Radio terminal and information reception control method suitable for push type information distribution system

• US 20050119011A1
• Filed: 10/12/2004
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Toshimitsu, Kiyoshi, Tsunoda, Keiji, Sakamoto, Takafumi, Kamagata, Eiji
• Granted Patent: US 7,184,778 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

A radio terminal capable of effectively utilizing push type distribution information is disclosed. The radio terminal is formed by a reception unit configured to receive push type distribution information from a radio base station, a location recognition unit configured to carry out a recognition related to an area in which the radio terminal is located, and a reception control unit configured to determine whether or not to receive the push type distribution information according to a recongition result of the location recognition unit, and control the reception unit according to a determination result.

Claims

1. A radio terminal, comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive push type distribution information from a radio base station which is transmitting the push type distribution information related to an area to which the radio base station belongs, without requiring a request from the radio terminal;

a location recognition unit configured to carry out a recognition related to an area in which the radio terminal is located; and

a reception control unit configured to determine whether or not to receive the push type distribution information according to a recognition result of the location recognition unit, and to control the reception unit according to a determination result such that the push type distribution information from the radio base station is not received at all by the reception unit when it is determined not to receive the push type distribution information according to the recognition result.

15. The radio terminal of claim 1, wherein the reception control unit is configured to determined to receive the push type distribution information when it is judged that the radio terminal is staying in an identical area for more than a prescribed period of time according to the recognition result.

16. The radio terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

an area information memory unit configured to store a reception area information regarding area in which the push type distribution information should be received;

wherein the reception control unit is configured to determine to receive the push type distribution information when it is judged that a location of the radio terminal belongs to the areas in which the push type distribution information should be received according to the recognition result and the reception area information.

17. The radio terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

a user information memory unit configured to store a user information regarding a user of the radio terminal; and

a reception area information generation unit configured to generate the reception area information according to the user information.

18. The radio terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

a user information memory unit configured to store a user information regarding a user of the radio terminal; and

a reception area information acquisition unit configured to give the user information to another device and to acquire the reception area information generated at the another device according to the user information from the another device.

19. The radio terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

a registration unit configured to register the reception area information into the area information memory unit or delete the reception area information from the area information memory unit according to an input operation by a user with respect to the radio terminal.

20. The radio terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

an area information memory unit configured to store a reception prohibited area information regarding areas in which reception of the push type distribution information should be prohibited;

wherein the reception control unit is configured to determine not to receive the push type distribution information when it is judged that a location of the radio terminal belongs to the areas in which reception of the push type distribution information should be prohibited according to the recognition result and the reception prohibited area information.

21. The radio terminal of claim 20, further comprising:

a registration unit configured to register or delete the reception area information into the area information the area information memory unit according to an input operation by a user with respect to the radio terminal.

22. The radio terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a management unit configured to determine a remaining power of a battery configured to supply power to the radio terminal;

wherein the reception control unit is configured to determine whether or not to receive the push type distribution information according to the remaining power.

23. The radio terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a management unit configured to determine a remaining capacity of a memory configured to store the push type distribution information in the radio terminal;

wherein the reception control unit is configured to determine whether or not to receive the push type distribution information according to the remaining capacity.

24. The radio terminal of claim 1, wherein the recognition unit is configured to recognize a location of the radio terminal according to control information received from the radio base station.

25. The radio terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

another reception unit configured to receive information transmitted from another base station different from the radio base station;

wherein the recognition unit is configured to recognize a location of the radio terminal according to control information received from the another radio base station.

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26. An information reception control method for a radio terminal which is capable of receiving push type distribution information from a radio base station which is transmitting the push type distribution information related to an area to which the radio base station belongs, without requiring a request from the radio terminal, the method comprising the step of:

carrying out a recognition related to an area in which the radio terminal is located;

determining whether or not to receive the push type distribution information according to a recognition result obtained by the carrying out step; and

receiving the push type distribution information only when the determining step determines to receive the push type distribution information such that the push type distribution information from the radio base station is not received at all when it is determined not to receive the push type distribution information according to the recognition result.

27. A computer usable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for causing a computer to function as a radio terminal, the computer readable program codes include:

a first computer readable program code for causing said computer to receive push type distribution information from a radio base station which is transmitting the push type distribution information related to an area to which the radio base station belongs, without requiring a request from the radio terminal;

a second computer readable program code for causing said computer to carry out a recognition related to an area in which the radio terminal is located; and

a third computer readable program code for causing said computer to determine whether or not to receive the push type distribution information according to a recognition result of the second computer readable program code, and control the first computer readable program code according to a determination result such that the push type distribution information from the radio base station is not received at all when it is determined not to receive the push type distribution information according to the recognition result.