Method of using base station signal to quickly set call forwarding and mobile communication terminal

• US 9,167,400 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2011
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Wang, Huiyao
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Mehmood B
• Application Number:
  US13/811,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20130122881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,666 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/00 Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to the technical field of communications, and discloses a method of using a base station signal to quickly set call forwarding and a mobile communication terminal. The method comprises the following steps of: A. carrying out setting of call forwarding, and saving a base station information of a wireless network where the call forwarding is set; and B. reading a call forwarding target phone number that is set, sending a call forwarding request to the wireless network, and after a confirmation is obtained from the wireless network, activating a check timer to complete the setting of call forwarding.

Claims

1. A method of using a base station signal to quickly set call forwarding for a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the following steps of:

setting a call forwarding service and a target phone number for the mobile communication terminal and saving a first base station information of a wireless network where the call forwarding service is set, wherein the first base station information comprises a first active cell identification, a first active cell signal strength and a first neighbor cell identification;

reading the target phone number and sending a call forwarding request to the wireless network, and obtaining a confirmation from the wireless network;

running a timer of the mobile communication terminal according to a timing, checking a location of the mobile communication terminal, and reading a second base station information of a current wireless network, wherein the second base station information comprises a second active cell identification, a second active cell signal strength and a second neighbor cell identification;

comparing the second base station information of the current wireless network with the first base station information of the wireless network where the call forwarding service is set to determine a change in location of the mobile communication terminal; and

automatically canceling the setting of the call forwarding service when the change in location of the mobile communication terminal is determined.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the saving the first base station information comprises saving the first base station information of the wireless network where the call forwarding service is set into a non-volatile random access memory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing the second base station information of the current wireless network with the first base station information of the wireless network comprises:

comparing the second active cell identification, the second active cell signal strength and the second neighbor cell identification in the second base station information of the current wireless network with the first active cell identification, the first active cell signal strength and the first neighbor cell identification in the first base station of the wireless network where the call forwarding service is set respectively;

when at least one pair of identifications of the second active cell identification, the first active cell identification, the second neighbor cell identification and the first neighbor cell identification are found to be identical, or the second active cell signal strength and the first active cell signal strength is found to be identical, the location of the mobile communication terminal has not changed and is still located in an original call forwarding set area;

otherwise, automatically canceling the setting of the call forwarding service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the timer is a software function of the mobile communication terminal;

when the timer is set, a corresponding timer program is activated and executed in a specified time interval.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first base station information comprises the first active cell identification, the first active cell signal strength and first five neighbor cell identifications;

and the second base station information comprises the second active cell identification, the second active cell signal strength and second five neighbor cell identifications.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the comparing the second base station information of the current wireless network with the first base station information of the wireless network comprises:

respectively comparing the second active cell identification and the second five neighbor cell identifications in the second base station information of the current wireless network with the first active cell identification and the first five neighbor cell identifications in the first base station information of the wireless network where the call forwarding service is set;

when at least one pair of identifications of the second active cell identification, the first active cell identification, the second five neighbor cell identifications and the first five neighbor cell identifications are found to be identical to each other, the location of the mobile communication terminal has not changed and is still located in an original call forwarding set area; and

when neither pair of the pair of the second active cell identification and the first active cell identification, and pair of the second five neighbor cell identifications and the first five neighbor cell identifications, the location of the mobile communication terminal has changed and moved away from the original call forwarding set area.

7. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a call forwarding service setting and saving module, being configured to carry out setting of a call forwarding service and a call forwarding target phone number for the mobile communication terminal, and save a first base station information of a wireless network where the call forwarding service is set, wherein the first base station information comprises a first active cell identification, a first active cell signal strength and a first neighbor cell identification;

a call forwarding confirming module, being configured to read the call forwarding target phone number that is set, send a call forwarding request to the wireless network, and obtain a confirmation from the wireless network;

a checking timer module, being configured to detect a current location information of the mobile communication terminal;

a location comparing module, being configured to compare a second base station information of a current wireless network with the first base station information of the wireless network where the call forwarding service is set to determine a change in location of the mobile communication terminal, wherein the second base station information comprises a second active cell identification, a second active cell signal strength and a second neighbor cell identification; and

a call forwarding canceling module, being configured to automatically cancel the setting of the call forwarding service when a change in location of the mobile communication terminal is determined.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the first base station information comprises the first active cell identification, the first active cell signal strength and first five neighbor cell identifications;

and the second base station information comprises the second active cell identification, the second active cell signal strength and second five neighbor cell identifications.