JP2003536336A - Method and apparatus for modifying persistent storage - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] A new system, method, and apparatus for changing persistent storage are provided. The persistent storage in the wireless telephone in an embodiment of the present invention includes a telephone directory. Using the telephone directory in the wireless telephone, the number of an individual or an organization registered in the telephone directory can be automatically dialed. The wireless telephone can transmit and receive a copy of the telephone directory or a part thereof via the wireless base station corresponding to the wireless telephone. A user can change the phone book on a remote client device, for example, a personal computer, and exchange a copy of the phone book with the wireless telephone. Accordingly, the present invention provides a user-friendly method for backing up, modifying and restoring phone books or other electronic data information in a wireless telephone or other intelligent device with limited user interface functionality. .

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to systems, devices and methods for providing improved characteristics in wireless phones or other intelligent devices, and more particularly, methods and devices for modifying persistent storage in wireless phones or other intelligent devices. Regarding

[0002]

[Prior art]

Wireless telephones are now a popular tool for business and personal use devices. The evolution from analog cellular to recent GSM and CDMA based cellular systems has achieved significant improvements in the services and characteristics of wireless phones. For example, some wireless phones are equipped with a phone book, calendar, web browser and email. In fact, with the development of persistent memory technology, wireless phones have also increased data storage capacity. Telephones that carry hundreds or more names and numbers in the telephone directory are now commonplace.

However, the user interface on a wireless telephone is quite limited, usually consisting of a low resolution LCD screen and about 15 (20 keys. The limited physical size of such an interface. Is required to provide the required portability of the phone, and said user-interface limitations make programming the phone book and making general changes to the phone's persistent storage inconvenient and cumbersome. , Each key on the radiotelephone has to represent a different ASCII character number, so that programming is done, for example, by pressing the "2" key once the letter "A" and twice pressing the letter "B". The inconvenient sequence of keystrokes, such as ", must be used. Moreover, during such programming, The CD screen is difficult to read, so a subscriber who has just purchased a wireless phone must spend a considerable amount of time programming each memory location in the phone book, and the phone may be lost or stolen. If so, useful information is also lost and in any case such information must be reprogrammed into the replaced telephone.

Recently, wireless telephones have been combined with personal digital assistants to enable subscribers to carry both one system and one for providing both systemic and communication needs. For example, CA92121, San Diego, 1030.
0 Kyocera Wireles at Campus Point Drive
The Qualcomm pdQ smart phone from the s company is essentially a CDMA phone that incorporates a 3Com Palm pilot. The address book function of the PalmPilot portion of the pdQ can be associated with the speed-dial function in the wireless telephone portion of the device.

The address book can be updated on a personal computer. However, the personal computer must have software that is complementary to the pdQ, and also uses a special hot sync cable and cradle and software to wire between the hardware port on the personal computer and the pdQ smartphone. The link must be established. Therefore, the ability to update the address book in the phone is still somewhat tedious and cumbersome and / or requires additional hardware.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

The present invention provides a novel system for modifying persistent storage in a wireless device that eliminates or mitigates at least one of the problems of the prior art described above.
It is an object to provide an apparatus and method.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In a first aspect of the invention, a persistent storage comprising a radio base station having a modem, a microprocessor, a radio transceiver for connection to a radio link, and a backhaul for connection to a public telecommunications network. Provide a system for changing the contents of. The base station can relay messages between the wireless link and the public network. The system also includes a wireless device having a modem, a microprocessor, a wireless transceiver for connection to the link, and persistent storage for holding a phone book. The wireless device may receive an electronic message over the wireless link instructing the microprocessor to modify a phone book or other information stored in persistent storage. The system also includes a computer or other form of client device remote from the wireless device, which is connectable to a public network. The computer comprises a microprocessor and a user input device and a user output device for modifying a phonebook or other information stored in persistent storage, the modified phonebook or other information being transmitted over a network. Can be transmitted to the base station and to the wireless device via the wireless link.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a wireless transceiver that receives a wireless message from a wireless base station and a modem that is connected to the wireless transceiver and demodulates a wireless message received by the wireless transceiver are included. A wireless device is provided. The device is also connected to a wireless transceiver to process messages and a microprocessor to connect to the microprocessor to store other data applications such as phone books or calendars, To-Do lists, or memo pads. Includes persistent storage. The device also includes a user output device that is connected to the microprocessor and that presents the phonebook to the user, and a user input device that is connected to the microprocessor and that allows the user to view the phonebook. A microprocessor in the device can modify the phone book or other data application in response to the instructions contained in the message.

