ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,670, issued on June 3, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Portable terminal device, television receiver, and incoming call notification method" was invented by Motoyuki Suzuki (Oyamazaki, Japan), Hiroshi Shimizu (Oyamazaki, Japan), Yasunobu Hashimoto (Oyamazaki, Japan), Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Oyamazaki, Japan), Mitsunobu Watanabe (Oyamazaki, Japan) and Tomonori Nomura (Oyamazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a portable terminal device 2 that notifies a television receiver 1 of a received phone call or mail. The portable terminal device 2 includes a communication unit 210 that receives a phone call or m...