US 2004/0204202 A1 · Mobile phone

Abstract

A housing improves the operability of a mobile phone in a sliding structure. With the mobile phone having the front unit and the back unit in the shortened state, a phone book can be searched with the phone number information about the partner, icon information, etc. displayed on the display portion, and the mobile phone enters the expansion state. In the control portion, when the expansion detecting portion detects the change from the shortened state to the expansion state according to the output signal of the magnetic sensor, the display contents on the display portion are determined, and it is determined whether or not the phone number information or the information relating to the phone number information (for example, an image, an icon, the phone book information such as a name, etc.) is displayed on the display portion. If the phone number information or the information relating to the phone number information is displayed, then an automatic call issuing process is performed through the circuit control portion according to the phone number information.

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Dependent claims

A mobile phone having a front unit, a back unit coupled to a back of the front unit with free slide in a major axis direction, and an inset releasing unit, provided on one side of the front unit or the back unit, for releasing an inset state of the front unit in relation to the back unit, comprising:

expansion detection means for generating an expansion detection signal when the inset releasing unit is operated to change a shortened state of the front unit and the back unit into an expansion state, and the expansion state is detected;
and
control means for issuing a call to a predetermined phone number, connecting a call to a predetermined Web server, or activating generation of electronic mail when the expansion detection signal is generated.

A mobile phone having a front unit including a display portion and a receiver portion, a back unit which has a master console portion and is coupled to a back of the front unit with free slide in a major axis direction, and an inset releasing unit, provided on one side of the front unit or the back unit, for releasing an inset state of the front unit in relation to the back unit, comprising:

expansion detection means for generating an expansion detection signal when the inset releasing unit is operated to change a shortened state of the front unit and the back unit into an expansion state, and the expansion state is detected;
and
control means for issuing a call to a predetermined phone number, connecting a call to a predetermined Web server, or activating generation of electronic mail depending on display contents of the display portion of the front unit when the expansion detection signal is generated.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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