Methods, devices and computer program products for saving content of a mobile terminal display

• US 20070044013A1
• Filed: 08/18/2005
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hyatt, Edward
• Application Number:
  US11/206,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044013A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/239
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

Methods, devices and computer program products are provided for saving content of a mobile terminal display. A request is received to store the content of a display associated with the mobile terminal. An image file is generated including the content of the of the display responsive to the received request. The generated image file is stored in a screen content folder regardless of a type of the content and/or a source of the content.

Claims

1. A method of saving content of a mobile terminal display, comprising:

receiving a request to store the content of a display associated with the mobile terminal;

generating an image file including the content of the display responsive to the received request; and

storing the generated image file in a screen content folder regardless of a type of the content and/or a source of the content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically generating a text file associated with the generated image file, the text file including any text included in the image file; and

storing the generated text file in the screen content folder.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising attaching the text file to an email message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, a Short Message Service (SMS) message and/or forwarding the text file to a text notes program.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising attaching the image file to an email message and/or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

processing the image file and/or the text file to extract information therefrom; and

providing the extracted information to an application program for use therein.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the application program comprises a contacts database, a calendar, a browser, a chat client and/or a bookmark storage unit.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising editing the image file and/or the text file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving comprises:

receiving user input provided through a dedicated screen content button provided on the mobile terminal;

receiving user input provided through an overloaded button provided on the mobile terminal;

or

receiving user input provided through a menu provided on the mobile terminal.

9. A mobile terminal comprising a content capturing module configured to receive a request to store content of a display associated with the mobile terminal, generate an image file including the content of the display responsive to the received request and store the image file a screen content folder regardless of a type of the content and/or a source of the content.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising a text conversion circuit that is configured to automatically generate a text file associated with the stored image file that includes any text in the image file content and store the generated text file in the screen content folder.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the text conversion module is further configured to attach the text file to an email message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, a Short Message Service (SMS) message and/or forwarding the text file to a text notes program.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the content capturing module is further configured to attach the image file to an email message and/or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the content capturing module is further configured to:

process the image file and/or the text file to extract information therefrom; and

provide the extracted information to an application program for use therein.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the content capturing module is further configured to edit the image file and/or the text file.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the content capturing module is further configured to:

receive user input provided through a dedicated screen content button provided on the mobile terminal;

receive user input provided through an overloaded button provided on the mobile terminal;

or

receive user input provided through a menu provided on the mobile terminal.

16. A computer program product for saving content of a mobile terminal display, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program medium comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive a request to store the content of a display associated with the mobile terminal; and

computer readable program code configured to generate an image file including the content of the display responsive to the received request; and

computer readable program code configured to store image file in a screen content folder regardless of a type of content and/or a source of the content.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to automatically generate a text file associated with the image file, the text file including any text included in the image file; and

computer readable program code configured to store the generated text file in the screen content folder.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code configured to attach the text file to an email message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, a Short Message Service (SMS) message and/or forwarding the text file to a text notes program.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising computer readable program code configured to attach the image file to an email message and/or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to process the image file and/or the text file to extract information therefrom; and

computer readable program code configured to provide the extracted information to an application program for use therein.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the application program comprises a contacts database, a calendar, a browser, a chat client and/or a bookmark storage unit.

22. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code configured to edit the image file and/or the text file.

23. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program code configured to receive a request comprises:

computer readable program code configured to receive user input provided through a dedicated screen content button provided on the mobile terminal;

computer readable program code configured to receive user input provided through an overloaded button provided on the mobile terminal;

or

computer readable program code configured to receive user input provided through a menu provided on the mobile terminal.