Method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system mobile phone

• US 7,555,290 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2005
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Fan, Xiao-Long, Liu, Peng-Hui, Lai, Cheng-Shing
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly; Nghi H
• Application Number:
  US11/136,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20060063526A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/410, 455/415, 455/424
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4541 Directories for service discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4547 for personal communications, i.e. using a personal identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

A method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone, which comprises steps of issuing a conversation setup request to other PHS mobile phones via a wireless communication after receiving a user'"'"'s personal information setup and entering into a search and conversation function mode, selecting one of other mobile phones that support the same function mode and nearby receive the conversation setup request for a valid conversation setup, and then performing personal information exchanges therebetween, enabling the PHS mobile phone users to determine whether or not to make friends via the PHS mobile phones according to the personal information being received.

Claims

1. A method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone, which enables a PHS mobile phone to proceed with a process after receiving a user'"'"'s personal information setup and then enter into search and conversation function modes, comprising the steps of:

issuing a conversation setup request with a predetermined password, a primary system number or a number bundled to a sub-system via a wireless communication;

selecting one of other PHS mobile phones for a valid conversation setup, when the other PHS mobile phone supporting the same function modes nearby receives the conversation setup request and responses, and performing a user'"'"'s personal information exchange with the other PHS mobile phone automatically and displaying a result of the conversation setup;

issuing a request for making friends to the other PHS mobile phone, according to the PHS mobile phone user'"'"'s instruction;

receiving a response for making friends from the other PHS mobile phone; and

using the conversation function to communicate with the other PHS mobile phone.

2. The method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone of claim 1, after the PHS mobile phone receives the user'"'"'s personal information setup and enters into the search and conversation function modes, further comprises the steps of:

searching the other PHS mobile phone alternately via the modes of the primary system and the sub-system within a user'"'"'s predetermined time;

issuing the conversation setup request with the predetermined password or the number bundled to said sub-system, when the PHS mobile phone enters into a search function via the sub-system mode;

issuing a search friend setup request to the other PHS mobile phone, after receiving a conversation setup response from the other PHS mobile phone;

performing personal information exchanges with the other PHS mobile phone, after receiving a search friend setup response; and

issuing a making friends request to the other PHS mobile phone, and displaying the message of searching a friend successfully after receiving a response of permission for making friends from the other PHS mobile phone.

3. The method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone of claim 2, wherein the PHS mobile phone automatically switches to the primary system mode, when the conversation setup of the PHS mobile phone under the sub-system mode is failed;

and the PHS mobile phone displays a failure of searching for a friend, when the predetermined time is expired.

4. The method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone of claim 2, wherein the PHS mobile phone displays a failure of searching for a friend, when the PHS mobile phone under the sub-system mode receives no setup permission from the other PHS mobile phone.

5. The method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone of claim 2, further comprising a step of displaying a failure of searching for a friend, when the making friends request is issued and the other PHS mobile phone doesn'"'"'t sent back a making friends permission.

6. The method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone of claim 2, wherein said method further comprises the steps of, when the PHS mobile phone under the sub-system mode cannot search the other PHS mobile phone:

switching to the primary system mode automatically and issuing the conversation setup request with a fixed group password;

issuing a setup permission message to the other PHS mobile phone under the sub-system mode, after receiving a conversation setup response issued by the other PHS mobile phone;

completing the conversation setup and search setup with the other PHS mobile phone, and performing the personal information exchanges therebetween; and

issuing the making friends request, and displaying a message of successfully searching for a friend after receiving the response of permission for making friends from the other PHS mobile phone.

7. The method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone of claim 6, further comprising the steps of automatically switching to the sub-system mode, when the search friend setup response issued from the other PHS mobile phone is not received within a predetermined time, and displaying a failure of searching a friend.

8. The method of automatically searching a matched mobile phone by means of conversation function of a personal handyphone system (PHS) mobile phone of claim 6, further comprising the step of displaying a failure of searching a friend, when the other PHS mobile phone doesn'"'"'t sent back a permission message after receiving the making friends request.