Portable communication devices and context dependent messaging
View Patent ↗A method for sending a message from a first device to a second communication device via a network includes determining and downloading a background media part via the network to the first device. The background media part may be based on the current status of the first device and may be included as a background part of a message. The method may also include sending the message from the first device to the network arrangement for further transportation to the second communication device.
1. In a first portable communication device that is to communicate to a second portable communication device via a network, the first portable communication device including a communication arrangement and a message control unit, a method comprising:
pulling, by a request from the first portable communication device, a background media portion from a network device in the network, where a content of the background media portion is selected, based on the request, from a plurality of background media, based on a current geographical location of the first portable communication device;
generating a message that includes the background media portion; and
sending the message from the first portable communication device to the second portable communication device via the network.
2. The method of claim 1 , where the content of the background media portion is selected, from the plurality of background media, further based on a current geographical location of the second portable communication device.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting, to a user of the first portable communication device, a plurality of network addresses for a plurality of network devices based on a characteristic of the message, where the plurality of network devices includes the network device; and
receiving, from the user, a selection of the network address for the network device to send a request for the background media portion.
4. The method of claim 3 , where the characteristic is a content of the message.
5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
providing a plurality of requests to a plurality of network devices, to a user of the first portable communication device, based on a content of the message generated by the first communication device,
receiving a selection of one of the requests, and
transmitting the selected request to the network device.
6. A portable communication device to communicate to another portable communication device via a network, the portable communication device comprising:
a message control unit to:
pull, by a request from the portable communication device, a background media portion from a network device in the network, where a content of the background media portion is selected, based on the request, from a plurality of background media, based on a current geographical location of the portable communication device, and
generate a message that includes the background media portion, and
a communication unit to send the message from the portable communication device to the other portable communication device via the network.
7. The communication device of claim 6 , where the content of the background media portion is selected, from the plurality of background media, further based on a current geographical location of the other portable communication device.
8. The communication device of claim 6 , where the message control unit is further to:
present, to a user of the portable communication device, a plurality of network addresses for a plurality of network devices based on a characteristic of the message, and receive, from the user, a selection of the network address for the network device to send a request for the background media portion.
9. The communication device of claim 8 , where the characteristic is a content of the message.
10. The communication device of claim 6 , where the message control unit is further to:
provide a plurality of requests to a plurality of network devices, to a user of the portable communication device, based on a content of the message generated by the portable communication device,
receive a selection of one of the requests, and
transmit the selected request to the network device.
11. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions, executable by at least one processor of a portable communication device, to cause the at least one processor to:
pull, by a request from the portable communication device, a background media portion from a network arrangement in a network, where a content of the background media portion is selected, based on the request, from a plurality of background media, based on a current geographical location of the portable communication device;
generate a message that includes the background media portion; and
send, from the portable communication device, the message to the network arrangement for forwarding to a destination device.
12. A distribution system for transmitting, via a transmission medium, computer data signals representing device readable instructions for a method of sending a message from a first portable communication device to a second portable communication device via a network, the method comprising:
downloading, by a request from the first portable communication device and to the first portable communication device, a background media portion from a network arrangement in the network, where a content of the background media portion is selected, based on the request, from a plurality of background media, based on a current geographical location of the first portable communication device;
generating a message that includes the background media portion; and
sending the message to the network arrangement for forwarding to the second portable communication device.