Mobile communication terminal and accounting control device

• US 20050159145A1
• Filed: 01/14/2005
• Published: 07/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujita, Masanori, Urakawa, Yasutaka
• Granted Patent: US 8,190,138 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

Mobile phone 300 is registered with various types of specific keywords. When receiving an e-mail from an external terminal, mobile phone 300 determines whether the e-mail contains a specific keyword. When it is determined that the e-mail contains the specific keyword, mobile phone 300 generates log data containing the specific keyword. Mobile phone 300 then transmits the generated log data to a predetermined transmission destination (such as communication management server 700).

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

keyword storage means for storing a specific keyword;

determination means for determining, when performing data communication with an external terminal, whether data received from said external terminal or data transmitted to said external terminal contain said specific keyword;

generating means for generating log data containing said specific keyword in a case that said received data or said transmitted data contain said specific keyword; and

storage means for storing log data generated by said generating means.

2. A mobile communication terminal of claim 1 further comprising transmission means for transmitting said log data to a predetermined specific node.

3. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

condition storage means for storing the generating condition of log data;

determination means for determining whether to generate log data of either data received from an external terminal or data transmitted to said external terminal when performing data communication with said external terminal;

generating means for generating said log data when the log data is determined to be generated;

storage means for storing log data generated by said storage means; and

transmission means for transmitting said log data to a predetermined specific node when receiving from an external terminal a transmission instruction of said log data.

4. A mobile communication terminal of claim 3, wherein said transmission means further transmits said log data to a specific node, when the amount of said log data reaches a predetermined threshold value.

5. A mobile communication terminal of claim 3, wherein said transmission means further transmits said log data to a specific node, when the storage capacity of said log data reaches a predetermined threshold value.

6. A mobile communication terminal for performing data communication with an external terminal, said mobile communication terminal comprising:

storage means for storing the counting condition for the number of times the terminal is in communication;

counting means for counting the amount of said communication data satisfying said counting condition; and

notifying means for notifying a predetermined specific node that said number reaches said threshold value, when said number reaches said threshold value.

7. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

determination means for determining whether received data received from an external terminal contains a predetermined specific keyword;

transmission means for adding an identifier indicating that said keyword is detected in said received data and transmitting the data to a predetermined specific node, when said received data contains said specific keyword.

10. An accounting control device for controlling an account charged for data sent from a mobile communication terminal of claim 7, said accounting control device determines whether said identifier is added to data sent from said mobile communication terminal and no account is charged for data added to said identifier.

8. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

determination means for determining whether received data received from an external terminal contains a predetermined specific keyword;

reminding means for reminding the selection of whether to permit the transmission of received data, when said received data contains said specific keyword; and

transmission means for transmitting received data to a predetermined specific node, when a selection to permit the transmission of said received data is made in response to said reminding.

9. A mobile communication terminal of claim 8, wherein said transmission means further adds to said received data an identifier indicating the detection of said keyword and transmits the data to a predetermined specific node.