SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING SYSTEM TIME OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20100265802A1
• Filed: 07/29/2009
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LAI, HOU-WEN
• Application Number:
  US12/511,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20100265802A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/47
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 20/06 Decoding time data; Circuits therefor

Abstract

A method for automatically updating system time of a mobile communication device is provided. The method computes a current time zone of a current position of the mobile communication device according to a longitude and a latitude of the current position determined by satellite signals. The method then updates system time of the mobile communication device according to the current time zone.

Claims

1. A method for automatically updating system time of a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device having a storage, a world time clock, and a satellite signal receiving device, the method comprising:

receiving satellite signals transmitted from a global navigation satellite system by the satellite signal receiving device;

determining a longitude and a latitude of a current position of the mobile communication device according to the satellite signals;

computing a current time zone and local time of the current position according to the longitude and the latitude by the world time clock;

updating the system time according to the local time of the current position in response to the current time zone being different from a stored time zone in the storage; and

showing the updated system time on a display of the mobile communication device.

2. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

showing the current position on a digital map related to the world time clock.

3. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

updating time data of the mobile communication device according to the local time of the current position, wherein the time data comprises an alarm time and a memorandum time.

4. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

updating the stored time zone with the current time zone in the storage.

5. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the global navigation satellite system is selected from the group consisting of the global positioning system, the Compass navigation system, and the Galileo positioning system.

6. A storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to perform a method for automatically updating system time of a mobile communication device, wherein the method comprises:

receiving satellite signals transmitted from a global navigation satellite system;

determining a longitude and a latitude of a current position of the mobile communication device according to the satellite signals;

computing a current time zone and local time of the current position according to the longitude and the latitude;

updating the system time according to the local time of the current position in response to the current time zone being different from a stored time zone; and

showing the updated system time.

7. The storage medium as described in claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

showing the current position on a digital map in the mobile communication device.

8. The storage medium as described in claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

updating time data of the mobile communication device according to the local time of the current position, wherein the time data comprises an alarm time and a memorandum time.

9. The storage medium as described in claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

updating the stored time zone with the current time zone in a storage.

10. The storage medium as described in claim 6, wherein the global navigation satellite system is selected from the group consisting of the global positioning system, the Compass navigation system, and the Galileo positioning system.

11. A system for automatically updating system time of a mobile communication device, the system comprising:

a storage which stores a time zone and system time;

a satellite signal receiving device operable to receive satellite signals transmitted from a global navigation satellite system;

a positioning module operable to determine a longitude and a latitude of a current position of the mobile communication device according to the satellite signals.

a world time clock operable to compute a current time zone and local time of the current position according to the longitude and the latitude; and

an updating module operable to compare the current time zone with a stored time zone in the storage, and update the system time of the mobile communication device according to the local time in response to the current time zone being different from the stored time zone.

12. The system as described in claim 11, wherein the world time clock is further operable to show the current position on a related digital map through a display of the mobile communication device.

13. The system as described in claim 11, wherein the storage further stores time data comprising an alarm time and a memorandum time.

14. The system as described in claim 13, wherein the updating module is further operable to update the time data according to the local time.

15. The system as described in claim 11, wherein the updating module is further operable to update the stored time zone with the current time zone in the storage.

16. The system as described in claim 11, wherein the global navigation satellite system is selected from the group consisting of the global positioning system, the Compass navigation system, and the Galileo positioning system.