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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
  • H04M1/57—Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set
• • 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
  • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
  • H04M2250/60—Details of telephonic subscriber devices logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs

Definitions

• the present application relates to a user interface, an apparatus and a method for improved control of handling communications not yet made, and in particular to a user interface, an apparatus and a method for improved control of list for presenting missed calls.
• Contemporary apparatuses are often designed to provide a user with a list of missed calls. Users are able to access this list and establish communication channels such as a voice call to this person.
• the list is rather rigid and not suitable for a flexible user interface.
• Fig. 1 is an overview of a telecommunications system in which a device according to the present application may be used according to an example embodiment
• Fig. 2 is a view of an apparatus according to an example embodiment
• Fig. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the general architecture of an apparatus of Fig. 2 in accordance with the present application
• Figs. 4a to c are screen shot views of an apparatus according to an example embodiment
• Figs. 5a and b are flow charts each describing a method according to an example embodiment of the application.
• Figs. 6a to c are screen shot views of an apparatus according to an example embodiment,
• Figs. 8a and b are flow charts each describing a method according to an example embodiment of the application.
• Figs. 7a to c are screen shot views of an apparatus according to an example embodiment.
• Figs. 9a and b are flow charts each describing a method according to an example embodiment of the application.
• the user interface, the apparatus, the method and the software product according to the teachings for this application in the form of a cellular/mobile phone will be described by the embodiments. It should be noted that although only a mobile phone is described the teachings of this application can also be used in any electronic device such as in portable electronic devices such as laptops, PDAs, mobile communication terminals, electronic books and notepads and other electronic devices offering access to information.
• FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a cellular telecommunications system in which the teachings of the present application may be applied.
• various telecommunications services such as cellular voice calls, www or Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browsing, cellular video calls, data calls, facsimile transmissions, music transmissions, still image transmissions, video transmissions, electronic message transmissions and electronic commerce may be performed between a mobile terminal 100 according to the teachings of the present application and other devices, such as another mobile terminal 106 or a stationary telephone 132.
• WAP Wireless Application Protocol
• the mobile terminals 100, 106 are connected to a mobile telecommunications network 110 through Radio Frequency (RF) links 102, 108 via base stations 104,
• RF Radio Frequency
• the mobile telecommunications network 110 may be in compliance with any commercially available mobile telecommunications standard, such as Group
• GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
• UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
• D-AMPS Digital Advanced Mobile Phone system
• CDMA and CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple access standards
• FOMA Freedom Of Mobile Access
• TD-SCDMA Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
• the mobile telecommunications network 110 is operatively connected to a wide area network 120, which may be Internet or a part thereof.
• An Internet server 122 has a data storage 124 and is connected to the wide area network 120, as is an Internet client computer 126.
• the server 122 may host a www/wap server capable of serving www/wap content to the mobile terminal 100.
• a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 130 is connected to the mobile telecommunications network 110 as is commonly known by a skilled person.
• PSTN public switched telephone network
• Various telephone terminals, including the stationary telephone 132, are connected to the PSTN 130.
• the mobile terminal 100 is also capable of communicating locally via a local link 101 to one or more local devices 103.
• the local link can be any type of link with a limited range, such as Bluetooth, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) link, a Wireless Universal Serial Bus (WUSB) link, an IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network link, a Radio Standard link for example an RS-232 serial link, etc.
• the local devices 103 can for example be various sensors that can communicate measurement values to the mobile terminal 100 over the local link 101.
• a computer such as a palmtop can also be connected to the network both via a radio link such as a WiFi link, which is the popular term for a radio frequency connection using the WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) standard IEEE 802.1 1.
• WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
• the internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that interchange data by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). It is a "network of networks” that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and other technologies.
• TCP/IP Internet Protocol Suite
• the Internet carries various information resources and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, online gaming, file transfer and file sharing, and the inter-linked hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW).
• various information resources and services such as electronic mail, online chat, online gaming, file transfer and file sharing, and the inter-linked hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW).
• WWW World Wide Web
• teachings herein are described solely to wireless networks it is in no respect to be limited to wireless networks as such, but it to be understood to be usable in the Internet or similar networks.
• the teachings herein find use in any device having a touch input user interface where other input means, such as keyboards and joysticks, are limited. Examples of such devices are mobile phones, Personal digital Assistants (PDAs), game consoles, media players, personal organizers, electronic dictionaries and digital image viewers.
