| US 7,574,191 B2 | ||
| Terminal and standby operation control method | ||
| Hiroto Sato, Fuchu (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 07, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/759,860. | ||
| Application 11/759860 is a division of application No. 10/946533, filed on Sep. 20, 2004, granted, now 7,292,838. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-23677 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0232256 A1, Oct. 04, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 1/40 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—343.1 [455/572] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A terminal comprising:
a wireless communication unit to perform wireless communication;
a battery containing unit to contain a battery, which is charged by power supplied from an external power supply;
a detection unit to detect whether power is supplied from the external power supply;
a setting unit to set, in accordance with a setting made by a user, one of a plurality of operation modes that include: (i)
a first mode of enabling a signal waiting operation to be executed by the wireless communication unit when power is supplied
from the external power supply and disabling the signal waiting operation when power is supplied from the battery, and (ii)
a second mode of executing, by the wireless communication unit, an operation selected from among a plurality of operations
in response to a change of status detected by the detection unit; and
a control unit to: (i) while the first mode is set, control the wireless communication unit to one of enable and disable the
signal waiting operation in accordance with a detection result of the detection unit, and (ii) every time the change of status
is detected by the detection unit while the second mode is set, perform control to prompt a selection of one of the plurality
of operations and to control the wireless communication unit to execute the selected one of the plurality of operations.
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