Portable telephone terminal device and a method for restricting pay service for using the terminal device
First Claim
1. A portable telephone terminal device, comprising:
- a recording medium adapted to record information of a subscriber, andmeans for restricting execution of a service that incurs payment, except for a telephone call service, based on information indicative of a master-slave relation recorded in said recording medium;
wherein said restriction means executes restriction according to one of a permission and a restriction from a second terminal device having a second recording medium that records information indicative of the master-slave relation when the information recorded in the second recording medium of the second terminal device indicates the second terminal device is a master, and when the information recorded in the recording medium of the portable telephone terminal device indicates the portable telephone terminal device is a slave.
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Abstract
To provide a portable telephone terminal device having capability of controlling and inhibiting to use pay service a payer of the telephone does not intend to use, when a user of the telephone differs from a payer. When UIM card is a slave UIM card, the control unit 11 temporarily suspends the input from the operational input unit 13. The control unit 11 reads information of a master UIM card from UIM card module 12 and transmits information of the pay service and a message to desire the entrée of the service from the radio communication unit 14. When the radio communication unit 14 can receive no response within a time limit from the terminal device with master UIM card or the response indicates no permission, the control unit 11 shows the message to have no entrée from the terminal device with master UIM card, on the display unit 15. Then the control unit 11 receives an input from the operational input unit 13, and forcibly terminates the service.
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11 Claims
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1. A portable telephone terminal device, comprising:
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a recording medium adapted to record information of a subscriber, and means for restricting execution of a service that incurs payment, except for a telephone call service, based on information indicative of a master-slave relation recorded in said recording medium; wherein said restriction means executes restriction according to one of a permission and a restriction from a second terminal device having a second recording medium that records information indicative of the master-slave relation when the information recorded in the second recording medium of the second terminal device indicates the second terminal device is a master, and when the information recorded in the recording medium of the portable telephone terminal device indicates the portable telephone terminal device is a slave. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for restricting pay service for a portable telephone terminal device, comprising:
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recording in a recording medium information, of a subscriber, indicative of a master-slave relation, deciding whether the information recorded in the recording medium indicates a master or a slave, and restricting execution of a service that incurs payment except for a telephone call service, based on the decision; wherein said restricting stop is performed according to one of a permission and a restriction from a second terminal device which has a second recording medium that records information indicative of the master-slave relation when the infomation recorded in the second recording medium of the second terminal device indicates the second terminal device is a master, and when the information recorded in said recording medium of the portable telephone terminal device indicates die portable telephone terminal device is a slave. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system of managing mobile communication devices, comprising:
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an arrangement for receiving from a mobile device a request for a special fee service; an arrangement for querying the mobile device for an indication of a master-slave status; an arrangement for providing the special fee service if the mobile device is a master device; and an arrangement for receiving an authorization from a second mobile device associated with the mobile device; wherein if the mobile device is a slave device, the special fee service is not provided unless the authorization is received from the second mobile device; and wherein the authorization is from the second mobile device having a second recording medium which has information indicative of the master-slave status and the information indicates that the second mobile device is the master device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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