In a particular embodiment of the invention, the wireless device is a wireless telephone capable of automatically dialing a number contained in a telephone directory.

In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for modifying information stored in persistent storage in a wireless device, the method comprising: copying at least a portion of the persistent storage in the wireless device. Generating a message including a message, transmitting the message from the wireless device to a wireless base station associated with the wireless device via a wireless link, and transmitting the message to a client device via a public network. A step of receiving the message at the client device, a step of modifying the first message at a client device remote from the wireless device and generating a second message containing desired persistent storage information. Addressing the second message to the wireless device; Transmitting a second message to the wireless base station via the public communication network; transmitting the message from the base station to the wireless device via the wireless link; and transmitting the message at the wireless device. Receiving and modifying the persistent storage based on the message.

The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for modifying information stored in a persistent storage of a wireless device, where the persistent storage is typically part of a wireless telephone. , Possess electronic information. In one embodiment, the electronic information is a telephone directory. The phonebook of a wireless telephone can be used to automatically dial the numbers of individuals or groups that are registered as entries in the phonebook. The telephone can send and receive a copy of the telephone directory or a part thereof via a wireless base station corresponding to the wireless telephone. Remote client device (eg, a web browser capable of accessing an application on a personal computer or remote web server that locally executes the application to modify the phone book).
Allows the user to change the phone book and exchange copies of the phone book with the wireless phone. Accordingly, the present invention eliminates the need for a hardware cable to connect a wireless device to a personal computer, a telephone directory in a wireless telephone, or other intelligent device that generally has limited user interface capabilities, or otherwise. It provides a user-friendly method that can back up, change and restore the electronic information of. Also, in one embodiment of the present invention, the modification of the telephone directory is easily performed using an e-mail client of a personal computer or a web service or interface provided by a third party such as an operator of a wireless network. This eliminates the need for a personal computer for the wireless device.

[0012]

Examples of the invention

In FIG. 1, 20 is a system for modifying persistent storage in a wireless telephone or other intelligent device. The system 20 includes a radio base station 24, such as a landline telephone switching network and / or the Internet, with a suitable gateway (not shown) and one or more backhaul 32. It is preferably connected to a telecommunication network 28 such as a data network. The backhaul 32 may be T1, T3, E1, E3, OC3 or any other suitable landline link, or satellite broadcast, other radio, microwave channel link, or as one of ordinary skill in the art would consider suitable as a backhaul. It could be any other link you get.

The base station 24 typically communicates with a wireless telephone 36 used by mobile subscribers.
Communication between the base station 24 and the wireless telephone 36 occurs over a wireless link 38, which, if desired, provides voice and / or data information between the base station 24 and the wireless telephone 36. Enable the transmission of. In this example, the wireless communication protocol used for wireless link 38 is a digital infrastructure such as CDMA or GSM. The implementation / type of packet protocol utilized is not particularly limited and may include IP (with TCP or UDP) and / or variations thereof, or other suitable packet implementations as will occur to those of skill in the art. it can.

The system 20 may also include additional base stations 24 and / or wireless telephones 36, as desired, where there are two or more wireless telephones 36 where one or more base stations 24 are present. There may be more base stations 24 within range and communication between the plurality of base stations 24 and wireless telephone 36 may be managed using known handoff techniques. Other known wireless architectures can also be utilized. For example, base station 24 can be multi-sectored, each sector being defined by a directional antenna, and each sector containing a different receive footprint so that it is served by a single base station 24. The spectrum available between sectors can be reused.

