Communication terminal unit, connection control method and program for the method

• US 20040054462A1
• Filed: 09/09/2003
• Published: 03/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Arakawa, Takeharu
• Granted Patent: US 7,242,968 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers

Abstract

In acquiring the information accumulated in the storage unit of the information center by making the connection of the line connecting the communication unit mounted on the vehicle mounted terminal and the center communication unit of the information center, a process for starting the line connection with the information center is started in advance, when the display on the display unit mounted on the vehicle mounted terminal transfers to the predetermined display contents, whereby the information can be transmitted immediately via the line already connected at the time when an actual operation for transmitting the information from the vehicle mounted terminal to the information center is performed.

Claims

1. A communication terminal unit comprising:

a display unit;

a display control unit for displaying the predetermined information on said display unit;

a communication unit; and

a connection control unit for controlling a connection state of said communication unit with an information center;

wherein said communication terminal unit acquires the information from said information center by connecting via said communication unit to said information center, and.

wherein said connection control unit starts a connection to said information center when the display on said display unit transfers to the predetermined display contents under the control of said display control unit.

2. The communication terminal unit according to claim 1, wherein when the display on said display unit transfers to the display contents for entering the data to be transmitted via said communication unit under the control of said display control unit, the connection to said information center is started.

3. The communication terminal unit according to claim 1, wherein when the display on said display unit transfers to the display contents for entering the kind of data transmitted via said communication unit under the control of said display control unit, the connection to said information center is started.

4. A connection control method for use with a communication terminal unit comprising a display unit, a display control unit for displaying the predetermined information on said display unit, a communication unit, and a connection control unit for controlling a connection state of said communication unit with an information center, in which said communication terminal unit acquires the information from said information center by connecting via said communication unit to said information center;

the method comprising;

detecting that the display on said display unit transfers to the predetermined display contents under the control of said display control unit; and

starting a connection to said information center when the display on said display unit transfers to the predetermined display contents.

5. A computer program for causing a computer to function as a communication terminal unit comprising:

a display unit;

a display control unit for displaying the predetermined information on said display unit;

a communication unit; and

a connection control unit for controlling a connection state of said communication unit with an information center;

wherein said communication terminal unit acquires the information from said information center by connecting via said communication unit to said information center, and

wherein said connection control unit starts a connection to said information center when the display on said display unit transfers to the predetermined display contents under the control of said display control unit.