Portable telephone with current location display and network thereof

• US 5,974,330 A
• Filed: 12/04/1996
• Issued: 10/26/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Negishi, Yoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Wellington
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Pablo N.
• Application Number:
  US08/760,686
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• Field of Search: 455/457, 455/456, 455/433, 455/566, 455/422, 455/33.1, 455/38.4, 455/54.1, 342/457
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A microcellular portable telephone displays one'"'"'s location, data on the location of the base station and, a data table showing the interrelation between the base station identifier code and base station location data. Pressing a specified operating key converts the base station identifier code connected to the portable telephone into data on the location of the base station by referring to the data table. The location of the base station is shown on the display device by means of the converted data.

Claims

1. A microcellular telecommunication system comprising a portable telephone having a display and base stations in which a location of said portable telephone is monitored by a data base station through a base station while said portable telephone is within the area of said base station, and a base station identifier code is recognized by said portable telephone, wherein

said portable telephone includes:

means for receiving an RF signal including the base station identifier code transmitted from the base station;

means for determining information for showing said base station identifier code corresponding to location data of said base station and location data of the base station corresponding to said received base station identifier code; and

means for displaying words corresponding to said location on the display based on determined location data from said means for determining and for displaying adjacent said words a level of the received RF signal so that a user of the portable telephone can know his approximate distance from the base station transmitting the RF signal.

2. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a specified operation key and the location of the base station corresponding to the base station identifier code is displayed on the display in response to a key operation of the specified operation key.

3. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an internal memory of said portable telephone, wherein a relation between the base station identifier code and location data is written in the internal memory of said portable telephone.

4. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 3, further comprising mounting means whereby said internal memory is freely detachable.

5. The portable telephone as claimed in claim 3, wherein data for indicating said location data are character codes indicating an address, and said address is shown as a row of characters on said display.

6. A microcellular telecommunication system comprising a portable telephone having a display and base stations in which a location of said portable telephone is monitored by a data base station through a base station while said portable telephone is within the area of said base station, and a base station identifier code is recognized by said portable telephone, wherein

said portable telephone includes:

means for receiving an RF signal including the base station identifier code transmitted from the base station;

means for determining information for showing said base station identifier code corresponding to location data of said base station and location data of the base station corresponding to said received base station identifier code; and

means for displaying said location on the display based on determined location data from said means for determining and for displaying a level of the received RF signal so that a user of the portable telephone can know his approximate distance from the base station transmitting the RF signal, wherein data for said location are a location map, and said location map is displayed on said display.

7. A microcellular telecommunication system comprising a portable telephone having a display and an operation key for communicating to a base station included in a plurality of base stations connected to a host station in which the location of said portable telephone is monitored by the host station through one of said plurality of base stations while said portable telephone is within an area of said one of said plurality of base stations, and a base station identifier code is recognized by said portable telephone, wherein

said host station linked to said base station includes means for storing a data table for showing an interrelation between a location of said base station and said base station identifier code, whereby said digital data table is located outside of said portable telephone, so that when an operation key is used to cause said portable telephone to communicate with said base station corresponding location data of said base station is generated from data table in said host station using said base station identifier code of said base station that is communicating with said portable telephone, wherein said portable telephone receives the location data and said locating data is displayed on the display based on received data showing an address of said base station.

8. The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 7, wherein data for indicating said location data are character codes indicating an address, and said address is shown as a row of characters on said display.

9. The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 7, wherein data for said location are a location map, and said location is displayed on said display.