Mobile Communication Terminal, Information Providing System, Program, and Computer Readable Recording Medium

• US 20070123206A1
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Yamane, Takeshi, Tsukiji, Hiroshi, Fukushima, Masaru, Endoh, Takashi, Satake, Masaomi, Nozaki, Fumihiro, Numagami, Yasuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 9,008,627 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/403
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/28 with meter at substation or with calculation of charges at terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/62 based on trigger specification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/88 Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0116 Provision for limiting expenditure, e.g. limit on call expenses or account
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

Information that is no longer valid due to the passage of time is not provided to a user. When a stock price information server acquires updated stock price information from a securities market network, a message that instructs that a predetermined application be started up and to which a term of validity has been attached is sent to a user terminal over a paging channel via an SMS server. When the user terminal receives the message, it determines whether or not the message is within the term of validity, and if it determines that the message is within the term of validity, starts up the instructed application from among a plurality of applications that are stored. The stock price information server then sends to the user terminal the stock price information that is requested by the started up application.

Claims

1-33. -33. (canceled)

34. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display section that displays a notification of the arrival of an incoming signal or a notification that is generated as a result of the arrival of an incoming signal; and

a control section that measures an elapsed time since the release of a key by a user, and, when the arrival of the incoming signal has occurred, controls a display of the notification on the display section based on the elapsed time measured.

35. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 34, wherein the arrival of the incoming signal is the arrival of a message, and the notification that is generated as a result of the arrival of the incoming signal is a notification that relates to an application that is started up in accordance with information in the message.

36. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 34, wherein, when the elapsed time measured reaches a predetermined threshold value, the control section displays the notification using the display section.

37. A program that executes on a computer:

a display process that displays a notification of the arrival of an incoming signal or a notification that is generated as a result of the arrival of an incoming signal;

a key monitoring process that measures an elapsed time since the release of a key by a user; and

a control process that, when the arrival of the incoming signal has occurred, controls the display process of the notification based on the elapsed time measured by the key monitoring process.

38. The program according to claim 37, wherein the arrival of the incoming signal is the arrival of a message, and a notification that is generated as a result of the arrival of the incoming signal is a notification that relates to an application that is started up in accordance with information in the message.

39. The program according to claim 37, wherein, when the elapsed time measured by the key monitoring process reaches a predetermined threshold value, the control process controls the display process of the notification.

50. A computer readable recording medium which is recorded the program according to claim 37.

40. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display section that displays a notification of the arrival of an incoming signal or a notification that is generated as a result of the arrival of an incoming signal; and

a control section that monitors whether or not unset characters are being displayed on the display section during a character input operation, and, when displaying the notification on the display section, determines whether or not the unset characters are being displayed on the display section, and controls the display of the notification based on a result of the determination.

41. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 40, wherein the notification that is generated as a result of the arrival of an incoming signal is a notification instructing that an application be started up.

42. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 40, wherein if the control section prohibits the display of the notification, the notification is displayed after a predetermined time.

43. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 40, wherein if the control section prohibits the display of the notification, the notification is displayed after it has been determined that the unset characters have been set.

44. A program that executes on a computer:

a notification display process that displays a notification of the arrival of an incoming signal or a notification that is generated as the result of the arrival of an incoming signal;

a monitoring process that monitors whether or not unset characters are being displayed during a character input operation; and

a control process that, when displaying the notification, determines whether or not the unset characters are being displayed on a display section, and controls the display of the notification based on a result of the determination.

51. A computer readable recording medium which is recorded the program according to claim 44.

45-49. -49. (canceled)