Mobile terminals, methods and computer program products incorporating podcast link activation control

• US 8,606,251 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2005
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Dunko, Gregory A., Griffin, Jeffrey Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Application Number:
  US11/315,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20070149183A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,910 Days
• Field of Search: 455/90.1, 455/575.1
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a processor operatively associated with a radio communications circuit and configured to store a podcast including an embedded link to content outside of the mobile terminal. The processor is further configured to control activation of the embedded link responsive to a communications status of the mobile terminal and/or a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal. For example, the communications status may include availability of communications between the mobile terminal and a storage location of the content, or presence of a particular call and/or a message. The user interface configuration may include, for example, a current display mode or physical arrangement of the terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a radio communications interface circuit; and

a processor operatively associated with the radio communications circuit and configured to store a podcast including an embedded link to content outside of the mobile terminal and to control activation of the embedded link responsive to a communications status of the mobile terminal and/or a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a display having a plurality of display modes, and wherein the processor is configured to control activation of the embedded link responsive to a current display mode of the mobile terminal.

2. A method comprising:

storing a podcast in a mobile terminal, the podcast including an embedded link to content stored outside of the mobile terminal; and

controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal has a plurality of display modes, and wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal comprises controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a current display mode of the mobile terminal.