Mobile handset with browser application to be used to recognize textual presentation

• US 6,650,889 B1
• Filed: 07/27/2000
• Issued: 11/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Orange Personal Communications Services Limited (BT Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: Orange Personal Communications Services Limited (BT Group PLC)
• Inventors: Evans, Michael Paul, Furnell, Steven Marcus, Hammac, John, Phippen, Andrew David, Reynolds, Paul Laurence, Kelliher, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Nguyen T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Application Number:
  US09/463,475
• Time in Patent Office: 1,209 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/412, 455/414, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 455/550, 455/563, 455/566, 455/569, 455/575, 455/90, 709/219, 709/217, 709/328, 709/392, 345/473, 345/474, 345/654, 345/653, 345/667
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions

Abstract

A mobile handset for use in a mobile communications system includes a user interface, a radio communications front end, a radio transceiving antenna, and a browser application to interpret a multimedia document received from a remote server. The browser application recognizes textual presentation markup tags in the document and presents text to a user in accordance with the markup tags. The browser application recognizes a standard set of document-independent local library file markup tags in the document, and stores a standard set of non-textual local library files corresponding to the local library file markup tags. The browser application further presents content provided by one of the local library files via the user interface in response to the recognition of one of the local library file markup tags in the document.

Claims

1. A mobile handset for use in a mobile communications system, said handset comprising:

a user interface;

a radio communications front end;

a radio transceiving antenna;

means for interpreting a multimedia document received from a remote server, said interpreting means comprising;

means for recognizing textual presentation markup tags in a said document and presenting text to a user in accordance with said markup tags;

means for recognizing a standard set of document-independent local library file markup tags in a said document;

means for storing a standard set of non-textual local library files corresponding to said local library file markup tags; and

means for presenting content provided by one of said local library files via said user interface in response to the recognition of one of said local library file markup tags in a said document.

2. A mobile handset according to claim 1, wherein said non-textual files comprise graphics files.

3. A mobile handset according to claim 2, wherein said graphics files define images of buttons used for document navigation purposes.

4. A mobile handset according to claim 3, wherein said images comprise at least one of a home button, a search button and an arrow button.

5. A mobile handset according to claim 3, wherein said interpreting means is capable of recognizing a hyperlink reference associated with a said image tag within a markup in said document.

6. A mobile handset according to claim 2, wherein said graphics files define images of standard page design constructs.

7. A mobile handset according to claim 6, wherein said standard page design constructs comprise at least one of a line image, a bullet image and a separator image.

8. A mobile handset according to claim 3, wherein said images are grouped into a plurality of themes, and said interpreting means is for recognizing a theme selection markup tag and selecting between said image files in dependence on a recognized theme selection markup tag.

9. A mobile handset according to claim 1, wherein said non-textual files comprise at least one of audio files and video files.

10. A mobile handset according to claim 1, wherein said non-textual files comprise data for speech synthesis, and said tags define speech to be synthesized.

11. A mobile handset according to claim 10, wherein said non-textual files comprise data defining a facial image and data for animation of said facial image, said handset comprising means for presenting said speech in conjunction with a graphical display of an animation of said facial image.

12. A mobile handset according to claim 11, wherein said local library file markup tags include a plurality of predetermined animation tags which are recognized by said interpreting means to provide a plurality of animations of said facial image.

13. A mobile handset according to claim 12, wherein said plurality of animations comprise at least one of a talk animation, a smile animation and a wink animation.

14. A mobile handset according to claim 11, wherein characteristics of said moving facial image are selectable by a user of the mobile handset.

15. A mobile handset according to claim 1, wherein said interpreting means comprises means for recognizing two dimensional graphics markup tags in said document and for rendering a graphical object on said user interface on the basis of a plurality of said graphics markup tags.

16. A mobile handset according to claim 15, wherein said graphics markup tags comprise at least one of line drawing commands and image manipulation commands.

17. A mobile handset according to claim 1, for use in a cellular communications system.

18. A mobile handset according to claim 17, wherein said cellular communication system is a GSM communications system.

19. A mobile handset for use in a mobile communications system, said handset comprising:

a user interface;

a radio communications front end;

a radio transceiving antenna; and

a browser application to interpret a multimedia document received from a remote server, said browser application configured;

to recognize textual presentation markup tags in said document and presenting text to a user in accordance with said markup tags;

to recognize a standard set of document-independent local library file markup tags in said document;

to store a standard set of non-textual local library files corresponding to said local library file markup tags; and

to present content provided by one of said local library files via said user interface in response to the recognition of one of said local library file markup tags in said document.

20. A mobile handset according to claim 19, wherein said non-textual files comprise graphics files.

21. A mobile handset according to claim 20, wherein said graphics files define images of buttons used for document navigation purposes.

22. A mobile handset according to claim 21, wherein said browser application is capable of recognizing a hyperlink reference associated with an image tag within a markup in said document.

23. A mobile handset according to claim 21, wherein said images are grouped into a plurality of themes, and said browser application recognizing a theme selection markup tag and selecting between said image files in dependence on a recognized theme selection markup tag.

24. A mobile handset according to claim 19, wherein said browser application is configured to recognize two dimensional graphics markup tags in said document and to render a graphical object on said user interface on the basis of a plurality of said graphics markup tags.

25. A method for interpreting a multimedia document from a remote server received by a mobile handset in a mobile communications system, comprising:

recognizing a textual presentation markup tag in the multimedia document;

presenting text to a user in accordance with said markup tag;

recognizing a standard set of document-independent local library file markup tags in said document;

storing a standard set of non-textual local library files corresponding to the local library file markup tags; and

presenting content provided by one of the local library files via the user interface in response to the recognition of one of the local library file markup tags in a the document.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising recognizing two dimensional graphics markup tags in the document;

and rendering a graphical object on the user interface on the basis of a plurality of the graphics markup tags.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein said graphics markup tags comprise at least one of line drawing commands and image manipulation commands.