Patent ID: 11924727
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a database;
a first communication processing element; and
a second communication processing element, wherein
a wireless communication state of a mobile terminal via a network using an in-vehicle device mounted in a vehicle as a base station is controlled by cooperation between the database, the first communication processing element and the second communication processing element;
the first communication processing element recognizes mobile terminal information regarding a state of the mobile terminal and then transmits the mobile terminal information to the second communication processing element based on communication with the mobile terminal;
the second communication processing element, on condition that the mobile terminal information indicating that the mobile terminal is activated has been received from the first communication processing element, recognizes vehicle information regarding a state of the vehicle and then transmits the vehicle information to the first communication processing element based on communication with the in-vehicle device, and registers the vehicle information in the database;
the first communication processing element, on condition that the vehicle information indicating that the vehicle is switched from a non-operating state to an operating state has been received from the second communication processing element, determines whether the same vehicle information has been registered in the database, and, on condition that a result of the determination is affirmative, transmits a communication permission notification to the second communication processing element;
the second communication processing element, on condition that the communication permission notification has been received from the first communication processing element, causes the in-vehicle device to function as the base station based on the communication with the in-vehicle device;
the first communication processing element causes a mobile output interface of the mobile terminal to output a plurality of screens based on the communication with the mobile terminal, wherein, in response to a designation operation through a mobile input interface of the mobile terminal, the designation operation performed on the mobile terminal realizes a state enabling the mobile terminal to use a communication service from a communication service server via the base station and the network based on communication with the communication service server;
the first communication processing element recognizes a usage history of the communication service for the mobile terminal based on the communication with the mobile terminal, recognizes a remaining communication capacity for the mobile terminal based on the communication with the communication service server every designated period corresponding to the usage history of the communication service, and causes the mobile output interface of the mobile terminal to output a first designation screen comprising the remaining communication capacity based on the communication with the mobile terminal.