Patent attributes
A mobile phone apparatus is provided which can register the settings for a ringing operation when receiving a telephone call depending on the situation. The mobile phone apparatus includes: a communication unit 1 which carries out transmission and receipt of data via a communication network; an output unit 2 for outputting at least one of sound, vibration, light and indication; a storage unit 10 which stores apparatus identification data such as a telephone number for the mobile phone apparatus and various setting information, the storage unit 10 including: an individual information registering unit 11 which registers apparatus identification information on a plurality of other communication apparatuses and individual identification information such as an owner name or user name of each of the plurality of communication apparatuses; a group registering unit 12 which registers some of the plurality of other communication apparatuses registered in the individual information registering unit 11 as a group; and an operation setting unit 20 which sets operation contents of the output unit 2; an input unit 3 for inputting apparatus identification data and/or various setting information; and a display unit 4 for displaying information on transmission and receipt of data and/or various setting information. In this case, the output unit 2 outputs the operation contents set by the operation setting unit 20 when an incoming call signal is received by the communication unit 1.