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PATENT ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET
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SUBMISSION TYPE: NEW ASSIGNMENT

NATURE OF CONVEYANCE: ASSIGNMENT
CONVEYING PARTY DATA

Name Execution Date
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11/19/2019
RECEIVING PARTY DATA

Name: 2BCOM, LLC
Street Address: 1603 ORRINGTON AVE
Internal Address: SUITE 600
City: EVANSTON
State/Country: ILLINOIS
Postal Code: 60201
PROPERTY NUMBERS Total: 27

Property Type Number
Patent Number: 7359696
Property Type Number
CORRESPONDENCE DATA
Fax Number:
Correspondence will be sent to the e-mail address first; if that is unsuccessful, it will be sent
using a fax number, if provided; if that is unsuccessful, it will be sent via US Mail.
Phone: 2123237442
Email: skolmykov@kskiplaw.com
Correspondent Name: SERGEY KOLMYKOV
Address Line 1: 305 BROADWAY
Address Line 4: NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10007
NAME OF SUBMITTER: SERGEY KOLMYKOV

SIGNATURE: /Sergey Kolmykov/
DATE SIGNED: 12/18/2019
This document serves as an Oath/Declaration (37 CFR 1.63).
Total Attachments: 3
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EXHIBIT II
FORM OF UNITED STATES PATENT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
PA TENT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
THIS PATENT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), is made and entered into this
Ji_ day of November, 2019 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Toshiba Corporation, a
corporation organized under the laws of Japan, having offices at 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-
ku, Tokyo 105-8001, Japan ("Assignor") and 2BCom, LLC, a limited liability company organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware, having offices at 1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 600,
Evanston, IL 60201, United States ("Assignee") (each a "Party" and collectively the "Parties").
WHEREAS, Assignor wishes to assign the United States patents as listed on Schedule A (United
States patent properties) hereto (collectively the "Patents") to Assignee;
WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee have entered into a Patent Transfer Agreement (the "Transfer
Agreement") dated November / °I , 2019, wherein Assignor has agreed to sell and Assignee
has agreed to purchase the Patents subject to all prior encumbrances and licenses;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the Parties and
pursuant to the Transfer Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed as follows:
"Encumbrances" means any commitments, patent licenses, immunities, releases or other rights
relating to any of the Patents, whether express, implied or otherwise, that are made, entered into
or granted by, or that arise from any actions taken by Assignor, any current or former Affiliate of
Assignor, or any other Person, on or before the date of this agreement.
I. ASSIGNMENT
1. To all whom it may concern, be it known that for good and valuable consideration, Assignor
has sold, assigned, transferred, and set over, and by these presents does sell, assign, transfer,
and set over unto said Assignee, subject to all Encumbrances, its whole right, title, and interest
in and to all of the Patents, said whole right, title, and interest in and to said Patents including
all past, present, and future causes of action and claims for damages derived by reason of patent
infringement thereof (to the extent such damages are not already paid, awarded or contractually
owed to Assignor, its Affiliates or any predecessor of Assignor or Assignor's Affiliates), for
said Assignee's own use and for the use of its assigns, successors, and legal representatives to
the full end of the term of each of the Patents. For clarity, the foregoing assignment does not
include (i) any trademarks, trade dress, trade names, or other indicia of origin; (ii) except for
rights in the Patents, any inventions or discoveries, whether patentable or not, or registrations,
invention disclosures, patents and applications therefor; (iii) any trade secrets, confidential
information or know-how; (iv) any works of authorship, whether copyrightable or not; and (v)
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any other intellectual property or proprietary rights of Assignor, its Affiliates or any
predecessor of Assignor or Assignor's Affiliates.
2. Assignor hereby authorizes and requests the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks of the
United States and any official of any country or countries foreign to the United States, whose
duty is to issue patents or other evidence or forms of industrial property on applications as
aforesaid, to issue the same to Assignee, it successors, assigns and legal representatives, or to
such nominees as it may designate.
3. Assignor agrees that, whenever reasonably requested by Assignee and at Assignee's sole cost
and expense, Assignor will execute all papers, take all rightful oaths, and do all acts which may
be reasonably necessary for vesting title thereto in Assignee, its successors, assigns and legal
representatives or nominees.
4. Assignor authorizes and empowers Assignee, its successors, assigns and legal representatives
or nominees, to invoke and claim for any application for patent the benefit of the right of
priority to the Patents provided by the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property, as amended, or by any convention which may henceforth be substituted for it, or any
other international agreement or the domestic laws of the country in which any such application
is filed, as may be applicable, and to invoke and claim such right of priority without further
written or oral authorization from Assignor.
5. Assignor hereby consents that a copy of this Agreement shall be deemed a full legal and formal
equivalent of any assignment, consent to file or like document that may be required in any
country for any purpose and more particularly in proof of the right of Assignee or nominee to
claim the aforesaid benefit of the right of priority provided by the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property, as amended, or by any convention which may henceforth be
substituted for it.
In Testimony Whereof, Toshiba Corporation by its fully authorized representatives has executed
this Assignment as of the dates indicated below.
[Seller]
By: rtl£,,, 1.. l?t{t,..,.Pt~

Name: Ikuko SHIMOGA WA
Title: General Manager
Intellectual Property Division
Toshiba Corporation
Date: llltf/2019
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SCHEDULE A
UNITED STATES PATENTS
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US7336924 US7546147
US7136368 US7460477
US7251237
US7738435
US7876736
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UNITED STA TES p ATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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APPLICATION NO. ISSUE DATE PATENT NO. ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.
11/187,903 07/31/2007 7251237 275309US2-RD DIV 8022
22850 7590 07/11/2007

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IR103 (Rev. 11/05)

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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MOBILE TERMINAL ACCESSIBLE

Title of Invention: TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND LOCAL NETWORK
SIMULTANEOUSLY
First Named Inventor/Applicant Name: Atsushi Inoue
Filer: Marvin Jay Spivak/Tallat Mahmood
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APPLICATION NO. AUNGDATE ARST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONARMATION NO.
22850 7590 04/19/2007 EXAMINER
OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, P.C. NGO, NGUYEN HOANG
1940 DUKE STREET
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER
2616
DATE MAILED: 04/19/2007
PRIORITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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D acknowledged
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See 37 CFR l.55(a)(2).
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EXAMINER
22850 7590 03/26/2007
NGO, NGUYEN HOANG
OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, P.C.
1940 DUKE STREET ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 2616

AND LOCAL NETWORK SIMULTANEOUSLY
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(Deposito~s name)
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EXAMINER ART UNIT CLASS-SUBCLASS
NGO, NGUYEN HOANG 2616 370-338000

I. Change of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (3 7 2. For printing on the patent front page, list
CFR 1.363).
(I) the names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
0 Change of correspondence address (or Change of Correspondence or agents OR, alternatively,
Address form PTO/SB/122) attached. (2) the name of a single firm (having as a member a 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
0 "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address" Indication form registered attorney or agent) and the names of up to
PTO/SB/47; Rev 03-02 or more recent) attached. Use of a Customer 2 registered patent attorneys or agents. If no name is 3
Number is required. listed, no name will be printed. -------------
3. ASSIGNEE NAME AND RESIDENCE DATA TO BE PRINTED ON THE PATENT (print or type)
PLEASE NOTE: Unless an assignee is identified below, no assignee data will appear on the patent. If an assignee is identified below, the document has been filed for
recordation as set forth in 37 CFR 3.11. Completion of this form is NOT a substitute for filing an assignment.
(A) NAME OF ASSIGNEE (B) RESIDENCE: (CITY and STATE OR COUNTRY)
Please check the appropriate assignee category or categories (will not be printed on the patent) : 0 Individual O Corporation or other private group entity O Government
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NGO, NGUYEN HOANG
OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, P.C.
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Application No. Applicant(s)
11/187,903 INOUE, ATSUSHI

Notice of Allowability Examiner Art Unit
Nguyen Ngo 2616
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1. [ZI This communication is responsive to 7125/2005.
2. [ZI The allowed claim(s) is/are 4-11, 17, 19.
3. D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
a) D All b) D Some* c) D None of the:
1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-06) Notice of Allowability Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20070228
Application/Control Number: 11/187,903 Page 2
Art Unit: 2616
EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT
1. An examiner's amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes
and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided
by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be
submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.
Authorization for this examiner's amendment was given in a telephone interview
with Eckhard H. Kuesters on February 23, 2007.
The application has been amended as follows:
2. Claims 4, 17, 19, has been amended as seen in the attached amendment as
submitted by applicant in response to interview on 2/23/2007
Allowable Subject Matter
3. Claims 4-11, 17, and 19 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
4. Claim 4, 17, 19 are allowable over the prior art of record since the cited
references taken individually or in combination fail to particularly disclose
a mobile terminal device having an inquiry transmission unit configured to
transmit an inquiry message to a gateway device for inquiring information
regarding a location on networks of a correspondent of packet communications
to be carried out, and a address assignment unit configured to receive response

Art Unit: 2616
message in response to the inquiry message through the second communic·ation
interface, acquire an address to be used by the mobile terminal device in the
packet communications with the correspondent according to the response
message, and assign the address to the second interface. It is noted that the
closest prior art, Turunen (US 64 77644) in view of Kumaki et al. (US, 64 73411)
discloses a method of enabling of a mobile Internet host from a local area network to a
GSM network. However the stated prior art fails to disclose or render obvious to the
above underline limitations _as claimed.
Conclusion
5. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
applicant's disclosure.
a) Agrawal et al. (US 6490259), Active Layer And Intra-Domain Mobility for'IP
Networks.
b) Dynarski et al. (US 6272129), Dynamic Allocation Of Wireless Mobile Nodes
Over An Internet Protocol (IP) Network.
c) Watanabe et al. (US 6834192), Method, and Associated Apparatus, For
Effectuating Handover Of Communications In A Bluetooth, Or Other, Radio
Communication System.
Application/Control Number: 11/187,903 Page4
Art Unit: 2616
d) Elliot (US 6473097), Method And Apparatus For Providing A Mobile Switching
Center Intranet Function.
e) Turunen (US 6477644), Mobile Internet Access.
f) Kumaki et al. (US 6473411), Router Device, Datagram Transfer Method And
Communication System Realizing Handoff Control For Mobile Terminals.
g) Rautiola et al. (US 6853851), Dual Mode Terminal For Accessing A Cellular
Network Directly Or Via A Wireless Intranet.
h) Lehikoinen et al. (US 6847823), System And Method For Accessing Local
Services With A Mobile Terminal.
i) Heinonen et al. (US 6744753), Local Service Handover.
j) Johnson et al. (US 6625135), Method And Apparatus For Incorporating
Environmental Information For Mobile Communications
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
examiner should be directed to Nguyen Ngo whose telephone number is (571) 272-
8398. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday-Friday 7am - 3:30 pm.
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Application/Control No. Applicant(s)/Patent Under
Reexamination
11/187,903 INOUE, ATSUSHf
Notice of References Cited
Examiner Art Unit
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U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
Document Number Date
* Country Code-Number-Kind Code MM-YYYY Name Classification
* A US-6,490,259 12-2002 Agrawal et al. 370/331
* B US-6,272, 129 08-2001 Dynarski et al. 370/356
* C US-6,834, 192 12-2004 Watanabe et al. 455/444
* D US-6,473,097 10-2002 Elliott, Stephen Bennett 715/733
* E US-6,477,644 11-2002 Turunen, Matti 713/161
* F US-6,473,411 10-2002 Kumaki et al. 370/331
* G US-6,853,851 02-2005 Rautiola et al. 455/553.1
* H US-6,847,823 01-2005 Lehikoinen et al. 455/456.1
* I US-6,744,753 06-2004 Heinonen et al. 370/338
* J US-6,625, 135 09-2003 Johnson et al. 370/332

