Server processing in providing messages for a wireless device connecting to a server

• US 6,996,394 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2002
• Issued: 02/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Sprigg, Stephen A., Minear, Brian, Chmaytelli, Mazen, Oliver, Mitchell B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoosain, Allan
• Application Number:
  US10/232,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20040203616A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,257 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379/70, 379/72, 379/76, 379/88.07, 379/88.11, 379/88.13, 379/88.17, 379/88.18, 379/93.12, 379/114.13, 379/142.17, 379/144.07, 379/144.08, 379/201.05, 379/218.01, 455/412, 455/413, 455/414, 455/412.1, 455/418, 455/419, 455/517, 455/414.1, 455/466, 455/556.1, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/10 Flow control between communication endpoints
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Abstract

A system and method for providing a message on the graphic display of a wireless device while the wireless device is connecting to an application download server across a wireless network. When the wireless device attempts to communicate with an application download server or changes files while navigating an application download server, a message is transmitted across the wireless network to the computer platform of the wireless device and displayed to the user of the wireless device. The message can be transmitted to the wireless device from the same application download server that the wireless device is attempting to connect to or navigate, or alternately, the message can be transmitted from another server on the wireless network.

Claims

1. A method for processing a target message for display on a wireless device communicating with a destination application download server, comprising:

receiving a request from the wireless device after connecting with the destination application download server;

initiating the processing of the request from the wireless device; and

sending the target message to the wireless device during idle transmission time while processing the request from the wireless device, wherein the target message comprises a message unrelated to a status of the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target message sent to the wireless device is sent by a second server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the target message is comprised of a plurality of components.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein sending a target message to the wireless device comprises:

sending a first one of the plurality of components of the target message by the application server; and

sending a second one of the plurality of components of the target message by a second server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the target message comprises a hyperlink.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the target message comprises a multimedia component.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending a second request by the wireless device;

initiating the processing of the second request; and

sending a second message to the wireless device during transmission idle time.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the sending of the second request by the wireless device is received by a second server.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

defining a target group of a plurality of wireless devices; and

determining if the wireless device that sent the request is in the target group;

wherein sending the target message to the wireless device during idle transmission time includes sending a group-specific message associated with the target group.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the application download server is configured to download a software application over a wireless network.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the target message comprises an advertisement.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the target message is compact such that the sending of the target message does not substantially lengthen an overall connection time between the wireless device and the application download server.

13. A method for processing a target message for display on a wireless device communicating with a destination application download server, comprising:

receiving a request from the wireless device after connecting with the destination application download server;

initiating the processing of the request from the wireless device;

sending a signal to a second server indicating that the target message may be sent to a wireless device, wherein the target message comprises a message unrelated to a status of the request; and

sending the target message to the wireless device by the second server during idle transmission time between the application download server and the wireless device.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

defining a target group of a plurality of wireless devices;

determining if the wireless device that sent the request is in the target group;

wherein sending the target message to the wireless device during idle transmission includes sending a group-specific message associated with the target group.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the target message is comprised of a plurality of components.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein sending a target message to the wireless device comprises:

sending first one of the plurality of components of the target message by the second server; and

sending a second one of the plurality of components of the target message by a third server.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the target message comprises a hyperlink.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the target message comprises a multimedia component.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the application download server is configured to download a software application over a wireless network.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the target message comprises an advertisement.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the target message is compact such that the sending of the target message does not substantially lengthen an overall connection time between the wireless device and the application download server.

22. A device for processing a target message for display on a wireless device communicating with a destination application download server, comprising:

means for receiving a request from the wireless device after connecting with the destination application download server;

means for initiating the processing of the request from the wireless device; and

means for sending the target message to the wireless device during idle transmission time while processing the request from the wireless device, wherein the target message comprises a message unrelated to a status of the request.

23. A computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions for processing a target message for display on a wireless device communicating with a destination application download server that when executed perform the method, comprising:

receiving a request from the wireless device after connecting with the destination application download server;

initiating the processing of the request from the wireless device; and

sending the target message to the wireless device during idle transmission time while processing the request from the wireless device, wherein the target message comprises a message unrelated to a status of the request.

24. A system for processing a target message for display on a wireless device, comprising:

a destination application download server operable to connect with the wireless device and receive a request from the wireless;

a server operable to initiate processing of the request from the wireless device; and

a server operable to send the target message to the wireless device during idle transmission time while processing the request from the wireless device, wherein the target message comprises a message unrelated to a status of the request.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the server that is operable to initiate processing of the request is the application download server.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the target message sent to the wireless device is sent by a server other than the application download server.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the wireless device is a member of a defined target group of wireless devices and the target message is associated with the target group.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein the application download server is configured to download a software application over a wireless network.

29. The system of claim 24, wherein the target message comprises at least one of a graphic, text, a network object, a multimedia component, and an advertisement.

30. The system of claim 24, wherein the target message is compact such that the sending of the target message does not substantially lengthen an overall connection time between the wireless device and the application download server.

31. A wireless device for displaying a target message, comprising:

a computer platform operable to connect with and send a request to a destination application download server; and

the computer platform operable to receive the target message during an idle transmission time in which the application download server is processing the request from the wireless device, wherein the target message comprises a message unrelated to a status of the request.

32. The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the target message is sent by a server other than the application download server.

33. The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the wireless device is a member of a defined target group of wireless devices and the target message is associated with the target group.

34. The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the target message comprises at least one of a graphic, text, a network object, a multimedia component, and an advertisement.

35. The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the application download server is configured to download a software application over a wireless network.

36. The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the target message is compact such that the receiving of the target message does not substantially lengthen an overall connection time between the wireless device and the application download server.

37. The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the target message is comprised of a plurality of components, and wherein the computer platform is operable to receive at least one of the plurality of components.