IP Library Granted Patent US 8,014,758
Granted Patent B2
US 8,014,758 · App. 12/266,849 · Granted Sep 6, 2011

Mobile telephone apparatus with remote access function for external network and remote access method for mobile communication system

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Patent No.
US 8,014,758
App. No.
12/266,849
Granted
Sep 6, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a mobile telephone apparatus, an information storing section stores information, and a control section receives a remote access request signal from an external network to access the information storing section.

Claims (17)

1. A remote access method for a mobile communication system comprising at least one mobile telephone apparatus, a mobile telephone network capable of communicating with said mobile telephone apparatus, an Internet connected via a gateway to said mobile telephone network, an access control server connected to said Internet, and at least one access request client connected to said Internet, comprising the steps of:

transmitting a remote access request signal from said access request client via said Internet to said access control server;

transmitting a first mail including said remote access signal from said access control server via said Internet, said gateway and said mobile telephone network to said mobile telephone apparatus;

generating a second mail by said mobile telephone apparatus in accordance with said first mail;

transmitting said second mail from said mobile telephone apparatus via said mobile telephone network, said gateway and said Internet to said access control server; and

transmitting a third mail including said second mail from said access control server to said access request client,

wherein said generating said second mail comprises:

determining whether said first mail is directed to a reference request or a renewal request based on content of a subject line of said first mail;

generating said second mail including personal information of said mobile telephone apparatus in response to said first mail being directed to said reference request according to said determining; and

generating said second mail including a renewed result of answering messages in an answering mode in response to said first mail being directed to said renewal request according to said determining,

wherein said renewal request renews a relationship between a telephone number of an originator and an answering message to respond to the originator, stored in said mobile telephone apparatus.

2. The remote access method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said personal information includes at least one of a telephone directory, mail information and schedule information.

3. The remote access method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said second mail includes an access refusal mail.

4. The remote access method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said transmitting said first mail comprises transmitting said first mail from said access control server via said Internet, said gateway and said mobile telephone network using a short message service to said mobile telephone apparatus.

5. The remote access method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said generating said second mail further comprises:

determining whether said first mail is directed to a remote access request based on content of a subject line of said first mail; and

generating second mail by said mobile telephone apparatus in accordance with said first mail according to said determining.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
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