Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications

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  "publication_number": "US6370389B1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B1",
  "title": "Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications",
  "abstract": "The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications (17, 18) and means (8) for addressing the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data comprises characters in the short message.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A method of transferring electronic business cards between a first device and a second device, the second device being remote from the first device, and the first device being one of a mobile station of a mobile communications network, and of a computer having a connection to the mobile communications network, and the second device being another mobile station of the mobile communications network, the method comprising: retrieving an electronic business card from a business card application of the first device, said business card application containing a plurality of electronic business cards each having a number of data fields, said electronic business card having at least a name as one of the data fields and a phone number as another one of the data fields; transmitting said business card to the second device via the mobile communications network; and storing the received business card in a corresponding business card application of the second device, and using at the second device the name and the phone number of the received electronic business card to short dial.",
    "2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data fields are separated by field separators which can be recognized by the second device.",
    "3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic business card has at least a name as one of the data fields and a phone number as another one of the data fields.",
    "4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting includes transmitting said business card in a user message.",
    "5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the user message includes an identifier identifying the message as an electronic business card.",
    "6. A mobile station of a mobile communications network, the mobile station having means for wireless communication over the mobile communications network, the mobile station comprising: a memory for storing electronic business cards each having a number of data fields, means for sending one of the electronic business cards via the mobile communications network, means for receiving an electronic business card via the mobile communications network and for storing received electronic business cards in the memory, wherein at least one of said received electronic business cards has at least a name as one of the data fields and a phone number as another one of the data fields, and means for using the name and the phone number of the at least one of said received electronic business cards to short dial.",
    "7. A mobile station according to claim 6, and further comprising means for sending said electronic business card in a user message.",
    "8. A mobile station according to claim 7, wherein said user message is one of a short message, a message according to the standardized SMS message, a message according to the standardized R data field message, a message according to the standardized USSD message, a message according to the standardized SOC message, and a message according to a wireless packet radio service.",
    "9. A mobile station according to claim 6, wherein said user message comprises ASCII characters.",
    "10. A mobile station according to claim 6, wherein said user message comprises an identifier identifying said user message as an electronic business card."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "This application is a continuation of a copending U.S. application Ser. No. 08/804,236 filed on Feb. 20, 1997.\n\nThe present invention relates to a terminal for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications and having means of communicating user messages. The present invention also concerns a system in a communication network comprising transmitting terminals and receiving terminals being capable of supporting a plurality of applications, both of said terminals having means of communicating user messages.\n\nAt present, communicators are being developed which, in addition to ordinary mobile station functions, also have data processing facilities, which enable, e.g., the maintenance of a calendar, and the sending of a fax message and electronic mail. The communicators may have or may support several different applications like organiser type devices. One type of communicator has been presented in U.S. Pat. No. 5,422,656, comprising a user interface having a traditional alpha-numeric keyboard-like keyboard with which it is easier to type, e.g., text messages. In the publication in question, the keyboard has been implemented by means of a touch display. However, as traditional mobile phones develop, especially as the user interface and displays develop further, also more advanced operations will be possible by a traditional mobile phone like device.",
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  "assignees": [
    "Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd"
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  "inventors": [
    "Pekka Isomursu",
    "Juhani Miettunen",
    "Mikko Lietsalmi",
    "Arto Lehtonen",
    "Petri Nykanen",
    "Patrik Gustafsson"
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  "filing_date": "1998-10-30",
  "publication_date": "2002-04-09",
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