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Portable wireless communication apparatus

a wireless communication and portable technology, applied in the field of portable wireless communication devices, can solve the problems of limit the number of tunes and the length of the performance of a tune storable in a built-in memory, and achieve the effect of improving the tone quality and the general quality of the call holding tone, and furthering the diversity thereo

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-02
MINEMATSU TORU
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[0010] This enables the music stored in the external memory unit to operate as the call holding tone, thereby improving the tone quality and the general quality of the call holding tone and furthering diversity thereof.

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Despite considerable improvements made in the selection of tunes and the quality of sound by utilizing the harmony melodies for the holding tone and the ringing tone, there are still problems of limitations imposed on the number of tunes and the length of performance of a tune storable in a built-in memory.

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[0012] A portable wireless communication apparatus of a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawing. In the description, although there will be explained a portable telephone as an example, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be applied any other portable wireless communication apparatuses.

[0013] A block diagram in FIG. 1 shows a configuration of the portable telephone of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

[0014] In FIG. 1, each of the reference numerals indicates as follows: 1: an antenna; 2: a wireless signal processing unit; 3: an audio signal switching unit; 4: a microphone; 5: a receiver; 6: a headphone jack; 7: a key input unit; 8: a display unit; 9: a controlling unit; 10: a music signal processing unit; 11: a memory card serving as an external memory unit; and 12: a ringing tone generating unit.

[0015] The antenna 1 transmits and receives radio waves employ...

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Abstract

When a call is on hold due to an operating input from a key input unit, a music signal processing unit plays back music stored in a memory card and transmits it as a holding tone via a audio signal switching unit and a wireless signal processing unit to a party on the other end of the line, so that a portable telephone capable of providing music of high tone quality and superior general quality as the holding tone to the party on the other end of the line placed on hold with no addition of any new device is provided.

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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present document is based on Japanese Priority Document JP 2000-246124, filed in the Japanese Patent Office on Aug. 15, 2000, the entire contents of which being incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a portable wireless communication apparatus provided with a diversity of ringing tones, i.e., tones indicating incoming calls, and holding tones, and particularly relates to a portable wireless communication apparatus with a function of music playback which enables prestored music data to be used as the holding tone during a call. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Portable telephones available today include models that are designed to use one of harmony melodies stored in memory means as a ringing tone that rings upon receiving a call. In this case, the melodies stored in the memory means can be selected freely from a plurality...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04B1/38H04M3/42H04M1/72513H04M1/80H04B1/20H04M1/00H04M1/82H04W88/02
CPCH04M1/72513H04M3/4285H04M1/72442
Inventor MINEMATSU, TORU
Owner MINEMATSU TORU
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