Automatic time setting method of asynchronous mobile communication terminal

• US 7,069,020 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2002
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chung, In-Bok
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAN, HUY Q
• Application Number:
  US10/278,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20030083077A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435.1, 455/435.2, 4554561-4563, 455/566, 455/404.2, 455/432.1, 455/432.2, 368/47, 368/84, 368/21
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

In an automatic time setting method of an asynchronous mobile communication terminal, when a user moves from a first area to a second area in a GSM/GPRS network, a time difference between the two areas is calculated by using LAIs or RAIs of the first and second areas, and a time of the terminal is reset according to the calculated time difference. The asynchronous mobile communication terminal includes a RTC (real time clock) circuit for generating time information; a memory for storing time difference information between areas; and a CPU for reading a time difference corresponding to area information of a first and a second areas from the memory when a user moves from the first area to the second area and controlling the RTC circuit.

Claims

1. An asynchronous mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a real time clock circuit for generating time information;

a memory for storing a time difference table including time difference information between areas; and

a central processing unit for reading a time difference from the time difference table when a user of the terminal moves from a first area to a second area and controlling the real time clock circuit;

wherein the time difference table comprises a first columnar portion for storing area information for various first areas, a second columnar portion for storing area information for various second areas, and a third columnar portion for storing time differences between respective pairs of first and second areas, wherein the area information for the various first and second areas are received from various base stations corresponding to the first or second areas;

wherein the central processing unit reads a time difference for a pair of first and second areas by referring to the area information for the pair as stored in the first and second columnar portions.

2. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a LCD for displaying time information of the real time clock circuit.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the time difference table further comprises a fourth columnar portion storing summer time information.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the area information is LAI (location area identification) provided from a base station.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the LAI comprises:

a MCC (mobile country code);

a MNC (mobile network code); and

a LAC (location area code).

6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the area information is RAI (routing area identification) provided from a base station.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the RAI comprises:

a MCC (mobile country code);

a MNC (mobile network code);

a LAC (location area code); and

a RAC (routing area code).

8. A time setting method of an asynchronous mobile communication terminal, comprising:

requesting area information of a second area to a base station when a user of the terminal moves from a first area to the second area in an asynchronous network;

storing the area information of the second area provided from the base station in a time difference table;

reading a time difference between the first and second areas from the time difference table; and

resetting a time of the terminal by using the read time difference;

wherein the time difference table comprises a first columnar portion for storing area information for various first areas, a second columnar portion for storing area information for various second areas, and a third columnar portion for storing time differences between respective pairs of first and second areas;

wherein the method further comprises reading a time difference for a pair of first and second areas by referring to the area information for the pair as stored in the first and second columnar portions.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the certain network is a GSM network or a GPRS network.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the resetting step comprises the sub-steps of:

checking whether there is a time difference;

outputting a time control signal corresponding to a pertinent time difference to a real time clock-circuit when there is the time difference;

generating time information newly by changing a clock count value of the real time clock circuit according to the time control signal; and

displaying the newly generated time information.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the time difference table further comprises a fourth columnar portion storing summer time information.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the area information is LAI (location area identification).

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the LAI comprises:

a MCC (mobile country code);

a MNC (mobile network code); and

a LAC (location area code).

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the area information is RAI (routing area identification).

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the RAI comprises:

a MCC (mobile country code);

a MNC (mobile network code);

a LAC (location area code); and

a RAC (routing area code).