Sprint Spectrum L.p.

Scott A Papineau

Balaji S Thenthiruperai

Kevin Edward Hunter

Jon Bostrom

Dana Myers

Yat-Sang Hung

R Brian Landers

Mary Nick-Baustert

Brian C Faros

An intermediary such as a gateway will intercept a markup document being sent in a response message from a web server to a client station and will determine that the client station does not have stored locally the set of objects necessary to render the markup document. The intermediary will then modify the response message to include both the markup document and the necessary set of objects. Upon receipt of the response, the client station will extract and store the objects as non-cached objects, to be used when rendering the markup document. Preferably the client station is a cell phone.

Method and system for dynamically updating fixed resources on client station

A method and apparatus for generating custom format messages. Upon user selection of a message-destination, application logic identifies a set of template customization data corresponding to the message-destination and uses the template customization data to customize a generalized message template, so as to produce a custom format message. Advantageously, a single messaging application can thereby be made to produce custom format messages respectively for many different message-destinations.

Method and apparatus for automatically generating custom format messages based on message-destination

A content management system includes a mobile station, a service provider, and a content distribution kiosk. A content encryption key is associated with the mobile station, and a copy of the key is provided to the mobile station. In providing content to the mobile station, the content is first encrypted with the content encryption key, and it is sent to the mobile station in its encrypted form. The mobile station keeps the content in memory in its encrypted form. To make use of the content, the mobile station decrypts the content for use, and deletes the decrypted content once it has been used. The content in its encrypted form remains in memory on the mobile station. Multiple mobile devices may use the same content encryption key, in which case the devices may exchange encrypted content using, for example, a Bluetooth connection. Content may also be retrieved from a content distribution kiosk.

User-based digital rights management

A mobile information device may download and execute Java MIDlet and non-MIDlet applications. The mobile information device may use generic content descriptors to download and manage non-Java applications.

Method and system for downloading and managing portable applications on a mobile device

A mobile information device may execute a Java MIDlet or a non-MIDlet application. The mobile information device may further include an object-oriented application program interface that allows one or more object-oriented object classes to allow input and output data to be communicated between Java MIDlets in different MIDlet Suites and between non-MIDlet applications.

Method and system for exchanging data between portable applications for mobile devices

A mobile information device may execute a Java MIDlet or a non-MIDlet application. The mobile information device may further include an object-oriented application program interface that allows one or more object-oriented object classes to allow input and output data to be communicated between Java MIDlets in different MIDlet Suites and between non-MIDlet applications. The application program interface may be used to allow applications to access a universal message handler executing on the mobile information device.

Method and system for accessing a universal message handler on a mobile device

A mobile information device may execute a Java MIDlet or a non-MIDlet application. The mobile information device may further include an object-oriented application program interface that allows one or more object-oriented object classes to allow input and output data to be communicated between Java MIDlets in different MIDlet Suites and between non-MIDlet applications. The application program interface may be used to push launch applications with context on the mobile information device.

Method and system for push launching applications with context on a mobile device

A method and system provides for restricting access to particular network content. In one embodiment, a gateway can receive, from a client device, a content request that includes a rating-allowance for the requested content. The gateway can also receive, from a content provider, a content-rating for the requested content. The gateway can then compare the content-rating to the rating-allowance and, in response, either allow or block the delivery of that content to the client device.

Method and system for access control based on content-ratings and client-specified rating allowances

A mobile information device may execute a Java MIDlet or a non-MIDlet application. The mobile information device may further include an application management system that allows one or more object-oriented object classes to allow input and output data to be communicated between Java MIDlets in different MIDlet Suites and between non-MIDlet applications.

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Shawnee Mission, KS, United States of America

Scott A Papineau