Method for operating a mobile radio apparatus, mobile radio apparatus as well as method for automatically transmitting a message

• US 9,173,068 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2012
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ernst Wojak
• Original Assignee: Ernst Wojak
• Inventors: Wojak, Ernst
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jinsong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang, Jean
• Application Number:
  US13/656,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20140011488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,103 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a mobile radio apparatus (10) connectable to at least one radio network (14) via radio technology, having at least one display (22) and at least one computing device for executing at least one computer program (24) for presenting content provided in a computer network and retrievable via the radio network (14) on the display (22), in which the mobile radio apparatus (10) is connected to the radio network (14) via radio technology, wherein the computer program (24) is opened depending on a connection state of the mobile radio apparatus (10) to the radio network (14) and at least a part of the content is displayed on the display (22) by means of the opened computer program (24), to a mobile radio apparatus (10) as well as to a method for automatically transmitting a message to a mobile radio apparatus (10).

Claims

1. A method for operating a mobile radio apparatus connectable to at least one radio network via radio technology, the mobile radio apparatus having at least one display and at least one computing device for executing at least one computer program for presenting content provided in a computer network and retrievable via the radio network on the display, in which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology, the method comprising opening the computer program with the computing device in response to determining whether at least one criterion characterizing a connection state of the mobile radio apparatus connected to the radio network is met, and displaying the content on the display by means of the opened computer program wherein the at least one criterion depends on a period of time over which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology, and wherein if a value characterizing the period of time over which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology reaches or exceeds a presettable threshold value the computing device automatically opens the computer program and presents the content on the display but if the value characterizing the period of time remains below the threshold value the content is not presented on the display.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile radio apparatus is connected to at least one network apparatus of the radio network via radio technology, wherein the criterion depends on a signal strength of a signal communicated from the network apparatus to the mobile radio apparatus, and/or a position of the mobile radio apparatus relative to the network apparatus determined by means of the network apparatus.

3. The method according to claim 1, whereby a first-time input of data into the mobile radio apparatus by a user of the mobile radio apparatus is required in order to be able to connect the mobile radio apparatus to the radio network of an institution for the first time via radio technology, whereby the data required for the first-time connection is stored in a storage device of the mobile radio apparatus such that the first-time input of data is not only first-time but also one-time as long as deletion of the storage device or of the input data does not occur, that a re-connection occurring subsequent to a disconnection operation after the first-time connection of the mobile radio apparatus to the radio network can proceed automatically and without assistance of the user, and such that, if the user with the mobile radio apparatus visits institutions at different locations, the radio networks of which all have the same access or connection preconditions, connections of the mobile radio apparatus to the respective radio networks can be effected at the different locations automatically and without active assistance by the user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the data required for the first-time connection is a password, email address, or personal data for registration.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein an Internet site of the Internet is displayed by means of the computer program as the content.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile radio apparatus is connected to a wireless local area network as the radio network.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining a position of the mobile radio apparatus relative to the earth and/or relative to at least one network apparatus of the radio network by means of the radio network, and displaying further content depending on the determined position.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising communicating at least one message able to be displayed on the display by means of a computer program executable by the computing device to the mobile radio apparatus depending on the connection state.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the message is an e-mail.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the message is communicated depending on at least one piece of information specific to the mobile radio apparatus and transmitted upon connection to the radio network.

11. A mobile radio apparatus comprising a radio technology device for connecting the mobile radio apparatus to at least one radio network via radio technology, at least one display, and at least one computing device for executing at least one computer program, by means of which content provided in a computer network and retrievable via the radio network can be presented on the display of the mobile radio apparatus, wherein the computing device is configured to open the computer program depending on whether or not at least one criterion characterizing a connection state of the mobile radio apparatus being connected to the radio network is met, and to display content on the display by means of the opened computer program, wherein the criterion depends on a period of time over which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio, and wherein the computing device is configured to automatically open the computer program and present the content on the display if a value characterizing the period of time over which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology reaches or exceeds a presettable threshold value and to not automatically display the content if the value characterizing the period of time remains below the threshold value, such that the opening of the computer program as well as the presentation of the part of the content can be avoided if the mobile radio apparatus connects to the radio network without remaining connected to the radio network for the presettable period of time.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the content is a message communicated via the local radio network.

13. A method for automatically transmitting at least one message to a mobile radio apparatus connectable to a mobile communications network and to at least one local radio network different from the mobile communications network via radio technology, having at least one display and at least one computing device for executing at least one computer program for presenting a message communicated to the mobile radio apparatus on the display, the method comprising communicating a message being able to be displayed on the display by means of the computer program to the mobile radio apparatus connected to the local radio network depending on whether or not at least one criterion characterizing a connection state of the mobile radio apparatus connected to the local radio network is met, wherein the at least one criterion depends on a period of time over which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology, and if a value characterizing the period of time over which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology reaches or exceeds a presettable threshold value, the computer program is automatically opened by means of a control device and content is presented on the display, and if the value characterizing the period of time remains below the threshold value, the content is not automatically displayed, such that the opening of the computer program as well as presentation of the content can be avoided if a user with the mobile radio apparatus only moves past an institution within the radio network without staying in and/or at the institution for the threshold period of time.

14. A method for operating a mobile radio apparatus connectable to at least one radio network via radio technology, the mobile radio apparatus having at least one display and at least one computing device for executing at least one computer program for presenting content provided in a computer network and retrievable via the radio network on the display, in which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology, the method comprising opening the computer program with the computing device in response to determining whether at least one criterion characterizing a connection state of the mobile radio apparatus connected to the radio network is met, and displaying content on the display by means of the opened computer program, whereby a first-time input of data into the mobile radio apparatus by a user of the mobile radio apparatus is required in order to be able to connect the mobile radio apparatus to the radio network of an institution for the first time via radio technology, wherein the at least one criterion depends on a period of time over which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology, and wherein if a value characterizing the period of time over which the mobile radio apparatus is connected to the radio network via radio technology reaches or exceeds a presettable threshold value the computing device automatically opens the computer program and presents the content on the display but if the value characterizing the period of time remains below the threshold value the content is not presented on the display, and whereby the data required for the first-time connection, preferably a password, and/or email address and/or personal data for registration, is stored in a storage device of the mobile radio apparatus.