Patent ID: 7912496

Claim:
A hybrid phone having a first communication mode supporting voice and low-rate data communications and a second communication mode supporting high-rate data communication, the hybrid phone comprising: a key input unit; a display unit displaying menus and operation states; a wireless communication unit extracting voice and data signals from a wireless signal transmitted and received via an antenna; a voice processor inputting and outputting the voice signal from the wireless communication unit through a microphone and a speaker; a memory storing execution programs and related data; and a phone control unit having a communication processor which controls voice and data communications according to the execution program stored in the memory, wherein the communication processor further comprises a channel acquisition processor which attempts to acquire channels for the first and second communication modes, and wherein if the channel acquisition processor does not acquire a channel for the second communication mode within a predetermined time interval, the channel acquisition processor stops attempting to acquire the channel for the second communication mode and reattempts to acquire a channel for the first communication mode, and, if the channel acquisition processor acquires the channel for the first communication mode, the channel acquisition processor reattempts to acquire the channel for the second communication mode.