Method of providing a screen saver on a cellular telephone

• US 20020055992A1
• 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:
  US10/002,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20020055992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

A method of displaying a picture file on a cellular telephone comprises the steps of receiving at least one picture file at the cellular telephone; storing the at least one picture file in a memory of 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 providing a screen saver on a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

enabling a user of said cellular telephone to access a screen saver program associated with said cellular telephone;

storing at least one picture file in a memory accessible by said cellular telephone; and

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

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of receiving said at least one picture file at said cellular telephone from a device remote from said cellular telephone.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of receiving said at least one picture file at said cellular telephone from a device remote from said cellular telephone comprises downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone by a wireless protocol from a telecommunications network.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of receiving said at least one picture file at said cellular telephone from a device remote from said cellular telephone comprises downloading said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone as an attachment to an email.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of receiving said at least one picture file at said cellular telephone from a device remote from said cellular telephone comprises receiving a picture file associated with a particular category to be displayed as a screen saver.

6. The method of claim 1 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.

7. The method of claim 1 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.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of storing at least one picture file in a memory accessible by said cellular telephone comprises a step of storing said at least one picture file in a memory of said cellular telephone accessible by said screen saver program.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of displaying said at least one picture file comprises displaying a photograph on said display of said cellular telephone.

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

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

receiving a picture file at said cellular telephone by way of a data connection;

enabling a user to store said picture file in a memory accessible by a screen saver program associated with said cellular telephone; and

displaying said 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 receiving a picture file at said cellular telephone by way of a data connection comprises receiving, by way of a telecommunication network, a picture file used by software for displaying said picture file in a screen saver mode.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein said step of receiving a picture file at said cellular telephone by way of a data connection comprises receiving a photograph as an attachment to an email.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein said step of receiving a picture file at said cellular telephone by way of a data connection comprises receiving a picture file associated with a particular category to be displayed as a screen saver.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising a step of enabling a user to access said screen saver program by way of a website associated with said cellular telephone.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of providing a data connection to said cellular telephone comprises coupling said at least one picture file to said cellular telephone by a wireless protocol.

18. The method of claim 16 downloading at least one picture file to said cellular telephone by way of said data connection comprises receiving a picture file associated with a particular category to be displayed as a screen saver.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of downloading at least one picture file to said cellular telephone comprises coupling a photograph to said cellular telephone as an attachment to an email.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising a step of storing said at least one picture file in a memory location accessible by said cellular telephone when in a screen saver mode.

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

providing a data connection to said cellular telephone;

downloading at least one picture file to said cellular telephone by way of said data connection;

enabling a user to access a screen saver program associated with said cellular telephone; and

displaying said at least one picture file as a screen saver on a display of said cellular telephone when in said screen saver mode.