CN101529874A

CN101529874A - Incoming telephone call management for a portable multifunction device with touch screen display

Info

Publication number: CN101529874A
Application number: CNA2007800404728A
Authority: CN
Inventors: S·O·勒梅; S·P·乔布斯; S·福斯塔; G·克里斯蒂; G·诺威克; M·万欧斯; P·L·科夫曼; I·乔德里
Original assignee: Apple Computer Inc
Current assignee: Apple Inc
Priority date: 2006-09-06
Filing date: 2007-08-31
Publication date: 2009-09-09
Also published as: ES2361784T3; CN101356493A; CN101529368B; CN101535940A; CN101535938B; CN101356492B; AU2022201622A1; CN101529368A; CN101356492A; CN101529367B; AU2023216869A1; CN101529367A; CN101535940B; AU2022201622B2; CN101535938A

Abstract

The present invention discloses a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display in one aspect of the invention. Upon detecting an incoming telephone call from a caller, a text identifier of the caller is displayed; an image associated with the caller is displayed; a call answer icon is displayed, which if selected by a user of the device, answers the incoming telephone call; and a call decline icon is displayed, which if selected by the user of the device, declines the incoming telephone call.

Description

Be used to have the incoming telephone call management of the portable multifunction device of touch-screen display

Technical field

The disclosed embodiments relate generally to portable electric appts, relate in particular to the portable set with touch-screen display that can carry out the multiple function that comprises conversation.

Background technology

Along with portable electric appts becomes more compact, and increase, design and make the user easily carry out mutual user interface to become great challenge with multifunctional equipment by the quantity of the function of carrying out to locking equipment.This challenge is for remarkable especially the handheld portable devices that has little a lot of screen than desktop computer or laptop computer.Why unfavorable this situation is, is because user interface is not only the approach of user's received content, and is that the user receives the approach to the response of user action or behavior that user action or behavior comprise that the user attempts the characteristic of access means, instrument and function.Some portable communication devices (for example mobile phone---be known as mobile phone, cell phone, mobile phone etc. sometimes) rely on the function of adding more pressing button, the density that increases pressing button, excessive loads (overload) pressing button or use the complex menu system to allow user capture, storage and deal with data.These traditional user interfaces cause the user must remember complicated button order and menu level usually.

Many legacy user's interfaces for example comprise those interfaces of physics pressing button, also are inflexible.This is disadvantageous, because it may stop by operating in the application on the portable set or disposing and/or revise user interface by the user.When the difficulty with memory multikey order and needed time cost of menu level and activation expectation pressing button was linked together, so ineffective activity was very gloomy to most of users.

Especially, the user interface that is used for management of telephone call in the portable set may make the user dejected, because the call option that they do not provide call information and explanation user to use in simple clearly mode.

The portable multifunction device that therefore, need have the distinct more user interface intuitively that is used for management of telephone call that is easy to use, dispose and/or revise.

Summary of the invention

Disclosed portable multifunction device reduces or has eliminated above-mentioned shortcoming and the other problems relevant with the user interface of portable set.In certain embodiments, described equipment comprise have graphic user interface (GUI) touch-sensitive display (being also referred to as " touch-screen "), one or more processor, memory and be stored in being used in the described memory and carry out one or more modules, program or the instruction set of multiple function.In certain embodiments, the user mainly comes with GUI mutual by contact of the finger on touch-sensitive display and gesture.In certain embodiments, described function can comprise that phone, video conference, Email, instant message transrecieving, blog, Digital photographic, digital video, web page browsing, digital music are play and/or digital video is play.The instruction that is used for carrying out these functions can be stored in and be configured to the computer-readable recording medium carried out by one or more processors.

A kind of computer implemented method that is used in combination with the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object is disclosed.When the phone incoming call that detects from the caller: the textual identifier that shows described caller; Show the image that is associated with described caller; Show Calls is replied icon, if wherein the user of described equipment selects described call answering icon, then replys described phone incoming call; And show Calls refusal icon, if wherein described equipment user selects described call denial icon, then refuse described phone incoming call.

A kind of computer implemented method that is used in combination with the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object is disclosed.When having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity, show the quiet silent icon of microphone be used to make described equipment, and show the speaker icon of the speaker mode that is used to activate described equipment.In addition, also show the conference call icon be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming call in many ways.And, also show calling maintenance (call hold) icon that is used for hanging up (suspend) described call, and show the end call icon that is used to finish described call.

A kind of computer implemented method that is used in combination with the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object is disclosed.When having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity, show the quiet silent icon of microphone that is used to make described equipment, show the keypad icon be used to show keypad, and show the speaker icon of the speaker mode that is used to activate described equipment.In addition, also show the increase call icon be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming call in many ways.And, also show the calling maintenance icon that is used to hang up described call, show the contact icon that is used to show contacts list, and show the end call icon that is used to finish described call.

A kind of computer-readable recording medium, be used for being used in combination with portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object, described computer-readable recording medium is stored one or more programs, and described one or more programs comprise the instruction that is used for showing following content when the phone incoming call that detects from the caller: described caller's textual identifier; The image that is associated with described caller; The call answering icon if wherein the user of described equipment has selected described call answering icon, is then replied described phone incoming call; And the call denial icon, if wherein the described user of described equipment has selected described call denial icon, then refuse described phone incoming call.

A kind of computer-readable recording medium, be used for being used in combination with portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object, described computer-readable recording medium is stored one or more programs, and described one or more programs comprise the instruction that is used for showing following content when having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity: the quiet silent icon of microphone that is used to make described equipment; Be used to activate the speaker icon of the speaker mode of described equipment; Be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming the conference call icon of call in many ways; Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; With the end call icon that is used to finish described call.

A kind of computer-readable recording medium, be used for being used in combination with portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object, described computer-readable recording medium is stored one or more programs, and described one or more programs comprise the instruction that is used for showing following content when having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity: the quiet silent icon of microphone that is used to make described equipment; Be used to show the keypad icon of keypad; Be used to activate the speaker icon of the speaker mode of described equipment; Be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming the increase call icon of call in many ways; Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; Be used to show the contact icon of contacts list; With the end call icon that is used to finish described call.

A kind of portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object is disclosed, the one or more programs that comprise memory, one or more processor and be stored in the described memory and be configured to be carried out by described one or more processors.Described one or more program comprises the instruction that is used for showing following content when the phone incoming call that detects from the caller: described caller's textual identifier; The image that is associated with described caller; The call answering icon if wherein the user of described equipment has selected described call answering icon, is then replied described phone incoming call; And the call denial icon, if wherein the described user of described equipment has selected described call denial icon, then refuse described phone incoming call.

A kind of portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object is disclosed, the one or more programs that comprise memory, one or more processor and be stored in the described memory and be configured to be carried out by described one or more processors.Described one or more program comprises the instruction that is used for showing following content when having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity: the quiet silent icon of microphone that is used to make described equipment; Be used to activate the speaker icon of the speaker mode of described equipment; Be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming the conference call icon of call in many ways; Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; With the end call icon that is used to finish described call.

A kind of portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object is disclosed, the one or more programs that comprise memory, one or more processor and be stored in the described memory and be configured to be carried out by described one or more processors.Described one or more program comprises the instruction that is used for showing following content when having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity: the quiet silent icon of microphone that is used to make described equipment; Be used to show the keypad icon of keypad; Be used to activate the speaker icon of the speaker mode of described equipment; Be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming the increase call icon of call in many ways; Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; Be used to show the contact icon of contacts list; With the end call icon that is used to finish described call.

The disclosed embodiments provide the distinct more user interface that is used for management of telephone call intuitively, thereby increase the user's efficient and the satisfaction of portable communication device.

Description of drawings

In order to understand the above embodiment of the present invention and other embodiment better, should be in conjunction with the accompanying drawings with reference to following embodiment, in whole accompanying drawings, similar Reference numeral is represented corresponding parts.

Fig. 1 is the block diagram of explanation according to the portable multifunction device with touch-sensitive display of some embodiment.

Fig. 2 explanation is according to the portable multifunction device with touch-screen of some embodiment.

Fig. 3 explanation is used for the exemplary user interface of unlock of portable electronic equipment according to some embodiment.

Fig. 4 explanation is used for the exemplary user interface of the application menu on the portable multifunction device according to some embodiment.

Fig. 5 explanation is used for listing the exemplary user interface of instant messaging session according to some embodiment on portable multifunction device.

Fig. 6 A-6E explanation is according to some embodiment, is used to import the exemplary user interface of the text of instant message.

Fig. 7 explanation is used to delete the exemplary user interface of instant messaging session according to some embodiment.

Fig. 8 A and 8B explanation are used for the exemplary user interface of contacts list according to some embodiment.

Fig. 9 explanation is used for keying in the exemplary user interface that (enter) is used for the telephone number of instant message transrecieving according to some embodiment.

Figure 10 A-10M explanation is according to some embodiment, is used to show the exemplary user interface with the Administrative Contact.

Figure 11 A-11C explanation is used to show and manage (favorite) contact person's of collection exemplary user interface according to some embodiment.

Figure 12 A-12D explanation is used for showing and managing the exemplary user interface of calling out (recent call) recently according to some embodiment.

Figure 13 illustrates according to some embodiment, the exemplary dial interface that is used to call out.

Figure 14 A-14D explanation is according to some embodiment, shown exemplary user interface during calling out.

Figure 15 A and 15B explanation is according to some embodiment, shown exemplary user interface during incoming call.

Figure 16 A and 16B explanation are used for the exemplary user interface of voice mail according to some embodiment.

Figure 17 explanation is used for the exemplary user interface of organization and management Email according to some embodiment.

Figure 18 A and 18B explanation are used to create the exemplary user interface of Email according to some embodiment.

Figure 19 A-19F explanation is used to show and manage the exemplary user interface of inbox according to some embodiment.

Figure 20 explanation is used to be provided with the exemplary user interface of Email User preference according to some embodiment.

Figure 21 A and 21B explanation is according to some embodiment, is used to create the exemplary user interface with the managing email rule.

Figure 22 A and 22B explanation are used for the exemplary user interface of mobile E-mail message according to some embodiment.

Figure 23 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart in the process with call that processing is missed on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display is described.

Figure 24 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart in the process with call that processing is missed on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display is described.

Figure 25 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart in the process with call that processing is missed on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display is described.

Figure 26 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart of process of the information of the call that on the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object processing is previous is described.

Figure 27 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart of the process of the call that on the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object processing is previous is described.

Figure 28 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart of handling the process of phone incoming call on the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object is described.

Figure 29 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart of the process of the call that processing has been set up on the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object is described.

Embodiment

With detailed reference example, the example of embodiment is shown in the drawings below.In the following detailed description, set forth a large amount of details so that complete understanding of the present invention to be provided.But, to those skilled in the art clearly, do not have these details can implement the present invention yet.In other examples, do not describe known method, process, parts, circuit and network in detail, in order to avoid unnecessarily blur the each side of embodiment.

Portable multifunction device, the user interface of these equipment and the embodiment that utilizes the relevant treatment of these equipment have been described.In certain embodiments, described equipment is portable communication device, such as the mobile phone that also comprises other functions such as PDA and/or music player functionality.

Except touch-screen, user interface also can comprise clicks roller (click wheel).Click roller and be the physical user interface equipment that can provide based on the navigation command of the contact point of the angular displacement of roller or equipment user and roller.Click roller also can be used for providing with to the corresponding user command of the selection of one or more projects, described selection is for example when the equipment user pushes downwards at the center of at least a portion of roller or roller.For simplicity, in ensuing discussion, comprise that the portable multifunction device of touch-screen is used as exemplary embodiment.Yet should be appreciated that, some user interfaces and relevant treatment can be applied to other equipment, for example personal computer and laptop computer, it can comprise one or more other physical user interface equipment such as clicking roller, physical keyboard, mouse and/or joystick.

Described equipment is supported multiple application, uses such as phone application, video conference application, e-mail applications, instant message transrecieving application, blog applications, digital camera applications, digital camera applications, web page browsing application, digital music player application and/or video frequency player.

