Patent ID: 6389288
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A mobile communication terminal comprising:reported location information detecting means for detecting reported location information from a base station; reported location information managing means for managing one of the reported location information specified by a user and a variation of the reported location information specified by the user; registered process executing means for executing, when it is determined that the reported location information detected by said reported location information detecting means matches the reported location information managed by said reported location information managing means, a predetermined process that corresponds to the reported location information producing the match; current reported location information storage means for storing current reported location information; user-defined area name registering means for defining an arbitrary user-defined area name with respect to the current reported location information stored in said current reported location information storage means, by operating said mobile communication terminal; and execution service registering means for registering a process to be executed when the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area name is received, by operating said execution service registering means; and wherein said reported location information managing means comprises: storage means for storing the reported location information, the user-defined area name and the execution service, in relation to each other; wherein said execution service registering means comprises selecting means for selecting one of a triggered execution mode and an area-only mode for each execution service executed to set a condition for a communication service and executed upon receipt of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area name defined with respect thereto, the triggered execution mode being a mode wherein the selection by the selecting means is triggered by the reception of the reported location information that corresponds to the user-defined area name defined with respect thereto, and is maintained even after said mobile communication terminal leaves an area that corresponds to the user defined area name, and the area-only mode being a mode wherein a previous setting for executing a previous executed execution service is stored in said storage means, and the execution service corresponding to the user-defined area name is selected, the previous setting being restored when said mobile communication terminal leaves the area that corresponds to the user-defined area name.