US 7,551,947 B2
Communication terminal having entry data secret function and incoming call notification control method of the same
Katsuhiko Yoshida, Hachioji (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/90,986.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-021836 (JP), filed on Jan. 28, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0172779 A1, Aug. 03, 2006
Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—567  [455/410] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication terminal comprising:
a display configured to display data in a first form before an incoming call arrives;
a data memory configured to store entry data;
a first mode setting control module configured to set respective entry data stored in the data memory as secret; and
an incoming call notification control module which is configured to: (i) when the incoming call arrives, check whether entry data corresponding to a transmission source of the incoming call is stored in the data memory, (ii) if entry data corresponding to the transmission source of the incoming call is stored in the data memory, check whether said stored entry data is set as secret, and (iii) if said stored entry data is set as secret, inhibit a normal incoming call notification operation and change a display form of an information item of the display data displayed on the display from the first form to a second form without changing display contents of the display data.