Print subscribed content on a mobile device

• US 8,072,629 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2005
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Pickup, Colin John
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, PHUOC HUU
• Application Number:
  US11/228,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20070066289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,269 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 382/305, 709/247, 358/1.15
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device

Abstract

A method of printing subscribed content on a print medium using a mobile telecommunications device, comprising the steps of: receiving, at a server, a request for the subscribed content; and, transferring the subscribed content to the mobile telecommunications device on a periodic basis; wherein, the mobile telecommunications device includes a printer module that can print the subscribed content on the print medium.

Claims

1. A method of printing content on a print medium, comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a server, a subscription for content;

rendering the content at the server or an associated server;

transferring rendered content to a mobile telecommunications device on a periodic basis based upon the subscription, the rendered content being, or being contained within, an SMS, MMS or email message received by the mobile telecommunications device;

storing the rendered content in the mobile telecommunications device for printing at a later time; and

printing the rendered content on a printer module of the mobile telecommunications device on the print medium, the print medium including a printable surface for the printer module to print the transferred content,

wherein the print medium is provided with first coded data in a first format and second coded data in a second format, the first coded data encoding first information and the second coded data encoding second information, at least some of the first information being indicative of the print media identifier, the first format being a linear pattern, at least some of the second information being indicative of the print media identifier and of a two-dimensional coordinate grid defining a plurality of coordinates on the print medium, the second format being a two-dimensional pattern.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the step of charging a user of the mobile telecommunications device for each transfer.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transferred content is additionally displayed on a display of the mobile telecommunications device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the user accepts the transferred content displayed on the display before printing the subscribed content on the print medium.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transferred content is customised for a requesting user prior to being transferred to the mobile telecommunications device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the print medium is provided with first coded data in a first data format, the first coded data encoding a print media identifier identifying the print medium.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the print medium is provided with second coded data in a second data format, the second coded data encoding a two-dimensional pattern coordinate grid.