Method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone

• US 7,072,683 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2002
• Issued: 07/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LavaFlow LLP, Resource Consortium Limited, LLC
• Original Assignee: LavaFlow LLP
• Inventors: King, John Joseph, King, Christina Judeen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc M.
• Application Number:
  US10/307,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20030078078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,313 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/433, 455/422.1, 455/426.1, 455/426.2, 455/461, 455/462, 455/465, 455/466, 455/550, 455418-420, 455/432.3, 715/864, 715/867
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

A method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of enabling access to the picture file displayed on a cellular telephone from a location remote from the cellular telephone; entering information related to the picture file from the remote location; and providing the information to the cellular telephone.

Claims

1. A method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

enabling access, remote from said cellular telephone, to said picture file displayed on a cellular telephone from a webpage for a user of said cellular telephone associated with a wireless service provider for said cellular telephone;

enabling editing, remote from said cellular telephone, information related to said picture file by way of said webpage;

providing said edited information to said cellular telephone;

displaying said edited information with said picture file in response to the selection of a user interface on said cellular telephone, wherein said user interface simultaneously displays a plurality of picture files with said picture file; and

enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver, said screen saver cycling through said plurality of picture files.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said Step of enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver comprises a step of displaying said plurality of picture files as a screen saver in response to a selection by said user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of enabling access, remote from said cellular telephone, to said picture file displayed on said cellular telephone from a website comprises enabling access to personal web page associated with said website of a wireless service provider.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of enabling the display of said plurality of picture files as a screen saver after a predetermined period of time.

5. A method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving said picture file from said cellular telephone at a wireless service provider for said cellular telephone;

enabling a user to access, remote from said cellular telephone, said picture file stored at said wireless service provider from a webpage for a user of said cellular telephone associated with a wireless service provider for said cellular telephone;

enabling a user to edit, remote from said cellular telephone, information related to said picture file by way of said webpage;

providing said edited information to said cellular telephone;

displaying said edited information in response to the selection of a user interface on said cellular telephone, wherein said user interface simultaneously displays a plurality of picture files, and

enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver, said screen saver cycling through said plurality of picture files.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising a step of storing said plurality of picture files on a server associated with said wireless service provider.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said step of enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver comprises a step of displaying said plurality of picture files as a screen saver in response to a selection by said user.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said step of displaying said picture file on a display remote from said cellular telephone comprises enabling access to said picture file on a website associated with said wireless service provider.

9. The method of claim 5 further comprising a step of enabling the display of said plurality of picture files as a screen saver after a predetermined period of time.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein said step of enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver comprises a step of displaying said plurality of picture files as a screen saver in response to a selection by said user.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising a step of enabling the display of said plurality of picture files as a screen saver after a predetermined period of time.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising a step of enabling a the display of said plurality of picture files as a screen saver after a predetermined period of time.

10. A method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving said picture file from said cellular telephone at a wireless service provider for said cellular telephone;

storing said picture file at said wireless service provider;

enabling a user to access, remote from said cellular telephone, said picture file on a webpage associated with said wireless service provider for said user of said cellular telephone;

enabling the user to edit, remote from said cellular telephone, information related to said picture file on said webpage associated with said wireless service provider for said user of said cellular telephone;

providing said edited information to said cellular telephone;

displaying said edited information in response to the selection of a user interface on said cellular telephone, wherein said user interface simultaneously displays a plurality of picture files;

enabling a user to select a selection option associated with each picture file of said plurality of picture files; and

enabling a user to display a plurality of selected picture files as a screen saver, said screen saver cycling through a plurality of selected picture files.

14. A method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving said picture file stored on said cellular telephone at a wireless service provider for said cellular telephone;

storing said picture file on a server associated with said wireless service provider;

enabling a user to access, remote from said cellular telephone, said picture file on a personal webpage associated with a website of said wireless service provider;

enabling a user to designate, remote from said cellular telephone, a selection option associated with said picture file at said personal webpage;

enabling the user to edit a plurality of picture files to be displayed on said cellular telephone based upon a designed selection option on said webpage associated with said website of said wireless service provider for said user of said cellular telephone;

displaying said edited plurality of picture files on said cellular telephone in response to the selection of a user interface on said cellular telephone, wherein said user interface simultaneously displays a plurality of picture files; and

enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver, said screen saver cycling through said plurality of picture files.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said step of wherein said step of enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver comprises a step of displaying said plurality of picture files as a screen saver in response to a selection by said user on said user interface.

16. A method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a plurality of picture files from said cellular telephone at a wireless service provider for said cellular telephone;

enabling a user to access, remote from said cellular telephone, said plurality of picture files on a website of said wireless service provider;

enabling a user to edit, remote from said cellular telephone, information comprising words in data fields related to said plurality of picture files on said webpage of said wireless service provider for said user of said cellular telephone;

providing said edited information to said cellular telephone;

displaying said plurality of picture files and said edited information on said cellular telephone in response to the selection of a user interface on said cellular telephone, wherein said user interface simultaneously displays a plurality of picture files; and

enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver, said screen saver cycling through said plurality of picture files.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising a step of providing a plurality of selection options with said plurality of picture files, said plurality of selection options enabling the selection of the picture files of said plurality of picture files to be displayed as a screen saver.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver comprises a step of displaying said plurality of picture files as a screen saver in response to a selection by said user on said user interface.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said step of enabling a user to display said plurality of picture files as a screen saver comprises a step of enabling the display of said plurality of picture files after a predetermined period of time.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising a step of enabling a user to enter a keyword related to a picture file.