The various application that can carry out on this equipment can be used at least one public physical user interface equipment, for example touch-screen.One or more functions of touch-screen and can be applied to from one at the corresponding informance that shows on the described equipment and next use and/or each is used, to be conditioned and/or to change.In this way, the public physical structure (such as touch-screen) of equipment can support to have a plurality of application of the directly perceived distinct user interface of possibility.

User interface can comprise one or more soft keyboard embodiment.Soft keyboard embodiment can comprise the standard (QWERTY) and/or the non-standard configuration of the symbol on the shown icon of keyboard, U.S. Patent application No.11/459 such as " the Keyboards For PortableElectronic Devices " by name that submit on July 24th, 2006,606 and the U.S. Patent application No.11/459 of " the Touch Screen Keyboards For Portable ElectronicDevices " by name that submit on July 24th, 2006, described in 615, its full content is incorporated herein by reference.The icon (or soft key) that bond number amount during described keyboard embodiment can comprise that its quantity is with respect to existing physical keyboard---for example the keyboard of typewriter---will be lacked.This can be so that the user be more prone to select the one or more icons in the keyboard, thereby selects one or more corresponding symbols.Described keyboard embodiment can be adaptive.For example, shown icon can be modified according to the user action such as selecting one or more icons and/or one or more corresponding symbol.One or more application on portable set can utilize public and/or different keyboard embodiment.Like this, employed keyboard embodiment can be adapted at least some application.In certain embodiments, one or more keyboard embodiment can be adapted to each user.For example, the word based on each user uses historical (lexicography, slang, individual use).Some keyboard embodiment can be adjusted to when using soft keyboard embodiment, thereby reduce the probability of user error when selecting one or more icons to select one or more symbol.

Present embodiment with the attentiveness turning facilities.Fig. 1 shows the block diagram according to the portable multifunction device with touch-sensitive display 112 100 of some embodiment.For convenience's sake, touch-sensitive display 112 is known as " touch-screen " sometimes, and also can be considered to or be called as the touch-sensitive display system.Equipment 100 can comprise memory 102 (it can comprise one or more computer-readable recording mediums), Memory Controller 122, one or more processing unit (CPU) 120, peripheral interface 118, RF circuit 108, voicefrequency circuit 110, loud speaker 111, microphone 113, I/O (I/O) subsystem 106, other inputs or control appliance 116 and outside port 124.Equipment 100 can comprise one or more optical pickocffs 164.These parts can be by one or more communication buss or holding wire 103 communications.

Should be appreciated that equipment 100 only is an example of portable multifunction device 100, and with comparing of illustrating, equipment 100 can have more or less parts, two or more parts capable of being combined perhaps can have different component configuration or layout.The combination of various parts available hardware, software or the hardware and software shown in Fig. 1 realizes, comprises one or more signal processing and/or application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

Memory 102 can comprise high-speed random access memory, can also comprise nonvolatile memory, for example one or more disk storage devices, flash memory device or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices.The miscellaneous part such as CPU120 and peripheral interface 118 by equipment 100 can be by Memory Controller 122 controls to the access of memory 102.

Peripheral interface 118 is coupled to CPU 120 and memory 102 with the input and output ancillary equipment of equipment.Various software programs that one or more processors 120 operations or carry out are stored in the memory 102 and/or instruction set are so that carry out various functions and deal with data for equipment 100.

In certain embodiments, peripheral interface 118, CPU 120 and Memory Controller 122 can realize on one chip that for example chip 104.In certain other embodiments, they also can be realized respectively on independent chip.

RF (radio frequency) circuit 108 receives and the transmitting RF signal, and the RF signal also is known as electromagnetic signal.RF circuit 108 can be electromagnetic signal with electrical signal conversion and/or electromagnetic signal is converted to the signal of telecommunication, and by electromagnetic signal and communication network and other communication apparatus communications.RF circuit 108 can comprise the known circuit that is used to carry out these functions, includes but not limited to antenna system, RF transceiver, one or more amplifier, tuner, one or more oscillator, digital signal processor, CODEC chipset, Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, memory or the like.RF circuit 108 can be by radio communication and network and other devices communicatings, wherein network is such as the internet---also be known as World Wide Web (WWW), in-house network and/or wireless network, for example cellular phone network, WLAN (wireless local area network) (LAN) and/or metropolitan area network (MAN).Radio communication can be used multiple communication standard, in agreement and the technology any one, include but not limited to: global system for mobile communications (GSM), enhanced data gsm environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet inserts (HSDPA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) (W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (IEEE 802.11a for example, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and/or IEEE802.11n), Internet protocol voice (VoIP), Wi-MAX, be used for Email, instant message transrecieving, and/or the agreement of Short Message Service (SMS), or any suitable communication protocol, the communication protocol that also is not developed out when being included in applying date of presents.

Voicefrequency circuit 110, loud speaker 111 and microphone 113 provide the audio interface between user and the equipment 100.The voice data that voicefrequency circuit 110 receives from peripheral interface 118 is converted to the signal of telecommunication with voice data, and the signal of telecommunication is sent to loud speaker 111.Loud speaker 111 can be the human sound wave that can hear with electrical signal conversion.Voicefrequency circuit 110 also receives by microphone 113 from the next signal of telecommunication of sound wave conversion.Voicefrequency circuit 110 is voice data with electrical signal conversion and voice data is sent to peripheral interface 118 for processing.Voice data can obtain and/or send to memory 102 and/or RF circuit 108 from memory 102 and/or RF circuit 108 by peripheral interface 118.In certain embodiments, voicefrequency circuit 110 also comprises headset (headset) jack (not shown).Headset jack provides the interface between voicefrequency circuit 110 and the removable audio frequency I/O ancillary equipment, described removable audio frequency I/O ancillary equipment such as the earphone that output is only arranged or have output (earphone that for example is used for one or two ear) and the headset of input (for example microphone).

I/O subsystem 106 is coupled to peripheral interface 118 with the I/O ancillary equipment such as touch-screen 112 and other input/control appliances 116 on the equipment 100.I/O subsystem 106 can comprise display controller 156 and be used for one or more input controllers 160 of other inputs or control appliance.Described one or more input controller 160 receives the signal of telecommunication and/or the signal of telecommunication is sent to other inputs or control appliance 116 from other inputs or control appliance 116.Described other input/control appliances 116 can comprise physical button (for example pressing button (pushbutton), rocking bar button (rocker button) etc.), dial (dial), slide switch, joystick, click roller or the like.In some embodiment that can supply to replace, one or more input controllers 160 can be coupled to following any (or not being coupled to each): keyboard, infrared port, USB port and the pointer device such as mouse.What one or more buttons (for example 208 of Fig. 2) can comprise the volume control that is used for loud speaker 111 and/or microphone 113 heightens/turns down button.Described one or more button can comprise pressing button (for example 206 of Fig. 2).Press fast pressing button can remove touch-screen 112 locking or the beginning on touch-screen, utilize gesture to come the processing of unlocker device, as the U.S. Patent application No.11/322 that is called " Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an UnlockImage " that submits on December 23rd, 2005,549 is described, and it is incorporated herein by reference.Long period is pressed the power supply that pressing button (for example 206) can open or close equipment 100.The user also can customize the function of one or more buttons.Touch-screen 112 is used to realize virtual or soft key and one or more soft keyboard.

Touch-sensitive touch-screen 112 provides input interface and the output interface between equipment and the user.Display controller 156 can receive from the signal of telecommunication of touch-screen 112 and/or send the signal of telecommunication to touch-screen 112.Touch-screen 112 can show that vision exports to the user.Vision output can comprise figure, text, icon, video or its any combination (being referred to as " figure ").In certain embodiments, some or all of vision outputs can will be described the more details of user interface object below corresponding to user interface object.

Touch-screen 112 has based on sense of touch (haptic) and/or stereognosis (tactile) accepts touch sensitive surface, transducer or sensor groups from user's input.Contacting on touch-screen 112 and display controller 156 (together with any relevant module and/or the instruction set in the memory 102) the senses touch screen 112 (and contact any move or interrupt), and detected contact is converted to and is presented at the mutual of user interface object (for example, one or more soft keys, icon, webpage or image) on the touch-screen.In the exemplary embodiment, the contact point between touch-screen 112 and the user is corresponding to user's finger.

Touch-screen 112 can use LCD (LCD) technology or LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, although can use other display technologies in other embodiments.Use any technology in the multiple touch-sensing technology of known or later exploitation, touch-screen 112 can detect with display controller 156 and contact and any moving or interruption, the touch-sensing technology includes but not limited to: electric capacity, resistance, infrared and surface acoustic wave technique, and other proximity sensor arrays (proximity sensor array) or be used for are determined other elements of one or more points of contacting with touch-screen 112.Touch-sensitive display in some embodiment of touch-screen 112 can be similar to the responsive image input unit (multi-touch sensitive tablet) of the multiple point touching of describing in following United States Patent (USP): 6,323,846 (people such as Westerman), 6,570,557 (people such as Westerman) and/or 6,677,932 (Westerman), and/or being similar to the responsive image input unit of the multiple point touching of describing among the U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0015024A1, these files are incorporated herein by reference.But touch-screen 112 shows the vision output from portable set 100, and the touch-sensitive image input unit does not provide vision output.Touch-screen 112 can have the resolution above 100dpi.In one exemplary embodiment, touch-screen 112 has the resolution of about 168dpi.The user can use such as any suitable object such as stylus (stylus), finger or accessory and contact with touch-screen 112.In certain embodiments, user interface is designed to main the utilization based on the contact and the gesture of finger and comes work, because the area that finger contacts with touch-screen 112 is bigger, so be far smaller than input based on stylus based on the accuracy of contact of pointing and gesture.In certain embodiments, equipment can change the rough input based on finger into accurate indicating device/cursor position or be used to carry out the order that user expectation is moved.

Touch-sensitive display in some embodiment of touch-screen 112 can be as described in the following application: the U.S. Patent application No.11/381 that on May 2nd, (1) 2006 submitted to, 313, " Multipoint Touch Surface Controller "; The U.S. Patent application No.10/840 that on May 6th, (2) 2004 submitted to, 862, " Multipoint Touchscreen "; The U.S. Patent application No.10/903 that on July 30th, (3) 2004 submitted to, 964, " Gestures For TouchSensitive Input Devices "; The U.S. Patent application No.11/048 that on January 31st, (4) 2005 submitted to, 264, " Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices "; The U.S. Patent application No.11/038 that on January 18th, (5) 2005 submitted to, 590, " Mode-BasedGraphical User Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices "; The U.S. Patent application No.11/228 that on September 16th, (6) 2005 submitted to, 758, " Virtual InputDevice Placement On A Touch Screen User Interface "; The U.S. Patent application No.11/228 that on September 16th, (7) 2005 submitted to, 700, " Operation Of AComputer With A Touch Screen Interface "; The U.S. Patent application No.11/228 that on September 16th, (8) 2005 submitted to, 737, " Activating Virtual Keys Of ATouch-Screen Virtual Keyboard "; And the U.S. Patent application No.11/367 of submission on March 3rd, (9) 2006,749, " Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device ".All these applications are incorporated herein by reference.

In certain embodiments, except touch-screen, equipment 100 can also comprise and be used to activate or the touch pad (not shown) of deexcitation specific function.In certain embodiments, touch pad is the touch sensitive region of equipment, and they are different with touch-screen, and it does not show vision output.Touch pad can be the touch sensitive surface of separating with touch-screen 112, or the extension of the touch sensitive surface that is formed by touch-screen.

In certain embodiments, equipment 100 can comprise that the click roller is as input control apparatus 116.By rotation click roller or by move with the contact point of clicking roller (for example, the amount of movement of contact point is measured by its angular displacement with respect to the central point of clicking roller), navigation or mutual between one or more Drawing Objects that the user can be in being presented at touch-screen 112 (below be called icon) with it.Click roller and also can be used to select one or more shown icons.For example, the user can push at least a portion of click roller or relevant physical button downwards.Can handle by input controller 160 by user command and navigation command that the click roller provides by the user, also can handle by one or more modules and/or instruction set in the memory 102.

