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Title:
COMMUNICATION PROVIDER SELECTING METHOD AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/029560
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A mobile communication terminal apparatus (1) wherein a storage means (23) has first through fifth registration areas; a possible communication provider extracting means (21a) that analyzes information carried by a radio wave received at the current position and thereby extracts possible communication providers that can be communicated with; and a communication provider selecting means (21b) that selects a communication provider to be used, based on both an extraction result of the possible communication provider extracting means (21a) and the registration contents of the first through fifth registration areas. As a result, in a roaming process, the mobile communication terminal apparatus can select, from among a plurality of communication providers that can be communicated with, a communication provider the connection charge of which is low.

Inventors:
KOYAMA KAZUHIRO (JP)
NOGUCHI MASAHIRO (JP)
KANAYA HARUO (JP)
HARUNA TAKAAKI (JP)
KUDO MASAO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2006/316939
Publication Date:
March 15, 2007
Filing Date:
August 29, 2006
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Assignee:
SII MOBILE COMM INC (JP)
VODAFONE KK (JP)
KOYAMA KAZUHIRO (JP)
NOGUCHI MASAHIRO (JP)
KANAYA HARUO (JP)
HARUNA TAKAAKI (JP)
KUDO MASAO (JP)
International Classes:
H04M3/00; H04W48/18; H04W8/18
Foreign References:
JP2005033707A2005-02-03
JP2004274458A2004-09-30
JP2004048460A2004-02-12
JP2003304351A2003-10-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIBATA, Itsuo (19-4, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 31, JP)
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