Method of using external electronic device on fixed platform to operate short messages through mobile communication device

• US 20050070224A1
• Filed: 09/29/2003
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Gao, Peng, Tsai, Shih-Kuang, Ho, Tai-Shui
• Application Number:
  US10/671,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20050070224A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

This invention discloses a method of editing a short message through a fixed platform of a PC being connected to a mobile phone via a cable or wireless (such as infrared) transmission, so that when a user presses the “SEND” button, the short message will go through a string mode coding in PDU format, and then the personal computer will send a command “AT+CMGS” and the string mode code in PDU format to the mobile phone. After the command “AT+CMGS” being received, the short message is sent out according to the address, mobile phone number, and way of sending specified in the string mode code in PDU format to complete the process of sending a short message, enabling a user to utilize the powerful data processing capability of the personal computer to edit the text of the short message conveniently.

Claims

1. A method of using external electronic device on fixed platform to operate short messages through mobile communication device, wherein when a user using an external electronic device on a fixed platform to edit a short message, the control and execution process of said electronic device comprising the steps of:

(a) reading the content of the short message edited by the user;

(b) generating a formatted string mode code according to the content of the edited short message and an address of a target mobile communication device;

(c) using a send command of a related instruction set to set a mobile communication device at the state of waiting for said formatted string;

(d) returning an acknowledge signal to said external electronic device and preparing to receive said formatted string mode code, after said mobile communication device receiving the returned acknowledge signal;

(e) sending the content of said short message in form of formatted string mode code to said mobile communication device after the returned acknowledge signal being received by said external electronic device, and then sending out an end code of said short message; and

(f) sending out the content of said short message according to the address of said target mobile communication device specified in the formatted string mode code and the way of sending in order to complete the process of sending a short message for one time, and then ending the entire process.

2. The method of using external electronic device on fixed platform to operate short messages through mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein said formatted string mode code is a PDU formatted string mode code, and said command in the related instruction set is a command “

AT+CMGS=L”

of an AT instruction set, of which L being the length of the whole PDU formatted string mode code.

3. The method of using external electronic device on fixed platform to operate short messages through mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein said transmission method is a cable transmission by connecting a serial port on said mobile communication device.

4. The method of using external electronic device on fixed platform to operate short messages through mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein said transmission method is a wireless transmission.

5. The method of using external electronic device on fixed platform to operate short messages through mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein said external electronic device is a personal computer.

6. The method of using external electronic device on fixed platform to operate short messages through mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein said mobile communication device is a mobile phone.