Equipment 100 also comprises the electric power system (power system) 162 that is used to each parts power supply.Electric power system 162 can comprise that power-supply management system, one or more power supply (for example battery, interchange (AC)), charging system, power failure detection circuit, power supply changeover device or inverter, power supply status indicator (for example, light-emitting diode (LED)) produce, manage and distribute relevant miscellaneous part with power in various and the portable set.

Equipment 100 can also comprise one or more optical pickocffs 164.Fig. 1 shows the optical pickocff of the optical pickocff controller 158 that is coupled in the I/O subsystem 106.Optical pickocff 164 can comprise charge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS) (CMOS) phototransistor.Optical pickocff 164 receives the light from the one or more lens projects of process of environment, and light is converted to the data of presentation video.With image-forming module 144, optical pickocff 164 can be caught still image or video.In certain embodiments, optical pickocff is positioned at the back side of equipment 100, and is relative with touch-screen display 112 in the equipment front, thereby touch-screen display can be used as the view finder that is used to obtain static state and/or video image.In certain embodiments, optical pickocff is positioned at the front of equipment, thereby can obtain user's image when the user checks other video conferencing participants on touch-screen display for video conference.In certain embodiments, the position of optical pickocff 164 can (for example be changed by the user, by lens in the slewing shell and transducer), thereby single optical pickocff 164 can both be used to video conference with touch-screen display, also was used to static state and/or video image obtains.

Equipment 100 can also comprise one or more proximity transducers 166.Fig. 1 shows the proximity transducer 166 that is coupled to peripheral interface 118.Replacedly, proximity transducer 166 can be coupled to the input controller 160 in the I/O subsystem 106.Proximity transducer 166 can be as the U.S. Patent application No.11/241 that is called " Proximity Detector In Handheld Device " that submitted on September 30th, 2005,839, and " Proximity Detector In Handheld Device " U.S. Patent application No.11/240 by name of submission on September 30th, 2005,788 described such work, these applications are incorporated herein by reference.In certain embodiments, proximity transducer (for example, when the user makes a phone call) when multifunctional equipment is placed near user's ear cuts out and forbids touch-screen 112.In certain embodiments, proximity transducer keeps screen to cut out when equipment is arranged in user's pocket, wallet or other dark area, to prevent equipment unnecessary battery consumption when the lock-out state.

In certain embodiments, the software part that is stored in the memory 102 can comprise operating system 126, communication module (or instruction set) 128, contact/motion module (or instruction set) 130, figure module (or instruction set) 132, text input module (or instruction set) 134, global positioning system (GPS) module (or instruction set) 135 and use (or instruction set) 136.

Operating system 126 (for example, Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, WINDOWS or the embedded OS such as VxWorks) comprise various software parts and/or be used for control and management general-purpose system task (for example, storage management, memory device control, power management etc.) driver, and help communication between the various hardware and software parts.

Communication module 128 helps to communicate with other equipment by one or more outside ports 124, and comprises the various software parts that are used to handle the data that received by RF circuit 108 and/or outside port 124.Outside port 124 (for example, USB (USB), FIREWIRE etc.) is applicable to and directly is coupled to other equipment or is coupled to other equipment indirectly by network (for example, internet, WLAN etc.).In certain embodiments, outside port can be spininess (for example 30 a pins) connector, and it is identical, similar and/or compatible with employed 30 needle connectors on iPod (Apple Computer, the trade mark of Inc.) equipment.

Contact/motion module 130 can detect contacting with touch-screen 112 (with display controller 156) and other touch-sensitive device (for example touch pad or click roller).Contact/motion module 130 comprises various software parts, be used to carry out the various operations relevant, such as determining whether that contact has taken place, determining whether to exist moving and follow the tracks of and on touch-screen 112, moving and determine whether to interrupt contact (i.e. whether contact stops) of contact with detecting contact.Determine that moving of contact point can comprise speed (amplitude), speed (amplitude and direction) and/or the acceleration (variation of amplitude and/or direction) of determining contact point.These operations can be applied to single-point contact (for example, finger contact) or a plurality of simultaneous contact (for example, " multiple point touching "/a plurality of finger contacts).In certain embodiments, contact/motion module 130 is gone back contacting on the senses touch plate with display controller 156.In certain embodiments, contact/motion module 130 detects with controller 160 and clicks contacting on the roller.

Figure module 132 comprises the various known software parts that are used for playing up (render) and display graphics on touch-screen 112, comprises the parts of the brightness that is used to change shown figure.As used in this, term " figure " comprises any object that can be shown to the user, includes but not limited to: text, webpage, icon (such as the user interface object that comprises soft key), digital picture, video, animation etc.The animation here is to show a succession of image, and it presents motion and the notice user action has been performed (such as email message is moved to file).In this case, be used to confirm each animation predetermined finite time amount of cost usually of action of the user of device, representative value is between 0.2 second and 1.0 seconds, and usually less than 2 seconds.

It can be the text input module 134 of the parts of figure module 132 is provided for keying in text in various application (needing the application of text input such as, contact person 137, Email 140, IM 141, blog 142, browser 147 and any other) soft keyboard.

GPS module 135 is determined the position of equipment and is provided this information (for example to use for various application, offering phone 138 uses for location-based dialing, offer camera 143 and/or blog 142 as picture/video metadata and offer the application that location-based service is provided, such as weather widget (widgets), local Yellow Page widget and map/navigator window widget).

Use 136 and can comprise following modules (or instruction set) or its subclass or superset:

● contact module 137 (being known as address book or contacts list sometimes);

● phone module 138;

● video conference module 139;

● email client module 140;

● instant message transrecieving (IM) module 141;

● blog module 142;

● be used for the camera model 143 of static state and/or video image;

● image management module 144;

● video player module 145;

● musical player module 146;

● browser module 147;

● calendaring module 148;

● widget module 149, can comprise weather widget 149-1, stock widget 149-2, calculator window widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, dictionary widget 149-5 and other widgets that obtain by the user, and the widget 149-6 that creates by the user;

● widget builder module 150 is used to make the widget 149-6 that the user creates; And/or

● search module 151.

The example that can be stored in other application 136 in the memory 102 comprises that memo pad and other word processings application, JAVA enable application, encryption, digital copyright management, speech recognition and the speech reproduction of (JAVA-enabled).

Cooperate with touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132 and text input module 134, contact module 137 can be used for management address book or contacts list, comprising: add (one or more) name in address book; Deletion (one or more) name from address book; (one or more) telephone number, (one or more) e-mail address, (one or more) actual address (physical address) or out of Memory are associated with name; Image is associated with name; Classification and ordering name; The communication to start and/or to help to be undertaken by phone 138, video conference 139, Email 140 or IM 141 of telephone number or e-mail address is provided; Or the like.Will be further described below the user interface of utilizing contact module 137 and the embodiment of relevant treatment.

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, voicefrequency circuit 110, loud speaker 111, microphone 113, touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132 and text input module 134, phone module 138 can be used for keying in and the corresponding character string of telephone number, one or more telephone numbers in the reference address book 137, revise the telephone number of having keyed in, dial each telephone number, converse, and when conversation is finished, disconnect or hang up.As mentioned above, radio communication can be used any one in multiple communication standard, agreement and the technology.Will be further described below the user interface of utilizing phone module 138 and the embodiment of relevant treatment.

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, voicefrequency circuit 110, loud speaker 111, microphone 113, touch-screen 112, display controller 156, optical pickocff 164, optical pickocff controller 158, contact modules 130, figure module 132, text input module 134, contacts list 137 and phone module 138, video conference module 139 can be used for starting, carry out and stops video conference between user and one or more other participant.

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132 and text input module 134, email client module 140 can be used for establishment, transmission, reception and managing email.Cooperate with image management module 144, e-mail module 140 can be created at an easy rate and send and have by the static state of camera model 143 shootings or the Email of video image.Will be further described below the user interface of utilizing e-mail module 140 and the embodiment of relevant treatment.

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132 and text input module 134, instant message transrecieving module 141 can be used for keying in and the corresponding character string of instant message, the character of keying in before revising, send each instant message (for example using Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Message service (MMS) agreement), receive instant message, and watch received instant message.In certain embodiments, the instant message that sends and/or receive can comprise figure, photo, audio file, video file and/or other annex that MMS supports and/or that enhanced messaging transmitting-receiving service (EMS) is supported.Even will be further described below the user interface of utilization information receiving and transmitting module 141 and the embodiment of relevant treatment.

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132, text input module 134, image management module 144 and browser module 147, blog module 142 can be used for sending text, still image, video and/or other figure to blog (for example user's blog).

Cooperate with touch-screen 112, display controller 156, (one or more) optical pickocff 164, optical pickocff controller 158, contact modules 130, figure module 132 and image management module 144, camera model 143 can be used for catching still image or video (comprising video flowing) and is stored in the memory 102, revise the characteristic of still image or video, or from memory 102, delete still image or video.

Cooperate with touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132, text input module 134 and camera model 143, image management module 144 can be used for arranging, revises or duplicate, mark, delete, present the form of digital lantern slide exhibition or photograph album (for example with) and storage static state and/or video image.

Cooperate with touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132, voicefrequency circuit 110 and loud speaker 111, video player module 145 can be used for showing, presenting or playback of video (for example on the touch-screen or on the external display that connects by outside port 124).

Cooperate with touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132, voicefrequency circuit 110, loud speaker 111, RF circuit 108 and browser module 147, musical player module 146 can download the user and the music that write down and with other audio files of one or more stored in file format, such as MP3 or AAC file of resetting.In certain embodiments, equipment 100 can comprise the function of MP3 player, such as iPod (Apple Computer, the trade mark of Inc.).

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132 and text input module 134, browser module 147 can be used for browsing internet, comprises search, is linked to, reception and display web page or part webpage and the annex and other file that are linked to webpage.

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132, text input module 134, e-mail module 140 and browser module 147, calendaring module 148 can be used for creating, show, revise and store calendar and the data that are associated with calendar (for example calendar, wait to do item tabulation etc.).

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, touch-screen 112, display controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132, text input module 134 and browser module 147, widget module 149 is can be by user's download and the applet of using (for example weather widget 149-1, stock widget 149-2, calculator window widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4 and dictionary widget 149-5) or the applet that can be created by the user (for example user create widget 149-6).In certain embodiments, widget comprises HTML (HTML) file, CSS (CSS) file and JavaScript file. Widget).

Cooperate with RF circuit 108, touch-screen 112, display system controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132, text input module 134 and browser module 147, widget builder module 150 can be made by the user and be used for creating widget (for example will becoming widget by the part of user's appointment in the webpage).

Cooperate with touch-screen 112, display system controller 156, contact modules 130, figure module 132 and text input module 134, search module 151 is used in and searches for text, music, sound, image, video and/or other file that is complementary with one or more search criterias (for example one or more search terms by user's appointment) in the memory 102.

In above-mentioned module and the application each corresponds respectively to an instruction set that is used to carry out one or more above-mentioned functions.These modules (being instruction set) do not need to be implemented as independent software program, process or module, thereby in each embodiment, each subclass of these modules can make up or reconfigure.In certain embodiments, memory 102 can be stored the subclass of above-mentioned module and data structure.And, other module and the data structure do not described above memory 102 can be stored.

In certain embodiments, equipment 100 is such equipment, only carries out the operation of predefine function collection on this equipment by touch-screen 112 and/or touch pad.By using touch-screen and/or touch pad, can reduce the quantity of the physics input/control appliance (for example pressing button, dial etc.) on the equipment 100 as the primary input/control appliance that is used for operating equipment 100.

The predefine function collection that can only carry out by touch-screen and/or touch pad is included in the navigation between the user interface.In certain embodiments, touch pad can navigate to main menu, beginning position (home) menu or root menu from the Any user interface that can be presented on the equipment 100 with equipment 100 when being touched by the user.In such embodiments, touch pad can be called as " menu button ".In some other embodiment, menu button can be the physics input/control appliance of physics pressing button or other replacement touch pads.

