Mobile communication terminal for controlling startup of application based on received message and information providing system

• US 8,798,612 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2004
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Satake, Masaomi, Fukushima, Masaru, Endoh, Takashi, Numagami, Yasuhiko, Nozaki, Fumihiro, Yamane, Takeshi, Tsukiji, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Edouard, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): CASCA, FRED A
• Application Number:
  US10/952,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20050070251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,599 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411, 455/181.1, 455/556.1, 455/41.2, 455/466, 455/575.1, 455/90.3, 455/403, 455/408, 455/406, 340/990, 709/207, 709/229, 709/231
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/28 with meter at substation or with calculation of charges at terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/62 based on trigger specification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/88 Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0116 Provision for limiting expenditure, e.g. limit on call expenses or account
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

Information that is no longer valid due to the passage of time is not provided to a user. When a stock price information server acquires updated stock price information from a securities market network, a message that instructs that a predetermined application be started up and to which a term of validity has been attached is sent to a user terminal over a paging channel via an SMS server. When the user terminal receives the message, it determines whether or not the message is within the term of validity, and if it determines that the message is within the term of validity, starts up the instructed application from among a plurality of applications that are stored. The stock price information server then sends to the user terminal the stock price information that is requested by the started up application.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a storage section that stores an application that requests a server for predetermined information and receives the information,

a receiving section that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity that instructs that the application be started up; and

a control section that, when the receiving section receives the message that instructs that the application be started up, determines whether or not the term of validity is attached to the message, and, based on the term of validity of the message, starts up the instructed application that is stored in the storage section,

wherein a stored time the predetermined information has been stored in the server and an effective period are attached to the received message, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period to the stored time is determined as the term of validity.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a display section that displays the predetermined information received from the server by the started up application.

3. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a storage section that stores an application that requests a server for predetermined information and receives the information;

a receiving section that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity that instructs that the application be started up; and

a control section that, when the receiving section receives the message that instructs that the application be started up, determines whether or not the term of validity is attached to the message, and, based on the term of validity of the message, starts up the instructed application that is stored in the storage section,

wherein an effective period is attached to applications stored in the storage section, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period attached to the instructed application to the time the predetermined information has been stored in the server is determined as the term of validity.

4. An information providing system comprising:

a server that is provided with;

a message transmitting section that transmits to a mobile communication terminal a message including a term of validity and that instructs that an application in the mobile communication terminal be started up; and

an information transmitting section that transmits to the mobile communication terminal predetermined information that is requested by the started up application in the mobile communication terminal; and

a mobile communication terminal that is provided with;

a receiving section that receives, via a mobile system, the message instructing that the application transmitted by the server be started up;

a storage section that stores an application that requests the server for predetermined information and receives the information;

a control section that, when the receiving section receives the message, determines whether or not the term of validity of the message is provided, and, based on the term of validity of the message, starts up the instructed application from among the applications that are stored in the storage section,

wherein a stored time the predetermined information has been stored in the server and an effective period are attached to the received message, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period to the stored time is determined as the term of validity.

5. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein a display section that displays the predetermined information received from the server by the started up application is provided in the mobile communication terminal.

6. An information providing system comprising:

a server that is provided with;

a message transmitting section that transmits to a mobile communication terminal a message including a term of validity and that instructs that an application in the mobile communication terminal be started up; and

an information transmitting section that transmits to the mobile communication terminal predetermined information that is requested by the started up application in the mobile communication terminal; and

a mobile communication terminal that is provided with;

a receiving section that receives, via a mobile system, the message instructing that the application transmitted by the server be started up;

a storage section that stores an application that requests the server for predetermined information and receives the information;

a control section that, when the receiving section receives the message, determines whether or not the term of validity of the message is provided, and, based on the term of validity of the message, starts up the instructed application from among the applications that are stored in the storage section,

wherein an effective period is attached to applications stored in the storage section, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period attached to the instructed application to the time the predetermined information has been stored in the server is determined as the term of validity.

7. A method comprising:

a reception step that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity instructing that an application be started up, and application information;

a determination step that, when the message that instructs that the application be started up is received by the reception step, determines whether or not the term of validity of the message is provided; and

an application startup step that, based on the term of validity of the message, starts up the instructed application,

wherein a stored time that the application information has been stored and an effective period are attached to the received message, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period to the stored time is determined as the term of validity.

8. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a receiving section that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity instructing that an the application be started up, and application information;

a startup section that starts up the application based on the term of validity of the received message; and

a creating section that, when the startup section is unable to start up the application based on the term of validity of the received message, creates information advising of that fact as message data,

wherein a stored time that the application information has been stored and an effective period are attached to the received message, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period to the stored time is determined as the term of validity.

9. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, further comprising:

a storage section that stores the message data created by the creating section; and

a notification section that, when the storage section has stored the message, notifies of that fact.

10. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein information about a provider who is associated with the application whose startup is instructed is included in the message data created by the creating section.

11. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the message data created by the creating section is treated as received message data.

12. A method comprising:

a reception step that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity instructing that an application be started up, and application information;

a startup step that starts up the application based on the term of validity of the message received by the reception step; and

a message creation step that, when the application cannot be started up based on the term of validity of the received message in the startup step, creates information advising of that fact as message data,

wherein a stored time that the application information has been stored and an effective period are attached to the received message, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period to the stored time is determined as the term of validity.

13. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a storage section that stores a plurality of applications;

a receiving section that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity that contains a startup instruction for a specific application, and application information;

a storage section that, for each of the stored applications, stores the application information and also stores information that shows whether or not the application is able to be started up by the startup instruction; and

a control section that, when the receiving section receives the message instructing that the application be started up, determines whether or not startup of the application is possible based on the term of validity of the message and by collating the application information contained in the message with the information that shows whether or not the application in the storage section is able to be started up, and controls a startup of the application based on a result of the determination,

wherein a stored time that the application information has been stored and an effective period are attached to the received message, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period to the stored time is determined as the term of validity.

14. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the storage section stores information showing whether or not the application is able to be started up based on the state of the mobile communication terminal, and the control section determines whether or not the application is able to be started up based on the state of the mobile communication terminal and the information stored in the storage section.

15. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 14, wherein the state of the mobile communication terminal is any one of manner mode, drive mode, low energy consumption mode, and silent mode.

16. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 13, further comprising a notification section that notifies that the control section has determined that startup of the application is not possible.

17. A method comprising:

a reception step that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity that contains a startup instruction for a specific application, and application information;

a determination step that, when the message instructing that the application be started up is received by the reception step, determines whether or not startup of the application is possible based on the term of validity of the message and by collating the application information contained in the message with information that shows whether or not the application stored in a storage section is able to be started up by the startup instruction; and

a control step that controls a startup of the application based on a result of the determination of the determination step,

wherein a stored time that the application information has been stored and an effective period are attached to the received message, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period to the stored time is determined as the term of validity.

18. A method comprising:

a reception step that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity instructing that an application be started up, and application information;

a determination step that, when the message that instructs that the application be started up is received by the reception step, determines whether or not the term of validity of the message is provided; and

an application startup step that, based on the term of validity of the message, starts up the instructed application,

wherein an effective period is attached to the application, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period attached to the application to a stored time that the application information has been stored is determined as the term of validity.

19. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a receiving section that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity instructing that an the application be started up, and application information;

a startup section that starts up the application based on the term of validity of the received message; and

a creating section that, when the startup section is unable to start up the application based on the term of validity of the received message, creates information advising of that fact as message data,

wherein an effective period is attached to the application, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period attached to the application to a stored time that the application information has been stored is determined as the term of validity.

20. A method comprising:

a reception step that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity instructing that an application be started up, and application information;

a startup step that starts up the application based on the term of validity of the message received by the reception step; and

a message creation step that, when the application cannot be started up based on the term of validity of the received message in the startup step, creates information advising of that fact as message data,

wherein an effective period is attached to the application, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period attached to the application to a stored time that the application information has been stored is determined as the term of validity.

21. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a storage section that stores a plurality of applications;

a receiving section that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity that contains a startup instruction for a specific application, and application information;

a storage section that, for each of the stored applications, stores the application information and also stores information that shows whether or not the application is able to be started up by the startup instruction; and

a control section that, when the receiving section receives the message instructing that the application be started up, determines whether or not startup of the application is possible based on the term of validity of the message and by collating the application information contained in the message with the information that shows whether or not the application in the storage section is able to be started up, and controls a startup of the application based on a result of the determination,

wherein an effective period is attached to the application, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period attached to the application to a stored time that the application information has been stored is determined as the term of validity.

22. A method comprising:

a reception step that receives, via a mobile system, a message including a term of validity that contains a startup instruction for a specific application, and application information;

a determination step that, when the message instructing that the application be started up is received by the reception step, determines whether or not startup of the application is possible based on the term of validity of the message and by collating the application information contained in the message with information that shows whether or not the application stored in a storage section is able to be started up by the startup instruction; and

a control step that controls a startup of the application based on a result of the determination of the determination step,

wherein an effective period is attached to the application, and an absolute time that is obtained by adding the effective period attached to the application to a stored time that the application information has been stored is determined as the term of validity.