Portable terminal, program installed therein, communication method, and communication apparatus

• US 8,176,182 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2006
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Morita, Kugo
• Primary Examiner(s): Coulter, Kenneth R
• Application Number:
  US11/430,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20060268801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,198 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 709217-219, 709/203
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A portable terminal includes an access request receiving section for receiving an access request for accessing an IP push server via a communication apparatus which is installed as an external device at the portable terminal, wherein the access request is sent from an SMS server which is requested by the IP push server to send the access request; a commanding section for commanding the communication apparatus to hold power supplied to the communication apparatus after a communication port allocated to the communication apparatus is disconnected, in accordance with the reception of the access request; a communication port disconnecting section for once disconnecting the communication port in accordance with the reception of the access request; and an accessing section for accessing the IP push server by dial-up connection using the communication apparatus.

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

an access request receiving section for receiving an access request for accessing an IP push server via a communication apparatus that is an external device connected to the portable terminal, wherein the access request is sent from an SMS server which is requested by the IP push server to send the access request;

a commanding section for commanding, when the access request is received by the access request receiving section, the communication apparatus that is the external device to hold power supplied from the portable terminal to the communication apparatus;

a communication port disconnecting section for once disconnecting, after the commanding of the commanding section, a communication port allocated to the communication apparatus; and

an accessing section for accessing, after the disconnection of the communication port, the IP push server by dial-up connection using the communication port allocated to the communication apparatus while the power supplied from the portable terminal to the communication apparatus is held.

2. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program installed in a portable terminal to which a communication apparatus that is an external device is connected, wherein the program makes the portable terminal execute the a steps of:

receiving an access request for accessing an IP push server via a communication apparatus that is the external device connected to the portable terminal, wherein the access request is sent from an SMS server which is requested by the IP push server to send the access request;

commanding, when the access request is received in the receiving step, the communication apparatus to hold power supplied from the portable terminal to the communication apparatus;

once disconnecting, after the commanding in the commanding step, a communication port allocated to the communication apparatus; and

accessing, after the disconnection of the communication port, the IP push server by dial-up connection using the communication port allocated to the communication apparatus while the power supplied from the portable terminal to the communication apparatus is held.

3. A communication method used in a portable terminal to which a communication apparatus that is an external device is connected, wherein the method comprising:

an access request receiving step of receiving an access request for accessing an IP push server via a communication apparatus that is the external device connected to the portable terminal wherein the access request is sent from an SMS server which is requested by the IP push server to send the access request;

a commanding step of commanding, when the access request is received in the access request receiving step, the communication apparatus to hold power supplied from the portable terminal to the communication apparatus;

a communication port disconnecting step of once disconnecting, after the commanding in the commanding step, a communication port allocated to the communication apparatus; and

an accessing step of accessing, after the disconnection of the communication port, the IP push server by dial-up connection using the communication port allocated to the communication apparatus while the power supplied from the portable terminal to the communication apparatus is held.

4. A communication apparatus that is an external device connected to a portable terminal, the communication apparatus comprising:

an access request receiving section for receiving an access request for accessing an IP push server, based on control from the portable terminal to which the communication apparatus that is the external device is connected, wherein the access request is sent from an SMS server which is requested by the IP push server to send the access request;

an access request output section for outputting the access request to the portable terminal using a communication port, which is allocated to the communication apparatus by the portable terminal; and

a power holding section for holding power supplied from the portable terminal to the communication apparatus when receiving a command from the portable terminal after the access request is output to the portable terminal using the communication port, wherein the command indicates holding the power even when the communication port is disconnected.

5. A communication apparatus that is an external device connected to a portable terminal, the communication apparatus comprising:

an access request receiving section for receiving an access request for accessing an IP push server, based on control from the portable terminal to which the communication apparatus that is the external device is connected, wherein the access request is sent from an SMS server which is requested by the IP push server to send the access request;

an access request output section for outputting the access request to the portable terminal using a communication port, which is allocated to the communication apparatus by the portable terminal;

a base station data storing section for storing data of a base station, with which the communication apparatus is presently connected to and communicating with, when the access request is received by the receiving section;

a power disconnecting section for once disconnecting power supplied from the portable terminal to the communication apparatus when the communication port is disconnected after the data storage of the base station data storing section; and

a communication connecting section for performing communication connection to the base station which corresponds to the data stored in the base station data storing section, when the communication apparatus is again activated in accordance with start of access of the portable terminal to the IP push server.