Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications

• US 7,088,990 B1
• Filed: 10/30/1998
• Issued: 08/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Nykanen, Petri, Gustafsson, Patrik, Isomursu, Pekka, Miettunen, Juhani, Lehtonen, Arto, Lietsalmi, Mikko
• Primary Examiner(s): GELIN, JEAN ALLAND
• Application Number:
  US09/183,343
• Time in Patent Office: 2,839 Days
• Field of Search: 455/410, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 455/556, 455/557, 455/466, 455/31.3, 455/38.1, 455/575, 455/186.1, 340/572.1, 340/572.4, 340/825.4, 379/93.17, 370/352, 370/389, 370/392, 370/310, 709/200, 709/201, 709/217, 709/232, 709/238
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/041 Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications (17, 18) and means (8) for addressing the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data comprises characters in the short message.

Claims

1. A method of transferring electronic calendar data between a first device and a second device, the second device being remote from the first device, and both the first and second device being one of a mobile station capable of communicating over a mobile communications network, and of a computer capable of being connected to the mobile communication network, the method comprising:

transmitting a calendar reservation from the first device to the second device via at least one mobile communications network, the calendar reservation including a subject and time of an event;

receiving said calendar reservation at the second device; and

storing the subject of the event of said received calendar reservation at the time of the event in an electronic calendar of the second device.

2. A method according to claim 1, and further comprising before the step of storing the steps of

allowing the user of the second device to select between confirming and cancelling of said received calendar reservation, and

performing the step of storing as a response to a confirmation by the user.

3. A method according to claim 2, and further comprising the step of sending a confirmation message from the second device to the first device as a response to said confirming of said received calendar reservation.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting includes transmitting said calendar reservation in a user message.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said user message is one of a short message, a message according to the standardized SMS message, a message according to the standardized R data field message, a message according to the standardized USSD message, a message according to the standardized SOC message, and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.

6. A method according to claim 4, wherein said user message comprises ASCII characters.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said user message includes an identifier identifying said user message as a calendar reservation.

8. A method according to claim 4, further comprising adding the address of the second device to the user message.

9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of connecting said received calendar reservation to said electronic calendar of the second device.

10. A method according to claim 1, further comprising before the step of transmitting, storing the subject of the event at the time of the event in an electronic calendar of the first device.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting is started upon the user of the first device entering a send command.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of storing further comprises the electronic calendar of the second device identifying the time of the event in the received calendar reservation, and entering the subject at a time in the electronic calendar corresponding to the time of the event.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising including in the calendar reservation an identifier that is read by the second device and identifies the calendar reservation as connected to the electronic calendar of the second device, wherein the calendar reservation is directed to the electronic calendar of the second device when the identifier is received by the second device.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of storing comprises automatically inserting the subject into a lime slot of the electronic calendar that corresponds to the time of the event.

15. A mobile station having means for wireless communication, wherein the mobile station comprises

an electronic calendar,

means for receiving a calendar reservation via a mobile communications network, said calendar reservation including a subject and time of an event;

and

means for storing said subject of the event of said received calendar reservation at said time of the event in said electronic calendar.

16. A mobile station according to claim 15, and further comprising means for sending said calendar reservation in a user message.

17. A mobile station according to claim 16, wherein said user message is one of a short message, a message according to the standardized SMS message, a message according to the standardized R data field message, a message according to the standardized USSD message, a message according to the standardized SOC message, and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.

18. A mobile station according to claim 16, wherein said user message comprises ASCII characters.

19. A mobile station according to claim 16, wherein said user message includes an identifier identifying said user message as a calendar reservation.

20. A mobile station according to claim 15, further comprising a transmitter for transmitting said calendar reservation to another mobile station via the mobile communication network.

21. A mobile station according to claim 15, wherein the means for storing stores in said electronic calendar said subject of the event in said received calendar reservation in response to the user sending a confirmation message confirming said received calendar reservation.

22. A mobile station according to claim 15, further comprising a processor for connecting said received calendar reservation with said electronic calendar.

23. A mobile station having means for wireless communication, wherein the mobile station comprises:

an electronic calendar, the electronic calendar storing a calendar reservation including a subject and time of an event, at a date or time of the event;

means for transmitting said calendar reservation via a mobile communications network; and

means for sending said calendar reservation in a user message to a receiving device, the user message including a destination address of the receiving device.

24. A mobile station according to claim 23, wherein said user message is one of a short message, a message according to the standardized SMS message, a message according to the standardized R data field message, a message according to the standardized USSD message, a message according to the standardized SOC message, and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.

25. A mobile station according to claim 23, wherein said user message comprises ASCII characters.

26. A mobile station according to claim 23, wherein said user message includes an identifier identifying said user message as a calendar reservation.

27. A method of transferring electronic calendar data between a first device and a second device, the second device being remote from the first device, and both the first and second device being one of a mobile station capable of communicating over a mobile communications network, and of a computer capable of being connected to the mobile communication network, the method comprising:

transmitting a calendar reservation from an electronic calendar in the first device to the second device, the calendar reservation which includes a subject and time of an event being transmitted to the second device via at least one mobile communications network;

receiving said calendar reservation at the second device; and

storing the subject of the event of said received calendar reservation at the time of the event in an electronic calendar of the second device.

28. A terminal being one of a wireless terminal, and of a computer capable of being connected to a wireless network, wherein the terminal comprises:

an electronic calendar;

means for receiving a calendar reservation via a wireless connection, said calendar reservation including a subject and time of an event; and

means for storing said subject of the event of said received calendar reservation at said time of the event in said electronic calendar.

29. The terminal of claim 28 further comprising including in the calendar reservation an identifier that is read by the terminal and identifies the calendar reservation as connected to the electronic calendar, wherein the terminal further comprises means for directing the calendar reservation to the electronic calendar of the terminal when the identifier is received by the terminal.

30. The terminal of claim 28 wherein the terminal comprises means for automatically inserting the subject into a time slot of the electronic calendar that corresponds to the time of the event.