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1. 548 B2 1 EVENT HANDLING IN A MOBILE TERMINAL TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and mobile com munication terminal to control the triggering of events in a mobile communication terminal BACKGROUND Mobile communication terminals have changed dramati cally in the last decade With the first 2 G terminals the only real purpose was to make normal phone calls Now with 2 5 G GPRS CDMA2000 and UMTS technology coupled with software applications suchas a calendar application a contact list application and a task list application the mobile com munication terminals have evolved to take on the role of being PDAs Personal Digital Assistant in addition to being com munication devices A problem found with using the mobile communication terminal as a PDA is that radio traffic generated from a mobile communication terminal may be prohibited in some situa tions such as in hospital environments and while flying on airplanes This has been solved with what is called flight mode which is known in the art Flight mode implies that transmission and reception of radio signals in addition to software components requiring radio interfaces are disabled while software components that do not use any radio inter faces are still available to the user For example in flight mode it is not possible to make phone calls but the calendar appli cation is available Consequently while in flight mode the terminal i2. terminal when the terminal is in a first operational state the information specifying that an event in the mobile terminal is to be scheduled to be triggered when the mobile communication terminal has entered a second operational state and trigger the event when the mobile communication ter minal has entered the second operational state wherein said first operational state is when at least one untrusted short range RF device is within range for a short range RF transceiver in said terminal and said second operational state is when only trusted short range RF devices are within range for said short range RF transceiver 18 The apparatus according to claim 17 wherein the first operational state is when the terminal is radio silent and the second state is a normal operational mode UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PATENT NO 7 636 548 B2 Page lof 1 APPLICATION NO 11 073407 DATED December 22 2009 INVENTOR S Kraft et al It is certified that error appears in the above identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below Title page item 73 column 1 line 1 delete FL and insert FI therefor Column 6 line 32 delete comprising and insert comprising therefor Signed and Sealed this Thirteenth Day of July 2010 David J Kappos Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
3. 56 3 456 6 567 370 328 338 A method for triggering an event in a mobile communication See application file for complete search history terminal where the terminal is capable of operating in any one of a plurality of selectable states the method comprises 56 Reterences Cited the steps of receiving scheduling information when the ter U S PATENT DOCUMENTS minal is ina first operational state the information specifying Ai that an event in the mobile terminal is to be scheduled to be Bate ig Ce Paty etal sesse i E triggered when the mobile communication terminal has tran 2002 0052225 Al 5 2002 Davis et al signed to a second state 2002 0090931 Al 7 2002 Papineau etal 455 411 2003 0085766 A1 5 2003 Rogerson s 331 57 18 Claims 3 Drawing Sheets 123 113 115 121 103 105 119 101 U S Patent Dec 22 2009 Sheet 1 of 3 US 7 636 548 B2 101 Fig 1 US 7 636 548 B2 Sheet 2 of 3 Dec 22 2009 U S Patent Aioway nda pied WIS 202 007 wejsAs Bunesedo awlij jeay P0Z E J jpuey A IANDOUUOD 9 INA uonesijddy buomau podsuell b Z 0 amp 2 uonesijdde uonesijdde SJEMYOS gt emyos Ol 09 uonesijdde a emMyos OSZ Yal oLz yjoojanig 802 dY 907 U S Patent Dec 22 2009 Sheet 3 of 3 US 7 636 548 B2 Receive scheduling information IDLE Desired state 310 320 330 Yes 340 Fig 3 US 7 636
4. US007636548B2 az United States Patent 10 Patent No US 7 636 548 B2 Kraft et al 45 Date of Patent Dec 22 2009 54 EVENT HANDLING IN A MOBILE 2005 0075096 Al 4 2005 Aljuraid 455 414 1 TERMINAL 2006 0074497 Al 4 2006 Pollin 700 14 75 Inventors Christian Kraft Frederiksberg C DK POREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Peter Dam Nielsen Lyngby DK EP 1111884 A2 6 2001 EP 1241853 A2 9 2002 73 Assignee Nokia Corporation Espoo FL US EP 1349049 Al 10 2003 EP 1355468 Al 10 2003 Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 OTHER PUBLICATIONS U S C 154 b by 572 days User s Manual for Nokia 9110 Communicator Issue 3 EN 1999 190 pages 21 Appl No 11 073 407 Nokia 9210 Communicator User s Guide Issue 3 2001 276 pages 22 Filed Mar 4 2005 Nokia 9300 User Guide Issue 1 2004 99 pages Nokia 9500 Communicator User Guide Issue 2 2004 105 pages 65 Prior Publication Data European Office Action dated Mar 26 2008 International Search Report dated Jun 29 2006 US 2006 0199535 Al Sep 7 2006 cited by examiner 51 Int Cl Primar vy Examiner Tuan A Pham HO4B 7 00 2006 01 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Perman amp Green LLP 52 US CL we 455 41 2 455 456 1 455 456 3 455 456 6 370 328 370 338 57 ABSTRACT 58 Field of Classification Search 455 41 2 455 456 1 4