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PTO-892 (Rev. 01-2001) Notice of References Cited Part of Paper No. 20070228
FEB. 23. 2007 7:41PM OBLON SPIVAK NO. 146-P. 5
Application No. 11/187,903

Supplemental Preliminary Amendment
IN TiiE CLA.Th,iS
Please amend the claims as follows:
Claims 1-3 (Canceled).
Claim 4 (Currently .Amended); A mobile terminal device capable of
accessing both a mobile communication network and a local network .
simultaneously, the mobile terminal device comprising:
a first communication interface provided with respect to the mobile
communication network;
a second communication io.terface provided with respect to the local network;
a packet communication unit configured to cany out first packet
communications through the first communication interface and second packet
communications through the second communication interface;
an inquiry message transmission unit configured to transmit to a gatewal:'.
device an inquiry message for inquiring i:oformation regarding a location on networks
of a correspondent of packet communications to be carried out, through the second
communication interface; and
an address assignment unit configured to receive a response message in
response to the inquiry message through the second communication interface, acquire
an address to be used by the mobile tennin.al device in the packet communications
with the correspondent according to the response message, and assign the addr~ss to
the second communication interface.
Claim 5 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 4, further comprising:
2
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a judgment unit configured to judge a manner of utilizing the fi!st packet
communications and the .second packet communications according to a prescribed
policy, when both the first packet communications and the second packet
communica:tions are possible.
Claim 6 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 5, whe.rein when the address
assignment unit assigns one global address to the second communication interface while the
mobile ter:mmal device is already com1ected to the mobile communication network by using
another global address through the first communication interface, the judgment unitjudges
which one of the :first packet communications using the another global address via the mobile
communication network through the first communication interface and the second packet
communications using the one global address via the local network through the second
communication interface should be used, by accounting for at lea.st one of a state, a
performance or a charging condition of the mobile communication network, and a state,
a performance or a charging information of an external communication network to which the
local network is connected.
Claim 7 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 4, wherein the address
assignment unit assigns a link local address as defined in IPv6 to the second communication
interface when the location of the correspondent is on-link, assigns a site local address as
defined in JPv6 to the second communication interface when the location of the
correspondent is within a site accessible from the second communication interface, or assigns
a global address to the second communication interface otherwise.
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Claim 8 (Original): Toe mobile terminal device of claim 4, wherein the packet
communication unit releases an entire network setting on the mobile comm.1.mication network
· side or change a network setting of all applications on the mobile tenninal device to a
network setting on the local network side, when all services received through the first
communication interface via the mobile communication network are finished after accessing
the local network through the second communication interface.
Claim 9 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 4, wherein the packet
communication unit has a gateway :function for relaying packet communications of another
device connected to the local network by using the first commi.m.ication interface and the
second communication interface, when both the first packet communications through the first
communication interface and the second packet communications through the second
communication interface are possible.
Claim 10 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 4, wherein the second
communication interface supports Bluetooth as the local network.
Claim 11 (Original): Toe mobile terminal device of claim 4, :further comprising a
voice communication unit configured to carry out voice communications.
Claim 17 (Currently Amended): An address assignment method for a mobile terminal
device capable of accessing both a mobile communication network and a local network
simultaneously, the method comprising:
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· Supplemental Preliminary Amendment
transmitting to a gateway device an inquiry message for inquiring information
regarding a location on networks of a correspondent of packet communications to be
carried out, from the mobile tenninal device through the local network; and
receiving a response message in response to the inquiry message through the
local net\'1/ork at the mobile terminal device;
acquiring an address to be used by the mobile terminal device in the packet
commumcations with the correspondent according to the response message; and
assigning the address to a communication interface for the local. network at the ·
mobile terminal device: and
communicating with the correspondent using the address assigned to said
communication interface.
Claim 18 (Canceled).
Claim 19 (Currently Amended): A computer readable medium st.oring a computer
program preauet for causing a computer of a mobile terminal device capable of accessing
both a mobile communication network and a local network simultaneously, to execute an
address assigoment, the computer f;):1!8gEam. f.)ffldaet r~dable medium comprising:
first computer program codes for causing the computer to transmit an inquiry message
for inquiring information regarding a location on networks of correspondent of packet
communications to be carried out, from the mobile terminal device through the local network;
second computer program codes for causing the computer to recei'V"e a response
message in response to the inquiry message through the local net\X/ork;
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third computer program codes for causing the computer to acquire an address
to be used by the mobile temrinal device in the packet communications with the
correspondent according to the response message; and
fourth computer program codes for causing the computer to assign the address
to a communication interface for the local network at the mobile tenninal device.
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Atsushi Inoue, Kanagawa, JAPAN;
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Application/Control No. Applicant(s)/Patent under
Issue Classification 11/187,903 Reexamination
INOUE, ATSUSHI
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Nguyen Ngo
Art Unit
2616
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22 52 82 112 142 172 202
23 53 83 113 143 173 203
24 54 84 114 144 174 204
25 55 85 115 145 175 205
26 56 · 86 116 146 176 206
27 57 87 117 147 177 207
28 58 88 118 148 178 208
29 59 89 119 149 179 209
30 60 90 120 150 180 210
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Part of Paper No. 20070228
Index of Claims Reexamination
Examiner Art Unit
1111 I 111 11111111 I Nquyen Nqo 2616
(Through numeral)
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29 79 129
30 80 130
31 81 131
32 82 132
33 83 133
34 84 134
35 85 135
36 86 136
37 87 137
38 88 138
39 89 139
40 90 140
41 91 141
42 92 142
43 93 143
44 94 144
45 95 145
46 96 146
47 97 147
48 98 148
49 99 149·
50 100 150

Search Notes Reexamination
I I I 111 1111 111 I Examiner
Nouven Noo
Art Unit
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SEARCH NOTES
SEARCHED
(INCLUDING SEARCH STRATEGY)
Class Subclass Date Examiner DATE EXMR
370 331 2/28/2007 NHN

Consulted SPE Wing Chan 2/28/2007 NHN
370 475 2/28/2007 NHN
370 313 2/28/2007 NHN
370 342 2/28/2007 NHN Text Search East see attached 2/28/2007 NHN
370 338 2/28/2007 NHN
370 352 2/28/2007 NHN
370 328 2/28/2007 NHN
455 455 2/28/2007 NHN
455 445 2/28/2007 NHN
455 552.1 2/28/2007 NHN
455 403 2/28/2007 NHN
455 456.1 2/28/2007 NHN
455 456.2 2/28/2007 NHN
455 456.3 2/28/2007 NHN
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INTERFERENCE SEARCHED
Class Subclass Date Examiner
370 338 2/28/2007 NHN
370 352 2/28/2007 NHN
370 331 2/28/2007 NHN
370/475
455/456.1
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51 245 ("5412760" "5913163" "5970409" US-PGPUB; OR OFF 2007/02/15 15:50
"4907290" "4977612" "5210753" USPAT
"5239673" "5479475" "5570366"
"5592533" "5610969" "5625877"
"5655219" "5666398" "5673308"
"5742905" "5745481" "5749053"
"5761204" "5761500" "5771453"
"5920826" "5920815" "5956653"
"5974034" "5991615" "5991279"
"6018573" "6028855" "6041358"
"6088598" "6104712" "6223029"
"6223029" "6249811" "6272117"
"6272129" "6282281" "6324281"
"6370394" "6392995" "6434399"
'"6466570" "6477644" "6580704"
"6597682" "6618595" "6728530"
"6741575" "6788676").pn.
("6847823" "6885337" "5557652"
"5539813" "5627831" "5555298"
"5572221" "5839063" "5949775"
"5983100" "5991639" "6029066"
"6069885" "6169890" "6185412"
"4337376" "4451699" "4776003"
"4777646" "4980907" "4993059"
"5212806" "5274841" "5289378"
"5339352" "5373300" "5414752"
"5465207" "5490139" "5517550"
"5526348" "5533026" "5542094"
"5564072" "5570373" "5574979"
"5579374" "5583914" "5625555"
"5628055" "5657317" "5668557"
"5682379" "5684835" "5686898"
"5694393" "5696903" "5708679"
"5717737" "5774460").pn.
("5790536" "5794145" "5812955"
"5818920" "5839075" "5841767"
"5862492" "5867126" "5873070"
"5875185" "5884190" "5895431"
"5909198" "5943019" "5949776"
"5953676" "5956331" "5961337"
"5973651" "5983090" "5995923"
"5999146" "6006100" "6009326" .
"6018650" "6035215" "6041222"
"6054956" "6073016" "6075860"
"6091951" "6122498" "6122261"
"6131095" "6130892" "6134452"
"6151628" "6154461" "6163228"
"6167271" "6181953" "6198921"
"6201962" "6205173" "6212377"
"6223053" "6226523" "6226528"
"6212377" "6223053").pn.
("6226523" "6226528" "6233446"
"6243363" "6243581" "6246672"
"6246758" "6253064" "6256514"
"6282433" "6285662'' "6317582"
3 38 281
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52 0 atsushi adj inoue U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/02 14:40
U5PAT
53 42501 Inoue U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/02 14:40
U5PAT
54 16330 atsushi U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/02 14:40
U5PAT
55 595 53 and 54 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/02 14:40
U5PAT
56 159 53 with 54 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/02 14:40
U5PAT
57 155 53 adj 54 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/02 14:40
U5PAT
58 48 ("5377267" "6075783" "6185204" U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:37
"5377186" "5802145" "5636216" U5PAT
"5872523" "6744753" "6058429"
"6161134" "5745702" "6324183"
"6625145" "6094676" "6219710"
"6219710" "6377990" "6101244"
"6252544" "6317592" "6429812"
"6018657" "6205330" "6266405"
"6370394" "6226287" "6226287"
"6289377" "6738828" "5793839"
"6104712" "6404746" "6477644"
"6741575" "6167438" "6205481"
"5625877" "5530963" "5845267"
"5940598" "6084892" "6097719"
"6282281" "6466570" "5923659"
"6115752" "6169795" "6181695"
"6195425" "6292479'').pn.
59 1 "0944176" U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2005/08/03 09:21
U5PAT;
EPO; JPO
;
510 23 ("20020015042" I "20020094778" I U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:23 ·