• FIG. 2 An embodiment 200 of the apparatus in the form of a mobile terminal 100, 200 is illustrated in more detail in FIG. 2.
• the mobile terminal 200 comprise a main or first display 203 which in this embodiment is a touch display, a microphone 206, a loudspeaker 202 and a key pad 204 comprising both virtual keys 204a and softkeys or control keys 204b and 204c.
• the apparatus also comprises a navigation input key such as a five-way key 205. It should be noted that other display arrangements are possibly and that the teachings herein work equally well with a display and separate keypad arrangement.
• the apparatus has a controller 300 which is responsible for the overall operation of the mobile terminal and may be implemented by any commercially available CPU ("Central Processing Unit"), DSP ("Digital Signal Processor") or any other electronic programmable logic device.
• the controller 300 has associated electronic memory 302 such as Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory, or any combination thereof.
• RAM Random Access Memory
• ROM Read Only Memory
• EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• flash memory or any combination thereof.
• the memory 302 is used for various purposes by the controller 300, one of them being for storing data used by and program instructions for various software in the mobile terminal.
• the software includes a real-time operating system 320, drivers for a man-machine interface (MMI) 334, an application handler 332 as well as various applications.
• the applications can include a message text editor 350, a contact database or phonebook application 360, as well as various other applications 370, such as applications for voice calling, video calling, sending and receiving messages such as Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS) or email, web browsing, an instant messaging application, a note pad application, a calendar application, a control panel application, a camera application, one or more video games, etc.
• SMS Short Message Service
• MMS Multimedia Message Service
• the MMI 334 also includes one or more hardware controllers, which together with the MMI drivers cooperate with the touch display 336/203, and the keypad 338/204 as well as various other Input/Output devices such as microphone, speaker, vibrator, ringtone generator, LED indicator, etc.
• the software also includes various modules, protocol stacks, drivers, etc., which are commonly designated as 330 and which provide communication services (such as transport, network and connectivity) for an RF interface 306, and optionally a Bluetooth interface 308 and/or an IrDA interface 310 for local connectivity.
• the RF interface 306 comprises an internal or external antenna as well as appropriate radio circuitry for establishing and maintaining a wireless link to a base station (e.g. the link 102 and base station 104 in FIG. 1 ).
• the radio circuitry comprises a series of analogue and digital electronic components, together forming a radio receiver and transmitter. These components include, band pass filters, amplifiers, mixers, local oscillators, low pass filters, Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog (AD/DA) converters, etc.
• the mobile terminal also has a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card 304 and an associated reader.
• SIM Subscriber Identity Module
• the SIM card 304 comprises a processor as well as local work and data memory.
• Figure 4 show a screen shot view 403 of an apparatus 400. It should be noted that such an apparatus is not limited to a mobile phone or a computer. In particular such an apparatus 400 is capable of receiving calls and presenting a list on a display.
• the apparatus 400 comprises a display 403, see figure 4a, on which a list of missed calls aka a Missed Call List 410 is displayed.
• the list comprises at least one telephone number 411 from which an incoming call has been received but not accepted i.e. a missed call has originated from that number.
• a telephone number 411 is present in a contact data base, such as a phone book application (not shown in figure 4, ref 360 in fig 3) of the apparatus 400 details 412 from the contact database (360) is shown instead of the telephone number.
• a virtual key 404a which establishes a call to a selected entry on the list 410.
• the contact Adam (412) is selected.
• the Missed Calls List 410 is stored in a memory of the apparatus and may thus be displayed more than once without a need to recreate it. As a call is missed a new entry is inserted into the list by the controller. Alternatively should a matching entry already be part of the list the entry may be updated with a new time stamp for the missed call.
• a controller is configured to update the list 410 in response thereto by deleting the corresponding entry 411 , 412 from the list 410.
• missed call lists have been implemented in mobile phones for more than a decade. For example the Nokia 2110® which was launched in 1996 had a Missed Call List. Still, none has implemented a missed call handling such as has been described herein and the Missed Call lists have been relatively unchanged since there release.
• a controller is configured to check if a contact or telephone number contacted trough an application is present on the Missed Call List 410 and if so update the Missed Calls List 410 by deleting the corresponding entry.
