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Portable telephone with current location display and network thereof

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1996-12-04
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-12-04
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Abstract

Abstract To provide a microcellular portable telephone for displaying one's location, data on the location of the base station and, a data table showing the interrelation between the base station identifier code and base station location data are provided. Pressing a specified operating key converts the base station identifier code connected to the portable telephone into data on the location of the base station by referring to the data table. The location of the base station is shown on the display device by means of the converted data. <IMAGE>

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoichi Negishi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 16:19
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W64/00; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04W76/00; H04W76/10; H04W88/16; H04W92/00; H04W92/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 114 words
In a microcellular telecommunication system comprising a portable telephone having a display and base stations in which the location of said potable telephone is monitored by a data base station through a base station while said portable telephone is within the area of said base station, and said base station identifier code is recognized by said portable telephone wherein; said portable telephone determines information for showing said identifier code of the base station corresponding to the location data of said base station and the location data of the base station corresponding to said received identifier code of the base station, and displays the said location on the display based on the determined location data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 47 words
The portable telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein a specified operation key is provided, and the location of the base station corresponding to the identifier code of the received base station is displayed on the display in response to a key operation of the operation key.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
The portable telephone as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the relation between the base station identifier code and location data is written in the internal memory of said portable telephone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 15 words
The portable telephone as claimed in claim 3, wherein said internal memory is freely detachable.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 36 words
The portable telephone as claimed in claim 3 or 4, wherein data for indicating said location data are character codes indicating an address, and said address is shown as a row of characters on said display.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
The portable telephone as claimed in claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein data for said location are a location map, and said location is displayed on said display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 170 words
In a microcellular telecommunication system comprising a portable telephone having a display and an operation key for communicating to the base station and base stations in which the location of said portable telephone is monitored by a data base station through a base station while said portable telephone is within the area of said base station, and said base station identifier code is recognized by said portable telephone wherein; said data base station linked to said base station has data for showing the interrelation between the location of said base station and said base station identifier code and, so that when said operation key is used with the result that said portable telephone is communicated to said base station, the location data of said base station is generated correspondingly from said base station identifier code which station is communicating to said portable telephone, said portable telephone receives the location data, and said address is displayed on the display based on the received data showing the address of said base station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 34 words
The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 7, wherein data for indicating said location data are character codes indicating an address, and said address is shown as a row of characters on said display.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 27 words
The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 7 or 8, wherein data for said location are a location map, and said location is displayed on said display.

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