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Mobile communicating system, and a mobile terminal, an information center and a storage medium used therein

US7236797B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 2004
Grant dateJun 26, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2242/30
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a mobile communicating system, a mobile terminal has a position information detecting unit detecting position information, a position information transmitting unit transmitting position information to an information center, an up-load data transmitting unit transmitting up-load data to the information center and an information/service utilizing unit utilizing information/service from the information center. The information center has an accumulating unit accumulating information/services, a retrieving unit receiving the position information from the mobile terminal to retrieve the information/services in the accumulating unit, an accumulation controlling unit accumulating the up-load data in the accumulating unit, and an information/service transmitting unit taking out the information/service retrieved by the retrieving unit from the accumulating unit and transmitting it to the mobile terminal, thereby providing not only map information showing the current position of the mobile terminal but also information of facilities on the map to the mobile terminal.

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