US6400958B1 — Communication network terminal supporting a plura…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 82 words

A terminal for a communication network having means for wireless communication, and menus including menu items for performing certain commands, wherein the terminal comprises a menu application, said menu application being capable of creating menu items in the terminal memory according to predetermined commands, the terminal having means for wirelessly receiving commands relating to said menu application via the communication network, and said menu application has been arranged to create menu items in the terminal in response to said wirelessly received commands.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 82 words

A terminal for a communication network having means for wireless communication, and menus including menu items for performing certain commands, wherein the terminal comprises a menu application, said menu application being capable of creating menu items in the terminal memory according to predetermined commands, the terminal having means for wirelessly receiving commands relating to said menu application via the communication network, and said menu application has been arranged to create menu items in the terminal in response to said wirelessly received commands.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 53 words

A terminal according to claim 1 , and further comprising means of wirelessly communicating user messages, and means for receiving said commands relating to said menu application in said user message, wherein said menu application has been arranged to create said menu items in response to receiving said user message comprising said commands.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 110 words

A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is capable of supporting a plurality of applications and further comprises means of wirelessly communicating user messages, means for receiving a user message having information and a header relating to one of said applications, means for addressing the information to a respective application according to said header, and means for receiving said commands relating to said menu application as information in a user message having a header indicating that the user message relates to said menu application, wherein said menu application has been arranged to create said menu items in response to receiving such a user message comprising said commands.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 33 words

A terminal according to claim 2 , wherein said user message includes an authorization code and the terminal further comprises means for adding and removing menu items on basis of said authorization code.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 61 words

A terminal according to claim 2 , wherein said user message is one of a short message, a message according to the standardized SMS message, a message according to the standardized R data field message, a message according to the standardized USSD message, a message according to the standardized SOC message, and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 16 words

A terminal according to claim 3 , wherein said information and said header comprise ASCII characters.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 33 words

A terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the means for adding and removing items respectively add items to and remove items from the terminal memory on the basis of the authorization code.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 28 words

A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is a mobile station further comprising means for making and receiving phone calls over a mobile communication network.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 61 words

A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the menu application is capable of creating multiple menu items from said commands relating to said menu application in one user message received by the terminal, and wherein said menu application has been arranged to create said multiple menu items in the terminal memory in response to the terminal receiving said user message.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 33 words

A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said commands includes information for specifying a position of said menu item created by the menu application within a menu structure.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 33 words

A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said menu item created by the menu application is different than any one of a group of predetermined menu items stored in the terminal memory.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 54 words

A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the wirelessly received commands include information comprising at least one of said predetermined commands and a menu item name, and wherein the menu application has been arranged to create menu items having said menu item name in the terminal in response to said wirelessly received information.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 24 words

A terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said information further comprises information on a specific menu group to which said menu item belongs.

Claim 15

Independent Claim 98 words

A method of creating a menu with at least one menu item in a terminal for a wireless communications network, the terminal allowing scrolling between and selection of menu items, the method comprising: sending a first user message including a first predetermined command from a device to the terminal via the wireless communications network, receiving said first user message at the terminal and in response thereto creating in the terminal a menu item in accordance with said first predetermined command, displaying said menu item on a display of the terminal, and allowing selection of the created menu item.

Claim 16

Independent Claim 98 words

A method of creating a menu with at least one menu item in a terminal for a wireless communications network, the terminal allowing scrolling between and selection of menu items, the method comprising: sending a first user message including a first predetermined command from a device to the terminal via the wireless communications network, receiving said first user message at the terminal and in response thereto creating in the terminal a menu item in accordance with said first predetermined command, displaying said menu item on a display of the terminal, and allowing selection of the created menu item.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 20 words

A method according to claim 14 , and further comprising storing said menu item in the terminal for future use.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 33 words

A method according to claim 14 , wherein the terminal is a mobile station of a mobile communications network and the device is a server having a connection to the mobile communications network.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 25 words

A method according to claim 14 , and further comprising storing said menu item on a main-menu level in the menu structure of the terminal.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 28 words

A method according to claim 14 , and further comprising storing said menu item on a sub-menu level under a main-menu in the menu structure of the terminal.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 25 words

