Automatic selection of a background image for a display on a mobile telephone

• US 7,693,515 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2001
• Issued: 04/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kishida, Mitsuya, Seo, Yuji, Maenpaa, Jari
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng; George
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUYNH, NAM TRUNG
• Application Number:
  US09/977,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20020045465A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,095 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/566, 4554141-4142, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 4554121-4122, 455/422.1, 455/425, 4554351-4352, 455/550, 455/93.17, 455/158.3, 455/158.4, 455/418, 455/419, 455/421, 455/552.1, 4554321-4323, 455/433, 370/395.2, 379/93.17, 379/433.04, 345/522
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A method for providing a background image on a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for the mobile telephone, comprises an automatic selection of a background image to be displayed, a retrieving of the data of the automatically selected background image from the memory, and a displaying of the retrieved background image on the display of the mobile telephone.

Claims

1. A method for providing a background image for a display of a communication device, whereby the data of background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for said communication device, comprising the steps of:

a) automatically selecting background images to be displayed, from said stored background images, according to pre-set parameters received from a base station;

b) retrieving the data of said automatically selected background images from said memory, wherein said preset parameters are received independent from the storing and retrieving of said data of said background images; and

c) displaying said retrieved background images in sequence as defined by said pre-set parameters on said display of said communication device,

wherein step b) comprises sending a request for the transmission of the background image data to a base station upon a registering process only after it is determined that no background images stored locally at the communication device correspond to a network operator with which the communication device has registered, and receiving the requested background image data from the base station.

2. A method for providing a background image according to claim 1, wherein

step b) comprises reading said background image data from a memory on a Subscriber Identity Module.

3. A method for providing a background image according to claim 1, wherein

step b) comprises reading said background image data from a memory of the communication device unit.

4. A method for providing a background image according to claim 1, wherein

step b) comprises reading said background image data from an external memory connected to said communication device.

5. A method for providing a background image according to claim 1, wherein

said background image data are downloaded from a computer to the communication device.

6. A method of providing a background image according to claim 1, wherein

said background image data are downloaded from a source on the Internet to the communication device using a browser function of the communication device.

7. A method for providing a background image according to claim 1, wherein

said background image comprises the colors available by the display except the colors used for foreground information.

8. A communication device for a wireless telecommunication system, comprising control means for providing a background image on a display, whereby the data of background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for said communication device, said control means comprising:

selecting means for automatically selecting said background image to be displayed from said stored background images according to pre-set parameters received from a base station;

retrieving means for retrieving the data of said automatically selected background image from said memory, wherein said pre-set parameters are received independent from the storing and retrieving of said data of said background images; and

driver means for displaying said retrieved background images in sequences defined by said pre-set parameters on said display,

wherein the means for retrieving sends a request for the transmission of the background image data to a base station upon a registering process only after it is determined that no background images stored locally at the communication device correspond to a network operator with which the communication device has registered, and receives the requested background image data from the base station.

9. A communication device for providing a background image on its display according to claim 8, wherein

said retrieving means reads said background image data from a memory on a Subscriber Identity Module.

10. A communication device for providing a background image on its display according to claim 8, wherein

said retrieving means reads said background image data from a memory of the communication device unit.

11. A communication device for providing a background image on its display according to claim 8, wherein

said retrieving means reads said background image data from an external memory attached to said communication device.

12. A communication device for providing a background image on its display according to claim 8, further comprising:

a means for downloading a background image data from a computer.

13. A communication device for providing a background image on its display according to claim 8, further comprising:

a browser means comprising a browser functionality for downloading background image data from a source on the Internet.

14. A communication device for providing a background image on its display according to claim 8, wherein

said control means formats the color information of said background image such, that said background image comprises the colors available by the display except the colors used for foreground information.