MOBILE TELEPHONE DEVICE WITH USER- SELECTABLE CONTENT DISPLAYED AND UPDATED DURING IDLE TIME
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone device, the device being adapted to request updated information from a remote information resource that is capable of also supplying that updated information to other mobile telephone devices for those devices to display within a browser application;
- characterized in that the device is adapted to display the updated information (a) after it has been defined by a user of the device to be of a kind which is of interest to him or her and (b) as part or all of an idle screen and not necessarily a browser application.
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Abstract
The idle screen of a mobile telephone device is used to show updated information of a kind or from a source selected by a user (e.g. financial information, news, traffic etc.). Previously, the idle screen has been used to display the name of the network operator and alerting messages, such as “2 missed calls”. Placing information of interest to the user in the idle screen makes that information instantly accessible without the user having to navigate to the required function (e.g. a micro-browser) and select it.
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12 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone device, the device being adapted to request updated information from a remote information resource that is capable of also supplying that updated information to other mobile telephone devices for those devices to display within a browser application;
characterized in that the device is adapted to display the updated information (a) after it has been defined by a user of the device to be of a kind which is of interest to him or her and (b) as part or all of an idle screen and not necessarily a browser application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of supplying information for display on a mobile telephone device, comprising the step of:
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(a) receiving a request for updated information at a remote information resource; and (b) sending the updated information from the resource; characterized that (i) a user of the device defines the kind of updated information which is to be sent to the device and (ii) the updated information is displayed as part or all of an idle screen on the device and not necessarily a browser application.
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12. Computer software suitable for enabling a mobile telephone device to:
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(i) retrieve or receive, from a remote information resource, updated information; and (ii) display that updated information on the device; characterized that (i) a user of the device defines the kind of updated information which is to be retrieved or received and (ii) the updated information is displayed as part or all of an idle screen on the device and not necessarily a browser application.
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