• Missed calls List to function as a task list where the tasks are to contact the contacts being represented on the Missed Calls List 410 without having to actively access the Missed Calls list to do so or to keep the Missed Calls List up to date.
• Examples of such applications which can be used to contact a contact are chat or instant messaging, Push To Talk (PPT), voice call, video call, Short Messaging Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and electronic mailing (email).
• PPT Push To Talk
• SMS Short Messaging Service
• MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
• email electronic mailing
• Telephone numbers, Instant messaging addresses and email addresses etc may be commonly referred to as being communication identifiers.
• Figure 4b shows a screen shot view of a display 403 of an apparatus 400 where an email application is active.
• a user has completed a message to a contact 412.
• the virtual key 404 marked "SEND" the message is sent to a specified address 413.
• the controller is configured to match an outgoing communication to the entries 411 and 412 on the Missed Calls List 410 and update the list 410 accordingly.
• the controller is configured to retrieve the contact 412 relating to the specified address 413 and match the contact 412 against the entries 412 in the Missed Calls List 410. If a match is found the Missed Calls List is updated and the entry 412 on the list is removed.
• the controller is configured to match a telephone number recently used to establish a video call, a voice call, a PPT session, an SMS or an MMS communication against entries on the Missed Call List 410 and update the list accordingly.
• the controller is configured to match a an Instant messaging (IM) address used to establish an IM or chat communication session against entries in the phonebook and if a match is found match this match against entries on the Missed Call List 410 and update the list accordingly.
• IM Instant messaging
• a controller is configured to match a communication detail (such as a phone number, email address, IM address) recently used against entries on the Missed Call List 410 and update the list accordingly.
• a communication detail such as a phone number, email address, IM address
• a controller is configured to match a communication detail (such as a phone number, email address, IM address) recently used against entries in a contact database 360 and if a match is found to match the found contact database entry against the Missed Call List 410 and update the list accordingly.
• a communication detail such as a phone number, email address, IM address
• Figure 4c shows a screen shot view of a display 403 of an apparatus 400 where an updated Missed Calls List 410 is displayed. Compared to the Missed Call List of fig 4a the entry 412 referring to the contact "John" has been removed.
• Figure 5a shows a flowchart of a general method according to the described methods above.
• a communication is established.
• the recipient of the communication is matched against a Missed Call List and if a match is found the Missed Call List is updated 530.
• Figure 5b shows a flowchart of a general method according to the described methods above.
• a communication is established.
• the recipient of the communication is matched against a database and if a matching entry is found that entry is matched against a Missed Call List in step 520 and if a match is found the Missed Call List is updated 530 accordingly.
• Missed Call List need not be displayed as it is updated, but may remain stored in a memory of the apparatus until called for by a user or an application.
• Such message may be a short message service type message commonly known as an SMS or text message, a Multimedia message Service message (an MMS) or an electronic mail message (email).
• SMS short message service type message
• MMS Multimedia message Service message
• electronic mail message electronic mail message
• such a list is combined with the (commonly known) inbox.
• Figure 6 show a screen shot view 603 of an apparatus 600.
• an apparatus 600 is not limited to a mobile phone or a computer.
• such an apparatus 600 is capable of receiving incoming communications such as calls or messages and presenting a list on a display.
• Examples of such apparatuses are computers, media players, mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDA), digital cameras, navigation devices such as GPS (Global Positioning System) devices, game consoles end electronic dictionaries.
• PDA personal digital assistants
• GPS Global Positioning System
• game consoles end electronic dictionaries.
• the apparatus 600 comprises a display 603, see figure 6a, on which a list of incoming messages 610 is displayed. Each message 615 in the list 610 is associated with an address or telephone number 611. In this example each message is shown as an icon 613 and an originating telephone number or address 611. In this example one message is received from a telephone number 611. If a telephone number 611 is present in a contact data base, such as a phone book application (not shown in figure 6, ref 360 in fig 3) of the apparatus 600 details 612 from the contact database (360) is shown instead of the telephone number. In this embodiment the name of the contact is shown. Also shown is a virtual key 604a which opens a communication channel establishes to a selected entry on the list 610.
• a contact data base such as a phone book application (not shown in figure 6, ref 360 in fig 3) of the apparatus 600 details 612 from the contact database (360) is shown instead of the telephone number.
• a virtual key 604a which opens a communication channel establishes to a selected entry
• Such a communication channel may be a voice call, a video call or a reply message depending on the current implementation.
