Mobile communication terminal and method for processing communication function during DMB output

• US 20050270995A1
• Filed: 04/20/2005
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Yong-Gu, Byun, Hye-Jung, Yoo, Hoon
• Application Number:
  US11/109,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20050270995A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/312
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/00 Arrangements specially adapted for receiving broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/27 specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/65 Recording arrangements for recording a message from the calling party in the exchange H04M3/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal and a method for processing a communication function during DMB output. The mobile communication terminal includes a digital broadcasting data receiving unit for receiving digital broadcasting data, a communication state detecting unit for controlling storage or output of received digital broadcasting data based on communication state information of the mobile communication terminal, a storage unit for storing the received digital broadcasting data under a control of the communication state detection unit, and an output unit for outputting the received digital broadcasting data or the digital broadcasting data stored in the storage unit. The method includes the steps of determining whether a communication request is generated during the digital broadcasting output and, if the communication request is generated, stopping digital broadcasting data output and storing received digital broadcasting data.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal for processing a communication function during digital broadcasting output, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a digital broadcasting data receiving unit for receiving digital broadcasting data;

a communication state detecting unit for controlling storage and/or output of received digital broadcasting data based on communication state information of the mobile communication terminal;

a storage unit for storing the received digital broadcasting data under a control of the communication state detecting unit; and

an output unit for outputting the received digital broadcasting data and/or the digital broadcasting data stored in the storage unit.

2. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an output interface unit for outputting the digital broadcasting data output from the output unit.

3. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the output interface unit includes:

a display unit for outputting the digital broadcasting data in a visible form; and

a speaker unit for outputting the digital broadcasting data in an audible form.

4. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a scrambling control unit for scrambling digital broadcasting data before the digital broadcasting data is stored in the storage unit and for analyzing scrambled digital broadcasting data when the digital broadcasting data is read from the storage unit.

5. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if the communication state detecting unit detects that the mobile communication terminal starts a communication, the communication state detecting unit stops an output operation of the output unit and allows the storage unit to store the received digital broadcasting data.

6. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein, if the communication state detecting unit detects that the mobile communication terminal starts a communication, the communication state detecting unit stops an output operation of the output unit and allows the storage unit to store the received digital broadcasting data.

7. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein, if the communication state detecting unit detects that the mobile communication terminal starts a communication, the communication state detecting unit stops an output operation of the output unit and allows the storage unit to store the received digital broadcasting data.

8. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 4, wherein, if the communication state detecting unit detects that the mobile communication terminal starts a communication, the communication state detecting unit stops an output operation of the output unit and allows the storage unit to store the received digital broadcasting data.

9. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if the communication state detecting unit detects that the mobile communication terminal terminates a communication, the communication state detecting unit starts an output operation of the output unit and allows the storage unit to output the stored digital broadcasting data in a sequence according to a time in which the digital broadcasting data is stored, while storing the received digital broadcasting data and delivering the output digital broadcasting data to the output unit.

10. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein, if the communication state detecting unit detects that the mobile communication terminal terminates a communication, the communication state detecting unit starts an output operation of the output unit and allows the storage unit to output the stored digital broadcasting data in a sequence according to a time in which the digital broadcasting data is stored, while storing the received digital broadcasting data and delivering the output digital broadcasting data to the output unit.

11. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein, if the communication state detecting unit detects that the mobile communication terminal terminates a communication, the communication state detecting unit starts an output operation of the output unit and allows the storage unit to output the stored digital broadcasting data in a sequence according to a time in which the digital broadcasting data is stored, while storing the received digital broadcasting data and delivering the output digital broadcasting data to the output unit.

12. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 4, wherein, if the communication state detecting unit detects that the mobile communication terminal terminates a communication, the communication state detecting unit starts an output operation of the output unit and allows the storage unit to output the stored digital broadcasting data in a sequence according to a time in which the digital broadcasting data is stored, while storing the received digital broadcasting data and delivering the output digital broadcasting data to the output unit.

13. A method for processing a communication function during a digital broadcasting output by a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

determining whether a communication request is generated during the digital broadcasting output; and

if the communication request is generated, stopping digital broadcasting data output and storing received digital broadcasting data.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a step of extracting and outputting the stored digital broadcasting data in a sequence according to a time in which the stored digital broadcasting data is stored, after the communication is terminated.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein an operation mode of the mobile communication terminal is determined based on information set by a user when the communication request is generated.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein an operation mode of the mobile communication terminal is determined based on information set by a user when the communication request is generated.

17. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the storage step includes a step of scrambling the digital broadcasting data before the digital broadcasting data is stored.

18. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the storage step includes a step of scrambling the digital broadcasting data before the digital broadcasting data is stored.

19. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the stored digital broadcasting data outputting step further includes analyzing the scrambled and stored digital broadcasting data before the scrambled and stored digital broadcasting data is output.