US 7,126,713 B1Granted

Communication terminal apparatus and method

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsTokunori Kato, Susumu Chida

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Abstract

A communication terminal apparatus which includes a non-volatile memory device that stores parameters of various kinds, and a control device that performs an operation based on at least the parameters. The non-volatile memory device includes a read-only non-volatile memory, for example, a ROM, storing parameters regarding a plurality of geographical divisions, such as countries, areas and the like, and a re-writable non-volatile memory, for example, an EEPROM, capable of storing at least the parameters. When a geographical division is selected, the control device initializes the re-writable non-volatile memory on the basis of at least the parameters regarding the selected geographical division read from the read-only non-volatile memory, that is, the control device reads the parameters regarding the selected geographical division from the read-only non-volatile memory, and stores the parameters into the re-writable non-volatile memory.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

a first memory that stores parameters for each of a plurality of geographical divisions and at least one operation-control program;
a second memory;
an input device that allows an operator to select a geographical division;
and
a control device that customizes the second memory on the basis of parameters for a selected geographical division selected by the operator, the parameters for the selected geographical division being read from the first memory, wherein:
the parameters for each of the plurality of geographical divisions include at least one geographical division-specific parameter and at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter for each of the plurality of geographical divisions,
if no geographical division-specific parameter has been stored in the second memory, the control device reads at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected geographical division and at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected geographical division, from the first memory, and stores the at least one geographical division-specific parameter and the at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter into the second memory, and
if at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding a first geographical division has already been stored in the second memory and a second geographical division is selected, the control device only reads at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected second geographical division from the first memory, and stores the at least one geographical division-specific parameter into the second memory.

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A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

a first specification storing device into which a plurality of specifications and at least one operation-control program are pre-stored;
a selector device that allows an operator to select a selected specification from the first specification storing device;
a second specification storing device that stores the specification selected by the operator using the selector device;
a determining device that determines whether the specification stored in the second specification storing device is a predetermined specification;
and
a control device that performs a control such that a main program starts, if the determining device determines that the specification stored in the second specification storing device is the predetermined specification, wherein:
the specifications includes parameters for each of a plurality of geographical divisions, the parameters include at least one geographical division-specific parameter and at least one non-geo graphical division-specific parameter for each of the plurality of geographical divisions,
if no geographical division-specific parameter has been stored in the second specification storing device, the control device reads at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected geographical division and at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected geographical division from the first specification storing device, and stores the at least one geographical division-specific parameter and the at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter into the second specification storing device, and
if at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding a first geographical division has already been stored in the second specification storing device and a second geographical division is selected, the at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected second geographical division is only read from the first specification storing device, and the at least one geographical division-specific parameter is stored into the second specification storing device.

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A method of setting parameters in a communication terminal apparatus, comprising:

storing parameters for each of a plurality of geographical divisions and at least one operation-control program in a first memory location;
receiving a selection from an operator of a selected geographical division from the plurality of geographical divisions;
customizing a second memory location by storing the parameters for the selected geographical division that is selected by the operator in the second memory location, the parameters for the selected geographical division being read from the first memory location, wherein:
the parameters for each of the plurality of geographical divisions include at least one geographical division-specific parameter and at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter for each of the plurality of geographical divisions,
if no geographical division-specific parameter has been stored in the second memory location, at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected geographical division and at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected geographical division are read from the first memory location, and the at least one geographical division-specific parameter and the at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter are stored into the second memory location, and
if at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding a first geographical division has already been stored in the second memory location and a second geographical division is selected, at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected second geographical division is only read from the first memory location, and the at least one geographical division-specific parameter is stored into the second memory location.

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A method of setting parameters in a communication terminal apparatus, comprising:

storing a plurality of specifications and at least one operation-control program in a first memory location;
receiving a selection from an operator of a selected specification from the plurality of specifications in the first memory location;
storing the selected specification in a second memory location;
determining whether the specification stored in the second memory location is a predetermined specification;
and
starting a main program if the specification stored in the second memory location is the predetermined specification, wherein:
the specifications includes parameters for each of a plurality of geographical divisions, the parameters include at least one geographical division-specific parameter and at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter for each of the plurality of geographical divisions,
if no geographical division-specific parameter has been stored in the second memory location, at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected geographical division and at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected geographical division are read from the first memory location, and the at least one geographical division-specific parameter and the at least one non-geographical division-specific parameter are stored into the second memory location, and
if at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding a first geographical division has already been stored in the second memory location and a second geographical division is selected, at least one geographical division-specific parameter regarding the selected second geographical division is only read from the first memory location, and the at least one geographical division-specific parameter is stored into the second memory location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/266,922Filed 12 Mar 1999
Priority: JP 10-06655017 Mar 1998
Granted: 24 Oct 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04M 1/2745
With provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time , e.g. using toothed disc: using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
H04M 1/247
Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers: telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use
H04M 1/27457
Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata: management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data
H04M 1/27485
Using static electronic memories, e.g. chips: appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence