accessing means for accessing the storage to refer to the schedule information when the predetermined e-mail is received; and

deciding means for deciding whether or not the cellular phone device is put into the receivable state on the basis of the schedule information.

10. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the deciding means comprises:

a first section for searching the schedule information so as to investigate the schedule information at a current time of receiving the predetermined e-mail; and

a second section for deciding the receivable state of the cellular phone when the schedule information is representative of the receivable state of the incoming telephone at the current time;

the transmitting means transmitting the state response e-mail representative of the receivable state while the transmitting means transmits the state response e-mail representative of a non-receivable state at the current time.

11. A cellular phone device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the state response e-mail which is representative of the non-receivable state includes message information indicative of a non-receivable state together with time information at which the cellular phone device becomes put into the receivable state.

12. Computer readable medium encoded with a computer program equipped with a cellular phone having an e-mail transmission/reception function and a schedule registration function, the program allowing a computer to execute a whole operation and comprising the steps of:

judging whether or not the e-mail received includes a predetermined e-mail allotted to an inquiry concerned with a state of the cellular phone device; and

automatically transmitting a state response e-mail indicative of the state of the cellular phone when the predetermined e-mail is received, wherein time period information is generated that identifies a time period for placement of an in-bound telephone call to said cellular phone and wherein said time period information is included in said state response e-mail in response to said predetermined e-mail;

further comprising:

transmitting a second predetermined e-mail to another cellular phone device prior to initiation of an out-bound telephone call to said another cellular phone device; and

receiving a second state response e-mail from said another cellular phone device that is sent in response to said predetermined e-mail.

13. A program as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the predetermined e-mail includes a password assigned to specific persons only;

the program further comprising the steps of:

receiving the e-mail;

detecting whether or not the password is included in the received e-mail; and

judging that the received e-mail is the predetermined e-mail when the password is detected in the received e-mail.

14. A program as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the predetermined e-mail includes a mail address assigned to a sender; the program further comprising the steps of:

receiving the e-mail;

detecting whether or not the mail address of the received e-mail is registered in the cellular phone device; and

judging that the received e-mail is the predetermined e-mail when the mail address is registered in the cellular phone device.

15. A method of making a telephone call from a sender to a receiver, comprising the steps of:

sending a predetermined e-mail from the sender to the receiver prior to the telephone call;

detecting the predetermined e-mail at the receiver; and

automatically transmitting, from the receiver to the sender, a state response e-mail representative of whether or not the receiver is put into a receivable state of the telephone call, wherein time period information is generated that identifies a time period for placement of an in-bound telephone call to said cellular phone device and wherein said time period information is included in said state response e-mail in response to said predetermined e-mail;

further comprising the step of:

making the telephone call from the sender when the receivable state is confirmed after the state response e-mail is received,

wherein the predetermined e-mail is specified by either a password allotted to specific persons or an e-mail address registered and allowed by the receiver.