TWI226559B - Handheld electronic device, and processing method for user interface menu items used by the electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a handheld electronic device, which comprises a default user interface with at least one menu item including a storage device, an event handling device, and a reference table handling device. The storage device includes a reference table and an object storage for storing at least one function object, wherein the reference table includes an event source field, an event content field, and a function object field. The event handling device is used to receive a signal to trigger the corresponding event, and further call a corresponding function object. The reference table handling device is used to edit the reference table. The handheld electronic device further comprises a display device for generating a corresponding menu item on the default user interface according to the content of the event source field, so as to generate a self-defined user interface from the default user interface.

Description

1226559 V. Description of the invention (1) Technical field to which the invention belongs The present invention relates to the editing and use of user interface option units of electronic devices, and particularly to a device for editing and use of user interface option units suitable for handheld electronic devices. And methods. Previous technologies Operating systems used in handheld electronic devices such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants on the market today, whether they are open operating systems (such as

Window CE, Palm OS, Symbian 0S) or closed operating system) such as ΜΟΟ ’s 388 mobile phone operating system), its user interface is defined in advance by the system operator, users can not change the user interface and its corresponding functions' only Some operating systems allow users to slightly modify the appearance of the user interface (such as colors and patterns). However, such predetermined user interfaces and functions cannot meet the user's various needs and usage habits, etc., making it necessary for the user to adapt to the existing user interface, instead of designing the user interface and function combination according to individual needs. In particular, the functions of handheld electronic devices are becoming more and more complicated, such as: personal digital assistants with networking and even call functions, and mobile phones with digital camera and personal digital assistant functions. Such devices are complicated due to f functions. 'Make its user interface more and more complicated, multi-level menus f = various options, often make users spend considerable time to familiarize with their operations. And each user ’s life form and usage habits are different, which makes the menus of functions commonly used by each user very different. All of these types make the problem of inconvenience caused by the predefined fixed user interface even more serious. serious.

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Page 5 1226559 Exposure 丨 1 1 V. Description of the Invention (2) In short, currently, handheld electronic devices are ordered first, which results in inflexible user interfaces and user interfaces. In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to enable the user to customize the use of the second electronic device for a handheld electronic device. The optional unit on the surface is in accordance with another object of the present invention to provide a function that a user can use his custom user sub-device to make use of. To achieve the above-mentioned object of the present invention, the device has a preset user interface. The device is provided with a handheld electronic device including an input device, a storage device unit: a device and a display device. The above is settled in: processing device, look-up table processing to input at least _ Μ # h: The system is provided for input operations, using a repository, where the above-mentioned pairs of Chaocha ..., clothing and objects and furnaces you Duna v The Γ table contains event source blocks and event content blocks. Cheng Chengsai / Γ, where the object storage contains at least one function: a processing device is used to receive the above-mentioned signal to trigger the corresponding event content and event source, and issue an event accordingly # α 二 & Information and event source information, and query according to the contents of the above-mentioned comparison table. 2. The event content information and the event month b object corresponding to the event source information. The above-mentioned comparison table processing device is used to edit the event source shelf, event content block, and functional object field of the above comparison table. The display device is used to customize the user interface according to the content of the event source stoppage in the above-mentioned preset user interface mm page 6685- 10I87TW (N1) 1226559 in accordance with the description of the invention (3) The editing processing for generating the user interface of the handheld electronic device from the preset user interface is operated according to the user interface selection unit processing method of the present invention to generate a custom selection unit, and a custom user interface is generated from the predetermined user interface. . The above method 1 first privately positions a position on the preset user interface. Then set an event content to correspond to the above position, and set the functional object to correspond to the above position and the above event content. Then, the above-mentioned functional objects are set to correspond to the above-mentioned location and the above-mentioned event content. According to the above position setting, a custom selection unit is generated at the above position, and a custom user interface is generated by editing the preset user interface. 2. When using the above-mentioned customized user interface of the customized user interface to enable the above-mentioned handheld electronic device to perform a predetermined function, the method for starting the optional unit of the present invention needs to be used. The above method first receives a signal (such as a key press signal generated by a user through an input device such as a keyboard), and then determines the event content corresponding to the signal. Next, determine the event source and corresponding optional components that generate the above-mentioned event content, and determine the above-mentioned event content and the functional object corresponding to the above-mentioned event source, and finally, call the above-mentioned functional object to perform a predetermined function. Embodiments As mentioned above, the present invention provides a handheld electronic device that enables a user to customize a unit selection component on a user interface and use the unit selection component on a custom user interface to perform selected functions, u Meet the needs.

