DYNAMIC MAINTENANCE OF LOCATION DEPENDENT OPERATING PARAMETERS IN A WIRELESS TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A method for maintaining location dependent operating parameters in a wireless communication terminal comprising the steps of:
- determining a current location of said wireless communication terminal;
determining whether said current location is within a predetermined distance from a previous location stored in a memory of said wireless communication terminal; and
if said current location is within a predetermined distance from said previous location, then storing said previous location and at least one location dependent operating parameter associated with said previous location in a predetermined memory location in said wireless communication terminal.
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Abstract
A wireless terminal dynamically maintains location dependent operating parameters while operating in low power-consuming sleep mode. The wireless terminal wakes up periodically to determine its current location. If the current location is within a predetermined distance from a previously stored location, then the wireless terminal stores the previously stored location, along with its associated location dependent operating parameter, in a predetermined memory location within the wireless terminal. If the current location is not within a predetermined distance from a previously stored location, then the wireless terminal generates a new location dependent operating parameter for its current location and stores the current location and new location dependent operating parameter in the predetermined memory location. In various embodiments, the location dependent operating parameter may be, for example, a digital control channel or a mobile switching center identification. In an embodiment in which the location dependent operating parameter is a mobile switching center identification, the wireless terminal may register with an identified mobile switching center when the predetermined memory location is updated.
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46 Claims
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1. A method for maintaining location dependent operating parameters in a wireless communication terminal comprising the steps of:
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determining a current location of said wireless communication terminal;
determining whether said current location is within a predetermined distance from a previous location stored in a memory of said wireless communication terminal; and
if said current location is within a predetermined distance from said previous location, then storing said previous location and at least one location dependent operating parameter associated with said previous location in a predetermined memory location in said wireless communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for maintaining location dependent operating parameters in a wireless communication terminal comprising the steps of:
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determining a current location of said wireless communication terminal;
determining whether said current location is within a predetermined distance from a previous location stored in a memory of said wireless communication terminal; and
if said current location is not within a predetermined distance from said previous location, then generating at least one location dependent operating parameter associated with said current location; and
storing said current location and said location dependent operating parameter associated with said current location in a predetermined memory location of said wireless terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wireless terminal comprising
a memory storing program instructions; -
a memory storing a location/parameter table;
a controller for executing said program instructions and for controlling the operation of said wireless terminal in accordance with said program instructions, wherein said program instructions define the steps of;
determining a current location of said wireless communication terminal;
determining whether said current location is within a predetermined distance from a previous location stored in said location/parameter table; and
if said current location is within a predetermined distance from said previous location, then storing said previous location and at least one location dependent operating parameter associated with said previous location in a predetermined location in said location/parameter table. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A wireless terminal comprising
a memory storing program instructions; -
a memory storing a location/parameter table;
a controller for executing said program instructions and for controlling the operation of said wireless terminal in accordance with said program instructions, wherein said program instructions defines the steps of;
determining a current location of said wireless communication terminal;
determining whether said current location is within a predetermined distance from a previous location stored in said location/parameter table; and
if said current location is not within a predetermined distance from said previous location, then generating at least one location dependent operating parameter associated with said current location; and
storing said current location and said location dependent operating parameter associated with said current location in a predetermined location in said location/parameter table. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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