Method for communication control and wireless communication system

• US 20050070336A1
• Filed: 09/20/2004
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tamura, Toshiya
• Application Number:
  US10/946,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20050070336A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

There is disclosed a communication control method in a wireless communication system having a base station of a mobile communication system, a mobile station and a terminal device connectable to the mobile terminal through short-distance wireless communication. In this wireless communication system, when an audio incoming call is generated during data communication, the mobile station notifies the terminal device of temporal interruption of the data communication with the terminal device. Upon receiving the temporal interruption of the data communication, the terminal device judges that there is an audio incoming interruption instead of a standard procedure in the regular short-distance wireless communication.

Claims

1. A method of communication control for a communication system having a mobile station connectable to a base station by wireless communication, and a terminal device connectable to the mobile station by short-distance wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing a session of a data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device, and executing data communication by means of the mobile station;

determining whether there is an audio incoming call signal transmitted from the base station during the data communication with the terminal device by means of the mobile station; and

notifying that there is an audio incoming call during the data communication by transmitting a session open request of the data communication service to the terminal device when the audio incoming call signal is received by means of the mobile station,

wherein

establishing a session of a data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the mobile station, and executing data communication by means of the terminal device;

determining whether there is the session open request transmitted from the mobile station during the data communication with the mobile station by means of the terminal device; and

judging that there is an audio incoming call during the data communication when the session open request is received by means of the terminal device.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting a temporal disconnection signal of the data communication to the base station;

executing establishment of a session of an audio communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device; and

executing audio communication with the terminal device,

these steps being performed by the mobile station.

3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

executing establishment of a session of an audio communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the mobile station after judging that there is an audio incoming call during the data communication;

executing an operation to start a cal; and

executing audio communication with the mobile station,

these steps being performed by the terminal device.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting a temporal disconnection signal of the data communication to the base station;

executing establishment of a session of an audio communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device;

transmitting a ringing tone signal to the terminal device; and

transmitting an incoming response relative to the audio incoming call signal to the base station after receiving a call start response transmitted from the terminal device with respect to the ringing tone signal,

these steps being performed by the mobile station after notifying the terminal device that there is an audio incoming call during the data communication.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

executing establishment of a session of an audio communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the base station after judging that there is an audio incoming call during the data communication;

executing an operation to start a call;

transmitting a call start response to the mobile station with respect to a ringing tone signal after receiving the ringing tone signal from the mobile station; and

executing audio communication with the mobile station,

these steps being performed by he terminal device.

6. A method according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

opening a session of an audio communication service with the terminal device, and transmitting an audio communication disconnection signal to the base station when the audio communication is terminated;

executing establishment of a session of the data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device;

transmitting a data communication resume signal to the base station; and

restarting data communication with the terminal device,

these steps being performed by the mobile station.

7. A method according to claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

opening a session of an audio communication service with the mobile station when the audio communication is terminated;

executing establishment of a session of the data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the mobile station; and

restarting data communication with the mobile station,

these steps being performed by the terminal device.

8. A communication system which has a mobile station connectable to a base'"'"'station of a mobile communication system through wireless communication, and a terminal device connectable to the mobile station through short-distance wireless communication, wherein the mobile station has:

communicating means for performing wireless communication processing of a data communication signal and an audio incoming call signal with the base station;

short-distance wireless communicating means for executing wireless communication processing of the data communication signal, a session establishment signal and a session open request with the terminal device; and

controlling means for executing data communication based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device, and notifying the terminal device that there is the audio incoming call in accordance with an audio incoming call signal transmitted from the base station during data communication, and

the terminal device has;

short-distance wireless communicating means for executing wireless communication processing of the data communication signal, the session establishment signal and the session open request with the mobile station; and

controlling means for judging that there is the audio incoming call when the session open request is received from the mobile station during the data communication with the mobile station.

9. The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the controlling means of the mobile station performs:

controlling the short-distance wireless communicating means, and establishing a session of a data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device, thereby executing data communication;

checking whether there is an audio incoming call signal transmitted from the base station during the data communication with the terminal device; and

notifying that there is the audio incoming call during the data communication by transmitting the session open request of the data communication service to the termination device when the audio incoming call signal is received.

10. The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the controlling means of the terminal device performs:

controlling the short-distance wireless communicating means, and establishing a session of the data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the mobile station, thereby executing the data communication;

checking whether there is the session open request transmitted from the mobile station during the data communication with the mobile station; and

judging that there is the audio incoming call during the data communication when the session open request is received.

11. The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the controlling means of the mobile station performs:

controlling the short-distance wireless communicating means, and establishing a session of a data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device, thereby executing he data communication;

checking whether there is the audio incoming call signal transmitted from the base station during the data communication with the terminal device;

notifying that there is an audio incoming call during the data communication by transmitting the session open request of the data communication service to the terminal device when the audio incoming call signal is received;

transmitting a temporal disconnection signal of the data communication to the base station, and establishing a session of an audio communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device;

transmitting the ringing tone signal to the terminal device, receiving the call start response signal transmitted from the terminal device with respect to the ringing tone signal, and transmitting an incoming response signal relative to the audio incoming call signal to the base station; and

executing audio communication with the terminal device.

12. The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the controlling means of the terminal device performs:

controlling the short-distance wireless communicating means, and establishing a session of the data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the mobile station, thereby executing data communication;

checking whether there is the session open request transmitted from the mobile station during the data communication with the mobile station, and judging that there is an audio incoming call during the data communication when the session open request is received;

executing establishment of a session of an audio communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the mobile station;

receiving the ringing tone signal from the mobile station, and transmitting the call start response signal to the mobile station with respect to the ringing tone signal; and

executing audio communication with the mobile station.

13. The communication system according to claim 9, wherein the controlling means of the mobile station performs:

opening a session of an audio communication service with the terminal device and transmitting an audio communication disconnection signal to the base station when the audio communication is terminated;

executing establishment of a session of the data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the terminal device; and

transmitting a data communication resume signal to the base station and restarting the data communication with the terminal device.

14. The communication system according to claim 10, wherein the controlling means of the terminal device performs:

executing opening of a session of an audio communication service with the mobile station when the audio communication is terminated;

executing establishment of a session of the data communication service based on the short-distance wireless communication with the mobile station; and

restarting the data communication with the mobile station.