• an option list of available communications is shown from which a user can select the desired communication mode.
• a default option is available using the virtual key.
• the default option is of the same type as the incoming communication.
• the default option is to reply to the incoming message.
• the contact Adam (612) is selected, which is indicated by that the contact name Adam is underlined.
• Figure 6b shows a screen shot 603 of the apparatus as a call is established to the contact 612 (Adam).
• the call may have been initiated from the inbox view of fig 6a or through another application.
• the communication has been initiated from outside the list.
• a controller is configured to determine whether the contacted contact or phone number or address is on the list of received messages and if so update the list accordingly.
• the controller is configured to retrieve the contact 612 relating to the specified address and match the contact 612 against the entries 612 in the list of messages not replied to 610. If a match is found the list of messages not replied to 610 is updated and the entry 612 on the list is removed.
• a controller is configured to check if a contact or telephone number contacted trough an application is present on the list 610 and if so update the list 610 by deleting the corresponding entry. This allows the list to function as a task list where the tasks are to contact the contacts from whom a message has been received but not replied to without having to actively access the inbox to do so.
• the controller is configured to match a telephone number recently used to establish a video call, a voice call, a PPT session, an SMS or an MMS communication against entries on the list of messages not replied to 610 and update the list accordingly.
• the controller is configured to match a an Instant messaging (IM) address used to establish an IM or chat communication session against entries in the phonebook and if a match is found match this match against entries on the list of messages not replied to 610 and update the list accordingly.
• IM Instant messaging
• a controller is configured to match a communication detail (such as a phone number, email address, IM address) recently used against entries on the list of messages not replied to 610 and update the list accordingly.
• a controller is configured to match a communication detail (such as a phone number, email address, IM address) recently used against entries in a contact database 360 and if a match is found to match the found contact database entry against the list of messages not replied to 610 and update the list accordingly.
• Figure 6c shows the view of figure 6a where the list has been updated.
• the contact 612 Adam is now indicated as having been contacted.
• the indication is done by marking with an icon 614.
• Figure 8a shows a flowchart of a general method according to the described methods above.
• a communication is established.
• the recipient of the communication is matched against a list of received messages not having been replied to yet or in one embodiment the inbox and if a match is found the list of received messages not having been replied to yet or in one embodiment the inbox is updated 830.
• Figure 8b shows a flowchart of a general method according to the described methods above.
• a communication is established.
• the recipient of the communication is matched against a database and if a matching entry is found that entry is matched against a list of received messages not having been replied to yet or in one embodiment the inbox in step 820 and if a match is found the list of received messages not having been replied to yet or in one embodiment the inbox is updated 830 accordingly.
• the inbox need not be displayed as it is updated, but may remain stored in a memory of the apparatus until called for by a user or an application.
• the same manner may be used to keep an updated list of contacts who should be contacted.
• These contacts may be the contacts for which a call has been missed or who have sent a message that has still not been replied to.
• Such message may be a short message service type message commonly known as an SMS or text message, a Multimedia message Service message (an MMS) or an electronic mail message (email).
• Figure 7 show a screen shot view 703 of an apparatus 700.
• an apparatus is not limited to a mobile phone or a computer.
• such an apparatus 700 is capable of receiving incoming communications such as calls or messages and presenting a list on a display.
• Examples of such apparatuses are computers, media players, mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDA), digital cameras, navigation devices such as GPS (Global Positioning System) devices, game consoles end electronic dictionaries.
• PDA personal digital assistants
• GPS Global Positioning System
• game consoles end electronic dictionaries.
• the apparatus 700 comprises a display 703, see fig 7a, on which a list of contacts 712 or telephone numbers 711 or addresses to be contacted 710 is displayed.
• the contacts may be the originator of an incoming message or a missed call.
• a telephone number or address 611 is present in a contact data base, such as a phone book application (not shown in figure 7, ref 360 in fig 3) of the apparatus 700 details 712 from the contact database (360) is shown instead of the telephone number.
• a contact data base such as a phone book application (not shown in figure 7, ref 360 in fig 3) of the apparatus 700 details 712 from the contact database (360) is shown instead of the telephone number.
• the name of the contact or originating telephone number or address 711 is shown along with an indication of the type of communication having been received.
• the communication type is indicated by an icon 714.
