Function lock information notification method and mobile communication terminal

• US 20080064370A1
• Filed: 09/07/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
• Original Assignee: Vodafone KK (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Aiko, Tamura, Ryota, Fukaya, Masato
• Granted Patent: US 8,112,064 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3227 using secure elements embedded in M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 Contactless payments by cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/354 Card activation or deactivation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/42 Confirmation, e.g. check or permission by the legal debtor of payment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/425 using two different networks, one for transaction and one for security confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/10 together with a coded signal , e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/66 with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/38 Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections queuing arrangements H04Q3/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/387 using subscriber identification cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

If a lock request for function of an IC card function section is executed from a locking terminal via a mobile communication network, a lock request detection section 51 detects the lock request. If the lock request is detected in this manner, the function lock section 52 locks the function of the IC card function section by sending a function lock instruction via a wired communication path to the IC card function section. The function lock notification section 53 then notifies the fact that the function has been locked to a locking notification mail communication unit pre-registered in the terminal registration table 23T via the mobile communication network. In this way, since function lock information of a contactless type communication device fitted in a mobile communication terminal is appropriately notified via a mobile communication network, convenience for the user is improved.

Claims

1. A function lock information notification method for notifying lock information for a function of a contactless type communication device of a mobile communication terminal fitted with the contactless communication device that is capable of communication via a wired communication path, comprising the steps of:

performing, to the mobile communication terminal, a lock request for a function of the contactless type communication device from a locking terminal via a mobile communication network;

causing the mobile communication terminal to lock the function of the contactless type communication device via the wired communication path; and

notifying the fact that the function of the contactless communication device has been locked to a function lock information notified party pre-registered in the mobile communication terminal via the mobile communication network by the mobile communication terminal.

2. The function lock information notification method of claim 1, wherein the locking terminal is a communication terminal having an identifier for a lock request possible originator pre-registered in the mobile communication terminal.

3. The function lock information notification method of claim 1, wherein the locking terminal comprises at least one calling phone, and

the mobile communication terminal recognizes that a lock request has been received upon detection of generation of a calling tone a predetermined number of times after a call is received from the at least one calling phone.

4. The function lock information notification method of claim 1, wherein at least one e-mail communication terminal is, contained in the locking terminal, and

the mobile communication terminal recognizes that there is a lock request upon receipt of an e-mail of predetermined content from the at least one e-mail communication terminal.

5. The function lock information notification method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

performing, to the mobile communication terminal, a confirmation request for lock of the function from a confirmation terminal via a mobile communication network; and

sending confirmation information wherein content that the function of the contactless type communication is locked, to the confirmation terminal in response to the confirmation request, by the mobile communication terminal, when the function of the contactless type communication device is locked.

6. The function lock information notification method of claim 5, wherein the confirmation terminal is a communication terminal having an identifier for a confirmation request possible originator pre-registered in the mobile communication terminal.

7. The function lock information notification method of claim 6, wherein the confirmation terminal comprises at least one calling phone, and

the mobile communication terminal, in a state where the function of the contactless type communication device is locked, confirms that there is a confirmation request upon detection of generation of a calling tone more than a predetermined number of times after a call is received from the at least one calling phone.

8. The function lock information notification method of claim 7, wherein the confirmation information is a voice message.

9. The function lock information notification method of claim 5, wherein the locking terminal comprises the confirmation terminal.

10. A mobile communication terminal, fitted with a contactless type communication device capable of communication via a wired communication path, comprising:

lock request detection means for detecting a lock request for a function of the contactless type communication terminal received from the locking terminal via a mobile communication network;

function lock means for locking the function of the contactless type communication device, via the wired communication path, when the lock request has been detected by the function lock request detection means; and

function lock notification means for notifying the fact that the function of the contactless communication device has been locked to a pre-registered function lock notified party via the mobile communication network.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10, further provided with storage means for storing a terminal registration table registering an identifier for the locking terminal and identifiers for notification communication terminals that are notified parties for the fact that the function is locked.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10, wherein the locking terminal comprises at least one calling phone, and

the lock request detection means is further provided with calling tone lock request detection means for recognizing that there is the lock request upon detection of generation of a calling tone a predetermined number of times after a call is received from the at least one calling phone.

13. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10, wherein the locking terminal comprises at least one e-mail communication terminal, and

the lock request detection means is further provided with mail lock request detection means for recognizing that there is a lock request upon receipt of an e-mail of predetermined content from the at least one e-mail communication terminal.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

lock confirmation request detection means for detecting receipt of a confirmation request for lock of the function from a confirmation terminal via a mobile communication network; and

confirmation information transmission means for transmitting confirmation information, with content that the function of the contactless type communication device is in a locked state, to the confirmation terminal in response to the confirmation request, when the function of the contactless type communication device is in a locked state.

15. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, wherein an identifier for the confirmation terminal is further stored in the terminal registration table.

16. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, wherein the confirmation terminal has at least one calling phone, and

the lock confirmation request detection means is further provided with calling tone confirmation request detection means for recognizing that there is a confirmation request upon detection of generation of a calling tone more than a predetermined number of times after a call is received from the at least one calling phone, in a state where the function of the contactless type communication device is locked.

17. The mobile communication terminal of claim 16, wherein the confirmation information transmission means transmits voice guidance as the confirmation information.