1226559 V. Description of the invention (4) The circle shows a schematic circle of the handheld electronic device according to this embodiment. The electronic device 10 can be a personal assistant or mobile phone. It is provided with a preset user interface, which contains at least one selected unit. Ϊ́Including input device 11, storage device 13, event processing device 15, comparison table. Processing device 17 and display device 丨 9. Small, medium, and input devices 11 and 1 provide input operations for inputting to the second keyboard No. 12, the input device 11 can be a general keyboard or touch panel and the input signal 12 is a key press or a panel Click and wait. The storage device 13 includes a look-up table 315, and an object storage 315. The object storage 135 is used to store at least one functional object 136. The functional object 136 has at least one method. The method included in a functional object is a method for performing an associated function, and each method is a functional method: in the functional object +. For example, the phonebook object contains a function for viewing the phone number, a function for adding a phone number, and a phone number group setting browser object. , You can execute its corresponding method. The comparison table 1 31 contains a plurality of stops, which are used to record the relevant information required to call the functional object through the user interface: select the unit component to execute the corresponding method. According to this embodiment, the comparison table 131 includes an event source field 132, an event content field 133, and a functional object field 134. As mentioned above, the function object 136 may include at least one function to execute the corresponding method. When an event source generates an event content, and when a function is to be called in the corresponding function object, it can be compared in Table 1. A function block is set in 3 1 to record the function name of a method in the function object 1 3 6 so that when a thing ^ comes

1226559 When the source generates an event content, it can call a function 0 of its corresponding functional object. When the input device 11 inputs a signal 12, the event processing device 15 receives the signal 12 to trigger the corresponding event and call the corresponding functional object. The event processing device 1.5 determines the above-mentioned event content and event source, and generates an event content information and event source information, and inquires and calls corresponding to the event content information and event source information according to the inner valley of the comparison table 13 丨Of functional objects 136.

The lookup table 1 31 is an important bridge between the entire signal input and function execution. It is produced and edited by the lookup table processing device 丨 7. That is, the lookup table processing device 17 edits the event source field 132, the event content stop 133, and the functional object stop 134 of the lookup table 131. The corresponding relationship between the event source, event content, and functional items set in the comparison table 131 is displayed on the user interface by the display 19. The display device 19 generates a corresponding optional component in the preset user interface according to the content of the event source block 132, and a customized user interface can be generated from the preset user < According to this embodiment, there are four settings for the above event content, one of which is

Point-in (0nFocus), which is the cursor focus of the user interface & = the above-mentioned optional unit; the second is focus-out (0nBlur), which is "the cursor focus of the user interface is moved out of the above-mentioned option; 〇nKeypress' It is the focus of the cursor of the above user interface. When the above-mentioned early element is selected, the above input device receives a key press signal. ^ Four is the click signal (0nclick). It is the above user. Interface cursor

1226559 V. Description of the invention (6) When the focus is on the above-mentioned optional unit, the input device receives a click signal.

To generate a custom option unit on the preset user interface of the handheld electronic device 10 to generate a custom user interface, according to the user interface option unit processing method shown in FIG. 2. First specify a position on the above-mentioned preset user interface of the handheld electronic device 10 (step S21), and then set an event content corresponding to the above-mentioned position (step S23), and can set the functional object 136 to the above-mentioned position and the above-mentioned The event content corresponds (step S25). There are many possible ways to set the "event content", such as: focus shift in, focus shift out, key press, click signal, etc. Next, the display device 19 generates a custom selection unit at the above-mentioned location to edit and generate a custom user interface from the preset user interface (step S27). The above-mentioned setting data of position setting, event content setting, and function object setting are stored in the comparison table of the storage device 13 by the comparison table processing device 17 and the event source stop 1 3 2. Event content stop 1 3 3 and functional object stops 1 3 4.

As mentioned above, the functional objects 136 can include at least one function to execute the corresponding method. When an event source generates an event content, and you want to call a function in the corresponding functional object, you can use The lookup table processing device 17 sets a function field in the lookup table 131, and sets the function to correspond to the specified position and event content (step S26), which is a function to execute a method in the function object 136 The formula name enables the event processing device 15 to call a function in its corresponding functional object when an event source generates an event content. If you want to use the custom option unit of the custom user interface,

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When executing the predetermined function ', according to the menu No. 1 12 shown in 3) 丨 The above method first receives an illusion generated by the input device 11 (step S31), and the event processing device is installed on the device == Event content (step S32), then, the event processing device 15 queries the contents of the event source block 132, the event content block m, and the functional object block 134 in the comparison table 131 to determine the occurrence of the event; Source and corresponding selected components (step S33), and determine the event content and the functional objects corresponding to the event source (step S33)

) Finally, the event processing device 5 calls the above-mentioned functional object to perform a predetermined function (step S35). As mentioned above, when a function block is provided in the comparison table 丨 31 and a function name is contained, when an event source generates an event content, the event processing device 15 calls the corresponding functional object with The function of the above function name performs a predetermined method (step S3 6). From the above, it can be known that the user interface editing device and method provided by the present invention ′ enables users to define user interface and function combinations on a handheld electronic device, and set user interface and function options according to their usage habits and needs.

