US 8,428,560 B2 · Mobile telephone having broadcast reception function

Abstract

A mobile phone includes: a television broadcast receiving unit 111 operable to receive a broadcast program; a video processing unit 104 operable to output the received broadcast program; a wireless unit 102 operable to receive incoming-mail information; and a control unit 115 operable to monitor, during the output of the broadcast program, whether a predetermined condition for providing notification of the incoming-mail information is satisfied, and if the predetermined condition is satisfied when the incoming-mail information is detected, to provide the notification of the incoming-mail information, and if the predetermined condition is not satisfied when the incoming-mail information is detected, to postpone the notification of the incoming-mail information until the predetermined condition has been satisfied.

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Dependent claims

A mobile phone, comprising:

a receiving unit operable to receive video data;
a video output unit operable to output the received video data;
a reception detection unit operable to detect reception of a mail;
user instruction reception unit operable to receive, from a user, during the output of the video data by the video output unit, a switching instruction for switching from the video data being output to another video data;
and
a notification, control unit operable, in a case where the reception of the mail is detected by the reception detection unit during the output of the video data, when the switching instruction is received by the user instruction reception unit, to provide notification of the reception of the mail together with output of the another video data.

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A mobile phone, comprising

a receiving unit operable to receive video data;
a video output unit operable to output the received video data;
a reception detection unit operable to detect reception of a mail;
user instruction reception unit operable to receive, from a user, during the output of the video data by the video output unit, a switching instruction for switching from the video data being output to another video data;
and
a notification control unit operable, in a case where the reception of the mail is detected by the reception detection unit during the output of the video data, when the switching instruction is not received by the user instruction reception unit, to provide notification of the reception of the mail in a first mode together with output of the video data, and then when the switching instruction is received, to provide the notification in a second mode together with output of the another video data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile telephone having broadcast reception function

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Mobile telephone having broadcast reception function

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