IM mobile phone for desktop

• US 20070207819A1
• Filed: 03/01/2006
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Redpath, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/365,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20070207819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A method, system, and program product for providing an instant messaging (IM) mobile phone interface to a desktop interface is disclosed. The method includes providing an IM communication between at least one desktop and one mobile device and then using an IM application, for example a MIDlet, from the mobile device on the desktop.

Claims

1. A method of providing an instant messaging (IM) mobile phone interface to a desktop interface comprising:

providing an IM communication between a desktop and a mobile device; and

using a mobile device IM application on the desktop.

2. The method of claim 1, the IM application being a MIDlet.

3. The method of claim 1, the using further comprising emulating a user interface of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, the using further comprising reusing a MIDlet of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, the mobile device IM application matches an IM application used by the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, the providing further comprising starting an IM application on the desktop.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

constraining a functionality of the desktop.

8. A system for providing an instant messaging (IM) mobile phone interface to a desktop interface comprising:

a system for IM communication between a desktop and a mobile device; and

a system for using a mobile device IM application on the desktop.

9. The system of claim 8, the IM application being a MIDlet.

10. The system of claim 8, the using system further comprising a system for emulating a user interface of the mobile device.

11. The system of claim 8, the using system further comprising a system for reusing a MIDlet of the mobile device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the mobile device IM application matches an IM application used by the mobile device.

13. The system of claim 8, the IM communication system further comprising a system for starting an IM application on the desktop.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a system for constraining a functionality of the desktop.

15. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for providing an instant messaging (IM) mobile phone interface to a desktop interface, the computer readable medium comprising program code configured to:

provide an IM communication between a desktop and a mobile device; and

use a mobile device IM application on the desktop.