Method and system comprising means to transmit an image of a message

• US 8,666,374 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2010
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dian Blades
• Original Assignee: Dian Blades
• Inventors: Blades, Dian
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah, Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOLLIDAY, JAIME MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US13/511,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20120231774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method and system applied on a mobile device comprising internal processing means to create an image of message wherein a screen capture means in the mobile device provides a single processing step in the mobile device comprising means to convert the entire contents of a displayed message and including a background to a single MMS compliant image in creating a multimedia picture message for transmission to a destination mobile device, wherein transmitting an image of a displayed message comprises executing a single instruction on the mobile device wherein executing the single instruction both activates the screen capture means in the mobile device in creating a single MMS compliant image of a displayed message and transmits the created image thereof as a multimedia picture message to a destination mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of creating a multimedia picture message on a mobile device for transmission to a destination mobile device wherein a single processing step in the mobile device comprises means to convert the entire contents of a displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to a single MMS compliant image in creating a multimedia picture message for transmission to said destination mobile device wherein the displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image is displayed on a message screen on the mobile device wherein said message screen comprises means to display one of a SMS message and a MMS message, the mobile device comprising a user interface and a display screen and comprising internal processing means to create an image of a message, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) Providing a screen capture means in the mobile device, wherein said single processing step in the mobile device comprises means to convert the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image wherein the entire message displayed on the mobile device is converted to an image format and wherein said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image is displayed on said message screen on the mobile device, comprising means to display one of a SMS message and a MMS message;

(b) Providing means in the mobile device to transmit said single MMS compliant image of said displayed message as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device wherein the means in the mobile device to transmit said single MMS compliant image of said displayed message as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device comprises means to execute a single instruction on the mobile device wherein executing said single instruction on the mobile device both activates the screen capture means of said step (a) in converting the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image and transmits the created image thereof as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device;

(c) Activating the screen capture means of said step (a) in converting the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image;

(d) Transmitting said created image of said displayed message as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device whereby the message can be viewed as an image on the display screen of the destination mobile device, wherein transmitting said created image of said displayed message on the mobile device comprises executing the single instruction of said step (b) in both activating the screen capture means of said step (a) in converting the entire contents of said displayed message and including a background to said single MMS compliant image and transmitting the created image thereof as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step (d) of transmitting said created image of said displayed message, created according to the method of said step (c), as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device comprises executing sending means on the mobile device in transmitting said created image of said displayed message as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image is a newly composed message.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image comprises textual information wherein the textual information within the displayed message selectively displays from the group comprising:

a plurality of font designs, a plurality of font colours and a plurality of font sizes.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image comprises one of textual information and one of a picture and pictures, and, a plurality of pictures wherein a picture within the displayed message is one of a:

photograph, graphic illustration, emoticon, speech bubble, or combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image comprises textual information and one of a picture and pictures wherein the textual information within the displayed message selectively displays from the group comprising a plurality of font designs, a plurality of font colours and a plurality of font sizes and wherein a picture within the displayed message is one of a:

photograph, graphic illustration, emoticon, speech bubble, or combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the background of said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image is one of a default background and a selected background.

8. A system applied on a mobile device comprising a user interface and a display screen and comprising internal processing means to create an image of a message, wherein the system comprises a single processing means in the mobile device, comprising means to convert the entire contents of a displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to a single MMS compliant image in creating a multimedia picture message for transmission to a destination mobile device wherein said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image is displayed on a message screen on the mobile device wherein said message screen comprises means to display one of a SMS message and a MMS message, said system comprising:

(a) A screen capture means in the mobile device, wherein said single processing means in the mobile device comprises means to convert the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image wherein the entire message displayed on the mobile device is converted to an image format and wherein said displayed message for converting to said single MMS compliant image is displayed on said message screen on the mobile device, comprising means to display one of a SMS message and a MMS message;

(b) An input unit on the mobile device, comprising means to allow a user to enter information onto the display screen of the mobile device in composing said message;

(c) A display unit on the mobile device, comprising means to display said message;

(d) An output unit on the mobile device, comprising means to output to the user said created single MMS compliant image of said displayed message;

(e) A memory in the mobile device, comprising means to store information comprising said created single MMS compliant image of said displayed message;

(f) Sending means in the mobile device, comprising means to transmit said created single MMS compliant image of said displayed message as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device;

(g) A single executable instruction on the mobile device wherein said single executable instruction on the mobile device is executable to both activate said screen capture means in the mobile device, comprising means to convert the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image, and to transmit the created image thereof as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising selectable graphics for selecting to include in a message in composing said message for converting to said single MMS compliant image.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein said input unit on the mobile device, comprising means to allow a user to enter information onto the display screen of the mobile device in composing said message, is adapted to input information comprising multiple contents including one of textual information and one of a picture and pictures, and, a plurality of pictures wherein a picture is one of a:

photograph, graphic illustration, emoticon, speech bubble, or combination thereof.

11. The system of claim 8 further comprising a dedicated means to create said message on the mobile device wherein said dedicated means to create said message on the mobile device is associated with said single executable instruction on the mobile device, wherein said single executable instruction is executable to both convert the entire contents of said displayed message on the mobile device and including a background to said single MMS compliant image and to transmit the created image thereof as a multimedia picture message to said destination mobile device.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the mobile device is one of a mobile communication device and a mobile computer comprising means to transmit a multimedia message.