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Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
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Filing: 1997-02-20
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Granted: 2001-02-13
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Expires: 2017-02-20
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a communicator (1) having means for displaying and processing an information card containing information, and means for transmitting the information on the information card using radio communication, the transmission including an information card identifier and a destination identifier. The information on the information card is processed into characters, and a short message (103, 104) is formed of said characters, to be transmitted using radio communication, and sent to a receiver through a short message service center (SM-SC).
Inventors
- 👤 Seppo Alanara
- 👤 Pekka Isomursu
- 👤 Juhani Miettunen
- 👤 Mikko Lietsalmi
- 👤 Kalevi Kaartinen
- 👤 Peter Decker
- 👤 Arto Lehtonen
- 👤 Pete Pihko
- 👤 Teemu Tarnanen
- 👤 Hannu H. Kari
- 👤 Jari Maenpaa
- 👤 Petri Nykanen
- 👤 Mikko Terho
- 👤 Patrik Gustafsson
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 18:40
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W8/00; H04W8/22; G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0482; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/04; H04L67/50; H04L67/75; H04L69/00; H04L69/22; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/2753; H04M1/2757; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/7243; H04M1/72436; H04M1/72469; H04M19/00; H04M19/02; H04M19/04; H04M19/041; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04W4/14; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; H04M1/27453; H04M1/72445; H04M1/72448; H04M1/72451; H04M1/72457; H04W8/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A terminal for a communication network, the terminal comprising a plurality of applications for displaying information and processing information and further comprising wireless communication means for communicating user messages, wherein said terminal comprises means for receiving a wireless communicated user message having information for one of said applications and a header pointing to one of said applications, said terminal further comprising means for addressing said information to a respective application according to said header, the user message having an address field containing the address of the destination of the message and a data field containing said information of the user message, wherein said header is disposed in said data field.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A terminal for a communication network, the terminal comprising a plurality of applications for displaying information and processing information and further comprising wireless communication means for communicating user messages, wherein said terminal comprises means for receiving a wireless communicated user message having information for one of said applications and a header pointing to one of said applications, said terminal further comprising means for addressing said information to a respective application according to said header, the user message having an address field containing the address of the destination of the message and a data field containing said information of the user message, wherein said header is disposed in said data field.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
71 words
A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said user message is one of a short message, a message according to a standardized Short Message Service (SMS) message, a message according to a standardized R data field message, a message according to a standardized Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) message, a message according to a standardized Service Operator Code (SOC) message, and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said information and said header comprise ASCII characters.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is a mobile station having means for making and receiving phone calls over a mobile communication network.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A terminal as in claim 1 , wherein said information that is received by at least one of said plurality of applications varies from one instance of a received user message to another instance of a received user message.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said header of said user message directs said information in said message to said one of said applications.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communicated user message is received in a quick transmission reserving the communication channel for a short period.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
107 words
A terminal for a communication network, the terminal comprising a plurality of applications for displaying information and processing information and further comprising wireless communication means for communicating user messages, wherein said terminal comprises means for sending information relating to one of said applications in a user message over wireless communication and means for adding a header to the user message, the header indicating a respective application that the information relates to, the user message having an address field containing the address of the destination of the user message and a data field containing said information of the message, wherein said header is disposed in said data field.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
107 words
A terminal for a communication network, the terminal comprising a plurality of applications for displaying information and processing information and further comprising wireless communication means for communicating user messages, wherein said terminal comprises means for sending information relating to one of said applications in a user message over wireless communication and means for adding a header to the user message, the header indicating a respective application that the information relates to, the user message having an address field containing the address of the destination of the user message and a data field containing said information of the message, wherein said header is disposed in said data field.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
71 words
A terminal according to claim 8 , wherein said user message is one of a short message, a message according to a standardized Short Message Service (SMS) message, a message according to a standardized R data field message, a message according to a standardized Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) message, a message according to a standardized Service Operator Code (SOC) message, and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A terminal according to claim 8 , wherein said information and said header comprise ASCII characters.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
A terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the terminal is a mobile station having means for making and receiving phone calls over a mobile communication network.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the user message is sent over wireless communication in a quick transmission reserving the communication channel for a short period.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
