Method for establishing a wireless communication link

• US 8,554,143 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2004
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Raddino, Daneila, Camuffo, Andrea
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khan, Mehmood B
• Application Number:
  US10/547,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20070037517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,547 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/552.1, 455/553.1
• US Class Current: 455/41.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A wireless communication link between two communication devices is established. A communication signal for contacting a second communication device is emitted from a first communication device. The communication signal is a first type of wireless data communication. Communications that are configured to transmit and receive data according to a second type of data communication are activated in the first communication device. Upon receipt of the communication signal, communications that are able to transmit and receive data according to the second type of data communication are activated in the second communication device, and the communication link according to the second type of data communication is established.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a wireless audio communication link between two mobile communication terminals comprising:

emitting from a first mobile communication terminal a communication signal for contacting a second mobile communication terminal, the communication signal being of a first type of wireless data communication,

automatically activating in the first mobile communication terminal communication means which are configured to transmit and receive data according to a second type of data communication,

upon receipt of the communication signal of the first type of wireless data communication, activating in the second mobile communication terminal communication means which are configured to transmit and receive data according to the second type of data communication,

establishing the audio communication link only according to the second type of data communication between the communication means of the first and second mobile communication terminals when the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication is able to connect the first and second mobile communication terminals, wherein the first type of wireless data communication uses a cellular communication system and the second type of data communication is used for audio communication such that it allows a direct audio communication between the first and second mobile communication terminals, and

further comprising after the establishment of the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication, refusing the communication signal emitted from the first type of wireless data communication from the first mobile communications terminal by the second mobile communication terminal.

2. A method according to claim 1 further comprising establishing an audio communication link according to the first type of data communication if the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication is not successfully established within a first period of time.

3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising inactivating the communication means for the second type of data communication if the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication is not established within the first period of time.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein at least the second mobile communication terminal comprises stored information for contacting the first mobile communication terminal with the second type of data communication.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the communication signal emitted by the first mobile communication terminal with the first type of data communication comprises identification information for contacting the first mobile communication terminal with the second type of data communication.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising simultaneously with transmitting the communication signal according to the first type of wireless data communication, contacting the second mobile communication terminal via the second type of data communication with the first mobile communication terminal.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second mobile communication terminals are portable telephones.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the communication signal of the first type of wireless data communication is a GSM signal.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication is a bluetooth audio link.

10. A method according to claim 1, further comprising determining whether the first mobile communication terminal is included in a stored list of mobile communication terminals at the second mobile communication terminal, and activating in the second mobile communication terminal the means which are configured to transmit and receive data according to the second type of data communication when the first wireless mobile communication terminal is included in the stored list of mobile communication terminals at the second mobile communication terminal.

11. A method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying the audio communication link according to the first or second type of data communication which has been established on at least one of the first and second mobile communication terminals.

12. A method according to claim 1, further comprising when the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication is unable to connect the first and second mobile communication terminals, switching off the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication on the first and second mobile communication terminals.

13. A wireless mobile communication terminal comprising:

first communication means for emitting and receiving communication signals according to a first type of data communication and second communication means for emitting and receiving communication signals according to a second type of data communication,

wherein in order to establish an audio communication link only according to the second type of data communication with another wireless mobile communication terminal, the wireless mobile communication terminal further comprises controlling means which automatically activate the second communication means according to the second type of data communication when the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication is able to connect the wireless mobile communication terminal and the other wireless mobile communication terminal if a communication signal according to the first type of data communication is received by the wireless mobile communication terminal,

wherein the first type of wireless data communication uses a cellular communication system and the second type of data communication is such that it allows a direct audio communication between the wireless mobile communication terminal and the other wireless mobile communication terminal, and the wireless mobile communication terminal is configured to refuse the communication signal emitted from the first type of wireless data communication from the first mobile communications terminal by the second mobile communication terminal after the establishment of the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication.

14. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the wireless mobile communication terminal is configured to inactivate the first communication means after the establishment of the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication with the other mobile communication terminal.

15. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 14, wherein the controlling means are configured to automatically inactivate the second communication means if the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication is not established within a first period of time.

16. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 14, further comprising storing means including identification information for contacting other mobile communication terminals with the second type of data communication.

17. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, further comprising storing means including identification information for contacting the wireless mobile communication terminal by means of the second type of data communication wherein the identification information is transmitted via a communication signal according to the first type of data communication.

18. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the wireless mobile communication terminal is a portable telephone.

19. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the first type of data communication is a GSM signal.

20. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the second type of data communication is a bluetooth audio link.

21. A wireless communication system comprising at least two wireless mobile communication terminals according to claim 13.

22. A wireless communication system according to claim 21, wherein an audio communication link according to the first type of data communication is established between the at least two wireless mobile communication terminals if the communication link according to the second type of data communication is not successfully established within a first period of time.

23. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the wireless mobile terminal is further configured to determine whether the wireless mobile communication terminal is included in a stored list of mobile communication terminals at the other wireless mobile communication terminal, and to activate in the other wireless mobile communication terminal the means which are configured to transmit and receive data according to the second type of data communication when the wireless mobile communication terminal is included in the stored list of mobile communication terminals at the other wireless mobile communication terminal.

24. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the terminal is configured to display the audio communication link according to the first or second type of data communication which has been established on at least one of the wireless mobile communication terminals.

25. A wireless mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the wireless mobile communication terminal is configured to switch off the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication on the wireless mobile communication terminals when the audio communication link according to the second type of data communication is unable to connect the wireless mobile terminals.