FR2844664A1 - Multimedia mobile telephone message sending having display with ten multimedia alternatives each about multimedia messages with user selecting alternative/sub assembly menu steps - Google Patents

Abstract

The mobile telephone multimedia services management has a user selecting a multimedia function. The telephone displays a multimedia menu with 10 alternatives. Each alternative is relative to multimedia messages. The user selects on of the alternatives, then the telephone guides the user to a sub assembly of multimedia menu steps selecting a sub assembly of alternatives.

Description

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  METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA SERVICES ON A MOBILE TELEPHONE

  The invention relates to the field of multimedia mobile phones. These phones allow in particular to send MMS messages (Multimedia Messaging Service) integrating images with the text and / or

sound.

  Certain multimedia telephones include in particular an integrated digital camera making it possible to "capture" images or videos and to send them to correspondents. They also include internet browsing functions allowing the user

  download multimedia content.

  One of the advantages of these phones is that they offer the possibility of sending in real time to an email address or to another phone.

  mobile messages combining multimedia elements.

  The downside of these phones is that the proliferation of

  The functionality they offer makes their use relatively complex.

  In fact, access to the telephone's functionalities is generally done by selecting proposals from successive menus.

  The multiplication of possible functionalities leads to a ramification of

  different links between the different menus.

  An object of the invention is to provide a multimedia mobile phone

  allowing simplified use.

  To this end, the invention proposes a method for managing multimedia services on a mobile telephone according to which: - the user selects a simplified multimedia operating mode of the mobile telephone, - the telephone displays a multimedia menu comprising at most 10 30 proposals , each of the proposals being associated with a step relating to the use of multimedia messaging, - the user selects one of the proposals, - the telephone then guides the user to carry out the step associated with the proposal and then displays a subset of proposals from the multimedia menu that can in turn be selected by the user, this

  subset of proposals being associated with the selected proposal.

  This process makes it possible to present the user with a simple multimedia menu. In addition, when the user has completed the step associated with the proposal he has selected, he is automatically offered

  other complementary proposals with the stage it has just completed.

  He therefore does not have to search through all of the menus on the telephone for proposals likely to interest him.

  This process allows in particular users who are unfamiliar with the use of the multimedia functionalities of the telephone to easily compose and send an MMS or an email containing items

  multimedia or any other type of message.

  In an implementation of this method, the multimedia menu includes one of the following proposals: - capturing multimedia content, - finding multimedia content, - composing a message, - communicating with recipients, - personalizing the interface by choosing content as background

  screen, ignition animation, screen saver or buzzer.

  - access a personal space in which are recorded

  multimedia content or messages sent or received.

  In an implementation of the invention, the user selects the simplified multimedia operating mode by pressing a key

  dedicated to this operating mode.

  In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the telephone

  displays the suggestions in the multimedia menu as icons.

  The invention also relates to a multimedia mobile phone, characterized in that it comprises a simplified multimedia interface according to which it displays a multimedia menu comprising at most 10 proposals, and when a user selects one of the proposals, the phone is suitable to guide the user to carry out the step associated with the proposal and to then propose to him a subset of proposals from the multimedia menu which can in turn be selected by the user, this subset of

  proposals being associated with the selected proposal.

  Other characteristics and advantages will also emerge from the

  description which follows, which is purely illustrative and not limiting and must be read with reference to FIG. 1 appended representing a mobile telephone

  multimedia according to an embodiment of the invention.

  In FIG. 1, the mobile telephone 100 includes a button 10 "MMM" (MultiMedia Mobile) 10 for accessing a simplified multimedia menu of the telephone. It also includes a navigation and validation button 20 which can be actuated in four directions to move a selection cursor on the screen 30 or simply pressed to validate a selection. When the user presses the "MMM" button, a menu is displayed on the screen 30 in the form of a matrix of icons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. This menu includes the following proposals: - capture (icon 1), find (icon 2), - compose (icon 3), - communicate (icon 4), personalize (icon 5),

- personal space (icon6).

  Typically, the user validates a selection by pressing the navigation and selection button 25 and returns to the page which

  precedes or cancels its last action by pressing the "<- C" button.