Fig. 2 shows the portable multifunction device with touch-screen 112 100 according to some embodiment.Touch-screen can show one or more figures.In this embodiment and other embodiment of describing below, the user can select one or more described figures by for example using one or more fingers 202 (not being shown to scale in the drawings) contact or touching figure.In certain embodiments, when the user was interrupted with the contacting of one or more figures, generation was to the selection of described one or more figures.In certain embodiments, contact can comprise with equipment 100 has carried out the gesture that contacts, touches (tap), one or many is hit (swipe) (from left to right, from right to left, up and/or down) and/or rolls (rolling) finger (from right to left, from left to right, up and/or down) such as one or many.In certain embodiments, can not select this figure with contacting unintentionally of figure.For example, when being when touching with selecting corresponding gesture, the gesture of hitting of inswept on application icon (sweep) can not selected the application of this correspondence.

Equipment 100 also can comprise one or more physical button, for example " beginning position " or menu button 204.As previously mentioned, menu button 204 can be used to navigate to any application 136 in the application sets that can carry out on equipment 100.Replacedly, in certain embodiments, menu button may be implemented as the soft key among the GUI in the touch-screen 112.

In one embodiment, equipment 100 comprises pressing button 206 and (one or more) volume adjusting button 208 of touch-screen 112, menu button 204, the power supply that is used for opening/closing equipment and locking device.Reach predetermined time interval by press push button and hold button at the state of being depressed, pressing button 206 can be used for the power supply of opening/closing equipment; Release-push before also the interval disappears at the fixed time by press push button, pressing button 206 can be used to locking device; And/or pressing button 206 can be the equipment release or starts the release processing.In interchangeable embodiment, equipment 100 also can be accepted to be used to activate or the oral input of some functions of deexcitation by microphone 113.

Now attentiveness is turned to the user interface (" UI ") that can on portable multifunction device 100, realize and the embodiment of relevant treatment.

Fig. 3 illustrates the exemplary user interface that is used for the unlock of portable electronic equipment of some embodiment.In certain embodiments, user interface 300 comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● unlock image 302, it moves with the described equipment of release with the finger gesture;

● arrow 304, it provides visual cues to the release gesture;

● passage 306, it provides additional prompt to the release gesture;

● the time 308;

● week 310;

● the date 312; With

● wallpaper image 314.

In certain embodiments, when equipment is in the user interface lock-out state, the contacting of Equipment Inspection and touch-sensitive display (for example user's finger on unlock image 302 or contact in its vicinity).Equipment is according to contact and mobile unlock image 302.If detected contact is crossed passage 306 corresponding to predetermined gesture such as mobile described unlock image, then device translates is to the user interface released state.On the contrary, if detected contact does not correspond to predetermined gesture, then equipment is kept the user interface lock-out state.As noted above, on touch-screen, make the U.S. Patent application No.11/322 of " Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image " by name that the processing that uses gesture unlocker device submits on December 23rd, 2005, be described in 549, it is incorporated herein by reference.

Fig. 4 explanation is used for the exemplary user interface of the application menu on the portable multifunction device according to some embodiment.In certain embodiments, user interface 400 comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● be used for the signal strength indicator 402 of radio communication;

● the time 404;

● battery status designator 406;

● have the pallet (tray) 408 of the icon of using commonly used, the icon of described application commonly used such as:

ο phone 138;

ο email client 140, it can comprise the designator 410 of indication unread mail quantity;

ο browser 147; With

ο music player 146; And

● the icon of other application, such as:

οIM?141；

ο image management 144;

ο camera 143;

ο video player 145;

ο weather 149-1;

ο stock 149-2;

ο blog 142;

ο calendar 148;

ο calculator 149-3;

ο alarm clock 149-4;

ο dictionary 149-5; With

The widget 149-6 that ο user creates.

In certain embodiments, UI 400 shows all available application 136 on a screen, thereby does not need to roll across list of application (for example passing through scroll bar).In certain embodiments,, can reduce its size, need not to roll thereby all application can be presented on the single screen corresponding to the icon of these application along with the increase of number of applications.In certain embodiments, utilize menu button and allow all use all on a screen, make the user can be by maximum twice input-such as activating menu button 204, activating any desirable application of desirable application (for example by on icon, touching or use other finger gesture)-just visit then corresponding to this application.

In certain embodiments, UI 400 provides based on the application of widget with not based on comprehensive (integrated) visit of the application of widget.In certain embodiments, whether all widget---is created by the user---and all is displayed on the UI 400.In other embodiments, the icon 149-6 of the widget created of excited users can lead to another UI (not shown) of the corresponding icon of the widget that comprises widget that the user creates or create with the user.

In certain embodiments, the user can for example use the U.S. Patent application No.11/459 of " the Portable Electronic Device With Interface Reconfiguration Mode " by name that submitted on July 24th, 2006, the icon among the UI 400 is rearranged in the processing of describing in 602, and this application is incorporated herein by reference.For example, the user can utilize finger gesture that application icon is moved into and shift out pallet (tray) 408.

In certain embodiments, UI 400 is included as with equipment and uses the account of accounts associated display update to use meter (gauge) (not shown) of tolerance (metric), as the U.S. Patent application of submitting on December 23rd, 2,005 11/322 that is called " Account Information Display For PortableCommunication Device ", described in 552 like that, this application is incorporated herein by reference.

Fig. 5 explanation is used for listing the exemplary user interface of instant messaging session according to some embodiment on portable multifunction device.In certain embodiments, user interface 500 comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404 and 406;

● " instant message " or other similar labels 502;

● the user is carrying out the people's of instant messaging session name 504 (for example JaneDoe 504-1) with it, if perhaps can not obtain this people's name, then is telephone number (for example 408-123-4567504-3);

● the text 506 of nearest a piece of news in the session;

● the date 508 and/or the time of nearest a piece of news in the session;

● select icon 510, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start to the conversion of the UI (for Jane Doe 504-1, being Fig. 6 A for example) that is used for corresponding session;

● editor's icon 512 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts to the conversion of the UI (for example Fig. 7) that is used to delete session; And

● create message icon 514, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start to the conversion of user contact lists (for example Fig. 8 A).

In certain embodiments, by searching the clauses and subclauses that comprise the telephone number that is used to instant messaging session in the user contact lists 137, be identified for the name 504 of instant messaging session.If do not find such clauses and subclauses, then show (the opposing party's that the user is exchanging messages with it) telephone number (for example 504-3).In certain embodiments, if the opposing party sends message from two or more different telephone numbers, all be arranged in the same item of user contact lists 137 (being described the opposing party's clauses and subclauses) if find employed all telephone numbers so, then message can show as the individual session under the single name.

Automatically instant message is grouped into " session " (with the instant message exchange of same subscriber or same phone number), makes easier processing of user and tracking and the exchange of instant message in many ways.

In certain embodiments, user interface 600A comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404 and 406;

● with the corresponding name 504 of telephone number (, then being telephone number itself perhaps) that is used in the instant messaging session if can not obtain name;

● instant message icon 602 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts to the conversion of the UI (for example UI 500) that lists instant messaging session;

● from the opposing party's instant message 604, list in order along the side of UI 600A usually;

● send to the opposing party's instant message 606, list in order along the opposite side of UI 600A usually, message to be shown in the session back and forth;

● be used for the timestamp 608 of at least some instant messages;

● text is keyed in frame 612;

● send icon 614, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start the message in the opposing party (for example Jane Doe 504-1) transmission text box 612;

● be used for keying in the alphabetic keypad 616 of text at frame 612;

● replace keyboard selector icon 618, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start the demonstration of a different keyboard (for example 624 among Fig. 6 C);

● send icon 620, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start the message in the opposing party (for example Jane Doe 504-1) transmission text box 612; And

● shift 628, when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), next letter that will select on alphabetic keypad 616 becomes capitalization.

In certain embodiments, the user can roll across (being made up of message 604 and 606) message session by the zone that the gesture 610 of will vertically hitting is applied to display session.In certain embodiments, the gesture session of rolling downwards vertically downward, thereby older message in the display session.In certain embodiments, the gesture session that scrolls up vertically upward, thereby newer, nearer message in the display session.In certain embodiments, as mentioned above, nearest a piece of news (for example 606-2) is displayed in the instant message tabulation 500 (for example 506-1) in the session.

In certain embodiments, the key in the keyboard 616,624 and/or 638 can change shade and/or color momently by user's touch/activation the time, activates desirable key so that help the user to understand.

In certain embodiments, user interface 600B (Fig. 6 B) comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404,406,602,604,606,608,612,614,616,618 and 620; And

● word recommendations zone 622, the tabulation that it provides possible word, the word slice that is used for making the user to be keyed at frame 612 is disconnected to become complete.

In certain embodiments, afterwards, the word recommendations zone just appears among the UI 600B predetermined time delay of being keyed in by the user up to text (for example 2-3 second).In certain embodiments, do not use the word recommendations zone, perhaps can close the word recommendations zone by the user.

In certain embodiments, user interface 600C (Fig. 6 C) comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404,406,602,604,606,608,612,614,620 and 622;

● replace keyboard 624, can mainly form by numeral and punctuate; In certain embodiments, the punctuation key (for example fullstop key 630, comma key 632, question mark key 634 and exclamation mark key 636) that often uses is bigger than other key of keyboard 624;

● alphabetic keypad selector icon 626 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of alphabetic keypad (for example 616 among Fig. 6 A); And

● shift 628 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of another keyboard (for example 638 among Fig. 6 D).

In certain embodiments, with fullstop key 630 remain on keyboard selector icon 626 near, this has reduced user's finger needs the distance that moves for the fullstop of keying in frequent use.

In certain embodiments, user interface 600D (Fig. 6 D) comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404,406,602,604,606,608,612,614,620,622,626,628; And

● another replaces keyboard 638, can mainly be made up of symbol and punctuate; In certain embodiments, the punctuation key (for example fullstop key 630, comma key 632, question mark key 634 and exclamation mark key 636) that often uses is bigger than other key.

In certain embodiments, user interface 600E (Fig. 6 E) comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404,406,602,604,606,608,612,614,616,618 and 620; And

● be sent to the opposing party's new instant message 606-3.

In certain embodiments, when the user activates when sending key (for example 614 or 620), the text in the text box 612 " ejects (pop) " or comes out and become the part of the character string of the user message 606 of issuing the opposing party from text box.The animation that bubble (quote bubble) 606-3 is quoted in black arrow explanation among Fig. 6 E forms (animated formation).In certain embodiments, the size of quoting bubble with the size of message convergent-divergent.In certain embodiments, when being sent out, message also can produce sound such as water droplet sound to notify the user.

Fig. 7 explanation is used to delete the exemplary user interface of instant messaging session according to some embodiment.In certain embodiments, user interface 700 comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404,406,504,506,508,510;

● deletion icon 702;

● remove icon 704; And

● finish icon 706.

In certain embodiments, if the user activates editor's icon 512 (Fig. 5), then delete the next door that icon 702 appears at each instant messaging session.If the user activates deletion icon (for example by touching it with finger), this icon rotatable 90 is spent (for example 702-4) or is changed its outward appearance, and/or second icon (for example removing icon 704) can occur.If the user activates this second icon, then corresponding instant messaging session is deleted.

This delete procedure needs the user to carry out a plurality of gestures (on for example deleting icon 702-4 and removing the relative both sides that icon 704 is positioned at touch-screen) on the different piece of touch-screen, and this has reduced the possibility that the user deletes session or other similar termses unintentionally greatly.

When the user had finished deletion IM session, the user activated and finishes icon 706 (for example by touching it with finger), and equipment turns back to UI 500.

If the session list (not shown) of filling the length exceed screen area is arranged, then the user can on touch-screen, utilize vertically upward and/or vertically downward gesture 708 roll across this tabulation.

