Communication terminal, communication state information providing system, and method of providing communication state information

• US 20060014561A1
• Filed: 07/11/2005
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation, NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation, NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Itoh, Masashi, Sasao, Nobuaki, Nakatsuchi, Masaharu, Takase, Satoshi, Morinaga, Yasuo, Kaneda, Toshio
• Granted Patent: US 7,457,634 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/553.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The communication state information providing system comprises a cellular phone of an information provider, and an information providing device having an information receiving unit for receiving, via a wireless LAN, the communication state information transmitted from the cellular phone, a communication state information storage unit for storing the communication state information received by the information receiving unit associated with the phone number specifying the cellular phone, and an information transmitting unit for transmitting the communication state information stored in the communication state information storage unit to a destination associated with the phone number of the cellular phone.

Claims

1. A communication terminal comprising:

a first communication means for communicating with the outside;

a second communication means for communicating with the outside over a network;

a communication state detection means for detecting the communication state of the first communication means; and

a communication state notification means for notifying the second communication means of the communication state information which indicates the communication state;

wherein the second communication means transmits the communication state information over the network.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the communication state detection means detect whether or not the first communication means is being connected with the outside as the communication state of the first communication means.

3. A communication state information providing system comprising:

the communication terminal according to claims 1 or 2; and

an information providing device having;

an information receiving means for receiving the communication state information transmitted by the communication terminal over the network;

a communication state information storage means for storing the communication state information received by the information receiving means associated with communication terminal specification information which specifies the communication terminal; and

an information transmitting means for transmitting the communication state information stored in the communication state information storage means to a destination associated with the communication terminal specification information.

4. A method of providing communication state information comprising:

a first communication step in which the first communication means of the communication terminal communicates with the outside;

a second communication step in which the second communication means of the communication terminal communicates with the outside over the network;

a communication state detection step in which the communication terminal detects the communication state of the first communication means;

a communication state notification step in which the communication terminal notifies the second communication means of the communication state information indicating the communication state;

a communication state transmitting step in which the communication terminal transmits the communication state information over the network by the second communication means;

an information receiving step in which the information providing device receives the communication state information transmitted by the communication terminal over the network;

a communication state information storage step in which the information providing device stores the communication state information received in the information receiving step associated with communication terminal specification information which specifies the communication terminal; and

an information transmitting step in which the information providing device transmits the communication state information stored in the communication state information storing step to a destination associated with the communication terminal specification information.