Remote messaging for mobile communication device and accessory
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsLawrence G. Bolton, Shailesh Rathi
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Abstract
Message notifications to an accessory from a mobile communication device are provided according to some embodiments of the invention. When a message such as a text message, email, and/or voicemail is received at a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device can notify an attached accessory that a message has been received. In response, the accessory can request the full message, media associated with the message, an attachment to the message, and/or an audio/video stream of the message for presentation to a user.
Claims20
A method for use in an accessory, the method comprising:
- receiving a notification from a mobile communication device (MCD) coupled with the accessory through a wireless link, the notification indicating that the mobile communication device has received a message through a mobile communication network;
- in response to receiving the notification from the MCD, providing a message indication to a user indicating that one or more messages have been received;
- in response to providing the message indication, receiving a user request to access the message;
- and
- in response to the user request, displaying or playing back the message on the accessory to the user.
An accessory for use with a mobile communication device, the accessory comprising:
- an accessory controller;
- a speaker to provide sound output;
- a wireless input/output interface coupled with the accessory controller and including a control signal path, wherein the input/output interface is configured to send a wireless service message to the mobile communication device indicating that the accessory is configured to receive message notification, and wherein the input/output interface is configured to receive wireless message notifications from the mobile communication device;
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- a user interface comprising a display device coupled with the accessory controller, the user interface being configured to indicate, through at least one of the speaker and the display device, receipt of a message at the mobile communication device in response to receiving a wireless message notification from the mobile communication device.
A method for use in a mobile communication device having a telephone interface, the method comprising:
- determining that an accessory connected to the mobile communication device through a wireless link supports text message notifications;
- receiving a text message through the telephone interface;
- and
- sending, through the wireless link, a text message notification to the accessory indicating that the mobile communication device has received the text message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.