Website theme changing using a mobile device

• US 8,140,108 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2007
• Issued: 03/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ang, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US11/955,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20090156250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/466, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

An apparatus and method for changing a theme of a website automatically. A mobile device includes a processor and a memory. The memory contains an application for detecting the selection of a theme and automatically changing a theme of a website to the selected theme. Information related to the selected theme may be transferred to the website using a wireless protocol such as MMS, WAP, etc. The website may be a blog site, a social networking site, or a personal website. The selected theme may include information related to music, alerts, wallpaper, text, videos, pictures, or virtual card file (VCF) information.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, the memory comprising an application configured for;

detecting a selection of a theme on the mobile device, wherein the selected theme is different from a current theme of the mobile device, the current theme being associated with a theme file that is associated with both a theme of a website and the current theme of the mobile device; and

sending, from the mobile device, a theme file to a web server that hosts the website in response to the selection of the theme on the mobile device, the theme file comprising one or more pieces of the selected theme;

wherein the theme of the website is changed to the selected theme, while the current theme of the mobile device is not changed to the selected theme.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising the processor transferring information related to the selected theme to the web server using multimedia messaging service (MMS), the theme of the website being changed to the selected theme using the information.

3. The device according to claim 1, further comprising the theme being selected from a plurality of themes on the mobile device.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the website comprises one of a blog site, a social networking site, or a personal website.

5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising the processor transferring information related to the selected theme to the web server using wireless application protocol (WAP), the theme of the website being changed to the selected theme using the information.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the selected theme comprises information related to at least one of music, alerts, wallpaper, text, videos, pictures, or virtual card file (VCF) information.

7. A method for changing a theme of a web site automatically comprising:

selecting a theme on a mobile device, wherein the selected theme is different from a current theme of the mobile device, the current theme being associated with a theme file that is associated with both a theme of a website and the current theme of the mobile device; and

sending, from the mobile device, a theme file to a web server that hosts the website in response to the selected theme being selected on the mobile device, the theme file comprising one or more pieces of the selected theme and the theme;

wherein the theme of the website is changed to the selected theme, while the current theme of the mobile device is not changed to the selected theme.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising transferring information related to the selected theme to the web server using multimedia messaging service (MMS) and changing the theme of the website to the selected theme using the information.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising selecting the theme from a plurality of themes on the mobile device.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the mobile device comprises a mobile phone.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the website comprises one of a blog site, a social networking site, or a personal website.

12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising transferring information related to the selected theme to the web server using wireless application protocol (WAP) and changing the theme of the website to the selected theme using the information.

13. The method according to claim 7, further comprising changing the theme of the website to the selected theme using information related to the selected theme comprising at least one of music, alerts, wallpaper, text, videos, pictures, or virtual card file (VCF) information.

14. An apparatus comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored therein, the instructions when executed causing a mobile device to perform:

selecting a theme on a mobile device, wherein the selected theme is different from a current theme of the mobile device, the current theme being associated with a theme file that is associated with both a theme of a website and the current theme of the mobile device; and

sending, from the mobile device, a theme file to a web server that hosts the website in response to the selected theme being selected on the mobile device, the theme file comprising one or more pieces of the selected theme;

wherein the theme of the website is changed to the selected theme, while the current theme of the mobile device is not changed to the selected theme.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising performing transferring information related to the selected theme to the web server using multimedia messaging service (MMS) and changing the theme of the website to the selected theme using the information.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising performing selecting the theme from a plurality of themes on the mobile device.

17. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the mobile device comprises a mobile phone.

18. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the website comprises one of a blog site, a social networking site, or a personal website.

19. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising performing transferring information related to the selected theme to the web server using wireless application protocol (WAP) and changing the theme of the website to the selected theme using the information.

20. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising performing changing the theme of the website to the selected theme using information related to the selected theme comprising at least one of music, alerts, wallpaper, text, pictures, videos or virtual card file (VCF) information.