Patent ID: 7899489
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device comprising: a transmitter-receiver unit capable of transmitting and receiving information through a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system; a receiver unit capable of receiving information through the first wireless communication system and the second wireless communication system; a setter to set a mode in which the receiver unit is switched from the second wireless communication system to the first wireless communication system at a predetermined timing during a call through the second wireless communication system using at least the transmitter-receiver unit and/or the receiver unit to perform standby processing for the first wireless communication system using the receiver unit; an instruction unit for instructing to switch from a call through the second wireless communication system using the transmitter-receiver unit and/or the receiver unit to a call through the first wireless communication system using the transmitter-receiver unit; and a controller for halting, when the first wireless communication system transitions from a standby state, in which standby processing is performed, to out of service state in the mode set by the setter, the standby processing for the first wireless communication system using the receiver unit, and for performing, when detecting an instruction to switch issued through the instruction unit in the halt state, a system detection process for detecting the first wireless communication system by using the receiver unit.