IP Library Granted Patent US 7,864,934
Granted Patent B2
US 7,864,934 · App. 11/350,940 · Granted Jan 4, 2011

Telephone used in a telephone system for transmitting data from an authorized telephone with speech authority to an unauthorized telephone without speech authority

Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,864,934
App. No.
11/350,940
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to provide a telephone enabling a user of a telephone to readily recognize which telephone user is a source of voice under transmission. This telephone 10 has a receiver 102 for receiving telephone information to specify each of an authorized telephone and unauthorized telephones, a display surface 100 for displaying predetermined information based on the received telephone information, and a display control part 105 for specifying a content of the predetermined information, based on the telephone information received by the receiver 102 , and for displaying the content on the display surface 100 . The display control part 105 fixedly displays user information to specify a user of the authorized telephone, in a partial region of the display surface 100 , and displays at least part of user information to specify users of telephones except for the concerned telephone 10 among the authorized telephone and unauthorized telephones, in a remaining region except for the partial region of the display surface 100.

Claims (34)

1. A telephone in a telephone system for transmitting voice data transmitted from an authorized telephone with speech authority granted from a speech authority controller, to a plurality of unauthorized telephones without speech authority, comprising:

a transmitting unit to request authorization and un-authorization from the speech authority controller to transmit voice data, the speech authority controller, in response to an authorization request from a requesting telephone, authorizing the requesting telephone and un-authorizing all telephones other than the requesting telephone;

receiving means for receiving telephone information to specify users of each of the authorized telephone and the unauthorized telephones from the speech authority controller;

a display surface for displaying predetermined information based on the received telephone information; and

display controlling means for specifying a content of the predetermined information, based on the telephone information received by the receiving means, and for displaying the content on the display surface,

wherein the display controlling means fixedly displays user information to specify a user of the authorized telephone, in a partial region of the display surface, and displays at least part of user information to specify users of telephones except for the concerned telephone among the authorized telephone and the unauthorized telephones, in a remaining region except for the partial region of the display surface.

2. The telephone according to claim 1 , wherein the display controlling means displays the user information to be displayed on the display surface, in such a manner that the user information to specify the user of the authorized telephone is displayed in a form different from the user information to specify the users of the unauthorized telephones.

3. The telephone according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the display controlling means displays information indicating communication states of the unauthorized telephones, in the remaining region of the display surface.

4. The telephone according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein, when the receiving means receives the telephone information after the display controlling means displayed the predetermined information on the display surface,

the display controlling means specifies the predetermined information to be displayed on the display surface, based on the received telephone information.

5. The telephone according to claim 3 , wherein, when the receiving means receives the telephone information after the display controlling means displays the predetermined information on the display surface,

the display controlling means specifies the predetermined information to be displayed on the display surface, based on the received telephone information.

6. A telephone in a telephone system for transmitting voice data transmitted from an authorized telephone with speech authority granted from a speech authority controller, to a plurality of unauthorized telephones without speech authority, comprising:

a transmitting unit configured to request authorization and un-authorization from the speech authority controller to transmit voice data, the speech authority controller, in response to an authorization request from a requesting telephone, authorizing the requesting telephone and un-authorizing all telephones other than the requesting telephone;

a receiving unit configured to receive telephone information to specify users of each of the authorized telephone and the unauthorized telephones from the speech authority controller;

a display surface configured to display predetermined information based on the received telephone information; and

a display controlling unit configured to specify a content of the predetermined information, based on the telephone information received by the receiving unit, and to display the content on the display surface,

wherein the display controlling unit is configured to fixedly display user information to specify a user of the authorized telephone, in a partial region of the display surface, and to display at least part of user information to specify users of telephones except for the concerned telephone among the authorized telephone and the unauthorized telephones, in a remaining region except for the partial region of the display surface.

7. A speech authority control method of transmitting and receiving voice data in a telephone system, the method comprising:

receiving a request for acquisition of speech authority from a first telephone to a speech authority controller;

authorizing the first telephone to transmit voice data to a second telephone based on the request for acquisition of speech authority from the first telephone to the speech authority controller, the speech authority controller, when authorizing the first telephone, un-authorizing all telephones other than the first telephone;

routing, by the speech authority controller, voice data transmitted from the first telephone to the second telephone when the first telephone is authorized in the authorizing;

transmitting telephone information including information identifying a user of the first telephone from the speech authority controller to the first and second telephones when the voice data transmitted from the first telephone is routed to the second telephone;

displaying the transmitted telephone information on the first and second telephones;

transmitting a request for renunciation of speech authority from the first telephone to the speech authority controller; and

renouncing the authorization of the first telephone to transmit voice data to the second telephone based on the request for renunciation of speech authority transmitted from the first telephone.

8. A telephone system transmitting voice data transmitted from an authorized telephone with speech authority to a plurality of unauthorized telephones without speech authority, the telephone system comprising:

a speech authority controller configured to authorize and un-authorize telephones with speech authority to transmit voice data, and further configured to store telephone information specifying users of the telephones; and

a telephone, of the telephones, connected to the speech authority controller by a network, the telephone including

a transmitting unit configured to request authorization and un-authorization from the speech authority controller to transmit voice data, the speech authority controller, in response to an authorization request from a requesting telephone, authorizing the requesting telephone and un-authorizing all telephones other than the requesting telephone;

a receiving unit configured to receive the telephone information specifying users of each of the authorized telephone and the unauthorized telephones from the speech authority controller;

a display surface configured to display predetermined information based on the received telephone information; and

a display controlling unit configured to specify a content of the predetermined information, based on the telephone information received by the receiving unit, and to display the content on the display surface,

wherein the display controlling unit is configured to fixedly display user information to specify a user of the authorized telephone, in a partial region of the display surface, and to display at least part of user information to specify users of telephones except for the concerned telephone among the authorized telephone and the unauthorized telephones, in a remaining region except for the partial region of the display surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2006
From: ANDO, TOMOHIRO; TAKAHASHI, REI; HIGASHI, KAZUKA; IITAKA, TAKESHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP P2005-044577 · Feb 21, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060189305A1 · Aug 24, 2006