• an envelope icon is used to indicate a message and an arrow is used to indicate a missed call.
• a virtual key 704a which opens a communication channel establishes to a selected entry on the list 710.
• a communication channel may be a voice call, a video call or a reply message depending on the current implementation.
• an option list of available communications is shown from which a user can select the desired communication mode.
• a default option is available using the virtual key 704a.
• the default option is of the same type as the incoming communication.
• the default option is to reply to the incoming message.
• the contact Adam (712) is selected, which is indicated by that the contact name Adam is underlined.
• Figure 7b shows a screen shot 703 of the apparatus as a call is established to the contact 712 (Adam).
• the call may have been initiated from the Contacts to contact list 710 of fig 7a or through another application.
• the communication has been initiated from outside the list.
• a controller is configured to determine whether the contacted contact or phone number or address is on the list of received messages and if so update the list accordingly.
• a controller is configured to check if a contact or telephone number contacted trough an application is present on the List of contacts to contact 710 and if so update the list 710 by deleting the corresponding entry. This allows the list to function as a task list where the tasks are to contact the contacts from who a missed call or a message that has not been replied to has been received without having to actively access a missed calls list and inbox and other communication channels to do so.
• the controller is configured to retrieve the contact 712 relating to the specified address and match the contact 712 against the entries 712 in the list of contacts to be contacted 710. If a match is found the list of contacts to be contacted 710 is updated and the entry 712 on the list is removed.
• the controller is configured to match a telephone number recently used to establish a video call, a voice call, a PPT session, an SMS or an MMS communication against entries on the list of contacts to be contacted 710 and update the list accordingly.
• the controller is configured to match a an Instant messaging (IM) address used to establish an IM or chat communication session against entries in the phonebook and if a match is found match this match against entries on the list of contacts to be contacted 710 and update the list accordingly.
• IM Instant messaging
• a controller is configured to match a communication detail (such as a phone number, email address, IM address) recently used against entries on the list of contacts to be contacted 710 and update the list accordingly.
• a controller is configured to match a communication detail (such as a phone number, email address, IM address) recently used against entries in a contact database 360 and if a match is found to match the found contact database entry against the list of contacts to be contacted 710 and update the list accordingly.
• a communication detail such as a phone number, email address, IM address
• Figure 7c shows the view of figure 7a where the list 710 has been updated.
• the contact Adam is now no longer listed as that contact has already been contacted.
• contacts from who an instant messaging message has been received but not replied to are shown on the list of contacts to contact.
• the controller is configured to display contacts from which a call has been missed and a message has been received but not replied to.
• Figure 9a shows a flowchart of a general method according to the described methods above.
• a communication is established.
• the recipient of the communication is matched against a list of contacts to be contacted and if a match is found the list of contacts to be contacted is updated 930.
• Figure 9b shows a flowchart of a general method according to the described methods above.
• a communication is established.
• the recipient of the communication is matched against a database and if a matching entry is found that entry is matched against a list of contacts to be contacted in step 920 and if a match is found the list of contacts to be contacted is updated 930 accordingly.
• the list of contacts to be contacted need not be displayed as it is updated, but may remain stored in a memory of the apparatus until called for by a user or an application.
• the various aspects of what is described above can be used alone or in various combinations.
• the teaching of this application may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software, but can also be implemented in hardware or software.
• the teaching of this application can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium. It should be noted that the teaching of this application is not limited to the use in mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones, but can be equally well applied in Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), game consoles, media players, personal organizers, electronic dictionaries, computers or any other apparatus designed for displaying a Missed Call List.
• PDAs Personal Digital Assistants
• game consoles media players
• personal organizers personal organizers
• electronic dictionaries computers or any other apparatus designed for displaying a Missed Call List.
• teaching of the present application has numerous advantages. Different embodiments or implementations may yield one or more of the following advantages. It should be noted that this is not an exhaustive list and there may be other advantages which are not described herein. For example, one advantage of the teaching of this application is that a user is offered an easy way of keeping control of which contacts from who call has been missed and who has been contacted after that.
• teachings of the present application may also be applied to various types of electronic devices, such as mobile phones, media players, palmtop computers, laptop computers, desktop computers, workstations, mainframe computers, game consoles, digital cameras, electronic dictionaries and so on. It should also be noted that there are many alternative ways of implementing the methods and apparatuses of the teachings of the present application.

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