5. al and is preferably implemented by any commercially available CPU Central Processing Unit DSP Digital Signal Pro cessor or any other electronic programmable logic device The controller 200 has associated electronic memory 202 such as RAM memory ROM memory EEPROM memory flash memory or any combination thereof The memory 202 is used for various purposes by the controller 200 one of them 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 being for storing data and program instructions for various software in the mobile terminal The software includes a real time operating system 220 man machine interface MMI drivers 234 an application handler 232 as well as various applications 250 260 270 The applications 250 260 270 may include a call handling application as well as various other application such as a contacts phonebook application a messaging application a calendar application a control panel application a camera application a media player one or more video games a notepad application etc including software capable of performing a method accord ing to the invention as described below in connection with FIG 3 The MMI drivers 234 cooperate with the or each display 236 as well as various other I O devices 238 239 such as a microphone a speaker a vibrator a keypad a ringtone gen erator a LED indicator volume controls etc As is commonly known a user may operate the mobile termina
6. al state is a normal mode Normal mode is when the terminal returns to a normal operational mode e g when it is capable of receiving and transmitting a call after having been in another mode such as flight mode This is a typical example of when it is useful for the end user to have previ ously scheduled events triggered Ina preferred embodiment of the invention the first opera tional state is when at least one untrusted short range RF device is within range for a short range RF transceiver in the terminal The second state is when only trusted short range RF devices are within range for the short range RF transceiver In other words events can be scheduled to be executed once the security risks of having untrusted devices in the proximity have diminished Ina preferred embodiment of the invention the short range RF transceiver is a Bluetooth transceiver and the short range RF device is a Bluetooth device Bluetooth is one of the most commonly used short range RF technologies In a preferred embodiment of the invention the event is a transfer of data to or from the terminal Thus the user can easily schedule the transfer of data for when no untrusted devices are in the proximity enhancing the security of such transfer In a preferred embodiment of the invention the event is activation of a reminder For example a user may wish to be reminded to call relatives once the user is out of the hospital In a preferred embodiment of th
7. e invention the event is to synchronize a clock in the terminal with timing information available in a mobile communication network to which the terminal connects to when entering the second state This can be advantageous for example after having traveled a great distance and landing in a new time zone ensuring that the clock in the terminal is set to the correct local time In a preferred embodiment of the invention the event is to scan and store available broadcast radio stations Again this can with advantage be used when stepping offa plane ina new location allowing a set of broadcast radio stations to be easily available to the user Another aspect of the present invention is a mobile com munication terminal comprising a processor and memory configured to perform the method described above and pro viding the same advantages as described above The following is a description of two use cases to illustrate the usefulness of the invention The first use case is when a user gets a reminder to make a call while in flightmode As it is not allowed to start up the RF part of the device he is unable to make the call and thus the reminder is redundant at this point and might only serve as a distraction and stress the user According to the present inven tion the terminal would automatically check whether it is US 7 636 548 B2 3 possible to perform the reguired action ie to make the phone call and if it is not possible the action is p
8. for security reasons to first check if there are any untrusted Bluetooth devices within range and only proceed with the transfer if no untrusted devices are found This pro cedure can be both time consuming and irritating for the user SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention 1s to alleviate problems a user faces when using a mobile communication terminal as described above 20 25 30 35 45 50 55 65 2 The object is achieved in a first aspect by a method for triggering an event in a mobile communication terminal where the terminal is capable of operating in any one of a plurality of selectable states The method comprises the steps of receiving scheduling information when the terminal is in a first operational state the information specifying that an event in the mobile terminal is to be scheduled to be triggered when the mobile communication terminal has entered a sec ond state The event is triggered when the mobile communi cation terminal has entered the second operational state In this way the user can schedule events when he or she has a lot of time for execution at a time when he or she knows that many activities need to be performed simultaneously Ina preferred embodiment of the invention the first opera tional state is when the terminal is radio silent This covers the case for when the terminal is in flight mode In a preferred embodiment of the invention the second operation
