Method for selecting wireless path of portable communication terminal, portable communication terminal and wireless communication system for use thereof

1. A method for downloading a data file to a portable communications terminal comprising:

said portable communication terminal automatically selecting from a first wireless path having flat rate billing and a second wireless path having measured rate billing, said automatic selecting including:

detecting whether said first wireless path is available to said portable communications terminal for downloading said file at the current location and

in response to detecting that said first wireless path is available at said current location, said portable communication terminal downloading said file using said first wireless path, and

in response to detecting that said first wireless path is not available at said current location, detecting whether said second wireless path is available and, in response to detecting that said second path is available, said portable communication terminal downloading said file from said second wireless path.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said portable communication terminal, while downloading said data file through said second path, repeats said detecting whether said first path is available and, in response to detecting said first wireless path becoming available prior to completion of the downloading, switches to download a remainder of said data file from said first wireless path.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said portable communication terminal acquires a data file from a server unit connected to a network by communication at the current location.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein

said portable communication terminal requests said server unit to divide and supply a data file;

said server unit, in response to said request, divides the data file and sequentially transmits each part of said data file to said portable communication terminal; and

said portable communication terminal performs said selecting every time each part of said data from said server unit is received.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

said portable communication terminal requesting said server unit to transmit a plurality of data files; and

said server unit, in response to said requesting, sends different data files corresponding to said data files requested by said portable communication terminal to said first and second wireless paths, wherein

said selecting further includes detecting whether said first and said second wireless paths are concurrently available to said portable unit at said current location, and

in response to said selecting detecting that said first and second wireless paths are available to said portable unit at said current location, said portable communication terminal downloads at least a first of the data files transmitted from said server unit by way of said first wireless path and concurrently, with at least a portion of said downloading, downloads another of said data files by way of said second wireless path.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said portable communication terminal transmits an audio call signal during said downloading at the current location.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said portable communication terminal transmits a video call signal during said downloading at the current location.

8. A portable communication terminal comprising:

a first communication section for wireless connecting to a first wireless path, said first wireless path having flat rate billing;

a second communication section for wireless connecting to a second wireless path, said second wireless path having measured rate billing;

a communication control section, for automatically selecting, in response to a request for downloading a data file, among said first wireless path and said second wireless path for downloading said file,

wherein said communication control section is constructed and arranged to perform said automatic selecting by first detecting whether said first wireless path is available to said portable communications terminal for downloading said file at the current location and

in response to detecting that said first wireless path is available at said current location, controlling said first communication section to download said file to said portable communication terminal using said first wireless path, and

in response to detecting that said first wireless path is not available at said current location, detecting whether said second wireless path is available and, in response to detecting that said second path is available, controlling said second communication section to download said file to said portable communication terminal using said second wireless path.

9. The portable communication terminal of claim 8 , wherein said communication control section is constructed and arranged such that, when controlling said communication second section to download said data file using said second path, it repeats said detecting whether said first path is available and, in response to detecting said first wireless path becoming available prior to completion of the downloading, switches to control said first communication section to download a remainder of said data file using said first wireless path.

10. The portable communication terminal of claim 8 , wherein

said communication control section is constructed and arranged to control said first and second communication sections to download a data file in divided parts, and

said communication control section repeats said selecting every time each of said parts is received.

11. The Portable communication terminal of claim 8 , wherein said communication control section is further constructed and arranged to detect whether said first and said second wireless paths are concurrently available to said portable unit at said current location and, in response to said detection, and is constructed and arrange to control, based on said detecting, said first communication section to download a data file using said first wireless path concurrent with second communication sections downloading at least a second data files using said second wireless path.

12. The portable communication terminal of claim 8 , wherein each of said first and second communication sections is constructed and arranged to transmit an audio call signal during said downloading at the current location.

13. The portable communication terminal of claim 8 , wherein each of said first and second communication sections is constructed and arranged to transmit a video call signal during said downloading at the current location.