System and method for displaying information included in predetermined messages automatically

• US 7,136,634 B1
• Filed: 12/22/1999
• Issued: 11/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Makipaa, Mikko, Pakkala, Timo, Rissanen, Jussi, Tanskanene, Erkki, Hannula, Esko
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D.
• Application Number:
  US09/468,840
• Time in Patent Office: 2,519 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/422.1, 340/825.06, 709/206, 705/29
• US Class Current: 455/422.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/227 with call or message storage means
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/229 with other provisions not elsewhere provided for

Abstract

A method and apparatus for use in a wireless telecommunications system including a wireless telecommunications network which communicates with a plurality of mobile terminals using radio signals, wherein each mobile terminal includes a display for displaying information. In the invention each mobile terminal is configured to receive a message containing information. Each message is inspected to determine whether the information contained in the message is of a predetermined type. If the message contains information of a predetermined type, the information is automatically displayed on the mobile terminal. If the message does not contain information of the predetermined type, the message is processed in a normal manner.

Claims

1. In a wireless telecommunications system including a wireless telecommunications network which communicates with a plurality of mobile terminals using radio signals, wherein each mobile terminal includes a display for displaying information, a method of automatically displaying information of a predetermined type on said display comprising:

receiving in a mobile terminal a message containing information and a date;

determining whether said information contained in said message is of a predetermined type;

determining, when said information is of said predetermined type, whether an originator of said message is authorized to send said message containing information of said predetermined type, and, if said originator of said message is not authorized, discarding said message;

if said message contains information of said predetermined type and said originator of said message is authorized, automatically displaying said information on said display of said mobile terminal; and

if said message does not contain information of said predetermined type, processing said message in accordance with the message and storing said message in a storage for later access by a user of the mobile terminal,

wherein the date is related to when the information was sent to the mobile terminal, older dated information being deleted by one of a user of the mobile terminal and automatically by the mobile terminal based on the date.

2. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display for displaying information,

wherein the mobile terminal, upon receipt of a message containing information and a date from a wireless telecommunications network, determines whether said information contained in said message is of a predetermined type and determines, when said information is of said predetermined type, whether an originator of said message is authorized to send said messages containing information of said predetermined type, and if said originator of said message is not authorized, discards said message,

wherein if said originator of said message is authorized, and if said message contains information of said predetermined type, said mobile terminal automatically displays said information on said display of said mobile terminal, and if said message does not contain information of said predetermined type, processes said message in accordance with the message and stores said message in a storage for later access by a user of the mobile terminal, and

wherein the date is related to when the information was sent to the mobile terminal, older dated information being deleted by one of a user of the mobile terminal and automatically by the mobile terminal based on the date.

3. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display for displaying information,

wherein the mobile terminal, upon receipt of a message containing information and a date from a wireless telecommunications network, determines whether said information contained in said message is of a predetermined type and determines, when said information is of said predetermined type, whether an originator of said message is authorized to send said messages containing information of said predetermined type, and if said originator of said message is not authorized, discards said message,

wherein when said originator of said message is authorized and said message contains information of said predetermined type, said mobile terminal automatically displays said information on said display of said mobile terminal and performs operations to immediately notify the a of the mobile terminal that information of said predetermined type is being displayed, and if said message does not contain information of said predetermined type, processes said message in accordance with the message, and

wherein the date is related to when the information was sent to the mobile terminal, older dated information being deleted by one of a user of the mobile terminal and automatically by the mobile terminal based on the date.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein said operations performed by said mobile terminal to notify the user of the mobile terminal includes at least one of providing an indicator on the display of the mobile terminal, providing an audio signal, and providing a vibratory signal.

5. In a wireless telecommunications system including a wireless telecommunications network which communicates with a plurality of mobile terminals using radio signals, wherein each mobile terminal includes a display for displaying information, a method of automatically displaying information of a predetermined type on said display comprising:

receiving in a mobile terminal of a registered user a message containing a date and information including at least one of alphanumeric, audio, video, graphics and animation information, when said mobile terminal enters a predetermined area based on location information of said mobile terminal or location information of said mobile terminal and profile information of the registered user;

determining whether said information contained in said message is of a predetermined type;

determining, when said information is of said predetermined type, whether an originator of said message is authorized to send said messages containing information of said predetermined type; and

if said originator of said messages is not authorized, discarding said message;

if said message contains information of said predetermined type and said originator of said message is authorized, automatically displaying said information on said display of said mobile terminal; and

if said message does not contain information of said predetermined type, processing said message in accordance with the message and storing said message in a storage for later access by the registered user of the mobile terminal,

wherein the date is related to when the information was sent to the mobile terminal, older dated information being deleted by one of the registered user of the mobile terminal and automatically by the mobile terminal based on the date.

6. A wireless telecommunications system comprising:

a plurality of mobile terminals; and

a wireless telecommunications network which communicates with said mobile terminals using radio signals,

wherein each mobile terminal includes a display for displaying information,

wherein each mobile terminal, upon receipt of a message containing a date and information including at least one of alphanumeric, audio, video, graphics and animation information, when said mobile terminal enters a predetermined area based on location information of said mobile terminal or location information of said mobile terminal and profile information of a registered user of the mobile terminal, from said wireless telecommunications network, determines whether said information contained in said message is of a predetermined type and determines, when said information is of said predetermined type, whether an originator of said message is authorized to send said messages containing information of said predetermined type, and if said originator of said message is not authorized, discards said message;

wherein if said originator of said message is authorized, and if said message contains information of said predetermined type, each mobile terminal automatically displays said information on said display of said mobile terminal, and if said message does not contain information of said predetermined type, processes said message in accordance with the message and stores said message in a storage for later access by the user of the mobile terminal, and

wherein the date is related to when the information was sent to the mobile terminal, older dated information being deleted by one of the registered user of the mobile terminal and automatically by the mobile terminal based on the date.