Message display
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Abstract
A mobile radio handset (10, 24), capable of receiving short message service text messages (12), examines incoming text messages (12) to see if a recognised string of one or more characters is received and, in response thereto, retrieves and displays, on a display screen (14), a stored image (26, 28, 30, 32, 34) which is to be displayed whenever that string of characters is received. The image (26, 28, 30, 32, 34) can be shown alone or with the text (12) which triggered its display. The images (26, 28, 30, 32, 34) can be provided by the user of the handset (24), or derived from a server or central data base (80) in the mobile telephone network. The images (26, 28, 30, 32, 34) can include static images or animations. The static images can includes a photograph. As well as text messages (12), the Caller Location Identifier (CLI) of a caller can be used to evoke a display, chosen by the call recipient. The operation of the invention is compatible with handsets (10, 24) which can receive text messages (12) but which are not enabled for the invention.
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Citations
134 Claims
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1-48. -48. (canceled)
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49. A method for presenting script, said method comprising the steps of:
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
employing said pointer to retrieve a display from the database; and
displaying the display in response to the script. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
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94. A method for presenting script, said method comprising the steps of:
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
employing said pointer to retrieve a display from the database; and
displaying the display in response to the script, wherein said display comprises an animation and a three-dimensional construct.
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
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95-1. A method according to claim 95, wherein said mobile communications device is a mobile telephone.
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98. A method for presenting script, said method comprising the steps of:
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
employing said pointer to retrieve a display from the database; and
displaying the display in response to the script, wherein said display comprises a picture and a three-dimensional construct. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101)
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
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102. A method for presenting script, said method comprising the steps of:
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
employing said pointer to retrieve a display from the database;
displaying the display in response to the script; and
utilising the script to represent a caller identity, wherein said method is implemented on a mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (103, 104)
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
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105. A method for presenting script, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining display data from a remote source, such as a server;
recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to the display data stored in a database;
employing said pointer to retrieve a display from the database; and
displaying the display in response to the script, wherein access to said remote source comprises Internet access and said database is provided within a device receiving the display data. - View Dependent Claims (106)
- obtaining display data from a remote source, such as a server;
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107. A method for presenting script, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining display data from a remote source, such as a camera;
recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to the display data stored in a database;
employing said pointer to retrieve a display from the database; and
displaying the display in response to the script, wherein said database is stored within a device receiving the display data. - View Dependent Claims (108)
- obtaining display data from a remote source, such as a camera;
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109. A method for presenting script, said method comprising the steps of:
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
employing said pointer to retrieve a display from the database; and
displaying the display in response to the script, wherein said display comprises an animation of a three-dimensional construct, and said method is implemented on mobile telephone.
- recognising at least one character of script as a pointer to display data in a database;
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110. An apparatus for presenting script, said apparatus comprising:
- means for recognising script as a pointer to display data in a database;
means to employ said pointer to retrieve a display image from the database; and
a screen to display the display image in response to the script. - View Dependent Claims (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 131, 132, 133)
- means for recognising script as a pointer to display data in a database;
- 129. An apparatus according to claim 148, wherein said mobile communications device is a mobile telephone.
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134. An apparatus for presenting script, the apparatus comprising an interpreter for recognising script as a pointer to display data in a database;
- a reading module arranged to employ the pointer to retrieve display data from the database and a screen arranged to display the display image in response to the script.
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