System and method of commanding a mobile phone remotely
AssigneeNanyang Polytechnic
InventorNgiap Meng Suan
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for remotely directing a mobile phone to divert a phone call or a short message directed to the mobile phone to a designated recipient. The method comprises the following step of: sending a commanding message to the mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone has a registered remote command program with an algorithm that enables the mobile phone to receive and process the commanding message; and wherein the commanding message has a command executable by the remote command program; thereby the mobile phone will divert any phone call or short message for the mobile phone to the designated recipient.
Claims7
A method for remotely directing a mobile phone to divert a phone call or a short message service (SMS) message intended for the mobile phone to a designated recipient, comprising the following step of:
- sending a SMS message to the mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone has a registered remote command program with an algorithm that enables the mobile phone to receive and process the SMS message, wherein the SMS message having a command therein;
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- executing the command on the mobile phone by the remote command program to activate/deactivate call divert on the mobile phone to divert any phone call or SMS message for the mobile phone to the designated recipient.
An algorithm for enabling a mobile phone to remotely receive and process a commanding message so that any phone call or message sent to the mobile phone will be forwarded to a recipient designated by the commanding message, comprising the steps of:
- installing a registered remote command program onto the mobile phone;
- listening to incoming messages;
- parsing the incoming messages;
- when the incoming message is the commanding message,
- authenticating issuer;
- if the commanding message contains a divert command,
- extracting number for the designated recipient;
- activating call divert to divert calls to the extracted number;
- setting divert mode on to divert subsequent messages received;
- if the commanding message contains a cancel command,
- deactivating call divert;
- setting the divert mode off;
- when the incoming messages is not the commanding message,
- if the divert mode is set on,
- sending out the incoming message to the extracted number;
- if the divert mode is set off,
- forwarding the incoming message to an inbox of the mobile phone.
A mobile phone that can be remotely commanded to divert calls or messages to a designated recipient, comprising a call diversion algorithm, wherein the algorithm is a pseudocode comprising the steps of:
- installing a registered remote command program onto the mobile phone;
- listening to incoming messages;
- parsing the incoming messages;
- when the incoming message is the commanding message,
- authenticating issuer;
- if the commanding message contains a divert command,
- extracting number for the designated recipient;
- activating call divert to divert calls to the extracted number;
- setting divert mode on to divert subsequent messages received;
- if the commanding message contains a cancel command,
- deactivating call divert;
- setting the divert mode off;
- when the incoming messages is not the commanding message,
- if the divert mode is set on,
- sending out the incoming message to the extracted number;
- if the divert mode is set off,
- forwarding the incoming message to an inbox of the mobile phone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.