Mobile communication terminal, mobile communication system, mobile communication method and recording medium

• US 8,335,472 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Issued: 12/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Company Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyata, Katsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Beamer, Temica M
• Application Number:
  US12/723,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20100234001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/41.4, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 455/422.1
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/1016 Telecontrol
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal includes a proximity wireless communication unit and a control command generating unit. The proximity wireless communication unit performs wireless communication directly with another mobile communication terminal present in a communicationable range. When the proximity wireless communication unit is capable of communicating with another mobile communication terminal, the control command generating unit generates a control command which is associated with an internal state and which is for controlling another mobile communication terminal, and transmits the control command to another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a proximity wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication directly with another mobile communication terminal present in a communicationable range;

an application unit which runs application software;

an internal parameter holding unit which controls and holds a current internal parameter of a plurality of internal parameters which transits in accordance with a running state of the application software;

a command table which associates and stores the plurality of internal parameters with a plurality of control commands for controlling the another mobile communication terminal;

a control command transmitting unit which obtains from the command table a control command of the plurality of control commands which corresponds to the current internal parameter which is held by the internal parameter holding unit when the proximity wireless communication unit is capable of communicating with the another mobile communication terminal, wherein the control command transmitting unit transmits the control command to the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit; and

an operation control unit which performs operation control in accordance with another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control command transmitting unit adds additional information on execution of the application software by the application unit to the control command including an instruction to activate specific application software and transmits the control command together with the additional information;

and

wherein when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate specific application software and includes additional information on execution of the specific application software, the operation control unit activates the specific application software in accordance with the instruction and runs the specific application software based on the additional information.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the control command transmitting unit generates, as the additional information, information for specifying a transmission originator of data to be used by the application unit;

and

wherein when information for specifying the transmission originator of data is included in the additional information included in the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit, the operation control unit accesses the transmission originator and runs the application software using data received from the transmission originator.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein:

when the application unit runs an operation control program of a broadcast receiving and playing operation, the additional information generated by the control command transmitting unit includes information for specifying a broadcasting originator of a program received and played by the application unit;

when the application unit runs a browsing program for accessing a website, the additional information generated by the control command transmitting unit includes information for specifying the website displayed by the application unit;

when the application executing unit runs one of an operation control program of a music playing operation and an operation control program of a game, the additional information generated by the control command transmitting unit includes information for specifying a website from which music data or game data is downloaded;

when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate an operation control program of a broadcast receiving and playing operation, and the additional information included in the another control command includes information for specifying a broadcasting originator of a program, the operation control unit receives and plays the program of the broadcasting originator specified by the additional information by activating and running the operation control program of the broadcast receiving and playing operation;

when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate a browsing program and the additional information included in the another control command includes information for specifying a website, the operation control unit accesses and displays the website specified by the additional information by activating and running the browsing program; and

when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate one of an operation control program of a music playing operation and an operation control program of a game and the additional information included in the another control command includes information for specifying a website from which music data or game data is downloaded, the operation control unit accesses a downloading originator specified by the additional information and downloads the music data or game data from the downloading originator by activating and running one of the operation control program of the music playing operation and the operation control program of the game.

5. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the control command transmitting unit generates, as the additional information, data to be used by the application unit, and

wherein when the additional information included in the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes data to be used by the application unit, the operation control unit runs the application software based on the data.

6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein when the application unit runs one of an operation control program which picks up a still image or a motion image and an operation control program which displays the still image or the motion image, the additional information included in the control information generated by the control command transmitting unit includes image data of the still image or the motion image;

wherein when the application unit runs a music playing operation control program which plays music, the additional information included in the control information generated by the control command transmitting unit includes the music data;

wherein when the application unit runs a game executing operation control program which executes a game, the additional information included in the control information generated by the control command transmitting unit includes the game data;

wherein when the application unit runs a setting operation control program which sets an internal parameter, the additional information included in the control information generated by the control command transmitting unit includes the internal parameter;

wherein when the application unit runs a telephone communication operation control program which performs telephone communication, the additional information included in the control information generated by the control command transmitting unit includes a phone number of a communication counterparty currently in a state of calling;

wherein when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate the operation control program which displays a still image or a motion image and the additional information included in the another control command includes image data of a still image or a motion image, the operation control unit displays the image data included in the additional information by activating and running the operation control program of the displaying operation;

wherein when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate the operation control program of the music playing operation and the additional information included in the another control command includes music data, the operation control unit plays music based on the music data included in the additional information by activating and running the operation control program of the music playing operation;

wherein when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate the operation control program of the game and the additional information included in the another control program includes game data, the operation control unit runs the operation control program of the game based on the game data included in the additional information by activating and running the operation control program of the game executing operation;

wherein when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate the operation control program to set the internal parameter and the additional information included in the another control command includes the internal parameter, the operation control unit sets the current internal parameter; and

wherein when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes an instruction to activate the operation control program of the telephone communication operation and the additional information included in the another control command includes a phone number of a communication counterparty currently in calling, the operation control unit activates the operation control program of the telephone communication operation and dials the phone number included in the additional information.

7. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes a transmission request of information for specifying the mobile communication terminal, the operation control unit replies with a response including information for specifying the mobile communication terminal to the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit;

and

wherein when the application unit receives a response from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication which includes information for specifying the another mobile communication terminal terminal, the application unit runs the application software based on the information for specifying the another mobile communication terminal included in the response.

8. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein the application unit runs an operation control program of a telephone communication operation which performs telephone communication and the current internal parameter indicates currently in calling or in receiving,

wherein the control command transmitting unit transmits the control command including a notification request of a phone number;

wherein when the another control command including a notification request of a phone number is received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit, the operation control unit replies with a response including the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal to the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit; and

wherein when the application unit receives a response including a telephone number of the another mobile communication terminal from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit, the application unit dials the telephone number of the another mobile communication terminal included in the response.

9. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein when the application unit executes an electronic mail executing program which transmits/receives an electronic mail and the current internal parameter indicates opening of an electronic mail, the control command transmitting unit transmits the control command including a notification request of a mail address;

wherein when the another control command including a notification request of a mail address is received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit, the operation control unit replies with a response including the mail address of the mobile communication terminal to the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit; and

wherein when the application unit receives a response including a mail address of the another mobile communication terminal from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit, the application unit transmits the electronic mail being currently opened to the mail address of the another mobile communication terminal included in the response.

10. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the internal parameter indicates an idling state, the control command transmitting unit generates the control command for cancelling another control command transmitted previously to the another mobile communication terminal to which the another control command was already transmitted through the proximity wireless communication unit, and transmits the control command to the another mobile communication terminal;

and

wherein when the control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes a cancelling instruction of the control command received previously, the operation control unit cancels a running operation in accordance with the control command.

11. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein when a communication through the proximity wireless communication unit is once disconnected and becomes communicationable again, the control command transmitting unit generates the control command for cancelling a previous control command transmitted previously and transmits the control command to the another mobile communication terminal;

and

wherein when the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit includes a cancelling instruction of another previous control command received previously, the operation control unit cancels a running operation in accordance with the another control command.

12. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit which searches the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit and which determines whether the searched another mobile communication terminal is registered on a registration list,

wherein the control command transmitting unit transmits the control command only to the searched another mobile communication terminal that is determined to be a registered terminal on the registration list by the determination unit, and

wherein the operation control unit controls an operation in accordance only with the another control command received from the another mobile communication terminal determined to be registered on the registration list by the determination unit.

13. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein the application unit runs a telephone communication program of a telephone communication operation or an electronic mail executing program, and the information for specifying the mobile communication terminal is a phone number or a mail address.

14. A mobile communication system comprising:

a plurality of the mobile communication terminals according to claim 1.

15. A mobile communication method which is executed by a mobile communication terminal including a proximity wireless communication unit, an application unit, an internal parameter holding unit, a control command transmitting unit, and a command table which associates and stores a plurality of internal parameters with a plurality of control commands for controlling another mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

a proximity wireless communication step of causing the proximity wireless communication unit to perform wireless communication directly with the another mobile communication terminal present in a communicationable range;

an application running step of causing the application unit to run application software;

an internal parameter holding step of causing the internal parameter holding unit to control and hold a current internal parameter of the plurality of internal parameters which transits in accordance with a running state of the application software; and

a control command transmitting step of causing the control command transmitting unit to obtain from the command table a control command which corresponds to the current internal parameter which is held by the internal parameter holding unit when the proximity wireless communication unit is capable of communicating with the another mobile communication terminal and of causing the control command transmitting unit to transmit the control command to the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit.

16. A non-transitory recording medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to function as:

a proximity wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication directly with another mobile communication terminal present in a communicationable range;

an application unit which runs application software;

an internal parameter holding unit which controls and holds a current internal parameter of a plurality of internal parameters which transits in accordance with a running state of the application software; and

a control command transmitting unit which obtains a control command corresponding to a current internal parameter which is held by the internal parameter holding unit from a command table which associates and stores the plurality of internal parameters with a plurality of control commands for controlling the another mobile communication terminal, and the control command transmitting unit transmits the control command to the another mobile communication terminal through the proximity wireless communication unit when the proximity wireless communication unit is capable of communicating with the another mobile communication terminal.