Enabling rapid and de-coupled ui development for a cellular telephone

• US 20070155425A1
• Filed: 12/31/2005
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Balakrishnan, Govind, Thilgen, Chris, Davis, Angus
• Application Number:
  US11/323,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20070155425A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method is presented. The method includes receiving specifications for a cellular telephone. The method further includes developing a platform independent user interface implemented by a media player for a cellular telephone separately from an operating system for the cellular telephone. The method also includes integrating the user interface with the operating system.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving specifications for a cellular telephone;

developing a platform independent user interface implemented by a media player for a cellular telephone separately from an operating system for the cellular telephone;

and

integrating the user interface with the operating system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

shipping the cellular telephone.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the cellular telephone to a user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating the user interface separately from the operating system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the updating includes providing the user interface in updated form through over-the-air-programming.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the updating includes providing the user interface in updated form through a wired network connection to the cellular telephone.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a customized version of the user interface separately from the operating system to a selected set of users.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the selected set of users includes users associated with an enterprise.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the selected set of users includes users within a subscriber base.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the subscriber base includes users paying for a subscription.

11. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

operating the user interface in updated form with the operating system.

12. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

updating the operating system separately from the user interface.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

operating the user interface in updated form with the operating system in updated form.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the method is executed by a processor responsive to instructions embodied in a machine-readable medium.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the user interface is a specialized user interface for a subset of users of the cellular telephone.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

the users of the subset of users are selected based on one or more of criteria of the group consisting of;

associates of an enterprise,

users of a specified brand,

users opting for premium service,

and

users selected by a provider of the user interface.

17. A system, comprising:

a cellular telephone including;

a processor;

a display coupled to the processor;

a network interface coupled to the processor;

a local storage medium coupled to the processor;

a media player embodied in the local storage medium;

an operating system embodied in the local storage medium;

and

a user interface embodied as a content file for the media player in the local storage medium.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

a user input module coupled to the processor.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

means for providing user input to the user interface.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein:

the user interface is a specialized user interface for a subset of users of the cellular telephone.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein:

the user interface is suitable for update independently from the operating system through over-the-air-programming.

22. A method, comprising:

developing an operating system for a cellular telephone;

separately developing a platform independent user interface implemented by a media player for a cellular telephone;

and

integrating the user interface with the operating system.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

updating the user interface separately from the operating system.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

operating the user interface in updated form with the operating system.

25. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

providing a customized version of the user interface separately from the operating system to a selected subset of users.