Asynchronous mobile communication terminal capable of setting time according to present location information, and asynchronous mobile communication system and method for setting time using the same

• US 20050135325A1
• Filed: 12/13/2004
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Chang-Kyun
• Granted Patent: US 7,512,107 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/345
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/14 the radio signal being a telecommunication standard signal, e.g. GSM

Abstract

An asynchronous mobile communication terminal for setting present time. A memory stores information of a time information server providing present time information location by location. A communicator performs communication with the time information server through a base station providing present location information. A time setting module carries out an update operation based on the location information provided from the base station and the time information provided from the time information server corresponding to the location information and sets the present time. A controller receives the location information from the base station, sends a request for time information corresponding to the location information to the time information server through the communicator, and controls the time setting module so that the update operation can be carried out using the location information and the time information provided from the time information server corresponding to the location information.

Claims

1. An asynchronous mobile communication terminal for setting a present time, comprising:

a memory for storing information from a time information server that provides present time information based on a location;

a communicator for communicating with the time information server through a base station that provides present location information;

a time setting module updating the present time based on the location information provided from the base station and the time information provided from the time information server corresponding to the location information; and

a controller for receiving the location information from the base station, sending a request for the time information corresponding to the location information to the time information server via the communicator, and controlling the time setting module.

2. The asynchronous mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the memory is an SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card.

3. The asynchronous mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information from the time information server is an ARS (Auto Response System) telephone number set location by location.

4. The asynchronous mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the controller dials the ARS telephone number when sending a time information request to the time information server.

5. The asynchronous mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the ARS telephone number is included in the location information provided from the base station.

6. The asynchronous mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays time change request information when the provided location information is different from location information associated with time preset in the time setting module, and sends a request for time information corresponding to the updated location information to the time information server.

7. An asynchronous mobile communication system for setting a present time, comprising:

a time information server for providing present time information after receiving a time information request signal;

a base station for transmitting location information, transmitting the time information request signal to the time information server, and receiving and transmitting the present time information provided from the time information server; and

a mobile communication terminal for updating a present location according to the location information transmitted from the base station, transmitting the time information request signal corresponding to the updated location information to the time information server through the base station, when a time setting request command is input, and updating the present time using the time information transmitted from the time information server through the base station.

8. The asynchronous mobile communication system according to claim 7, wherein the time information request signal is a dialing signal of an ARS (Auto Response System) telephone number set in the time information server.

9. The asynchronous mobile communication system according to claim 8, wherein the ARS telephone number of the time information server is stored in an SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card provided in the mobile communication terminal.

10. The asynchronous mobile communication system according to claim 8, wherein the ARS telephone number of the time information server is included in the location information provided from the base station.

11. The asynchronous mobile communication system according to claim 8, wherein the base station converts the time information into a format that is processable in the mobile communication terminal, and transmits the converted information to the mobile communication terminal.

12. The asynchronous mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein the base station stores the received time information in a time slot to be transmitted by a traffic channel generated after a call is established, and transmits the received time information to the mobile communication terminal.

13. The asynchronous mobile communication system according to claim 7, wherein the time information provided from the time information server is a signal having at least one of a speech signal format and a data signal format.

14. A time setting method in an asynchronous mobile communication system including a base station for transmitting location information, a time information server for transmitting present time information, and a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

updating present location information according to the location information transmitted from the base station;

when a command requesting time setting associated with the updated location information is input, transmitting a time information request signal corresponding to the present location information to the time information server through the base station; and

updating the present time using the present time information transmitted from the time information server responding to the time information request signal.

15. The time setting method according to claim 14, wherein the time information request signal is a dialing signal of an ARS (Auto Response System) telephone number set in the time information server.

16. The time setting method according to claim 15, wherein the ARS telephone number of the time information server is stored in an SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card provided in the mobile communication terminal.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the ARS telephone number of the time information server is included in the location information provided from the base station.

18. The time setting method according to claim 15, further comprising:

converting, by the base station, the transmitted time information into a format that is processable in the mobile communication terminal, and transmitting the converted information to the mobile communication terminal.

19. The time setting method according to claim 18, wherein the time information provided from the time information server is a signal having at least one of a speech signal format and a data signal format.

20. The time setting method according to claim 18, wherein the base station stores the received time information in a time slot to be transmitted by a traffic channel generated after a call is established, and transmits the received time information to the mobile communication terminal.

21. The time setting method according to claim 14, further comprising:

displaying time change request information when the transmitted location information is different from location information associated with time preset in the time setting module; and

sending a request for time information corresponding to the updated location information to the time information server.