Mobile communication terminal, computer-readable recording medium, and computer data signal

• US 20070032262A1
• Filed: 08/02/2006
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Company Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Goto, Yoshihiro, Namatame, Shigeru
• Granted Patent: US 7,805,163 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/021 using combined folding and rotation motions combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0241 using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo

Abstract

Upon detection to connection to a cradle, a control section of a mobile communication terminal accesses a storage section to determine whether setting information indicating operation settings of various functions is stored therein. When setting information is stored therein, the control section turns on power of the mobile communication terminal and controls the respective sections to execute an operation according to the setting information. While, no setting information is stored therein, the control section performs a charging operation without turning on power of the mobile communication terminal. Then, upon detection of release of connection to the cradle, the executed operation is finished based on the setting information.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal, having at least a reception section that receives a television airwave and outputs the airwave, comprising:

a setting storage section that stores setting information of an operation of the reception section; and

a control section that controls an operation of the mobile communication terminal at the time when the mobile communication terminal is connected to a cradle,

wherein the control section causes the reception section to execute an operation based on the setting information of the setting storage section upon connection to the cradle.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the setting storage section stores the setting information in which an arbitrarily designated channel is set, and

wherein the control section causes the reception section to receive the set channel based on the setting information.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the setting storage section stores the setting information in which an arbitrarily designated channel and a reception start time of the channel are made to correspond to each other, and

wherein the control section causes the reception section to receive the set channel based on the setting information at the time when the time reaches the reception start time.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a program guide acquisition section that acquires program guide information provided via a communication network based on the setting information at the time when the mobile communication terminal is connected to the cradle;

a program guide output section that outputs the program guide information acquired by the program guide acquisition section; and

an input section that receives a user selection input based on the program guide information output by the program guide output section,

wherein the control section causes the reception section to receive a program selected from the program guide based on the input of the input section.

5. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control section stops the operation of the reception section when the connection between the mobile communication terminal and the cradle is released during the execution of the reception operation based on the setting information.

6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the control section further comprises a power control section that controls power of the mobile communication terminal, and

wherein the power control section turns on power of the mobile communication terminal at the time when the mobile communication terminal is connected to the cradle, and turns off power of the mobile communication terminal when setting, which is based on the setting information, is not made.

7. A mobile communication terminal, having a housing holdable in style of a plurality of kinds, a display section that displays an image, a speaker that outputs voice, and an application execution section that executes applications of a plurality of kinds, comprising:

a setting information storage section that stores setting information of the applications;

a style determination section that determines a style held by housing; and

an application control section that controls execution of an application by the application execution section based on the style determined by the style determination section at the time when connection to a cradle is made,

wherein the application control section causes the application execution section to execute a predetermined application based on the setting information when the style determined by the style determination section is a specific style.

8. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein the application control section causes the application execution section to execute an application using the display section when the style determined by the style determination section is a style in which the display section faces front.

9. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7,

wherein the housing is a double-axis foldable housing having a plurality of housings, and

wherein the application control section causes the application execution section to execute an application using the display section when the style determined by the style determination section is a style where the display section of the mobile communication terminal faces front and is folded.

10. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, further comprising:

a display control section that controls a display direction of the display section based on the style determined by the style determination section when the application execution section executes an application using the display section.

11. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 10, wherein the display control section controls the display section in such a way to obtain a landscape display orientation based on the fact that the style determined by the style determination section is a folded style such that the display section of the mobile communication terminal faces front.

12. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein the application control section causes the application execution section to execute an application using the speaker when the style determined by the style determination section is a style where the speaker faces front.

13. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7,

wherein the setting information storage section stores setting information in which the style held by the housing and an executing application are made to correspond to each other, and

wherein the application control section causes the application execution section to execute an application corresponding to the style determined by the style determination section.

14. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 13,

wherein the application control section comprises:

an execution target determination section that determines whether an execution target application is set in the setting information at the time when the mobile communication terminal and the cradle are connected to each other; and

a style information acquisition section that acquires style information indicating a style of the mobile communication terminal from the style determination section when the execution target determination section determines that the execution target application is set,

wherein when the style indicated by the style information acquired by the style information acquisition section is a style corresponding to the application set as the execution target, the application execution section is caused to execute the application.

15. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein the application control section causes the application execution section to stop execution of the application at the time when the connection between the mobile communication terminal and the cradle is released.

16. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein when the mobile communication terminal and the cradle are connected to each other, the application control section determines whether the application execution section executes an application, and when the application execution section executes the application, the application control section causes the application execution section to continue to execute the application.

17. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 16, wherein when the mobile communication terminal performs no operation at the time when the mobile communication terminal and the cradle are connected to each other, the application control section determines whether the application execution section executes an application.

18. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, further comprising:

a power control section that determines whether power of the mobile communication terminal is turned off at the time when the mobile communication terminal and the cradle are connected to each other, and the power control section turns on power of the mobile communication terminal when power of the mobile communication terminal is turned off,

wherein the application control section controls the application execution section when power of the mobile communication terminal is turned off by the power control section.

19. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 18, wherein the power control section turns off power of the mobile communication terminal when the application execution section is not controlled by the application control section.

20. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer, which controls a mobile communication terminal, to execute the functions of:

detecting connection between the mobile communication terminal and a cradle;

determining a style held by a housing of the mobile communication terminal; and

executing an operation according to setting information of various functions of the mobile communication terminal and the determined style held by the housing at the time when connection to the cradle is detected.

21. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave representing a program causing a computer, which controls a mobile communication terminal, to execute the functions of:

detecting connection between the mobile communication terminal and a cradle;

determining a style held by a housing of the mobile communication terminal; and

executing an operation according to setting information of various functions of the mobile communication terminal and the determined style held by the housing at the time when connection to the cradle is detected.