Radio communication system, radio equipment, and server

• US 8,495,128 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2009
• Issued: 07/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wakabayashi, Naoyuki, Nishigori, Yoshihisa, Miyake, Yasunari, Yamagiwa, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Kyung H
• Application Number:
  US12/509,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20100031154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,457 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/220, 455/450, 715/734
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A plurality of servers each transmit data of an initial screen to be displayed on a display screen of radio equipment at a predetermined time interval. The radio equipment is in a reception waiting mode until it is connected to any one of the servers, and is performing channel scanning. Once the data of the initial screen transmitted from any one of the servers is received by the radio equipment, the radio equipment displays the initial screen on the display screen based on the received data. When an operation of a connection instruction is performed on the initial screen, the radio equipment is connected to the server corresponding to the initial screen.

Claims

1. A radio communication system comprising:

a server; and

a radio equipment that performs radio communication with the server, wherein

the server comprises;

a storage unit that stores initial screen data indicating communication/connection information; and

a transmitting unit that transmits the initial screen data to the radio equipment, and the radio equipment comprises;

a radio communication unit that sequentially switches tuning frequencies and searches for the server capable of communicating with the radio equipment

a receiving unit that receives the initial screen data from the server detected by the radio communication unit;

a display unit that displays the initial screen for a given period of time based on the initial screen data received by the receiving unit; and

an accepting unit that accepts an instruction of connection from a user for connecting the radio equipment to the server in the initial screen displayed by the display unit,

wherein the receiving unit receives the initial screen data before the radio equipment is connected to the server.

2. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the server is made up of a plurality of servers, and channels different in frequency are assigned to the respective servers,

the radio communication unit performs channel-scanning for the plurality of servers to detect the server capable of communicating with the radio equipment,

the receiving unit receives the initial screen data transmitted from at least one server detected by the radio communication unit, and

the display unit sequentially displays the initial screen for the given period of time based on the initial screen data received by the receiving unit.

3. The radio communication system according to claim 1, further comprising a determining unit that determines the server as a specified server with which the radio equipment should perform radio communication, wherein the determining unit determines the server as the specified server when the instruction of the connection to the server is accepted by the accepting unit during the given period of time.

4. The radio communication system according to claim 3, wherein when the instruction of the connection to the server is not accepted by the accepting unit during the given period of time, the determining unit does not determine the server as the specified server.

5. A server of a radio communication system comprising a radio equipment that performs radio communication with the server, the server comprising:

a storage unit that stores initial screen data indicating communication/connection information; and

a transmitting unit that transmits the initial screen data to the radio equipment, wherein the radio equipment comprises;

a radio communication unit that sequentially switches tuning frequencies and searches for the server capable of communicating with the radio equipment;

a receiving unit that receives the initial screen data from the server detected by the radio communication unit;

a display unit that displays the initial screen for a given period of time based on the initial screen data received by the receiving unit; and

an accepting unit that accepts an instruction of connection from a user for connecting the radio equipment to the server in the initial screen displayed by the display unit,

wherein the receiving unit receives the initial screen data before the radio equipment is connected to the server.

6. The server according to claim 5, wherein

the server is made up of a plurality of servers, and channels different in frequency are assigned to the respective servers,

the radio communication unit performs channel-scanning for the plurality of servers to detect the server capable of communicating with the radio equipment,

the receiving unit receives the initial screen data transmitted from at least one server detected by the radio communication unit, and

the display unit sequentially displays the initial screen for the given period of time based on the initial screen data received by the receiving unit.

7. The server according to claim 5, wherein

the radio communication system further comprises a determining unit that determines the server as a specified server with which the radio equipment should perform radio communication, and

the determining unit determines the server as the specified server when the instruction of the connection to the server is accepted by the accepting unit during the given period of time.

8. The server according to claim 7, wherein when the instruction of the connection to the server is not accepted by the accepting unit during the given period of time, the determining unit does not determine the server as the specified server.

9. A radio equipment of a radio communication system, the radio equipment being adapted to perform radio communication with a server of the radio communication system and comprising:

a radio communication unit that sequentially switches tuning frequencies and searches for the server capable of communicating with the radio equipment;

a receiving unit that receives initial screen data indicating communication/connection information from the server detected by the radio communication unit;

a display unit that displays the initial screen for a given period of time based on the initial screen data received by the receiving unit; and

an accepting unit that accepts an instruction of connection from a user for connecting the radio equipment to the server in the initial screen displayed by the display unit,

wherein the receiving unit receives the initial screen data before the radio equipment is connected to the server.

10. The radio equipment according to claim 9, wherein

the server is made up of a plurality of servers, and channels different in frequency are assigned to the respective servers,

the radio communication unit performs channel-scanning for the plurality of servers to detect the server capable of communicating with the radio equipment,

the receiving unit receives the initial screen data transmitted from at least one server detected by the radio communication unit, and

the display unit sequentially displays the initial screen for the given period of time based on the initial screen data received by the receiving unit.

11. The radio equipment according to claim 9, further comprising a determining unit that determines the server as a specified server with which the radio equipment should perform radio communication, wherein the determining unit determines the server as the specified server when the instruction of the connection to the server is accepted by the accepting unit during the given period of time.

12. The radio equipment according to claim 11, wherein when the instruction of the connection to the server is not accepted by the accepting unit during the given period of time, the determining unit does not determine the server as the specified server.