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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takehiko Komiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04M 1/00 ;
Abstract
In a communication device, a number of source identifying information are stored in a memory for respectively identifying calling sources and a number of color information corresponding to the source identifying information are also stored in the memory. When a call is received, the memory is searched for source identifying information identifying the source of the received call. If such identifying information is detected, a lighting arrangement is energized according to the color information stored in the memory corresponding to the detected source identifying information.