Digital mobile telephone and methods for executing and providing multimerdia data for the digital mobile telephone

• US 20040214551A1
• Filed: 10/31/2002
• Published: 10/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Infohand Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Infohand Company Limited
• Inventors: Kim, Doo-Yong
• Application Number:
  US10/258,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20040214551A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A digital mobile telephone includes a multimedia data decoder that processes the multimedia data and distributes the processed multimedia data to corresponding one of multimedia data reproducing and outputting meas. The multimedia data is of a format having a header field which comprises a general information sub-field for indicating data total size and a version of each multimedia data file, a media information sub-field for identifying various multimedia data files, a manipulation information sub-field for describing how to process each of the multimedia data files, and a data information sub-field for indicating positions of each of the multimedia data files. The multimedia data reproducing and outputting means comprises a loudspeaker for voice data, a display screen for image data, an odor-emitting device, a light emitting device, a buzzer, a vibrator and a decipher for deciphering the multimedia data when the multimedia data is encrypted.

Claims

1. A digital mobile telephone for processing electrical signals for mobile telephone communication and adapted to reproduce multimedia data, said digital mobile telephone comprising:

data communication means for transmitting to and receiving from an external communication device, said data communication means including an antenna, an RF transmitter, a channel encoder, an RF receiver, a channel decoder and a duplexer;

input means for receiving an user'"'"'s instructions, said input means including a key pad and a microphone;

multimedia data storing means for storing said multimedia data contents;

a plurality of multimedia data reproducing and outputting means for retrieving said multimedia data and including a loudspeaker and a display screen; and

data processing means including an A/D converter, a voice encoder, a D/A converter, a voice decoder, a microprocessor, and a multimedia data decoder,

wherein, said multimedia data is of a format having a header field which comprises a general information sub-field for indicating data total size and a version of each multimedia data file, a media information sub-field for identifying various multimedia data files, a manipulation information sub-field for describing how to process each of the multimedia data files, and a data information sub-field for indicating positions of each of the multimedia data files; and

said multimedia data decoder processes the multimedia data from the channel decoder and/or from the multimedia data storing means and distributes the processed multimedia data to corresponding one of the multimedia data reproducing and outputting means.

2. The digital mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the multimedia data decoder is implemented in a form selected from the group consisting of software, hardware and a combination of the software and hardware.

3. The digital mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the multimedia data reproducing and outputting means further comprises a decipher for deciphering the multimedia data from the multimedia data storing means, when the multimedia data are encrypted.

4. The digital mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the multimedia data reproducing and outputting means further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an odor-emitting device for making and emitting odor under control of the microprocessor, a light emitting device installed in the digital mobile telephone for displaying status of the digital mobile telephone, a buzzer provided within the digital mobile telephone for emitting audible sound signals, and a vibrator for producing a vibration signal.

5. The digital mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein said format of the multimedia data further comprises a control information field including sub-fields of SoC (Start of Control), EoC (End of Control), and data control, said data control sub-field having an information on reproduction of one of the multimedia data together with other multimedia data.

6. The digital mobile telephone of claim 5, wherein said format of the multimedia data further comprises a payload field including at least one selected from the group consisting of a voice information sub-field having voice data, a text information sub-field having at least one header and text data corresponding to the associated header, an image information sub-field having at least one header and image data corresponding to the associated header.

7. The digital mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the multimedia data storing means is selectively detachable to and from the digital mobile telephone.

8. A method for providing multimedia data contents for use in a digital mobile telephone, said method comprising steps of:

preparing multimedia data contents of a format having a header field and a payload field having a plurality of multimedia data, said header field having a general information sub-field for indicating data total size and a version of each multimedia data file, a media information sub-field for identifying various multimedia data files, a manipulation information sub-field for describing how to process each of the multimedia data files, and a data information sub-field for indicating positions of each of the multimedia data files;

receiving a request for the multimedia data contents from a plurality of digital mobile telephones;

receiving and processing an user information from the requesting digital mobile telephone;

supplying a selection function for the digital mobile telephones to choose at least one of the multimedia data contents; and

transmitting to the requesting digital mobile telephone the multimedia data contents chosen and modified on the basis of an information regarding the requesting mobile telephone.

9. The method for providing multimedia data contents of claim 8, wherein the step of transmitting the multimedia data contents comprises steps of transmitting the multimedia data contents to an external device so that the transmitted multimedia data contents can be delivered to the digital mobile telephones by the external device.

10. The method for providing multimedia data contents of claim 9, wherein said external device includes a personal computer.

11. The method for providing multimedia data contents of claim 8, wherein the step of transmitting the multimedia data contents sends the multimedia data contents directly to the requesting digital mobile telephone.

12. The method for providing multimedia data contents of claim 11, wherein the step of receiving and processing an user information is performed by receiving the user information and a mobile telephone information from an external apparatus, and the step of transmitting the multimedia data contents includes the step of determining whether the mobile telephone information received from the external apparatus is correct.

13. The method for providing multimedia data contents of claim 8, wherein the information regarding the requesting mobile telephone includes data indicating usable memory size of the digital mobile telephone.

14. The method for providing multimedia data contents of claim 8, wherein the multimedia data contents contains an advertisement data.

15. The method for providing multimedia data contents of claim 14 further comprising steps of giving predetermined reward points to the digital mobile telephones when the advertisement data is sent to and retrieved by the digital mobile telephone.

16. The method for providing multimedia data contents of claim 8, wherein the payload field comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a voice information sub-field having voice data, a text information sub-field having at least one header and text data corresponding to the associated header, and an image information sub-field having at least one header and image data corresponding to the associated header.

17. A method for executing multimedia data contents in a mobile telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

searching and selecting the multimedia data contents;

executing selected multimedia data contents;

pausing the execution when a call request by a base station occurs during the execution;

answering to the call;

deciding whether said execution is going on or not if the call is over;

terminating if the user wants to stop the execution, and, if the user wants the execution,

determining whether the re-starting point of the execution is a paused point just before or an original starting point of the contents; and

executing the contents in accordance with the determination.

18. The method as set forth in claim 17, wherein the mobile telephone has a non-volatile, built-in memory, said memory being detachable from the mobile telephone.