Script based interfaces for mobile phones

• US 6,892,067 B1
• Filed: 12/30/1999
• Issued: 05/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Sharma, Dipanshu, Ginzboorg, Yossi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gary, Erika
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HUY D
• Application Number:
  US09/475,756
• Time in Patent Office: 1,958 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/414.1, 455/420, 455/550.1, 455/422.1, 455/566, 455/419, 455/68, 455/70, 709/217, 709/216, 709/218, 345/762, 345/763
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00509 Personalising for a particular user or group of users, e.g. a workgroup or company
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00511 for a group of users, e.g. a workgroup, company, or a service provider

Abstract

A mobile phone utilizes a script based user interface. The script is stored in memory of the phone and is adapted to cause a browser to utilize one of a plurality of internal features in order to perform a function, and to display a user interface for the function on the display of the phone. Information is transferred between mobile communication devices by organizing the information as a script. The mobile communication device processes the script and performs a function prescribed by the script when it is received. In a method of real-time wireless communication, a WML script defining a user interface is sent from a first mobile device to a second mobile device. A data file is set up in the second device in response to the WML script information. Real-time script information is then repeatedly sent from the first device to the second device. The user interface is displayed on the second device and a function is performed in response to the real-time script information.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device comprising:

a processing unit;

a memory connected to the processing unit;

a display connected to the processing unit;

a plurality of internal features, each feature providing a unique functionality application, said plurality of internal features being located in hardware, firmware and/or an operating system of the wireless communication device;

a cellular transceiver connected to the processing unit and adapted to communicate with another wireless communication device located at a remote location; and

a browser application adapted to receive information through the cellular transceiver from the another wireless communication device and display said information on the display;

wherein, in response to said browser receiving a script relating to a predefined functions, the processing unit is adapted to forward said script into said memory for storing, and to cause said browser to utilize one of the plurality of internal features in order to perform the predefined function and to display a user interface for said predefined function, said wireless communication device adapted to perform a method of real-time wireless communication with the another wireless communication device located at the remote location, said method comprising;

receiving information included as a WML script from said another wireless communication device at the remote location, said WML script defining a user interface;

setting up a data file in response to said WML script information;

repeatedly receiving real-time script information from said another wireless communication device; and

displaying said user interface and performing an internal function in response to said real-time script information.

2. The wireless communication device recited in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of tags located in said script.

3. The wireless communication device recited in claim 2, wherein the script causes the browser to utilize one of the internal features by calling upon the tag associated with said one of the internal features.

4. The wireless communication device recited in claim 1, wherein the browser is a WML browser and the script is a WML script.

5. The wireless communication device recited in claim 4, wherein the script causes the browser to display a user interface for a calendar function of the wireless communication device.

6. The wireless communication device recited in claim 4, wherein the script causes the browser to display a user interface for an internal phone book.

7. The wireless communication device recited in claim 4, wherein the script causes the browser to display a user interface for an alarm.

8. The wireless communication device recited in claim 4, wherein the script causes the browser to display a user interface for a message system.

9. The wireless communication device recited in claim 4, wherein the WML script causes the browser to display a use interface for an internal function, the internal function being a ringing tone, a SIM card, a device setting, a call register or an infrared connectivity.

10. A wireless communication device as recited in claim 1, wherein the real-time script information is pushed according to the Wireless Application Protocol and transferred using Bluetooth wireless transmission.

11. A wireless communication device as recited in claim 10, wherein said WML script provides a new tag for the data file.

12. A wireless communication device as recited in claim 11, wherein the real-time script information indicates the current status of the first wireless communication device.

13. A wireless communication device as recited in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is an audio device and the real-time script information is currently updated lyrics of a song playing on the audio device.

14. A method of real-time wireless communication between first and second wireless communication devices, said method comprising:

sending information included as a WML script from said first wireless communication device to said second wireless communication device, said WML script defining a user interface;

setting up a data file in said second wireless communication device in response to said WML script information;

repeatedly sending real-time script information from said first wireless communication device to said second wireless communication device; and

displaying said user interface on said second wireless communication device and performing an internal function in response to said real-time script information.

15. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the real-time script information is pushed according to the Wireless Application Protocol and transferred using Bluetooth wireless transmission.

16. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein said WML script provides a new tag for the data file.

17. A method as recited in claim 16, wherein the real-time script information indicates the current status of the first wireless communication device.

18. The method recited in claim 16, wherein the script causes the wireless communication device to perform an internal function, which is accessed by using a tag.

19. The method recited in claim 18, wherein the tag by which a manufacturer'"'"'s specific function is accessed is not shown on the script of the user interface.

20. A method as recited in claim 18, wherein the first wireless communication device is an audio device and the real-time script information is constantly updated lyrics of a song playing on the audio device.

21. The method recited in claim 14, wherein the internal function of the wireless communication device is a ringing tone, a SIM card, a device setting, a call register or an infrared connectivity.