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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Tetsutaka Yabuta, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Kanbe, Gifu, JP;
Tetsutaka Yabuta, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Kanbe, Gifu, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal having broadcast reception function, capable of preventing occurrence of a situation in which sound comes out due to the activation of a television function even though the phone's silent mode is set. When the phone's silent mode is set in a television watching state, a CPUdetermines that it is a television silent mode. Similarly, also when an ON operation is performed on a television function activation key in a state where the phone's silent mode is set, the CPUdetermines that it is the television silent mode. When the CPUdetermines that it is the television silent mode, the CPUmutes television sound.