9. gered in the future Included in this information is an event to be triggered and a desired state the terminal should have transi tioned to when triggering the event This information is pref erably entered by the user but could also be provided in other ways such as in a received data message such as an SMS or an MMS received over the air Non limiting examples of events that may be scheduled in step 310 are a reminder with a user specified text a synchro nization of the terminal clock with a time available in the network a search and store of available local broadcast radio stations In an idle state 320 the execution flow temporarily rests allowing other software modules in the terminal to execute before executing the next step In a desired state step 330 it is determined whether the current state of the terminal corresponds to the desired state If the terminal is in the desired state the execution flow continues to step 340 otherwise the execution flow goes back to step 320 The determination is performed as the skilled person will realize by interaction with other software or hardware components in the terminal having information about what operational state the terminal is presently in US 7 636 548 B2 5 Ina trigger event step 340 the event specified in step 310 is triggered The action and result of the triggering is as the skilled person will realize performed with interaction with other software and hardware co
10. illustrates a functional block diagram ofa mobile communication terminal according to an embodi ment of the present invention FIG 2 schematically illustrates a block diagram represent ing the general internal component and software structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodi ment of the present invention FIG 3 is a flowchart of a method according to an embodi ment of the present invention PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG 1 illustrates schematically a communication terminal 101 in which the present invention is implemented The ter minal 101 is capable of communication via an air interface 103 with a radio communication network 105 such as the well known systems CDMA2000 D AMPS GSM UMTS EDGE etc The terminal comprises a processor 107 memory 109 as well as input output units in the form of a microphone 111 a speaker 113 a display 115 and a keyboard 117 Radio communication is realized by radio circuitry 119 and an antenna 121 Connected to the radio communication network 105 is a controller 123 The details regarding how these units communicate are known to a person skilled in the art and is therefore not discussed further The internal component and software structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG 2 The mobile terminal has a controller 200 which is responsible for the overall operation of the mobile termin
11. in range for said short range RF transceiver 2 The method according to claim 1 wherein said first operational state is when said terminal is radio silent 3 The method according to claim 1 wherein said second state is a normal operational mode 4 The method according to claim 1 wherein said short range RF transceiver is a Bluetooth transceiver and said short range RF device is a Bluetooth device 5 The method according to claim 1 wherein said event is a transfer of data to or from said terminal 6 The method according to claim 1 wherein said event is activation of a reminder 7 The method according to claim 1 wherein said event is to synchronize a clock in said terminal with timing informa tion available in a mobile communication network to which said terminal connects to when entering said second opera tional state 8 The method according to claim 1 wherein said event is to scan and store available broadcast radio stations 9 A mobile communication terminal comprising a processor and a memory where the processor and memory are configured to 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 6 receive scheduling information when said terminal is in a first operational state said information specifying that an event in said mobile terminal is to be scheduled to be triggered when said mobile communication ter minal has entered a second operational state and trigger said event when said mobile communication ter mi
12. l through the man machine interface thus formed The software also includes various modules protocol stacks drivers etc which are commonly designated as a software block 230 and which provide communication ser vices such as transport network and connectivity for an RF interface 206 and optionally a Bluetooth interface 208 and or an IrDA interface 210 The RF interface 206 comprises an internal or external antenna as well as appropriate radio circuitry for establishing and maintaining a wireless link to a base station in a mobile communication network As is well known to a person skilled in the art the radio circuitry com prises a series of analog and digital electronic components together forming a radio receiver and transmitter The mobile terminal also has a SIM card 204 and an asso ciated reader As is commonly known the SIM card 204 comprises a processor as well as local work and data memory FIG 3 shows a flowchart of a method according to an embodiment of the present invention The execution of the steps illustrated is preferably executed in a terminal such as described above without continuous exclusive use of the con troller e g 200 in FIG 2 Consequently several software programs or modules can share use of the controller Such execution is well known in the art and is often referred to as multitasking In a receive scheduling information step 310 the terminal receives information to schedule an event to be trig
