Sony Mobile Communications Ab

Sony Corporation

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

Erik Johan Vendel Backlund

Henrik Bengtsson

Mans Folke Markus Andreasson

Johan Apelqvist

Jari Sassi

Ola Karl Thörn

Andreas Kristensson

Pär-Anders Aronsson

Peter Åberg

Henrik Heringslack

David Burstrom

Måns Folke Markus Andreasson

A communication terminal includes a transceiver and a controller. The transceiver receives electronic messages from another communication terminal. The controller responds to receipt of each of the messages by examining content of the message according to at least one defined rule and to control sound characteristics of an alert tune that is played through a speaker responsive to the examined message content. The controller may attempt to match text from the message to a stored list of words and/or phrases, and to control the sound characteristics of the alert tune in response to an outcome of the matching.

Controlling sound characteristics of alert tunes that signal receipt of messages responsive to content of the messages

A device and method for image manipulation is provided. The image manipulation may be performed as a function of a three dimensional user input and image or application specific data regarding the displayed image to be manipulated. The three dimensional input may be in the form of a two dimensional position on a touch screen and a measured force in the third dimension. The image or application specific data may be in the form of a maximum depth value indicating the maximum depth of the displayed image. The system may be configured to adjust the image based on a percentage of the measured user input force and a threshold force. The image may be adjusted based on the percentage and the maximum depth.

User interface with three dimensional user input

A portable communication device may determine whether a video camera is in a vicinity of the portable communication device. If so, video taken by the video camera may be used in a video conference conducted from the portable communication device.

Video conference using an external video stream

A method performed by a mobile terminal may include receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors on a mobile terminal, determining when the received sensor data satisfies a rule, transmitting information from the mobile terminal to a network device, where the information includes at least one of an application identifier, a rule or some of the received sensor data, and connecting the mobile terminal to another mobile terminal, where the another mobile terminal is selected by the network device based on the transmitted information from the mobile terminal.

Connecting mobile terminals based on sensor data

A device, method and system for handling received messages on a portable electronic device. The device includes a message handling sectionto handle or route messages on the mobile device based upon whether the message is addressed to a port number assigned to an application on the mobile device. If the destination port number is not addressed to a port that is assigned to an application on the mobile device, and the message includes a link, then the message is opened automatically in a browser. Optionally, the link may be opened if the destination port number is within a range of port numbers or after requesting permission to open the message from the message recipient.

Device and method for handling messages

A device may identify terms in a speech signal using speech recognition. The device may further retain one or more of the identified terms by comparing them to a set of words and send the retained terms and information associated with the retained terms to a remote device. The device may also receive messages that are related to the retained terms and to the information associated with the retained terms from the remote device.

Speech recognition for identifying advertisements and/or web pages

An electronic device that includes a native contact book application, at least one Java application for providing one or more functions relating to information included in the native contact book application, and a content handler serving as an interface between operations of the native contact book application and operations of the at least one Java application.

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Gantofta, Sweden

Erik Johan Vendel Backlund