Transfer of bookmark information

• US 7,184,758 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2001
• Issued: 02/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Johannesson, Ken, Trap, Flemming, Corneliussen, Soeren, Eronen, Mika
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, Matthew D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOBUTKA, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US10/362,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20040048603A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,071 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/414.1, 455/419
• US Class Current: 455/419
• 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 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

A user browsing the Internet using a personal computer (PC) is able to transfer bookmark information for WAP sites from his PC to his mobile WAP-enabled telephone by clicking on a link on an HTML page, which prompts the user for his mobile phone number and sends the bookmark information to the specified number for subsequent browsing from the WAP-phone. Download of the bookmark information is recorded to enable billing of the provider of the service referenced by the bookmarks or the customer.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting bookmark information to a mobile telecommunications device which includes a first client operable to process data which conforms to a first data format, the bookmark information comprising a link to a first server document to be processed by the first client, comprising:

using a second client, operable to process data which conforms to a second data format, to connect to a second server document which conforms to the second data format and which includes location information relating to the location of the first server document, wherein the location information comprises a link to the location of the first server document;

requesting a user of the second client to enter a telephone number of the mobile telecommunications device to which the bookmark information is to be sent via the second client; and

initiating transmission of the location information to the mobile telecommunications device as the bookmark information, the bookmark information being configured for the mobile telecommunications device to subsequently retrieve the first server document.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first server document comprises data conforming to the first data format.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the location information comprises a URL address.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising presenting an indication to a user that the first server document is available from the second server document.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the indication is an icon within the second server document.

6. A method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of acting on the indication.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the step of acting on the indication includes selecting the icon.

8. A method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of requesting the telephone number in response to the indication being acted upon.

9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising sending the bookmark information as a short message service (SMS) message.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first client processes data by displaying the data at the mobile telecommunications device.

11. A method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving the bookmark information at the mobile telecommunications device, and on receipt, presenting to a user of the mobile device the option of accepting or rejecting the bookmark information.

12. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first server document comprises a first bundle of server documents and the second server document comprises a second bundle of server documents.

13. A method of transmitting bookmark information to a mobile telecommunications device which includes a first client operable to process data which conforms to a first data format, the bookmark information defining the locations of a first bundle of server documents to be processed by the first client, comprising:

using a second client, operable to process data which conforms to a second data format, to connect to a second bundle of server documents which includes location information relating to the locations of the first bundle of server documents, the second bundle of server documents comprising data which conforms to the second data format, and wherein the location information comprises links to the locations of the first bundle of server documents;

requesting a user of the second client to enter a telephone number of the mobile telecommunications device to which the bookmark information is to be sent; and

initiating transmission of the location information to the mobile telecommunications device as the bookmark information, the bookmark information being configured for the mobile telecommunications device to subsequently retrieve at least one of the server documents of the first bundle of server documents.

14. A method according to claim 13, further comprising registering the transmission of the bookmark information to said mobile telecommunications device.

15. A method according to claim 14, wherein the first client is located on a client-side and the second client is located on a server-side of a communications network, comprising maintaining a log file for registering transmission of the bookmark information at the server-side of the network.

16. A method according to claim 13, further comprising registering reception of the bookmark information by the mobile telecommunications device.

17. A method according to claim 16, wherein the first client is located on a client-side and the second client is located on a server-side of a communications network and the step of registering reception of the bookmark information by the mobile telecommunications device comprises transmitting a message from the mobile telecommunications device to a server located on the server-side of the network.

18. A method according to claim 14, comprising using the registration for billing the transmission of the bookmark information.

19. A method according to claim 18, comprising billing on a credit basis.

20. A method according to claim 13 comprising requesting pre-payment from a user prior to sending the bookmark information.

21. A computing device for transferring bookmark information to a mobile telecommunications device which includes a first client operable to process data which conforms to a first data format, the bookmark information comprising a link to a first server document to be processed by the first client, comprising:

a second client, operable to process data which conforms to a second data format, for connecting to a second server document which includes location information relating to the location of the first server document, the second server document comprising data which conforms to the second data format, and wherein the location information comprises a link to the location of the first server document;

a number entry module for entering a telephone number of the mobile telecommunications device; and

a sending module for initiating transmission of the location information to the mobile telecommunications device as the bookmark information, the bookmark information being configured for the mobile telecommunications device to subsequently retrieve the first server document.

22. A device according to claim 21, further comprising means for selecting the location information.

23. A device according to claim 21, wherein the first data format comprises wireless markup language (WML) format.

24. A device according to claim 21, wherein the first client comprises a microbrowser.

25. A device according to claim 21, wherein the second data format comprises hypertext markup language (HTML) format.

26. A device according to claim 25, wherein the second client comprises an HTML browser.

27. A device according to claim 21, comprising a kiosk terminal.

28. A device according to claim 21, comprising a client computer in a client-server environment.

29. A device according to claim 28, further comprising one or more servers for providing the first and second server documents.

30. A device according to claim 28, further comprising an SMS server for sending the bookmark information to the mobile telecommunications device via a cellular network.

31. A device according to claim 30, further comprising an SMS application server for providing the SMS server with data in WAP Binary XML content format (WBXML).

32. A device according to claim 28, wherein the client-server environment comprises the Internet.

33. A device according to claim 21, wherein the first client is operable to initiate a transmission to a provider of the bookmark information to register the transmission of the bookmark information to said mobile telecommunications device.

34. A system for entering bookmark information onto a mobile telecommunications device, comprising:

a mobile telecommunications device configured to receive bookmark information from a remote device, the mobile telecommunications device including a first client operable to process data which conforms to a first data format and the bookmark information comprising a link to a first server document to be processed by the first client; and

a computing device remote from the mobile telecommunications device, comprising a second client, operable to process data which conforms to a second data format, for connecting to a second server document which includes location information relating to the location of the first server document, the second server document comprising data which conforms to the second data format, wherein the location information comprises a link to the location of the first server document, the computing device further comprising a number entry module for entering a telephone number of the mobile telecommunications device and a sending module for initiating transmission of the location information to the mobile telecommunications device as the bookmark information, the bookmark information being configured for the mobile telecommunications device to subsequently retrieve the first server document.

35. A system according to claim 34, wherein the computing device further comprises means for selecting the location information.

36. A system according to claim 34, further comprising a SMS application server for providing an SMS message in WAP Binary XML content format (WBXML).

37. A mobile telecommunications device for receiving bookmark information from a remote computing device, the mobile device including a first client operable to process data which conforms to a first data format and the bookmark information comprising a link to a first server document to be processed by the first client, the mobile telecommunications device further comprising a receiver for receiving bookmark information from the remote device, the remote device having transmitted the bookmark information at least partially in response to a user of the remote device entering a telephone number of the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the remote device includes a second client, operable to process data which conforms to a second data format, for connecting to a second server document which includes location information relating to the location of the first server document, the second server document comprising data which conforms to the second data format, wherein the location information comprises a link to the location of the first server document, the location information being configured for the mobile telecommunications device to subsequently retrieve the first server document.

38. A device according to claim 37 operable to transmit a message to a provider of the bookmark information to register reception of the bookmark information by the mobile telecommunications device.