System and method for providing access to forms for displaying information on a wireless access device

• US 20020086661A1
• Filed: 06/20/2001
• Published: 07/04/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daedalus Blue LLC
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lawson, Timothy, Rouse, Andrew, Zondervan, Quinton, Bentley, Thomas, Herot, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 7,616,971 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/105 Financial transactions and auctions, e.g. bidding auctioneering devices in packet switching networks H04L12/1804
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/6009 Personal information, e.g. profiles or personal directories being only provided to authorised persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

A system and method for enabling users to send and receive messages and other information from mobile devices and enabling users to access server-based information using mobile devices over wireless data networks are disclosed. The present invention provides a system and method for enabling users to access forms for displaying information on a wireless device, such as a mobile phone, interactive pager, PDA or other wireless device, via a wireless service provider. The forms of the present invention may facilitate a user'"'"'s ability to retrieve, view and send various types of information from a wireless client device. Different types of forms may include facsimile, memorandum, invitation, user profile and other applications. Forms for each application may include predetermined form fields that are specific to each application. Forms may be created, modified and forwarded (or sent) to one or more selected recipients. Other operations may also be performed.

Claims

1. A method of accessing a form application via networkable media in a wireless client device, comprising the steps of:

(a) selecting at least one form option for execution on the wireless client device; and

(b) using the form application to communicate transmissable media content via a wireless medium based on the at least one form option.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

c) selecting at least one of a brief form option, a full form option, a create form option, a modify form option, a delete form option, a forward form option, a fax form option, and a send form option.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

d) communicating via at least one of a Bluetooth protocol, a Wireless Application protocol, a Global System Mobile protocol, and a Wireless Markup Language protocol.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

e) presenting the transmissible media content to a user according to at least one presentation option.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the presentation options comprises at least one of facsimile form, memorandum form, invitation form, and user profile form.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmissable media content comprises at least one of user data, address data, memo data, and search data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

f) communicating the transmissable media content from a data source remote from the wireless client device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the form application comprises at least one form and at least one related subform.

9. A system for accessing a form application via networkable media in a wireless client device, comprising:

an input interface that accepts at least one form option for execution on the wireless client device; and

a processor unit, communicating with the input interface, that communicates transmissable media content via a wireless medium based on the at least one form option.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor unit is configured to select at least one of a brief form option, a full form option, a create form option, a modify form option, a delete form option, a forward form option, a fax form option, and a send form option.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the communicating of the transmissable media content comprises communicating via at least one of a Bluetooth protocol, a Wireless Application protocol, a Global System Mobile protocol, and a Wireless Markup Language protocol.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor unit, connected to the input interface, is configured to present the transmissible media content via a display screen of a wireless client device to a user according to at least one presentation option.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the presentation options comprises at least one of facsimile form, memorandum form, invitation form, and user profile form.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the transmissable media content comprises at least one of user data, address data, memo data, and search data.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the transmissable media content is transmitted from a data source remote from the wireless client device.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the form application comprises at least one form and at least one related subform.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor means is configured to select at least one of a brief form option, a full form option, a create form option, a modify form option, a delete form option, a forward form option, a fax form option, and a send form option.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the communicating of the transmissable media content comprises communicating via at least one of a Bluetooth protocol, a Wireless Application protocol, a Global System Mobile protocol, and a Wireless Markup Language protocol.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor means, connected to the input interface means, is configured to present the transmissible media content via a display means of a wireless client device to a user according to at least one presentation option.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the presentation options comprises at least one of facsimile form, memorandum form, invitation form, and user profile form.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the transmissable media content comprises at least one of user data, address data, memo data, and search data.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the transmissable media content is transmitted from a data source remote from the wireless client device.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the form application comprises at least one form and at least one related subform.

26. The storage medium of claim 25, further comprises option selecting code that selects at least one of a brief form option, a full form option, a create form option, a modify form option, a delete form option, a forward form option, a fax form option and a send form option.

27. The storage medium of claim 25, further comprising protocol communicating code that communicates via at least one of a Bluetooth protocol, a Wireless Application protocol, a Global System Mobile protocol, and a Wireless Markup Language protocol.

28. The storage medium of claim 25, further comprising presenting code that presents the transmissible media content to a user according to at least one presentation option.

29. The storage medium of claim 28, wherein the at least one presentation option comprises at least one of facsimile form, memorandum form, invitation form, and user profile form.

30. The storage medium of claim 25, wherein the transmissable media content comprises at least one of user data, address data, memo data, and search data.

31. The storage medium of claim 25, further comprising remote communicating code that communicates the transmissable media content from a data source remote from the wireless client device.

32. The storage medium of claim 24, wherein the form application comprises at least one form and at least one related subform.

17. A system for accessing a form application via networkable media in a wireless client device, comprising:

input interface means for accepting at least one form option for execution on the wireless client device; and

processor means, communicating with the input interface means, the processor means configured to use the form application to communicate transmissable media content via a wireless medium based on the at least one form option.

25. A storage medium for storing machine readable code, the machine readable code being executable to operate a form application via networkable media in a wireless client device, the storage medium comprising:

selecting code that selects at least one form option for execution on the wireless client device; and

communicating code that uses the form application to communicate transmissable media content via a wireless medium based on the at least one form option.