Inbox caching of messages on a mobile terminal

• US 20040243688A1
• Filed: 04/06/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Wugofski, Theodore D.
• Application Number:
  US10/819,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20040243688A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

In one embodiment a method for enabling composition of a multimedia (MM) message on a mobile terminal (MT) is provided. The method comprises creating a message template for the MM message; provisioning the MT with the template; and provisioning a messaging user agent (UA) for the MT with logic to allow a user to compose the MM message based on the template.

Claims

1. A method for enabling composition of a multimedia (MM) message on a mobile terminal (MT), the method comprising:

creating a message template for the MM message;

provisioning the MT with the template; and

provisioning a messaging user agent (UA) for the MT with logic to allow a user to compose the MM message based on the template.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a plurality of templates for the MM message, provisioning the MT with the plurality of templates;

and allowing the user to select one of the plurality of templates for the composition of the MM message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein provisioning the MT with the template comprises sending the template to the MT together with an MM message that includes content on which the template is based.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein provisioning the MT with the template comprises sending the template in an MM message consisting of the template and no other content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein provisioning the MT with the template comprises sending a reference to the template in an MMS message so that the messaging UA can use the reference to separately download the template.

6. A method for operating a mobile terminal (MT) to compose a multimedia (MM) message, the method comprising:

receiving at least one template to facilitate the composition of the MM message;

generating a user interface (UI) based on the template to prompt a user to provide a user selection for each variable element of the template;

receiving the user selection; and

composing an MM message based on the template and the user selection.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing at least one template in a memory of the MT for further use.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein each message template comprises a data entry template that defines a form that can be displayed through the UI, the form comprising a plurality of fields for data input from user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein each message template comprises a composition template to build the MM message based on the fields of the data entry template.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises storing at least one template in a memory of the MT for further use.

10. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the MT to perform a method comprising;

receiving at least one template to facilitate the composition of the MM message;

generating a user interface (UI) based on the template to prompt a user to provide a user selection for each variable element of the template;

receiving the user selection; and

composing an MM message based on the template and the user selection.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein each message template comprises a data entry template that defines a form that can be displayed through the UI, the form comprising a plurality of fields for data input from user.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein each message template comprises a composition template to build the MM message based on the fields of the data entry template.

14. A computer readable medium, having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving at least one template to facilitate the composition of the MM message;

generating a user interface (UI) based on the template to prompt a user to provide a user selection for each variable element of the template;

receiving the user selection; and

composing an MM message based on the template and the user selection.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises storing at least one template in a memory of the MT for further use.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein each message template comprises a data entry template that defines a form that can be displayed through the UI, the form comprising a plurality of fields for data input from user.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein each message template comprises a composition template to build the MM message based on the fields of the data entry template.

18. A mobile terminal (MT), comprising:

a message data entry engine to prompt a user to enter data elements associated with a multimedia (MM) message to be composed;

a message composition template to define a presentation relationship between the data elements;

a message builder function to build the MM message based on the template and the data elements; and

a message composition controller to control operation of the message data entry engine, the message builder function, and the message composition template.