Mobile communication system and method for capturing information of other mobile communication terminals

• US 8,060,114 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2010
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kim, Sung Choul, Kim, Man Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): CAI, WAYNE HUU
• Application Number:
  US12/944,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20110059753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 369 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/435.1, 455/440, 701/200, 701/210, 701/213, 701/216, 701/217, 701/224, 701/225, 701/300
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A mobile communication system and a method for capturing information of other mobile communication terminals located within a distance from the user'"'"'s mobile communication terminal may include a first mobile communication terminal for transmitting capture signal, location information and identification information; the second mobile communication terminals for transmitting location information and identification information of the second mobile communication terminals; and a base station for transmitting the GPS driving signal to the second mobile communication terminals and capturing information of the second mobile communication terminals.

Claims

1. A method for capturing information of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

in a base station,

receiving a capture signal of a first mobile communication terminal and first location information of the first mobile communication terminal, the capture signal comprising an instruction to receive information of other mobile communication terminals;

transmitting a global positioning system (GPS) driving signal to a plurality of other mobile communication terminals within a range of the base station in response to receiving the capture signal from the first mobile communication terminal; and

receiving second location information from a second mobile communication terminal among the other mobile communication terminals to capture information of the second mobile communication terminal located within a set range of the first mobile communication terminal.

2. A base station in a mobile communication system to capture information of a mobile communication terminal, the base station comprising:

a receiver to receive a capture signal of a first mobile communication terminal and first location information of the first mobile communication terminal, the capture signal comprising an instruction to receive information of other mobile communication terminals; and

a transmitter to transmit a global positioning system (GPS) driving signal to a plurality of other mobile communication terminals within a range of the base station in response to receiving the capture signal from the first mobile communication terminal,

wherein the receiver also receives second location information from a second mobile communication terminal among the other mobile communication terminals to capture information of the second mobile communication terminal located within a set range of the first mobile communication terminal.