Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Ab

Martin Churchill Trively

Scott Ladell Vance

Yojak Harshad Vasa

Ardian Dhrimaj

A method and means by which a mobile phone can participate in a promotional offer that is sponsored by an interested party is disclosed. The sponsor creates a promotional campaign and defines its parameters using promotional offer code (POC) data. The POC data is then pre-provisioned into the mobile phone. If a mobile phone user becomes aware of the promotional campaign and wishes to participate, he navigates his mobile phone menu structure to a 'promotions' menu and inputs a POC that was included in the sponsor's advertisements. The mobile phone then links the input POC to the pre-provisioned POC data. Another function in the mobile phone then constructs a promotional offer entry (POE) that conforms to the parameters set out in the pre-provisioned POC data. The POE is then transmitted to the sponsor. The sponsor reviews all valid entries and chooses one or more winners. The sponsor can then broadcast a status message to all entrants to inform them whether they won anything from the promotion.

System and method for receiving and responding to promotional offers using a mobile phone

Content displaying methods, systems and computer program products display first display content on a first display screen of a handheld wireless communicator, while simultaneously sending second display content that is different from the first display content, from the handheld wireless communicator to an external display screen. In videoconferencing applications, the second display content can include an image of the remote party, and the first display content can include an image of the user of the handheld wireless communicator and/or a camera image from the handheld wireless communicator. In displaying alphanumeric data, the first display content can include first alphanumeric data, and the second display content can include the first alphanumeric data and additional detail data concerning the first alphanumeric data.

Systems, methods and computer program products for displaying content on multiple display screens using handheld wireless communicators

Radiotelephone terminal with dual-sided keypad apparatus. A radiotelephone terminal includes a hinged flip cover with keypad apparatus that enables the receipt of tactile input on both sides of the flip. The keypad apparatus may be a single keypad that is dual-sided, and thus can receive input on either side, or the flip may be assembled with two keypads installed back-to-back within the flip. The keypads may be either of, or a combination of, non-contacting keypads or contacting keypads, and may include buttons and/or gesture areas.

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