Notification
The user typically receives a short message notify- ing them that they have a new message in their messaging box, with icons or formatted text further enhancing the message.
Internet email alerts
An Internet email alert is provided in the form of a short message that typically details the sender of the email, the subject field, and the first few words of the email message. In this case, formatted text is excellent to identify message elements.
Ring signals
Downloading ring signals from the Internet.
News & commercials
Examples include: Illustrated world news, sports scores and news headlines, finance and stock mar- ket news with diagrams and tickers, commercial product promotions, weather reports with maps, tunes from TV commercials as ring signals.
Info & entertainment
Examples include: Ring signals,
White Paper T290i/T290c
animation or theme song, TV show promotions, music artist promotions, lottery results, food and drink pictures and recipes,
Corporate
Examples include: Flight schedules, preinstalled corporate logos, map snippets and travel info, company branded icons and ring signals, corpo- rate email notifications, affinity programs where companies notify customers of product updates etc., banks notifying customers about new services and interest rates, call centers providing answers to questions about a product, vehicle positioning combining EMS with Global Positioning System (GPS) position information, job dispatch with deliv- ery addresses for sales or courier package delivery, using EMS in a retail environment for credit card authorization, remote monitoring of machines for service and maintenance purposes.
Using Web, WAP and SMS for download
Already today services exist on the Internet where users can create melodies, view icons, pictures, and subscribe to entertainment and informations services. These may develop further in the future to support Internet access by a PC connected to a mobile phone using WAP, or even an SMS request interface.
Figure 5. The possibilities of using EMS
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