Wireless messaging device with selectable scroll display and message pre-fetch

• US 6,978,147 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2003
• Issued: 12/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Coombes, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, David Q
• Application Number:
  US10/391,920
• Publication Number:
  US 20040203959A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.2, 455/413, 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 455/414.1, 455/466, 202/203, 215/513
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A system, method and computer readable medium for scroll displaying of message information stored in message memory (418) of a wireless messaging device (400). The wireless messaging device (400) fetches additional message information from a wireless messaging server (112) over a wireless network, and stores in message memory (418) the additional message information received over the wireless network prior to reaching the end of scroll displaying the stored message information. Additionally, a plurality of received messages can be scroll displayed according to a message receive order or other priority.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

wirelessly receiving message information;

storing the received message information;

scroll displaying the stored message information;

wirelessly requesting fetch of additional message information such that the additional message information will be wirelessly received prior to reaching the end of scroll displaying the stored message information, performed by;

determining a scroll display time period for scroll displaying the stored message information remaining to be displayed;

determining a fetch response time period for wirelessly receiving additional message information in response to wirelessly requesting fetch of the of additional message information; and

wirelessly requesting fetch of additional message information when the scroll display time period is approximately less than or equal to the fetch response time period.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wirelessly received message information comprises at least one of text and graphics.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored message information and the additional message information comprise message information corresponding to a message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored message information comprises message information corresponding to a first message and the additional message information comprises message information corresponding to a second message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the scroll displaying of the stored message information is selectively activated by a user of a wireless messaging device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selective activation by a user of the wireless messaging device comprises the user pressing at least one button of the wireless messaging device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the scroll displaying of the stored message information is scroll displayed to a user of a wireless messaging device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless messaging device comprises a cellular telephone.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically wirelessly requesting delete of message information at a wireless messaging server in response to receiving a user input to indicate a request to delete the message information.

10. A wireless messaging device comprising:

a receiver for receiving message information wirelessly transmitted from a wireless communication system;

a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting information to the wireless communication system;

a display for progressively displaying message information to a user;

a memory for storing message information;

a device controller, communicatively coupled to the receiver, the transmitter, the display, and the memory, for receiving message information, storing the received message information in the memory, and progressively displaying the stored message information to the user; and

a message information fetch controller, communicatively coupled to the device controller,

for automatically determining that additional message information is needed to be stored in the memory to continue to progressively displaying message information to the user, by;

determining a progressively display time period for progressively displaying the stored message information remaining to be displayed;

determining a fetch response time period for wirelessly receiving additional message information in response to wirelessly requesting fetch of the of additional message information; and

for transmitting a request to the wireless communication system for requesting additional message information be wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication system to the wireless messaging device to continue to progressively display message information to the user when the progressively display time period is approximately less than or equal to the fetch response time period.

11. The wireless messaging device of claim 10, further comprising user input means, communicatively coupled to the device controller, for progressively displaying the stored message information to the user in response to the user providing user input.

12. The wireless messaging device of claim 10, further comprising user input means, communicatively coupled to the device controller, for automatically progressively displaying the stored message information to the user at a first display rate in response to the user providing a first user activation input, and at a second display rate in response to the user providing a second user activation input.

13. The wireless messaging device of claim 10, wherein the message information comprises at least one of text and graphics.

14. The wireless messaging device of claim 10, further comprising user input means, communicatively coupled to the device controller, for automatically progressively displaying the stored message information to the user in response to the user providing a user activation input.

15. The wireless messaging device of claim 14, wherein the automatically progressively displayed message information comprises message information from a first message and from a second message.

16. A computer readable medium comprising computer instructions for a wireless messaging device for:

wirelessly receiving message information;

storing the received message information;

progressively displaying the stored message information;

wirelessly requesting fetch of additional message information such that the additional message information will be wirelessly received prior to reaching the end of progressively displaying the stored message information, performed by;

determining a progressively display time period for progressively displaying the stored message information remaining to be displayed;

determining a fetch response time period for wirelessly receiving additional message information in response to wirelessly requesting fetch of the of additional message information; and

wirelessly requesting fetch of additional message information when the progressively display time period is approximately less than or equal to the fetch response time period.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the wirelessly received message information comprises at least one of text and graphics.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the stored message information comprises message information corresponding to a first message and the additional message information comprises message information corresponding to a second message.