Response message transmitter and response message transmitting method in cellular mobile telephone apparatus and recording medium recording program for executing the method

Abstract

A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.

1 . A response message transmitter in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising: 
 a memory for storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party;    means for selecting one from said plurality of messages;    means for transmitting a message selected by said selecting means to the calling party; and    incoming call responding means operable when an incoming call is received to instruct said transmitting means to transmit the message selected by said selecting means to the calling party.    
     
     
         2 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of messages include a message notifying that the user of said apparatus is driving a vehicle.  
     
     
         3 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said selecting means includes a plurality of keys provided in correspondence to the respective ones of said plurality of messages.  
     
     
         4 . An apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein a key corresponding to the message for notifying that the user of said apparatus is driving a vehicle is formed to be distinguishable from other keys with a tactile sense on said key.  
     
     
         5 . An apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein said key corresponding to the message for notifying that the user of said apparatus is driving a vehicle comprises a touch switch.  
     
     
         6 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said selecting means includes a state-holding switch for selecting one of said plurality of messages.  
     
     
         7 . An apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein said selecting means previously selects a desired one from among said plurality of messages before said incoming call is received.  
     
     
         8 . An apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein said incoming call responding means includes a key to be operated in response to the incoming call.  
     
     
         9 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said selecting means includes means for previously selecting a message before said incoming call is received.  
     
     
         10 . An apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein said selecting means includes: 
 means for specifying a desired one from among said plurality of messages; and    a pointer memory for storing an address of said memory at which a message specified by said specifying means is stored.    
     
     
         11 . An apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein said incoming call responding means includes means responsive to said incoming call to read said specified message based on said address stored in said pointer memory and to instruct said transmitting means to transmit said specified message.  
     
     
         12 . An apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein said selecting means includes a switch for selecting one from among said plurality of messages.  
     
     
         13 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising means for generating at least one of said plurality of messages.  
     
     
         14 . An apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein said message generating means includes: 
 an audio encoder circuit for converting a voice signal inputted from a transducer to a digital signal; and    means for storing the digital signal converted by said audio encoder circuit in said memory.    
     
     
         15 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said incoming call responding means includes means for detecting voice of the user.  
     
     
         16 . An apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein said voice detecting means includes: 
 means for transducing said voice of the user to an electrical signal;    means for extracting a predetermined voice spectrum component from a voice signal fetched by said transducing means; and    means for operating said transmitting means when the component extracted by said extracting means is higher than a predetermined noise level.    
     
     
         17 . An apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein said voice detecting means includes means for recognizing a pattern of voice of said user.  
     
     
         18 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising means for cutting a communication channel for said apparatus after said transmitting means transmits said selected message.  
     
     
         19 . A response message transmitter in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising a cellular mobile telephone body and an incoming call communicator which communicates with said cellular mobile telephone body, wherein: 
 said cellular mobile telephone body comprises a transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving information to and from said incoming call communicator, means responsive to an incoming call received from a calling party for instructing said transmitter/receiver to notify said incoming call communicator of the reception of the incoming call, a memory for storing at least one message for responding to said calling party, and means for transmitting said message to said calling party when said transmitter/receiver receives response information from said incoming call communicator; and    said incoming call communicator comprises a transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving information to and from said cellular mobile telephone body, means for notifying a user of said cellular mobile telephone apparatus of the reception of an incoming call when said transmitter/receiver receives the notification of the reception of the incoming call from said cellular mobile telephone body, and responding means for instructing said transmitter/receiver to transmit said response information to said cellular mobile telephone body when said user responds to said incoming call notifying means.    
     
     
         20 . An apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein said message storing memory stores a plurality of messages.  
     
     
         21 . An apparatus according to  claim 20 , wherein said incoming call communicator further comprises means for selecting one from among a plurality of messages stored in said message storing memory, and said responding means includes means for instructing said transmitter/receiver to transmit response information associated with a message selected by said selecting means to said cellular mobile telephone body.  
     
     
         22 . An apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein said incoming call communicator further comprises means for storing information associated with a message selected by said selecting means, and said responding means includes means for transmitting the information stored in said storing means as said response information.  
     
     
         23 . An apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein said selecting means includes a plurality of response switches provided in correspondence to said messages manipulated by said user.  
     
     
         24 . An apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein said selecting means includes a plurality of state-holding switches provided in correspondence to said messages manipulated by said user.  
     
     
         25 . An apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein said selecting means comprises: 
 means for specifying a desired one within said plurality of messages; and    a storage circuit for storing an address of said memory at which a message specified by said specifying means is stored.    
     
