Patent ID: 8228899

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a measured searching period of a mobile communication terminal with a measured searching period of a wireless communication module of the mobile terminal, the method comprising: determining a common measured searching period using the measured searching period of the mobile communication terminal and the measured searching period of the wireless communication module, the determining a common measured searching period comprising: dividing a first measured searching period corresponding to a maximum value among measured searching periods by a second measured searching period corresponding to a minimum value among the measured searching periods, calculating a remainder from the dividing, determining the common measured searching period to be the first measured searching period when the remainder is less than a specific percentage of the maximum value, and determining the common measured searching period to be a least common multiple of the measured searching periods when the remainder is equal to or greater than the specific percentage of the maximum value; determining an offset value with respect to the mobile communication terminal and the wireless communication module; and synchronizing the measured searching period of the mobile communication terminal with the measured searching period of the wireless communication module using the common measured searching period and the offset value, wherein the measured searching period of the mobile communication terminal is a period for searching a first radio frequency (RF) signal that is used to page the mobile communication terminal, and wherein the measured searching period of the wireless communication module is a period for searching a second RF signal that is used to page the wireless communication module of the mobile communication terminal.