Portable Terminal Device and a Radio Communication System Management Method For the Portable Terminal Device

• US 20090253427A1
• Filed: 02/20/2009
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Nakajima, Yo, Fukushima, Shinichiro
• Application Number:
  US12/389,462
• Publication Number:
  US 20090253427A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.100
• 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 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

The portable terminal, in starting the communication with a radio communication system having a different communication regulation in a different country or area, first recognizes the position thereof, acquires the radio communication regulation information varied from one country or area to another, and sets the corresponding regulation information for radio communication. The user can thus easily, unconsciously carry out the radio communication in keeping with the regulation of each country or area. Further, in the case where the regulation prohibits the use of the portable terminal, the fact can be displayed on the screen in an easy-to-understand way.

Claims

1. A portable terminal device including a radio communication unit adapted for radio communication systems having different communication regulations in different regions, comprising:

means for detecting position-related information indicative of a location at which the portable terminal device is located;

means for specifying regulation information to realize a corresponding radio communication system based on the position-related information detected; and

means for executing the radio communication with the radio communication system corresponding to the regulation information specified.

2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising means for connecting to a management server having stored therein regulation information for each region,

wherein the means for connecting transmits request information including the position-related information to the management server requesting corresponding regulation information, and

wherein the management server, upon reception of the regulation information retrieved based on the position-related information, specifies the corresponding regulation information.

3. The portable terminal device according to claim 2, further comprising means for storing the regulation information,

wherein the means for connecting transmits the request information including the regulation identification information for identifying the regulation information stored in the storage means to the management server, and

wherein the means for connecting, upon determining that the regulation information retrieved by the management server does not coincide with the regulation information identified by the regulation identification information, receives the retrieved regulation information from the management server.

4. The portable terminal device according to claim 3,

wherein the means for connecting, upon the management server determining that the regulation information retrieved by the management server coincides with the regulation information identified by the regulation identification information, receives the information indicating the coincidence from the management server, and

wherein the means for executing the radio communication carries out the radio communication in accordance with the radio communication system corresponding to the regulation information stored in the storage means.

5. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the means for executing the radio communication carries out the radio communication by reading and writing the information from and into an IC tag.

6. A radio communication system management method for a portable terminal device including a radio communication unit corresponding to a radio communication system having different communication regulations in different regions, wherein the portable terminal device comprises:

means for detecting the information related to the position at which the local portable terminal device is located;

means for specifying the regulation information to realize a corresponding radio communication system based on the position-related information detected; and

means for executing the radio communication with the radio communication system corresponding to the regulation information specified.

7. The radio communication system management method for a portable terminal device according to claim 6,

wherein the portable terminal device is connected with a management server storing the regulation information for each region,

wherein the portable terminal device transmits the request information to the management server to request the regulation information containing the detected position-related information,

wherein the management server retrieves the regulation information based on the position-related information and transmits the retrieved regulation information to the portable terminal device, and

wherein the portable terminal device receives the transmitted regulation information thereby to specify the regulation information.

8. The radio communication system management method for a portable terminal device according to claim 7,

wherein the portable terminal device has a storage unit for storing the regulation information,

wherein the portable terminal device transmits the request information containing the regulation identification information for identifying the regulation information stored in the storage unit to the management server,

wherein the management server judges whether the regulation information retrieved by the management server coincides with the regulation information identified by the regulation identification information, and

wherein upon judgment that the regulation information retrieved by the management server fails to coincide with the regulation information identified by the regulation identification information, the management server transmits the retrieved regulation information to the portable terminal device.

9. The radio communication system management method for a portable terminal device according to claim 8,

wherein the management server, upon judgment that the regulation information retrieved by the management server coincides with the regulation information identified by the regulation identification information, transmits the information indicating the coincidence to the portable terminal device,

wherein the portable terminal device, upon reception of the information indicating the coincidence, executes the radio communication with the radio communication system corresponding to the regulation information stored in the storage unit.

10. The radio communication system management method for a portable terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the radio communication execution means of the portable terminal device reads and writes the information from and into an IC tag by radio communication.