US006115611A
`6,115,611
`(11) Patent Number:
`United States Patent 15
`Kimotoet al.
`[45] Date of Patent:
`Sep. 5, 2000
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`[54] MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND 404152724=S/1992 Japan oo. eeeeeeeeneee 379/FOR 103
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`A MOBILE TERMINAL, AN INFORMATION
`CENTER AND A STORAGE MEDIUM USED
`THEREIN
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`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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`[75]
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`Inventors: Takashi Kimoto; Tamio Saito;
`Masanaga Tokuyo; Satoru Chikuma;
`Takashi Nishigaya; Nobutsugu Fujino,
`all of Kawasaki, Japan
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`[73] Assignee: Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, Japan
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`[21] Appl. No.: 08/847,473
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`[22]
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`[30]
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`Filed:
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`Apr. 24, 1997
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`Foreign Application Priority Data
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`Apr. 24, 1996
`Nov. 1, 1996
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`[IP]
`[JP]
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`Japan ceesssesscssssessessssenseseees 8-102996
`Japan occ eeeseeeeeceeees 8-292156
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`[ST] Tt. C07 cece ccccccccscsssseesecssseeneseccsssnesees HO4B 7/00
`[52] U.S. Cd. ee eeeeeeeeee 455/456; 455/422; 455/457;
`455/517
`[58] Field of Search oo... eee 455/422, 456,
`455/457, 517, 524, 525, 575; 342/357.01,
`450, 455; 340/990, 991, 992
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`[56]
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`References Cited
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`8/1993 Dennisonet al. oe eee 455/456
`5,235,633
`7/1997 Wortham oo... eeeessencsecreeneees 455/456
`5,652,707
`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`Sugiyama, “Standardization of New Generation Message
`Communication in Digital Portable Telephone”, Nikkei
`Communications, 1996, 04, 15, pp. 70-72.
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`Primary Examiner—Thanh Cong Le
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Helfgott & Karas, PC
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`[57]
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`ABSTRACT
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`In a mobile communicating system, a mobile terminal has a
`position information detecting unit for detecting position
`information, a position information transmitting unit for
`transmitting the position information to an information
`center, an up-load data transmitting unit for transmitting
`up-load data to the information center and an information/
`service utilizing unit for utilizing information/service from
`the information center, whereas the information center has
`an accumulating unit for accumulating information/services,
`a retrieving unit for receiving the position information from
`the mobile terminal to retrieve the information/services in
`the accumulating unit, an accumulation controlling unit for
`accumulating the up-load data in the accumulating unit, and
`an information/service transmitting unit for taking out the
`information/service retrieved by the retrieving unit from the
`accumulating unit and transmittingit 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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`57-143700
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`9/1982
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`63 Claims, 70 Drawing Sheets
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`Sheet 26 of 70
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`FIG. 31
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`FIG. 32
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`MOBILE TERMINAL
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`Sheet 31 of 70
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`FIG. 33
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`FIG. 34
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`MOBILE TERMINAL
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`Sheet 33 of 70
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`FIG. 35
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`Sep. 5, 2000
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`Sheet 34 of 70
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`FIG. 36
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`MOBILE TERMINAL
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`REGISTER REQUEST (AREA,TIME)
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`FIG. 39
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`FIG.4l
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`FIG.42
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`FIG.44
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`Sheet 42 of 70
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`FIG.45
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`START OF PROCEDURE
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`TRANSMIT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION AND
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`Sheet 43 of 70
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`FIG. 46
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`TRANSMIT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION AND
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`Sheet 44 of 70
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`The present invention relates to a mobile communicating
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`position information of a mobile terminal, and the mobile
`terminal, an information center and a storage medium used
`in the mobile communicating system.
`(2) Description of the Related Art
`Acar navigation system has been well known as a mobile
`communicating system providing map information to a
`mobile object deduced from position information of the
`mobile object. The car navigation system utilizes, in general,
`GPS (Global Positioning System) as well known, in which
`current position information (coordinates; a latitude and a
`longitude) of its own (a motor vehicle,
`in this case) is
`detected and map information corresponding to the position
`information is taken out from a map database equipped in
`the motor vehicle, whereby the corresponding map infor-
`mation may be displayed on a display along with the current
`position.
`In such the general car navigation system,it is necessary
`to equip a map database (which is generally provided by a
`CD-ROMorthe like) in each of the motor vehicle utilizing
`a service and manageit on the user side. Forthis, the general
`car navigation system has a drawback such that if an area
`including the current position changes, the user needs to
`change the map database (the CD-ROM). This is very
`inconvenient to the user.
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`Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. HEI
`1-142899 discloses a navigation system in which a map
`database is provided in a mobile radio base station
`(hereinafter, simply called “a radio base station), a mobile
`object (a motor vehicle) transmits the current position of its
`own detected using GPSorthe like to the radio base station,
`map information corresponding to the position information
`is retrieved on the radio base station side, and the obtained
`position information is transmitted to