Portable telephone terminal device and portable telephone system using the same

• US 20010044302A1
• Filed: 05/16/2001
• Published: 11/22/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Okuyama, Toshiyuki
• Application Number:
  US09/858,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20010044302A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

For reporting an emergency at a minimal level if a user enters the emergency and requires a help of a third party, a portable telephone terminal device receives reported information “S1” constantly transmitted from a radio base station in a country and a district in which the user is roaming, and obtains basic information for use in the communications with the radio base station. The portable telephone terminal device transmits the information about its own station to the radio base station to perform location registration “S2”. The portable telephone terminal device transmits contract area identification information “S3”, and reports corresponding function presence/absence information “S4”. The radio base station transmits to the portable telephone terminal device the information about emergency telephone numbers “S5” of the nearest medical facilities, or the like and formatted text “S6” in the local official language for use in reporting an emergency to the facilities, or the like in either voice or characters. The portable telephone terminal device receives the emergency telephone numbers “S5” and the formatted text “S6”, stores them in a storage unit, and enters a wait state.

Claims

1. A portable telephone terminal device having a function of receiving an international roaming service for receiving a service in a country or a district when a user is away from a country and a district in which the user has made a contract for the service, comprising

storage means for storing information about telephone numbers of at least a police station, a fire department, an embassy, and medical facilities in a country or a district in which the user is roaming, and information in a formatted text in a local official language in at least one of voice and characters which is used in emergency communication.

2. The portable telephone terminal device according to

claim 1

, further comprising

means for obtaining said information about the telephone numbers and said information in the formatted text from a service provider in the country or the district in which the user is roaming at least when an initial location is registered in the country or the district in which the user is roaming,

wherein said information about the telephone numbers and said information in the formatted text obtained from said service provider are stored in said storage means.

3. The portable telephone terminal device according to

claim 1

, further comprising

means for automatically obtaining said information about the telephone numbers and a type of said local official language from a service provider in the country or the district in which the user is roaming at least when an initial location is registered in the country and the district in which the user is roaming,

wherein the information available in the district is selected from said the information in the formatted text stored in said storage means in advance.

4. The portable telephone terminal device according to

claim 1

,

wherein said information in the formatted text is transmitted by issuing a call according to said information about the telephone numbers depending on a predetermined key operation.

5. The portable telephone terminal device according to

claim 1

, further comprising

means for notifying a third party of said information in the formatted text depending on a predetermined key operation.

6. The portable telephone terminal device according to

claim 5

,

wherein said means for notifying the third party of the information notifies said information in the formatted text in voice.

7. The portable telephone terminal device according to

claim 5

, wherein

said means for notifying the third party of the information notifies said information in the formatted text as character information.

8. The portable telephone terminal device according to

claim 1

, further comprising

means for outputting position information in said emergency communication from a position information system for providing the position information by specifying a rough current position of a mobile communications terminal.

9. A portable telephone system, comprising:

a portable telephone terminal device having a function of receiving an international roaming service for receiving a service in a country or a district when a user is away from a country and a district in which the user has made a contract for the service; and

a radio base station for providing the service for said portable telephone terminal device,

wherein said portable telephone terminal device comprises storage means for storing information about telephone numbers of at least a police station, a fire department, an embassy, and medical facilities in a country and a district in which the user is roaming, and information in a formatted text in a local official language in at least one of voice and characters which is used in emergency communication, and

said radio base station comprises transmission means for transmitting at least said information about the telephone numbers to said portable telephone terminal device.

10. The portable telephone system according to

claim 9

,

wherein said transmission means is designed to transmit said information about the telephone numbers and said information in the formatted text at least when an initial location is registered in the country or the district in which the user is roaming;

and

said storage means to store the transmitted information about the telephone numbers and the transmitted information in the formatted text in said portable telephone terminal device.

11. The portable telephone system according to

claim 9

,

wherein said information about the telephone numbers corresponding to position information about said portable telephone terminal device is transmitted when the position information is obtained.

12. The portable telephone system according to

claim 11

,

wherein said portable telephone terminal device comprises means for automatically obtaining said information about the telephone numbers and a type of said local official language from a service provider in the country or the district in which the user is roaming at least when an initial location is registered in the country or the district in which the user is roaming, and

said portable telephone terminal device selects the information available in the district from said information in the formatted text stored in said storage means.

13. The portable telephone system according to

claim 9

,

wherein said portable telephone terminal device transmits said information in the formatted text by issuing a call according to said information about the telephone numbers depending on a predetermined key operation.

14. The portable telephone system according to

claim 9

,

wherein said portable telephone terminal device comprises means for notifying a third party of said information in the formatted text depending on a predetermined key operation.

15. The portable telephone system according to

claim 14

,

wherein said means for notifying the third party of the information notifies said information in the formatted text in voice.

16. The portable telephone system according to

claim 14

,

wherein said means for notifying the third party of the information notifies said information in the formatted text as character information.

17. The portable telephone system according to

claim 9

,

wherein said portable telephone terminal device comprises means for outputting position information in said emergency communications from a position information system for providing the position information by specifying a rough current position of a mobile communications terminal.