"20020193073" I "20030036350" I U5PAT;
"20030115038" I "20030119446" I U5OCR
"20030119494" I "20030177113" I
"20030208595" I "5987099" I
"6138159" I "6167278" I "6243581"
I "6285879" I "6317781" I
"6330448" I "6414955" I "6421707"
I "6430395" I "6430413" I
"6445921" I "6477373" I
"6519453").PN. OR ("6744753").
URPN.
511 0 "0944176".PRCO. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:26
U5PAT
514 5 "44176".FREF. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:27
U5PAT
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515 0 "0944176".PRAN. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:30
U5PAT
516 123 Heinonen EPO OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:31
517 151 Tomi EPO OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:31
518 11 516 with 517 EPO OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:31
519 0 "0944176".PN. EPO OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:38
520 1 "0944176".PN. U5OCR; OR OFF 2005/08/03 09:38
EPO;
DERWENT
521 7826 370/342,338,352.ccls. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 15:12
U5PAT
522 116744 LAN or (local adj3 network) U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 11: 16
U5PAT
523 225509 mobile U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 15:13
U5PAT
524 435970 address U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 15:13
U5PAT
525 13254 mobile same address U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/03 15:13
USPAT
U5PAT
527 2882 526 and 522 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:03
U5PAT
528 374 521 and 527 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/0~/03 15:14
U5PAT
529 117210 LAN or (local adj3 network) U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:03
U5PAT
530 226141 mobile U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:03
U5PAT
531 436960 address U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:03
U5PAT
U5PAT
533 2897 532 and 529 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:03
U5PAT
534 2897 533 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:04
USPAT
535 5330 455/455,445,552.1,403,456.1,456. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:05
2,456.3.ccls. U5PAT
536 262 534 and 535 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:05
U5PAT
537 605976 (mobile or cellular or portable or U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:06
PDA or laptop) U5PAT
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U5PAT
539 4399 529 and 538 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 07:06
U5PAT
540 327 539 and 535 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 09:03
U5PAT
542 3 "947512".ap. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 11: 10
U5PAT
543 1572 370/331,475,313.ccls. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 11: 11
U5PAT
544 1312064 (mobile or portable or cell$5 or PDA U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 11: 13
or laptop or wireless) U5PAT
545 817675 address or ID or identification or U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 11: 13
identity U5PAT
U5PAT
547 629 543 and 546 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 11: 16
U5PAT
548 117210 LAN or (local adj3 network) U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 11: 16
U5PAT
549 117210 548 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 11:16
U5PAT
550 212 547 and 549 U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 13:47
U5PAT
551 1 "6473411".pn. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2005/08/04 13:47
U5PAT
552 · 403 location with correspondent U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2006/08/01 14:23
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
S53 10 (location and correspondent and U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/28 14:10
mobile and gateway).clm. U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
554 2 "7136368".pn. U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/14 11:16
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
555 109101 mobile with network U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 15:54
USPAT;
USOCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
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556 226806 local with network U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 15:54
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
557 18052 555 same 556 U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 15:54
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
558 90708 location with network$3 U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 15:54
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
559 5370 557 and 558 U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 15:55
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
560 20065 mobile with address U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 15:56
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
561 1822 559 and 560 U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 15:56
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
. DERWENT
562 670 561 and "370"/$.ccls. U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 16:01
U5PAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
563 11783 370/342,338,352.ccls. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF , 2007/02/15 16:01
USPAT
564 7714 455/455,445,552.1,403,456.1,456. US-PGPUB; OR OFF 2007/02/15 16:01
2,456.3.ccls. U5PAT
565 2334 370/331,475,313.ccls. U5-PGPUB; OR OFF 2007/02/15 16:01
U5PAT
566 21071 563 or 564 or 565 U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 16:02
USPAT;
U5OCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
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567 590 561 and 566 US-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/15 16:02
USPAT;
USOCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
568 537 (location and message and mobile U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/28 14:10
and gateway).clm. USPAT;
USOCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
569 0 (location and message and mobile U5-PGPUB; OR ON 2007/02/28 14:11
and gateway and corresondent). USPAT;
elm. USOCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
570 8 (location and message and mobile US-PG PUB; OR ON 2007/02/28 14:11
and gateway and correspondent). USPAT;
elm. USOCR;
EPO; JPO;
DERWENT
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Docket No. 275309US2RD DIV
IN RE APPLICATION OF: Atsushi INO \Ee~s zoo,11
SERIAL NO: 11/187,903
FILED:
FOR:
July 25, 2005 ~~JJ
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH OBILE TERMINAL ACCESSIBLE TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION
NETWORK AND LOCAL NETWORK SIMULTANEOUSLY
COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

ALEXANDRIA, YIRGINIA 22313
SIR:
Transmitted herewith is an amendment in the above-identified application.
■ No additional fee is required

D Small entity status ofthis application under 37 C.F.R. §1.9 and §1.27 is claimed.
D Additional documents filed herewith:
The Fee has been calculated as shown below:
HIGHEST
NO.
CLAIMS NUMBER
CLAIMS EXTRA RATE CAL CU LA TIONS
REMAINING PREVIOUSLY
CLAIMS
PAID
TOTAL IO MINUS 20 0 X $50 = $0.00

INDEPENDENT 3 MINUS 7 0 X $200 = $0.00
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0
APPLICATION SIZE MINUS 100 (each addtl. 50 X $250 = $0.00
sheets)
□ MULTIPLE DEPENDENT CLAIMS + $360 = $0.00
TOTAL OF ABOVE CALCULATIONS $0.00
□ Reduction by 50% for filing by Small Entity $0.00

TOTAL $0.00
D A check in the amount of $0.00 is attached.

D Credit card payment form is attached to cover the fees in the amount of $0.00
■ Please charge any additional Fees for the papers being filed herewith and for which no check or credit card payment is
enclosed herewith, or credit any overpayment to deposit Account No. 15-0030. A duplicate copy of this sheet is enclosed.
■ If these papers are not considered timely filed by the Patent and Trademark Office, then a petition is hereby made under
37 C.F.R. § 1.136, and any additional fees required under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136 for any necessary extension of time may be
charged to Deposit Account No. 15-0030. A duplicate copy of this sheet is enclosed.
OBLON, SPIVAK, McCLELLAND,

E &NEUSTADT,P~
Eckhard H. Kuesters
Registration No. 28,870
Customer Number
22850
Tel. (703) 413-3000
Fax. (703) 413-2220
(OSMMN 05/03)
DOCKET NO: 275309US2RD D .
FEB 2 3 W07
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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE
IN RE APPLICATION OF
ATSUSHI INOUE EXAMINER: NGO, NGUYEN HOANG
SERIAL NO: 11/187,903
FILED: JULY 25, 2005 GROUP ART UNIT: 2616
FOR: COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

WITH MOBILE TERMINAL
ACCESSIBLE TO MOBILE
COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND
LOCAL NETWORK SIMULTANEOUSLY
SUPPLEMENTAL PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS.

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 22313
SIR:
Prior to examination on the merits, please amend the above-identified application as
follows:
Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of claims which begins on
page 2 of this paper.
Remarks/Arguments begin on page 7 of this paper.

IN THE CLAIMS
Claim 4 (Currently Amended): A mobile terminal device capable of
accessing both a mobile communication network and a local network
a second communication interface provided with respect to the local network;
a packet communication unit configured to carry out first packet
an inquiry message transmission unit configured to transmit to a gateway
device an inquiry message for inquiring information regarding a location on networks
of a correspondent of packet communications to be carried out, through the second
an address to be used by the mobile terminal device in the packet communications
with the correspondent according to the response message, and assign the address to
2
a judgment unit configured to judge a manner of utilizing the first packet
communications and the second packet communications according to a prescribed
communications are possible.
Claim 6 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 5, wherein when the address
mobile terminal device is already connected to the mobile communication network by using
another global address through the first communication interface, the judgment unit judges
which one of the first packet communications using the another global address via the mobile
communication interface should be used, by accounting for at least one of a state, a
performance or a charging condition of the mobile communication network and a state,
assignment unit assigns a link local address as defined in IPv6 to the second communication
interface when the location of the correspondent is on-link, as~igns a site local address as
defined in IPv6 to the second communication interface when the location of the
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communication unit releases an entire network setting on the mobile communication network
side or change a network setting of all applications on the mobile terminal device to a
communication unit has a gateway function for relaying packet communications of another
device connected to the local network by using the first communication interface and the
communication int_erface supports Bluetooth as the local network.
Claim 11 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 4, further comprising a
Claim 17 (Currently Amended): An address assignment method for a mobile terminal
device capable of accessing both a mobile communication network and a local network
4
transmitting to a gateway device an inquiry message for inquiring information
regarding a location on networks of a correspondent of packet communications to be
carried out, from the mobile terminal device through the local network; and
local network at the mobile terminal device;
communications with the correspondent according to the response message; and
assigning the address to a communication interface for the local network at the
mobile terminal device: and
communicating with the correspondent using the address assigned to said
Claim 19 (Currently Amended): A computer readable medium storing a computer
program f)fOffi:let for causing a computer of a mobile terminal device capable of accessing
both a mobile communication network and a local network simultaneously, to execute an
address assignment, the computer f)rogram f)rocl1:1et readable medium comprising:
first computer program codes _for causing the computer to transmit an inquiry message
for inquiring information regarding a location on networks of correspondent of packet
communications to be carried out, from the mobile terminal device through the local network;
second computer program codes for causing the computer to receive a response
message in response to the inquiry message through the local network;
5
to be used by the mobile terminal device in the packet communications with the
to a communication interface for the local network at the mobile terminal device.
6
REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
Favorable consideration of this application as presently amended is respectfully
requested.
Claims 4-11, 17 and 19 remain active in this case, Claims 4, 17 and 19 having been
amended by the present amendment, Claims 1-3, 12-16, 18 and 20 having previously been
canceled.
The above changes to Claims 4, 17 and 19 are responsive to telephone discussions
initiated by the Examiner on February 20, 2007. The addition of the phrase "to a gateway
device" as noted by the Examiner was included in the claims of the parent application and
was requested to be added to the presently pending Claims 4, 17 and 19. The other changes
to Claims 17 and 19 were negotiated with the Examiner to assure that these claims define
statutory subject matter under 35 USC§ 101.
In view of the allowability of the present claims, as indicated by the Examiner in the
discussions of February 20, 2007, no further issues are believed to be outstanding, and the
present application is believed to be in condition for formal allowance. An early favorable
action is respectfully requested.
Respectfully submitted,
OBLON, SPIVAK, McCLELLAND,

