Mobile terminal and communication system

• US 7,929,488 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2006
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujita, Masanori
• Primary Examiner(s): THIER, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US11/613,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20070140198A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,581 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 4554142-4144, 455/456, 370/310, 370/328
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/32 Arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations, e.g. malfunction or breakdown of receiving stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a communication system that can prevent user errors in transferring data are provided. In the communication system related to the present invention, the mobile terminal decides on a transfer of the video data from the storage device when a predetermined transfer condition has been satisfied. Thus, any decisions or specified operations are not required of the user at the time of the transfer, therefore, the transfer of the video data from the storage device to the mobile terminal is carried out without the user being especially cognizant of the operation. Accordingly, the communication system can prevent a situation in which the user forgets to transfer the video data to the mobile terminal due to carelessness.

Claims

1. A communication system in which digital content is transferred through wireless communication from a storage device storing the digital content, to a mobile terminal,

wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

a determining module configured to determine whether one or plural predetermined transfer conditions have been satisfied;

a transfer deciding module configured to automatically decide on a transfer of the digital content from the storage device, without user'"'"'s decision, when the determining module determines that the transfer conditions have been satisfied; and

a requesting module configured to transmit a transfer request for the digital content to the storage device, without user operation, when the transfer deciding module decides on the transfer of the digital content, wherein

a plurality of the digital content items are stored in the storage device so that the plurality of the digital content items are distinguishable,

the mobile terminal further comprises transfer data selecting module configured to select the digital content to be transferred from the storage device from among the plurality of digital content items stored in the storage device on the basis of a predetermined selection condition and without receiving a user input identifying the selected digital content,

the requesting module transmits a transfer request for the digital content selected by the transfer data selecting module when the transfer of the digital content has been decided on by the transfer deciding module, and

the predetermined selection condition is that the selected digital content is a continuation of digital content that the user is accessing on a device different from the mobile terminal.

2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer condition is that the mobile terminal is being charged.

3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer condition is that a predetermined time has been reached.

4. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer condition is that a predetermined duration of time has passed.

5. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer condition is that communication has been established between the storage device and the mobile terminal.

6. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer condition is that the mobile terminal has received predetermined information from the storage device.

7. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a deleting module configured to delete the digital content from a storage module of the mobile terminal which stores the digital content transferred from the storage device.

8. The communication system according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of the digital content items are stored in the storage module so that the plurality of the digital content items are distinguishable,

the mobile terminal further comprises delete data selecting module configured to select the digital content to be deleted from among the plurality of digital content items stored in the storage module on the basis of a predetermined selection condition, and

the deleting module deletes the digital content selected by the delete data selecting module.

9. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content has been ordered by the user.

10. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content matches the user'"'"'s preferences determined on the basis of history information corresponding to the user.

11. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content has a recent date and time of production.

12. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content is related to digital content currently being reproduced by the mobile terminal.

13. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content is smaller in size than a current unused portion of a storage module of the mobile terminal.

14. A mobile terminal applied to a communication system for transfer of digital content through wireless communication from a storage device in which the digital content is stored, to the mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

a determining module configured to determine whether one or plural predetermined transfer conditions have been satisfied;

a transfer deciding module configured to automatically decide on a transfer of the digital content from the storage device, without user'"'"'s decision, when the determining module determines that the transfer conditions have been satisfied; and

a requesting module configured to transmit a transfer request for the digital content to the storage device, without user operation, when the transfer deciding module decides on the transfer of the digital content, wherein

a plurality of the digital content items are stored in the storage device so that the plurality of the digital content items are distinguishable,

the mobile terminal further comprises a transfer data selecting module configured to select the digital content to be transferred from the storage device from among the plurality of digital content items stored in the storage device on the basis of a predetermined selection condition and without receiving a user input identifying the selected digital content,

the requesting module transmits a transfer request for the digital content selected by the transfer data selecting module when the transfer of the digital content has been decided on by the transfer deciding module, and

the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content is a continuation of digital content that the user is accessing on a device different from the mobile terminal.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content has been ordered by the user.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content matches the user'"'"'s preferences determined on the basis of history information corresponding to the user.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content has a recent date and time of production.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content is related to digital content currently being reproduced by the mobile terminal.

19. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined selection condition includes that the selected digital content is smaller in size than a current unused portion of a storage module of the mobile terminal.