Single 'in turn makes it easier to use handheld electronic devices with increasingly complex functions. Although the present invention has been disclosed in the preferred embodiment as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can make some changes and retouches without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

0685- 10187TW (N1); IAC030076; ALICEWU.ptd Page 11 1226559 '---.--- The drawing briefly illustrates the following specific examples in order to make the above-mentioned object of the present invention better, and cooperates with the attached and: It is more obvious that only Figure 1 shows the following detailed description of the implementation according to the present invention. Schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a method according to the invention. 々User Interface Selection Unit Processing Figure 3 shows the implementation diagram according to the present invention. The flow of single element startup methods

Explanation of symbols / ;, L 10 Hand-held electronic device 11 Input device 12 Signal 1 3 Storage device 1 3 1 Cross-reference table 1 3 2 Event source stop 1 3 3 Event content stop 1 3 4 Functional object stand 1 3 5 Object Repository 1 3 6 Functional Objects 1 5 Event Processing Device 1 7 Lookup Table Processing Device 1 9 Display Device $ 12 pages 0685-10187TW (Nl); IAC030076; ALICEWU.ptd

Claims (1)

1226559 ——-^ VI. The scope of patent application includes 1 to; species;; type: sub-device, which has-preset user interface, which ^ ^ selects 7L early, including: No .; 'device' provides input Operation for inputting at least one message to the above pair: ^^ 取 ί f contains a lookup table and an object repository, where the block, its frame i ^, source block, event content field, and function object-the library contains at least -Functional objects; events, determine the signal described in the above event to trigger the corresponding event source i = 乂 query ^ the contents of the comparison table and call pieces, ^, the original, f information and the functional information corresponding to the above event content information A look-up table processing device, using the v-color booth, the event content booth, and the function L :::: described in the table above, the source of the above-mentioned i-source block content, generates a user-interface from the user interface ... 'From the above preset * described above = 2 Fan: = r handheld electronic device, the user interface of the tour cus), which is the above-mentioned use of the corpse 9 丨 ¢ 7 into the above-mentioned optional components. 4 Yang 3. The above-mentioned event content in the handheld device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application is a large electronic device with focus removal (〇ηβΐυΓ), and the cursor focus of its interface is removed from the above-mentioned optional unit. It is the above-mentioned user. 4. The handheld electronic device described in item i of the scope of patent application, its mm page 13 0685-10187TWF (Nl); IAC030076; ALICEWU.ptd 1226559 ----—— ~. Scope of patent = is key press (On KeyPress), which is the focus of the cursor on the above surface is to select a unit to receive a key press signal. In the above-mentioned input device 5. The content of the above-mentioned event in the handheld as described in the first item of the scope of the patent application is ordering a meal ^ device 'and its interface tour (UCk), which is a one-click signal accepted by the user. When it is 70 early, the above input device receives 6. The above-mentioned comparison table in the handheld mine # described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, further includes a letter of correspondence / a holding type electronic device, a method of its functional objects. The name type is used to record the execution of the handheld electronic device described in item 6 of the above 7th and 7th patents. The above event processing device calls a letter into the above functional objects; a call unit, which Attach to the mountain style to perform the above method. 8 · — A user interface selection unit preset user interface and at least one method, suitable for a handheld electronic device having a preset user interface ^ to ^; wherein: 3 to) a preset Optional unit, which includes designating a position on the preset user interface, setting an event content corresponding to the above position, and / or generating a custom interface for the above position and the above event content relative to the above position A custom user interface pre-built file, which is set by the above-mentioned preset user9. The user interface selection unit described in the eighth item of the scope of patent application, page 14 0685- 10187IW (N1); IAC030076; 6. Method of applying for a patent, where +-f AL is the focus of the above-mentioned user-person event (0nF0CUS), and the focus of the cursor on the M side is moved to the above option. The user interface selection unit described in item 8 of the scope of interest is Λ. The content of the above event is OnBlur, which is above, the cursor focus of the user interface is removed from the above option unit. The method of the system is as described in the above item V ′. It is the key press (0 postal coffee) described above, and the input device receives a key press signal. Liefang 2 ·, as described in / 8 in the user interface of the junior high school 2 1 circle, the user interface selection unit is Bu, t1, I The content of the event described above is click (〇ncHck). " When the focus of the cursor is on the above option, the input device receives a click signal. When selecting early files, the above-mentioned reasoning Λ3. As described in Λ, the user interface of the patent scope item 8 selects the unit of the method: Method, # # The above set the functional object parts: Step 1 of the formula to specify the above functional objects Long; =: Set the corresponding method in the function object. From the implementation of the method 14. The user interface management method described in item 8 of the scope of the patent application 'step-by-step includes an optional unit activation package: a signal is received at the file; & 〃 includes the steps ... The event content; the event source that decided to generate the above event content and the corresponding selection Cuiyuan decides the above event content and the functional objects corresponding to the above event source 0685-10187HVF (N1); IAC030076; ALICEWU.ptd 、 Applicable patent scope; Call the above functional objects. 1 5. The user interface selection component processing method described in item 14 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the function object calling step further includes a function execution step, which executes a function in the function object to perform corresponding method. 0685-10187TWF (N1); IAC030076; ALICEWU.ptd page 16