The system 20 also includes a personal computer 4 that connects to a network 28.
Data registration terminals such as 0 are included. The personal computer 40 includes a monitor (and / or other user output device), a keyboard (and / or other user input device) and a processing unit (such as a microprocessor and associated components) connected to the monitor and keyboard. ) And. The processing units in computer 40 include network interface cards that are connected to network 28 via communication link 44. Computer 40 uses a keyboard and monitor and appropriate software to connect to network 28 and link 38, as described in more detail below.
The persistent storage of the wireless telephone 36 can be changed via the. Generally, it is understood that the computer 40 acts as a client device capable of processing electronic mail, but one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize other forms of client device and other forms of electronic mail within the scope of the present invention. Electronic data of can be considered.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the base station 24 and the wireless telephone 36 in more detail. Base station 24
Includes an antenna 100 for transmitting and receiving wireless communication via the wireless link 38. Further, the antenna 100 is connected to the wireless transceiver 104 and the modem 108. The modem 108 is connected to the microprocessor router assembly 112. As a microprocessor, SPA manufactured by Sun Microsystems
An RC processor system is suitable. The assembly 112 can optionally include multiple microprocessors.

The routers in microprocessor router assembly 112 are connected to backhaul 32 in any suitable manner, which also connects base stations 24 to network 28.

The wireless telephone 36 includes an antenna 200 for transmitting and receiving wireless communication via a wireless link 38. The antenna 200 is also connected to a radio transceiver 204 and a modem 208, which in turn is connected to a microprocessor assembly 212.

The microprocessor assembly 212 is, for example, a Stron manufactured by Intel Corporation.
Such as a gARM processor may be included to perform various functions including A / D-D / A conversion, voice codecs, filters, encoders, data compression and / or decompression, packet assembly / disassembly. Accordingly, the microprocessor assembly 212 can handle voice calls between the earphone 216, the mouthpiece 218, and the modem 208.

The wireless telephone 36 includes a keypad 224 or other user input device connected to provide input to the microprocessor 212, and the microprocessor 212.
Display 220 or other user output device connected to present the output from.

The wireless telephone 36 also includes a rewritable persistent storage 228, such as a smart card or EEPROM or static RAM, which is connected to the microprocessor assembly 212 and stores at least the user's phone book. However, as another example, other data such as a calendar, a To-Do list, a memo pad, etc. can be stored if desired, and these data can be stored in the display 220 and the keypad 224. You can browse using. A person who is registered in the phonebook by simply using the phonebook to select a particular entry to be viewed and / or displayed on the display 220 and then pressing a single key, such as a "send" key. Can be automatically dialed. Although not an important feature of wireless telephone 36, keypad 224 and display 220 are, via microprocessor 212, stored in permanent storage 228 in the caller's phonebook (or other type of stored directory). Existing data) can be changed.

Microprocessor 212 can send and receive electronic mail (or other forms of electronic data) over network 28 via link 38 and base station 24. In particular, microprocessor 212, upon receiving a predetermined sequence of keystrokes on keypad 224, merges at least a portion of the phone book or other data stored in persistent storage 228 with an email or Compose another message and send the email to the email address specified by the user,
Alternatively, a destination suitable for the data service (that is, SM, at another destination specified by the user)
S, caller ID).

The microprocessor 212 may also include individual phone book entries or other e-mail messages () that are merged with the modified phone book or phone book or other information stored in persistent storage. Or short message services, SMS, messages, or other forms of data messages such as caller ID).

FIG. 3 illustrates a method of modifying persistent storage according to another embodiment of the present invention. For a description of the method, refer to system 20 and FIGS. In step 300, a telephone directory is created. In this embodiment, the phone book is created in a terminal device, such as a personal computer 40, that runs software that allows a user to add, delete, and change phone book entries and fields and other information. The phone book can be created from scratch or imported from any other database residing on the personal computer 40. At the moment,
The user interface of the software executed on the personal computer 40 is preferably easy to use and intuitive. Any software that allows a user to generate a desired phone book, or other information stored within wireless telephone 36, can be used.