In certain embodiments,

user interface

800A and 800B comprise column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404 and 406;

● group's icon 802 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of group of contacts;

● name (first name) icon 804 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration (Fig. 8 B) of user's contact person by its lexicographic order;

● surname (last name) icon 806 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration (Fig. 8 A) of user's contact person by the lexicographic order of its surname;

● alphabetical list icon 808, tangible this icon of user is with the specific initial in the shown contacts list of quick arrival;

● cancellation icon 810, when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), startup rotates back into last UI (for example UI 500); And

● other number icons 812, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), starts to forward to and be used for keying in the telephone number that is used for instant message transrecieving the UI (for example UI 900 of Fig. 9) of---such as not at the telephone number of user contact lists---.

As the U.S. Patent application No.11/322 that is called " Scrolling List With FloatingAdjacent Index Symbols " that submitted on December 23rd, 2005, described in 547, the user can on touch-screen, utilize vertically upward and/or vertically downward gesture 814 roll across contacts list, this application is incorporated into this by reference.

Fig. 9 explanation is used to key in the exemplary user interface of the telephone number that is used for instant message transrecieving according to some embodiment.In certain embodiments, user interface 900 comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404,406,602 and 624;

● cancellation icon 902, when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), startup rotates back into last UI (for example UI 800A or UI 800B);

● preserve icon 904, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), starts the telephone number that to key in and be kept at the UI (for example UI600A) that (for example UI 500) and demonstration in the instant messaging session tabulation are used to write the instant message of the telephone number that will send to this key entry; And

● number is keyed in frame 906, is used to utilize keyboard 624 to key in telephone number.

Notice that shown keyboard can be depending on applied environment.For example, when the input of needs or digit expected, UI shows soft keyboard with numeral (for example 624).When needs or when input expectation letter, UI shows soft keyboard with letter (for example 616).

In certain embodiments, activate phone icon 138 (Fig. 4) (for example by on icon, touching finger) among the UI 400, explicit user contacts list (for example UI 2600A among Figure 10 A) in response to the user.

As the U.S. Patent application No.11/322 that is called " Scrolling List With FloatingAdjacent Index Symbols " that submitted on December 23rd, 2005, described in 547, the user can on touch-screen, utilize vertically upward and/or vertically downward gesture 2602 roll across contacts list, this application is incorporated into this by reference.

In certain embodiments, activate increase new contact icon 2604 (for example by touch finger on icon) in response to the user, screen displaying is used for the user interface (for example UI 2600B of Figure 10 B) of edit contact name.

In certain embodiments, key in name of contact person (for example keying in " Ron Smith " by the keyboard among the UI 2600C of Figure 10 C 616) and activate preservation icon 2606 (for example by touch finger on icon) in response to the user, contact module is created and is also shown the new clauses and subclauses (for example UI 2600D of Figure 10 D) that are used for this contact person.

In certain embodiments, in response to the user activate increase new phone icon 2608 (for example by on the icon or comprising on the row of this icon touch finger), screen displaying is used for the user interface (for example UI2600E of Figure 10 E) of (one or more) telephone number of edit contact.

In certain embodiments, key in telephone number (for example, by the keyboard 624 among the UI 2600E of Figure 10 E) in response to the user; The type of assigned telephone number (for example, by touching or gesture that other are predetermined on mobile phone icon 2618, family's icon 2620 or work icon 2622); And activate and preserve icon 2618 (for example by on icon, touching finger), contact module is that corresponding contact person creates telephone number.

In certain embodiments, the user can select other telephone number type.For example, activate selection icon 2624 (for example by on icon, touching finger), screen displaying phone label UI (for example UI 2600F among Figure 10 F) in response to the user.In certain embodiments, activate certain label among the UI 2600F in response to the user, selected label is displayed on the position of the work icon 2622 of UI 2600E.In certain embodiments, also in UI 2600E, highlight selected label, so that indicate the telephone number of being keyed in to be endowed this selecteed label to the user.

In certain embodiments, the user can increase self-defined phone label to UI 2600F by activate to increase label icon 2628 and key in label through soft keyboard (for example 616, not shown).

In certain embodiments, the user can delete the one or more labels among the UI 2600F.In certain embodiments, have only the User Defined label can be deleted.For example, activate editor's icon 2630 (for example by touch finger on icon) in response to the user, touch-screen shows deletion icon 2632 (for example UI 2600G among Figure 10 G) on label next door that can be deleted.If the user activates deletion icon (for example by touching it with finger), this icon rotatable 90 is spent (for example 2634 among Figure 10 H) or is otherwise changed its outward appearance, and/or second icon (for example removing among Figure 10 H icon 2636) can occur.If the user activates this second icon, then contact module is deleted corresponding label.This deletion processing is similar to above-mentioned with reference to figure 7 described processing.As mentioned above, deletion handle need the user on the different piece of touch-screen (for example in UI 2600H, deletion icon 2632 with remove the relative both sides that icon 2636 is positioned at touch-screen on) carry out a plurality of gestures, this has reduced the possibility that the user deletes label or other similar termses unintentionally greatly.When the user had finished the deletion label, the user activated and finishes icon 2638 (for example by touching it with finger), and equipment turns back to UI 2600F.

In certain embodiments, in response to the user activate increase new e-mail icon 2610 (Figure 10 D) (for example by on the icon or comprising on the row of this icon touch finger), screen displaying is used for the user interface (for example UI 2600I of Figure 10 I) of (one or more) e-mail address of edit contact.

In certain embodiments, key in e-mail address (for example, by the keyboard 616 among the UI 2600I of Figure 10 I) in response to the user; The type of designates e-mail address (for example, by touching or gesture that other are predetermined on family's icon 2640, work icon 2642 or other icon 2644); And activate and preserve icon 2648 (for example by on icon, touching finger), contact module is that corresponding contact person creates e-mail address.

In certain embodiments, the user can select icon 2646 to select other e-mail address type by activating; Can utilize to be similar to describedly, increase the self-defined e-mail address type and/or the address style that deletes an e-mail at the process of telephone number type and process and the UI of UI (Figure 10 F-10H).

In certain embodiments, in response to the user activate increase new address icon 2612 (Figure 10 D) (for example by on the icon or comprising on the row of this icon touch finger), screen displaying is used for the user interface (for example UI 2600J of Figure 10 J) of (one or more) actual address of edit contact.

In certain embodiments, key in address (for example, by the keyboard among the UI2600J of Figure 10 J 616) in response to the user; The type of assigned address (for example, by touching or gesture that other are predetermined on family's icon 2650, work icon 2652 or other icon 2654); And activate and preserve icon 2658 (for example by on icon, touching finger), contact module is that corresponding contact person creates the address.

In certain embodiments, the user can select icon 2656 to select other address style by activating; Can utilize be similar to described at the process of telephone number type and process and the UI of UI (Figure 10 F-10H), increase self-defined address style and/or the deletion address style.

In certain embodiments, in response to the user activate increase new bell sound (ringtone) icon 2614 (Figure 10 D) (for example by on the icon or comprising on the row of this icon touch finger), screen displaying is used for selecting the user interface (for example UI2600K of Figure 10 K) of bell sound.

In certain embodiments, in response to the user select the bell sound (for example by on the bell sound or comprising touching or gesture that other is predetermined on the row of this bell sound) and activate and preserve icon 2660 (for example by on icon, touching finger), contact module is specified the bell sound to corresponding contact person.

In certain embodiments, the user can increase new bell sound by activating increase icon 2662.

In certain embodiments, can be the contact person and increase thumbnail or other figures 2616 (Figure 10 D).

Figure 10 L explanation is used for the exemplary user interface of existing contact list entries according to some embodiment.Select to edit icon 2664 (for example by touch finger on icon) in response to the user, screen displaying is used for the user interface (for example UI2600M of Figure 10 M) of edit contact.Select in response to the user, utilize said process and UI (for example Figure 10 E-10K), the contacts list module can delete one or more existing associated person informations, increases new telephone number, increase new e-mail address, increases new actual address and/or increase new bell sound.

Figure 11 A-11C explanation is used to show and manage (favortite) contact person's of collection exemplary user interface according to some embodiment.UI 2700A (Figure 11 A) shows exemplary the favorites list.In certain embodiments, in the tabulation each row corresponding to a collection comprise this collection name 2702, this collection with called telephone number type 2704 and additional information icon 2706.In certain embodiments, activate the icon 2706 (for example by touch finger on icon) that is used for specific collection in response to the user, screen displaying should the corresponding contact list entries (for example UI 2600L among Figure 10 L) of collection.In certain embodiments, in response to the user with the corresponding row of specific collection in the gesture that touch in other places or other are predetermined (promptly not touching or gesture on icon 2702), phone module is dialed the corresponding phone number 2704 of this specific collection.

In certain embodiments, activate increase collection icon 2708 (for example by on icon, touching finger) in response to the user, equipment explicit user contacts list, the user is that new collection is selected contact list entries and select telephone number for this new collection in these clauses and subclauses from this tabulation.

Activate editor's icon 2710 (for example by touch finger on icon) in response to the user, touch-screen shows deletion icon 2712 (for example UI 2700B among Figure 11 B) on the next door of collection.If the user activates deletion icon (for example by touching it with finger), this icon rotatable 90 is spent (for example 2714 among Figure 11 C) or is otherwise changed its outward appearance, and/or second icon (for example removing among Figure 11 C icon 2716) can occur.If the user activates this second icon, then corresponding collection is deleted.This deletion is handled and is similar to above-described processing about Fig. 7, Figure 10 G and Figure 10 H.As mentioned above, deletion handle need the user on the different piece of touch-screen (for example in UI 2700C, deletion icon 2714 and remove on the relative both sides that icon 2716 is positioned at touch-screen) carry out a plurality of gestures, this has reduced the user greatly and has deleted unintentionally and collect or the possibility of other similar termses.When the user had finished the deletion collection, the user activated and finishes icon 2718 (for example by touching it with finger), and equipment turns back to UI 2700A.

Figure 12 A-12D explanation is used to show and manage the exemplary user interface of calling out recently according to some embodiment.

In certain embodiments, activate " owning " icon 2810, all tabulations of calling out recently of screen displaying (for example UI 2800A of Figure 12 A) in response to the user.In certain embodiments, activate " missing " icon 2812, the tabulation of the calling that screen displaying is missed recently (for example UI 2800B of Figure 12 B) in response to the user.Further describe processing below with reference to Figure 23-25 to the calling of missing.Further describe comprising the processing of the call information of calling out recently below with reference to Figure 26-27.

In certain embodiments, the row of each in the tabulation is corresponding to an a string subsequenct call (not having to insert the calling that relates to another person or another telephone number) of calling out or relating to same person or duplicate numbers.In certain embodiments, each row comprises: the opposing party's name 2802 (if can obtain by contact module) or telephone number (if can not obtain the opposing party's name); The number of times 2804 of subsequenct call (in the exemplary embodiment,, not showing number of times 2804) if the number of times of subsequenct call equals 1; The last date and/or the time 2806 of calling out; And additional information icon 2808.In certain embodiments, activate the icon 2808 (for example by on icon, touching finger) that is used for particular row in response to the user, screen displaying the opposing party's corresponding contact list entries (for example UI 2800C among Figure 12 C), or UI 2800D (Figure 12 D) if---telephone number can not be associated with the clauses and subclauses in user's the contacts list.In certain embodiments, in response to the gesture that touches in the other places of user in given row or other are predetermined (promptly not touching or gesture on icon 2808), phone module is dialed the corresponding phone number of this row.

In certain embodiments, some row can comprise the icon that indicates whether to miss or replied the last time calling that joins with this line correlation.

Fill the call list recently exceed screen area if having, then the user can on touch-screen, utilize vertically upward and/or vertically downward gesture 2814 roll across this tabulation.

