Method and communication system for controlling the user interface of a mobile communication terminal

• US 20040043787A1
• Filed: 10/06/2003
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Helbing, Michael, Windecker, Rainer, Wille, Klaus
• Application Number:
  US10/467,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20040043787A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/554.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a communication system for controlling the user interface of a mobile communication terminal (MKE), which is registered to a communication facility (PBX). Said communication facility uses a stimulus telephone protocol (STP) for controlling a user interface of wire-linked communication terminals (DEG). According to the invention, control information for the representation of the user interface in the mobile communication terminal (MKE) is transmitted by the communication facility (PBX) to the mobile communication terminal (MKE) at least partially by means of a packet-oriented communication protocol (WAP) converted from the stimulus telephone protocol (STP).

Claims

1. Method for controlling a user interface of a mobile communication terminal (MKE) registered to a communication facility (PBX) with which control information for representing the user interface is transmitted from the communication facility (PBX) to the mobile communication terminal (MKE) at least partially by means of a packet-oriented communication protocol (WAP).

2. Method according to claim 1

characterized in that

the control information is exchanged between the mobile communication terminal (MKE) and communication facility (PBX) using the WAP protocol known per se.

3. Method according to one of the preceding claims

characterized in that

the user interface facilitates menu control by means of direction-selection and confirmation keys.

4. Method according to one of the preceding claims

characterized in that

the user interface of the mobile communication terminal (MKE) is emulated analogously to a user interface of a wire-linked communication terminal connected to the communication facility (PBX).

5. Method according to claim 4

characterized in that

the wire-linked communication terminals of the communication facility (PBX) are controlled by a system-specific stimulus telephone protocol (STP).

6. Method according to claim 5

characterized in that

the actuation of a key on the mobile communication terminal (MKE) causes control information to be transmitted to the communication facility (PBX) by means of the packet-oriented communication protocol (WAP),

and in that this control information is converted by the communication facility (PBX) to the system-specific stimulus telephone protocol (STP).

7. Method according to one of the claims 5 or 6

characterized in that

a bi-directional conversion is performed between the system-specific stimulus telephone protocol (STP) and packet-oriented communication protocol (WAP) by a conversion unit (KE) assigned to the communication facility (PBX).

8. Communication system for controlling a user interface of a mobile communication terminal (MKE) with a communication facility (PBX) for connecting wire-linked communication terminals, where the user interface of these communication terminals is controlled by a system-specific stimulus telephone protocol (STP), with a conversion unit (KE) assigned to the communication facility (PBX) for the bi-directional conversion of control information of the system-specific stimulus telephone protocol (STP) and a packet-oriented communication protocol (WAP), and with one or more cellular base stations (BS) for transmitting the converted control information to the mobile communication terminal (MKE).

9. Communication system according to claim 8

characterized in that

the cellular base station (BS) is part of a GSM and/or CGSM system (CGSM).

10. Communication system according to one of the claims 8 or 9

characterized in that

the conversion unit is connected to the GSM or CGSM system (CGSM) via a local area network (LAN).

11. Communication system according to one of the claims 8 to 10

characterized in that

the conversion unit (KE) is integrated in the communication facility (PBX).