M NEUSTADT,P~
Eckhard H. Kuesters
Customer Number
Attorney of Record
22850 Registration No. 28,870
Tel: (703) 413-3000
Fax: (703) 413 -2220
(OSMMN 06/04)
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UTILITY
~ PATENT APPLICATION First Inventor or Application Identifier Atsushi INOUE
~ TRANSMITTAL Title COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MOBILE TERMINAL ACCESSIBLE TO MOBILE
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COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND LOCAL NETWORK SIMULTANEOUSLY

APPLICATION ELEMENTS ADDRESS TO: Mail Stop Patent Application
See MPEP chapter 600 concerning utility patent application contents
Alexandria, Virginia 22313
1. ■ Fee Transmittal Form (e.g. PTO/SB/17)

(Submit an original and a duplicate for fee processing)
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a mobile
10 communication system using a mobile terminal device which
is capable of accessing both a mobile communication network
and a local network simultaneously and a gateway device for
relaying between a fixed communication network and a local
network.
15
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
In conjunction with the rapid spread of cellular
phones and the Internet, the Internet service using a
cellular phone as a terminal has been developed by the
20 mobile communication service providers. This is a service
in which a module for processing a communication protocol
called TCP/IP used in the Internet is provided in the
cellular phone so as to enable WWW service, e-mail
delivery, static image and video image data transfer, etc.
25 This service has an advantage in that it becomes possible
to freely access not just information closed within the
communication service provider but also various information
available on the Internet ·that is spreading worldwide, and
for this reason the number of users of this service is
30 increasing rapidly.
Now, the cellular phone Internet service that has an
enormous number of users encounters a serious problem
regarding how to assign addresses to terminals. Currently,
the Internet faces with the problem of IP address shortage
35 in view of the ever increasing number of nodes (routers and
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terminals), and in the current IPv4, it has been customary
to use an address system called private address that is
closed within an organization for accesses in an enterprise
network and to use global addresses only for accesses to
5 the external of the organization by utilizing the address
conversion. Similarly, in the case of the cellular phone
Internet service, it is currently customary to use the
private address within the cellular phone network by
providing an address conversion device (NAT: Network
10 Address Translator) at a border between the IP packet
network of the cellular phone company and the global
Internet.
On the other hand, the next generation IP
specification called IPv6 is currently under the
15 development. The IPv6 can accommodate far more nodes
compared with the IPv4 by expanding the IP address from a
32 bits width as used in the IPv4 to a 128 bits width.
Similarly, in the case of the cellular phone Internet
service, it is possible to assign unique global addresses
20 to all terminals by adopting the IPv6. In this way,
communications using a seamless end-to-end connection that
does not require a relay device such as NAT on the
communication path can be realized by using a wide address
space, and it is expected to be advantageous in many
25 aspects including the security and the quality of service
(QoS). Also, the IPv6 has a function called address
autoconfigUration for automatically generating an address
from a network ID managed by each router and a unique ID of
the device, and this is expected to make the management of
30 .hosts easier.
Also, recently, in conjunction with the advance of the
wireless technology, the techniques for locally connecting
various types of devices by a wireless network have been
developed. One such technique is the wireless standard
35 called Bluetooth which connects devices in s·hort distances
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by using 2.4 GHz unlicensed radio band. In the Bluetooth,
devices can carry out mutual data communications by forming
an ad-hoc network called pico-net. The similar network
specification also includes the HomeRF which is intended
5 for use in the home network.
Now, using the IPv6 with the above described features,
it is possible to consider a situation where a portable
terminal is capable of both the Internet access via the
cellular phone network and the Internet access via the ISP
10 (Internet Service Provider) network from a home network or
a local network such as the Bluetooth or the like. In such
a situation. when the portable terminal starts the Internet
communications using either the cellular phone network or
the local network+ the ISP network, the setting of the
15 portable terminal can be made according to commands from a
router device on the cellular phone network or a router
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device on the ISP network. However, in the case where the

portable terminal receives a service from the cellular
phone network side while it also moves into the local
20 network and carries out communications through the local
network, there is a need to determine which one of the
Internet access via the cellular phone network and the
Internet access via the local network+ the ISP network
should be selected, and how the setting for it should be
25 made, according to some policy.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
30 It is therefore an object of the present invention to

provide a mobile communication system in which each mobile
terminal device is capable of making reasonable judgement
and setting regarding the necessary address setting.
appropriate communication route s·election, etc., in the
35 case of moving into the local network while receiving the
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communication service on the mobile communication network.

According to one aspect of the present invention there
is provided a communication system, comprising: a mobile
terminal device capable of accessing both a mobile
5 communication network and a local network simultaneously;
and a gateway device provided between a fixed communication
network and the local network; the mobile terminal device
having: an inquiry message transmission unit configured to
transmit an inquiry message for inquiring information
10 regarding a location on networks of a correspondent of
packet communications to be carried out, through the local
network; the gateway device having: a lookup unit
configured to carry out a lookup processing to determine
whether the location of the correspondent on networks is on
15 the local network, or within same management domain on the
fixed communication network as the mobile terminal device
and outside the local network, or outside the same
management domain on the fixed communication network, upon
receiving the inquiry message from the mobile terminal
20 device through the local network; and a transmission unit
configured to transmit a result of the lookup processing
obtained by the lookup unit as a response message to the
mobile terminal device through the local network; and the
mobile terminal device also having: an address assignment
25 unit configured to receive the response message from the
gateway device through the local network, acquire an
address to be used by the mobile terminal device in the
packet communications with the correspondent according to
the response message, and assign the address to a
30 communication interface for the local network.
According to another aspect of the present invention
there is provided a mobile terminal device capable of
accessing both a mobile communication network and a local
network simultaneously, the mobile terminal device
35 comprising: a first communication interface provided with
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respect to the mobile communication network; a second
communication interface provided with respect to the local
network; a packet communication unit configured to carry
out first packet communications through the first
s communication interface and second packet communications
through the second communication interface; an inquiry
message transmission unit configured to transmit an inquiry
message for inquiring information regarding a location on
networks of a correspondent of packet communications to be
10 carried out, through the second communication interface;
and an address assignment unit configured to receive a
response message in response to the inquiry message through
the second communication interface, acquire an address to
be used by the mobile terminal device in the packet
15 communications with the correspondent according to the
response message, and a~s1gn the address to the second
there is provided a gateway device provided between a fixed
20 communication network and a local network, for relaying
communications of a mobile terminal device capable of
accessing both a mobile communication network and the local
network simultaneously, the gateway device ·comprising: a
first communication interface provided with respect to the
25 fixed communication network; a second communication
interface provided with respect to the local network; a
packet communication unit configured to carry out first
packet communications through the first communication
interface and second packet communications through the
30 second communication interface; a lookup unit configured to
carry out a lookup processing to determine whether a
location of a prescribed device or service on networks is
on the local network, or within same management domain on
the fixed communication network as a mobile terminal device
35 and outside the local network, or outside the same
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receiving an inquiry message for inquiring information
regarding the location of the prescribed device or service
on networks from the mobile terminal device through the
s second communication interface; and a transmission unit
configured to transmit a result of the lookup processing
obtained by the lookup unit as a response message to the
mobile terminal device through the second communication
interface.
10 According to another aspect of the present invention
there is provided an address assignment method for a mobile
communication network and a local network simultaneously,
the method comprising: transmitting an inquiry message for
15 inquiring information regarding a location on networks of a
correspondent of packet communications to be carried out,
from the mobile terminal device through the local network;
and receiving a response message in response to the inquiry
message through the local network at the mobile terminal
20 device; acquiring an address to be used by the mobile
terminal device in the packet communications with the
assigning the address to a communication interface for the
local network at the mobile terminal device.
25 According to another aspect of the present invention
there is provided a lookup service method of a gateway
device provided between a fixed communication network and a
local network, for relaying communications of a mobile
30 communication network and the local network simultaneously,
the method comprising: carrying out a lookup processing to
determine whether a location of a prescribed device or
service on networks is on the local network, or within same
management domain on the fixed communication network as a
35 mobile terminal device and outside the local network, or
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outside the same management domain on the fixed
communication network. upon receiving an inquiry message
for inquiring information regarding the location of the
prescribed device or service on networks from the mobile
5 terminal device through the local network at the gateway
device; and transmitting a result of the lookup processing
as a response message to the mobile terminal device through
the local network from the gateway device.
10 there is provided a computer program product for causing a
computer of a mobile terminal device capable of accessing
both a mobile communication network and a local network
simultaneously, to execute an address assignment. the
computer program product comprising: first computer program
15 codes for causing the computer to transmit an inquiry
message for inquiring information regarding a location on
networks of a correspondent of packet communications to be
carried out, from the mobile terminal device through the
local network; second computer program codes for causing
20 the computer to receive a response message in response to
the inquiry message through the local network; third
computer program codes for causing the computer to acquire
an address to be used by the mobile terminal device in the
packet communications with the correspondent according to
25 the response message; and fourth computer program codes for
causing the computer to assign the address to a
communication interface for the local network at the mobile
terminal device.
30 there is provided a computer program product for causing a
computer of a gateway device provided between a fixed
communication network and a local network. for relaying
35 network simultaneously, to provide a lookup.service, the
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computer program product comprising: first computer program

codes for causing the computer to carry out a lookup
processing to determine whether a location of a prescribed
device or service on networks is on the local network, or
5 within same management domain on the fixed communicatjon
network as the mobile terminal device and outside the local
network, or outside the same management domain on the fixed
communication network, upon receiving an inquiry message
10 prescribed device or service on networks from the mobile
terminal device through the local network; and second
computer program codes for·causing the computer to transmit
a result of-the lookup processing as a response message to
the mobile terminal device through the local network.
15 Other features and advantages of the present invention
will become apparent from the following description taken
in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
20 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an exemplary

configuration of a communication system according to one
embodiment of the present invention.
25 Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an exemplary
configuration of a gateway device in the communication
s·ystem of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing an exemplary
configuration of a mobile terminal device in the
30 communication system of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 1s a flow chart showing an exemplary processing
procedure for one operation by the mobile terminal device
of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing a part of the
35 communication system of Fig. 1 for explaining one exemplary
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operation that can be carried out.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing a part of the
communication system of Fig. 1 for explaining another
exemplary operation that can be carried out.
5 Fig. 7 is a flow chart showing an exemplary processing
procedure for another operation by the mobile terminal
device of Fig. 3.
Fig. 8 is a flow chart showing an exemplary processing
10 device of Fig. 3.
Fig. 9 is a flow chart showing an exemplary processing
device of Fig. 3.
Fig. lOA is a diagram showing an exemplary packet
15 header to be used in a method for switching a belonging
network according to Mobile IPv6.
Fig. 10B is a schematic diagram for explaining a
method for switching a belonging network according to
Mobile IPv6.
20
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring now to Fig. 1 to Figs. lOA and 10B, one

