Portable communication devices and context dependent messaging

• US 7,995,513 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2007
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Cronström, David, Olsson, Hans-Olof
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar; Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): Behnamian; Shahriar
• Application Number:
  US11/681,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20080188205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,621 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/414.1, 370/315, 709/206
• US Class Current: 370/315
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

A method for sending a message from a first device to a second communication device via a network includes determining and downloading a background media part via the network to the first device. The background media part may be based on the current status of the first device and may be included as a background part of a message. The method may also include sending the message from the first device to the network arrangement for further transportation to the second communication device.

Claims

1. In a first portable communication device that is to communicate to a second portable communication device via a network, the first portable communication device including a communication arrangement and a message control unit, a method comprising:

pulling, by a request from the first portable communication device, a background media portion from a network device in the network, where a content of the background media portion is selected, based on the request, from a plurality of background media, based on a current geographical location of the first portable communication device;

generating a message that includes the background media portion; and

sending the message from the first portable communication device to the second portable communication device via the network.

2. The method of claim 1, where the content of the background media portion is selected, from the plurality of background media, further based on a current geographical location of the second portable communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting, to a user of the first portable communication device, a plurality of network addresses for a plurality of network devices based on a characteristic of the message, where the plurality of network devices includes the network device; and

receiving, from the user, a selection of the network address for the network device to send a request for the background media portion.

4. The method of claim 3, where the characteristic is a content of the message.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

providing a plurality of requests to a plurality of network devices, to a user of the first portable communication device, based on a content of the message generated by the first communication device,

receiving a selection of one of the requests, and

transmitting the selected request to the network device.

6. A portable communication device to communicate to another portable communication device via a network, the portable communication device comprising:

a message control unit to;

pull, by a request from the portable communication device, a background media portion from a network device in the network, where a content of the background media portion is selected, based on the request, from a plurality of background media, based on a current geographical location of the portable communication device, and

generate a message that includes the background media portion, and

a communication unit to send the message from the portable communication device to the other portable communication device via the network.

7. The communication device of claim 6, where the content of the background media portion is selected, from the plurality of background media, further based on a current geographical location of the other portable communication device.

8. The communication device of claim 6, where the message control unit is further to:

present, to a user of the portable communication device, a plurality of network addresses for a plurality of network devices based on a characteristic of the message, and receive, from the user, a selection of the network address for the network device to send a request for the background media portion.

9. The communication device of claim 8, where the characteristic is a content of the message.

10. The communication device of claim 6, where the message control unit is further to:

provide a plurality of requests to a plurality of network devices, to a user of the portable communication device, based on a content of the message generated by the portable communication device,

receive a selection of one of the requests, and

transmit the selected request to the network device.

11. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions, executable by at least one processor of a portable communication device, to cause the at least one processor to:

pull, by a request from the portable communication device, a background media portion from a network arrangement in a network, where a content of the background media portion is selected, based on the request, from a plurality of background media, based on a current geographical location of the portable communication device;

generate a message that includes the background media portion; and

send, from the portable communication device, the message to the network arrangement for forwarding to a destination device.

12. A distribution system for transmitting, via a transmission medium, computer data signals representing device readable instructions for a method of sending a message from a first portable communication device to a second portable communication device via a network, the method comprising:

downloading, by a request from the first portable communication device and to the first portable communication device, a background media portion from a network arrangement in the network, where a content of the background media portion is selected, based on the request, from a plurality of background media, based on a current geographical location of the first portable communication device;

generating a message that includes the background media portion; and

sending the message to the network arrangement for forwarding to the second portable communication device.