For example, the software may be capable of assembling a message containing the desired contents of the phone book, and may also be recognized by the wireless telephone 36, with an appropriately modified version of 3Com's Palm Desktop software or Microsoft O.
utlook is appropriate. Another example is software that can be executed in any distribution scheme between a browser client and a web server, for example. In such an embodiment, the server may reside at base station 24 and the client may be personal computer 40. However, in the presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, the phone book or other information is stored in a simple email client program such as Eudora or Netscape Messenger, or on the Internet such as Yahoo Mail or Hotmail. It can also be generated using the email interface of the email service above. Therefore, the software running on the personal computer 40 may be software dedicated to the wireless telephone 36 or a general e-mail program, or any other software such as an SMS messaging program accessed via a web browser running on the personal computer 40. It may be a messaging program. When using a general electronic mail program, the creator of the electronic mail message on the personal computer 40 creates the electronic mail message in a predetermined format that can be recognized by the wireless telephone 36. An example of a suitable format is given in Appendix 1, where
The ASCII text "tag" is used to recognize and use the content of the email. In such an example, <DIRECTORY>, </ DIRECTORY
The Y> tag can be used to define the start and end of information to be processed as a phone book entry. The numeric tags <1>, </ 1> are used to indicate the location in the phone book where the name of the entry is stored and the slash “/” is used to separate the name from the phone number. The actual format used is not limited to the examples given above, and one skilled in the art can contemplate various useful formats according to the present invention. However, in general, one of ordinary skill in the art may consider remotely modifying the contents of persistent storage 28 by a user as another way to provide a user interface on personal computer 40.

Once the phonebook has been created, the method proceeds to step 305, where the phonebook is packaged for transmission. In this embodiment, software, such as an email client program running on personal computer 40, upon receiving a predetermined user input, allows the user to open the phone book either as an attachment or as directly embedded ASCII text. Can be embedded in email messages. The address on the email message is unique to the wireless telephone 36. For example, the email address is 555-555-5555 @serviceprovider. com , but here 555-5
55-5555 are telephone numbers assigned to the wireless telephone 36. Further, the subject of the email message may be a unique string recognizable to the wireless telephone 36, the unique string identifying to the microprocessor 212 the content of the email message, and Can properly process the content of the email message. For example, the subject of an email message can be read as "add to phonebook". Therefore, the present invention can be easily applied to the existing wireless telephone 36 having an e-mail receiving function.

The packaged phone book is then sent to the base station 24 in communication with the wireless telephone 36, at step 310 (as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, a suitable email server on the network 28). Sent over). Since the wireless telephone 36 is mobile communication, it transmits a telephone directory packaged using a known electronic mail routine technique as an electronic mail created by the personal computer 40, and the base station 24 via the network 28. You can also send to.

Next, in step 315, the packaged telephone directory is transmitted via the wireless link 38. In this embodiment, a telephone directory packaged using known wireless email or other messaging technologies (SMS, caller ID, WAPI, etc.) is sent from base station 24 to wireless telephone 36 via wireless link 38. can do.

The method then proceeds to step 320, where the wireless telephone 36 receives the packaged telephone directory. The wireless transceiver 204 receives the packaged telephone directory and transmits it to the modem 208.

In step 325, the packaged telephone directory is decompressed. In this embodiment, the modem 208 and the microprocessor 212 work together to decode the email containing the packaged phone book or other information. As mentioned above, the email is stored in the persistent storage 228 of the email or other message.
It may include a unique subject or other content that indicates to microprocessor 212 that it includes some or all of the updated phone book or other information to be stored therein.

Thereafter, the method proceeds to step 330 where the received and decompressed phone book is reported by displaying on display 220 to modify the existing phone book stored in persistent storage 228. Generates a request for confirmation as to whether to do so. When confirmation is indicated by making the appropriate keystrokes on the keypad 224, the method proceeds to step 335 where the received phone book is transferred to the persistent storage 228 and the existing phone book is written to it. Change accordingly. However, if the confirmation is denied, the method proceeds to step 340, where the received phone book is discarded.

If the confirmation is made in step 330 and the telephone directory is stored in step 335, the user of the wireless telephone 36 can refer to the changed telephone directory or perform automatic dialing or the like.

