Portable telephone
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuichi Taneya, Masae Morioka, Hiroomi Kashu
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Abstract
The present invention provides a portable telephone comprising an openable/closable casing having a display 13a, a magnetic sensor 18b for detecting whether the casing is opened or closed, and a control circuit 10. When a message is received with the casing closed, the control circuit 10 displays the contents of the received message on the display 13a. When the casing in an opening state is thereafter detected, the control circuit 10 displays on the display 13a a reply-message-preparation screen for preparing a reply message to be sent to a sender of the received message.
Claims6
A portable telephone including an openable/closable casing, a display having a screen which is exposed to the outside regardless of whether the casing is opened or closed, and a key input device having a plurality of manipulation keys for entering characters and a manipulation surface which is to be exposed to the outside by opening the casing, the portable telephone being capable of sending and receiving messages containing electronic information, the portable telephone being characterized in that the portable telephone comprises:
- opening-closing detection means for detecting whether the casing is opened or closed,
- means for receiving the message,
- display control means for displaying the contents of the received message on the display when the message is received with the casing closed, and when the casing in an opening state is thereafter detected, displaying on the display, in response to the detection of the opening state, a message-preparation screen for preparing a message to be sent to a sender of the received message or to the other party than the sender.
A portable telephone including an openable/closable casing, a main display having a screen which is to be exposed to the outside by opening the casing, an auxiliary display having a screen which is to be exposed to the outside with the casing closed, and a key input device having a manipulation surface which is to be exposed to the outside by opening the casing, the portable telephone being capable of sending and receiving messages containing electronic information, the portable telephone being characterized in that the portable telephone comprises:
- opening-closing detection means for detecting whether the casing is opened or closed, means for receiving the message,
- display control means for displaying the contents of the received message on the auxiliary display when the message is received with the casing closed, and when the casing in an opening state is thereafter detected, displaying on the main display, in response to the detection of the opening state, a message-preparation screen for preparing a message to be sent to a sender of the received message or to the other party than the sender.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.