WO2000027098A1 - Dispositif de communications - Google Patents

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WO2000027098A1
WO2000027098A1 PCT/EP1999/008198 EP9908198W WO0027098A1 WO 2000027098 A1 WO2000027098 A1 WO 2000027098A1 EP 9908198 W EP9908198 W EP 9908198W WO 0027098 A1 WO0027098 A1 WO 0027098A1
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Kristoffer Berndt Vilhelm Aberg
Erik Sparre
Henrik Sundstrom
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Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
    • G06F3/0481—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
    • G06F3/0482—Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72469—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

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  • This invention relates in preferred embodiments to a communications device, such as a mobile phone, and in particular to a menu system which may be used to access features of such a device.
  • the use of a menu system to access such features has become commonplace.
  • the user is presented with a list of headings which relate to groups of available features. Selection of one such heading presents the user with a further list, which may be a list of available features or may be a list of subheadings, each of which allows the user to access a different respective list of available features.
  • the menu structure may have any required number of levels, in order to present the total number of available features, while maintaining the number of items (sub-headings or features) in each list within reasonable limits .
  • the structure of such menus has become more complex. Thus, it becomes more time-consuming to access any given desired feature. Meanwhile, many of the features are used only rarely by any individual user.
  • GB-2293951 describes a menu system for accessing features of a mobile phone.
  • the system described therein allows the user to select features from the full menu for a short menu, which has the same structure as the full menu but may contain only those features which the user expects to access on a regular basis.
  • the phone has a "menu" key, which is used to enter the menu selection mode. By pressing the "menu" key for a time which is either longer or shorter than a predetermined time period, the user selects whether he wishes to view the full menu containing all available features or the short menu containing only the selected features .
  • a menu structure which allows the user to copy selected items into a specific dedicated branch of the structure. This has the advantage that the user will then know that all commonly used features are accessible through that branch.
  • the short menu containing items selected by the user, is then located at a specific predetermined point in the overall menu structure.
  • the predetermined point is at the highest level in the menu structure.
  • Figure 1 shows a mobile telephone in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic representation of the mobile telephone .
  • Figure 3 is a representation of the menu structure of the mobile telephone.
  • Figure 4 is a representation of the menu structure of the mobile telephone after modification. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • FIG 1 shows a mobile telephone 1 which is generally conventional, except as described herein.
  • the phone has an antenna 2, speaker 4, microphone input 6, display 8, and digit keys 10.
  • the phone has menu navigation keys 12, which, together with the digit keys 10, form the keypad 14.
  • the functions of these keys, in the phone of the present invention, will be described in more detail later with reference to Figures 3 and 4.
  • Figure 2 shows schematically the internal structure of the phone 1.
  • the keypad 14 provides inputs to a processor 16, which controls the operation of a memory 18 and the display 8.
  • This structure of the phone according to the invention is conventional, except for those operational features described further herein.
  • Figure 3 shows the menu structure 30 for accessing operational features of the phone.
  • the illustrated structure is a representation of the way in which features and lists of features are presented to the user of the device, without necessarily implying anything about the physical or logical structures actually used in the device to store information relating to the features.
  • the user can move in the menu structure 30 using the menu navigation keys 12 on the keypad 14, namely a "down" key 21, "up” key 22, "yes” key 23 and "no" key 24.
  • this structure 30 includes a first level of headings 31-34, accessible on first entry into the menu structure. The user can scroll down the list using the "down" key 21, and up the list using the "up” key 22.
  • headings 31, 32 and 34 allow access to further sub- headings (not shown in the case of headings 32 and 34) , but heading 33 has no associated sub-headings.
  • Pressing the "yes" key 23 from the heading 31 allows access to the group of sub-headings 311-315. As before, the user can scroll down the. list using the "down” key 21, and up the list using the “up” key 22.
  • Each sub-heading 311-315 has an associated list of features 3111-3115, ..., 3151-3155 accessible therethrough.
  • Pressing the “yes” key 23 from the any one of the subheadings 311-315 allows access to the respective list of features. As before, the user can scroll down that list using the “down” key 21, and up the list using the “up” key 22. Pressing the "no" key 24 from any one of the features 3111-3115 or any of the other lists of features returns the user to the sub-heading 311, or the appropriate other sub-heading.
  • menu structure may have any desired number of levels, and any desired number of sub-headings and/or features in any list at any level within the structure.
  • the heading 33 which may be presented to the user as "special menu”, “short menu”, or some such term, has no features accessible thereby on first use.
  • the special menu is advantageously directly accessible from the initial set of menu headings, but may be located at any convenient point in the menu structure.
  • the user navigates through the existing menu structure from the heading through any sub-headings to the desired item, and then carries out a specific keypress operation. For example, a particular key may be pressed for a long duration (e.g. the "yes" key 23 may be pressed for more than 0.8 seconds), or a particular combination of keys may be pressed together or in sequence, or the device may be provided with a dedicated key. for the purpose.
  • the selected feature for example the feature
  • a selected group of features may be present in the special menu even on first use.
  • the user therefore has a default selection of most commonly used items in the special menu on first use, and can decide thereafter whether to retain any or all of those items, and whether to add further items .
  • the user is therefore able to select items for the special menu without having to enter any special mode of operation to do so. Once items are selected they are easily accessible in a separate menu which groups all commonly used features together.
  • a specific keypress operation for example a long duration keypress, may also be provided to allow the user to delete items from the special menu. Further, specific keypress operations may also be provided to allow the user to reorder the list or even to put it into its own menu structure. Alternatively, or additionally, the user may be prompted when copying an item into the short menu to choose the position thereof .

