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LinkPushTM - A "push" technology for wireless devices that provides remote user control over content prior to the content being received. Limited descriptive information is "pushed" to a wireless device. The user is provided with just enough data to make an informed decision as to what action to perform on the remotely-stored content. Actions include retrieve, reply, forward, delete, buy, play, sell, etc. Actions may be performed manually, automatically, or based on pre-set conditions specified by the user.
LinkPushTM Examples
A smartphone receives email header information without receiving all of the email body or attachments. An action is initiated by the user on the un-received portion of the email, namely retrieve, retrieve attachment, reply, delete, delay or forward the remote content.
A browser enabled cell phone receives a short message containing a hyperlink that can be clicked by the user to retrieve additional content located on remote servers. A user may subscribe to specific alerts, such as weather, traffic, music, movie trailers, ring tones or games. After receiving an alert for a new movie, the user can click the link to download the movie trailer or simply purchase the tickets without viewing the trailer.
A mobile phone receives a text message indicating that a software update is available. The mobile user clicks the update notice; the mobile browser opens, connects to the update site and the user downloads the update.
A cell phone receives a notification that a "picture mail" is available for viewing. The user manually clicks to retrieve the picture or configures the device to automatically download the picture from a server, based on pre-set conditions, such as a white list of senders, size of download, or time of day.
A wireless messaging device receives the following headers:
Email from Tom Jones - Subject: Weekly report
Voice mail from Jerry Smith
Video Mail from Mom
Music sample from Sony Records
Traffic Alert from MSN
Stock Alert - HP up $1.15
Fax Mail from 999-555-1212
Game Update from GameBoy
The user retrieves and replies to the weekly report, retrieves and forwards the video mail from Mom, plays Sony’s new hit and buys the song, confirms an automatic HP sell order, forwards the fax without retrieving and updates the GameBoy software.
A two-way pager receives the first paragraph of a lengthy email message. When the user scrolls past the last line, the next paragraph is automatically retrieved. The user decides to deal with the remainder of the email at the office and does not retrieve the entire 600k email.
A cable or satellite TV subscriber receives a personalized and descriptive "push" message about an on-demand movie. The subscriber clicks to purchase and then retrieves and views the movie at a time of their choosing or forwards the purchased movie to a different device.
TalkBack® - A mixed media messaging technology that enables a wireless device user to respond to a visual message, such as text, with an audio message, such as voice. The technology is particularly useful for devices with small keypads where typing is difficult or impractical. Mobile phones are ideally suited for sending voice email because they already have a built-in microphone and their small keypad is not user friendly for typing long messages.
TalkBack® Examples
A mobile phone receives a visual message (i.e., text email) and the user replies with a voice message (i.e., voice email). The voice message is appended at a mail server to the original email and sent to the addressed recipient formatted as a standard reply email with a voice file attachment or a link to a remotely-stored voice message accessible by computer or another mobile phone.
A wireless device receives a text, voice, video, fax or voice email or simply a descriptive header identifying the type, subject and sender of the email. The wireless user views the email and replies with a voice message. The voice message is stored at a remote server and a canned text reply is sent to the recipient. The reply contains a link to the remotely stored voice message along with instructions to play the message.
A wireless user sends a voice email to another wireless user. The recipient of the voice email receives a descriptive header which includes a link to the voice message that when clicked, streams or downloads the voice message to the recipient. Alternatively, the header can contain a unique phone number that corresponds to the remotely stored message. When clicked, the wireless device dials the number to the message storage mail box and automatically plays the voice message to the recipient.
A smart phone is configured to receive instant messages. Upon receiving an instant message, the wireless user replies with a voice message.
Soft Erase and Remote Delete - A technology that provides a wireless device user the flexibility to erase content stored locally on the user’s wireless device, with the ability to save the corresponding content on a remote server or system, and vice-versa. The user can later recover that content from storage for further action. A wireless user is able to perform sophisticated delete functions including deletion of content stored remotely and soft erase, which deletes content from a wireless device but retains the address of the content so that it can be retrieved at a future time from a remote server or system.
Soft Erase and Remote Delete Examples
A wireless user deletes an email from his mail server but retains the email on his device.
A wireless user deletes content from his device but retains a "bookmark" which allows him to readily retrieve the content again at his convenience.
When its memory is full, a wireless device overwrites the oldest read message when a new message arrives, but retains the header information for the message it overwrites. The wireless user can recover the erased message from a remote server at any time by clicking on the message header.
A user receives a confidential email on a mobile phone. The user wishes to retain or forward the email but does not want a copy of the email left on his company’s email server. The user is given the option to delete local, delete remote, or delete all.
Wireless Device User Interface - A technology that simplifies the user experience when controlling media at an ambiguous storage location. A wireless user is able to select simple commands, such as play, read, forward, delete, etc., regardless of the location of the stored media. The user is not required to know where the media is stored. Pressing a play key will cause the message to play, regardless of the storage location.
Wireless Device User Interface Examples
A wireless device has a long list of messages available to the user. The messages include fax, text, video and audio messages. Some messages are stored on the wireless device and some messages are stored on a number of remote servers. The user may play, read, reply, forward or delete any listed message without knowing where the message is stored.
A wireless device user presses "Read" to read an attachment. The user doesn’t know if the attachment is stored on the wireless device or a remote server. The device determines that the attachment is not stored in the device but is stored on a remote server, automatically downloads the attachment and displays it to the user.
A wireless device user reads a header on his mobile phone, determines it is "spam", presses "Delete" and the device deletes the message wherever it is located.
A wireless device user reads an email header that he wishes to reply to. The user presses "Reply". However, the message itself is no longer stored in the device because it was deleted or over written by another message. The user simply creates the reply message and presses send. The device sends the reply to the server where it is appended to the original email and sent as a normally formatted reply.
A wireless device user presses "Play" in order to play a song she bought the day before. The song had only partially downloaded to the device during the time of purchase. The song begins playing from the wireless device’s memory, and can continue to play as the remainder of the song is streaming from a remote server, while simultaneously being stored in the wireless device.
A wireless device user wishes to forward a number of emails listed on his wireless PDA. Some of the emails are stored on the PDA and some are not. All attachments are stored on a remote server and were never downloaded to the wireless device. The wireless user simply tags the list of emails to be forwarded, selects the recipient and presses send. A properly formatted email, including all attachments, is synchronized at the remote server and sent to the recipient.
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