Automatic selection of a background image for a display on a mobile telephone

• US 8,504,036 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2012
• Issued: 08/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kishida, Mitsuya, Seo, Yuji, Maenpaa, Jari
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUYNH, NAM TRUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/345,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20120105461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 578 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 4554351-4352, 455/550.1, 4554141-4144, 4554121-4122, 455/422.1, 455/425, 455/550, 455/93.17, 4551583-1584, 455/418, 455/419, 455/421, 455/552.1, 4554321-4323, 455/433, 370/395.2, 379/93.17, 379/433.04, 345/522
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A method for providing a background image on a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for the mobile telephone, comprises an automatic selection of a background image to be displayed, a retrieving of the data of the automatically selected background image from the memory, and a displaying of the retrieved background image on the display of the mobile telephone.

Claims

1. A method for providing a background image for a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more of said background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for said mobile telephone, comprising the steps of:

a) automatically selecting, according to pre-set parameters, a background image to be displayed, from said one or more background images, said pre-set parameters indicating whether said background image is automatically selected based on information read from a subscriber identification file or based on information received from a base station;

b) retrieving the data of said automatically selected background image from said memory; and

c) displaying said retrieved background image on said display of said mobile telephone, wherein

said background image data are downloaded from a source on the Internet to the mobile telephone,

one or several background images in sequence according to the pre-set parameters are displayed as long as the mobile telephone is in a standby mode or idle mode, and

said pre-set parameters are configured to be modified by a user of the mobile telephone.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein step a) includes automatically selecting said background image according to said pre-set parameters.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein step a) includes automatically selecting said background image based on said information read from said subscriber identification file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein step a) includes automatically selecting said background image based on said information received from said base station.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein step b) includes receiving said background image data from a base station upon a registering process.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein step b) includes receiving said background image data from a memory on a Subscriber Identity Module.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein step b) includes reading said background image data from a memory of the mobile telephone.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein step b) includes reading said background image data from an external memory connected to said mobile telephone.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said background image data is downloaded from a computer to the mobile telephone.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said background image comprises colors available by the display except colors used for foreground information.

11. A mobile telephone for a wireless telecommunication system, comprising control means for providing a background image on a display, whereby the data of one or more of said background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for said mobile telephone, said control means comprising:

a controller that automatically selects, according to pre-set parameters, said background image to be displayed and controls retrieving the data of said automatically selected background image from said memory, said pre-set parameters indicating whether said background image is automatically selected based on information read from a subscriber identification file or based on information received from a base station;

a display that displays said retrieved background image; and

a browser that includes browser functionality for downloading background image data from a source on the Internet, wherein

said display displays one or several background images in sequence according to the pre-set parameters as long as the telephone is in a standby mode or in an idle mode, and

said pre-set parameters are configured to be modified by a user of the mobile telephone.

12. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said controller selects said background image according to said pre-set parameters.

13. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said controller selects said background image based on information read from said subscriber identification file.

14. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said controller selects said background image based on said information received from said base station.

15. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said controller retrieves background image data from a base station upon a registering process.

16. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said controller reads said background image data from a memory on a Subscriber Identity Module.

17. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said controller reads said background image data from a memory of the mobile telephone.

18. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said controller reads said background image data from an external memory attached to said mobile telephone.

19. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said browser downloads background image data from a computer.

20. The mobile telephone of claim 11, wherein said controller formats the color information of said background image such that said background image comprises colors available by the display except colors used for foreground information.