IP Library Granted Patent US 7,493,139
Granted Patent B2
US 7,493,139 · App. 11/098,499 · Granted Feb 17, 2009

Receiving and sending method of mobile TV phone and mobile TV phone terminal

Assignee: NEC Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,493,139
App. No.
11/098,499
Granted
Feb 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A unit for realizing a TV phone by using an image and a character message by a relatively simple method in a manner mode is provided. In the manner mode of one mobile TV phone terminal, a control unit for controlling the operation of the one mobile TV phone terminal prohibits the sound input via a microphone of the one mobile TV phone terminal and the sound output via a speaker and operates an SMS function with a TV phone function. A line between the one mobile TV phone terminal and another one is connected, an SMS message is created by operating a key input unit of the one mobile TV phone terminal, and a send key is pressed. Then, the message data is sent to the other mobile TV phone terminal via one base station, an SMS server, and another base station. A display unit of the other mobile TV phone terminal displays the message together with the image sent via a TV phone exchange.

Claims (15)

1. A receiving and sending method of a mobile TV phone having a TV phone function, a phone book function, and an email function, together with a function for setting and resetting a manner mode, comprising the steps of:

prohibiting the sound input via a microphone and the sound output via a speaker of the mobile TV phone and starting the phone book function and the email function together with the TV phone function, upon executing communication by the TV phone function in the manner mode;

sending, via an email server by the email function, character data inputted from a key input unit of the mobile TV phone to an email address searched by the phone book function; and

displaying, on a display unit of the mobile TV phone, a message received by the email function and an image received by the TV phone function.

2. A mobile radio terminal having manner-mode setting/resetting means with a TV phone function, a phone book function, and an email function, comprising:

means for prohibiting the sound input via a microphone and the sound output via a speaker of the mobile radio terminal and starting the phone book function and the email function together with the TV phone function, upon executing communication by the TV phone function in the manner mode set by the manner-mode setting/resetting means;

means for sending, via an email server by the email function, character data inputted from a key input unit of the mobile radio terminal to an email address searched by the phone book function; and

means for displaying, on a display unit of the mobile radio terminal, a message received by the email function and an image received by the TV phone function.

3. The mobile radio terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the manner-mode setting/resetting means comprises:

means for automatically setting the mobile radio terminal to the manner mode on receipt of a predetermined signal indicating a specific area and resetting the manner mode when the mobile radio terminal shifts out of the specific area.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying comprises:

displaying the message received by the email function and the image received by the TV phone function when the e-mail address corresponds to the phone number of a sender phone.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein starting the phone book function and the email function together with the TV phone function comprises:

recognizing the manner mode at least in one of a sender phone or a receiver phone; and

starting the phone book function and the email function together with the TV phone function in a sender phone.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 033483/0936 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2005
From: HIMENO, YASUHIRO
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016453/0624 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-112357 · Apr 6, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050221771A1 · Oct 6, 2005