25 embodiment of a mobile communication system according to
the present invention will be described in detail.
Fig. 1 shows an exemplary configuration of a
communication system according to this embodiment.
In Fig. 1, a region enclosed by a dashed line 12
30 corresponds to a mobile carrier network portion, while a
region enclosed by a chain line 11 corresponds to a home
network portion.
In the following, the exemplary case where a mobile
terminal device 20 moves into the home network 11 while
35 carrying out communications through the mobile carrier
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network 12 will be mainly.described.
In the mobile carrier network 12, a plutality of
network links are connected through a cellular phone
network 6 and router devices 4. Each router device 4 has at
s least functions of an ordinary router compatible with the
IPv6.
The mobile carrier network 12 is assumed to be
originally providing the ordinary voice communication
service, but a configuration for providing the ordinary
10 voice communication service is omitted in Fig. 1. Note that
this embodiment is directed to the exemplary case where one
mobile carrier manages its own packet communication network
as a single management domain, but there can also be cases
where one mobile carrier has a plurality of management
15 domains, cases where a plurality of mobile carriers have a
single common management domain, and any combination of
these cases.
The mobile terminal device 20 (such -as a portable
terminal or a cellular phone, for example) will be
20 connected to the corresponding network link through a
wireless base station 5 corresponding to a geographic
location of the mobile terminal device 20. Then, the mobile
terminal device 20 becomes capable of carrying out packet
communications according to the IPvS with a node located
25 within the same network link, a node within the same
management domain through the router device 4, or a node
(such as a server 8, for example) located outside the
management domain through the router device 4 and the
Internet 7.
30 On the other hand, in the home network 11, various
types of devices 2 and a gateway 1 are connected through a
home local network 3. The mobile terminal device 20 has a
function for accessing this home local network 3.
Also, the gateway device 1 is assumed to be connected
35 to the external Internet 7 through a fixed communication
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network 9 (which is assumed to be an ISP network here).
Note that this embodiment is directed to the exemplary case
where one Internet service provider manages its own range
for providing the Internet connection service as a single
5 management domain, but there can also be cases where one
service provider has a plurality of management domains,
cases where a plurality of service providers have a single
common management domain, and any combinations of these
cases.
10 The mobile terminal device 20 and the devices 2
connected to the home local network 3 are capable of
carrying out packet communications according to the IPv6
with the server 8 on the Internet 7 through the gateway
device 1 and the ISP network 9. In addition, they are also
15 capable of carrying out packet communications according to
the IPv6 with a server 10 for providing services limited
only to members within the ISP network 9, for example, when
such a server 10 exists.
In this embodiment, the home local network 3 is
20 assumed to be a local wireless network such as Bluetooth,
for example.
Note that, in Fig. 1, the dashed line 12 and the chain
line 11 are depicted only for the sake of explaining the
basic configuration logically, and they do not indicate an
25 area covered by the wireless network. In this embodiment
mobile terminal device 20 is assumed to be capable of
accessing both the mobile carrier network 12 and the home
local network 3 simultaneously.
Fig. 2 shows an exemplary configuration of the gateway
30 device 1 in this embodiment.
As shown in Fig. 2, this gateway device 1 comprises a
first communication interface 31 for accessing the ISP
network 9, a second communication interface 32 for
accessing the home local network 3, a data relay unit 33
35 for relaying between the first and second communication
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interfaces 31 and 32, a service database 34, a service
lookup function unit 35, and a network monitoring unit 36.
If necessary, the data relay device 33 may include a
function for carrying out a protocol conversion, a media
5 conversion, etc., at a time of relaying between the first
and second communication interfaces 31 and 32.
The service lookup function unit 35 is operated when a
service lookup inquiry message is received through the the
second communication interface 32, to look up the requested
10 service through the service database 34 or inquire the
requested service to another server and returns the lookup
result to the inquiring source.
The network monitoring unit 36 is operated when a
network state inquiry message is received through the
15 second communication interface 32, to returns a message
containing information on a network state of the ISP
network 9 side to the inquiring source.
Note that the gateway device 1 may also have functions
as the IPv6 compatible router in the home local network 3,
20 or another IPv6 compatible router may be provided in the
home local network 3.
Fig. 3 shows an exemplary configuration of the mobile
terminal device 20 in this embodiment.
As shown in Fig. 3, this mobile terminal device 20
25 comprises a first communication interface 24 for accessing
the mobile carrier network 12, a second communication
interface 2~ for accessing the home local network 3, a
voice communication unit 21 for carrying out ordinary
voice communications, a packet communication unit 22 for
30 carrying out packet communications according to the IPv6,
an address register 23, an application list 26, and an
active register 27.
The mobile terminal device 20 is capable of relating a
plurality of IPv6 addresses with respect to the same
35 communication interface (capable of sending ·packets by
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using a plurality of IPv6 addresses from the same
communication interface). The· address register 23 is used
for the purpose of storing these addresses.
A various IPv6 applications are to be operated on the
5 mobile terminal device 20 side, and an application list 26
is used for storing a list of these applications (which
includes information for identifying each application (a
file name, for example) and an application type of each
application, for example).
10 Also, when the specific application is activated by
the user, the active register 27 registers information
regarding the currently operated application (such as
information for identifying that application, application
type of that application, and information for indicating a
15 communication interface used for that application (either
the first communication interface or the second
communication interface), for example).
Here, the address scope defined in the IPv6 will be
described (see RFC 2373 for further details).
20 In the IPv6, the following three address scopes are
defined.
(1) Link local address
This is an address valid only within the same network
link, which has a prefix of 1111 1110 10 in the IPv6.
25 (2) Site local address
This is an address valid only within the same
management domain, which has a prefix of 1111 1110 11 in
the IPv6.
(3) Global add~ess
30 This is an address which is unique over the entire
Internet.
In the example of Fig. 1, the mobile terminal device
20 connected to the mobile carrier network 12 can carry out
communications using (arbitrary address containing) the
35 link local address with respect to the server 4 (which is
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in a positional relationship of being located) on the same
network link as the mobile terminal device 20, and
communi~ations using a site local address (or a global
address} with respect to a server (which is in a positional
5 relationship of being located) in the same management
domain as the mobile terminal device 20. On the other hand,
the mobile terminal device 20 connected to the mobile
carrier network 12 will carry out communications using a
global address with respect to the server 8 (which is in a
10 positional relationship of being located) on the general
Internet 7.
Now, the.first communication interface 24 of this
mobile terminal device 20 can be always assigned with one
or both of the link local address and the site local
15 address. The link local address and the site local address
will be derived from the prefix defined in the IPv6 and the
device ID of this mobile terminal device 20. Note that it
is also possible for the communication service provider to
assign arbitrary address as an address to be used in the
20 same network link. Also, which one of the link local
address alone, the site local address alone, and both the
link local address and the site local address is to be
always assigned can be determined according to the policy
of the communication service provider.
25 By always assigning the link locai address alone, the
site local address alone, or both the link local address
and the site local address, the mobile terminal device 20
becomes always capable of utilizing (carrying out
communications for) on-link services using (arbitrary
30 address containing} the link local address (such as the
advertisement delivery from a specific wireless base
station group, for example), and/or services within domain
which are services of the service provider in this
embodiment (such as information service limited to the
35 users of that service provider, for example}.
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On the other hand, the global address to be assigned
will be generated from a network prefix delivered from the
nearest neighbor router device 4 and the ID information
(EUI-64) of the mobile terminal device 20, according to the
5 "Stateless Address Autoconfiguration" (RFC 2461) defined in
the IPv6.
The basic procedure for the global address generation
is as follows. Namely, the router device 4 regularly
broadcasts a router advertisement message on-link, or the
10 router device 4 returns a response message upon receiving
an inquiry message, and the mobile terminal device 20
receives the router advertisement message, or sends an
inquiry message and receives the response message,
generates the global address by using the network prefix
15 contained in the received message, and transmits an address
information notificatLon message containing the generated
IPv6 address and a MAC address to the router device 4 side.
Upon receiving the address information no·tification
message, the router device 4 makes an entry of a
20 corresponding information into a corresponding table called
neighborhood cache (which corresponds to the ARP table in
the IPv4). As a result, the nearest neighbor router device
4 will carry out the delivery of packets destined to the
mobile terminal device 20.
25 Note that the user may be allowed to freely carry out
the acquisition, setting and starting of the use of the
IPv6 global address, or the discarding, setting and ending
of the use of the IPv6 global address. Alternatively, it is
also possible to use a provision in which the processing
30 for starting the use of the global address is carried out
when the user of the mobile terminal device 20 activates an
application that requires the global address, and the
processing for ending the use of that global address is
carried out when that application is finished.
35 In this embodiment, the assignment of the global
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address to the second communication interface 25 of the

