Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of notifying the arrival of an incoming event at a mobile terminal connected by communication means to a terminal-to-be-notified that is separate from the mobile terminal. The method comprises the following operations at the time of arrival at the mobile terminal of an incoming event identified by an incoming event type: comparing the incoming event type with an incoming event type identifier contained in a previously activated incoming event management profile, and sending a notification message to the terminal-to-be-notified whose identifier is contained in the activated management profile if the incoming event type corresponds to an incoming event type of the activated management profile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of notifying the arrival of an incoming event at a mobile terminal connected by communication means to a terminal-to-be-notified that is separate from the mobile terminal.

Abstract: The invention proposes a method of synchronizing data between a computer and a portable appliance over a serial link. The computer sends a change-of-protocol AT command to the appliance to specify a proprietary protocol for use in synchronization. The appliance sends a response to change over to the specified proprietary protocol. The data in the computer and the appliance is then synchronized using the proprietary protocol. The invention also provides a portable appliance having a serial port, an AT interpreter interpreting commands received over the serial port until a change-of-protocol command is received, and a proprietary synchronization protocol interpreter interpreting the commands received over the serial link after a change-of-protocol command has been received. The invention enables data to be synchronized between a computer and a portable appliance using a standard serial link and without using proprietary interfaces.