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une structure menu, par exemple pour un téléphone mobile, permettant à l'utilisateur de copier certaines options dans un en-tête spécifique spécialisé de cette structure, de sorte que ledit utilisateur peut alors prendre connaissance des fonctions habituelles auxquelles il peut accéder par cet en-tête.
PCT/EP1999/008198 1998-10-29 1999-10-28 Dispositif de communications WO2000027098A1 (fr)

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EP1231759A2 (fr) * 2001-02-09 2002-08-14 Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG Appareil contrôlé à l'aide d'un menu
US7694237B2 (en) 2002-05-03 2010-04-06 Nokia Corporation Method and apparatus for using menu functions of an electronic device

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EP0322332A2 (fr) * 1987-12-23 1989-06-28 International Business Machines Corporation Méthode graphique pour personnaliser en temps réel un menu opérateur
GB2293951A (en) * 1994-09-20 1996-04-10 Motorola Inc Method and apparatus for dynamic radio communication menu
FR2731578A1 (fr) * 1995-03-07 1996-09-13 Motorola Inc Systeme de menu
DE19600555A1 (de) * 1996-01-09 1997-07-17 Siemens Ag Über ein sequentiell zu durchlaufendes Menü steuerbare Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur sequentiellen Menüsteuerung

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EP0322332A2 (fr) * 1987-12-23 1989-06-28 International Business Machines Corporation Méthode graphique pour personnaliser en temps réel un menu opérateur
GB2293951A (en) * 1994-09-20 1996-04-10 Motorola Inc Method and apparatus for dynamic radio communication menu
FR2731578A1 (fr) * 1995-03-07 1996-09-13 Motorola Inc Systeme de menu
DE19600555A1 (de) * 1996-01-09 1997-07-17 Siemens Ag Über ein sequentiell zu durchlaufendes Menü steuerbare Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur sequentiellen Menüsteuerung

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1231759A2 (fr) * 2001-02-09 2002-08-14 Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG Appareil contrôlé à l'aide d'un menu
EP1231759A3 (fr) * 2001-02-09 2004-04-14 Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG Appareil contrôlé à l'aide d'un menu
US7694237B2 (en) 2002-05-03 2010-04-06 Nokia Corporation Method and apparatus for using menu functions of an electronic device

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