Mobile radio terminal
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHajime Oomori, Kiyoshi Wagai, Junichi Igarashi, Yasuhiro Tsukui
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Abstract
A folding detecting unit detects whether or not the corresponding mobile radio terminal is in the folded state. A storage unit stores phone numbers of mobile terminals and automatic response data in the form of a table. A communication control unit refers to information stored in the storage unit when an incoming call occurs and, when the folding detecting unit detects that the terminal is changed from the folded or closed state to the unfolded or opened state, responds to the incoming call to initiate communication according to the automatic response data for the originating terminal.
Claims3
A mobile radio terminal having a structure capable of opening or closing a housing, comprising:
- incoming call detecting means for detecting the occurrence of an incoming call;
- opening or closing detecting means for detecting the opening or closing of the housing;
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- communication control means responsive to the opening or closing detecting means for responding to the incoming call to initiate communication when the housing is changed from the closed state to the opened state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.