Mobile communication unit

• US 20040266458A1
• Filed: 06/30/2004
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kataoka, Eiji
• Granted Patent: US 7,079,048 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.5
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal receives information based on a location and time at regular time intervals. To acquire information, an input section accepts setting input from the user and stores the setting in a specified information storage section. An acquisition request control section sends an instruction to a practical information acquisition section at regular time intervals, and the practical information acquisition section acquires the user'"'"'s desired information from an external server based on the instruction. A display section displays the acquired information according to a predetermined display mode.

Claims

1. A mobile communication unit comprising:

an input section which accepts operation by a user of the mobile communication unit;

a display section which displays predetermined information;

a specified information storage section which every setting stores a specified time specified through the input section and a specified location;

a practical information acquisition section which requests desired practical information based on the specified time and the specified location to a server storing practical information which varies on location and is updated with the lapse of time, so as to acquire the desired practical information;

an acquisition request control section which controls the practical information acquisition section to request the desired practical information at regular time intervals; and

a display control section which controls the display section to display the desired practical information that the practical information acquisition section acquires.

2. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1, further comprising:

a current position acquisition section which acquires the current position of the mobile communication unit,

wherein the specified information storage section stores the current position that the current position acquisition section acquires as the specified location.

3. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1,

wherein the specified location is a position specified through the input section.

4. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1,

wherein a specified information storage section stores type information representing contents type of practical information, and

the practical information acquisition section requests desired practical information corresponding to the type information.

5. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1,

wherein the specified information storage section stores display setting information representing a display mode of displaying the desired practical information every setting, and

the display control section controls the display section to display the desired practical information according to the display mode information with reference to the specified information storage section.

6. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1,

wherein the acquisition request control section controls to change the regular time interval according to whether it is in daytime or nighttime.

7. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1,

wherein the display control section controls the display section to change an aspect of what is displayed according to a result of an acquired practical information.

8. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1,

wherein the display control section controls the display section to change an aspect of what is displayed when contents of an acquired practical information changes from contents of practical information acquired at a previous time interval.

9. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1, further comprising:

an alerting section which alerts a user of the mobile communication unit to a result of an acquired practical information.

10. The mobile communication unit according to claim 1, further comprising:

an alerting section which alerts a user of the mobile communication unit when contents of an acquired practical information changes from contents of practical information acquired at a previous time interval.

11. A communication system, comprising:

a mobile communication unit in a mobile communication network; and

a contents server connected to the mobile communication network, which stores practical information which varies on location and is updated with the lapse of time,

wherein the mobile communication unit requests at regular time intervals to the contents server desired practical information based on a specified time and a specified location,

the contents server transmits the desired practical information in response to the request by the mobile communication unit, and

the mobile communication unit displays the desired practical information transmitted by the contents server.

12. A method of acquiring desired practical information from a contents server to a mobile communication unit in a mobile communication network, comprising the steps of:

storing in the contents server practical information which varies on location and is updated with the lapse of time;

requesting from the mobile communication unit to the contents server desired practical information based on a specified time and a specified location;

transmitting from the contents server to the mobile communication unit the desired information in response to the request from the mobile communication unit; and

displaying in the mobile communication unit the desired practical information transmitted from the contents server.