Smart phones with web based interfaces

• US 8,276,809 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2006
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Hugot, Didier, Rangoni, Gabriel
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHEDEKEL, TABITHA F
• Application Number:
  US11/884,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20080142586A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,426 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/375, 455/418, 455/420, 455/424, 455/425, 455/558
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device

Abstract

In general, the invention relates to a system that includes a smart phone and a smart card. The smart phone includes a web browser and a display for displaying a web page, where the web page includes at least one selectable entry. The smart card includes at least one proactive logic entity, where the at least one proactive logic entity is configured to respond to selection of the at least one selectable on the web page.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a smart phone comprising a web phone book, the web phone book comprising a plurality of web pages for personal contacts for a subscriber of the smart phone; and

a smart card configured to store at least a portion of the plurality of web pages of the web phone book,

wherein the smart phone comprises a web browser and a display configured to display the plurality of web pages of the web phone book, and

wherein at least one proactive logic entity is present in the smart card, wherein the at least one proactive logic entity is configured to respond to selection of at least one entry on a web page of the web phone book, and

wherein the proactive logic entity comprises at least one proactive command configured to be sent from an application stored on the smart card, as a master entity, to the smart phone, as a slave entity, and to direct the smart phone to dial a phone number contained in the at least one selected entry of the web phone book, wherein the at least one proactive command is launched by the proactive logic entity when a triggering signal, generated in response to selection of the at least one entry on the web page, is received.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the smart card is configured to temporarily store the web page and wherein the web page stored in the smart card is accessible via the web browser.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one element linked to the at least one selectable entry is passed, after selection of the at least one selectable entry, as a parameter to the at least one proactive logic entity.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one proactive logic entity comprises a servlet.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one proactive logic entity is configured to launch at least one action selected from a group consisting of:

dialing the phone number, sending an SMS, and sending network command.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the web phone book comprises at least part of a remote web phone book and wherein the at least part of the remote web phone book is downloaded from the Internet and stored in the smart card.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the web phone book and at least a portion of a regular phone book are synchronized.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein an optimization unit operates a single storage comprising the web phone book and the regular phone book such that there is no duplication of entries in the single storage unit.

9. A smart phone, comprising:

a smart card configured to store at least one proactive logic entity, and at least a portion of a plurality of web pages of a web phone book associated with a smart phone;

a web browser; and

a display, wherein the web browser and the display are configured to display the web phone book comprising the plurality of web pages for storing personal contacts of a subscriber of the smart phone, the plurality of web pages comprising at least one selectable entry, wherein the at least one proactive logic entity is configured to respond to selection of the at least one selectable entry on a web page of the web phone book, and wherein the proactive logic entity comprises at least one proactive command configured to be sent from an application stored on the smart card, as a master entity, to the smart phone, as a slave entity, and to direct the smart phone to dial a phone number contained in the selected entry of the web page, wherein the at least one proactive command is launched by the proactive logic entity when a triggering signal, generated in response to selection of the at least one entry on the web page, is received.

10. A smart card, comprising:

at least a portion of a plurality of web pages of a web phone book associated with a smart phone; and

at least one proactive logic entity, wherein the at least one proactive logic entity is configured to respond to selection of at least one selectable entry of a web page in the web phone book,

wherein the smart card is configured to interface with the smart phone comprising the web phone book,

wherein the smart phone comprises a web browser configured to display the web phone book on a display of the smart phone, and

wherein the proactive logic entity comprises at least one proactive command configured to be sent from an application stored on the smart card, as a master entity, to the smart phone, as a slave entity, and to direct the smart phone to dial a phone number stored in the at least one selectable entry on the web page, wherein the at least one proactive command is launched by the proactive logic entity when a triggering signal, generated in response to selection of the at least one selectable entry on the web page, is received.

11. The smart card of claim 10, wherein the at least one proactive logic entity, in response to selection, is configured to launch at least one action selected from a group consisting of:

dialing the phone number, sending an SMS, and sending network command.