Selecting and prioritizing radio telephone systems at radio terminal

• US 5,590,397 A
• Filed: 12/06/1994
• Issued: 12/31/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kojima, Susumu
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TO, DORIS HA
• Application Number:
  US08/354,107
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 455/33.1, 455/33.4, 455/89, 455/185.1, 455/186.1, 455/186.2, 455/54.2, 455/33.2, 455/34.1, 455/54.1, 455/62, 379/59, 379/58
• US Class Current: 455/417
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

In a radio telephone scheme in which each of radio systems transmits a system identification code, and each radio system offers a service for a radio terminal, system identification codes of a plurality of radio systems, from which a user gets the service, and selection priorities corresponding to the system identification codes are stored. When a plurality of stored identification codes are received, a radio system having a system identification code, of the stored system identification codes, which corresponds to a highest selection priority is selected.

Claims

1. A radio telephone system, comprising:

a radio terminal, and

a plurality of radio systems, each of which transmits a respective system identification code, particular radio systems of said plurality of radio systems providing service for said radio terminal, each said respective system identification code of said particular radio systems being stored in said radio terminal and defining a set of registered system identification codes, each of said registered system identification codes having stored in said radio terminal a corresponding user selectable selection priority and a corresponding user selectable selection information, said selection information indicating radio system enablement or non-enablement;

wherein when said radio terminal receives different ones of said registered system identification codes, said radio terminal selects a selected radio system of said particular radio systems which has said respective system identification code corresponding to one of said registered system identification codes which has a highest said selection priority, and which has said selection information indicating enablement.

2. The radio telephone system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said radio terminal further comprises:

first frequency setting means for setting a radio transmission/reception section to a private control radio frequency;

first memory means for storing a first one of said registered system identification codes transmitted by one of said plurality of radio systems over said private control radio frequency;

second frequency setting means for setting said radio transmission/reception section to a public control radio frequency;

second memory means for storing a second one of said registered system identification codes transmitted by another one of said plurality of radio systems over said public control radio frequency; and

radio frequency selecting means for selecting a radio frequency corresponding to said selected radio system.

3. The radio system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said radio terminal further comprises display means for displaying said selected radio system.