In certain embodiments, UI 2800C highlights (for example utilizing color, shade and/or runic) and calls out the telephone number be associated (for example in UI 2800A are work numbers 2816 from Bruce Walker from two incoming calls recently of BruceWalker) recently.In certain embodiments, touch or carry out other predetermined gestures in response to the user on the number 2816 that highlights, phone module is dialed this number that highlights (for example 2816).In certain embodiments, in response to the gesture of touching on user's another number (for example home number 2818) in contact list entries or other are predetermined, phone module is dialed this corresponding number.In certain embodiments, in response to touching or carry out other predetermined gestures on the e-mail address (for example work email 2820 or household electronic mail 2822) of user in contact list entries, the mail module is prepared the email message that an envelope has selected e-mail address, carries out the text input for the user.In certain embodiments, in response to the user with the corresponding instant message object of telephone number (not shown) on touch or carry out other predetermined gestures, the instant message module is prepared the instant message that will issue the corresponding phone number, carries out the text input for the user.Thereby, by in calling out UI 2800C recently, selecting icon 2808 (Figure 12 A), but the duplicate numbers that relates in calling out before user's priority of use (for example 2816), another number (for example 2818) or the other communication mode except that phone (for example issuing caller's the work 2820 or the Email of family's 2822 e-mail addresses) that are associated with same call person are responded (respond) caller at an easy rate.

In certain embodiments, UI 2800D provides one or more options so that the user can use recently call out in user contact lists in the uncorrelated telephone number of clauses and subclauses.In certain embodiments, in response to touching or other predetermined user gestures, equipment can: calling telephone number (for example, if gesture is applied to icon 2824); Establishment has the new contact person (for example, if gesture is applied to icon 2826) of this telephone number; Add this telephone number to existing contact person's (for example, if gesture is applied to icon 2828); Or check the call history (for example, if gesture is applied to icon 2830) be associated with this number.

Figure 13 illustrates according to some embodiment, the exemplary dial that is used to call out (dial pad) interface.Activate numerical key (for example touching by the finger on digital icon) in the dial 2902 in response to the user, touch pad shows selected digital 2904.In certain embodiments, phone module is that selected numeral is added bracket and short-term automatically, so that number readability more.Activate call icon 2906 in response to the user, phone module is dialed selected numeral or is sent selected numeral.

Figure 14 A-14D explanation is according to some embodiment, shown exemplary user interface during calling out.In certain embodiments, the UI indication is attempting to call out 3002 (the UI 3000C of the UI3000A of Figure 14 A and Figure 14 C), indicates the connect hours 3004 (the UI 3000B of Figure 14 B and the UI 3000D of Figure 14 D) then after having realized connection.

In certain embodiments, in response to touching or other predetermined user gestures, equipment can: make and call out quiet (for example, if gesture is applied to silent icon 3006); Make to call out and keep (for example, if gesture is applied to call out maintenance icon 3008); Calling is placed loud speaker (for example, if gesture is applied to the speaker icon 3010); Set up Conference Calling (for example, if gesture is applied to meeting icon 3012 among Figure 14 A-14B or the increase call icon 3018 among Figure 14 C-14D); Show keypad (for example, if gesture is applied to keypad icon 3016); Show contacts list (for example, if gesture is applied to icon 3020); Perhaps terminated call (for example, if gesture is applied to end call icon 3014).Further describe the demonstration of corresponding entry in user interface below with reference to process 5600 (Figure 29).

Figure 15 A and 15B illustrate according to some embodiment, the exemplary user interface that shows during incoming call.

In certain embodiments, if incoming call be from user contact lists in someone or the telephone number that is associated of other clauses and subclauses, then touch-screen can show: the name 3102 of this people or clauses and subclauses; The figure 3104 that is associated with this people or clauses and subclauses; Refusal icon 3106 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), makes phone module refuse this calling and/or is this calling startup voice mail; And reply icon 3108, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), make phone module answering call (for example UI 3100A of Figure 15 A).Further describe these demonstration below with reference to process 5500 (Figure 28).

In certain embodiments, if incoming call be from user contact lists in someone or the uncorrelated telephone number of other clauses and subclauses, then touch-screen can show: this opposing party's telephone number 3110; Refusal icon 3106 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), makes phone module refuse this calling and/or is this calling startup voice mail; And reply icon 3108, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), make phone module answering call (for example UI 3100B of Figure 15 B).

In certain embodiments, when incoming call, equipment suspends some other application (for example music player 146, video player and/or slideshow); Before being replied, calling shows UI 3100A or UI 3100B; During calling out, show UI 3000B; And if incoming call is rejected or end of calling, then stops the time-out to described other application.In certain embodiments, entering and break away from time-out is (for example, smoothly the reducing and increase the volume of music player) that seamlessly transits.

Figure 16 A and 16B explanation are used for the exemplary user interface of voice mail according to some embodiment.In certain embodiments, user interface 3200A and 3200B comprise column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404 and 406;

● rollback icon 3202 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts rollback and plays the processing of the voice mail message in former seconds earlier again;

● progress bar 3204, the part that its indication has been play in voice mail message, and can be used for helping to roll across this message in response to user's gesture 3206;

● quicken icon 3208, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start to quicken the processing of the playback of voice mail message, it also can adjust the sound frequency or the tone of described fast speed playback so that words and expressions although very fast but still understand easily;

● stay the people's of voice mail message name 3210 (for example Aaron Jones3210-1) (contacts list by the user is associated with the Inbound Calls number), if perhaps can not obtain this people's name, then be telephone number (for example 408-246-8101 3210-3);

● the date 3212 and/or the time of voice mail;

● additional information icon 3214, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start to the conversion of corresponding contact list entries (for example UI 2800C of Figure 12 C) or to the conversion of the UI that is used for the unknown phone number (for example UI 2800D of Figure 12 D);

● the speaker icon 3216 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the playback of voice mail by loud speaker;

● option icons 3218 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of additional voicemail option menu;

● suspend icon 3220, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start the time-out of voice mail;

● cancellation mark icon 3222 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of confirming that the user wishes to delete the UI (for example UI3200B of Figure 16 B) of corresponding voice mail;

● cancellation icon 3226, (for example by touch finger on icon) will show from UI 3200B to become UI 3200A, and not cancel corresponding voice mail when it is activated;

● deletion icon 3228, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), deletes corresponding voice mail and also will show and become UI 3200A from UI 3200B; And

● play icon 3230, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start or continue the playback of voice mail.

Exceed screen area if the tabulation of voice mail is filled, then the user can on touch-screen, utilize vertically upward and/or vertically downward gesture 3224 roll across tabulation.

In certain embodiments, in response to the corresponding row of special sound mail in the user touch or other predetermined gesture (rather than touching or gesture on icon 3214), phone module starts the playback of corresponding voice mail.Therefore, there is random access, and can any order listens to voice mail voice mail.

In certain embodiments, in response to user's gesture, can revise the replay position in the voice mail.For example, in response to user's finger in progress bar current replay position place or its near touch 3206 and slide along progress bar subsequently, can change replay position with corresponding to the position of user's finger along progress bar.User's gesture on this progress bar makes the user be easy to jump to and/or plays interested part in the voice mail again.

Figure 17 explanation is used for the exemplary user interface of organization and management Email according to some embodiment.In certain embodiments, user interface 3300 comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404 and 406;

● one group of mailbox such as inbox 3302, it can be organized as a plurality of row, and every row has one and selects icon 3306;

● icon 3308 is set, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), starts the demonstration of the UI (for example UI 3600 of Figure 20) that is used for importing postbox installment; And

● create email icon 3310, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), start the demonstration of the UI (for example UI3400 of Figure 18) that is used for creating new email message.

Exceed screen area if this group mailbox is filled, then the user can on touch-screen, utilize vertically upward and/or vertically downward gesture 3312 roll across these mailboxes.

Activate establishment email icon 3310 (UI 3300 of Figure 17) in response to the user, equipment shows UI 3400A.

In certain embodiments, if the user alphabetic keypad 616 then occurs, and the user can import theme and/or text literal (Figure 18 B) in the gesture that (Figure 18 A) on the subject line 3408 or in the text 3412 at Email touches or other are predetermined.In certain embodiments, in order to key in e-mail address, the user touches or other predetermined gestures in the addressee People's Bank of China (To:line) 3406 of Email; The contacts list (for example Fig. 8 A) that the user occurs; The gesture that the user touches on desirable addressee/contact person or other are predetermined; And equipment should place email message (Figure 18 B) by corresponding e-mail address.In certain embodiments, the user also can utilize one or more keyboards (for example 616 and 624, not shown) to key in e-mail address.Activate transmission icon 3404 (Figure 18 B) (for example by on icon, touching finger), equipment send Email message in response to the user.Replacedly, if the user activates cancellation icon 3402, then equipment can show preservation rough draft icon and not preserve the icon (not shown).Preserve the rough draft icon if the user activates, then equipment is kept at rough draft in the scratch file folder of Mail Clients 140 for example (Figure 17).If activating, the user do not preserve icon, then unit deletion rough draft.

In certain embodiments, activate annex icon 3410 (for example by touch finger on icon) in response to the user, screen displaying is used to add the UI (not shown) of annex.

Figure 19 A-19F explanation is used to show and manage the exemplary user interface of inbox according to some embodiment.Similarly user interface can be used for demonstration and manages other mailbox (for example draft among the UI3300, outbox, dustbin, individual and/or work).In certain embodiments, user interface 3500A-3500F comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404,406 and 3310;

● mailbox icon 3502 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of mailbox UI 3300 (Figure 17);

● unread message icon 3504, it shows the number of unread message in the inbox;

● the sender's of email message name 3506;

● the subject line 3508 of email message;

● the date 3510 of email message;

● unread message icon 3512, the message that indication is not opened as yet;

● preview pane divider (separator) 3518, it separates messaging list and the preview of selected message in tabulation;

● icon 3520 is set, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), starts the demonstration that UI 3600 (Figure 20) is set;

● mobile messaging icon 3522 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of mobile messaging UI 3800A (Figure 22);

● cancellation mark icon 3524, when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), startup is used to confirm that the user wants to delete the demonstration of the UI of selected Email (for example UI 3500E of Figure 19 E);

● answer/forwarding icon 3526 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of the UI (for example UI 3500F of Figure 19 F) that is used to select how to reply or transmit selected Email;

● preview pane 3528, it shows the part of selected email message;

● details icon 3530 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), starts the demonstration of the details 3534 (Figure 19 C) of e-mail address;

● cancellation icon 3540 when it is activated (for example by touch finger on icon), makes equipment turn back to previous user interface (for example UI 3500D);

● deletion icon 3542, (for example by touch finger on icon) deletes selected Email when it is activated;

● reply icon 3544, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), starts and create the Email that replies to the sender;

● reply whole icons 3546, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), starts and create the Email that replies to other included in sender and selected Email side (for example by making a copy for);

● transmit icon 3548, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), starts and create the Email that will be forwarded.

Exceed screen area (perhaps exceeding the screen area above the preview pane) if this group Email is filled, then the user can on touch-screen, utilize vertically upward and/or vertically downward gesture 3514 roll across Email.

In certain embodiments, if use preview pane 3528, then do not show E-mail subject 3508 (shown in Figure 19 B-19F).In certain embodiments, the user is by contacting 3516 on the preview pane divider or near it, and by dragging finger contact 3538 divider moved to desired position, can adjust the position (referring to Figure 19 A) of preview pane divider.In certain embodiments, arrow 3539 or other figures (for example UI 3500D of Figure 19 D) can appear to help the guiding user during the position of determining the preview pane divider.

In certain embodiments, in response to the gesture that the user touches in the row that comprises information about particular email message (for example 3506,3510 and/or 3508) or other are predetermined, part or all of text in this row highlighted (for example by color, shade or runic), and corresponding message is displayed in the preview pane zone.In certain embodiments, in response to the gesture that the user touches in the row that comprises information about particular email message (for example 3506,3510 and/or 3508) or other are predetermined, if do not use preview pane, email message shows on full screen.

In certain embodiments, if selected Email is filled and to be exceeded the preview pane zone, then the user can utilize the two-dimentional gesture 3532 in preview pane to roll across Email, thereby makes Email vertical and/or move horizontally on touch-screen.

In certain embodiments, activate additional information icon (for example "＞") on the details 3534 (for example by on icon, touching finger 3536) in response to the user, if touch-screen can show the contact list information of respective party---obtainable words (for example UI2800C of Figure 12 C), perhaps demonstration is similar to the UI of the UI 2800D of Figure 12 D.

