US5493604A
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Portable telephone set with automatic dialing feature
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1994-05-16
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Granted: 1996-02-20
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Expires: 2014-05-16
Abstract
Abstract In a portable telephone set in which at least a part of telephone set is brought into an open state for talking as in a folding-up type portable telephone set, in order to eliminate complicated dialling operation to a predetermined subscriber, dial number information of the subscribers are previously stored in memory. When an automatic dial function is selected and the dial number information of the subscriber is selected, then on the open state of the telephone set, the dial number information of the subscribers, which is read from the memory, is automatically fed to the telephone network.
Inventors
- 👤 Syoji Hirayama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 15:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04M1/0202; H04M1/0206; H04M1/0241; H04M1/0245; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/2749; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/0208; H04M1/0214
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A portable telephone set including a memory for storing subscriber dial number information, and a display means for displaying the dial number information read from said memory, at least a part of said telephone set being brought into an opened state from a closed state during use of said portable telephone set, characterized by; a selecting means for selectively activating an automatic dial mode of operation; a detecting means for detecting the opened state of the telephone set; and a dialing signal feed means for automatically feeding to a telephone network, dialing signal information of a predetermined subscriber which is read from said memory, upon detection of the opened state of the telephone set by said detecting means if said automatic dial mode of operation has previously been activated by said selecting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A portable telephone set including a memory for storing subscriber dial number information, and a display means for displaying the dial number information read from said memory, at least a part of said telephone set being brought into an opened state from a closed state during use of said portable telephone set, characterized by; a selecting means for selectively activating an automatic dial mode of operation; a detecting means for detecting the opened state of the telephone set; and a dialing signal feed means for automatically feeding to a telephone network, dialing signal information of a predetermined subscriber which is read from said memory, upon detection of the opened state of the telephone set by said detecting means if said automatic dial mode of operation has previously been activated by said selecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A portable telephone set as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display means displays said dialing signal information of a predetermined subscriber read from the memory.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
A portable telephone set as claimed in claimed in claim 1, wherein said telephone set comprises a receiving section provided with an earpiece and a calling section provided with a mouthpiece, said receiving section and said calling section are rotatably coupled by a hinge for bringing said telephone set into an opened state from a closed state.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A portable telephone set as claimed in claim 1, wherein said detecting means is an electrical switch adapted to turn ON or OFF depending on whether the telephone set is in the closed state or the opened state.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A portable telephone set as claimed in claim 1, wherein selection of said automatic dial function by said selecting means is stored in the memory.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
168 words
A portable telephone set including a memory for storing subscriber dial number information, and a display means for displaying the dial number information read from said memory, and at least a part of said telephone set being brought into an opened state from a closed state during use of said portable telephone set, characterized by; a first selecting means for selectively activating an automatic mode of operation; a detecting means for detecting the opened state of the telephone set; a second selecting means for selecting the dial number information of a predetermined subscriber stored in the memory; a dialing signal feed means for automatically feeding to a telephone network, dial signal information of a predetermined subscriber which is selected by said second selecting means, upon detection of the opened state of the telephone set by said detecting means if said automatic dial mode of operation has previously been activated by said first selecting means and the opened state of the telephone set is detected by said detecting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
168 words
A portable telephone set including a memory for storing subscriber dial number information, and a display means for displaying the dial number information read from said memory, and at least a part of said telephone set being brought into an opened state from a closed state during use of said portable telephone set, characterized by; a first selecting means for selectively activating an automatic mode of operation; a detecting means for detecting the opened state of the telephone set; a second selecting means for selecting the dial number information of a predetermined subscriber stored in the memory; a dialing signal feed means for automatically feeding to a telephone network, dial signal information of a predetermined subscriber which is selected by said second selecting means, upon detection of the opened state of the telephone set by said detecting means if said automatic dial mode of operation has previously been activated by said first selecting means and the opened state of the telephone set is detected by said detecting means.
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