Communication terminal and communication control method

• US 9,424,069 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Nono, Masaki, Sato, Takuya, Suzuki, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): WU, BENJAMIN C
• Application Number:
  US14/583,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20150121384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/14 Time supervision arrangements, e.g. real time clock
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4831 with variable priority
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/52 Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A communication terminal has communication circuit, a processor and a storing module operable to store a plurality of application programs. The terminal includes comprising: a table that a plurality of timer times are registered, a notifying module operable to notify expiration when reaching at a timer time that is registered in the table, an executing module operable to execute at least two or more application programs when the expiration is notified by the notifying module, and an enabling module operable to enable the communication circuit when executing the application program by the executing module. Communication is performed by the at least two or more application programs while the communication circuit is being enabled.

Claims

1. A communication terminal including a communication circuit and a storing unit operable to store a plurality of application programs, comprising:

a table that a plurality of times are registered; and

at least one processor configured to;

notify expiration when reaching at a time that is registered in the table;

execute at least two or more application programs when the expiration is notified; and

enable the communication circuit when executing the application programs,

wherein communication is performed by the at least two or more application programs while the communication circuit is being enabled,

wherein the notice of expiration is reserved when reaching at least one or more times out of the plurality of times in a state where a power saving mode suppresses electric power consumption; and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

record information of the notice of expiration being reserved, and

notify the expiration based on the information of the notice of expiration if the information of the notice of expiration is recorded when the power saving mode is canceled.

2. A communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to register, when a new time is to be registered into the table, a time into the table based on another timer time if the another time is included within an allowance time period on the basis of the new time to be registered.

3. A communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to calculate, when a new time is to be registered into the table, a time period until reaching at the new time to be registered;

and a setting module that sets an allowance time period based on the time period calculated by the calculation module and the new time that is to be registered.

4. A communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the notifying of the expiration is performed when reaching at a latest time out of the plurality of times.

5. A communication terminal according to claim 4, further comprising a timer that operates when a first one of the time is registered into the table, wherein the notifying of the expiration is performed if reaching at least one out of the plurality of times when a first predetermined time period elapses after the timer operates.

6. A communication terminal according to claim 4, further comprising a timer that operates when a first one of the time is registered into the table, wherein the notifying of the expiration is performed when a second predetermined time period elapses after the timer operates.

7. A communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the storing unit further stores a set time period, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to register, when a new time is to be registered, the new time into the table based on the set time period.

8. A communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the notifying of the expiration is performed when the communication circuit is enabled in response to a user operation.

9. A communication control method in a communication terminal including a communication circuit, a processor, a table that a plurality of times are registered and a storing unit that stores a plurality of application programs executed by the processor, the processor of the communication terminal executing following steps of:

notifying expiration when reaching at a time that is registered in the table;

executing at least two or more application programs when the expiration is notified; and

enabling the communication circuit when the application programs are executed, wherein communication is performed by the at least two or more application programs while the communication circuit is being enabled,

wherein the notice of expiration is reserved when reaching at least one or more times out of the plurality of times in a state where a power saving mode suppresses electric power consumption; and

wherein the processor is further configured to;

record information of the notice of expiration being reserved, and

notify the expiration based on the information of the notice of expiration if the information of the notice of expiration is recorded when the power saving mode is canceled.