Processing decision method and mobile communication terminal

• US 7,925,248 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2007
• Issued: 04/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
• Original Assignee: Softbank Mobile Corporation (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Aoki, Kazuo, Aoki, Tomonori
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US11/898,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20080070591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,310 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 709/228, 709/217, 705/1, 705/10
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/66 with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A wireless communication processing decision unit 33 acquires, from a wireless communication specific information storage unit 52, wireless communication specific information which specifies regions in which utilization of its frequency bandwidth is permitted by law. Next, registered position information which specifies the region in which this mobile communication terminal is position registered is acquired from a registered position information storage unit 34. Next, if the region specified by the registered position information is included in the regions shown by the wireless communication specific information, then the wireless communication processing decision unit 33 makes a decision to the effect that communication is possible, and notifies a communication processing unit 53 of this permission of communication. Upon receipt of this communication permission, the communication processing unit 53 starts communication processing.

Claims

1. A processing decision method for a mobile communication terminal, for deciding whether or not it is possible to perform predetermined processing, comprising:

a processing specific region information acquisition step which acquires processing specific region information, which is information stored within said mobile communication terminal and specifying a specific region which has been decided upon as corresponding to said predetermined processing, for deciding whether or not it is possible to perform said predetermined processing;

a processing independent region information acquisition step which acquires processing independent region information, which is region information stored within said mobile communication terminal, and which is determined independently from said predetermined processing; and

a processing decision step, which compares together said processing specific region information and said processing independent region information, acquired by said processing specific region information acquisition step and said processing independent region information acquisition step, and decides whether or not it is possible to perform said predetermined processing.

2. A processing decision method as described in claim 1, characterized in that said processing independent region information is information which specifies the region in which the user of said mobile communication terminal has concluded a communication contract.

3. A processing decision method as described in claim 1, characterized in that said processing independent region information is information which specifies the region in which said mobile communication terminal was purchased.

4. A processing decision method as described in claim 1, characterized in that said processing independent region information is information which specifies the region in which said mobile communication terminal is position registered.

5. A processing decision method as described in claim 1, characterized in that said processing specific region information is determined according to the presence or absence of a right to perform said predetermined processing in the region specified by said processing specific region information.

6. A processing decision method as described in claim 1, characterized in that said processing specific region information is determined according to whether or not performing said predetermined processing in the region specified by said processing specific region information conforms to law, regulation, or custom.

7. A processing decision method as described in claim 1, characterized in that said predetermined processing is the execution of each application program mounted said mobile communication terminal.

8. A processing decision method as described in claim 1, characterized in that said predetermined processing is the display or replay of each contents stored on said mobile communication terminal.

9. A processing decision method as described in claim 1, characterized in that said predetermined processing is processing which is performed by a device within said mobile communication terminal.

10. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a processing specific region information storage means which stores processing specific region information, which is information specifying a specific region which has been decided upon as corresponding to said predetermined processing, for deciding whether or not it is possible to perform said predetermined processing;

a processing independent region information storage means which stores processing independent region information, which is region information determined independently from said predetermined processing; and

a processing decision means which compares together said processing specific region information and said processing independent region information, and decides whether or not it is possible to perform said predetermined processing.