Mobile communication terminal and positional information providing method
First Claim
1. A portable communication terminal comprising:
- data transmitting means for transmitting user data to a communication partner equipment, using a user channel for transmission of user data;
location requesting means for transmitting request information to request calculation of location information about the host terminal, to a location information calculating server for calculating the location information, in accordance with the transmission of the user data, using a control channel for transmission of control data;
location acquiring means for acquiring the location information calculated based on the request information in the location information calculating server, using the control channel; and
location transmitting means for transmitting the acquired location information to the communication partner equipment, using the control channel.
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Abstract
An object is to provide a cell phone capable of achieving improvement in efficiency of communication and improvement in user'"'"'s operability on the occasion of providing location information. A cell phone 10 has a data transmitter 101 for transmitting user data to a content delivery server 30, using a user channel, a location request part 102 for transmitting request information to request calculation of location information about the cell phone 10, to a GPS server 40 in accordance with the transmission of the user data, using a control channel, a location acquiring part 103 for acquiring the location information calculated based on the request information by the GPS server 40, using the control channel, and a location transmitter 105 for transmitting the location information to the content delivery server 30, using the control channel.
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7 Claims
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1. A portable communication terminal comprising:
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data transmitting means for transmitting user data to a communication partner equipment, using a user channel for transmission of user data;
location requesting means for transmitting request information to request calculation of location information about the host terminal, to a location information calculating server for calculating the location information, in accordance with the transmission of the user data, using a control channel for transmission of control data;
location acquiring means for acquiring the location information calculated based on the request information in the location information calculating server, using the control channel; and
location transmitting means for transmitting the acquired location information to the communication partner equipment, using the control channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
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6. A location information providing method for providing location information from a portable communication terminal to a communication partner equipment, comprising:
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a data transmission step wherein data transmitting means transmits user data to the communication partner equipment, using a user channel for transmission of user data;
a location request step wherein location requesting means transmits request information to request calculation of location information about the host terminal, to a location information calculating server for calculating the location information, in accordance with the transmission of the user data, using a control channel for transmission of control data;
a location acquisition step wherein location acquiring means acquires the location information calculated based on the request information in the location information calculating server, using the control channel; and
a location transmission step wherein location transmitting means transmits the acquired location information to the communication partner equipment, using the control channel.
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