Method and device for automatically changing a digital content on a mobile device according to sensor data

• US 20060109102A1
• Filed: 07/11/2002
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nytell Software LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Theimer, Wolfgang, Serafat, Reza, Rateitschek, Klaus, Weingart, Peter, Makela, Jakke, Gortz, Udo, Luck, Matthias, Haberland-Schlosser, Knut
• Granted Patent: US 7,551,916 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/531
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for handling and generating and editing of digital documents or digital contents on mobile electronic devices in accordance with sensor data perceived. The method comprises the reception of sensor data or the monitoring of sensors, and the generation of said digital content according to said perceived sensor data. It is further disclosed a mobile terminal and a network device disclosed that are capable of handling a digital content according to the above mentioned methods.

Claims

1. Mobile electronic device, comprising a storage to store digital content and processor being configured to edit and change said stored digital content, characterized by a component to obtain data provided from a sensor, wherein said processor is configured to generate and/or process said digital content according to said obtained sensor data.

2. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a communication device.

3. Mobile electronic device according to claim 2, characterized by a mailbox, wherein said digital content to be edited comprises an announcement message contained in said mailbox.

4. Mobile electronic device according to claim 3, wherein said processor is configured to generate and/or process a basic announcement of said mailbox automatically according to said obtained sensor data.

5. Mobile electronic device according to claim 3, further comprising a text to speech transducer, to read out said announcement stored as a text data file.

6. Mobile electronic device according to claim 4, wherein said communication device is a mobile telephone.

7. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said stored digital content comprises digital audio data.

8. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said stored digital content comprises digital picture/video data.

9. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said stored digital content comprises digital text data.

10. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a processor configured to evaluate said obtained sensor data.

11. Mobile electronic device according to claim 2, wherein said component to obtain sensor data comprises a receiver.

12. Mobile electronic device according to claim 2, wherein said component to obtain sensor data comprises at least one sensor built-in in said mobile electronic device.

13. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said sensor is an acceleration sensor.

14. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said sensor is a position sensor.

15. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said sensor is an optical sensor.

16. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said sensor senses atmospheric conditions.

17. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising a processor being configured to change device settings according to said obtained sensor data.

18. Mobile electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising a user interface, for providing a user interface for manually overriding said generating/processing.

19. Method, comprising

obtaining data from a sensor, and

generating/processing digital content stored on a mobile electronic device in accordance with said data obtained from said sensor.

20. Method according to claim 19, further comprising receiving a communication request.

21. Method according to claim 19, wherein said generated digital content is stored as an announcement file of a mailbox.

22. Method according to claim 19, further comprising evaluating said data obtained from said sensor, and wherein said generating/processing of said digital content is done in accordance with a result of said evaluation operation.

23. Method according to claim 19, further comprising receiving sensor data from an external sensor.

24. Method according to claim 19, further comprising transmitting of said changed digital content.

25. Method according to claim 19, further comprising changing of device settings in accordance with said sensor data.

26. Method according to claim 19, further comprising manually editing said digital content by user input.

27. Software tool comprising program code means for carrying out the steps of claim 19 when said program is run on a computer device or a mobile electronic device.

28. Computer program comprising program code means for carrying out the method of claim 19 when said program is run on a mobile computer or network device.

29. Computer program product comprising program code means stored on a computer readable medium for carrying out the method of claim 19 when said program is run on a network device or a mobile computer device.