Communication system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsKenichi Yoshida, Takashi Maruyama, Hitoshi Yokota
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Abstract
A communication system is provided of selecting the most approximate line from two or more connectable lines and connecting with a provider through the selected line in the mobile communication environment. The mobile device and the public phone of each phone company provide a standard wireless data communication facility, respectively. The public line pre-stores information about dial-up numbers of access points and a transmission speed of an internet provider. When the user starts the communication, the mobile device operates to obtain the most approximate access point information from each of the public phones and then dial up the most approximate access point through the public phone/line well-specified to the user.
Claims7
A method of connecting a mobile terminal provided with a wireless communication unit with the internet, comprising the steps of:
- detecting a plurality of communicable public line connecting devices to be connected with a public line;
- obtaining information about access points of an internet provider from a plurality of detected public line connecting devices;
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- obtaining internet provider connection information and connectable public line information from said plurality of detected public line connecting devices to connect from said public line to said internet provider,
- wherein said internet provider connection information is stored in advance in a database as to respective carriers of public lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.