13. mponents in the terminal This may result for example in visual output on the display sound output to the speaker or a change in information in another software module While the execution described above only refers to one scheduled event it is within the scope of present invention to schedule any number of events On any state transition any event or events associated with the new state will be triggered As a person skilled in the art will realize the claimed invention could just as well be achieved if the event is trig gered when carrying out a transition to the desired state itself In other words in stead of periodically having to check if the terminal is in the desired state the transition itself could trigger any scheduled events The invention claimed is 1 A method comprising receiving scheduling information in a mobile communica tion terminal when said terminal is in a first operational state said information specifying that an event in said mobile terminal is to be scheduled to be triggered when said mobile communication terminal has entered a sec ond operational state and triggering said event when said mobile communication terminal has entered said second operational state wherein said first operational state is when at least one untrusted short range RF device is within range for a short range RF transceiver in said terminal and said second operational state is when only trusted short range RF devices are with
14. nal has entered said second operational state wherein said first operational state is when at least one untrusted short range RF device is within range for a short range RF transceiver in said terminal and said second operational state is when only trusted short range RF devices are within range for said short range RF transceiver 10 The terminal of claim 9 wherein said first operational state is when said terminal is radio silent 11 The terminal of claim 9 wherein said second state is a normal operational mode 12 The terminal of claim 9 wherein said short range RF transceiver is a Bluetooth transceiver and said short range RF device is a Bluetooth device 13 The terminal of claim 9 wherein said event is a transfer of data to or from said terminal 14 The terminal of claim 9 wherein said event is activation of a reminder 15 The terminal of claim 9 wherein said event is to syn chronize a clock in said terminal with timing information available in a mobile communication network to which said terminal connects to when entering said second operational state 16 The terminal of claim 9 wherein said event is to scan and store available broadcast radio stations 17 An apparatus comprising a controller and a memory coupled to the controller the memory having program instructions stored thereon the program instructions being configured to cause the controller to receive scheduling information in a mobile communica tion
15. ostponed to a later time This could either be done by simply postponing the reminder or by associating it with a profile change going from Flightmode to another mode allowing RF activity or when contact with an operator has been established Alternatively postponing the action could be supple mented with keeping the original reminder as well In the use case above this would result in both a reminder going of while in flight mode and one going off as contact with an operator has been established This would allow the user to look for alternative modes of communication suchas airplane phones while still being certain that should he fail he will be reminded again when it is possible The second use case is when a terminal has a scheduled Bluetooth synchronize session or when a user initiates a synchronization The terminal would then sense if there are any unfriendly device around ie any devices that are not on the trusted list any unknown devices or any devices on a blacklist depending on the desired security If so the terminal automatically postpones the synchronization to a later time when there are only friendly devices around either by post poning and trying again or by monitoring the environment and initiating the synchronization when the criteria is ful filled BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings provided as non limiting examples FIG 1 schematically
16. s safe to operate while the user is located on an airplane in flight or in a hospital environment One problem occurs when the user exits flight mode e g when returning to ground again after having been on an airplane or when exiting a hospital environment and the user wishes to set the terminal to be in normal operation mode At this point in time the user is typically busy with several activities such as disembarking the plane finding where to exit the airport or to catch another plane etc Thus for the user to make desired changes in the mobile communication termi nal for the new location is stressful and easily forgotten until a later less optimal time Ifa call reminder were to go off while the user is on a plane or somewhere else where the user is unable to make the call in the reminder the user would then be forced to wait until he is allowed to switch on the RF components again As some time could pass before the terminal is allowed to use the RF com ponents again and when it happens the user might be pre occupied with other tasks the user might forget that he was supposed to make a call and the reminder will then have been to no use Another reason for a user desiring or even being com pelled to temporarily disable radio communication is that of integrity and security while using short range RF For example when using a Bluetooth transceiver in the mobile communication terminal to send or receive data it may be desired
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