     
         26 . An apparatus according to  claim 25 , wherein said responding means includes at least one response switch, and said responding means also comprises means responsive to a manipulation on said response switch for reading said address stored in said storage circuit and for instructing said transmitter/receiver to transmit said address to said cellular mobile telephone body.  
     
     
         27 . An apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein said responding means comprises means for generating said response information, and means for instructing said transmitter/receiver to transmit said response information.  
     
     
         28 . An apparatus according to  claim 27 , wherein said cellular mobile telephone body further comprises means responsive to said transmitter/receiver receiving said response information from said incoming call communicator for analyzing said response information to read a message selected by said selecting means.  
     
     
         29 . An apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein said responding means includes means for detecting voice of said user.  
     
     
         30 . An apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein said incoming call communicator is incorporated in a device for displaying the time, said displaying device being mountable on a human body.  
     
     
         31 . A response message transmitter in a cellular mobile telephone comprising: 
 in a radio base station or in a switching station, a memory for storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party, and means for transmitting a selected message to the calling party based on address information for specifying a selection message transmitted from a cellular mobile telephone; and    in said cellular mobile telephone, means for selecting one from among said plurality of messages stored in said memory, and means for transmitting said address information associated with a message selected by said selecting means to said radio base station or to said switching station.    
     
     
         32 . A method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus, comprising the steps of: 
 storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party in a memory;    selecting a message from among said plurality of messages;    transmitting the message selected at said selecting step to the calling party; and    transmitting the message selected at said selecting step to said calling party in response to reception of an incoming call.    
     
     
         33 . A method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising a cellular mobile telephone body and an incoming call communicator for communicating with said cellular mobile telephone body, comprising the steps of: 
 said cellular mobile telephone body storing at least one message for responding to a calling party in a memory;    said cellular mobile telephone body notifying, in response to an incoming call received from a calling party, said incoming call communicator of the reception of the incoming call    said incoming call communicator notifying a user of said cellular mobile telephone apparatus of the reception of the incoming call when said incoming call communicator receives the notification of the reception of the incoming call from said cellular mobile telephone body;    said incoming call communicator transmitting response information to said cellular mobile telephone body when said user responds to said notification of the reception of the incoming call; and    said cellular mobile telephone body transmitting said message to said calling party when said cellular mobile telephone body receives said response information from said incoming call communicator.    
     
     
         34 . A method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone comprising the steps of: 
 storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party in a memory provided in a radio base station or in a switching station;    selecting, in a cellular mobile telephone, one from among said plurality of messages stored in said memory;    said cellular mobile telephone transmitting address information associated with a message selected at said selecting step to said radio base station or to said switching station; and    said radio base station or said switching station transmitting said selected message to the calling party based on the address information transmitted from said cellular mobile telephone.    
     
     
         35 . A recording medium readable by a computer, said recording medium recording a program for executing a method of transmitting a response information in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: 
 storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party in a memory;    selecting one from among said plurality of messages;    transmitting a message selected by said selecting means to the calling party; and    transmitting the message selected by said selecting step to said calling party in response to an incoming call.    
     
     
         36 . A recording medium readable by a computer, said recording medium recording a program for executing a method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone apparatus comprising a cellular mobile telephone body and an incoming call communicator for communicating with said cellular mobile telephone body, comprising the steps of: 
 said cellular mobile telephone body storing at least one message for responding to a calling party in a memory;    said cellular mobile telephone body notifying, in response to an incoming call received from a calling party, said incoming call communicator of the reception of the incoming call;    said incoming call communicator notifying a user of said cellular mobile telephone apparatus of the reception of the incoming call when said incoming call communicator receives the notification of the reception of the incoming call from said cellular mobile telephone body;    said incoming call communicator transmitting response information to said cellular mobile telephone body when said user responds to said notification of the reception of the incoming call; and    said cellular mobile telephone body transmitting said message to said calling party when said cellular mobile telephone body receives said response information from said incoming call communicator.    
     
     
         37 . A recording medium readable by a computer, said recording medium recording a program for executing a method of transmitting a response message in a cellular mobile telephone comprising the steps of: 
 storing a plurality of messages for responding to a calling party in a memory provided in a radio base station or in a switching station;    selecting, in a cellular mobile telephone, one from among said plurality of messages stored in said memory;    said cellular mobile telephone transmitting address information associated with a message selected at said selecting step to said radio base station or to said switching station; and    said radio base station or said switching station transmitting said selected message to the calling party based on the address information transmitted from said cellular mobile telephone.