TEXT MESSAGE BASED MOBILE PHONE CONFIGURATION SYSTEM

• US 20050090239A1
• Filed: 10/22/2003
• Published: 04/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Chang-Hung, Chen, Shu-Yi
• Application Number:
  US10/605,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20050090239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A computer is connected to a base station through a server and several networks. A web page on the computer is utilized to set configuration data of a mobile phone. The server receives the configuration data from the computer and communicates the configuration data to a base station. The base station transmits the configuration data to the mobile phone as a text message. The mobile phone is responsive to the configuration data and adjusts its operating configuration accordingly. The mobile phone includes a parser controlled by a processor for parsing the text message, the parser outputting parsed configuration data to the processor to effect the configuration.

Claims

1. A mobile phone configuration system comprising:

a computer for setting configuration data of a mobile phone;

a server connected to the computer for receiving the configuration data from the computer; and

a base station connected to the server for receiving the configuration data from the server and transmitting the configuration data to the mobile phone as a text message;

wherein the mobile phone is responsive to the configuration data and adjusts its operating configuration accordingly.

2. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 1 further comprising a network connecting the computer to the server.

3. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 2 further comprising a web page stored on the server and accessible by the computer, the web page comprising a user interface allowing setting of the configuration data.

4. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 3 wherein the configuration data is transmitted from the computer to the server and from the server to the base station as a text string.

5. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 4 wherein the text string is substantially the same as the text message.

6. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 1 further comprising a network connecting the server to the base station.

7. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 1 further comprising a database connected to the server for storing a plurality of configuration data sets that are accessible by the computer through a security system of the server.

8. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 1 wherein the test message comprises a header and a body, wherein the header identifies the text message as configuration data and the body stores the configuration data.

9. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 1 wherein the text message is an short message service (SMS) message.

10. The mobile phone configuration system of claim 1 wherein the mobile phone comprises a parser for parsing the text message into a configuration of the mobile phone.

11. A mobile phone comprising:

a housing;

a processor disposed inside the housing for controlling the mobile phone;

a transmitter electrically connected to the processor for transmitting signals to a base station;

a receiver electrically connected to the processor for receiving signals from the base station;

an input device electrically connected to the processor for receiving user input;

a display device electrically connected to the processor;

a power supply for providing electrical power to the mobile phone; and

a parser controlled by the processor for parsing a text string of configuration data received at the receiver, and outputting the parsed configuration data to the processor;

wherein operations of the mobile phone are governed by a configuration, and the processor is capable of adjusting the configuration of the mobile phone based on the parsed configuration data.

12. The mobile phone of claim 11 wherein the parser is an electronic device disposed inside the housing and electrically connected to the processor.

13. The mobile phone of claim 11 wherein the parser is a program stored in a memory of the processor and executable by the processor.

14. The mobile phone of claim 11 wherein the configuration data comprises instructions that when parsed adjust:

a menu tree structure, menu contents, phone book contents, or a users personal preference information of the mobile phone.

15. The mobile phone of claim 11 wherein the processor implements the configuration of the parsed configuration data immediately upon receipt of the parsed configuration data.

16. The mobile phone of claim 11 wherein the processor implements the configuration of the parsed configuration data upon a confirmation received from the input device.

17. A method for configuring a mobile phone comprising:

constructing a configuration data corresponding to a target configuration of a mobile phone;

wirelessly transmitting the configuration data to the mobile phone as a text message;

parsing the configuration data with the mobile phone; and

configuring the mobile phone based on the parsed configuration data.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the constructed configuration data is in the form of a text string.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the text string is a short message service (SMS) message, the method further comprising storing the SMS message relating the configuration data at a message center when the configuration data cannot be transmitted to the mobile phone.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein constructing the configuration data comprises receiving the configuration data from a remote computer or selecting the configuration from a database.