Message transmitted automatically in response to imminent power source depletion of mobile station

• US 20090325613A1
• Filed: 06/27/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l. (f/k/a Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.) (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kuulusa, Mika, Kuulusa, Juha
• Granted Patent: US 8,611,934 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/371 with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

Described herein are a method, apparatus and computer program to automatically inform a second party to a call that a first party to the call has or will disconnect due to a power source, such as a battery, of a terminal used by the first party becoming depleted. The second party can be informed by the generation and transmission of any suitable type of message, including a SMS message, a MMS message and a IMS message.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, during a call, that a power source of a mobile station has or will soon become depleted; and

automatically sending a message to another party to the call to inform the party that the call was or will be terminated due to the power source becoming depleted.

2. The method of claim 1, where the message is comprised of text.

3. The method of claim 1, where the message is comprised of text and where at least some of the text is composed to reflect a current context of the mobile station.

4. The method of claim 1, where the message is comprised of a short message service message.

5. The method of claim 1, where the message is sent directly to a network element.

6. The method of claim 1, where the message is sent to the another party via at least one network element.

7. A computer readable memory medium that stores program instructions, the execution of which result in performing operations that comprise:

detecting, during a call, that a power source of a mobile station has or will soon become depleted; and

automatically sending a message to another party to the call to inform the party that the call was or will be terminated due to the power source becoming depleted.

8. The memory medium of claim 7, where the message is comprised of text.

9. The memory medium of claim 7, where the message is comprised of text and where at least some of the text is composed to reflect a current context of the mobile station.

10. The memory medium of claim 7, where the message is comprised of a short message service message.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

means for sourcing power;

means for conducting a call with at least one other party via a wireless link;

means for detecting, during a call, that said power sourcing means will soon become depleted; and

means for automatically sending a message to the at least one other party to inform the at least one other party that the call was or will be terminated due to the power sourcing means becoming depleted.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, where the message is comprised of text.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising means for determining a current context of the apparatus and where said sending means composes the message in accordance with the determined context.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, where the message is comprised of a short message service message.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a power source;

a radio frequency transceiver configured to conduct a call with at least one other party; and

a controller configured to respond during a call to said power source becoming depleted to automatically send a message to the at least one other party to inform the at least one other party that the call was or will be terminated due to the power source becoming depleted.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, where the message is comprised of text.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, said controller further configured to respond to a current context of the apparatus to at least one of select and compose the message in accordance with the determined context.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, where the message is comprised of a short message service message.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, embodied at least partially in at least one integrated circuit.

20. A method, comprising:

receiving a first message from a mobile station involved in a call with at least one other party indicating that the call was or will be terminated due to a power source of the mobile station becoming depleted; and

in response to receiving the first message, sending a second message to the at least one other party to inform the at least one other party that the call was or will be terminated due to the power source becoming depleted.

21. The method of claim 20, where the second message is comprised of text.

22. The method of claim 21, where the second message is comprised of a short message service message.

23. A computer readable memory medium that stores program instructions, the execution of which result in performing operations that comprise:

receiving a first message from a mobile station involved in a call with at least one other party indicating that the call was or will be terminated due to a power source of the mobile station becoming depleted; and

in response to receiving the first message, sending a second message to the at least one other party to inform the at least one other party that the call was or will be terminated due to the power source becoming depleted.

24. The memory medium of claim 23, where the second message is comprised of text.

25. An apparatus, comprising:

a radio frequency transceiver configured to receive a first message from a mobile station involved in a call with at least one other party indicating that the call was or will be terminated due to a power source of the mobile station becoming depleted; and

a controller configured, in response to receiving the first message, to send via the transceiver a second message to the at least one other party to inform the at least one other party that the call was or will be terminated due to the power source becoming depleted.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, where the message is comprised of text.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, embodied at least partially in at least one integrated circuit.