Mobile communication terminal, control method thereof, and method for controlling mobile communication service

• US 20070077913A1
• Filed: 10/02/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, So Young
• Application Number:
  US11/540,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20070077913A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/410
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/053 remote terminal provisioning, e.g. of applets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/1016 Telecontrol
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks

Abstract

A mobile communication method including a transmitting at a first terminal, a message including a control command for controlling a service of a second terminal to a network, and controlling the service of the second terminal according to the control command.

Claims

1. A mobile communication method, comprising:

transmitting, at a first terminal, a message including a control command for controlling a service of a second terminal to a network; and

controlling the service of the second terminal according to the control command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message comprises an Unstructured Supplementary Services Data (USSD) message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling step comprises controlling the service of the second terminal at the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling step comprises controlling the service of the second terminal at the second terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the control command sets up or cancels a call blocking feature, an Internet access blocking feature, an input unit blocking feature, a data service access blocking or a memory access blocking feature in the second terminal, or the control command displays a contact number of an owner of the second terminal on a display of the second terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the control command requests calls received by the second terminal be transferred to a preset third terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether or not a user of the first terminal has authority to control the service of the second terminal; and

controlling the service of the second terminal according to the control command based on a result of the determining step.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining step comprises:

requesting authentication information from the user of the first terminal; and

determining whether or not the authentication information input by the user of the first terminal matches with a predetermined authentication information for the second terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

controlling the service of the second terminal when the authentication input by the user of the first terminal matches with the predetermined authentication information; and

re-requesting the authentication information from the user of the first terminal a limited number of times when the authentication input by the user of the first terminal does not match with the predetermined authentication information.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

notifying a result of controlling step to the first terminal.

11. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

an transceiver configured to transmit a message including a control command for controlling a service of another terminal to a network; and

a control unit configured to control the service of the second terminal according to the control command.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the message comprises an Unstructured Supplementary Services Data (USSD) message.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls the service of the other terminal at the network.

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls the service of the second terminal at the other terminal.

15. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the control command sets up or cancels a call blocking feature, an Internet access blocking feature, an input unit blocking feature, a data service access blocking or a memory access blocking feature in the other terminal, or the control command displays a contact number of an owner of the second terminal on a display of the other terminal.

16. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the control command requests calls received by the second terminal be transferred to a preset third terminal.

17. The terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

an input unit configured to receive authentication information used to determine whether or not a user of the terminal has authority to control the service of the other terminal.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the control unit controls the service of the second terminal when the authentication input by the user of the first terminal matches with predetermined authentication information.

19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the control unit re-requests the user enter the authentication information on the input unit of the first terminal a limited number of times when the authentication input by the user does not match with the predetermined authentication information.

20. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit notifies a result of whether or no the service of the other terminal was successfully controlled.