Method for launching an application using a mobile station

• US 20040171375A1
• Filed: 01/20/2004
• Published: 09/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telclic Limited
• Original Assignee: Telclic Limited
• Inventors: Chow-Toun, Raymond
• Application Number:
  US10/760,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20040171375A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

Method for starting an application with the help of a mobile equipment (26), characterized by the following steps:

a sequence comprising only numbers and/or “*” or “#” characters is introduced into said mobile equipment placed in the idle mode,

the introduction of the sequence is confirmed by pressing on the key for establishing a connection,

a program in said mobile equipment and/or in an identification card in said mobile equipment launches said application when said sequence has a predefined particular syntax.

Claims

1. A method for starting an application with the help of a mobile equipment, comprising the following steps:

a command interpreter program is installed in said mobile equipment and/or in a subscriber identification card in said mobile equipment with the help of messages sent via an aerial interface (OTA technology, Over-The-Air)

said application is placed in a rewritable memory area,

a sequence is introduced into said mobile equipment placed in the idle mode,

said program launches said application when said sequence has a predefined particular syntax.

2. The method of claim 1, the introduction of the sequence being confirmed by pressing the key for establishing a connection.

3. The method of claim 2, said sequence only comprising numbers and/or “

*”

or “

#”

characters.

4. The method of claim 1, said predefined particular syntax being a syntax different from that used to establish a phone communication or to send an USSD message.

5. The method of claim 4, said application being an operand conversion application, the result of the application being displayed on the display of said mobile equipment.

6. The method of claim 5, the format of said operand comprising a first numerical part, a separator consisting of an alphanumeric character present on the numerical keyboard of said mobile equipment, and a second numerical part with a fixed or limited number of digits.

7. The method of claims 5, said application launching the conversion of said operand in two distinct conversion directions, both results being simultaneously displayed on said display.

8. The method of claim 1, said application involving a communication with a remote server.

9. The method of claim 8, said application sending a request to said remote server.

10. The method of claim 9, said request being sent to said server with the help of an SMS short message.

11. The method of claim 9, said request being sent to said server in the form of data packets in a packet transmission network.

12. The method of claim 9, said request being sent to said server with the help of an e-mail.

13. The method of claim 9, said server sending a message including a response to said request, said response being displayed on said display.

14. The method of claim 13, said response depending on the profile of the mobile subscriber.

15. The method of claim 14, at least some elements of said profile being stored in said remote server.

16. The method of claim 14, at least some elements of said profile being stored in the identification card.

17. The method of claim 1, said application being run by a subscriber identification card in said mobile station.

18. The method of claim 1, said application being run by said mobile equipment.

19. The method of claim 1, said program being a command interpreter program run by a subscriber identification card in said mobile station.

20. The method of claim 19, said subscriber identification card being a SIM card provided with SIM Toolkit functions, said command interpreter program using call control functions to check the syntax of said sequences.

21. The method of claim 20, said command interpreter program and/or said application being loaded into the subscriber identification card during personalization by the mobile operator.

22. The method of claim 20, said command interpreter program and/or said application being downloaded into the subscriber identification card over the air.

23. The method of claim 1, said command interpreter program being run by said mobile equipment.

24. The method of claim 1, several distinct applications being launched by introducing different sequences recognized by said command interpreter program.

25. Identification card for mobile equipment, comprising a command interpreter program installed with the help of messages sent via the aerial interface of a mobile equipment (OTA technology, Over-The-Air) to intercept sequences introduced into a mobile equipment in the same way as sequences for establishing a phone call, to recognize that the format of these sequences is different from the format of a phone number and different from the format of an USSD message, and to start in this case an application placed in a rewritable memory area.

26. Mobile equipment comprising a command interpreter program installed with the help of messages sent via the aerial interface of said mobile equipment (OTA technology, Over-The-Air) to intercept sequences introduced into said mobile equipment in the same way as the sequences for establishing a phone call, to recognize that the format of these sequences is different from the format of a phone number and different from the format of an USSD message, and to start in this case an application placed in a rewritable memory area.