Method and device for generating a mobile homepage in accordance with context related information

• US 20060080404A1
• Filed: 06/19/2002
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Theimer, Wolfgang, Serafat, Reza, Rateitschek, Klaus, Weingart, Peter, Makela, Jakke, Luck, Matthias, Haber-Land-Schlosser, Knut, Goertz, Udo
• Application Number:
  US10/517,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20060080404A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for handling and generating a mobile homepage of a mobile terminal device in accordance with context related information of said device. The method comprises the determination of context related information of said mobile terminal device, and the generation of said mobile homepage in accordance with said determined context related information. It is further disclosed a mobile terminal and a network device disclosed that are capable of handling mobile homepage according to the above mentioned methods.

Claims

1. A method for automatically adapting the contents of a mobile homepage of a mobile telephone device in accordance with context related information of said device, comprising

automatically determining context related information of said mobile telephone device, and

automatically adapting said mobile homepage in accordance with said determined context related information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising evaluating said determined context related information and adapting said homepage in accordance with a result of said evaluation operation.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising dispatching a communication request.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a communication request.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein said communication request is a multimedia call.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said context related information comprises communication properties.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting of said generated mobile homepage.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving an identification of the originator of a communication attempt.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein said communication properties comprise information about a communication connection of said mobile telephone device such as signal strength, location bandwidth or data rate.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein said communication properties comprise information according to a communicative state of said mobile telephone device.

11. The method according to claim 1, comprising

downloading the contents of a mobile homepage of said mobile telephone device,

storing said downloaded mobile homepage on a server, said server containing a homepage, thereby automatically updating said homepage on said server according to said mobile homepage of said mobile telephone device.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said downloading is initiated when it is detected that the attainability of the mobile telephone is expected to be reduced.

13. The method according to claim 1, comprising

receiving a communication request for a connection to said mobile device,

detecting if said mobile device is connectable, and

in case said mobile device is not connectable, rerouting said communication request to a homepage downloaded from said mobile telephone device said communication request has been directed to.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein said homepage is an HTML or XHTML homepage.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein said homepage is a WML homepage.

16. A software tool comprising program code means for carrying out the steps claim 1 when said program is run on a network device or a mobile telephone device.

17. A computer program comprising program code means for carrying out the method of claim 1 when said program is run on a computer or network device.

18. A computer program product comprising program code means stored on a computer readable medium for carrying out the method of claim 1 when said program is run on a network device or a mobile telephone device.

19. A mobile telephone device, comprising:

a server that provides a server functionality to said mobile telephone device,

a storage for storing at least one homepage on said mobile telephone device,

characterized by

a processor configured to determine context related information of said mobile telephone device and to adapt said homepage according to said determined context related information.

20. The mobile telephone device according to claim 19, further comprising at least one component for evaluating said context related information.

21. The mobile telephone device according to claim 19, further comprising

a processor configured to connect said mobile telephone to a server, and configured to transfer the contents of a mobile homepage of said mobile telephone device to said server.

22. The mobile telephone device according to claim 21, further comprising a processor configured to detect an attainability status of said mobile telephone device and to initiate said transfer of the mobile homepage contents, in case a decreased attainability status is detected.

23. A network server connectable to a mobile telephone device, comprising:

a storage for storing at least one homepage,

characterized by

a processor configured for downloading a mobile homepage from said mobile telephone device, and

a storage being connected to said processor for storing said downloaded homepage.

24. The network server according to claim 23, further comprising a processor configured to detect an attainability status of said mobile telephone device, and being configured to initiate said download of the mobile homepage, in case a decreased attainability status of said mobile telephone is detected.