System and method for provisioning a mobile wireless communications device, including indicators representative of image and sound data

• US 8,315,603 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2011
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Virk, Sarinder
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chambers, Tangela T.
• Application Number:
  US13/296,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20120066297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 371 Days
• Field of Search: 455/432.3, 455/567, 455/412.1
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A system provisions a mobile wireless communications device for indicating account or device specific characteristics. A database stores a plurality of indicators that are indicative of different wireless carriers, email service providers and device types. A configuration module accesses the database and uploads an indicator that is indicative of at least one of the wireless carriers, email service providers or device types to the mobile wireless communications device upon provisioning. The indicator can comprise at least sound data for a ringing sound on the mobile wireless communications device.

Claims

1. A system of provisioning a mobile wireless communications device, comprising:

a mobile office platform server configured to;

receive electronic mail from an email service provider or wireless carrier and push the electronic mail to the mobile wireless communications device;

provision the mobile wireless communications device to operate via the mobile office platform and access the electronic mail using the email service provider or wireless carrier; and

upload an indicator, indicative of the email service provider or wireless carrier and comprising at least data for a sound or an image, to the mobile wireless communications device at the time of initial and successful provisioning of the mobile wireless communications device to access the electronic mail.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the data for an image comprises data for at least one of focused and unfocused ribbon icons and read and unread message icons.

3. A system according to claim 1, and further comprising a Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image map that contains data for an image.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein the data for an image comprises a color to be displayed on the mobile wireless communications device.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein the data for an image comprises at least one of a font size, font typeface, graphics, text, icons or resolution to be displayed on the mobile wireless communications device.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein the data for a sound comprises one of at least a ringing tune and loudness.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein the indicator comprises data for a ribbon icon.

8. A system for provisioning a mobile wireless communications device, comprising:

a mobile office platform server configured to;

receive electronic mail from an email service provider or wireless carrier and push the electronic mail to the mobile wireless communications device;

provision the mobile wireless communications device to operate via the mobile office platform and access the electronic mail using the email service provider or wireless carrier; and

provide an HTTP service to upload an indicator, indicative of the email service provider or wireless carrier, to the mobile wireless communications device at the time of initial and successful provisioning of the mobile wireless communications device to access the electronic mail.

9. A system according to claim 8, wherein the data for an image comprises a color to be displayed on the mobile wireless communications device.

10. A system according to claim 8, wherein the data for an image comprises at least one of a font size, font typeface, graphics, text, icons or resolution to be displayed on the mobile wireless communications device.

11. A system according to claim 8, wherein the data for an image comprises data regarding an image icon.

12. A system according to claim 8, wherein the data for a sound comprises one of at least a ringing tune and loudness.

13. A method of provisioning a mobile wireless communications device, comprising:

receiving electronic mail from an email service provider or wireless carrier within a mobile office platform and pushing the electronic mail to the mobile wireless communications device;

provisioning the mobile wireless communications device to operate via the mobile office platform and access the electronic mail using the email service provider or wireless carrier; and

uploading an indicator, indicative of the email service provider or wireless carrier and comprising at least data for a sound or an image, at the time of initial and successful provisioning of the mobile wireless communications device to access the electronic mail.

14. A method according to claim 13, which further comprises uploading data for an image.

15. A method according to claim 13, which further comprises uploading data for an image comprising data for at least one of focused and unfocused ribbon icons and read and unread message icons.

16. A method according to claim 15, which further comprises obtaining data for an image from a Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image map.

17. A method according to claim 13, which further comprises uploading data for an image comprising a color to be displayed on the mobile wireless communications device.

18. A method according to claim 13, which further comprises uploading data for an image comprising at least one of a font size, font typeface, graphics, text, icons or resolution to be displayed on the mobile wireless communications device.

19. A method according to claim 13, which further comprising changing one of at least a ringing tune and loudness for the sound.

20. A method according to claim 13, which further comprises changing a ribbon icon as an indicator.