PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, DATA PROCESSOR, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20080294558A1
• Filed: 05/22/2008
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Shimanuki, Masahiro, Yamamoto, Kousuke
• Application Number:
  US12/125,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20080294558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/44
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/003 for electricity

Abstract

Aimed at providing a portable electronic appliance and a data processor capable of preventing stealing of electricity, a mobile phone terminal, which is a portable electronic appliance of the present invention supplied with electric power from the specific commercial power source, is brought into functional interruption by a data processor, the data processor executes account settlement of supplied power while keeping the mobile phone terminal in functional interruption, and upon completion of the account settlement, the data processor unlocks the functional interruption of the mobile phone terminal, so that an authorized contractor of the commercial power source is prevented from being unreasonably charged with power rate charged up in the mobile phone terminal, and stealing of electricity by the user of the mobile phone terminal may be avoidable.

Claims

1. A portable electronic appliance made functional after being charged with electric power, comprising:

a battery-powered functional unit made functional after being charged with electric power supplied from an external commercial power source;

a data receiving unit receiving, from an external specific data processor, at least a function interrupting command for said battery-powered functional unit, when electric power is supplied from said specific commercial power source;

a function interrupting unit interrupting at least a part of functions of said battery-powered functional unit upon receiving of said function interrupting command;

an account settlement accepting unit executing account settlement of supplied power, while keeping said battery-powered functional unit in functional interruption; and

an interruption unlock unit unlocking functional interruption of said battery-powered functional unit upon completion of said account settlement.

2. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said data receiving unit receives said function interrupting command and a guidance data for said account settlement from said data processor,

further comprising a guidance display unit displaying thereon said received guidance data, and an enter operation unit accepting a predetermined enter operation corresponding to said displayed guidance data, and

said account settlement accepting unit executes said account settlement corresponding to the enter operation.

3. The portable electronic appliance as claimed claim 2,

wherein said data receiving unit receives said function interrupting command and said guidance data for sending authentication,

said enter operation unit receives authentication data entered corresponding to said displayed guidance data for sending authentication,

said account settlement accepting unit further comprises an authentication returning unit sending said entered authentication data to said data processor, and an unlock receiver unit receiving an interruption unlock command from said data processor corresponding to sending of said authentication data, and

said interruption unlock unit unlocks functional interruption of said battery-powered functional unit upon receiving of said interruption unlock command.

4. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an authentication memory unit storing therein authentication data,

said data receiving unit receives said function interrupting command and said guidance data for sending authentication,

said enter operation unit accepts permission for sending said authentication data entered corresponding to said displayed guidance data for sending authentication,

said account settlement accepting unit further comprises an authentication returning unit sending said authentication data to said data processor corresponding to enter operation of said permission for sending, and an unlock receiver unit receiving an interruption unlock command from said data processor corresponding to sending of said authentication data, and

said interruption unlock unit unlocks functional interruption of said battery-powered functional unit upon receiving of said interruption unlock command.

5. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an authentication memory unit storing authentication data,

wherein said data receiving unit receives said function interrupting command and said guidance data for sending authentication,

said enter operation unit accepts said permission for sending the authentication data entered corresponding to the said displayed guidance data for sending authentication,

said account settlement accepting unit sends said authentication data to said data processor corresponding to enter operation of said permission for sending, said interruption unlock unit unlocks functional interruption of said battery-powered functional unit upon sending of said authentication data.

6. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an authentication memory unit storing electronic money,

wherein said data receiving unit receives said function interrupting command and said guidance data of electronic payment,

said enter operation unit accepts permission for account settlement entered corresponding to said displayed guidance data of electronic payment;

said account settlement accepting unit further comprises a permission sender unit sending said entered permission for account settlement to said data processor, an account settlement accepting unit accepting electronic payment of said electronic money by said data processor corresponding to sending of said permission for account settlement, and an unlock receiver unit receiving an interruption unlock command from said data processor corresponding to completion of said electronic payment, and

said interruption unlock unit unlocks functional interruption of said battery-powered functional unit, upon receiving of said interruption unlock command.

7. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an authentication memory unit storing electronic money,

said data receiving unit receives said function interrupting command and said guidance data of electronic payment,

said enter operation unit accepts permission for account settlement entered corresponding to said displayed guidance data of electronic payment,

said account settlement accepting unit further comprises a permission sender unit sending said entered permission for account settlement to said data processor, and an account settlement accepting unit accepting electronic payment of said electronic money by said data processor corresponding to sending of said permission for account settlement, and

said interruption unlock unit unlocks functional interruption of said battery-powered functional unit upon completion of electronic payment.

8. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 1, establishing data communication with said data processor by power line communication through a power source receptacle of said commercial power source.

9. A data processor establishing data communication at least with a portable electronic appliance, comprising:

a data sender unit sending at least a function interrupting command to said portable electronic appliance supplied with electric power from a specific commercial power source; and

an account settlement executing unit executing account settlement of supplied power for said portable electronic appliance to which said function interrupting command was sent.

10. The data processor as claimed in claim 9,

wherein said data sender unit sends said function interrupting command and a guidance data for said account settlement to said detected portable electronic appliance, and

said account settlement executing unit executes said account settlement for said portable electronic appliance corresponding to sending of said guidance data.

11. The data processor as claimed in claim 9, further comprising an unlock sender unit sending an interruption unlock command to said portable electronic appliance upon completion of said account settlement.

12. The data processor as claimed in claim 10,

wherein said data sender unit sends said function interrupting command and said guidance data for sending authentication to said detected portable electronic appliance, and

said account settlement executing unit further comprises an authentication receiver unit receiving an authentication data from said portable electronic appliance corresponding to sending of said guidance data, and an account generator unit authenticating an user of said portable electronic appliance based on said received authentication data, and generating account data.

13. The data processor as claimed in claim 10,

wherein said data sender unit sends said function interrupting command and said guidance data of electronic payment to said detected portable electronic appliance, and

said account settlement executing unit further comprises a permission receiver unit receiving permission for account settlement from said portable electronic appliance corresponding to sending of said guidance data, and an account settling unit executing electronic payment of electronic money stored in said portable electronic appliance corresponding to receiving of said permission for account settlement.

14. The data processor as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a supply interrupting unit temporarily interrupting the power supply to said detected portable electronic appliance, and

a supply re-starting unit re-starting the temporarily interrupted power supply upon completion of said account settlement.

15. The data processor as claimed in claim 9, establishing data communication with said portable electronic appliance by power line communication through a power source receptacle of said commercial power source.

16. The data processor as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

a pattern detector unit detecting unauthorized power supply from said commercial power source by pattern recognition; and

an alerting unit outputting a predetermined alert data upon detection of unauthorized power supply.

17. A data communication system comprising a portable electronic appliance made functional after being charged with electric power, and a data processor establishing data communication with at least the portable electronic appliance,

wherein said portable electronic appliance is such as that described in claim 3, and

said data processor is such as that described in claim 12.

18. A data communication system comprising a portable electronic appliance made functional after being charged with electric power, and a data processor establishing data communication with at least the portable electronic appliance,

wherein said portable electronic appliance is such as that described in claim 6, and

said data processor is such as that described in claim 13.

19. A computer program for a portable electronic appliance having a battery-powered functional unit made functional after being charged with electric power from an external commercial power source, configured as allowing the portable electronic appliance to execute:

a data receiving process receiving, from an external specific data processor, at least a function interrupting command for said battery-powered functional unit, when the power is supplied from said specific commercial power source;

a function interrupting process interrupting at least a part of functions of said battery-powered functional unit upon receiving of said function interrupting command;

an account settlement receiving process executing account settlement of supplied power, while keeping said battery-powered functional unit in functional interruption; and

a interruption unlock process unlocking functional interruption of said battery-powered functional unit upon completion of said account settlement.

20. A computer program for a data processor establishing data communication with at least a portable electronic appliance, configured as allowing the data processor to execute:

a data sending process sending at least a function interrupting command to said portable electronic appliance supplied with electric power from a specific commercial power source; and

an account settlement executing process executing account settlement of supplied power for said portable electronic appliance to which said function interrupting command was sent.

21. A data processing method for a portable electronic appliance having a battery-powered functional unit made functional after being charged with electric power from an external commercial power source, comprising:

a data receiving step receiving, from an external specific data processor, at least a function interrupting command for said battery-powered functional unit, when electric power is supplied from said commercial power source;

a function interrupting step interrupting at least a part of functions of said battery-powered functional unit upon receiving of said function interrupting command;

an account settlement accepting step executing account settlement of supplied power, while keeping said battery-powered functional unit in functional interruption; and

a interruption unlock step unlocking functional interruption of said battery-powered functional unit upon completion of said account settlement.

22. A data processing method for a data processor establishing data communication with at least a portable electronic appliance, comprising:

a data sending step sending at least a function interrupting command to said portable electronic appliance supplied with electric power from a specific commercial power source; and

an account settlement executing step executing account settlement of supplied power for said portable electronic appliance to which said function interrupting command was sent.