Mobile communicator

• US 20060105811A1
• Filed: 11/03/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen Chun-Jen
• Application Number:
  US11/266,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20060105811A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/88 Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/886 limit per terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/02 Coin-freed or check-freed systems , e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0116 Provision for limiting expenditure, e.g. limit on call expenses or account
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0136 Limit per terminal

Abstract

A mobile communication apparatus enable its'"'"' user to set limit on communication expense is disclosed herein. The mobile communication apparatus uses a communication module to perform wireless communication under the control of a limitation module which shuts off the communication module responding to a result from the comparison module showing that the cumulated expense is no less than the preset amount, which is input and stored in the storage module input by the subscriber or user. Because the above is real-time, thus the limitation module can automatically and immediately shut off the communication module when the cumulated expense reaches the preset amount, thus the limitation module efficiently prevents the communication expense from exceeding a preset amount.

Claims

1. A mobile communication apparatus, comprising:

a communication module for performing wireless communication for said mobile communication apparatus;

a storage module for storing at least a preset amount;

a calculation module for calculating cumulated expense from wireless communication usage of said mobile communication apparatus;

a comparison module for comparing said cumulated expense with said preset amount; and

a limitation module for shutting off part of the dialing functions of said communication module, when said cumulated expense exceeding said preset amount.

2. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 1, said limitation module further comprising an alert module for generating an alert message when said cumulated expense reaching said preset amount.

3. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 2, said mobile communication apparatus further comprising a display panel, wherein said alert message illustrates on said display panel.

4. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 2, said storage module further storing a phone number, said communication module transmitting said alert message to another communication device according to said phone number.

5. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 2, said limitation module further comprising a termination module for shutting off part of the dialing functions of said communication module when said cumulated expense reaching said preset amount.

6. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 5, said preset amount comprising a first preset limit and a second preset limit, said second preset limit being higher than said first preset limit, said alert module sending said alert message when said cumulated expense reaching said first preset limit, said limitation module shutting off part of the dialing functions of said communication module when said cumulated expense reaching said second preset limit.

7. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 5, said storage module be further stored with a restriction phone number, said limitation module performing a restriction communication between said communication apparatus and a wireless communication device with said restriction phone number.

8. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 7, wherein said limitation module performing said restriction communication to prevent said communication apparatus from communicating with said wireless communication device with said restriction phone number.

9. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 7, wherein said limitation module performs said restriction communication to restrict said communication apparatus to communicate only with said wireless communication device with said restriction phone number.

10. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 7, said mobile communication apparatus further comprising an input module for determining inputting a number as said restriction phone number when said cumulated expense reaching said preset amount.

11. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 1, wherein said mobile communication apparatus is a mobile phone with a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card to perform wireless communication, and said storage module installed in said SIM card.

12. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 1, wherein said calculation module calculates said cumulated expense based on a CAI (Charge Advice Information) fed to said calculation module.

13. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 12, wherein said CAI is information of said mobile communication apparatus subscribed to a wireless carrier, which comprising communication rates, deductibles, communication durations, communication categories, and communication areas.

15. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 1, wherein said mobile communication apparatus further comprises a reset module resetting said cumulated expense to zero with a reset instruction.

16. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 15, wherein said mobile communication apparatus further comprises a timer for providing time information, said reset instruction being transmitted to said reset module when the date on said timer matching a preset billing date, said reset module being activated to reset said cumulated expense to zero.

14. The mobile communication apparatus as claim 14, wherein said communication categories comprises mobile-to-mobile service, communication between carriers, and text message communication.