Method of Operation of Terminal Device in Mobile System

• US 20070286145A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pancomp Electronics Oy
• Original Assignee: Pancomp Electronics Oy
• Inventors: Niemitalo, Hannu, Pakkila, Pekka
• Application Number:
  US10/590,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20070286145A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/340
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In a method of operation of a terminal device in a mobile system, the terminal device (Ln) is kept dominantly in a deep rest state (P0) for minimizing the current consumption and means and functions for making the terminal device to operate as a terminal device in a mobile communication network are activated (CL) for short periods (tc1) for sending (R) or receiving (H) data, and the activation and operation of the terminal device for sending and receiving data is controlled individually by control data which is sent to the terminal device via the mobile communication network (24). The centralized and at the same time individual control of the terminal devices makes it possible to apply the mobile system to many purposes. The current consumption and the communication costs may be minimized and a very high operational dependability be realized in the system.

Claims

1. Method of operation of a portable terminal device (L) in a mobile system in which method the terminal device includes:

means and functions (1, 5) for reading data from an object and for storing the data; and

means and functions (1, 6) for making the terminal device to operate as a terminal device of a mobile telecommunication network (24) for sending and receiving data;

characterized in that, for minimizing the current consumption, the terminal device (Ln) is kept dominantly in a deep rest state (P0), in which the means and functions (1, 6) for making the terminal device to operate as a terminal device of a mobile telecommunication network (24) are totally passive, and said means and functions are activated for short periods (tc1 tc5) for sending or receiving data (R, SMS, 28, 28′

), and the activation and operation of the terminal device for sending and receiving data is controlled individually by control data (28, 28′

) which is sent to the terminal device (Ln) via the mobile communication network (24).

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the control data (28, 28′

) comprises data (B3) for activating the terminal device (Ln) at a certain time (t1) whereby a connection (H, R) may be set up to the terminal device for sending or receiving data.

3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the control data (28, 28′

) comprises data (B7) for activating the terminal device (Ln) to set up a connection (H, R) for sending or receiving data in response to an information (G03) included in a data read from an object (Tn).

4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the control data (28, 28′

) comprises data (D3) for activating the terminal device (Ln) to set up a connection (H, R) for sending or receiving data in response to starting (LD) the charging of the battery after a certain time (td) from the starting.

5. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the control data (28, 28′

) comprises data (A1) for denying the activation of the terminal device (Ln) in response to an information (H01) included in a data read from an object (Tn).

6. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the control data is sent in a so called short message or similar (SMS) which is stored in the mobile telecommunication network (24) and is receivable by the terminal device when activated and a connection (S) having been set up to the mobile telecommunication network (24).

7. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that, for sending and receiving the data, including the control data, a data transfer connection is set up in the mobile telecommunication network using a suitable protocol.

8. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the current consumption is minimized in the rest state (P0) so that essentially only an interruption clock (14) of a processor unit (1) of the terminal device (L) is active.