Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080098304
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | An SMS message is sent to a cellphone asking the user if they want to see an advertisement. If the user accepts, the cellphone is connected to a webpage or video advert. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 7369864 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Mikko Kalervo Vaananen |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | |
| URL | http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/... |
| Filing Date | November 7, 2001 |
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Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
Excerpt A message, like an email or an SMS message is sent to a subscriber terminal. Preferably, software on the subscriber terminal recognises the arrival of the email or SMS-message from a unique identifier. A part of the message displaying an advert is displayed to the screen of the subscriber terminal, like New Pirelli tyres 100 dollars, interested Yes/No? By pressing a dedicated key for No the message is deleted and the screen returns to the normal state. By pressing a dedicated key for Yes the subscriber terminal connects to an IP-address or an URL where the advertising is continued by displaying web pages, video and/or audio depicting the advertisement. Alternatively the subscriber terminal dials a telephone number to a sales representative. The subscriber terminal may also form a packet switched real time communication connection to a sales representative through the Internet.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic short messaging method for sending transmissions to at least one subscriber terminal via the Internet and/or the telephony network, which method is characterised in that it comprises the step of sending a first transmission to a recipient subscriber terminal for display, said first transmission defining two active alternatives: a first alternative for further action and a second alternative for deleting the transmission.
In one preferred embodiment, said first transmission defines automatic deletion after a predefined time period after reception unless one of the active alternatives is selected.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method for receiving electronic transmissions by at least one subscriber terminal using the Internet and/or the telephony network, which method is characterised in that it comprises the step of receiving a first transmission to a recipient subscriber terminal for display, said first transmission defining two active alternatives: a first alternative for further action and a second alternative for deleting the transmission.
In one preferred embodiment, said first transmission defines automatic deletion after a predefined time period after reception unless one of the active alternatives is selected.
In another preferred embodiment, after a predefined period, a second transmission is received to the recipient subscriber terminal unless the first alternative is selected, said second transmission deleting the first transmission.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide an electronic short messaging device, comprising means for communicating using at least one packet switched connection and/or telephony network connection, at least one display, and associated software, the device being characterised in that, the associated software is arranged to identify incoming transmissions and display the content or some parts of the content to the display directly and/or at predetermined intervals. In addition to SMS messages or the like, said transmissions include also a dynamic stream or the like watching of which can be started before the end of the delivery. |
Relevance
Claims
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A method implemented on a first computing device having a display, the first computing device associated with a user, the method comprising:
according to a schedule, prompting for a first input from the user;
responding to the first input from the user by instructing an application on the first computing device to play a first media file; and
responding to a second input from the user by making an entry in a play history database.
Relevance
Vaananen discloses prompting for an input from a cellphone user.
Vaananen discloses prompting for an input from a cellphone user.
Claim Chart
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