MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING GPS DEVICE AND HAVING GROUP COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY

• US 20080026772A1
• Filed: 05/17/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Shin-Wen, Chang, Ya-Ran
• Application Number:
  US11/750,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20080026772A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

A mobile communication system is disclosed. The mobile communication system includes a first communication module, wherein the first communication module includes a first global positioning device utilized for determining a coordinate of the first communication module; a first communication apparatus, coupled to the first global positioning device, for receiving a coordinate of a second communication module; a first operating interface; and a first processing circuit, coupled to the first communication apparatus and the first operating interface, for controlling the first operating interface to indicate a position of the first communication module according to the coordinate of the first communication module or controlling the first operating interface to indicate a position of the second communication module according to the coordinate of the second communication module.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a first mobile communication module, comprising;

a first global positioning device, for determining a coordinate of the first mobile communication module;

a first communication apparatus, coupled to the first global positioning device, for receiving a coordinate of a second mobile communication module;

a first operating interface; and

a first processing circuit, coupled to the first communication apparatus and the first operating interface, for controlling the first operating interface to indicate a position of the first mobile communication module according to the coordinate of the first mobile communication module or controlling the first operating interface to indicate a position of the second mobile communication module according to the coordinate of the second mobile communication module.

2. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein the first communication apparatus is a mobile phone.

3. The mobile communication system of claim 2, wherein the mobile phone receives the position of the second mobile communication module via a short message.

4. The mobile communication system of claim 3, wherein the mobile phone utilizes a Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) System or a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) System to receive the short message.

5. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein the first communication apparatus is a wireless network apparatus.

6. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein the first mobile communication module comprises a first group setting for defining at least a communication member, and the first communication apparatus receives a coordinate of the communication member according to the first group setting, where the second mobile communication module is a communication member of the first mobile communication module and is positioned in the mobile communication system.

7. The mobile communication system of claim 6, wherein the first group setting comprises a phone number of the communication member.

8. The mobile communication system of claim 6, wherein the second mobile communication module comprises:

a second global positioning device, for determining a coordinate of the second mobile communication module; and

a second communication apparatus, coupled to the second global positioning device, for transmitting the coordinate of the second mobile communication module to the first mobile communication module.

9. The mobile communication system of claim 8, wherein the second communication apparatus comprises a second group setting for defining the first mobile communication module as a communication member, and the second communication apparatus transmits the coordinate of the second mobile communication module to the first mobile communication module according to the second group setting.

10. The mobile communication system of claim 9, wherein the first communication apparatus further transmits the coordinate of the first mobile communication module to the second mobile communication module, and the second mobile communication module further comprises:

a second operating interface; and

a second processing circuit, coupled to the second communication apparatus and the second operating interface, for controlling the second operating interface to indicate a position of the first mobile communication module according to the coordinate of the first mobile communication module or controlling the second operating interface to indicate a position of the second mobile communication module according to the coordinate of the second mobile communication module.

11. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein the first mobile communication module establishes a communication between the first mobile communication module and the second mobile communication module via the first operating interface by a push-to-talk mode.

12. A mobile communication method, comprising:

utilizing a global positioning system to determine a coordinate of a first mobile communication module;

receiving a coordinate of a second mobile communication module;

providing a first operating interface; and

controlling the first operating interface to indicate a position of the first mobile communication module according to the coordinate of the first mobile communication module or to indicate a position of the second mobile communication module according to the coordinate of the second mobile communication module.

13. The mobile communication method of claim 12, wherein the step of receiving the coordinate of the second mobile communication module complies with a specification of a mobile phone communication system.

14. The mobile communication method of claim 13, wherein the step of receiving the coordinate of the second mobile communication module is accomplished via a short message.

15. The mobile communication method of claim 14, wherein the mobile communication system is a Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication System or a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) System.

16. The mobile communication method of claim 12, wherein the step of receiving the coordinate of the second mobile communication module complies with a specification of a wireless network.

17. The mobile communication method of claim 12, wherein the step of receiving the coordinate of the second mobile communication module comprises:

setting a first group setting to define at least a communication member; and

receiving a coordinate of the communication member according to the first group setting, where the second mobile communication module is a communication member of the first mobile communication module, and the first and second mobile communication modules are positioned in a mobile communication system.

18. The mobile communication method of claim 17, wherein the first group setting comprises a phone number of the communication member.

19. The mobile communication method of claim 17, further comprising:

utilizing the global positioning system to determine the coordinate of the second mobile communication module; and

transmitting the coordinate of the second mobile communication module to the first mobile communication module.

20. The mobile communication method of claim 19, further comprising:

setting a second group setting to define the first mobile communication module as a communication member; and

transmitting the coordinate of the second mobile communication module to the first mobile communication module according to the second group setting.

21. The mobile communication method of claim 20, further comprising:

transmitting the coordinate of the first mobile communication module to the second mobile communication module;

providing a second operating interface; and

controlling the second operating interface to indicate a position of the first mobile communication module according to the coordinate of the first mobile communication module or to indicate a position of the second mobile communication module according to the coordinate of the second mobile communication module.

22. The mobile communication method of claim 12, further comprising:

establishing a communication between the first mobile communication module and the second mobile communication module via the first operating interface by a push-to-talk mode.