  The selection of the "capture" or "find" propositions allows the user respectively to create a content or to find a content

on the Internet or any other network.

  Selecting the "compose" proposition allows the user to

create a message.

  The selection of the "communicate" proposal allows the user

  send and receive messages.

  Selecting the "customize" option allows the user to modify certain parameters relating to the display or ringing of the

  phone using multimedia content.

  The selection of the "personal space" proposal allows the user to access memory means of the telephone reserved for the storage by the user of multimedia contents or messages.

  Selection of the "capture" proposal When the user selects the "capture" icon, the telephone 10 offers him to capture an image, a sound, an image with a sound or a

  video. The user selects one of these propositions.

  To capture an image, he presses the "take photo" button on his handset, which triggers the camera to take an image

  digital built into the phone.

  Similarly, to take a sound, he presses the "take

  sound "from his handset to start recording a sound.

  After saving an image or a sound, the phone directly offers the user to compose a message including the image or the

sound he just captured.

  It displays in particular the following proposals: - compose a message, choose at least one recipient of the message from an address book, send the message to the selected recipient (s), the 25 message including the photo and / or the sound recording or the video sequence,

  - store the message in the personal space.

  Selection of the "find" proposition Similarly, when the user selects the "find" icon in the MMM menu, the phone offers him a menu in which he can choose the domain in which he wishes to find multimedia content. These areas can for example be grouped under the following designations: multi-media library, sport, outing, music, meeting, humor, favorites, others, etc. This menu also offers access to a search engine for a keyword search on

  Internet by WAP or l-mode for example.

  When the user has selected content, the phone offers the user to compose a message including the content they have just found. It displays in particular the following proposals: - compose a message, - choose at least one recipient of the message from an address book, - send the message to the selected recipient (s), the message including multimedia content selected by the user, store the message in the personal space. 15 In the two preceding cases, as soon as the user has "captured" or "found" content, the mobile telephone offers the user to

  compose a message to send this content to a recipient.

  If the user validates this proposition, the telephone instructs the user to enter a text message. When the message has been entered, the

  phone prompts the user to send the message.

  If the user validates this proposition, the phone then displays the address book in which the user can conventionally

  select recipients of the message.

  When the selection is complete, the message is automatically

  sent to the selected recipients.

  Selection of the "dial" proposal When the user selects the "dial" icon, the telephone 30 offers him to write a text message. Typically, the user can enter alphanumeric characters and symbols to

  from the keyboard of his phone.

  When the user has finished entering the message, he indicates it by

  pressing the validation button on the telephone.

  The phone then offers the user to include content

  multimedia to the message he just composed.

  In particular, it displays the following proposals: - capture multimedia content or find multimedia content or select content stored in the personal space, - choose at least one recipient of the message from an address book, - send the message to (x ) recipient (s) selected, the message including the multimedia content selected by the user,

  - store the message in the personal space.

  Selection of the "communicate" proposal When the user selects the "communicate" icon, the

  phone offers to consult the messages he has received.

  Typically, the user moves from one message to another and

  select a message using the navigation button.

  Whenever a message is presented on the screen, the telephone 20 also displays the following proposals: - reply to the message, compose a message, - capture multimedia content or find multimedia content or select content stored in means phone memory, - send the message to the selected recipient (s), the message including the multimedia content selected by the user,

  - store the message in the phone's memory means.

  Selection of the "personalize" proposal When the user selects the "personalize" icon, the phone displays the following proposals: - choose a wallpaper, - choose an ignition animation, - choose a screensaver,

- choose a ringtone.

  The user selects one of these proposals using the 5 navigation / validation button on the phone. The phone then offers the user the possibility of using multimedia content as wallpaper or lighting animation or screen saver or ringtone. This content can be selected from elements stored in the personal space or

captured or found on the Internet.

  The mobile phone displays the following proposals: - capture multimedia content or find multimedia content or select content stored in the phone's memory means,

  - validate the content selected so that it is used as wallpaper 15 or lighting animation or screensaver or ringtone.

  Selection of the "personal space" proposition When the user selects the "personal space" icon, the mobile phone offers the user a set of stored elements, these elements possibly being multimedia content, messages saved in the personal space, programs or any other type of elements. When the user has selected the item of interest through the

  navigation / validation key, The phone then offers him to compose a message from the item he has selected.

