Communication scheme with operations to supplement limitations of portable terminal device
First Claim
1. A radio portable terminal device, comprising:
- a radio communication unit for carrying out communications via a computer network or a telephone network through a radio base station by exchanging data packets;
a local network communication unit for carrying out communications with another portable computer/device connected to a local network different from the computer network or the telephone network, the local network being a network locally defined for communications between the radio portable terminal device and said another portable computer/device; and
a packet transfer processing unit for determining whether a specific processing of the data packets received from a correspondent device connected to the computer network or the telephone network by the radio communication unit is to be carried out using resources of the radio portable terminal device or not, according to an attribute of the data packets or data contained in the data packets, and transferring a part or whole of the data contained in the data packets to at least one of said another portable computer/device from the local network communication unit and another computer connected to the computer network from the radio communication unit such that the specific processing of the data packets determined not to be carried out using the resources of the radio portable terminal device is carried out at said at least one of said another portable computer/device and said another computer.
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Abstract
A communication scheme capable of realizing operations to supplement the resource shortage or the poor environment of the portable terminal device. At the radio portable terminal device, whether a specific processing of the data packets received from a correspondent device connected to the computer network or the telephone network is to be carried out using resources of the radio portable terminal device or not is determined according to an attribute of the data packets or data contained in the data packets, and a part or whole of the data contained in the data packets are transferred to another portable computer/device connected to a local network or another computer connected to the computer network, such that the specific processing of the data packets determined not to be carried out using the resources of the radio portable terminal device is carried out at another portable computer/device or another computer.
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26 Claims
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1. A radio portable terminal device, comprising:
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a radio communication unit for carrying out communications via a computer network or a telephone network through a radio base station by exchanging data packets;
a local network communication unit for carrying out communications with another portable computer/device connected to a local network different from the computer network or the telephone network, the local network being a network locally defined for communications between the radio portable terminal device and said another portable computer/device; and
a packet transfer processing unit for determining whether a specific processing of the data packets received from a correspondent device connected to the computer network or the telephone network by the radio communication unit is to be carried out using resources of the radio portable terminal device or not, according to an attribute of the data packets or data contained in the data packets, and transferring a part or whole of the data contained in the data packets to at least one of said another portable computer/device from the local network communication unit and another computer connected to the computer network from the radio communication unit such that the specific processing of the data packets determined not to be carried out using the resources of the radio portable terminal device is carried out at said at least one of said another portable computer/device and said another computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A radio portable terminal device, comprising:
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a radio communication unit for carrying out communications with a correspondent device connected to a computer network or a telephone network, through a radio base station by exchanging data packets; and
a packet transfer processing unit for determining whether a prescribed condition is satisfied for the communications with the correspondent device or not, and transferring data packets containing data to be transmitted to the correspondent device to a prescribed another computer connected to the computer network such that the data to be transmitted to the correspondent device are transmitted to the correspondent device from the prescribed another computer when it is determined that the prescribed condition is satisfied for the communications with the correspondence device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A gateway device, comprising:
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a transfer unit for transferring voice data received from a network for transferring data packets, to a radio portable terminal device that is a destination of the voice data, via a telephone network through a radio base station or via the network through a router device and a radio base station; and
a control unit for judging whether a specified condition is satisfied by non-voice data that are to be transferred along with the voice data to the radio portable terminal device, if the non-voice data exist, and controlling the transfer unit to transfer the non-voice data to another computer/device without transferring the non-voice data to the radio portable terminal device when it is judged that the specified condition is satisfied by the non-voice data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A communication processing control method at a radio portable terminal device, comprising the steps of:
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connecting the radio portable terminal device with a correspondent device connected to a computer network or a telephone network, through a radio base station, and receiving data packets from the correspondent device;
connecting the radio portable terminal device with another portable computer/device connected to a local network different from the computer network or the telephone network, the local network being a network locally defined for communications between the radio portable terminal device and said another portable computer/device;
determining at the radio portable terminal whether a specific processing of the data packets received from the correspondent device is to be carried out using resources of the radio portable terminal device or not, according to an attribute of the data packets or data contained in the data packets; and
transferring a part or whole of the data contained in the data packets from the radio portable terminal device to said another portable computer/device or another computer connected to the computer network, such that the specific processing of the data packets is carried out at said another portable computer/device or said another computer when the determining step determines that the specific processing of the data packets is not to be carried out using the resources of the radio portable terminal device.
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25. A communication processing control method at a radio portable terminal device, comprising the steps of:
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connecting the radio portable terminal device with a correspondent device connected to a computer network or a telephone network, through a radio base station, and receiving data packets from the correspondent device;
determining at the radio portable terminal device whether a prescribed condition is satisfied for communications with the correspondent device or not; and
transferring data packets containing data to be transmitted to the correspondent device from the radio portable terminal device to a prescribed another computer connected to the computer network such that the data to be transmitted to the correspondent device are transmitted to the correspondent device from the prescribed another computer when the determining step determines that the prescribed condition is satisfied for the communications with the correspondence device.
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26. A communication processing control method at a gateway device, comprising the steps of:
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transferring voice data received at the gateway device from a network for transferring data packets, to a radio portable terminal device that is a destination of the voice data, via a telephone network through a radio base station or via the network through a router device and a radio base station;
judging at the gateway device whether a specified condition is satisfied by non-voice data that are to be transferred along with the voice data to the radio portable terminal device, if the non-voice data exist; and
controlling the gateway device to transfer the non-voice data to another computer/device without transferring the non-voice data to the radio portable terminal device when the judging step judges that the specified condition is satisfied by the non-voice data.
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Specification