Mobile communication device dynamic service application and dynamic service application scripting

• US 7,418,254 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2001
• Issued: 08/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Cheng, Lili, Milstein, David, Marcjan, Cezary, Odinak, Gilad, Boss, Jerome
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang; Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Elahee; Md S
• Application Number:
  US09/789,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20020151295A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,744 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/414.4, 455/422.1, 455/466, 455/517, 455/558, 455/566, 455/419, 455/67.11, 455/67.14, 455/418, 455/407, 455/411, 455/437, 709/204, 235/492, 235/380, 370/352, 717/115, 717/171, 714/4, 714/38, 719/310, 719/313, 726/28
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A dynamic service application is stored and executed on a mobile or wireless communication device (e.g., a cellular telephone) to enable it to be programmed without specialized hardware, software, and other proprietary information. For example, dynamic service application programs or scripts may be entered directly by a user or may be received as a wireless or radiated digital message transmission. The dynamic service application executes the dynamic service application script, which is of a format to accommodate wireless or radiated transmission and storage on the device. The dynamic service application script may be written directly by a user on a computer or a mobile communication device or may be written with the aid of scripting “wizard” software that runs on a computer and guides the writing of script without the user having to work directly with the dynamic service application script. In addition to being received as radiated transmissions, dynamic service application scripts may also be sent as radiated transmissions from mobile communication devices to other devices or computers.

Claims

1. A mobile device dynamic service method in a mobile digital communication device, comprising:

reception of a radiant transmission of a script program by the mobile digital communication device wherein the script program is a short text message dynamic service script program;

storage of the script program on the mobile digital communication device for execution at a time delayed from a time of reception;

addition of an application name in the mobile digital communication device, the application name representing the script program; and

interpretation and execution of the script program by a dynamic service application operating on the mobile digital communication device wherein the dynamic service application is operable to support a short text message dynamic service script program comprising variables, operators, program control elements, error indicators, iteration, and displaying information of said script via the mobile digital communication device,

wherein the mobile digital communication device includes an account authentication key and wherein the short text message dynamic service script program conforms to short message service (“

SMS”

) format.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the mobile digital communication device includes a subscriber identity module that is removable from the mobile digital communication device and in which the dynamic service application is stored on the subscriber identity module.

3. The method of claim 1 in which the mobile digital communication device includes a subscriber identity module that is removable from the mobile digital communication device and in which the dynamic service application is stored and executed on the subscriber identity module.

4. The method of claim 1 in which the short text message dynamic service script program is stored on the mobile digital communication device for execution thereon more than once.

5. The method of claim 1 in which execution of the short text message dynamic service script program on the mobile digital communication device includes obtaining information from an operator of the mobile digital communication device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile digital communication device is a digital cellular telephone.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the time delayed from a time of reception indicates a specific time and date of execution.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile digital communication device includes a subscriber identity module that is removable from the mobile digital communication device, wherein the storage of the script program includes storage of the script program on the subscriber identity module.

9. A mobile digital communication device configured to receive radiant transmission of short text messages, the device comprising:

a dynamic service application configured to receive a radiantly transmitted script program and interpret and execute the script program on the mobile digital communication device via an Application Programming Interface (“

API”

);

an application name added to the mobile digital communication device the application name representing the script program; and

a subscriber identity module that is removable from the mobile digital communication device and that is configured to perform executable operations that comprise the API,

wherein the dynamic service application is operable to support a short text message dynamic service script program comprising variables, operators, program control elements, error indicators, iteration, and displaying information of said script via the mobile digital communication device, and

wherein the mobile digital communication device includes an account authentication key and wherein the short text message dynamic service script program conforms to short message service (“

SMS”

) format.

10. The device of claim 9 in which the dynamic service application is stored on the subscriber identity module.

11. The device of claim 9 in which the dynamic service application is stored and executed on the subscriber identity module.

12. The device of claim 9 in which the short text message dynamic service script program is stored on the mobile digital communication device for execution thereon more than once.

13. The device of claim 9 in which execution of the short text message dynamic service script program on the mobile digital communication device includes obtaining information from an operator of the mobile digital communication device.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the mobile digital communication device is a digital cellular telephone.