Mobile communication terminal

• US 7,636,586 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2005
• Issued: 12/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l. (f/k/a Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.) (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Maaniitty, Jussi
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, JOHN J
• Application Number:
  US11/249,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20070082702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,532 Days
• Field of Search: 455/557, 455/502, 455/552.1, 455/503, 455/556.2, 455/414.1, 455/426.1, 455/67.11, 455/517, 455 411- 412, 455/566, 455/552.2, 455/419, 455/420, 455/418, 715/810, 715/864, 715/853
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

It is presented a method for synchronizing theme parameters between a mobile terminal and a personal computer. The method comprises the steps of: detecting that a connection exists between the mobile terminal and the personal computer; sending a signal from the mobile terminal, the signal comprising at least one theme parameter; and modifying theme settings in at least one program on the personal computer to modify its appearance to correspond to at least one of the at least one theme parameter.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing theme parameters between a mobile terminal and a personal computer, said method comprising:

detecting that a connection exists between said mobile terminal and said personal computer;

sending a signal from said mobile terminal, said signal comprising at least one theme parameter; and

modifying theme settings in at least one program on said personal computer to modify its appearance to correspond to at least one of said at least one theme parameter, wherein a theme is the appearance, including color and configuration, of material displayed on a screen area.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said modifying of theme settings includes modifying at least one program selected from a group consisting of a program for synchronizing data between said personal computer and said mobile terminal, a program for storing data from said mobile terminal on said personal computer, and a program for producing an appearance of the operating system of said personal computer.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said signal comprises data representing text color and background color.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said signal comprises textual data and binary data.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said binary data is selected from a group consisting of image data, audio data and video data.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method is started automatically after a connection between said mobile terminal and said personal computer is established.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said connection is a connection selected from a group consisting of a Bluetooth connection, an infrared connection, a Universal Serial Bus connection, a FireWire connection, a wireless local area network connection, RS-232 serial communication, a Wireless Universal Serial Bus connection, an Ethernet connection and a connection over the Internet.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein

said detecting that a connection exists is performed in said mobile terminal,

said sending of a signal is performed in said mobile terminal, and

said modifying of theme settings is performed in said personal computer.

9. A mobile terminal capable of sending theme data to a personal computer, said mobile terminal comprising:

means for detecting that a connection exists between said mobile terminal and said personal computer;

means for sending a signal from said mobile terminal, said signal comprising at least one theme parameter, wherein a theme is the appearance, including color and configuration, of material displayed on a screen area; and

means responsive to a program on said computer for modifying theme settings in said program to modify its appearance to correspond to said at least one theme parameter.

10. A personal computer capable of receiving theme data from a mobile terminal, said personal computer comprising:

means for detecting that a connection exists between said mobile terminal and said personal computer;

means for receiving a signal from said mobile terminal, said signal comprising at least one theme parameter, wherein a theme is the appearance, including color and configuration, of material displayed on a screen area; and

means responsive to a program on said computer for modifying theme settings in said program to modify its appearance to correspond to said at least one theme parameter.

11. A system for exchanging theme data, comprising

a mobile terminal and a personal computer, said mobile terminal comprising:

means for detecting that a connection exists between said mobile terminal and said personal computer; and

means for sending a signal from said mobile terminal, said signal comprising at least one theme parameter;

and said personal computer comprising;

means for detecting that a connection exists between said mobile terminal and said personal computer;

means for receiving a signal from said mobile terminal, said signal comprising at least one theme parameter, wherein a theme is the appearance, including color and configuration, of material displayed on a screen area; and

means responsive to a program on said computer for modifying theme settings in said program to modify its appearance to correspond to said at least one theme parameter.