Mobile communication apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsChikara Yasuda, Shusaku Tsuge, Akemi Toyokura
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Abstract
A communication apparatus such as a cellular phone is described in which a control unit judges, when an incoming call is received, whether a sounding unit or a vibrating unit is to be activated for announcing the reception of the incoming call. The control unit determines that the announcing of the reception is prohibited if the mobile communication apparatus is in a roaming area. When the announcing of the reception is prohibited, the control unit sends a message, showing that the reception of the incoming call is unavailable, to a calling party.
Claims14
A mobile communication apparatus, comprising:
- an interface configured to communicate with a base station;
- an announcing unit configured to announce a reception of an incoming call;
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- a control unit configured to detect whether the mobile communication apparatus is in a roaming area when an incoming call is received, prohibit the announcing unit from announcing the reception when it is detected that the mobile communication apparatus is in the roaming area, and send a message showing that the reception of the incoming call is denied to a calling party.
A mobile communication apparatus, comprising:
- a interface configured to communicate with a base station:
- an announcing unit configured to announce a reception of an incoming call;
- means for detecting whether the mobile communication apparatus is in a roaming area when an incoming call is received;
- means for prohibiting the announcing unit from announcing the reception when it is detected that the mobile communication apparatus is in the roaming area;
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- means for sending a message to a calling party indicating that the reception of the incoming call is denied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.