DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MESSAGE

• US 20090111486A1
• Filed: 10/26/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: BURSTROM, David Per
• Application Number:
  US11/925,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20090111486A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72421 with automatic activation of emergency service functions, e.g. upon sensing an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

One or more embodiments may concern a portable communication device comprising a detection unit and a control unit, said portable communication device being adapted to use an information template for generating a message. The detection unit is configured to detect a physical entity. The control unit is configured to insert information corresponding to the detected physical entity, detected by the detection unit into a pre-specified position in the message template. One or more embodiments may also concerns a method for generating a message in a portable communication device by using an adaptive information template.

Claims

1. A portable communication device comprising:

a detection unit;

a control unit; and

a memory including a message template for generating a message for a recipient, where;

the detection unit is configured to detect a physical characteristic, and

the control unit is configured to insert information corresponding to the detected physical characteristic, detected by the detection unit, into a pre-specified position in the message template.

2. The portable communication device according to claim 1, where the detection unit includes a position detecting unit and said physical characteristic includes position data corresponding to a present geographical position of the portable communication device.

3. The portable communication device according to claim 2, where the control unit is configured to map position data detected by the detection unit onto a natural language denomination, which is said information, before being inserted into the pre specified position in the message template.

4. The portable communication device according to claim 3, where the position data corresponds to a plurality of natural language denominations of different precision, where each of the plurality of natural language denominations corresponds to a geographical area of different size.

5. The portable communication device according to claim 4, where the control unit is configured to select the natural language denomination corresponding to the position data based on a distance between a home location of the recipient and the position data.

6. The portable communication device according to claim 5, where the control unit is configured to order the communication unit to send a message.

7. The portable communication device according to claim 1, where the detection unit comprises one or more of a temperature sensor, a Bluetooth unit, an accelerometer, a light sensor, a sensor measuring the sound level of the environment, a barometer, a sensor device for determine the air pressure, a humidity sensor, a breath analyzer, a clock, a calendar, a pulse meter, or a blood pressure sensor.

8. The portable communication device according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of detection units and a plurality of pre-specified positions in the information template.

9. A method for generating a message in a portable communication device by using a message template comprising at least one pre-specified position, said method comprising:

detecting a physical characteristic, and

inserting relevant information corresponding to the detected physical characteristic into the pre-specified position in the message template.

10. The method for generating a message according to claim 9, where the detected physical characteristic comprises position data corresponding to a present geographical position of the portable communication device.

11. The method for generating a message according to claim 10, further comprising mapping the data corresponding to the present geographical position onto a natural language denomination, which is said information.

12. The method for generating a message according to claim 9, further comprising:

detecting that the portable communication device is set into a template mode,

activating a detection unit, and

preparing the detected physical characteristic for presentation.

13. The method for generating a message according to claim 11, further comprising selecting the natural language denomination corresponding to the position data based on a home location of the recipient.

14. The method for generating a message according to claim 13, where selecting the natural language denomination corresponding to detected position data further comprise:

selecting the natural language denomination corresponding to a geographical area where the present geographical position of the portable communication device corresponds to a geographical area which is separate from the determined home location of the recipient.

15. The method for generating a message according to claim 14, further comprising sending the generated message automatically.

16. The method for generating a message according to claim 9, where the detected physical characteristic includes one or more of temperature, name of other Bluetooth units within range, accelerometer data, light intensity data, sound level data, barometer data, air pressure, height over the sea level, air humidity data, the users alcohol content when exhaling, time, calendar data, pulse, or blood pressure.

17. The method for generating a message according to claim 9, where the detection unit is continuously activated and the portable communication device is set into a template mode when the information corresponding to the detected physical characteristic reaches or exceeds a certain predetermined threshold value.

18. The method for generating a message according to claim 9, where a plurality of detection units are activated and a plurality of relevant information are captured and inserted into a plurality of pre-specified positions in the message template.

19. The method for generating a message according to claim 9, where a plurality of messages are distributed to a plurality of recipients.

20. A computer-readable medium including instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable medium comprising:

one or more instructions for generating a message in a portable communication device by using a message template comprising at least one pre-specified position;

one or more instructions for detecting a physical characteristic; and

one or more instructions for inserting relevant information corresponding to the detected physical entity into the pre-specified position in the template.