mobile terminal device 20 is to be controlled using the
above described address scope function.
In the example of fig. 1, when the same network link
5 is set to be within the home network 11, the mobile
terminal device 20 connected to the home network 11 can
carry out communications using (arbitrary address
containing) the link local address with respect to a
correspondent such as the other device 2 or the gateway
10 device 1 through the home local network 3, and when the
same site is set to be within the ISP network 9, the mobile
terminal device·20 connected to the home network 11 can
carry out communications using a site local address (or a
global address) with respect to a correspondent such as the
15 server 10 within the ISP network 9. On the other hand, the
mobile terminal device 20 connected to the ISP network 9
via the home network 11 will carry out communications using
a global address with respect to the server 8 on the
general Internet 7.
20 In the following, the operation in the case where the
mobile terminal· device 20 moves toward the home network 11
while receiving the service on the mobile carrier network
.12 side by using the assigned global address, and
establishes a wireless link with the home local network 3
25 to become a member of the home network 11, will be
described.
Fig. 4· shows an exemplary processing procedure of the
mobile terminal device 20·1n this case.
First, the global address is assigned to the mobile
30 terminal device 20 at the mobile carrier network 12 side
(step S11), and when the mobile terminal device 20
approaches to the home network 11 while receiving the
service on the mobile carrier network 12 side, the mobile
terminal device 20 detects radio signals of the other
35 devices and establishes a link (step Si2). This wireless
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link establishing can be realized by a method specified for
each radio medium. At this point, if there is no particular
job that uses the local network on the Bluetooth side, it
suffices to wait in the wireless link established state.
5 Next, suppose that a service on the Bluetooth link
side is requested from the mobile terminal device 20. This
request can be made by a task unique to the mobile terminal
device 20, or by sending a result of a task on the mobile
carrier network 12 side to some device on the Bluetooth
10 network side by utilizing a direct bridging. for example.
At this point. the mobile terminal device 20 looks up
a resource (a desired service} to be accessed on the
Bluetooth side {step S13). In this case, it is possible to
use various methods such as a method using SDP (Service
15 Discovery Protocol) defined in the Bluetooth. a method
using SLP (Service Location Protocol) for looking up
arbitrary service on the Internet, etc., and any suitable
combination can be used according to factors such as a
range to be looked up, a type of a service to be looked up,
20 etc. Here, it is assumed that the resource on the local
Bluetooth link will be looked up by using the SDP first.
and if it cannot be found. the wider range will be looked
up by using the SLP. It is also possible to use a
configuration in which the gateway device 1 of Fig. 2
25 relays a query message for that purpose and becomes an
agent of the SLP itself. for example.
Next, the mobile terminal device 20 acquires a
necessary address {a link local address, a site local
address or a global address) according to a positional
30 relationship between the mobile terminal device 20 and the
correspondent as obtained from the service lookup result,
and assigns it to the second communication interface 25
(step S14). Then, the mobile terminal device 20 utilizes
the desired service (step S15). Thereafter, the steps S13
35 to S15 will be repeated according to the need. However, the
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step S14 can be skipped when the necessary address ls
already acquired.
Next, the above described service lookup result will
be described for three different cases.
5 First, in the case where the resource is found to be a
link locally accessible one in the home local network 3 as
a result of the service lookup, the communications will be
carried-out by assigning the link local IPv6 address to the
home local network 3 side in the mobile terminal device 20.
10 This procedure will be used in the case of storing the
image data downloaded from the mobile carrier network 1·2
side into a disk for a PC as shown in Fig. 5, for example.
Next, in the case where the resource is found to be a
site locally accessible one in the ISP network 9 on the
15 home local network 3 side as a result of the service
lookup, the communications will be carried out by assigning
the site l~cal IPv6 address to the home local network 3
side in the mobile terminal device 20. This procedure will
be used in the case of receiving the service limited only
20 to members of the ISP which is provided by the server 10 in
the ISP network 9 as shown in Fig. 6, for example.
On the other hand, in the case where the resource is
found to be located on the global Internet 7 as a result of
the service lookup, the communications will be carried out
25 by assigning a global IPv6 address to the home local
network 3 side in the ~obile terminal device 20. At this
point, the mobile terminal device 20 becomes capable of
accessing the resource located on the global Internet 7
either via the mobile carrier network 12, or via the
30 gateway device 1 through the home local network 3. This is
the state called "multi-home" in which the mobile terminal
device 20 becomes a router having two communication
interfaces which are connected to different providers.
In the case of this multi-home state, both of the
35 communication interfaces can be made available. In such a
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case, one communication interface can be used mainly while
the other communication interface is used as a back-up, and
which communication interface should be used mainly can be
determined according to factors such as the congestion
5 state of each network, the charging state of each network,
etc.
For example, the home network 11 side can be selected
when the charge is much cheaper on the ISP network side
(the fixed network side}, or the mobile carrier network 12
10 side can be selected when the network speed is faster on
the mobile carrier network 12 side. Also, the communication
interface to be selected can be determined by accounting
for a dynamically varying state, instead of determining it
fixedly. Such a policy can be set by the user or a vendor
15 of the terminal in advance into a control unit (not shown)
inside the mobile terminal device 20.
Note that the state or the like of the ISP network 9
side may be acquired by inquiring it to the gateway device
1 or the like, for example. Also, the mobile terminal
20 device 20 itself may maintain the charging condition or the
like of the ISP network 9 side.
Similarly, the state or the like of the mobile carrier
network 12 side may be acquired by inquiring it to a
prescribed server device or the like on the mobile carrier
25 network 12 side, for example. Also, the mobile terminal
device 20 itself may maintain the charging condition or the
like of the mobile carrier network 12 side.
Fig. 7 shows an exemplary processing procedure of the
mobile terminal device 20 in this case. Namely, in the case
30 where the global address is available on both the mobile
carrier network 12 side and the home network 11 side (step
S21 YES, step S22 YES}, which one of the global address on
the mobile carrier network 12 side and the global address
on the home network 11 side should be used is determined
35 according to various factors (step S23).
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Now, while the processing on the home local network 3
side in the mobile terminal device 20 is carried out in
this way, the job on the mobile carrier network 12 side may
be finished. This job status on the mobile carrier network
5 12 side regarding the finished state can be detected by
regularly checking the active register 27 in the mobile
terminal device 20. When all the jobs on the mobile carrier
network 12 side are finished, the entire network setting on
the mobile carrier network 12 side is released, such that
10 the necessary setting is concentrated into that on the home
local network 3 side. This measure is taken from a
viewpoint of not wasting the access channel resources
unnecessarily.
15 mobile terminal device 20 in this case. Namely, when all
the jobs on the mobile carrier network 12 side are finished
(step S31 YES}, the entire network setting on the mobile
carrier network 12 side is released (step·S32}.
Note that it is also possible to use a provision in
20 which the mobile terminal device 20 transmits a message for
notifying the finishing of all the services received via
the mobile carrier network 12 to the gateway device 1
through the home local network 3, and the gateway device 1
notifies a message for se~ting up a global address (via the
25 ISP network 9) to be set up on the home local network 3
side to the mobile terminal device 20 upon receiving the
above message from the mobile terminal device 20 if such a
global address is not set up yet.
Now, it is also possible to use a provision in which
30 the network setting on the mobile carrier network 12 side
is not released but reserved as an emergency communication
path for the device 2 on the home local network 3 side to
access the Internet 7 at a time of fault in the gateway
device 1 or the ISP network 9, for example. Even in this
35 case, all the existing devices 2 are initialized by the
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network setting on the home local network 3 side, so that
they cannot use the channel of the mobile terminal device
20 without a further chapge, and for this reason, there is
a need for the mobile terminal device 20 to function as a
5 gateway with respect to the devices 2 on the home local
network 3 side by carrying out the NAT/Proxy processing,
etc.
mobile terminal device 20 in this case. Namely, when the
10 mobile terminal device 20 is going to be a gateway of the
home network side (step S41 YES), the NAT/Proxy processing,
etc., are carried out (step S42).
Also. in practice, the mobile terminal device 20
establishes the network setting on the home local network 3
15 side gradually, so that it is possible to make a transition
to the state of using a link on the home local network 3
side regardless of the communication interface on the
mobile carrier network 12 side.
Also, in the above. it is assumed that the
20 communication interface to be used for the application is
not to be changed during the communications for that
application. but it is also possible to change the
communication interface at appropriate timing during the
communications for that application (from the mobile
25 carrier network 12 side to the home local network 3 side,
for example).
Note that, for the job that requires the link local or
site local resource acces~ on the mobile carrier network 12
side, the communication interface on the mobile carrier
30 network 12 side is to be used until this job is finished
{or until this job is cancelled).
Now, using the specification of the Mobile IPv6 which
is currently under the standardization process by the IETF.
it is possible to guarantee the mobility by regarding the
35 mobile terminal device 20 that is actually connected to the
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mobile carrier network 12 side as having moved to the home
local network 3 side. Here, a method for switching the
belonging network according to the Mobile IPv6 will be
described with references to Figs. lOA and 10B.
5 Fig. lOA shows an exemplary packet header in this
case, which contains a source address (CN}, a destination
address (addrl) and a destination option (via addr2). Here,
CN is a· global address of the correspondent, addrl is a
global address of the mobile terminal device 20 on the
10 mobile carrier network 12 side, and addr2 is a global
address of the mobile terminal device 20 on the home local
network 3 side. Also, the destination option specifies a
location through which the packet should be transferred.
Using the destination option of the IPv6, as shown in
15 Fig. 10B, a packet transmitted from a correspondent 30 will
be controlled to be transferred to the original address on
the mobile carrier network 12 side via the address on the
home local network 3 side. Then. in practice, the fact that
this packet is destined to the mobile terminal device 20 is
20 ascertained when the packet is captured at the address on
the mobile carrier network 12 side, and the packet
communication using a direct route becomes possible as the
mobile terminal device 20 acquires this packet.
In the above, the case where the mobile terminal
25 device 20 moves from the mobile carrier network 12 side
into the home local network 3 side has been described, but
the reverse cas~·where the mobile terminal device 20 moves
from the home local network 3 side out to the mobile
carrier network 12 side can also be controlled similarly.
30 Namely, the mobile terminal device 20 can establish a
wireless link with the mobile carrier network 12 side,
assign the necessary IPv6 addresses according to the
address scopes of the necessary resources, and concentrates
the setting to that of the mobile carrier network 12 side
35 by releasing the address setting on the home· local network
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3 side when the jobs on the home local network 3 side are
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eventually finished. Also, the route selection policy in
the case of becoming the multi-home state in a course of
this operation can be determined similarly.
5 Also, in the above, it is assumed that the mobile
terminal device 20 has the ordinary voice communication
function, but the mobile terminal device 20 may have
communication functions for information in other forms such
as text communications in addition to or instead of the
10 ordinary voice communication function. The mobile terminal
device 20 may be a device which is capable of utilizing
only the Internet service. The similar modifications are
also possible with respect to the services provided by the
communication service provider.
15
As described, according to the present invention, in
the case where the mobile terminal device moves into the
home local network while carrying out communications in the
mobile carrier network, it is possible to construct the
20 home local network side setting in the mobile terminal
device phase by phase, according to the resources that
become necessary in the home local network.
Also, in the case where the mobile terminal device
temporarily becomes the so called multi-home state in which
25 the IPv6 global addresses are assigned to both the home
local network and the mobile carrier network, which one of
the two communication interfaces should be used mainly can
be determined appropriately by accounting for the user's
preference regarding th_e network state, the charging
30 condition, etc.
In addition, in the case where the communication jobs
on the mobile carrier network side are finished, the mobile
terminal device can release the network setting immediately
such that all communications can be concentrated to those
35 via the home local network.
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Furthermore. these setting conditions can be finely
adjusted according to the user's preference, such that it
is possible to freely devise a policy (within a range of
violating the scope rule for each application, for example)
5 such as that all the jobs are re-constructed as the home
local network based ones immediately once the wireless link
with the home local network is established, as long as no
service dependent on the mobile carrier network side is
received, for example.
10 Thus according to the·present invention, the mobile
terminal device can judge whether the resource necessary on
the local network side is a resource that is on-link (a
device with.which communications can be carried out
directly), or a resource that is clo.sed within the same
15 site, or a resource other than these, by using the service
lookup or the like, and assign the IPv6 address of the
scope corresponding to that location to the local network
side.
When the required resource is on the global Internet,
20 it is accessible from both the mobile communication network
and the fixed network, and it is possible to judge whether
the mobile terminal device is to become a router in the
multi-home state or the access is to be continued on the
mobile communication network side alone, for example, by
25 accounting for the network state, the charging condition,
etc.
It is also possible to update the network setting such
that the Internet service can be continued by the fixed
communication network side alone by releasing the address
30 on the mobile communication network side, when all the
services of the mobile communication network are finished
as the time elapses, for example. It is also possible to
carry out the similar control even in the case of making a
transition from the fixed communication network to the
35 mobile communication network in the reverse direction.
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Consequently, according to the present invention, in
the case where the mobile terminal device moves into the
local network while receiving the communication services on
the mobile communication network side, it is possible to
5 determine the address setting, the communication route
selection, etc., on the local network side appropriately by
accounting for the user's policy, the necessary resources,
etc.
10 Note that the home network used in the above described

