# US 2010/0167787 A1 · Mobile phone system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0167787 A1 - Document ID: US20100167787A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/308,273 - Filed: 2007-06-12 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2006-06-12 - Inventors: Itamar Shmuel Weisbrod - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100167787A1 ## CPC - H04M 3/4872: {Non-interactive information services} - H04M 1/72427: for supporting games or graphical animations - H04M 2207/18: wireless networks - H04W 52/027: {by controlling a display operation or backlight unit} - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A method of displaying a select image on an Internet enabled mobile comprising a power supply, a memory, a processor and a screen preconfigured by a supplier of the mobile device to assume a dormant mode having a basic display that draws minimal power from the battery, with at most a basic display in a small part of the screen; the method comprising the steps of: (i) reprogramming the mobile device to display an image instead of the basic display while mobile device is otherwise dormant, by overriding the dormant screen mode, (ii) downloading a select image to a memory of the mobile device from an Internet source; (iii) displaying the select image on the screen instead of the basic display of the minimal power dormant mode, wherein the basic display is replaced by an enhanced display requiring more power than the basic display of the dormant mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 (canceled) ### Claim 3 (canceled) ### Claim 4 (canceled) ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 (canceled) ### Claim 7 (canceled) ### Claim 8 (canceled) ### Claim 9 (canceled) ### Claim 10 (canceled) ### Claim 11 (canceled) ### Claim 12 (canceled) ### Claim 13 (canceled) ### Claim 14 (canceled) ### Claim 15 (canceled) ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 (canceled) ### Claim 18 (canceled) ### Claim 19 (canceled) ### Claim 20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 (canceled) ### Claim 22 (canceled) ### Claim 23 (canceled) ### Claim 24 (canceled) ### Claim 25 (canceled) ### Claim 26 (canceled) ### Claim 27 (canceled) ### Claim 28 (canceled) ### Claim 29 (canceled) ### Claim 30 (canceled) ### Claim 31 (canceled) ### Claim 32 (canceled) ### Claim 33 (canceled) ### Claim 34 (canceled) ### Claim 35 (canceled) ### Claim 36 A method of displaying a select image on a mobile device comprising a power supply, a memory, a processor and a screen preconfigured by a supplier of the mobile device to assume a dormant mode in which the screen draws minimal power from the battery, with at most a basic visual display in only a section of the screen; the method comprising the steps of: (i) reprogramming the mobile device to display an enhanced display instead of the basic display by overriding the dormant screen mode; (ii) downloading a select image to a memory of the mobile device from an Internet source; (iii) displaying the enhanced display comprising the select image on the screen instead of the basic visual display of the minimal power dormant mode, wherein the displaying of the enhanced visual display requires more power than the minimal power required for the dormant mode. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein the mobile device is Internet enabled. ### Claim 38 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein the step (i) of reprogramming comprises downloading a program to the mobile device from a website over the Internet uses an appropriate protocol. ### Claim 39 (depends on 38) The method of claim 38, the protocol being selected from the list comprising GPRS and UMTS. ### Claim 40 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein the step of downloading occurs when the mobile phone is dormant. ### Claim 41 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein the select image is displayed intermittently whilst the mobile device is otherwise dormant. ### Claim 42 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein the step (i) of reprogramming comprises at least one of the following restrictions: (a) coupling the mobile device to a computer terminal and overwriting settings of the mobile device; (b) exchanging a SIM card of the mobile device; (c) being over-rideable by the user to conserve power drawn from the power supply; (d) downloading a program to the mobile device from a website over the Internet uses an appropriate protocol. ### Claim 43 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein the select image is displayed in a manner selected from the group comprising: (p) continuously whilst the mobile device is otherwise dormant; (q) intermittently whilst the mobile device is otherwise dormant, and (r) being backlit by backlighting the screen despite the mobile device being otherwise dormant; ### Claim 44 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36 wherein the select image comprises at least one of the group comprising: a clock and a static image downloaded to the screen and displayed on a portion of the screen not where said clock is displayed; a multicolored image; a plurality of static images displayed sequentially; an animation; a coupon the the user can interact with thereby activating the mobile device and leaving the dormant state. ### Claim 45 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein the mobile device comprises a telephony terminal, the image comprises an advertisement and revenue provided to a telephone service provider by an image provider subsidizes billing of telephony service provider. ### Claim 46 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein an interaction with a key of the keypad will activate the mobile device and cause screen to show a display other than the more than minimal power drawing display of the invention. ### Claim 47 (depends on 36) The method of claim 36, wherein the mobile device is selected from the list comprising a mobile phone; a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, an i-POD, MP 3 player, MP 4 player, tablet and a personal organizer. ### Claim 48 A mobile device comprising a battery, a processor, a memory and a screen, the interne enabled mobile device having a dormant state for conserving power drawn from the battery such that when in the dormant state a basic visual display requiring minimal power is displayed on the screen, wherein said mobile device is reprogrammed to display features on the screen in the dormant state by drawing more power than the minimal power required by the basic visual display of the dormant state as programmed by the manufacturer. ### Claim 49 (depends on 48) The mobile device of claim 48 being either Internet enabled with the reprogramming being via the Internet, or being coupleable to a computer, the reprogramming being via the computer. ### Claim 50 (depends on 38) The mobile device of claim 38, wherein the features displayable on the screen are downloadable to the mobile device by an Internet connection. ### Claim 51 (depends on 48) The mobile device of claim 48, wherein the features are displayable by a stealth technology when the mobile device is not in active use. ### Claim 52 A mobile device comprising a battery, a processor, a memory and a screen, the mobile device comprising a reprogrammed dormant state such that when dormant, the screen draws more power from the battery than the minimal power supplied to the screen for displaying the dormant display in the configuration supplied by the supplier. ### Claim 53 (depends on 52) The mobile device of claim 52, such that when dormant, the screen displays an image despite the mobile phone not being interacted with. ### Claim 54 (depends on 53) The mobile device of claim 53, such that when dormant, said image is selected from the group comprising multicolored images, graphic images, text images comprising letters, and animations. ### Claim 55 (depends on 53) The mobile device of claim 53, such that when dormant, the image allows an interaction, wherein the interaction activates the mobile device, bringing it into an active state.