FR2823051A1 - Mobile telephone accessory personalisation list having accessory and subscriber identification card with memory area holding personal screen image/sound sequence selection. - Google Patents

Abstract

The personalisation list has a mobile telephone accessory and a subscriber identification card (5). The card has a memory (5a) which stores a chosen screen image or sound sequence chosen by the user with the accessory.

Description

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 The present invention relates to accessories for mobile telephones.

 Numerous accessories are known for mobile phones and in particular accessories with a decorative function, such as protective covers or removable faceplates intended to be attached to the front face of the phone.

 This type of accessory is developing strongly today as mobile phone users are increasingly looking to personalize their own phone.

 Furthermore, it has recently been proposed by the applicant in its patent application FR-01/00803 to personalize the interface of a portable telephone by programming memory means which are provided for this purpose in the telephone and in which is stored a picture specific to the phone user.

 This image is displayed for example when the phone is in standby.

 It can be an animated image.

 It is provided in the examples given in the aforementioned application that this image is loaded from external means, which can be complicated for the user.

 The invention, for its part, provides a solution which does not have this drawback for the user and which also makes it possible to match, for example around the same theme or the same style, the personalization of the interface of the mobile phone and one or more accessories associated therewith.

 To this end, it proposes to store a wallpaper image or a sound sequence intended to personalize the interface of a mobile telephone, on a microprocessor card forming a subscriber identification card (SIM card) intended for said telephone. , this subscriber identification SIM card being sold with a telephone accessory

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portable which is also personalized and with which said wallpaper image or said personalized sound sequence is matched
Thus, the invention relates to cell phone personalization kits comprising at least one cell phone accessory and at least one microprocessor card forming subscriber identification card (SIM card) for cellular cell phone, said card comprising means for storing at least one background image and / or at least one sound sequence chosen by the user with the telephone accessory.

 Such kits allow users to have phones whose accessories and interfaces are personalized by matching around the same theme or the same style.

 The invention also relates to the subscriber identification card or SIM card of such a personalization kit.

 It further relates to a cellular portable telephone with a microprocessor card forming a subscriber identification card, characterized in that it comprises processing means capable of managing the display of a wallpaper image stored in a such card and / or the broadcasting of a sound sequence which is memorized there.

 Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will also emerge from the description which follows, which is purely illustrative and not limiting and must be read with reference to the appended FIGS. 1a and 1b which illustrate a possible embodiment of the invention.

 FIG. 1a shows a portable telephone 1 comprising a housing 2, interface means 3 (screen 3a, loudspeaker 3b), as well as management means 4 and a SIM card 5 which is one of these means of management.

 Figure 1b illustrates an example of a possible accessory for such a telephone. This accessory is in this case a cover 6, shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1b by a pocket which has an opening 6a, a closing flap 6b and removable fixing means 6c (snaps or other).

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 Other types of accessories are of course possible: removable faceplates, telephone supports for offices, chargers, etc.

 The SIM card 5 includes memory means 5a in which is stored a background image and / or a sound sequence chosen by the user to allow him to personalize his mobile phone 1.

 The management means 4 of the portable telephone comprise processing means 4a which are capable of triggering the display of the personalized wallpaper image, for example when the telephone 1 is on standby, or which are capable to trigger the broadcast of the personalized sound sequence stored in the SIM card 5 when a call is received.

 Of course, the means 4 of the portable telephone can also include means 4b allowing the user, if necessary, to program or download other wallpapers or personalized sound sequences.

 In this regard, it is advantageous to refer to the French patent application of the applicant filed under the number FR-01/00803.

 The SIM card 5 and the accessory which in this case constitutes the cover 6 are sold together in the same commercial kit.

 The accessory 6 is also a personalized accessory, chosen by the user with the personalized wallpaper image and / or the sound sequence.

 This accessory presents for example a general aesthetic or decorative elements which are chosen by the user and which distinguish it from the accessory which is sold in a standard way for the same type of telephone and for the function which is his.

 This aesthetic or these decorative elements of the accessory 6 are matched to the wallpaper image or to the sound sequence which are intended to personalize the mobile telephone and which are stored in the SIM card 5.

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 In particular, the aesthetics or the decorative elements of the accessory 6 correspond to the same theme, to the same style, etc. as the background image or the sound sequence.

 For example, the SIM card stores images of soccer balls that cross the screen, while the accessory is a cover reminiscent of a net of soccer field goals. Of course, many other examples could be envisaged.

 When purchasing, the user chooses his personalization kit, that is to say the accessory and interface personalization that constitute the background image and / or the sound sequence.

 As illustrated in FIG. 1b, there can be provided on the accessory 6 a storage area 7 intended to receive the SIM card 5.

 The SIM card is stored in this area 7 as long as it is not in place on the phone.

 In the example illustrated in FIG. 1b, the storage area 7 is a pocket defined on the flap 6b of the cover 6.

 The invention has been described here in the case where the accessory is a protective cover, but would of course apply with any other type of accessory.

Claims (7)

 CLAIMS 1. Cellular telephone personalization kit comprising at least one cellular telephone accessory (6) and at least one microprocessor card (5) forming a subscriber identification card for a cellular portable telephone, said card (5) comprising storage means (5a) of at least one background image and / or at least one sound sequence chosen by the user with the telephone accessory.  2. Kit according to claim 1, characterized in that the accessory comprises means (7) for the storage of the SIM card.  3. Kit according to claim 2, characterized in that the means for storing the SIM card comprise a pocket (7) intended to receive said card.  4. Kit according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the accessory is a protective cover (6).  5. Kit according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the accessory is a removable faceplate intended to be attached to the front face of the telephone.  6. Microprocessor card forming a subscriber identification card for a cellular mobile telephone comprising means for memorizing at least one wallpaper image and / or at least one sound sequence chosen by the user.  7. Cellular cellphone with microprocessor card forming a subscriber identification card, characterized in that it comprises processing means capable of managing the display of a background image image stored in a card according to the claim 6 and / or the broadcasting of a sound sequence stored in such a card.