POSITIONAL INFORMATION MANAGING DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20160183071A1
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: MIURA, Yoshio, UEDA, Satoshi, SHINADA, Yuki, KAWAGUCHI, Takahiro, HASEGAWA, Noboru
• Granted Patent: US 10,045,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A positional information managing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to manage first positional information of a first mobile device communicating with a network. The processor is configured to associate device information of a second mobile device connected to the first mobile device with the first positional information. The second mobile device communicates with the network through the first mobile device.

Claims

1. A positional information managing device, comprising:

a processor configured to

manage first positional information of a first mobile device communicating with a network, and

associate device information of a second mobile device connected to the first mobile device with the first positional information, the second mobile device communicating with the network through the first mobile device.

2. The positional Information managing device according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is configured to

update the first positional information in response to a movement of the first mobile device.

3. The positional information managing device according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is configured to

cancel the association upon receiving a signal indicating that a setting of the connection of the second mobile device to the first mobile device is cancelled.

4. The positional information managing device according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is configured to

register, as positional Information of the second mobile device, the first positional information at a time of cancellation of the association.

5. The positional information managing device according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is configured to

receive the device information through the network, the device information being included in user data used in the communication performed between the second mobile device and the network through the first mobile device.

6. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a processor configured to

set a connection to a mobile device, and

transmit Information of the mobile device to a positional information managing device in response to the setting of the connection.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein

the processor is configured to

notify the positional information managing device and the mobile device of positional information of the mobile terminal in response to a movement of the mobile terminal.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein

the processor is configured to

notify the mobile device of the positional Information by including the positional information in user data used in a communication performed between the mobile terminal and the mobile device.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein

the processor is configured to

use the setting of the connection to control transmission of data from the mobile device to a network through the mobile terminal.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein

the processor is configured to

control, on basis of a priority of the data, intervals at which the data is transmitted.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein

the processor is configured to

control intervals at which the data is transmitted, on basis of a history record regarding measurement of quality of a radio signal in at least one of a time zone and a location in which the mobile terminal has moved.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein

the processor is configured to

transmit, to the positional information managing device, a signal indicating that the setting of the connection between the mobile device and the mobile terminal is to be canceled,

receive, from the positional information managing device, a notification Indicating cancellation of association between the mobile device and the mobile terminal, and

cancel the setting of the connection between the mobile device and the mobile terminal in response to the reception of the notification.

13. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor configured to

set a connection to a mobile terminal that communicates with a network, and

transmit information of the mobile device through the mobile terminal to a positional Information managing device in response to the setting of the connection.

14. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein

the processor is configured to

manage positional information of the mobile terminal, the positional information being notified by the mobile terminal in response to a movement of the mobile terminal, and

control establishment of a communication with the network on basis of the positional information.