Data transmission terminal apparatus, data communicating method, and data communication system

• US 6,690,948 B1
• Filed: 09/08/1999
• Issued: 02/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takiguchi, Kiyoaki, Nakamura, Takaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gesesse, Tilahun
• Application Number:
  US09/391,521
• Time in Patent Office: 1,616 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556, 455/557, 455/457, 455/555, 455/560, 455/414, 455/456, 455/426, 455/466, 342/457, 342/357
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/08 by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters

Abstract

In the case that a telephone communication line of a portable type wireless telephone terminal is formed between a data transmission terminal apparatus and a data acquisition apparatus with respect to a data communication counter party, the data transmission terminal apparatus sends out data as a dial signal via the wireless telephone terminal to the telephone communication line. As a result, the data is received in the form of the DTMF signal to the data acquisition apparatus.

Claims

1. A data transmission terminal apparatus comprising:

a portable type wireless telephone terminal; and

a terminal control apparatus connected to said portable type wireless telephone terminal, for transmitting data as a dial signal via said portable type wireless telephone terminal to a telephone communication line when said telephone communication line is formed between a data communication counter party and said portable type wireless telephone terminal using a public telephone network, wherein

said data communication counter party is previously determined;

said terminal control apparatus comprises a memory for storing a telephone number of said data communication counter party; and

when said terminal control apparatus senses that a telephone call sent via said portable type wireless telephone terminal corresponds to a telephone call issued from said data communication counter party based upon both a calling number contained in said telephone calling information and a content of said memory, said terminal control apparatus automatically responds to said telephone call to thereby form said telephone communication line, and sends out data as a dial signal via the telephone communication line to said data communication counter party, and wherein

said terminal control apparatus sends out said data as the dial signal to said data communication counter party in response to the telephone call issued from said data communication counter party;

repeatedly issues a telephone call to said data communication counter party at a predetermined time interval during a predetermined time period after a line is disconnected; and

transmits the data via the formed telephone communication line of said portable type wireless telephone terminal.

2. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

when a data transmission request is issued, said terminal control apparatus automatically issues a telephone call through said portable type wireless telephone terminal to said data communication counter party based upon the telephone number stored in said memory, so that said telephone communication line is formed between said data communication counter party and the terminal control apparatus.

3. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein:

both a position measuring apparatus for measuring a present position; and

sensor means for sensing whether said data transmission terminal apparatus is moved, or stopped are connected to said terminal control apparatus;

where

data which is sent out as a dial signal corresponds to positional information measured by said position measuring apparatus; and

said data transmission request is produced when said sensor means senses that movement of said data transmission terminal apparatus is commenced, or stopped.

4. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

a position measuring apparatus for measuring a present position is connected to said terminal control apparatus; and

data which is sent out as a dial signal corresponds to positional information measured by said position measuring apparatus.

5. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

a position measuring apparatus for measuring a present position is connected to said terminal control apparatus;

where data which is sent out as a dial signal corresponds to positional information measured by said position measuring apparatus; and

when a position measured by said position measuring apparatus is varied, said positional data is sent out as the dial signal.

6. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

a position measuring apparatus for measuring a present position is connected to said terminal control apparatus;

where data which is sent out as a dial signal corresponds to positional information measured by said position measuring apparatus; and

said positional information is sent out as the dial signal at a constant time interval.

7. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

a transmission operation mode of said data is changed in response to a hold time of said telephone communication line which is formed by the telephone call issued from said data communication counter party.

8. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

when the telephone communication line formed in response to the telephone call issued from said data communication counter party is continued for a time period at least as long as a predetermined time period, said terminal control apparatus repeatedly sends out said data as the dial signal at a constant time interval.

9. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

when the telephone communication line formed in response to the telephone call issued from said data communication counter party is held for a time period at least as long as a predetermined time period, said terminal control apparatus sends out said data as the dial signal at a constant time interval when the data to be sent out is varied.

10. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

a position measuring apparatus for measuring a present position is connected to said terminal control apparatus; and

said data which is sent out as the dial signal corresponds to positional information measured by said position measuring apparatus.

11. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

an operating power supply of said data transmission terminal apparatus is controlled in response to a polling frequent degree of the telephone call issued from said data communication counter party.

12. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

both controlling of an operating power supply and changing of a data transmission operation mode are carried out in response to a hold time of the line formed by receiving the telephone call issued from said data communication counter party.

13. A data transmission terminal apparatus comprising:

a portable type wireless telephone terminal; and

a terminal control apparatus connected to said portable type wireless telephone terminal, for transmitting data as a dial signal via said portable type wireless telephone terminal to a telephone communication line when said telephone communication line is formed between a data communication counter party and said portable type wireless telephone terminal using a public telephone network, wherein

said data communication counter party is previously determined;

said terminal control apparatus comprises a memory for storing a telephone number of said data communication counter party; and

when said terminal control apparatus senses that a telephone call sent via said portable type wireless telephone terminal corresponds to a telephone call issued from said data communication counter party based upon both a calling number contained in said telephone calling information and a content of said memory, said terminal control apparatus automatically responds to said telephone call to thereby form said telephone communication line, and sends out data as a dial signal via the telephone communication line to said data communication counter party, and wherein

a position measuring apparatus for measuring a present position is connected to said terminal control apparatus;

the data sent out as the dial signal corresponds to positional information measured by said position measuring apparatus; and

when the telephone call made from said data communication counter party is not issued for a time period at least as long as a predetermined time period, an operating power supply of said position measuring apparatus is turned OFF.

14. A data transmission terminal apparatus comprising:

a portable type wireless telephone terminal; and

a terminal control apparatus connected to said portable type wireless telephone terminal, for transmitting data as a dial signal via said portable type wireless telephone terminal to a telephone communication line when said telephone communication line is formed between a data communication counter party and said portable type wireless telephone terminal using a public telephone network, wherein

said data communication counter party is previously determined;

said terminal control apparatus comprises a memory for storing a telephone number of said data communication counter party; and

when said terminal control apparatus senses that a telephone call sent via said portable type wireless telephone terminal corresponds to a telephone call issued from said data communication counter party based upon both a calling number contained in said telephone calling information and a content of said memory, said terminal control apparatus automatically responds to said telephone call to thereby form said telephone communication line, and sends out data as a dial signal via the telephone communication line to said data communication counter party, and wherein

both a position measuring apparatus for measuring a present position and sensor means for sensing whether said data transmission terminal apparatus is moved are connected to said terminal control apparatus;

said data which is sent out as the dial signal corresponds to positional information measured by said position measuring apparatus; and

when the sensor means senses that movement of said data transmission terminal apparatus is stopped, a power supply of said position measuring apparatus is turned OFF.

15. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein:

when said sensor means senses that the movement of said data transmission terminal apparatus is stopped and said stop condition is continued for a time period at least as long as a predetermined time period, the power supply of said terminal control apparatus is turned OFF.

16. The data transmission terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 15 wherein:

call-reception detecting means for detecting a telephone call received by said portable type wireless telephone terminal are connected to said terminal control apparatus; and

when said call-reception detecting means detects that said telephone call is received by the wireless telephone terminal, the power supply of said terminal control apparatus is returned from the OFF state to an ON state.