Mobile wireless telecommunications device

• US 7,013,134 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2002
• Issued: 03/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Incorporated (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Incorporated (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Katsunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Perez-Gutierrez, Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US10/131,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20020173301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.4, 455/565, 455/418, 455/419, 455/422.1, 455/574, 455/414.3
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile telecommunications device having a wireless transmitter unit that can be set to a transmit-disabled mode in which all wireless transmission is disabled. The mobile telecommunications device includes accepting means for accepting call request operations from a user and releasing means for, when the transmit-disabled mode is set, responding to acceptance of a call request operation by releasing the tr ansmit-disabled mode and causing the wireless transmitter unit to conduct wireless transmission based on the accepted call request operation.

Claims

1. A mobile telecommunications device having a wireless transmitter unit which is operable to be set to a transmit-disabled mode in which all wireless transmission is disabled, said mobile telecommunications device comprising:

accepting means for accepting call request operations from a user;

releasing means for, when the transmit-disabled mode is set, responding to said accepting means accepting a call request operation by releasing the transmit-disabled mode of said wireless transmitter unit and causing said wireless transmitter unit to conduct wireless transmission based on the accepted call request operation;

inquiry means for, when said accepting means accepts the call request operation when the transmit-disabled mode is set and before said releasing means releases the transmit-disabled mode in response to said accepting means accepting the call request operation, inquiring the user whether or not releasing the transmit-disabled mode is permissible; and

release accepting means for accepting a release-permitted instruction operation permitting a release input by the user in response to an inquiry from said inquiry means;

wherein said releasing means releases the transmit-disabled mode and causes said wireless transmitter unit to conduct wireless transmission based on the accepted call request operation when a release-permitted instruction operation was accepted by said release accepting means; and

wherein said mobile telecommunications device further comprises;

reset control means for resetting the transmit-disabled mode after completion of wireless communication utilizing the wireless transmission enabled by said releasing means; and

reset permissibility inquiry means for, upon completion of the wireless communication utilizing the wireless transmission enabled by said releasing means and before said reset control means resets the transmit-disabled mode, inquiring the user whether or not resetting of the transmit-disabled mode is permissible.

2. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1, further comprising reset instruction accepting means for accepting a reset-permitted instruction operation permitting a reset input by the user in response to an inquiry from said reset permissibility inquiry means;

wherein said reset control means resets the transmit-disabled mode when a reset-permitted instruction operation was accepted by said reset instruction accepting means.

3. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1, further comprising refuse instruction accepting means for accepting a reset-refused instruction operation refusing a reset input by the user in response to an inquiry from said reset permissibility inquiry means,

wherein said reset control means maintains the released state of the transmit-disabled mode when a reset-refused instruction operation was accepted by said refuse instruction accepting means.

4. A mobile telecommunications device having a wireless transmitter unit which is operable to be set to a transmit-disabled mode in which all wireless transmission is disabled said mobile telecommunications device comprising:

accepting means for accepting call request operations from a user;

releasing means for, when the transmit-disabled mode is set, responding to said accepting means accepting a call request operation by releasing the transmit-disabled mode of said wireless transmitter unit and causing said wireless transmitter unit to conduct wireless transmission based on the accepted call request operation;

inquiry means for, when said accepting means accepts the call request operation when the transmit-disabled mode is set and before said releasing means releases the transmit-disabled mode in response to said accepting means accepting the call request operation, inquiring the user whether or not releasing the transmit-disabled mode is permissible; and

refuse accepting means for accepting a release-refused instruction operation refusing a release input by the user in response to an inquiry from said inquiry means;

wherein said releasing means maintains the set state of the transmit-disabled mode when a release-refused instruction operation was accepted by said refuse accepting means.

5. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 4, further comprising reset control means for resetting the transmit-disabled mode after completion of wireless communication utilizing the wireless transmission enabled by said releasing means.

6. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 5, further comprising reset permissibility inquiry means for, upon completion of the wireless communication utilizing the wireless transmission enabled by said releasing means and before said reset control means resets the transmit-disabled mode, inquiring the user whether or not resetting of the transmit-disabled mode is permissible.

7. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 6, further comprising reset instruction accepting means for accepting a reset-permitted instruction operation permitting a reset input by the user in response to an inquiry from said reset permissibility inquiry means,

wherein said reset control means resets the transmit-disabled mode when a reset-permitted instruction operation was accepted by said reset instruction accepting means.

8. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 6, further comprising refuse instruction accepting means for accepting a reset-refused instruction operation refusing a reset input by the user in response to an inquiry from said reset permissibility inquiry means,

wherein said reset control means maintains the released state of the transmit-disabled mode when a reset-refused instruction operation was accepted by said refuse instruction accepting means.

9. A mobile telecommunications device having a wireless transmitter unit which is operable to be set to a transmit-disabled mode in which all wireless transmission is disabled, said mobile telecommunications device comprising:

accepting means for accepting call request operations from a user;

releasing means for, when the transmit-disabled mode is set, responding to said accepting means accepting a call request operation by releasing the transmit-disabled mode of said wireless transmitter unit and causing said wireless transmitter unit to conduct wireless transmission based on the accepted call request operation;

inquiry means for, when said accepting means accepts the call request operation when the transmit-disabled mode is set and before said releasing means releases the transmit-disabled mode in response to said accepting means accepting the call request operation, inquiring the user whether or not releasing the transmit-disabled mode is permissible;

reset control means for resetting the transmit-disabled mode after completion of wireless communication utilizing the wireless transmission enabled by said releasing means; and

reset permissibility inquiry means for, upon completion of the wireless communication utilizing the wireless transmission enabled by said releasing means and before said reset control means resets the transmit-disabled mode, inquiring the user whether or not resetting of the transmit-disabled mode is permissible.

10. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 9, further comprising reset instruction accepting means for accepting a reset-permitted instruction operation permitting a reset input by the user in response to an inquiry from said reset permissibility inquiry means, wherein said reset control means resets the transmit-disabled mode when a reset-permitted instruction operation was accepted by said reset instruction accepting means.

11. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 9, further comprising refuse instruction accepting means for accepting a reset-refused instruction operation refusing a reset input by the user in response to an inquiry from said reset permissibility inquiry means,

wherein said reset control means maintains the released state of the transmit-disabled mode when a reset-refused instruction operation was accepted by said refuse instruction accepting means.

12. A mobile telecommunications device having a wireless transmitter unit which is operable to be set to a transmit-disabled mode in which all wireless transmission is disabled said mobile telecommunications device comprising:

accepting means for accepting call request operations from a user;

releasing means for when the transmit-disabled mode is set, responding to said accepting means accepting a call request operation by releasing the transmit-disabled mode of said wireless transmitter unit and causing said wireless transmitter unit to conduct wireless transmission based on the accepted call request operation; and

inquiry means for when said accepting means accepts the call request operation when the transmit-disabled mode is set and before said releasing means releases the transmit-disabled mode in response to said accepting means accepting the call request operation, inquiring the user whether or not releasing the transmit-disabled mode is permissible;

wherein, when the user informs said inquiry means that releasing the transmit-disabled mode is permissible when said accepting means accepts the call request operation while said wireless transmission unit is set to the transmit-disabled mode, said releasing means releases the transmit-disabled mode of said wireless transmitter unit.

13. A mobile telecommunications device having a wireless transmitter unit which is operable to be set to a transmit-disabled mode in which all wireless transmission is disabled, said mobile telecommunications device comprising:

accepting means for accepting call request operations from a user, releasing means for, when the transmit-disabled mode is set, responding to said accepting means accepting a call request operation by releasing the transmit-disabled mode of said wireless transmitter unit and causing said wireless transmitter unit to conduct wireless transmission based on the accepted call request operation;

reset control means for automatically resetting the transmit-disabled mode of said wireless transmitter unit after completion of wireless communication utilizing the wireless transmission enabled by said releasing means; and

reset permissibility inquiry means that operates upon completion of wireless communication utilizing wireless transmission enabled by the releasing means and before the reset control means resets the transmit-disabled mode to ask the user whether or not reset of the transmit-disabled mode is permissible.

14. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 13, further comprising reset instruction accepting means for accepting an instruction operation permitting a reset input by the user in response to an inquiry from said reset permissibility inquiry means,

wherein said reset control means resets the transmit-disabled mode when a reset-permitted instruction operation was accepted by said reset instruction accepting means.

15. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 13, further comprising refuse instruction accepting means for accepting a reset-refused instruction operation refusing a reset input by the user in response to an inquiry from said reset permissibility inquiry means,

wherein said reset control means maintains the released state of the transmit-disabled mode when a reset-refused instruction operation was accepted by said refuse instruction accepting means.