Mobile communication terminal, information providing system, program, and computer readable recording medium

• US 9,203,634 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2008
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Tsukiji, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): CASCA, FRED A
• Application Number:
  US12/016,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20080126986A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,874 Days
• Field of Search: 455/407, 455/418, 455/411, 455/412.1, 705/1, 709/203, 709/217, 345/747, 345/734, 345/738, 345/741, 345/810, 345/345, 707/100
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 memory that stores a plurality of applications and a plurality of startup messages, the plurality of startup messages being unprocessed, originated by, and wirelessly received from a server in a network, each of the plurality of startup messages instructing that a specific one of the applications be started up;

a display that creates and displays a list of the applications to be started up based on the plurality of startup messages;

a processor that starts up at least one of the applications included in the list displayed, based on a user'"'"'s selection; and

an operation key that sets a degree of priority which is involved in the order in which the applications are started up;

wherein

when the list is being displayed on the display, the list is displayed on the basis of the degree of priority; and

the plurality of startup messages are PUSH-type messages.

2. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium with a program recoded thereon that executes on a computer:

a storing process that stores a plurality of applications and a plurality of startup messages, the plurality of startup messages being unprocessed, originated by, and wirelessly received from a server in a network, each of the plurality of startup messages instructing that a specific one of the applications be started up;

a list creating process that creates a list of the applications to be started up based on the plurality of startup messages;

a display process that displays the created list; and

an application startup process that starts up at least one of the applications included in the list displayed, based on a user'"'"'s selection;

wherein

the plurality of startup messages are PUSH-type messages;

a degree of priority is set by an operation key; and

when the list is being displayed on the display, the list is displayed on the basis of the degree of priority.