A method according to claim 14 , and further comprising removing the created menu item from the terminal after allowing selection of said menu item.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 28 words

A method according to claim 14 , and further comprising sending a second user message from the terminal to the device upon selection of the created menu item.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 43 words

A method according to claim 14 , and further comprising allowing said created menu item to be changed or removed by sending a third user message to the terminal via the mobile communications network, said third user message including a second predetermined command.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 27 words

A method according to claim 14 , wherein multiple menu items are created in the terminal in response to receiving said first user message at the terminal.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 53 words

A method according to claim 14 , wherein the first user message comprises the first predetermined command, and a menu item name, and wherein the created menu item has said menu item name, said menu item name being displayed on the display of the terminal for allowing selection of the created menu item.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 26 words

A method according to claim 14 , wherein the first user message further comprises information on a specific menu group to which said menu item belongs.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 129 words

A terminal for a communication network having means for wireless communication, and menus including menu items for performing certain commands, wherein the terminal comprises a menu application, said menu application being capable of creating menu items in the terminal memory according to predetermined commands, the terminal having means for wirelessly receiving commands relating to said menu application via the communication network, and said menu application has been arranged to create menu items in the terminal in response to receiving said commands; wherein, at least one of said commands comprises new information for said menu application, the new information being added to the terminal memory when the terminal receives said command, said menu application creating said menu items from the new information added to the terminal memory by said command.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 129 words

A terminal for a communication network having means for wireless communication, and menus including menu items for performing certain commands, wherein the terminal comprises a menu application, said menu application being capable of creating menu items in the terminal memory according to predetermined commands, the terminal having means for wirelessly receiving commands relating to said menu application via the communication network, and said menu application has been arranged to create menu items in the terminal in response to receiving said commands; wherein, at least one of said commands comprises new information for said menu application, the new information being added to the terminal memory when the terminal receives said command, said menu application creating said menu items from the new information added to the terminal memory by said command.

Claim 29

Dependent Claim 46 words

A terminal according to claim 25 , wherein said menu application creates said menu items from the new information added to the terminal memory by said wirelessly received command by incorporating at least part of the new information in the name of said created menu item.

Claim 30

Dependent Claim 28 words

A terminal according to claim 25 , wherein at least one of said commands further comprises information on a specific menu group to which said menu item belongs.

Claim 31

Independent Claim 145 words

A method of creating a menu with at least one menu item in a terminal for a wireless communications network, the terminal allowing scrolling between and selection of menu items, the method comprising: sending a first user message including a first predetermined command from a device to the terminal via the wireless communications network, receiving said first user message at the terminal and in response thereto creating in the terminal a menu item in accordance with said first predetermined command, and displaying said menu item on a display of the terminal, and allowing selection of the created menu item, wherein, said first command comprises new information for said menu application, the new information being added to the terminal memory when the terminal receives said first command, said menu application creating said menu items from the new information added to the terminal memory by said command.

Claim 32

Independent Claim 145 words

A method of creating a menu with at least one menu item in a terminal for a wireless communications network, the terminal allowing scrolling between and selection of menu items, the method comprising: sending a first user message including a first predetermined command from a device to the terminal via the wireless communications network, receiving said first user message at the terminal and in response thereto creating in the terminal a menu item in accordance with said first predetermined command, and displaying said menu item on a display of the terminal, and allowing selection of the created menu item, wherein, said first command comprises new information for said menu application, the new information being added to the terminal memory when the terminal receives said first command, said menu application creating said menu items from the new information added to the terminal memory by said command.

Claim 33

Dependent Claim 49 words

A method according to claim 28 , wherein the menu application creates the menu items from the new information added to the terminal memory by the first command by incorporating at least part of the new information in the name of at least one of the created menu items.

Claim 34

Dependent Claim 25 words

A method according to claim 28 , wherein said first command further comprises information on a specific menu group to which said menu item belongs.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2005-06-03	2005-12-03	2006-06-04	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2009-06-03	2009-12-03	2010-06-04	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2013-06-03	2013-12-03	2014-06-04	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications

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