76 words
A mobile station, comprising a plurality of applications for displaying information and processing information and further comprising wireless communication means for communicating short messages having information in the form of characters, wherein the mobile station comprises means for receiving wireless communication short messages having information for one of said applications and a header pointing to said one of said applications, and means for addressing the information to said one of said applications according to said header.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
76 words
A mobile station, comprising a plurality of applications for displaying information and processing information and further comprising wireless communication means for communicating short messages having information in the form of characters, wherein the mobile station comprises means for receiving wireless communication short messages having information for one of said applications and a header pointing to said one of said applications, and means for addressing the information to said one of said applications according to said header.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
45 words
A mobile station according to claim 13 , wherein the short message has an address field containing the address of the destination of the message and a data field containing the information of the message, and wherein said header is located in said data field.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
A mobile station according to claim 13 , wherein the short message has an address field containing the address of the destination of the message and a data field containing the information of the message, and wherein that said header is located in said address field.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
51 words
A mobile station according to claim 13 , wherein the mobile station further comprises a user interface, and wherein at least one of said plurality of applications is a user accessible application enabling a user of the mobile station to input and modify information in an application using the user interface.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
27 words
A mobile station according to claim 13 , wherein said header of said short messages directs said information in said messages to said one of said applications.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
83 words
A mobile station, comprising a plurality of applications for displaying information and processing information and further comprising a wireless communication means for communicating short messages having information in the form of characters, wherein the mobile station comprises means for processing information relating to one of said applications into characters and for sending the processed information in a short message over wireless communication and means for adding a header to the short message, the header indicating a respective application that the information relates to.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
83 words
A mobile station, comprising a plurality of applications for displaying information and processing information and further comprising a wireless communication means for communicating short messages having information in the form of characters, wherein the mobile station comprises means for processing information relating to one of said applications into characters and for sending the processed information in a short message over wireless communication and means for adding a header to the short message, the header indicating a respective application that the information relates to.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
45 words
A mobile station according to claim 18 , wherein the short message has an address field containing the address of the destination of the message and a data field containing the information of the message, and wherein said header is located in said data field.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
45 words
A mobile station according to claim 18 , wherein the short message has an address field containing the address of the destination of the message and a data field containing the information of the message, and wherein said header is located in said address field.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
52 words
A mobile station according to claim 18 , wherein the mobile station further comprises a user interface, and wherein at least one of said plurality of applications is a user accessible application for enabling a user of the mobile station to input and modify information in an application using the user interface.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
149 words
A method of transferring data between a first device and a second device that is remote from the first device, both the first device and the second device being one of a mobile station capable of communicating over a mobile communications network and a server connected to the mobile communications network, comprising steps of: retrieving a data entry from an application of a plurality of applications of the first device, said application containing a plurality of data entries each having a number of data fields individual ones of which are separated by field separators, transmitting said retrieved data entry to the second device in a short message via the mobile communications network, and receiving said retrieved data entry at the second device and storing, based on said field separators, the data fields of the received data entry in corresponding data fields in a corresponding application of the second device.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
149 words
A method of transferring data between a first device and a second device that is remote from the first device, both the first device and the second device being one of a mobile station capable of communicating over a mobile communications network and a server connected to the mobile communications network, comprising steps of: retrieving a data entry from an application of a plurality of applications of the first device, said application containing a plurality of data entries each having a number of data fields individual ones of which are separated by field separators, transmitting said retrieved data entry to the second device in a short message via the mobile communications network, and receiving said retrieved data entry at the second device and storing, based on said field separators, the data fields of the received data entry in corresponding data fields in a corresponding application of the second device.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 22 , wherein the short message comprises a header for indicating, to the second device, which application of a plurality of applications supported by said second device that said data entry relates to.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method according to claim 23 , wherein the short message is divided into an address field portion containing the address of the second device and a data portion containing said data entry, and wherein said header indicating the application that said data entry relates to is added to said data portion before transmitting said data entry to the second device.
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