Plug-in Bio Control API: Purpose

The purpose of Plugin BIO Control API is to enable the customized display of BIO (Bearer Independent Object) messages.

BIO Messages

BIO messages are custom data messages, each type defined by a unique UID. The BIO object can be received by any bearer supported on the device (for example, email or SMS) - hence their name. Their purpose is to allow messages that can be interpreted by a device in accordance with rules defined by a particular parser or control, rather than using the standard messaging MTMs.

BIO messages have many uses and in particular, they are used as a medium for sending ringtones, logos, vCards and so on. They can be also be used more simply just to send a text message which can be interpreted in a particular way. For example, if you had a remote two player game, each game move could be sent to the opponent by means of a BIO message. The game would, of course, need to have supplied its own BIO parser to interpret the message.


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