  The phone displays the following options: - compose a message, choose at least one recipient of the message from an address book, send the message to the selected recipient (s), the message including the multimedia content selected by the user, - delete the stored composition from the phone's memory means. An example of a simplified multimedia menu has been described and the

  associated functionality.

  Of course, other proposals and other functionalities can be included in this menu.

Claims (11)

  1. A method of managing multimedia services on a mobile telephone according to which: - the user selects a simplified multimedia operating mode of the mobile telephone, - the telephone displays a multimedia menu comprising at most 10 proposals, each of the proposals being associated with a step relating to the use of multimedia messaging, - the user selects one of the proposals, - the phone then guides the user to carry out the step associated with the proposal and then displays a subset of proposals from the menu multimedia can in turn be selected by the user, this subset of proposals being associated with the selected proposal. 15 2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the user selects the simplified multimedia operating mode in   pressing a specific key dedicated to this operating mode.   3. Method according to one of the preceding claims,   characterized in that the telephone displays the multimedia menu proposals in the form of icons.   4. Method according to one of the preceding claims,   characterized in that the multimedia menu includes at least one proposal consisting of: - capturing multimedia content, - finding multimedia content, - composing a message, - communicating with recipients, personalizing the interface by choosing content as background   screen, ignition animation, screen saver or buzzer.   - access a personal space in which are recorded   multimedia content or messages sent or received.   5. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that when the user selects in the multimedia menu the proposal to capture multimedia content, the telephone guides the user so that he performs the following step: - take a photo and / or record a sound sequence or record a video sequence, then the phone displays the following series of proposals: - compose a message, - choose at least one recipient of the message from an address book, - send the message to the recipient (s) (s) selected, the message including the photo and / or the sound recording or the video sequence,   - store the message in the personal space.   6. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that when the user selects from the multimedia menu the proposal to find multimedia content, the telephone guides the user so that he performs the following step: - select multimedia content on the Internet, then the phone displays the following series of proposals: compose a message, - choose at least one recipient of the message from an address book, - send the message to the selected recipient (s), the message including multimedia content selected by the user,   - store the message in the personal space.   7. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that when the user selects in the multimedia menu the proposal to compose a message, the telephone guides the user so that he performs the following step: - enter a text message on the telephone keypad, then the telephone displays the following series of proposals: - capture multimedia content or find multimedia content or select content stored in the personal space of the telephone, - choose at least one recipient of the message from a notebook addresses, it - send the message to the selected recipient (s), the message including the multimedia content selected by the user,   - store the message in the personal space.   8. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that when the user selects in the multimedia menu the proposal to communicate with recipients, the telephone guides the user so that he performs the following step: - read messages received , then the phone displays the following series of proposals: 10 - choose to reply to a message, - compose a message, - capture multimedia content or find multimedia content or select content stored in the personal space of the phone, - send the message to the selected recipient (s), the message including the multimedia content selected by the user,   - store the message in the phone's memory means.   9. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that when the user selects in the multimedia menu the proposal for personalizing the interface, the telephone guides the user so that he performs the following step: - choose to modify a wallpaper or an ignition animation or a screen saver or a ringtone, then the phone displays the following series of proposals: - capture multimedia content or find multimedia content 25 or select content stored in the personal space of the phone, - validate the content chosen so that it is used as wallpaper   or ignition animation or screen saver or buzzer.   10. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that when the user selects the proposal to access a personal space in the multimedia menu, the telephone guides the user so that he performs the following action: - choose a composition stored in the personal space of the phone, then the phone displays the following series of proposals: - compose a message, - choose at least one recipient of the message from an address book, - send the message to the recipient (s) ) selected, the message including the multimedia content selected by the user, - delete the composition stored in the personal space of the phone. 11. Multimedia mobile phone, characterized in that it comprises a simplified multimedia interface according to which it displays a multimedia menu comprising at most 10 propositions, and when a user selects one of the propositions, the telephone is able to guide the user to perform the step associated with the proposal and then to propose a subset of proposals from the multimedia menu which can in turn be selected by the user, this subset of proposals being   associated with the selected proposal.