Mobile telephone unit and method used in this unit for accessing internet site

• US 6,650,913 B1
• Filed: 09/22/2000
• Issued: 11/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hayashi, Keiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, Brandon J
• Application Number:
  US09/667,696
• Time in Patent Office: 1,152 Days
• Field of Search: 455/90, 455/550, 455/556, 455/557, 455/556.1, 455/575.3
• US Class Current: 455/575.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

Upon detection of a change in the state of the cover part and the body part from open to close by the box open/close detecting part of a mobile telephone unit, the controlling part controls the mobile telephone unit so as to connect to a pre-specified Internet site which the user uses frequently, if any; upon detection of a change in the state of the cover part from open to close, the controlling part releases the connection to the Internet site to which the mobile telephone unit is presently connected, if any.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone unit including the cover part that can be unfolded or folded freely from or onto the body part and functions for accessing an Internet site, comprising:

an open/close detecting means for detecting the unfolding and folding operations of the cover part; and

a controller for controlling connection and release of the connection to said Internet site in accordance with the results of said detecting by said open/close detecting means.

2. The mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein said controlling means connects said mobile telephone unit to a pre-specified Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from close to open by said open/close detecting means.

3. The mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein said controlling means releases the connection to the Internet site to which the mobile telephone unit is connected upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from open to close by said open/close detecting means.

4. The mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein said controlling means connects to a pre-specified Internet site if said open/close detecting means detects a change in the state of said cover part from close to open,

wherein said controlling means releases the connection to the Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from open to close by said open/close detecting means.

13. The mobile telephone unit of claim 1, wherein said open/close detecting means detects a change in the unfolded or folded state of the cover part.

14. The mobile telephone unit of claim 1, wherein said controlling means connects said mobile telephone unit to said Internet site when said cover part changes from said folded state to said unfolded state.

5. A method for accessing an Internet site for use in a mobile telephone unit, including a cover part that can be unfolded or folded freely from or onto a telephone unit body part and functions for accessing an Internet site, comprising:

detecting the unfolding and folding operations of the cover part; and

controlling connection and release of the connection to said Internet site in accordance with the results of the detection.

6. A method for accessing an Internet site for use in a mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 5, wherein said controlling connection and release of the connection connects to a pre-specified Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from close to open.

7. A method for accessing an Internet site for use in a mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 5, wherein said controlling connection and release of the connection releases the connection to the Internet site to which the mobile telephone unit is presently connected upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from open to close.

8. A method for accessing an Internet site for use in a mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 5, wherein said controlling connection and release of the connection connects to a pre-specified Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from close to open;

and

release the connection to the Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from open to close.

15. The method of claim 5, wherein said detecting detects a change in the unfolded or folded state of the cover part.

16. A method of claim 5, wherein said controlling connects the mobile telephone unit to said Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from close to open.

9. A computer readable memory storing an Internet site access control program for use in a mobile telephone unit including a cover part that can be unfolded or folded freely from or onto the body part and functions for accessing Internet sites, wherein:

said Internet site access control program comprises;

detecting the unfolding or folding operations of the cover part; and

controlling connection and release of the connection to said Internet site in accordance with the results of the detection.

10. A computer readable memory storing an Internet site access control program of a mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 9, wherein

said controlling the connection and release of the connection comprises connecting to a pre-specified Internet site upon-detection of a change in the state of said cover part from close to open.

11. A computer readable memory storing an Internet site access control program of a mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 9, wherein said controlling connection and release of the connection comprises releasing the connection to the Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from open to close.

12. A computer readable memory storing an Internet site access control program of a mobile telephone unit as set forth in claim 9, wherein said controlling connection and release of the connection comprises connecting to a pre-specified Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from close to open;

and

releases the connection to the Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from open to close.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein said detecting detects a change in the unfolded or folded state of the cover part.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein said controlling connects the mobile telephone unit to said Internet site upon detection of a change in the state of said cover part from close to open.

19. A mobile telephone unit for accessing a network, comprising:

a body comprising a display;

a cover having a free end and an end attached to said body, wherein said cover folds away from said body in an open state and folds against said body in a closed state;

a detector, operably connected to said cover, for detecting a change in said open and closed cover states; and

a controller, operably connected to said body and said detector, for connecting said mobile telephone unit to said network when said detector detects the cover in an open state and for disconnecting said mobile telephone from said network when said detector detects said cover in a closed state.

20. The mobile telephone unit of claim 19, wherein said controller synchronizes said connecting of said mobile telephone unit to the Internet to said change in said open and closed cover states.

21. The mobile telephone unit of claim 19, wherein said controller determines if a universal resource locator (URL) of an Internet site is specified and automatically connects said telephone unit to said specified Internet site during said connecting said telephone unit to the Internet, and

wherein said controller displays a standby screen on said display if the URL of an Internet site is not specified.

22. The mobile telephone unit of claim 19, wherein said detector sends a signal to said controller to indicate a change in said open and closed cover states.

23. The mobile telephone unit of claim 19, wherein said network comprises the Internet.