Patent ID: 9497586
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A radio communication system comprising: a base unit in compliance with a near filed communication protocol operable to connect with a public wired network; and a mobile information terminal that includes a near field radio communicator operable to wirelessly connect with the base unit using the near field communication protocol, and that includes a public radio communicator operable to wirelessly connect with a public radio network comprising a cellular phone network, wherein: the mobile information terminal is configured to, after a first time period of receiving no signal from the base unit or in response to a defined user operation performed on the mobile information terminal, enter into a first search mode of searching for the base unit at a first cycle for a second time period and, after the second time period of receiving no signal from the base unit, enter into a second search mode of searching for the base unit at a second cycle that is longer than the first cycle; and the base unit, in operation,