Method and system for the flexible definition of graphic information on communication terminals

• US 20050220284A1
• Filed: 02/03/2003
• Published: 10/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unify Patente GmbH & Co. KG (Atos Se)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Wieserner, Gerhard, Schaade, Stephan, Wille, Klaus
• Granted Patent: US 7,072,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.170
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/006 Call diverting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/247 Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use user interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42314 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/546 in private branch exchanges

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the flexible definition of graphic information on a communication terminal, said communication terminal being stationary and controlled by a communication device. The data representing the graphic information is stored in the communication device and is transmitted to the stationary communication terminal. Representation of the graphic information, especially a company logo, occurs on an output unit associated with the communication terminal.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A method for flexible definition of graphic information for a display on an output unit of a communication terminal controlled by a communication device, the method comprising:

defining a first display area on the output unit for presenting conventional subscriber information, for which the content is fixed by the communication device and/or the communication terminal;

defining a second display area on the output unit;

storing graphic information for the second display area in the communication device, wherein the information is freely configurable;

transmitting the information from the communication device to the communication terminal; and

displaying the graphic information in the second display area.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the communication terminal is a stationary communication terminal.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the dimensions of the first and second display area overlap partly or completely and change depending on call processing states.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the dimensions of the first and second display area overlap partly or completely and change depending on call processing states.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein contents of the second display area are displayed in accordance with a priority control system.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein contents of the second display area are displayed in accordance with a priority control system.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein contents of the second display area are displayed in accordance with a priority control system.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the graphic information is buffered for the second display area in a memory unit assigned to the communication terminal.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein the graphic information is buffered for the second display area in a memory unit assigned to the communication terminal.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein the graphic information is buffered for the second display area in a memory unit assigned to the communication terminal.

21. The method according to claim 11, wherein the graphic information for the second display area is transmitted over a data channel carrying signaling information.

22. The method according to claim 12, wherein the graphic information for the second display area is transmitted over a data channel carrying signaling information.

23. The method according to claim 11, wherein the graphic information for the second display area is presented as an animated sequence.

24. The method according to claim 12, wherein the graphic information for the second display area is presented as an animated sequence.

25. The method according to claim 11, wherein a number of communication terminals are controlled jointly in the same way by the communication device.

26. The method according to claim 12, wherein a number of communication terminals are controlled jointly in the same way by the communication device.

27. The method according to claim 11, wherein the method is performed by a computer program running on a processor unit operatively adapted to the communication device.

28. The method according to claim 11, wherein a computer program product comprises program code to perform the method.

29. A communication system for flexible definition of graphic information for an output on an output unit assigned to a communication terminal, the system comprising:

a communication device for storing the graphic information and for transmitting the data to the communication terminal;

a first display area defined at the output unit for displaying conventional subscriber information, for which the contents is fixed by the communication device and/or the communication terminal; and

a second display area defined at the output unit for displaying graphic information which can be set on the communication device which is to be transferred to the communication terminal for display.