Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Programming control
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-09
2002-05-14
Urban, Edward F. (Department: 2685)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Programming control
C455S566000, C345S182000, C345S215000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06389280
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of mobile telephones. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel and improved mobile telephone that automatically and intelligently implements a new configuration after a menu time-out.
II. Description of the Related Art
FIGS. 1-4
illustrate the configuration and operation of a mobile telephone in the prior art.
FIG. 1
is a block diagram that depicts a conventional mobile telephone
100
. The mobile telephone
100
includes display
101
, dialing buttons
102
, menu scroll control
103
, menu select control
104
, and control circuitry
105
. The control circuitry
105
includes menu logic
111
and configuration logic
112
. The menu logic
111
includes time-out logic
113
. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that
FIG. 1
is simplified for clarity, and some conventional components are omitted. Those skilled in the art will also understand that
FIG. 1
is a logical view, and that the control circuitry
105
is implemented using processors, memory, software, control lines, and other conventional circuitry.
The display
101
operates in response to control signals from the menu logic
111
. The menu logic
111
operates in response to control signals from the menu scroll control
103
and the menu select control
104
. The configuration logic
112
controls the configuration of the mobile telephone
100
in response to menu selections. The time-out logic
113
tracks the elapsed time after a menu is entered and indicates when the elapsed time exceeds a time period. In response to a time-out, the menu logic
111
reverts to a default menu, and the configuration logic
112
continues to use the existing configuration.
FIG. 2
depicts the display
101
displaying a menu list. The menu list includes menu #1, menu #2, and menu #3. The scroll control
103
is used to hi-light one of the menus, and the selection control
104
is used to select the hi-lighted menu. For example, the scroll control
103
could be used to hi-light menu #2, and the selection control
104
could be used to select menu #2.
FIG. 3
depicts the display
101
displaying menu #2 in response to the selection. Menu #2 includes configuration A and configuration B. The scroll control
103
is used to hi-light one of the configurations, and the selection control
104
is used to select the hi-lighted configuration. For example, the scroll control
103
could be used to hi-light configuration B, and the selection control
104
could be used to select configuration B. The configuration logic
112
would then implement configuration B in response to the menu selection.
One example of a menu is a Service Provider Selection Mode menu. Some examples of configurations on the Service Provider Selection Mode menu include manual mode and automatic mode. In manual mode, the user manually selects the service provider to use. In automatic mode, the mobile telephone
100
automatically selects the service provider to use.
FIG. 4
depicts the operation of the control circuitry
105
. The menu logic
111
puts a list of menus on the display
101
. If the user selects one of the displayed menus, then the menu logic
111
puts the selected menu on the display. The selected menu includes a list of configurations. If the user selects one of the configurations before a time-out occurs, then the configuration logic
112
implements the new configuration. If the time-out logic
113
times-out before a new configuration is selected, then the configuration logic
112
continues to use the existing configuration. Unfortunately, the configuration logic
112
does not intelligently implement a new configuration in response to the time-out from the menu.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention includes a novel and improved mobile telephone that implements a new configuration in response to a time-out from a menu. Advantageously, the mobile telephone can be configured to intelligently implement new configurations instead of merely reverting to the existing configuration.
A mobile telephone has an existing configuration and displays a menu. The mobile telephone generates a time-out from the menu if the elapsed time after entering the menu exceeds a time period. In response to the time-out, the mobile telephone implements a new configuration based on the menu in which the time-out occurred.
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NOKIA, Nokia 6160 Owner's Manual, Nokia Mobile Phones, Inc. (Canada).
Chittiappa Gayathri
DeTar Steve C.
Mittelstadt David J.
Morrison Shawn C.
Slater Jon D.
Gary Erika A.
Ogrod Gregory D.
Qualcomm Incorporated
Urban Edward F.
Wadsworth Philip R.
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