Method of sending and receiving personal information by using mobile terminal

• US 7,058,686 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2000
• Issued: 06/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jin, Chae Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Wiley, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): DELGADO, MICHAEL A
• Application Number:
  US09/735,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20020084888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,000 Days
• Field of Search: 709/205, 709/206, 455/458, 455/466, 455/575.1, 345/179, 379/433.67
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system for sending and receiving personal information using a mobile terminal is disclosed. In the present invention, a personal information is sent using a short message service with an attached identification information. Accordingly, when the short message is received by a receiving mobile terminal, the attached identification information allows the receiving mobile terminal to distinguish and process the short message for personal information differently from other general short messages.

Claims

1. A method of sending personal information using a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying a first window which provides a personal information setting mode selection and a personal information transmission mode selection;

displaying a second window for entry of personal information data to be transmitted when the personal information setting mode is selected;

re-displaying the first window to provide the personal information setting mode and the personal information transmission mode selections after the personal information data is entered and prior to transmission of the personal information data;

displaying a third window for entry of a phone number corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the personal information data when the personal information transmission mode is selected;

inputting the phone number corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the personal information data;

inserting identification information distinguishing the personal information data from other types of data into a user data field of a short message; and

transmitting the personal information data to said receiving mobile terminal using a Short Message Service (SMS) with the identification information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information data is at least one of a name, a phone number, an address, a business name, an email address and a facsimile number.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information data input for transmission is personal information data stored in advance.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein inputting the phone number comprises inputting the phone number automatically using a phone number list stored in the sending mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein inserting the identification information comprises inserting the identification information into a first portion of the user data field for short messages.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the personal information data to said receiving mobile terminal comprises:

receiving a command to transmit the personal information data through a key pad of the sending mobile terminal;

generating the personal information data as the short message if a command to transmit the personal information is received; and

transmitting the short message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting the short message comprises:

transmitting the short message to a mobile switching station through a BSC;

transmitting the short message from the MSC to an SMS center connected to the mobile switching center;

obtaining, at the SMS center, location information of the receiving mobile terminal using a home network location register of the sending mobile terminal;

transmitting the short message to a receiving mobile switching center connected to a serving BSC of the receiving mobile terminal according to the location information of the receiving mobile terminal; and

transmitting the short message to the receiving mobile terminal through the serving BSC.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a message indicating a completion of the personal information transmission when the personal information is transmitted.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data field comprises:

an encoding field indicating a coding type of the short message;

a message type field indicating a type of the short message; and

a Chari field including the identification information.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the user data field further comprises:

a subparameter ID field for a subparameter identifier;

a subparameter length field indicating a length of the short message other than the subparameter ID field;

a Num_field indicating a character length Num_field by which value the data of the Chari field is repeated; and

a reserved field.

9. A method of receiving personal information using a mobile terminal comprising:

determining at a receiving mobile terminal if a received short message is for personal information data transmission by checking whether the received short message has identification information distinguishing the personal information data from other types of data in a user data field of the short message;

displaying the received short message on the receiving mobile terminal and determining whether to store the received short message based upon a user input, if the received short message is for personal information data transmission; and

storing the received short message if the user input indicates storing the received short message,

wherein displaying the received short message further comprises generating a tone to indicate receipt of the received short message using one of either a speaker or a buzzer when the received short message is displayed, and

wherein storing the received short message further comprises storing the received short message in a telephone number list of the receiving mobile terminal.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein the user data field comprises:

an encoding field indicating a coding type of the short message;

a message type field indicating a type of the short message; and

a Chari field including the identification information.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the user data field further comprises:

a subparameter ID field for a subparameter identifier;

a subparameter length field indicating a length of the short message other than the subparameter ID field;

a Num_field indicating a character length Num_field by which value the data of the Chari field is repeated; and

a reserved field.

10. A system of sending and receiving personal information using mobile terminals comprising:

providing for selection between a personal information setting mode and a personal information transmission mode;

again providing for selection between the personal information setting mode and the personal information transmission mode after personal information data has been entered and prior to transmission of the personal information data;

providing for entry of a phone number corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the personal information data when the personal information transmission mode is selected;

inputting the phone number corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the personal information data;

transmitting the personal information data to said receiving mobile terminal as a short message with an identification information;

determining at the receiving mobile terminal if the short message is for personal information data transmission by reading the identification information from a user data field of a received short message;

displaying the short message on the receiving mobile terminal and determining whether to store the short message based upon a user input, if the short message is for personal information data transmission; and

storing the short message if the user input indicates storing the short message.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the identification information is read from a first portion of the user data field for short messages.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein transmitting the personal information data to said receiving mobile terminal comprises:

receiving a command to transmit the short message through a key pad of the sending mobile terminal;

generating the personal information data as the short message if the command to transmit the short message is received; and

transmitting the short message.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein transmitting the short message comprises:

transmitting the short message to a mobile switching station through a BSC;

transmitting the short message from the MSC to an SMS center connected to the mobile switching center;

obtaining, at the SMS center, location information of the receiving mobile terminal using a home network location register of the sending mobile terminal;

transmitting the short message to a receiving mobile switching center connected to a serving BSC of the receiving mobile terminal according to the location information of the receiving mobile terminal; and

transmitting the short message to the receiving mobile terminal through the serving BSC.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising displaying a message indicating a completion of the personal information transmission when the personal information is transmitted.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein determining if the received short message is for personal information is performed by checking whether the received short message has the identification information.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein in storing the short message, storing the received short message in a telephone number list of the receiving mobile terminal.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the user data field comprises:

an encoding field indicating a coding type of the short message;

a message type field indicating a type of the short message; and

a Chari field including the identification information.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the user data field further comprises:

a subparameter ID field for a subparameter identifier;

a subparameter length field indicating a length of the short message other than the subparameter ID field;

a Num_field indicating a character length Num_field by which value the data of the Chari field is repeated; and

a reserved field.

23. A system for sending and receiving personal information using mobile terminals, comprising:

means for providing a first window for selection between a personal information setting mode and a personal information transmission mode;

means for providing a second window for entry of personal information data to be transmitted when the personal information setting mode is selected;

means for again providing the first window for selection between a personal information setting mode and a personal information transmission mode after personal information data has been entered and prior to transmission of the personal information data;

means for providing a third window for entry of a phone number corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the personal information data when the personal information transmission mode is selected;

means for inputting the phone number corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the personal information data;

means for transmitting the personal information data to said receiving mobile terminal as a short message with an identification information;

means for determining at the receiving mobile terminal if the short message is for personal information data transmission by reading the identification information from a user data field of a received short message;

means for displaying the short message on the receiving mobile terminal and determining whether to store the short message based upon a user input, if the short message is for personal information data transmission; and

means for storing the short message if the user input indicates storing the short message.