Portable terminal device
View Patent ↗A portable terminal device capable of emitting a random ringtone, includes a call arrival processing device, in which a radio broadcast is set as one of the items of information indicating the type of ringtone in set data, and the frequency of radio broadcast signals set as a ringtone is detected out of the frequency information in the set data. If the power of the signals of this frequency is at or above a prescribed level, then signals of that frequency are fed to a loudspeaker to cause a radio broadcast to sound as a ringtone.
1. A portable terminal device which communicates with another party by transmitting and receiving various signals with a base station by way of a wireless line, said portable terminal device comprising:
call arrival detecting means for detecting an incoming call from another party via said base station;
broadcast receiving means for receiving broadcast signals including audio signals;
a loudspeaker for converting said audio signals into a sound; and
call arrival processing means for causing said loudspeaker to emit a ringtone based on said broadcast signals that are being broadcast when a call arrival from said another party is detected by said call arrival detecting means.
2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein said call arrival processing means causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on said broadcast signals when said call arrival detecting means detects a call arrival signal from said base station.
3. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein said call arrival processing means causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on said broadcast signals when said call arrival detecting means detects a reception of an electronic mail from said another party.
4. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising first memory means for storing a preset frequency of broadcast signals to be received by said broadcast receiving means, wherein said call arrival processing means causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on the broadcast signals of said frequency stored in said first memory means.
5. The portable terminal device according to claim 4 , further comprising second memory means for storing audio signals, wherein said call arrival processing means causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on the audio signals stored in said second memory means when a power of the audio signals received by said broadcast receiving means is below a prescribed level.
6. The portable terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein said first memory means also stores another preset frequency of broadcast signals to be received by said broadcast receiving means, and
wherein said call arrival processing means causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on the broadcast signals of said another frequency stored in said first memory means when a power of broadcast signals received by said broadcast receiving means is below a prescribed level.
7. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising incoming call from another party device identifying means, wherein said call arrival processing means, when said call arrival detecting means detects a call arrival signal from said base station and said another party device identifying means detects that the another party sending the incoming call comprises a preset designated device, causes a sound based on said broadcast signals to be emitted from said loudspeaker.
8. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising incoming call from another party device identifying means, wherein said call arrival processing means, when said call arrival detecting means detects a reception of an electronic mail from said another party and said another party device identifying means detects that the another party sending the received mail comprises a preset designated device, causes a sound based on said broadcast signals to be emitted from said loudspeaker.
9. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
display means for displaying an indication of the detecting the incoming call when the ringtone is emitted from the loudspeaker.
10. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein said audio signals comprise a radio sound that comprises a live broadcast, said radio sound being applied as the ringtone.
11. A portable terminal device which communicates with another party by transmitting and receiving various signals with a base station by way of a wireless line, said portable terminal device comprising:
a call arrival detecting device that detects an incoming call from another party via said base station;
a broadcast receiving circuit that receives broadcast signals including audio signals;
a loudspeaker that converts said audio signals into a sound; and
a call arrival processing device that causes said loudspeaker to emit a ringtone based on said broadcast signals that are being broadcast when a call arrival from said another party is detected by said call arrival detecting device.
12. The portable terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein said call arrival processing device causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on said broadcast signals when said call arrival detecting device detects a call arrival signal from said base station.
13. The portable terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein said call arrival processing device causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on said broadcast signals when said call arrival detecting device detects a reception of an electronic mail from said another party.
14. The portable terminal device according to claim 11 , further comprising a first memory device that stores a preset frequency of broadcast signals to be received by said broadcast receiving circuit, wherein said call arrival processing device causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on the broadcast signals of said frequency stored in said first memory device.
15. The portable terminal device according to claim 14 , further comprising a second memory device that stores audio signals, wherein said call arrival processing device causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on the audio signals stored in said second memory device when a power of the audio signals received by said broadcast receiving circuit is below a prescribed level.
16. The portable terminal device according to claim 14 , wherein said first memory device also stores another preset frequency of broadcast signals to be received by said broadcast receiving circuit, and
wherein said call arrival processing device causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on the broadcast signals of said another frequency stored in said first memory device when a power of broadcast signals received by said broadcast receiving circuit is below a prescribed level.
17. The portable terminal device according to claim 11 , further comprising a third memory device that stores other party identifying data indicating that the incoming call from another party comprises a preset designated device, wherein said call arrival processing device causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on said broadcast signals when said call arrival detecting device detects a call arrival signal from said base station and identifying data contained in the incoming call are contained in said other party identifying data stored in said third memory device.
18. The portable terminal device according to claim 11 , further comprising a third memory device that stores other party identifying data indicating that the incoming call from another party comprises a preset designated device, wherein said call arrival processing device causes said loudspeaker to emit a sound based on said broadcast signals when said call arrival detecting device detects a reception of an electronic mail from said base station and identifying data contained in the received mail are contained in said other party identifying data stored in said third memory device.
19. The portable terminal device according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a memory device that stores set data of broadcast signals,
wherein the call arrival processing device sets the ringtone to be emitted from the loudspeaker on a basis of the set data stored in the memory device.
20. The portable terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein said audio signals comprise a radio sound that comprises a live broadcast, said radio sound being applied as the ringtone.