Wireless communication system and method for continuously performing data communication while the folder type wireless communication device in the closed state

• US 9,661,113 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2013
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Incorporated
• Inventors: You, Jin-Woo, Park, Chun-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandiford, Devan
• Application Number:
  US13/861,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20130225245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,503 Days
• Field of Search: 455566, 4555753, 4555751, 4555752
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A wireless communication terminal transmitting/receiving data with a folder closed and a method thereof are disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes: a wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data through a wireless communication network; a storage for storing the transmitted data and the received data; a detector for detecting a state of the folder of the wireless communication terminal in order to determine whether the folder is opened or closed; an outputting unit for indicating a result of the data transmission/reception; and a controller for analyzing the transmitted/received data to detect the last packet of the data, and continuing to perform the data transmission/reception without regard to the detected state of the folder until the last packet of the data has been detected.

Claims

1. A wireless communication terminal, comprising:

a switch to generate a signal indicating whether the wireless communication terminal is in a state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted;

a wireless transceiver to receive data through a wireless communication network, the data reception being started before generating a signal indicating that the wireless communication terminal is in the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted;

a storage to store the received data;

a controller to control the wireless transceiver to continuously perform the data reception until the data reception is completed regardless of the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted; and

a display to indicate a result of the data reception after an operation state of the wireless communication terminal is changed from the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted, the result comprising display information whether the data reception is completed or failed,

wherein the result is associated with at least one of the completion of the data reception and time required to complete the data reception if the data reception is completed, and

wherein the result is associated with a reason of failing in the data reception and a message to a user, the message inquiring whether the wireless communication terminal will repeatedly continue to perform the data reception if the data reception is failed.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the current operations comprise an operation of changing a state of a display.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the display displays a message based on the result of the data reception.

4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, further comprising at least one among a vibrator, an answering lamp, and a receiver to output a voice or a sound signal to indicate the result of the data reception.

5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein a main displayer is in a turned-off state when the wireless communication terminal is in the state, and

the display indicates the result of the data reception by displaying the result on the main displayer if the main displayer is turned on from the turned-off state.

6. A method for transceiving data by a wireless communication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving data through a wireless communication network;

generating a signal, by a switch of the wireless communication terminal, for indicating whether the wireless communication terminal is in a state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted, the data reception being started before generating a signal indicating that the wireless communication terminal is in the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted;

determining, by a controller, whether a current operation is a data communication;

if the current operation is determined to be a data communication, continuously performing the data communication until the data communication is completed regardless of the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted;

if the current operation is determined to not be a data communication, terminating a current operation based on the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted;

generating a completion signal when the data communication is completed and outputting the generated completion signal; and

displaying a result of the data communication based on the completion signal through a display after an operation state of the wireless communication terminal is changed from the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted, and an associated information with a reason of failing in the data communication and a message inquiring whether the wireless communication terminal will repeatedly continue to perform the data communication when the data communication is failed.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the current operations comprise an operation of changing a state of a display.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the completion signal is generated according to a result that indicates a failure or a success of the data communication and the generated completion signal is outputted to the display as an associated message with the communication result.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the completion signal is generated according to a result that indicates a failure or a success of the data communication and the generated completion signal is outputted to an audio microphone or video display as a voice or a sound.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the completion signal is generated according to a result that indicates a failure or a success of the data communication and the generated completion signal is outputted as light to an answering lamp.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the completion signal is generated according to a result that indicates a failure or a success of the data communication and the generated completion signal is outputted to a vibrator as a vibration.

12. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying an associated information with the result of the data communication and time required to complete the data communication when the data communication is successfully completed.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein a main displayer is in a turned-off state when the wireless communication terminal is in the state, and

the result of the data communication is displayed on the main displayer of the display if the main displayer is turned on from the turned-off state.

14. A method for receiving data by a wireless communication terminal, the method comprising:

determining, by a controller, whether the wireless communication terminal is performing data reception, the data reception being started before generating a signal indicating that the wireless communication terminal is in the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted;

continuously performing the data reception regardless of a state of the wireless communication terminal until the data reception is completed, the state of the wireless communication terminal being at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal being terminated or interrupted;

generating a completion signal if the data reception is completed and outputting the generated completion signal; and

displaying a result of the data reception based on the completion signal-through a display after the display is turned on from a turned-off state and an operation state of the wireless communication terminal is changed from the state in which at least one of current operations of the wireless communication terminal is terminated or interrupted, the result comprising display information whether the data reception is completed or failed,

wherein the result is associated with a reason of failing in the data reception and a message to a user, the message inquiring whether the wireless communication terminal will repeatedly continue to perform the data reception if the data reception is failed.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein a power supply to the display is terminated or interrupted when the wireless communication terminal is in the state.