Mobile radio communication apparatus

• US 20020052189A1
• Filed: 10/25/2001
• Published: 05/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishikura, Akira, Aoki, Ippo
• Application Number:
  US09/983,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20020052189A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location where the service is an information service H04M2242/15; services independent of location H04M3/42229
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42229 Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location diverting calls from one subscriber to another subscriber, i.e. two different subscriptions H04M3/54; selecting arrangements in intelligent networks H04Q3/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A mobile radio communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a memory. The memory stores geographical information items about geographical areas, types of service, and telephone numbers corresponding to the types of service available in each geographical area. When the apparatus is connected to a base station, the geographical information item about the geographical area in which this base station is operating is identified. The user may input service-type information into the apparatus. The service-type information concerns the type of service, which the user wishes to receive. The telephone number which corresponds to the geographical information item identified and the service-type information is retrieved from the memory. The telephone number is transmitted to the base station, whereby the mobile radio communication apparatus can make a call origination to the service center that offer the service the user wants.

Claims

1. A mobile radio communication apparatus to be connected over radio channels to one of base stations operating in a plurality of geographical areas, the apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store geographical information, types of service provided in the geographical areas and telephone numbers assigned to the types of service provided in each geographical area;

an identifying section configured to identify geographical information concerning the geographical area in which the base station connected to the apparatus exists;

an input section configured to input service-type information concerning the type of service which the user of the apparatus wishes to receive; and

a controller configured to retrieve and transmit the stored telephone number corresponding to the stored geographical information and the stored service-type information which coincides with the identified geographical information and the input service-type information.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the service-type information is input when the user keeps pushing a numeral key longer than a predetermined time.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the telephone numbers assigned to the types of service provided in each geographical area are emergency call numbers.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identifying section identifies the geographical information before the apparatus is set in an idle state, and the input section inputs the service-type information after the apparatus is set in the idle state.

5. A mobile radio communication apparatus to be connected over radio channels to one of base stations operating in a plurality of geographical areas, the apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store geographical information, types of service provided in the geographical areas and telephone numbers assigned to the types of service provided in each geographical area;

a receiving section configured to receive a signal from one of the base stations so as to set the apparatus to be an idle state;

an identifying section configured to identify geographical information concerning the geographical area in which the base station connected to the apparatus exists based on the received signal;

an input section configured to input service-type information concerning the type of service which the user of the apparatus wishes to receive; and

a controller configured to retrieve and transmit the stored telephone number corresponding to the stored geographical information and the stored service-type information which coincides with the identified geographical information and the input service-type information.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the service-type information is input when the user keeps pushing a numeral key longer than a predetermined time.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the telephone numbers assigned to the types of service provided in each geographical area are emergency call numbers.

8. A mobile radio communication apparatus to be connected over radio channels to one of base stations operating in a plurality of geographical areas, the apparatus comprising:

a first memory configured to store geographical information, types of service provided in the geographical areas and telephone numbers assigned to the types of service provided in each geographical area;

a receiving section configured to receive a signal including a system ID from one of the base stations so as to set the apparatus to be an idle state;

a second memory configured to store geographical information and a system ID corresponding to the geographical information;

an identifying section configured to identify geographical information concerning the geographical area in which the base station connected to the apparatus exists, the identified geographical information corresponding to the stored system ID which coincides with the received system ID;

an input section configured to input service-type information concerning the type of service which the user of the apparatus wishes to receive; and

a controller configured to retrieve and transmit the stored telephone number corresponding to the stored geographical information and the stored service-type information which coincides with the identified geographical information and the input service-type information.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the service-type information is input when the user keeps pushing a numeral key longer than a predetermined time.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the telephone numbers assigned to the types of service provided in each geographical area are emergency call numbers.