Figure 20 explanation is used to be provided with the exemplary user interface of Email User preference according to some embodiment.In certain embodiments, user interface 3600 comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404 and 406;

● finish icon 3602, (for example by touch finger on icon) makes equipment turn back to last UI when it is activated;

● the account 3604, are used to key in electronic mail account information;

● messaging list shows 3606, is used for selecting whether sender 3506 and/or theme 3508 information are presented at email list;

● show latest news 3608, the top that is used to select to make latest news be presented at screen still is the bottom;

● message display position 3610, being used for selecting to make message to be presented at preview pane still is that full screen shows;

● preferred message form 3612 is used to select how to be provided with the form (for example, HTML or plain text) of message;

● rule 3614 is used to create the rule (for example, utilizing the UI 3700A of Figure 21 A and the UI 3700B of Figure 21 B) that is used for managing email message;

● select icon 3616, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), show the option that is used for relative set.

In certain embodiments, the user can touch be used for specific setting row Anywhere, to start the demonstration of relative set option.

Figure 21 A and 21B explanation is according to some embodiment, is used to create the exemplary user interface with the managing email rule.In certain embodiments, user interface 3700A comprises column element or its subclass or superset down:

● described above 402,404 and 406;

● icon 3702 is set, and (for example by touch finger on icon) turns back to equipment UI 3600 (Figure 20) is set when it is activated;

● rule 3704;

● select icon 3706, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), show the option that is used for respective rule;

● increase icon 3708, when it is activated (for example by on icon, touching finger), show the UI (for example UI 3700B of Figure 21 B) that is used to create new regulation;

● finish icon 3710, (for example by touch finger on icon) turns back to equipment UI 3600 (Figure 20) is set when it is activated.

In certain embodiments, the user can touch be used for ad hoc rules row Anywhere, to start the demonstration (for example UI 3700B of Figure 21 B) of respective rule.

Activate mobile messaging icon 3522 (referring to the UI 3500A of Figure 19 A) in response to the user, equipment shows UI 3800A, and shows some information 3804 about selected message.

In certain embodiments, if the user touches 3802 or carry out other predetermined gestures pressing from both sides with specific mailboxes or alternative document on the corresponding row, message is moved to this corresponding mailbox or file (for example work among Figure 22 A).In certain embodiments, selected row is highlighted, and occurs information 3804 is moved to animation (as schematically illustrating among Figure 22 B) in the selected row.

Figure 23 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart in the process 5000 with call that processing is missed on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display is described.The bulleted list that comprises the call of missing is shown (5002).For example, UI 2800B (Figure 12 B) shows the tabulation of the calling of missing.In certain embodiments, the single project in the bulleted list is corresponding to a plurality of calls of missing (5004).In certain embodiments, the information of the number of calls missed of indication is displayed in each single project in the tabulation (5006).For example, among the UI 2800B about first project of Bruce Walker 2803 corresponding to two calls of missing, shown in numeral 2805.In certain embodiments, a plurality of callings corresponding to single project are that the time is continuous.In certain embodiments, the single project in the bulleted list is corresponding to a plurality of calls of missing (5008) from a plurality of different telephone numbers that are associated with a respective call person.In bulleted list, show with the corresponding single project of a plurality of calls of missing and simplified the tabulation of the calling of missing, and make the user determine easily who attempt to get in touch this user and they how many times attempt to get in touch this user.

In certain embodiments, detect scrolling gesture, wherein said scrolling gesture comprises the motion (5010) of the perpendicular that contacts with the user of touch-screen display.In response, shown bulleted list rolled (5012).For example, in response to vertical gesture 2814, shown bulleted list (Figure 12 B) among the rolling UI2800B.Scrolling gesture provides the plain mode of fast browsing bulleted list for the user.

When the user of project selects (5014) in detecting tabulation, show associated person information (5016) with user-selected corresponding items respective call person.For example, if the user selects the project (Figure 12 B) of Bruce Walker 2803 among the UI 2800B, then the associated person information of BruceWalker is displayed on (Figure 12 C) among the UI 2800C.Associated person information comprises a plurality of contact object.Described a plurality of contact object comprises first contact object and second contact object, and wherein said first contact object comprises the telephone number object with first telephone number that is associated with the call of missing.In certain embodiments, second contact object is the e-mail contacts object.In certain embodiments, second contact object is the telephone number object with second telephone number that is different from first telephone number.In certain embodiments, second contact object is the instant message transrecieving object.In the example of Figure 12 C, two callings of missing from business telephone number 2816 corresponding to first contact object.Any object in the

object

2818,2820 and 2822 is corresponding to second contact object.

Detecting when the user of second contact object selected (5018), by starting communicate by letter (5020) with respective call person with the corresponding contact method of second contact object (modality).In certain embodiments, when second contact object is the e-mail contacts object, comprise send Email message with the corresponding contact method of second contact object.For example, the user of the object 2820 among the UI 2800C (Figure 12 C) is selected to start the Email of the work email address that will issue Bruce Walker.In certain embodiments, when second contact object is when having the telephone number object of second telephone number that is different from first telephone number, comprise the call of startup to second telephone number with the corresponding contact method of second contact object.For example, the user of the object among the UI 2800C 2818 is selected to start call to the home number of Bruce Walker.In certain embodiments, when second contact object is the instant message transrecieving object, comprise with the corresponding contact method of second contact object transferring immediate news.Provide a plurality of contact object to make that the user is easy to select and start and the communicating by letter of the caller who misses by any available mode of writing to each other, do not use the telephone number that is associated with the calling of missing to call back to the caller who misses and be not subject to.For example, the user can easily dial the home phone number of Bruce Walker or give BruceWalker send Email message, rather than the work number of calling back him.

Though comprising, the above-described call processing procedure of missing 5000 looks like a plurality of operations that take place with particular order, but should it is evident that: process 5000 can comprise more or less operation, and these operations can carry out in turn or executed in parallel (for example utilizing parallel processor or multi-thread environment); Can change the order of two or more operations; And/or can be with the synthetic single operation of two or more operational group.For example, if in operation 5002, just shown project to be selected in operation 5014 at the beginning, then can omit

operation

5010 and 5012.

Figure 24 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart in the process 5100 with call that processing is missed on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display is described.Described as top reference process 5000 (Figure 23), show the bulleted list (5002) that comprises the call of missing.In certain embodiments, the single project in the bulleted list is corresponding to a plurality of calls of missing (5004).In certain embodiments, the information of the number of calls missed of indication is displayed in each single project in the tabulation (5006).In certain embodiments, the single project in the bulleted list is corresponding to a plurality of calls of missing (5008) from a plurality of different telephone numbers that are associated with a respective call person.In bulleted list, show with the corresponding single project of a plurality of calls of missing and simplified the tabulation of the calling of missing, and make the user determine easily who attempt to get in touch this user and they how many times attempt to get in touch this user.

In certain embodiments, detect scrolling gesture, wherein said scrolling gesture comprises the motion longitudinally basically that contacts with the user of touch-screen display.In response, shown bulleted list is by the (not shown) that rolls.Scrolling gesture provides the plain mode of fast browsing bulleted list for the user.

Detect with tabulate in the finger that carries out of the first of user-selected project when contacting (5110), start the telegram in reply of the telegram in reply number that is associated with user-selected project called out (return telephone call) (5112).For example, in certain embodiments,, start telegram in reply calling to the corresponding number of this row in response to the gesture that touch in the place except that icon 2808 in the delegation of UI 2800B (Figure 12 B) or other is predetermined.

Detect with tabulate in the finger that carries out of the second portion of respective item when contacting (5114), show associated person information (5116) with user-selected corresponding items respective call person.Described associated person information comprises a plurality of contact object.Described a plurality of contact object comprises first contact object and second contact object, and wherein said first contact object comprises the telephone number object with telegram in reply number.In certain embodiments, second contact object is the e-mail contacts object.In certain embodiments, second contact object is the telephone number object with second telephone number that is different from described telegram in reply number.In certain embodiments, second contact object is the instant message transrecieving object.For example, in certain embodiments, in response to touching or gesture that other is predetermined the corresponding associated person information of demonstration among UI 2800C (Figure 12 C) on the icon 2808 in the first trip (top row) of UI 2800B (Figure 12 B).In the example of Figure 12 C, two callings of missing from business telephone number 2816 corresponding to first contact object.Any object in the

object

2818,2820 and 2822 can be corresponding to second contact object.

Detecting when the user of second contact object selected (5018), by starting communicate by letter (5020) with respective call person with the corresponding contact method of second contact object.In certain embodiments, when second contact object is the e-mail contacts object, comprise send Email message with the corresponding contact method of second contact object.In certain embodiments, when second contact object is when having the telephone number object of second telephone number that is different from the telegram in reply number, comprise the call of startup to second telephone number with the corresponding contact method of second contact object.In certain embodiments, when second contact object is the instant message transrecieving object, comprise with the corresponding contact method of second contact object transferring immediate news.In certain embodiments, detect and the user to be easy to: (a) call back the telephone number that is associated with the calling of missing immediately, and needn't check the associated person information (for example Figure 12 C) that is associated with calling that this misses with contacting of project first or second portion; Perhaps (b) checks associated person information so that select from a plurality of modes of writing to each other that are associated with the caller who misses.

Though comprising, the above-described call processing procedure of missing 5100 looks like a plurality of operations that take place with particular order, but should it is evident that: process 5100 can comprise more or less operation, and these operations can carry out in turn or executed in parallel (for example utilizing parallel processor or multi-thread environment); Can change the order of two or more operations; And/or can be with the synthetic single operation of two or more operational group.

Figure 25 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart in the process 5200 with call that processing is missed on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display is described.Show the call information that misses, comprise bulleted list.At least one in the described project corresponding to a plurality of calls of missing (5202) from a respective call person.In certain embodiments, a project in the bulleted list is corresponding to a plurality of calls of missing (5204) from a plurality of different telephone numbers that are associated with a respective call person.In certain embodiments, comprise the call of missing (5208) from least two calls in a plurality of calls of missing of this respective call person from least two different telephone numbers that are associated with this respective call person.In certain embodiments, a project in the bulleted list is corresponding to the one or more voip calls (5206) with the IP address that is associated.In bulleted list, show with the corresponding single project of a plurality of calls of missing and simplified the tabulation of the calling of missing, and make the user determine easily who attempt to get in touch this user and they how many times attempt to get in touch this user.

In certain embodiments, detect scrolling gesture, wherein said scrolling gesture comprises the motion (5010) longitudinally basically that contacts with the user of touch-screen display.In response, shown bulleted list rolled (5210).Scrolling gesture provides the plain mode of fast browsing bulleted list for the user.

When the user of project selects (5212) in detecting bulleted list, show associated person information with user-selected corresponding items respective call person.Described associated person information comprises a plurality of contact object (5214).In certain embodiments, the example of contact object comprises top operation 5016 described examples with reference to Figure 23.Detecting when the user of each contact object in a plurality of contact object selected (5216), by starting communicate by letter (5218) with respective call person with the corresponding contact method of user-selected contact object.In certain embodiments, the example of contact method comprises top operation 5020 described examples with reference to Figure 23.Provide a plurality of contact object to make that the user is easy to select and start and the communicating by letter of the caller who misses by any available mode of writing to each other, do not use the telephone number that is associated with the calling of missing to call back to the caller who misses and be not subject to.For example, the user can easily dial the home phone number of Bruce Walker or give Bruce send Email message, rather than the work number of calling back him.

Though comprising, the above-described call processing procedure of missing 5200 looks like a plurality of operations that take place with particular order, but should it is evident that: process 5200 can comprise more or less operation, and these operations can carry out in turn or executed in parallel (for example utilizing parallel processor or multi-thread environment); Can change the order of two or more operations; And/or can be with the synthetic single operation of two or more operational group.For example, if in operation 5002, just shown project to be selected in operation 5014 at the beginning, then can omit operation 5010 and 5012.In another example, can omit all operations except that operation 5202.

