Methods and apparatus to perform time zone determination by a mobile station
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsSyed Hussain Ali, Dominik Buszko, Noushad Naqvi, Maiyuran Wijayanathan, Jigar Shah
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Abstract
This application pertains to methods and apparatus to perform time zone determination by a mobile station. One example method for use in a device includes transmitting a messaging service message to a server via a communication network, the messaging service message to be used to determine a time zone for the device, and receiving the time zone for the device from the server. Other examples are shown and described.
Claims21
A method for use in a device comprising:
- transmitting a messaging service message to a server via a communication network, the messaging service message to be used by the server to determine a time zone for the device;
- and
- after transmitting the messaging service message, receiving the time zone for the device from the server.
A mobile device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- transmit a messaging service message to a server via a communication network, the messaging service message to be used by the server to determine a time zone for the device;
- and
- after transmitting the messaging service message, receive the time zone for the device from the server.
A tangible computer readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to:
- transmit a messaging service message to a server via a communication network, the messaging service message to be used by the server to determine a time zone for a device;
- and
- determine a local time for the device based on receiving, subsequent to transmitting the messaging service message, the time zone for the device from the server.
A mobile device, comprising:
- an SMS message originator to transmit a messaging service message to a server via a communication network, the messaging service message to be used by the server to determine a time zone for a device;
- and
- a time information processor to receive the time zone for the device from the server subsequent to the SMS message originator transmitting the messaging service message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.