Although the embodiments herein describe particular implementations of the invention, it is understood that combinations, subsets, and modifications of the embodiments are within the scope of the invention.
For example, the changes made to the phone book in wireless telephone 36 and the changes made to the copy of the phone book at m personal computer 40 or elsewhere.
In the case of simultaneous but different, it is possible to "synchronize" using, for example, the hot sync technology available on Palm Pilot of 3Com.

The present invention is applicable not only to wireless telephones, but also to other intelligent jet devices such as personal digital assistants.

Other data stored in persistent storage 228 may be modified using the embodiments described above. For example, other data is a calendar, To-D
It may include a list, memo pad, operation and configuration information, etc.

The phone book can also include various fields, such as name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, website address, and the like. The wireless device of the present invention can also access the contents of the telephone directory and automatically determine the telephone number or address of the recipient to be added to the corresponding message prepared using the wireless device. For example, after composing an e-mail message on the wireless device, the e-mail address of a known recipient can be automatically extracted from the phone book and the address can be attached to the message. Similarly, after the fax is prepared by the wireless device, the fax number of the known recipient can be automatically extracted from the phone book and the fax number can be attached to the fax message.

Individual entries in the phone book or the entire phone book can be modified if desired.

The present invention can also be used to modify configuration data within intelligent devices. For example, in a wireless telephone, the present invention can also be used, for example, to change the ring tone of a telephone.

At this time, it is preferable to transfer the telephone directory or other electronic data in persistent storage 228 between wireless telephone 36 and personal computer 44 using email, although other forms may be used if desired. Packaging data and / or messaging techniques may also be used.

It is understood that the exact sequence of steps described in the method shown in FIG. 3 can be varied and individual steps can be varied as desired. For example, it is not necessary to obtain confirmation for the request to change the phonebook based on the received phonebook, which allows steps 330, 340 in the method to be omitted. Other variations are possible for those skilled in the art.

[0041]

【The invention's effect】

The present invention provides a novel system, method and apparatus for modifying persistent storage. The persistent storage in the wireless telephone in the embodiment of the present invention includes a telephone directory. It is possible to automatically dial the number of an individual or a group registered in the phone book by using the phone book in the wireless telephone. The wireless telephone can send and receive a copy of the telephone directory or a part thereof through a wireless base station corresponding to the wireless telephone. A remote client device, such as a personal computer, allows the user to modify the phone book and exchange copies of the phone book with the wireless telephone. Accordingly, the present invention provides a user-friendly method for backing up, modifying and restoring phonebooks or other electronic data information in wireless phones or other intelligent devices with limited user interface capabilities. .

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this example. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Appendix 1 <DIRECTORY><1> JOHN SMITH / 416-555-1212 </ 1><2> BILL JONES / 415-555-1212 </ 2><3> MARY WHITE / 904-555-1212 </ 3></DIRECTORY>

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system for modifying information stored in persistent storage in an intelligent device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2]   2 is a block diagram showing a base station and a wireless device of the system shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for modifying information stored in persistent storage in a wireless device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (23)

