Internet session initiation on personal cellular telecommunications devices, and customization protocol therefor

Abstract

A customizable client application capable of running on all seven classes of Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications devices whose Internet browser launching capabilities range from being Class 0 non Internet-enabled to Class 6 automatic Internet browser launching. The client application facilitates minimum subscriber intervention for Internet session initiation from an Internet session option of an interactive display message.

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         46 . A method for displaying a target Web page destination having an URL on an Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device having an Internet browser with a predefined Web page destination, the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device being classifiable by its Internet browser launching capability as having a particular class of a multitude of classes of Internet-enabled devices ranging from Class 0 Internet enabled-devices, said Class 0 Internet-enabled devices being effectively not Internet-enabled devices to Class 6 Internet-enabled devices, said Class 6 Internet-enabled devices supporting automatic Internet browsing launching, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) providing the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device with a customizable interactive client application customized with respect to its Internet browser launching capability;   (b) displaying an interactive display message having an Internet session option dedicated response means uniquely identifying the target Web page destination without displaying its text URL on all classes of Internet-enabled devices except Class 0 devices; and   (c) on subscriber activation of the Internet session option dedicated response means of a particular interactive display message on all other classes of Internet-enabled devices except Class 6 Internet-enabled devices, transmitting an outgoing data message uniquely identifying his Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device, and the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message.   
     
     
         47 . The method according to  claim 46  wherein in the case of Class 1 Internet-enabled devices, said Class 1 devices requiring manual input of a URL for launching its Internet browser to a Web page destination, further comprising step (d) of displaying an instruction on a subscriber's Class 1 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device to manually launch his Internet browser whereupon his Internet browser, upon launching, is selectively diverted from its predefined Web page destination to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         48 . The method according to  claim 46  wherein in the case of Class 2 Internet-enabled devices, said Class 2 Internet-enabled devices supporting Over The Air (OTA) Internet browser settings, further comprising step (d) of receiving an Over The Air (OTA) Bookmark setting message at a subscriber's Class 2 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device whereupon on his activation of the Bookmark, his Internet browser is automatically launched to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         49 . The method according to  claim 46  wherein in the case of Class 3 Internet-enabled devices, said Class 3 Internet-enabled devices supporting Service Indication (SI) Message type push capability, further comprising step (d) of receiving a push message for display on a subscriber's Class 3 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device whereupon on his activation of the push message, his Internet browser is automatically launched to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         50 . The method according to  claim 46  wherein in the case of Class 4 Internet-enabled devices, said Class 4 Internet-enabled devices supporting Service Load (SL) Message type push capability, further comprising step (d) of receiving a push message at a subscriber's Class 4 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device for automatically launching its Internet browser to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         51 . The method according to  claim 46  wherein in the case of Class 5 Internet-enabled devices, said Class 5 Internet-enabled devices supporting URL recognition capability, further comprising step (d) of receiving a data message for display on a subscriber's Class 5 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device, the data message including the text URL of the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message whereupon on his activation of the Internet session option dedicated response means, his Internet browser is automatically launched to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         52 . The method according to  claim 48  wherein the outgoing data message of step (c) terminates at the subscriber's Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device. 
     
     
         53 . The method according to  claim 46  wherein the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device includes a Mobile Equipment (ME) having a unique vendor allocated ME identification number and step (a) includes uploading a query regarding the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device's Internet browser launching capability to an Equipment Technical Specification Register of technical information determining the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device's Internet browser launching capability and receiving technical information determining the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device's Internet browser launching capability to customize the customizable client application. 
     
     
         54 . The method according to  claim 53  wherein the query includes a vendor allocated ME Configuration Type Number specifying the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device's ME configuration type as applicable to a population of at least two MEs whereby two or more ME models of different vendors may share the same ME configuration type. 
     
     
         55 . The method according to  claim 53  wherein the query requests the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device's Internet browser launching capability regarding its host ME regardless of its host ME's powering down and up. 
     
