IP Library Granted Patent US 8,300,778
Granted Patent B2
US 8,300,778 · App. 12/392,709 · Granted Oct 30, 2012

Information processing terminal device and method for notifying missed call or unread E-mail

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,300,778
App. No.
12/392,709
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing terminal device includes a state monitoring unit that monitors whether or not there exits an unread e-mail or a missed call, a light order control unit that makes an emitting unit emit a color corresponding to each sender in a given order when the unread e-mail or the missed call is detected, where a light order control unit determines a light order of the colors according to a receiving order of the unread e-mail or an incoming order of the missed call.

Claims (16)

1. An information processing terminal device, comprising:

a state monitoring unit that monitors whether there exists an unread e-mail or a missed call; and

a light order control unit that makes an emitting unit emit a color corresponding to each sender associated with the unread e-mail or the missed call that is detected, where color information of each sender is associated with a respective order in which the emitting unit emits light.

2. The information processing terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the light order control unit determines a light order of colors according to a receiving order of the unread e-mail or an incoming order of the missed call.

3. The information processing terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the light order control unit repeats emission of the color for each sender while having a turning-off time period for a given time period between the emissions.

4. The information processing terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the light order control unit emits a lighting pattern of colors in a given combination before or after the emission of the color for each sender.

5. The information processing terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the light order control unit stops emission of the color corresponding to the sender who has referred to the unread e-mail or the missed call.

6. The information processing terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the light order control unit performs emission of the color corresponding to the sender of the unread e-mail that is specified to an unreferred state in a light order according to a reception time of the unread e-mail.

7. A method for notifying a missed call or an unread e-mail, comprising:

monitoring whether there exists an unread e-mail or a missed call; and

emitting light in colors corresponding to each sender associated with the unread e-mail or the missed call that is detected, where color information of each sender is associated with a respective order in which the light is emitted.

8. A method of providing a notification, comprising:

associating an identifier of a user registered in an address book with a light indicator; and

displaying the light indicator when determining that a missed call or an unread mail exists from the user, where color information of each sender is associated with a respective order in which the light indicator is provided.

9. The method of claim 8 , comprising:

changing a color of the light indicator subsequent to determining that information of the missed call has been viewed or the mail is read by a recipient.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047555/0862 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2009
From: SHIBUYA, KEI; HARIU, KIYOTOSHI; KOJIMA, TAKESHI; MAEDA, RIKIYA; KONNO, MASAHIKO; SASAKI, HAYATO; SATO, KEN; IWABUCHI, TOMOKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022337/0254 →