Emergency message service method and apparatus for mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsShin Duck LEE, Jong Phil Lee
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Abstract
An emergency message service method and apparatus for a mobile terminal in which the emergency message service can be effectively utilized even when call forwarding is active in the mobile terminal. The detection and deactivation of call forwarding for an emergency message permits an emergency call to be rapidly established. The emergency message service method may include: checking, upon detection of an emergency message request, the setting status of call forwarding; deactivating, when call forwarding is active, call forwarding; sending, after deactivation of call forwarding, a requested emergency message using a pre-enrolled subscriber number.
Claims20
An emergency message service method for a mobile terminal, comprising:
- detecting an emergency message request;
- checking, in response to the emergency message request, the setting status of call forwarding;
- deactivating call forwarding after determining from the setting status that call forwarding is active;
- sending, after deactivation of call forwarding, a requested emergency message using at least one pre-enrolled subscriber number.
An emergency message service method comprising:
- sending a deactivation request message for call forwarding to a serving base station by a mobile terminal, upon detection of an emergency message request when said mobile terminal receives said emergency request message during a status in which call forwarding is active;
- deactivating call forwarding by the serving base station, upon reception of the deactivation request message sent by the mobile terminal, and the serving base station sending a deactivation response message to the mobile terminal;
- and
- sending by the mobile terminal a requested emergency message using a pre-enrolled subscriber number upon reception of the deactivation response message sent by the serving base station.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a radio frequency unit for establishing a communication channel to a base station for communication, and for sending and receiving messages related to call forwarding and emergency messaging;
- an input unit for accepting an input signal entered through the input unit of said mobile terminal for generating an emergency message request, and for accepting an input signal for activating and deactivating call forwarding;
- a memory unit for storing an application for handling operations related to emergency messaging, and for storing setting information related to call forwarding and emergency messaging;
- and
- a control unit for sending, upon detection of an emergency message request in a state where call forwarding is active, an emergency message after deactivating call forwarding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.