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US007 113981B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,113,981 B2 Slate (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 26, 2006 (54) CELLULAR TELEPHONE DOWNLOAD 5,513,272 A 4/1996 Bogosian, Jr. LOCKER 5,517,605 A 5, 1996 Wolf 5,526,620 A 6/1996 Hallsten (75) Inventor: Michael L. Slate, Indianapolis, IN (US) 5,530,852 A 6/1996 Meske, Jr. et al. 5,533,115 A 7/1996 Hollenbach et al. (73) Assignee: Mixxer, Inc., Seattle, WA (US) 5,534.855 A 7/1996 Shockley et al. 5,537,586 A 7/1996 Amram et al. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 5,542,046 A 7/1996 Carlson et al. patent is extended or adjusted under 35 5,544,255 A 8, 1996 Smithies et al. U.S.C. 154(b) by 244 days. 5,544,322 A 8/1996 Cheng et al. 5,548,726 A 8, 1996 Pettus (21) Appl. No.: 10/747,588 5,550,976 A 8, 1996 Henderson et al. (22) Filed: Dec. 29, 2003 (Continued) (65) Prior Publication Data FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS US 2005/O1442.51 A1 Jun. 30, 2005 WO WO99/43136 8, 1999 (51) Int. Cl. G06F 5/16 (2006.01) (Continued) (52) U.S. Cl. ...................... 709/217; 709/206; 709/219; OTHER PUBLICATIONS 455/414:455/418; 455/419:455/420 (58) Field of Classification Search ................ 709/217, WAP 2.0 Technical White Paper, Wireless Application Protocol 709/219, 206; 705/26: 455/414,412.1, Forum Ltd., Jan. 2002. 455/418, 419,420; 463/41; 725/112 Primary Examiner Zarni Maung See application file for complete search history. Assistant Examiner V. Korobov (56) References Cited (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Lee & Hayes, PLLC U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (57) ABSTRACT 4.866,766 A 9, 1989 Mitzlaff 4,868,561 A 9, 1989 Davis A system and method for providing data files, such as 5,414,444 A 5, 1995 Britz ringtones, screensavers, games, and other types of applica 5,452,354 A 9/1995 Kyronlahti et al. tion Software, to a mobile telephone, such as a cellular 5,461,666 A 10, 1995 McMahan et al. telephone, is disclosed. 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