can be replaced by any other local network without
affecting the applicability of the present invention.
Note also that, in the present invention, the existing
IPv6 devices can be used without requiring any
15 modification, and the conventional IPv6 addressing
architecture can be used without any change. Consequently,
it is advantageous in terms of the compatibility with the
existing devices.
Note also that the present invention can be easily
20 expanded according to the network management policies of
the various mobile carriers. The present invention is also
applicable not only to the IPv6 but also to the packet
communications using the cellular phones that are proposed
recently.
25 It is to be noted that the above described embodiments
according to the present invention may be conveniently
implemented using a conventional general purpose digital
computer programmed according to the teachings of the
present specification, as will be apparent to those skilled
30 in the computer art. Appropriate software coding can
readily be prepared by skilled programmers based on the
teachings of the present disclosure, as will be apparent to
those skilled in the software art.
In particular, each of the gateway device and the
35 mobile terminal device of the above ~escribed embodiment
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can be conveniently implemented in a form of a software
package.
Such a software package can be a computer program
product which employs a storage medium including stored
5 computer code which is used to program a computer to
perform the disclosed function and process of the present
invention. The storage medium may include. but is not
limited to, any type of conventional floppy disks, optical
disks, CD-ROMs, magneto-optical disks, ROMs, RAMs, EPROMs,
10 EEPROMs, magnetic or optical cards, or any other suitable
media for storing electronic instructions.
It is also to be noted that, besides those already
mentioned above, many modifications and variations of the
above embodiments may be made without departing from the
15 novel and advantageous features of the present invention.
Accordingly, all such modifications and variations are
intended to be included within the scope of the appended
claims.
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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A communication system, comprising:

a mobile terminal device capable of accessing both a
5 mobile communication network and a local network
simultaneously; and
a gateway device provided between a fixed
communication network and the local network;
the mobile terminal device having:
10 an inquiry message transmission unit configured to
regarding a location on networks of a correspondent of
packet communications to be carried out, through the local
network;
15 the gateway device having:
a lookup unit configured to carry out a lookup
processing to determine whether the location of the
correspondent on networks is on the local network, or
within same management domain on the fixed communication
20 network as the mobile terminal device and outside the local
communication network, upon receiving the inquiry message
and
25 a transmission unit configured to transmit a result
of the lookup processing obtained by the lookup unit as a
response message to the mobile terminal device through the
local network; and
the mobile terminal device also having:
30 an address assignment unit configured to receive.
the response message from the gateway device through the
local network, acquire an address to be used by the mobile
terminal device in the packet communications with the
correspondent according to the response message, and assign
35 the address to a communication interface for· the local
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network.
2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the

mobile terminal device also has a judgement unit configured
s to judge a manner of utilizing first packet communications
and second packet communications according to a prescribed
policy, when both the first packet communications via the
mobile communication network and the second packet
communications from the local network via the gateway
10 device and the fixed communication network are possible.
3. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the

mobile terminal device also has a communication control
unit configured to release an entire· network setting on the
15 mobile communication network side or changing a network
setting of all applications on the mobile terminal device
to a network setting on the local network side, when all
services received through the mobile communication network
are finished.
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4. A mobile terminal device capable of accessing both a
mobile communication network and a local network
a first communication interface provided with respect
25 to the mobile communication network;
a second communication interface provided with respect
to the local network;
a packet communication unit configured to carry out
first packet communications through the first communication
30 interface and second packet communications through the
second communication interface;
an inquiry message transmission unit configured to
35 packet communications to be carried out, through the second
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an address assignment unit configured to receive a
response message in response to the inquiry message through
the second communication interface, acquire an address to
5 be used by the mobile terminal device in the packet
communications with the correspondent according to the
response message, and assign the address to the second
10 5. The mobile terminal device of claim 4, further

comprising:
a judgement unit configured to judge a manner of
utilizing the first packet communications and the second
packet communications according to a prescribed policy,
15 when both the first packet communications and the second
packet communications are possible.
6. The mobile terminal device of claim 5, wherein when

the address assignment unit assigns one global address to
20 the second communication interface while the mobile
terminal device is already connected to the mobile
communication network by using another global address
through the first communication interface, the judgement
unit judges which one of the first packet communications
25 using the another global address via the mobile
communication network through the first communication
interface and the second packet communications using the
one global address via the local network through the second
communication interface should be used, by accounting for
30 at least one of a state, a performance or a charging
condition of the mobile communication network and a state,
a performance or a charging information of an external
communication network to which the local network is
connected.·
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7. The mobile terminal device of claim 4, wherein the
address assignment unit assigns a link local address as
defined in IPv6 to the second communication interface when
the location of the correspondent is on-link, assigns a
5 site local address as defined in IPv6 to the second
communication interface when the location of the
correspondent is within a site accessible from the second
communication interface, or assigns a global address to the
second communication interface otherwise.
10
packet communication unit releases an entire network
setting on the mobile communication network side or change
a network setting of all applications on the mobile
15 terminal device to a network setting on the local network
side, when all services received through the first
communication interface via the mobile communication
network are finished after accessing the local network
through the second communication interface.
20
packet communication unit has a gateway function for
relaying packet communications of another device connected
to the local network by using the first communication
25 interface and the second communication interface, when both
the first packet communications through the first
communication interface and the second packet
communications through the second communication interface
are possible.
30
second communication interface supports Bluetooth as the
local network.
35 11. The mobile terminal device of claim 4, further
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comprising a voice communication unit configured to carry
out voice communications.
12. A gateway device provided between a fixed

s communication network and a local network, for relaying
network simultaneously, the gateway device comprising:
a first communication interface provided with respect
10 to the fixed communication network;
a second communication interface provided with respect
to the local network;
a packet communication unit configured to carry out
first packet communications through the first communication
15 interface and second packet communications through the
second communication interface;
a lookup unit configured to carry out a lookup
processing to determine whether a location of a prescribed
device or s~rvice on networks is on the local network, or
20 within same management domain on the fixed communication
network as a mobile terminal device and outside the local
communication network, upon receiving an inquiry message
25 prescribed device or service on networks fiom the mobile
terminal device through the second communication interface;
and
a transmission unit configured to transmit a result of
the lookup processing obtained by the lookup unit as a
30 response message to the mobile terminal device through the
second communication interface.
13. The gateway device of claim 12, wherein the lookup

unit obtains the result of ~he lookup processing by
35 carrying out an inquiry to another server device.
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14. The gateway device of claim 12, wherein the
transmission unit also transmits another response message
containing information regarding a network state of the
5 fixed communication network when another inquiry message
for inquiring information regarding the network state of
the fixed communication network is received through the
second communication interface.
10 15. The gateway device of claim 12. wherein the

transmission unit also notifies a message indicating that a
global address on the local network side should be set up,
to the mobile terminal device when a message notifying that
all services received via the mobile communication network
15 are finished is received from the mobile terminal device
through the second communication interface and the global
address on the local network side is not set up yet.
16. The gateway device of claim 12, wherein the second