     
         56 . The method according to  claim 53  wherein the query requests the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device's Internet browser launching capability regarding its host ME once regardless of its host ME's powering down and up. 
     
     
         57 . The method according to  claim 53  wherein the query also determines the Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device's screen size for controlling the display of display messages thereon. 
     
     
         58 . The method according to  claim 46  wherein the customizable client application is automatically customized independent of a user initiated service request. 
     
     
         59 . A client application for executing the method according to  claim 46 . 
     
     
         60 . A smart card programmed to execute the method according to  claim 46 . 
     
     
         61 . A personal cellular telecommunications device programmed to execute the method according to  claim 46 . 
     
     
         62 . A method for displaying a target Web page destination having an URL on a Class 1 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device having an Internet browser with a predefined Web page destination, and requiring manual input of a URL for launching to a Web page destination, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) transmitting interactive display messages each having an Internet session option dedicated response means uniquely identifying a target Web page destination for display on at least one Class 1 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device without displaying its text URL;   (b) receiving an incoming data message from a subscriber's Class 1 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device pursuant to his activation of the Internet session option dedicated response means of a particular interactive display message, the incoming data message uniquely identifying his Class 1 Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device and the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message; and   (c) conditional on the subscriber manually launching his Internet browser within a predetermined timeout after his activation of the Internet session option dedicated response means of the particular interactive display message, his Internet browser being selectively diverted from its predefined Web page destination to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message.   
     
     
         63 . The method according to  claim 62  wherein an Internet session option dedicated response means uniquely identifies a target Web page destination at a proxy Website. 
     
     
         64 . A mobile cellular telecommunications network for executing the method in accordance with  claim 62 . 
     
     
         65 . A method for displaying a target Web page destination having an URL on an Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device, said Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device being a Class 2 Internet-enabled device, said Class 2 Internet-enabled device having an Internet browser with a predefined Web page destination, and supporting either Over The Air (OTA) Internet browser settings, or a Class 3 Internet-enabled device, said Class 3 Internet-enabled device having push capability of either the Service Indication (SI) Message type or a Class 4 Internet-enabled device, said Class 4 Internet-enabled device having a Service Load (SL) Message type, or a Class 5 Internet-enabled device, said Class 5 Internet-enabled device having URL recognition capability, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) transmitting interactive display messages each having an Internet session option dedicated response means uniquely identifying a target Web page destination for display on at least one of the aforementioned classes of Internet-enabled devices without displaying its text URL;   (b) receiving an incoming data message from a subscriber's personal cellular telecommunications Internet-enabled device of the aforementioned classes pursuant to his activation of the Internet session option dedicated response means of a particular interactive display message, the incoming data message uniquely identifying his Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device and the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message; and   (c) transmitting an outgoing data message to the subscriber's Internet-enabled personal cellular telecommunications device uniquely identifying the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message.   
     
     
         66 . The method according to  claim 65  wherein the outgoing message is of the Over The Air (OTA) Bookmark setting message type for receipt at a Class 2 Internet-enabled device whereupon on a subscriber's activation of the Bookmark, his Internet browser is automatically launched to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         67 . The method according to  claim 65  wherein the outgoing data message is of the push message type for display on a Class 3 Internet-enabled device whereupon on a subscriber's activation of the push message, his Internet browser is automatically launched to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         68 . The method according to  claim 65  wherein the outgoing data message is of the push message type for automatically launching a Class 4 Internet browser to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         69 . The method according to  claim 65  wherein the outgoing data message is of the recognizable text URL type for display on a Class 5 Internet-enabled device, the data message including the text URL of the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message whereupon on a subscriber's activation of the text URL, his Internet browser is automatically launched to the target Web page destination associated with the particular interactive display message. 
     
     
         70 . The method according to  claim 65  wherein an Internet session option dedicated response means uniquely identifies a target Web page destination at a proxy Website. 
     
     
         71 . A mobile cellular telecommunications network for executing the method in accordance with  claim 65 .