Patent ID: 6230004
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A wireless mobile communication device, comprising:a controller having an output, said controller for automatically determining if said device has adequate resources to perform a data processing operation, and if not, invoking the output to produce a command for invoking the data processing operation in a server that is accessible to said wireless mobile communication device via a wireless telecommunications network and is operable in response to said command to provide at least one of data and a computer program for use by the wireless mobile communication device, said command including first information indicative of the data processing operation and second information indicative of an operand associated with the data processing operation;a user input for effecting the data processing operation needed by a user of said device; andan interface having an input coupled to said controller output to receive said command, said interface for expressing the command as at least one Short Message Service message, said interface including a splitter that determines from said command a quantity of Short Message Service messages required to express said command, and said interface having an output that outputs the least one Short Message Service message via the wireless telecommunications network to an external data processing resource to perform the data processing operation.