[Claims] 1. A modem, a microprocessor, a wireless transceiver for connection to a wireless link, and a backhaul for connection to a public communication network, comprising: between the wireless link and the public communication network. A radio base station capable of relaying messages, a modem, a microprocessor, a radio transceiver for connection to the radio link and a persistent storage for storing a telephone directory, A wireless device capable of receiving an electronic message instructing to change the telephone directory via the wireless link; a microprocessor connected to the public communication network; a user input device; and changing the telephone directory. A user output device, and a computer capable of sending the phone book to the wireless device. System for changing the over-di. 2. The wireless device microprocessor can further assemble an outgoing electronic message having at least a portion of the telephone directory, wherein the wireless device wireless transceiver sends the outgoing message to the base station and the public communication. The system of claim 1, further capable of transmitting over the network to the computer, the computer further capable of receiving the outgoing message and extracting the at least a portion of the phone book. 3. The wireless device is a wireless telephone, and the microprocessor is further capable of automatically dialing a number selected from the phonebook based on input from the user. System. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is a personal digital assistant and is capable of storing a calendar in the persistent storage. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the message is an email with a subject containing instructions on how to modify the phone book. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless link is based on a CDMA structure. 7. A wireless transceiver for receiving a wireless message from a wireless base station, a modem connected to the wireless transceiver for demodulating the wireless message received by the wireless transceiver, and connected to the wireless transceiver. A microprocessor for processing the message; a persistent storage connected to the microprocessor for storing the phone book; a user output device connected to the microprocessor for presenting the phone book to a user; A user input device connected to a processor to allow the user to view the phone book, the microprocessor modifying the phone book in response to instructions included in the message. A wireless device characterized by being capable of performing. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless device is a wireless telephone and the microprocessor is further capable of automatically dialing a number selected from the phone book based on input from the user. Equipment. 9. The device of claim 7, wherein the wireless device is a personal digital assistant and the persistent storage is capable of storing a calendar. 10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the message is an email with a subject containing instructions on how to modify the phone book. 11. The microprocessor can further assemble an outgoing electronic message having at least a portion of the telephone directory, and the wireless transceiver can further send the outgoing message to the base station. Item 7. The device according to item 7. 12. A method of generating a message including desired persistent storage information in a client device remote from a wireless device, addressing the message to the wireless device, and transmitting the message via a public communication network. Transmitting to a wireless base station in wireless communication with the wireless device, the method comprising: modifying persistent storage in the wireless device. 13. Sending the message from the base station to the wireless device over a wireless link, receiving the message at the wireless device, and modifying the persistent storage based on the message. 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising: 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the wireless device is a wireless telephone. 15. A wireless device receiving a wireless message including at least one phone book entry; storing the at least one phone book entry in a permanent storage area of the wireless telephone; selected by a user. A method of making a call using a wireless telephone, comprising: receiving the at least one phonebook entry; dialing a phone number associated with the selected phonebook entry. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the dialing step is performed automatically by a microprocessor in the wireless telephone. 17. Generating at the wireless device a message containing a copy of at least a portion of persistent storage; transmitting the message over the wireless link from the wireless device to a wireless base station associated with the wireless device. A step of transmitting the message to a client device via a public communication network; a step of receiving the message at the client device; a client device remote from the wireless device changing the first message;
Generating a second message including desired persistent storage information, addressing the second message to the wireless device, and transmitting the second message to the wireless base station via the public communication network Sending the message from the base station to the wireless device via the wireless link, receiving the message at the wireless device, and modifying the persistent storage based on the message. And a method for modifying persistent storage in a wireless device, the method comprising: 18. Sending a first message containing a copy of a persistent storage of a wireless device from the wireless device to the personal computer via a wireless link, a wireless base station, and a public network, the first message. At the personal computer; comparing the first message with the persistent storage of the personal computer at the personal computer; and a difference between the first message and the persistent storage of the personal computer. Responsive to updating the persistent storage of the personal computer; generating a second message at the personal computer that includes a copy of the updated persistent storage of the personal computer; Said wireless communication network from a personal computer,
Transmitting to the wireless device via the base station and the wireless link; receiving the second message at the wireless device; persistent storage of the wireless device depending on the content of the second message And updating the persistent storage of the wireless device with the persistent storage of the personal computer, the method comprising: 19. The wireless telephone set wherein the persistent storage includes a telephone directory and the wireless device is capable of automatically dialing a telephone number stored in the persistent storage of the wireless device. The method described. 20. A user input device, a user output device, a microprocessor connected to data present on the user output device and capable of receiving input via the user input device, and storing user data. A persistent storage connected to the microprocessor for retrieving and storing the user data, the microprocessor capable of assembling at least a portion of the persistent storage for transmission, and backing up and modifying the user data A wireless transceiver and a modem for exchanging transmissions with a client device, wherein the client device and the intelligent device are incapable of connecting via a wired link. 21. The intelligent device is a wireless telephone.
0 intelligent device. 22. The intelligent device of claim 20, wherein the user data is a phone book. 23. The user data is a phone book, and the intelligent device is capable of automatically dialing a number in the phone book.
The described intelligent device.