Cellular phone having an in-absence incoming call reporting function
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorHironori Yamada
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Abstract
A cellular phone of the present invention is capable of displaying an in-absence incoming call message on a display if the user of the phone does not answer an incoming call. At the same time as the in-absence incoming call message is displayed, a timer starts counting a period of time set therein beforehand. A reporting device alerts the user to the incoming call when the timer counts up the preselected period of time. The phone therefore alerts the user to the incoming call not noticed or answered by the user despite that the user carries it.
Claims15
A cellular phone capable of displaying an in-absence incoming call message on a display if a user of said cellular phone does not answer an incoming call, said cellular phone comprising:
- a timer for starting counting, at the same time as the in-absence incoming call message is displayed, a preselected period of time set therein beforehand;
- and
- reporting means for alerting the user to the incoming call when said timer counts up the preselected period of time.
A cellular phone capable of displaying an in-absence incoming call message on a display if a user of said cellular phone does not answer an incoming call, said cellular phone comprising:
- a timer for starting counting, at the same time as the in-absence incoming call message is displayed, a preselected period o time set therein beforehand;
- reporting means for alerting the user to the incoming call when said timer counts up the preselected period of time;
- and
- repeating means for repeatedly alerting the user to the incoming call by repeatedly reporting said incoming call and repeatedly counting the preselected period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.