Shortcut generator for services accessible via a messaging service system

• US 20060242248A1
• Filed: 04/22/2005
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Kokkinen, Heikki
• Application Number:
  US11/112,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20060242248A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading

Abstract

A method and equipment by which a mobile station (10) is able to request a service of a content provider (23) via a message center (22) (or other server of a communication network) without having to key in an identifier for the service (among other things). The invention includes a shortcut generator (24a) for providing a user interface application (10c) created or configured—via a configuration file (10d)—to correspond to services selected by a user from a list of services. The user interface application (10d), possibly in combination with the configuration file (10d), provides respective executable shortcuts to the services selected by the user from the list of services. The shortcut are downloaded or other transferred to the mobile station (10), and used in requesting, from time to time, the corresponding services.

Claims

1. A method for providing a shortcut access to services available via a communication network by a user using a communication device, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a list of one or more selectable services offered by a content provider, wherein said services are accessible by a user of the communication network; and

creating an executable shortcut to a service selected by the user from the list of selectable services, for enabling the user to access the selected service.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein the shortcut creates a message requesting the selected service, and the message is formed according to a protocol used by a message center of the communication network.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein in providing a shortcut, executable code for a user interface application is created.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein in providing a shortcut, a configuration file is created for use in configuring executable code for a user interface application to correspond to the selected service.

5. A method as in claim 1, further comprising a step of receiving an indication of a value of a parameter for the selected service, and creating an executable shortcut for enabling automatic access to the selected service with the indicated value for the parameter.

6. A method as in claim 1, wherein the executable shortcut is transferred to the communication device.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein the executable shortcut is storable to an element of the communication network in a form downloadable to the communication device via the communication system.

8. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage structure embodying computer program code thereon for execution by a processor, the computer program product including instructions for performing the steps of the method of claim 1.

9. A server, for providing a shortcut access to services available via a communication network by a user using a communication device, the server comprising:

means for displaying a list of one or more selectable services offered by a content provider, wherein said services are accessible by a user of the communication network; and

means for creating an executable shortcut to a service selected by the user from the list of selectable services, for enabling the user to access the selected service through the network using the communication device.

10. A server as in claim 9, wherein the shortcut creates a message requesting the selected service, and the message is formed according to a protocol used by a message center of the communication network.

11. A server as in claim 9, wherein in providing a shortcut, executable code for a user interface application is created.

12. A server as in claim 9, wherein in providing a shortcut, a configuration file is created for use in configuring executable code for a user interface application to correspond to the selected service.

13. A server as in claim 9, further comprising a step of receiving an indication of a value of a parameter for the selected service, and creating an executable shortcut for enabling automatic access to the selected service with the indicated value for the parameter.

14. A server as in claim 9, wherein the executable shortcut is transferred to the communication device.

15. A server as in claim 9, wherein the executable shortcut is storable to an element of the communication network in a form downloadable to the communication device via the communication system.

16. A method for accessing services available via a communication network by a user using the communication device, comprising:

displaying an executable shortcut to a service of a content provider via the communication network through the communication network; and

sending a request for the service via the message center to the content provider in response to a command by the user for executing the executable shortcut;

wherein the executable shortcut is created by a web server in response to user selection of the service, and downloaded to the communication device.

17. A method as in claim 16, further comprising:

a step of including a value for a parameter for the service in the request for the service.

18. A method as in claim 16, further comprising:

a step of enabling the user to input or otherwise indicate a value for a parameter for the service before sending the service request, and a step of including the value for the parameter in the service request.

19. A computer program product providing a computer readable storage structure embodying computer program code thereon for execution by a processor, the computer program product including instructions for performing the steps of the method of claim 16.

20. A communication device for accessing services available via a communication network by a user using the communication device, comprising:

means for displaying an executable shortcut to a service of a content provider via the communication network through the communication network; and

means for sending a request for the service to the content provider in response to a command by the user for executing the executable shortcut;

wherein the executable shortcut is created by a web server in response to user selection of the service, and downloaded to the communication device.

21. A communication device as in claim 20, further comprising:

means for including a value for a parameter for the service in the request for the service.

22. A communication device as in claim 20, further comprising:

means for enabling the user to input or otherwise indicate a value for a parameter for the service before sending the service request, and means for including the value for the parameter in the service request.