Method and apparatus to implement themes for a handheld device
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a multimedia message (MM) from a mobile message service center (MMSC) at a handheld user device, the MM including a theme packaged into the MM by a themes server;
identifying the MM message as a theme MM;
automatically filing the MM in a theme folder in a user'"'"'s inbox for MM messages received at the handheld user device in response to the identifying;
enabling a user of the handheld user device to browse themes as multimedia messages in the theme folder of the user'"'"'s inbox; and
in response to user selection of a theme MM, applying the theme to the user'"'"'s device, andsending a message to a web interface associated with the user of the handheld device, to cause the web interface to apply a corresponding theme.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for the delivery, administration and application of themes to a cellular telephone device. The apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises an inbox to receive a multimedia message (MM) containing a theme, a filing logic to place the MM in a themes folder, a themes folder available to the user to browse the theme MMs, and a client-side application to apply the theme to the user'"'"'s cellular telephone device. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes notification logic to notify a web page associated with the user to change its display to match the theme applied by the user to the cellular telephone device.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a multimedia message (MM) from a mobile message service center (MMSC) at a handheld user device, the MM including a theme packaged into the MM by a themes server; identifying the MM message as a theme MM; automatically filing the MM in a theme folder in a user'"'"'s inbox for MM messages received at the handheld user device in response to the identifying; enabling a user of the handheld user device to browse themes as multimedia messages in the theme folder of the user'"'"'s inbox; and in response to user selection of a theme MM, applying the theme to the user'"'"'s device, and sending a message to a web interface associated with the user of the handheld device, to cause the web interface to apply a corresponding theme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A handheld device, the handheld device comprising:
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a processor; a memory; an inbox for receiving multimedia messages, that include themes packaged into the multimedia messages by a themes server, the inbox including a theme folder for theme messages; a filing logic to automatically file theme messages received as multimedia messages by the handheld device in the theme folder in response to identification of received multimedia messages as theme messages; a browsing logic to enable a user of the handheld device to browse themes as multimedia messages in the theme folder of the inbox of the handheld device; a receiving logic to receive a theme packaged into a multimedia message by the themes server; a theme client to install the theme onto the handheld device; and a messaging logic to send a message to a web interface associated with a user of the handheld device to trigger the web interface to add a corresponding theme to the web interface that corresponds to the theme installed onto the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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