Handsfree device and mobile phone handset

A handsfree device, comprising:

• a communication circuit for maintaining a plurality of connections at a time with a mobile phone handset, through a plurality of wireless channels;
• a ring-tone sound output controlling means for making a speaker output a sound depending on a received ring-tone signal, after receiving the ring-tone signal from the mobile phone handset connected with the communication circuit, when the mobile phone handset receives a phone call;
• a range information transmission controlling means for transmitting range information to the mobile phone handset by means of the communication circuit, the range information being information on a restriction to the frequency range used by the ring-tone signal to be received by the ring-tone sound output controlling means, and the range information further being changed depending on a state of the connections through the channels;
• a reception controlling means for receiving, by means of the communication circuit, information on the mobile phone handset transmitted from the mobile phone handset as a response to the range information transmitted by the range information transmission controlling means;
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• a transmission controlling means for transmitting selection information to the mobile phone handset by means of the communication circuit, according to the information on the mobile phone handset received by the reception controlling means, the selection information being for selecting whether to receive the ring-tone signal from the mobile phone handset when the mobile phone handset receives a phone call.

A mobile phone handset, comprising:

• a storage medium for storing a ring-tone dataset;
• a handsfree communication circuit for maintaining a plurality of connections through a plurality of wireless channels at a time with a handsfree device, which receives a ring-tone signal from the mobile phone handset and outputs a ring-tone sound depending on the ring-tone signal to the speaker, when the mobile phone handset receives a phone call;
• a ring-tone selection reception controlling means for receiving from the handsfree device connected with the handsfree communication circuit selection information for selecting the ring-tone signal, the selection information being set by the handsfree device according to a state of the connections through the channels;
• a transmission ring-tone determining means for determining, according to the selection information received by the ring-tone selection reception controlling means, the ring-tone signal for transmission corresponding to the ring-tone dataset stored by the storage medium;
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• a ring-tone transmission controlling means for transmitting, by means of the handsfree communication circuit, the ring-tone signal determined by the transmission ring-tone determining means to the handsfree device.

A mobile phone handset, comprising:

• a storage medium for storing a ring-tone dataset;
• a handsfree communication circuit for maintaining a plurality of connections through a plurality of wireless channels at a time with a handsfree device, which receives a ring-tone signal from the mobile phone handset and outputs a ring-tone sound depending on the ring-tone signal to the speaker, when the mobile phone handset receives a phone call;
• a range information reception controlling means for receiving, by means of the handsfree communication device, a range information transmitted from the handsfree device, the range information being information on a restriction to a frequency range used by the ring-tone signal to be received by the handsfree device and the range information being changed depending on the state of the connections through the channels;
• a ring-tone compatible/incompatible transmission control means for transmitting presence/absence information to the handsfree device by means of the handsfree communication circuit, according to comparison between the range information which the range information reception controlling means received and a frequency range used by the ring-tone dataset stored by the storage medium, the presence/absence information being information on the presence or absence of the ring-tone signal transmittable to the handsfree device;
• a ring-tone acceptance/denial reception control means for receiving, by means of the handsfree communication circuit, acceptance/denial information transmitted by the handsfree device, as a response to the presence/absence information transmitted by the ring-tone compatible/incompatible transmission control means, the acceptance/denial information being information on whether the handsfree device receives the ring-tone signal when the mobile phone handset receives a phone call;
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• a ring-tone transmission controlling means for transmitting, by means of the handsfree communication circuit, the ring-tone signal depending on the ring-tone dataset stored by the storage medium to the handsfree device, based on that the acceptance/denial information received by the ring-tone acceptance/denial reception control means indicates that the handsfree device receives the ring-tone signal when the mobile phone handset receives a phone call.