Figure 26 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart of handling the process 5300 of call information on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display having is described.Show call information, comprise bulleted list.At least one in the described project corresponding to a plurality of calls (5302) about respective call person.For example, UI 2800A (Figure 12 A) has shown the call information that all are called out recently.The clauses and subclauses of Kim Brook 2802 are corresponding to three calls, shown in numeral 2804.In bulleted list, show with the corresponding single project of a plurality of calls of missing and simplified the tabulation of the calling of missing, and make the user determine easily who attempt to get in touch this user and they how many times attempt to get in touch this user.Detect scrolling gesture, wherein said scrolling gesture comprises the motion (5010) longitudinally basically that contacts with the user of touch-screen display.For example, detect vertical gesture 2814.In response, the demonstration of call information rolled (5304).Scrolling gesture provides the plain mode of fast browsing bulleted list for the user.

Though comprising, above-described previous call processing procedure 5300 looks like a plurality of operations that take place with particular order, but should it is evident that: process 5300 can comprise more or less operation, and these operations can carry out in turn or executed in parallel (for example utilizing parallel processor or multi-thread environment); Can change the order of two or more operations; And/or can be with the synthetic single operation of two or more operational group.

Figure 27 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart in the process 5400 with the previous call of processing on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display is described.The bulleted list (5402) that shows previous call.In certain embodiments, the single project in the bulleted list is corresponding to a plurality of previous calls (5404).For example, UI 2800A (Figure 12 A) has shown the call information that all are called out recently.The clauses and subclauses of Kim Brook 2802 are corresponding to three calls, shown in numeral 2804.In bulleted list, show with the corresponding single project of a plurality of calls of missing and simplified the tabulation of the calling of missing, and make the user determine easily who attempt to get in touch this user and they how many times attempt to get in touch this user.

Detect with tabulate in the finger that carries out of the first of user-selected project when contacting (5406), start call (5408) to the main telephone number that is associated with project that the user selects.For example, in certain embodiments,, start telegram in reply calling to the corresponding number of this row in response to the gesture that touch in the place except that icon 2808 in the delegation of UI 2800A (Figure 12 A) or other is predetermined.

Detect with tabulate in the finger that carries out of the second portion (for example icon 2808) of respective item when contacting (5410), show the respective call person's who is associated with user-selected project associated person information (5412).Shown associated person information comprises a plurality of contact object, and described a plurality of contact object comprise first contact object and second contact object.Described first contact object comprises the telephone number object with main telephone number.In certain embodiments, second contact object is e-mail contacts object, instant message transrecieving object or the telephone number object with the inferior telephone number that is different from the main telephone number.

Detecting when the user of second contact object selected (5414), by starting communicate by letter (5416) with respective call person with the corresponding contact method of second contact object.In certain embodiments, when second contact object is the e-mail contacts object, comprise send Email message with the corresponding contact method of second contact object.In certain embodiments, when second contact object is when having the telephone number object of the inferior telephone number that is different from the main telephone number, comprise the call of startup to inferior telephone number with the corresponding contact method of second contact object.In certain embodiments, when second contact object is the instant message transrecieving object, comprise with the corresponding contact method of second contact object transferring immediate news.In certain embodiments, the example of contact object and corresponding contact method is corresponding to operation among reference Figure 23 5016 and 5020 examples that provided.In certain embodiments, detect and the user to be easy to: (a) call back the telephone number that is associated with the calling of missing immediately, and needn't check the associated person information (for example Figure 12 C) that is associated with calling that this misses with contacting of project first or second portion; Perhaps (b) checks associated person information so that select from a plurality of modes of writing to each other that are associated with the caller who misses.

Though comprising, above-described previous call processing procedure 5400 looks like a plurality of operations that take place with particular order, but should it is evident that: process 5400 can comprise more or less operation, and these operations can carry out in turn or executed in parallel (for example utilizing parallel processor or multi-thread environment); Can change the order of two or more operations; And/or can be with the synthetic single operation of two or more operational group.

Figure 28 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart of handling the process 5500 of phone incoming call on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display having is described.Detection is from caller's phone incoming call (5502).In certain embodiments, identification and the corresponding associated person information of this caller (5504).Show Calls person's textual identifier (for example caller's name 3102 of Figure 15 A) and the image (for example figure 3104) (5506) that is associated with this caller.In certain embodiments, textual identifier and image are from the associated person information of being discerned.Show Calls is replied icon (for example icon 3108 of Figure 15 A), if wherein the equipment user has selected this call answering icon, then replys described phone incoming call.Show Calls refusal icon (for example icon 3106) if wherein the equipment user has selected described call denial icon, is then refused described phone incoming call.The call option that process 5500 provides call information and interpreting user to use in a kind of simple clearly mode.

Though comprising, above-described phone incoming call processing procedure 5500 looks like a plurality of operations that take place with particular order, but should it is evident that: process 5100 can comprise more or less operation, and these operations can carry out in turn or executed in parallel (for example utilizing parallel processor or multi-thread environment); Can change the order of two or more operations; And/or can be with the synthetic single operation of two or more operational group.

Figure 29 is according to some embodiment, and the flow chart in the process 5600 with call that processing has been set up on the portable electric appts of touch-screen display is described.Detecting when between equipment user and another entity, having set up call (5602), show following project (5604) simultaneously: the quiet silent icon (for example silent icon 3006 of Figure 14 B, 14D) of microphone that is used for making equipment; Be used to show the keypad icon of keypad; The speaker icon that is used for the speaker mode of activated equipment; Be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming the conference call icon of call in many ways or increase call icon; Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; Be used to show the contact icon of contacts list; With the end call icon that is used for the terminating telephone calling.The example of these projects has been described in the UI 3000D of the UI of Figure 14 B 3000B and Figure 14 D.In certain embodiments, be not that all these icons of listing all are shown.For example, in UI 3000B (Figure 14 B), do not show contact icon and keypad icon.The call option that process 5600 provides call information and interpreting user to use in a kind of simple clearly mode.

The explanation of front has been described with reference to specific embodiment for illustrative purposes.But top schematic discussion is also non exhaustive, neither limit the invention to disclosed precise forms.Consider top instruction, many modifications and variations are possible.Select also to describe the foregoing description, thereby make those skilled in the art utilize the present invention and the various embodiment that is suitable for expecting special-purpose best with various modifications so that explain principle of the present invention and practical application best.

Claims

1. computer implemented method comprises: at the portable electric appts place with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object:

When the phone incoming call that detects from the caller,

The textual identifier that on described touch-screen display, shows described caller;

On described touch-screen display, show the image that is associated with described caller;

Show Calls is replied icon on described touch-screen display;

User in response to described equipment selects described call answering icon by touch described call answering icon on described touch-screen display, replys described phone incoming call; And

Show Calls refusal icon; With

Select described call denial icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described call denial icon, refuse described phone incoming call.

2. the method for claim 1 comprises identification and the corresponding associated person information of described caller, and wherein said caller's textual identifier and the image that is associated with described caller are from the associated person information of being discerned.

3. the method for claim 1 comprises:

When having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity, on described touch-screen display, show simultaneously:

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to activate the speaker icon of the speaker mode of described equipment;

Be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming the conference call icon of call in many ways;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

4. method as claimed in claim 3 comprises:

Selected described silent icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described silent icon, made the microphone of described equipment quiet;

Select described the speaker icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described the speaker icon, activated the speaker mode of described equipment;

Select described conference call icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described conference call icon, between described user, described another entity and described other entity, formed call in many ways;

Keep icon to select described calling to keep icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described calling, hang up described call; And

Select described end call icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described end call icon, finished described call.

5. the method for claim 1 comprises:

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to show the keypad icon of keypad;

Be used between described user, described another entity and entity that at least one is other, forming the increase call icon of call in many ways;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call;

Be used to show the contact icon of contacts list; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

6. method as claimed in claim 5 comprises:

Select described keypad icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described keypad icon, shown keypad;

Select described increase call icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described increase call icon, between described user, described another entity and described other entity, formed call in many ways;

Keep icon to select described calling to keep icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described calling, hang up described call;

Select described contact icon in response to the user by on described touch-screen display, touching described contact icon, shown contacts list; And

7. computer implemented method comprises: at the portable electric appts place with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object:

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

8. method as claimed in claim 7 also comprises:

9. computer implemented method comprises: at the portable electric appts place with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object:

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to show the keypad icon of keypad;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call;

Be used to show the contact icon of contacts list; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

10. method as claimed in claim 9 also comprises:

11. computer-readable recording medium, be used for using with portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object, described computer-readable recording medium is stored one or more programs, and described one or more programs comprise:

Be used for when the phone incoming call that detects from the caller, on described touch-screen display, showing simultaneously the instruction of following content:

Described caller's textual identifier;

The image that is associated with described caller;

The call answering icon if wherein the user of described equipment has selected described call answering icon, is then replied described phone incoming call; And

The call denial icon if wherein the described user of described equipment has selected described call denial icon, is then refused described phone incoming call.

12. computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 11, comprise the instruction that is used to discern with the corresponding associated person information of described caller, wherein said caller's textual identifier and the image that is associated with described caller are from the associated person information of being discerned.

13. computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 11 comprises in response to having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity, shows the instruction of following content on described touch-screen display simultaneously:

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

14. computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 13 comprises:

Be used for having selected described silent icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described silent icon, make the quiet instruction of described microphone of described equipment in response to the user;

Be used for having selected described the speaker icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described the speaker icon, activate the instruction of the speaker mode of described equipment in response to the user;

Be used for having selected described conference call icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described conference call icon, between described user, described another entity and described other entity, form the instruction of call in many ways in response to the user;

Be used for keeping icon to select described calling to keep icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described calling, hang up the instruction of described call in response to the user; And

Be used for having selected described end call icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described end call icon, finish the instruction of described call in response to the user.

15. computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 11 comprises in response to having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity, shows the instruction of following content on described touch-screen display simultaneously:

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to show the keypad icon of keypad;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call;

Be used to show the contact icon of contacts list; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

16. computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 15 comprises:

Be used for having selected described silent icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described silent icon, make the quiet instruction of microphone of described equipment in response to the user;

Be used for having selected described keypad icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described keypad icon, show the instruction of keypad in response to the user;

Be used for having selected described increase call icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described increase call icon, between described user, described another entity and described other entity, form the instruction of call in many ways in response to the user;

Be used for keeping icon to select described calling to keep icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described calling, hang up the instruction of described call in response to the user;

Be used for having selected described contact icon by on described touch-screen display, touching described contact icon, show the instruction of contacts list in response to the user; And

17. computer-readable recording medium, be used for using with portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object, described computer-readable recording medium is stored one or more programs, and described one or more programs comprise:

Be used for when having set up call between the user who detects at described equipment and another entity, on described touch-screen display, showing the instruction of following content simultaneously:

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

18. computer-readable recording medium, be used for using with portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object, described computer-readable recording medium is stored one or more programs, and described one or more programs comprise:

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to show the keypad icon of keypad;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call;

Be used to show the contact icon of contacts list; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

19. the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object comprises:

Memory;

One or more processors; With

The one or more programs that are stored in the described memory and are configured to carry out by described one or more processors, described one or more programs comprise:

Be used for when the phone incoming call that detects from the caller, on described touch-screen display, showing the instruction of following content simultaneously:

Described caller's textual identifier;

The image that is associated with described caller;

20. portable electric appts as claimed in claim 19, wherein said one or more program also comprises the instruction that is used to discern with the corresponding associated person information of described caller, and wherein said caller's textual identifier and the image that is associated with described caller are from the associated person information of being discerned.

21. the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object comprises:

Memory;

One or more processors; With

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.

22. the portable electric appts with the touch-screen display that possesses a plurality of user interface object comprises:

Memory;

One or more processors; With

Be used to make the quiet silent icon of microphone of described equipment;

Be used to show the keypad icon of keypad;

Be used to hang up the calling maintenance icon of described call;

Be used to show the contact icon of contacts list; With

Be used to finish the end call icon of described call.