20 communication interface supports Bluetooth as the local
network.
17. An address assignment method for a mobile terminal

device capable of accessing both a mobile communication
25 network and a local network simultaneously, the method
comprising:
transmitting an inquiry message for inquiring
information regarding a location on networks of a
correspondent of packet communications to be carried out,
30 from the mobile terminal device through the local network;
and
receiving a response message in response to the
inquiry message through the local network at the mobile
terminal device;
35 acquiring an address to be used by the mobile terminal
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device in the packet communications with the correspondent
according to the response message; and
assigning the address to a communication interface for
the local network at the mobile terminal device.
5
18. A lookup service method of a gateway device provided
between a fixed communication network and a local network,
for relaying communications of a mobile terminal device
capable of accessing both a mobile communication network
10 and the local network simultaneously, the method
comprising:
carrying out a lookup processing to determine whether
a location of a prescribed device or service on networks is
15 the fixed communication network as a mobile terminal device
and outside the local network, or outside the same
20 on networks from the mobile terminal device through the
local network at the gateway device; and
transmitting a result of the lookup processing as a
response message to the mobile terminal device through the
local network from the gateway device.
25
19. A computer program product for causing a computer of a
mobile terminal device capable of accessing both a mobile
communication network and a local network simultaneously,
to execute an address assignment, the computer program
30 product comprising:
first computer program codes for causing the computer
to transmit an inquiry message for inquiring information
packet communications to be carried out, from the mobile
35 terminal device through the local network;
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second computer program codes for causing the computer
to receive a response message in response to the inquiry
message through the .local network;
third computer program codes for causing the computer
5 to acquire an address to be used by the mobile terminal
device in the packet communications with the correspondent
according to the response message; and
fourth computer program codes for causing the computer
to assign the address to a communication interface for the
10 local network at the mobile terminal device.
20. A computer program product for causing a computer of a

gateway device provided between a fixed communication
network and a local network, for relaying communications of
15 a mobile terminal device capable of accessing both a mobile
communication network and the local network simultaneously,
to provide a lookup service, the computer program product
comprising:
first computer program codes for causing the computer
20 to carry out a lookup processing to determine whether a
location of a prescribed device or service on networks is
the fixed communication network as the mobile terminal
device and outside the local network, or outside the same
25 management domain on the fixed communication network, upon
on networks from the mobile terminal device through the
local network; and
30 second computer program codes for causing the computer
to transmit a result oi the lookup processing as a response
message to the mobile terminal device through the local
network.
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ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
In a communication system using a mobile terminal

capable of accessing both a mobile communication network
5 and a local network simultaneously and a gateway provided
between a fixed communication network and the local
network, the mobile terminal transmits an inquiry message
for inquiring information regarding a location on networks
of a correspondent of packet communications, to the gateway
10 through the local network, and receives a response message
indicating the lookup processing result from the gateway
through the local network. Then, the mobile terminal
acquires an address to be used in the packet communications
with the correspondent according to the response message,
15 and assigns the address to a communication interface for
the local network.
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Japanese Language Declaration
As a below named inventor, I hereby CSeciare mat:
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ATSUSHI INOUE ATTN: APPLICATION DIVISION
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FILED: HEREWITH
FOR: COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH

MOBILE TERMINAL ACCESSIBLE
TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION
NETWORK AND LOCAL
NETWORK.SIMULTANEOUSLY
PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT

SIR:
Prior to examination on the merits, please amend the above-identified application as
follows:
Amendments to the Specification begin on page 2 of this paper.
Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of claims which begins on
page 3 of this paper.
Remarks/Arguments begin on page 8 of this paper.

Attorney Docket No.: 275309US-2348-39-2-RD DN
Inventor: ATSUSHI INOUE
IN THE SPECIFICATION
Please insert the following paragraph on page 1, line 4:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of patent application Serial No. 09/947,512, filed
September 7, 2001, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. The
present document incorporates by reference the entire contents of Japanese priority document
2000-273659, filed September 8, 2000.
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IN THE CLAIMS
Claim 4 (Original): A mobile terminal device capable of accessing
both a mobile communication network and a local network simultaneously,
the mobile terminal device comprising:
a second communication interface provided with respect to the local network;
a packet communication unit configured to carry out first packet
an inquiry message transmission unit configured to transmit an inquiry
message for inquiring information regarding a location on networks of a
correspondent of packet communications to be carried out, through the second
an address to be used by the mobile terminal device in the packet communications
with the correspondent according to the response message, and assign the address to
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a judgment unit configured to judge a manner of utilizing the first packet
communications and the second packet communications according to a prescribed
communications are possible.
Claim 6 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 5, wherein when the address
mobile terminal device is already connected to the mobile communication network by using
another global address through the first communication interface, the judgment unit judges
which one of the first packet communications using the another global address via the mobile
communication interface should be used, by accounting for at least one of a state, a
performance or a charging condition of the mobile communication network and a state,
assignment unit assigns a link local address as defined in 1Pv6 to the second communication
interface when the location of the correspondent is on-link, assigns a site local address as
defined in 1Pv6 to the second communication interface when the location of the
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communication unit releases an entire network setting on the mobile communication network
side or change a network setting of all applications on the mobile terminal device to a
communication unit has a gateway function for relaying packet communications of another
device connected to the local network by using the first communication interface and the
communication interface supports Bluetooth as the local network.
Claim 11 (Original): The mobile terminal device of claim 4, further comprising a
Claim 17 (Original): An address assignment method for a mobile terminal device
capable of accessing both a mobile communication network and a local network
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transmitting an inquiry message for inquiring information regarding a location
on networks of a correspondent of packet communications to be carried out,
and
local network at the mobile terminal device;
communications with the correspondent according to the response message; and
assigning the address to a communication interface for the local network at the
mobile terminal device.
Claim 19 (Original): A computer program product for causing a computer of a
mobile terminal device capable of accessing both a mobile communication network
and a local network simultaneously, to execute an address assignment, the computer
program product comprising:
first computer program codes for causing the computer to transmit an inquiry
message for inquiring information regarding a location on networks of correspondent
of packet communications to be carried out, from the mobile terminal device through
the local network;
second computer program codes for causing the computer to receive a
response message in response to the inquiry message through the local network;
6
to be used by the mobile terminal device in the packet communications with the
to a communication interface for the local network at the mobile terminal device.
7
Inventor: A TSUSHI INOUE
REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
Favorable consideration of this application, in light of the present amendments
and following discussion, is respectfully requested.
Claims 1-3, 12-16, 18 and 20 are canceled; Claims 4-11, 17 and 19 are pending; and
no claims are newly added or amended herewith. It is respectfully submitted that no new
matter is added by this amendment.
Additionally, the specification has been amended to include priority application
information. It is respectfully submitted that no new matter is added by this amendment to
the specification.
Consequently, in view of the foregoing discussion and present amendments, it is
respectfully submitted that this application is in condition for examination. An early and
favorable action is therefore respectfully requested.
Respectfully submitted,
OB ON;--SfIVAK, McCLELLAND,
:i\lER & N E U S T A D T ~
Eckhard H. Kuesters
Attorney of Record
Customer Number
22850
Tel: (703) 413-3000
Fax: (703) 413 -2220
(OSMMN 06/04)
8
,,
APPLICATION DATA SHEET
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Application Type:: REGULAR
Subject Matter:: UTILITY
CD-ROM or CD-R?:: NONE
Title:: COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH
MOBILE TERMINAL ACCESSIBLE TO
MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK
AND LOCAL NETWORK
SIMULTANEOUSLY
Attorney Docket Number:: 275309US2-RD DIV
Total Drawing Sheets:: 8
INVENTOR INFORMATION
Applicant Authority Type:: INVENTOR
Primary Citizenship Country:: JAPAN
Status:: FULL CAPACITY
Given Name:: Atsushi
Family Name:: INOUE
City of Residence:: Kanagawa
Country of Residence:: JAPAN
Street of Mailing Address:: c/o Intellectual Property Division, Toshiba
Corporation,
1-1, Shibaura 1-chome
City of Mailing Address:: Minato-ku
State or Province of Mailing Address:: Tokyo
Country of Mailing Address:: JAPAN
CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION
Correspondence Customer Number:: 22850
REPRESENTATIVE INFORMATION
Representative Customer Number:: 22850
DOMESTIC PRIORITY INFORMATION

A lication:: Continuit Parent A lication:: Parent Filin Date::
Page 1 Initial 07/22/05

jThis Application IDivision of !09/947,512 109/07/01
FOREIGN PRIORITY INFORMATION

A lication Number: Count :: Fil in Date:: Priorit Claimed::
2000-273659 JAPAN 09/08/00 YES
ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION
Assignee Name:: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Street of Mailing Address:: 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome
City of Mailing Address:: Minato-ku
State or Province of Mailing Address:: Tokyo
Country of Mailing Address:: JAPAN
Page2 Initial 07/22/05

Docket No. 275309US2RD DN
IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
IN RE APPLICATION OF: Atsushi INOUE GAU: UNASSIGNED
SERIAL NO: NEW APPLICATION EXAMINER: UNASSIGNED

FILED: HEREWITH
FOR: COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MOBILE TERMINAL ACCESSIBLE TO
MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND LOCAL NETWORK
SIMULTANEOUSLY
SUBMISSION NOTICE REGARDING PRIORITY DOCUMENT(S)

SIR:
Certified copies of the Convention Application(s) corresponding to the above-captioned matter:

□ are submitted herewith
■ were filed in prior application Serial No. 09/947,512 filed September 7, 2001
□ were submitted to the International Bureau in PCT Application Number
--------
Receipt of the certified copies by the International Bureau in a timely manner under PCT Rule
17.l(a) has been acknowledged as evidenced by the attached PCT/IB/304.
Eckhard H. Kuesters
Customer Number Registration No. 28,870
22850
Tel. (703) 413-3000
Fax. (703) 413-2220
(OSMMN 11/04)

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22850 7590 07/11/2007

Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)

IR103 (Rev. 11/05)

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nonprovisional NO $1400 $300 so $1700 06/26/2007

EXAMINER ART UNIT CLASS-SUBCLASS

NGO, NGUYEN HOANG 2616 370-338000

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA Tokyo, JAPAN

Filing Date: 25-Jul-2005

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MOBILE TERMINAL ACCESSIBLE

First Named Inventor/Applicant Name: Atsushi Inoue

Filer: Marvin Jay Spivak/Tallat Mahmood

Attorney Docket Number: 275309US2-RD DIV

Filed as Large Entity

Utility Filing Fees

Post-Al Iowance-and-Post-lssu ance:

Utility Appl issue fee 1501 1 1400 1400

Publ. Fee- early, voluntary, or normal 1504 1 300 300

Printed copy of patent - no color 8001 5 3 15

Total in USD ($) 1715

Application Number: 11187903

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Confirmation Number: 8022

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MOBILE TERMINAL ACCESSIBLE

First Named Inventor/Applicant Name: Atsushi Inoue

Customer Number: 22850

Filer: Marvin Jay Spivak/Tallat Mahmood

Filer Authorized By: Marvin Jay Spivak

Attorney Docket Number: 275309US2-RD DIV

Receipt Date: 26-JUN-2007

Filing Date: 25-JUL-2005

Time Stamp: 14:59:37

Application Type: Utility

Payment was successfully received in RAM $1715

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New Agglications Under 35 U.S.C. 111

National Stage of an International Agglication under 35 U.S.C. 371

New International Agglication Filed with the USPTO as a Receiving Office

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22850 7590 04/19/2007 EXAMINER

DATE MAILED: 04/19/2007

PTOL-147 (Rev. 10/03)

NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND FEE(S) DUE

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