Method of downloadinga screen saver to a cellular telephone

• US 20020055986A1
• Filed: 11/02/2001
• Published: 05/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LavaFlow LLP, Resource Consortium Limited, LLC
• Original Assignee: LavaFlow LLP
• Inventors: King, John Joseph, King, Christina Judeen
• Application Number:
  US10/000,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20020055986A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

A method of downloading a screen saver to a cellular telephone comprises the steps of maintaining at least one picture file on a network remote from the cellular telephone; dowmloading the at least one picture file to the cellular telephone; and displaying the at least one picture file as a screen saver on a display of the cellular telephone when a screen saver condition is detected

Claims

1. A method of downloading a screen saver to a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

maintaining at least one picture file on a network remote from said cellular telephone;

downloading said at least one picture fie to said cellular telephone; and

displaying said at least one picture file as a screen saver on a display of said cellular telephone Hen a screen saver condition is detected.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of maintaining at least one picture file remote from said cellular telephone comprises maintaining a picture file associated Math a particular category.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising a step of enabling a user to select a picture file from said particular category.

4. The method of claim 1 Wherein said step of downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone comprises downloading said at least one picture file by a Eyeless protocol from a telecommunications network

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone comprises providing a picture file associated with a particular category.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of enabling a user of said cellular telephone to access a screen saver program associated with said cellular telephone.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said step of enabling a user of said cellular telephone to access a screen saver program associated with said cellular telephone comprises enabling a user to access said screen saver program from a device remote from said cellular telephone.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said step of enabling a user to access a screen saver program comprises enabling a user to access a website associated with said cellular telephone.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of displaying content relevant information on said display of said cellular telephone.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone comprises providing a photograph as an attachment to an email.

5. The method of claim I wherein said step of downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone comprises downloading a photograph as an attachment to an email.

11. A method of downloading a screen saver to a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

enabling a user of said cellular telephone to access at least one picture file associated with a particular category;

downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone; and

displaying said at least one picture file as a screen saver on a display of said cellular telephone when a screen saver condition is detected.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said step of enabling a user of said cellular telephone to access at least one picture file associated with a particular category comprises a step of enabling a user to access said at least one picture file stored in a network accessible by said cellular telephone.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein said step of downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone comprises downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone by a wireless protocol from a telecommunications network.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising a step of enabling a user of said cellular telephone to access a screen saver program associated with said cellular telephone from a device remote from said cellular telephone.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising a step of enabling a user of said cellular telephone to access a screen saver program associated with said cellular telephone.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein said step of enabling a user of said cellular telephone to access a screen saver program associated with said cellular telephone comprises enabling a user to access a website associated with said cellular telephone.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of downloading at least one picture file comprises providing a picture file by way of a data connection.

20. The method of claim 16 herein said step of downloading at least one picture file comprises providing a photograph.

16. A method of downloading a screen saver to a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

maintaining a plurality picture files on a network remote from said cellular telephone;

downloading at least one picture file of said plurality of picture files associated with particular categories to said cellular telephone by a wireless protocol from a telecommunications network; and

displaying said at least one picture file as a screen saver on a display of said cellular telephone in response to the detection of a screen saver condition.