Mobile communication terminal capable of executing location-related services

• US 6,389,288 B1
• Filed: 03/27/1998
• Issued: 05/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kuwahara, Soichi, Nishihara, Keiki
• Primary Examiner(s): CRAVER, CHARLES R
• Application Number:
  US09/049,548
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456, 455/457, 455/427, 455/429, 455/440, 455/524, 340/994, 340/995, 340/825.36, 340/825.49, 379/211, 379/912, 342/357, 342/107-109, 342/450-465, 701/23, 701/200-221
• US Class Current: 455/456.6
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/041 Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/045 Call privacy arrangements, e.g. timely inhibiting the ring signal

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal includes: a reported location information detecting unit for detecting reported location information from a base station; a reported location information managing unit for managing one of the reported location information specified by a user and a variation of the reported location information specified by the user; a registered process executing unit for executing, when it is determined that the reported location information detected by the reported location information detecting unit matches the reported location information managed by the reported location information managing unit, a predetermined process that corresponds to the reported location information producing the match.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

reported location information detecting means for detecting reported location information from a base station;

reported location information managing means for managing one of the reported location information specified by a user and a variation of the reported location information specified by the user;

registered process executing means for executing, when it is determined that the reported location information detected by said reported location information detecting means matches the reported location information managed by said reported location information managing means, a predetermined process that corresponds to the reported location information producing the match;

current reported location information storage means for storing current reported location information;

user-defined area name registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area name with respect to the current reported location information stored in said current reported location information storage means, by operating said mobile communication terminal; and

execution service registering means for registering a process to be executed when the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area name is received, by operating said execution service registering means; and

wherein said reported location information managing means comprises;

storage means for storing the reported location information, the user-defined area name and the execution service, in relation to each other;

wherein said execution service registering means comprises selecting means for selecting one of a triggered execution mode and an area-only mode for each execution service executed to set a condition for a communication service and executed upon receipt of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area name defined with respect thereto,

the triggered execution mode being a mode wherein the selection by the selecting means is triggered by the reception of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area name defined with respect thereto, and is maintained even after said mobile communication terminal leaves an area that corresponds to the user defined area name, and

the area-only mode being a mode wherein a previous setting for executing a previous executed execution service is stored in said storage means, and the execution service corresponding to the user-defined area name is selected, the previous setting being restored when said mobile communication terminal leaves the area that corresponds to the user-defined area name.

2. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising combining means for executing a Boolean operation on a plurality of sets of reported location information.

3. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein said user-defined area name registering means comprises single-network user-defined area name registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area name with respect to a result of the Boolean operation performed by said combining means on the reported location information received from a plurality of base stations in a single mobile communication network.

4. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein said user-defined area name registering means comprises multiple-network user-defined area name registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area name with respect to a result of the Boolean operation performed by said combining means on the reported location information from base stations of a plurality of mobile common carrier.

5. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

reported location information detecting means for detecting reported location information from a base station;

reported location information managing means for managing one of the reported location information specified by a user and a variation of the reported location information specified by the user;

registered process executing means for executing, when it is determined that the reported location information detected by said reported location information detecting means matches the reported location information managed by said reported location information managing means, a predetermined process that corresponds to the reported location information producing the match;

current reported location information storage means for storing current reported location information;

previous reported location information storage means for storing previous reported location information immediately preceding the current reported location information;

user-defined area vector detecting means for referring to said current reported location information storage means and said previous reported location information storage means, so as to detect a designated variation of the reported location information that corresponds to a user-defined area vector name, wherein said reported location information managing means comprises;

user-defined area vector name registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area vector name with respect to the designated variation of the reported location information, by operating said mobile communication terminal;

execution service registering means for registering a process to be executed when the designed variation of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area vector name is received, by operating said execution service registering means; and

storage means for storing the reported location information, the user-defined area vector name and the execution service, in relation to each other.

6. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 5, wherein said user-defined area vector name registering means comprises predictive defining means for defining the user-defined area vector name with respect to a combination of the current reported location information stored in said current reported location information storage means and subsequently-detected reported location information different from the current reported location information.

7. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 6, further comprising timer means for measuring a time elapsed from a detection of the reported location information constituting the designated variation of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area vector name, to a detection of the reported location information also constituting the designated variation, and for notifying said user-defined area vector name detecting means that a time-out has occurred when a count of the timer means exceeds a predetermined period of time preset by a user of said mobile communication terminal.

8. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 5, wherein said user-defined area vector name registering means comprises retentive defining means for defining the user-defined area name with respect to a combination of the current reported location information stored in said current reported location information storage means and the previous reported location information stored in said previous reported location information storage means.

9. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

reported location information detecting means for detecting reported location information from a base station;

reported location information managing means for managing one of the reported location information specified by a user and a variation of the reported location information specified by the user;

registered process executing means for executing, when it is determined that the reported location information detected by said reported location information detecting means matches the reported location information managed by said reported location information managing means, a predetermined process that corresponds to the reported location information producing the match;

current reported location information storage means for storing current reported location information;

previous reported location information storage means for storing previous reported location information immediately preceding the current reported location information;

user-defined area vector detecting means for referring to said current reported location information storage means and said previous reported location information storage means, so as to detect a designated variation of the reported location information that corresponds to a user-defined area vector name, wherein said reported location information managing means comprises;

user-defined area name registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area name with respect to the reported location information stored in said current reported location information storage means, by operating said mobile communication terminal;

user-defined area vector name registering means for arbitrarily defining the user-defined area vector name with respect to the designated variation of the reported location information, by operating said mobile communication terminal;

execution service registered means for registering a process to be executed when the reported location information that corresponds to one of the user-defined area name and the user-defined area vector name is received, by operating said execution service registering means; and

storage means for storing the reported location information, the user-defined area name and the execution service, in relation to each other and for storing the reported location information, the user-defined area vector name and the execution service, in relation to each other.

10. The mobile communication service as claimed in claim 9, wherein said user-defined area vector name registering means vector registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area vector name with respect to a designated variation of the user-defined area names defined by said user-defined area registering means, by operating said mobile communication terminal.

11. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 9, wherein said user-defined area vector name registering means comprises predictive defining means for defining the user-defined area vector name with respect to a combination of the current reported location information stored in said current reported location information storage means and subsequently-detected reported location information different from the current reported location information.

12. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 11, further comprising timer means for measuring a time elapsed from a detection of the reported location information constituting the designated variation of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area vector name, to a detection of the reported location information also constituting the designated variation, and for notifying said user-defined area vector name detecting means that a time-out has occurred when a count of the timer means exceeds a predetermined period of time preset by a user of said mobile communication terminal.

13. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 9, wherein said user-defined area vector name registering means comprises retentive defining means for defining the user-defined area name with respect to a combination of the current reported location information stored in said current reported location information storage means and the previous reported location information stored in said previous reported location information storage means.

14. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 9, further comprising combining means for executing a Boolean operation on a plurality of sets of reported location information.

15. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein said user-defined area name registering means comprises single-network user-defined area name registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area name with respect to a result of the Boolean operation performed by said combining means on the reported location information received from a plurality of base stations in a single mobile communication network.

16. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein said user-defined area name registering means comprises multiple-network user-defined area name registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area name with respect to a result of the Boolean operation performed by said combining means on the reported location information from base stations of a plurality of mobile common carrier.

17. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 9, wherein said execution service registering means comprises selecting means for selecting one of a triggered execution mode and an area-only mode for each execution service executed to set a condition (parameter) for a communication service and executed upon receipt of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area name defined with respect thereto,

the triggered execution mode being a mode wherein the selection by the selecting means is triggered by the reception of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area name defined with respect thereto, and is maintained even after said mobile communication terminal leaves an area that corresponds to the user-defined area name, and

the area-only mode being a mode wherein a previous setting for executing a previous executed execution service is stored in said storage means, and the execution service corresponding to the user-defined area name is selected, the previous setting being restored when said mobile communication terminal leaves the area that corresponds to the user-defined area name.