Wireless communication device with markup language based man-machine interface

• US 20040093376A1
• Filed: 10/17/2003
• Published: 05/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adam D.E. Boor, Michael D. Eggers
• Original Assignee: Adam D.E. Boor, Michael D. Eggers
• Inventors: De Boor, Adam, Eggers, Michael D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,228,340 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/56 including a user help function
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

A wireless communications device with a markup language based man-machine interface provides a user interface for telecommunications functionality, including dialing telephone numbers, answering telephone calls, creating messages, sending messages, receiving messages, establishing configuration settings defined in markup language such as HTML, and accessed through a browser program executed by the wireless communication device. This feature enables direct access to Internet and World Wide Web content, such as Web pages, to be directly integrated with telecommunication functions of the device, and allows Web content to be seamlessly integrated with other data types, since all data presented to the user via the user interface is presented via markup language-based pages. The browser processes an extended form of HTML that provides new tags and attributes that enhance the navigational, logical, and display capabilities of conventional HTML, and particularly adapt HTML to be displayed and used on wireless communication devices with small screen displays.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device comprising:

a screen;

a plurality of keys to receive user input; and

an operating system configured to bind one or more keys with a markup language page to be displayed on the screen,

wherein one or more actions associated with the markup language page are performed when the one or more keys bound to the markup language page are selected.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the markup language page includes one or more key tags that associate one or more keys to one or more actions to be performed when the one or more keys are selected.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the association of the one or more keys to the one or more actions is stored in a table.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include fetching a URL.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include displaying a previous markup language page.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include displaying a menu.

7. The device of claim 1 further comprising a browser configured to provide telecommunication functions and internet access.

8. A method of operating a wireless communication device having a plurality of keys to receive user input, the method comprising:

receiving a markup language page on the device; and

binding one or more keys of the device with the received markup language page,

wherein one or more actions associated with the received markup language page are performed when the one or more keys bound to the received markup language page are selected.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the markup language page includes one or more key tags that associate the one or more keys to be bound to the markup language page with the one or more actions associated with the markup language page.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

examining the markup language page to obtain the one or more key tags;

storing the association of the one or more keys with the one or more actions associated with the markup language page; and

displaying the markup language page on the device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more actions include fetching a URL.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more actions include displaying a previous markup language page.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more actions include displaying a menu.

14. A computer readable storage medium containing computer executable code to operate a wireless communication device by instructing a computer to operate as follows:

receiving a markup language page on the device; and

binding one or more keys of the device with the received markup language page,

wherein one or more actions associated with the received markup language page are performed when the one or more keys bound to the received markup language page are selected.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the markup language page includes one or more key tags that associate the one or more keys to be bound to the markup language page with the one or more actions associated with the markup language page.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 further comprising:

examining the markup language page to obtain the one or more key tags;

storing the association of the one or more keys with the one or more actions associated with the markup language page; and

displaying the markup language page on the device.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more actions include fetching a URL.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more actions include displaying a previous markup language page.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more actions include displaying a menu.