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Mobile communication terminal and positional information providing method

US7949349B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateOct 1, 2004
Grant dateMay 24, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object is to provide a cell phone capable of achieving improvement in efficiency of communication and improvement in user's operability on the occasion of providing location information. A cell phone 10 has a data transmitter 101 for transmitting user data to a content delivery server 30, using a user channel, a location request part 102 for transmitting request information to request calculation of location information about the cell phone 10, to a GPS server 40 in accordance with the transmission of the user data, using a control channel, a location acquiring part 103 for acquiring the location information calculated based on the request information by the GPS server 40, using the control channel, and a location transmitter 105 for transmitting the location information to the content delivery server 30, using the control channel.

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