Method and Apparatus for Starting Applications

• US 20080132218A1
• Filed: 11/29/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mobillion Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mobillion Ltd.
• Inventors: Dado, Erez, Samson, Yuval, Himmel, Orit, Sedaghati, David, Vernia, Carmel
• Application Number:
  US11/947,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20080132218A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/053 remote terminal provisioning, e.g. of applets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/651 Text message transmission triggered by call
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0048 where the text-based messaging service is a Short Message Service

Abstract

A method and apparatus for letting a user of a mobile device start an application by dialing. The number is either trapped by the mobile device, which starts an application that may connect to a server, or the server gets a signal from the mobile device, and sends back a message to the mobile device, causing it to initiate a session and connect to an IP address or a web page providing the service, or, over the voice channel, simultaneously (or not) with the vocal session, the server pass informational data, which causes a “listener” module on the client side such as the mobile phone which established connection with the server, to start a specific application, that may connect to a server which its address is given over the voice channel. The application or session is a multi-modal session passing audio, video, text, data, images, odor and the like.

Claims

1. A method for starting an application providing a service from a mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a digital signal sequence;

determining the service to be provided using the digital sequence; and

starting execution of the application providing the service by the mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the application is a multi modal application.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of a listener application trapping the digital signal sequence and starting the execution of the application.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the listener application determines the application or a parameter thereof by matching a prefix or a suffix of the digital signal sequence.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the listener application determines the application or a parameter thereof by comparing the digital signal sequence to an at least one predetermined number appearing in a table.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

sending the digital signal sequence to a server; and

sending a notification from the server to the mobile communication device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the notification is sent as a separate communication between the mobile communication device and the server.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the notification is sent as part of a communication established when the digital signal sequence was sent to the server.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the notification comprises an address for the mobile communication device to connect to.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising a step of a establishing a multimodal session between the mobile communication device and an Internet Protocol address associated with the service.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the multi modal session comprises a voice session held substantially simultaneously with a data session.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the session is between a user of the mobile device and a representative, and wherein the representative assumes control over the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 6 wherein the service is associated with the digital signal sequence or a part thereof.

14. The method of claim 6 wherein the notification is a Global System for Mobile communications message or a short message.

15. The method of claim 6 wherein the notification is a Wireless Application Protocol link.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the application is a browser application.

17. An apparatus for starting an application providing a service, the application executed by a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device executing:

a listener application; and

the application providing the service to a user.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the listener application traps a digital signal sequence dialed by a user using the mobile communication device.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the application invokes a multimodal session between the mobile communication device and a server.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the server executes:

a network layer for communicating with the mobile communication device;

a messaging server for sending or receiving messages to and from the mobile communication device; and

a graphic user interface server for adapting information to be displayed to the user to an at least one parameter of the mobile communication device.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the messaging server sends a message to the mobile communication device to start the application.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the server further executes:

a voice server for receiving and sending vocal information from or to the mobile communication device; and

a multi modality server for synchronizing data between the voice server, the graphic user interface server and the mobile communication device.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 further comprising an application server for providing the service.