US 2004/0201667 A1 · Videophone terminal, a videophone system, and a screen display setting method therefor

Abstract

At reception of a call as a video telephone from a communicating terminal, an image and voice and sound to be sent to the communicating terminal can be automatically selected to be sent to the communicating terminal according to the communicating party having issued the call. A telephone book table includes a telephone number, a name identifying a user of a portable telephone assigned with the telephone number, and a screen display method of sending a reply when a call is received from the portable telephone having the telephone number as a communicating terminal with a relationship between established between the items. At reception of a call as a video telephone from a communicating terminal, if the call is from a communicating party with an issuing party number, a controller makes a search through the table to determine whether or not the table contains a telephone number of the communicating terminal from which the call is received. If the table contains the number, the terminal sends an image and voice and sound to the communicating terminal according to a reply method at call reception related to the telephone number.

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Dependent claims

A videophone terminal for conducting a call with a communicating terminal by communicating voice and sound and an image, comprising:

imaging means for shooting an image;
a microphone for converting voice and sound into an electric signal;
display means for displaying a screen image;
a communicating means for communicating a call;
storage means for beforehand storing a telephone book table including a telephone number of a communicating terminal and a reply method at call reception with a relationship established therebetween;
and
control means for conducting control at reception of a call from a communicating terminal to convert an image and voice and sound to be sent from the videophone terminal to the communicating terminal into data according to a reply method related to a telephone number of the communicating terminal in the telephone book table stored in the storage means.

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A screen display setting method for use with a videophone terminal for conducting a call with a communicating terminal by communicating voice and sound and an image including imaging means for shooting an image, a microphone for converting voice and sound into an electric signal, display means for displaying a screen image, and a communicating means for communicating a call, the method comprising:

a reply setting step of relating in a telephone book table a telephone number of a communicating terminal to a reply method at reception of a call according to an input from an input means;
and
a reply step of conducting control at reception of a call from a communicating terminal to convert an image and voice and sound to be sent from the videophone terminal to the communicating terminal into data according to a reply method related to a telephone number of the communicating terminal in the telephone book table.

A videophone system including a plurality of videophone terminals for conducting a call by communicating voice and sound and an image between the videophone terminals, each videophone terminal including imaging means for shooting an image, a microphone for converting voice and sound into an electric signal, display means for displaying a screen image, and a communicating means for communicating a call, wherein the videophone terminal includes:

storage means for beforehand storing a telephone book table including a telephone number of a communicating terminal and a reply method at call reception with a relationship established therebetween;
and
control means for conducting control at reception of a call from a communicating terminal to convert an image and voice and sound to be sent from the videophone terminal to the communicating terminal into data according to a reply method related to a telephone number of the communicating terminal in the telephone book table stored in the storage means.

A screen display setting method for use with a videophone system including a plurality of videophone terminals for conducting a call by communicating voice and sound and an image between the videophone terminals, each videophone terminal including imaging means for shooting an image, a microphone for converting voice and sound into an electric signal, display means for displaying a screen image, and a communicating means for communicating a call, the method comprising:

a reply setting step of relating, according to an input from an input means of one videophone terminal selected from the videophone terminals, a telephone number of a communicating terminal to a reply method at reception of a call in a telephone book table by the videophone terminal selected from the videophone terminals;
and
a reply step of conducting control by the videophone terminal at reception of a call from a communicating terminal to convert an image and voice and sound to be sent from the videophone terminal to the communicating terminal into data according to a reply method related to a telephone number of the communicating terminal in the telephone book table.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Videophone terminal, a videophone system, and a screen display setting method therefor

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Videophone terminal, a videophone system, and a screen display setting method therefor

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