Portable information terminal and control method

• US 20020143738A1
• Filed: 02/27/2002
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Miyamoto, Toru, Muto, Kazuhiko, Yamakado, Hitoshi, Miyakoshi, Daisuke
• Application Number:
  US10/083,376
• Publication Number:
  US 20020143738A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

When storing a user input data such as voice data or image data into a mobile telephone, data processing unit 17 of the mobile telephone relates the user input data with the base station code stored in location information file 12, and stores them in data file 18. Then when data processing unit 17 receives a base station code, it retrieves a user input data such as voice data or image data stored in relation with the base station code. Then when the user input data is a voice data, data processing unit 17 outputs sound from a speaker. When the user input data is an image data, data processing unit 17 displays it on the LCD screen.

Claims

1. A portable information terminal comprising:

a storage unit for correlating and storing location information and data;

a receive unit for receiving location information;

an extract unit for extracting data on the received location information from data stored in the storage unit; and

an information notification unit for notifying a user of the portable information terminal of information derived from the extracted data.

2. A portable information terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

an operation unit for instructing to data storage; and

wherein the storage unit, when the instruction is made by the operation unit, correlates and stores data and location information received by the receive unit.

3. A portable information terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a location information select prompting unit for prompting a user to select a location information from among different pre-stored location information; and

a data select prompting unit for prompting the user to select a data from among various pre-stored data; and

wherein the storage unit correlates and stores data and location information selected by the user.

6. A portable information terminal of claim 1:

wherein the information notification unit is a liquid crystal display for displaying an image corresponding the data, or is a speaker for outputting sound corresponding to the data.

7. A portable information terminal of claim 1:

wherein the location information is a base station code of the base station with which the portable information terminal is communicating.

10. A portable information terminal of claim 1:

wherein

the portable information terminal has a GPS receiver; and

the location information is information obtained based on the signal received by the GPS receiver.

4. A portable information terminal comprising:

a receive unit for receiving location information;

an operation unit for instructing to store data; and

a storage unit for, when the instruction is made by the operation unit, correlating and storing the data and the location information received by the receive unit.

8. A portable information terminal of claim 4:

wherein the location information is a base station code of the base station with which the portable information terminal is communicating.

11. A portable information terminal of claim 4:

wherein

the portable information terminal has a GPS receiver; and

the location information is information obtained based on the signal received by the GPS receiver.

5. A portable information terminal comprising:

a location information select prompting unit for prompting the user of the portable information terminal to select a location information from among pre-stored location information;

a data select prompting unit for prompting the user to select a data from among pre-stored data; and

a storage unit for correlating and storing data and location information selected by the user.

9. A portable information terminal of claim 5:

wherein the location information is a base station code of the base station with which the portable information terminal is communicating.

12. A portable information terminal of claim 5:

wherein

the portable information terminal has a GPS receiver; and

the location information is information obtained based on the signal received by the GPS receiver.

13. A method of controlling a portable information terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

correlating and storing location information and data;

receiving location information;

extracting data which correlates with the received location information from the data stored at the storing step; and

notifying a user of the portable information terminal of information derived from the extracted data.

14. A method of controlling a portable information terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving location information;

instructing the portable information terminal to store data; and

storing and correlating, when the instruction is made at the instructing step, the data and the location information received at the receiving step.

15. A method of controlling a portable information terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

prompting the user of the portable information terminal to select a location information from among pre-stored location information;

prompting the user to select a data from among various pre-stored data; and

correlating and storing data and location information selected by the user.

16. A storage medium storing a program for enabling a computer to execute a method comprising the following steps of:

correlating and storing location information and data;

receiving location information;

extracting data which correlates with the received location information from data which is stored at the storing step; and

notifying a user of the portable information terminal of information derived from the extracted data.

17. A storage medium storing a program for enabling a computer to execute a method comprising the steps of:

receiving location information;

instructing the computer to store data; and

storing and correlating, when the instruction is made at the instructing step, the data and the location information received at the receiving step.

18. A storage medium storing a program for enabling a computer to execute a method comprising the steps of:

prompting the user of the portable information terminal to select a location information from among pre-stored location information;

prompting the user to select a data from among pre-stored data; and

correlating and storing the data and location information selected by the user.

19. A program to enable a computer to execute a method comprising the steps of:

correlating and storing location information and data;

receiving location information;

extracting data which correlates with the received location information from the data stored at the storing step; and

notifying a user of the portable information terminal of information derived from the extracted data.

20. A program to enable a computer to execute a method comprising the steps of:

receiving location information;

instructing the computer to store data; and

storing and correlating, when the instruction is made at the instructing step, the data and the location information received at the receiving step.

21. A program to enable a computer to execute a method comprising the steps of:

prompting the user of the portable information terminal to select a location information from among pre-stored location information;

prompting the user to select a data from among pre-stored data; and

correlating and storing data and location information selected by the user.