Telecommunications – Transmitter and receiver at same station – Radiotelephone equipment detail
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-09
2002-12-03
Vo, Nguyen T. (Department: 2682)
Telecommunications
Transmitter and receiver at same station
Radiotelephone equipment detail
C455S090300, C455S067700, C455S423000, C343S702000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06490465
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 displays a status menu that indicates if the antenna is positioned properly.
II. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1
illustrates 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
, control circuitry
105
, and antenna
106
. The control circuitry
105
includes menu logic
111
and status logic
112
. 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 of the control circuitry
105
. The control circuitry
105
is implemented using processors, memory, software, control lines, and other conventional circuitry.
The menu logic
111
controls the display
101
to display menus
113
. The menu logic
111
operates in response to control signals from dialing buttons
102
, the menu scroll control
103
, and the menu select control
104
. The user navigates through the menus
113
to control the configuration and operation of the mobile telephone
100
.
The status logic
112
controls the display
101
to display status information
114
. The status information
114
indicates the operational status for various aspects of the mobile telephone
100
, such as signal strength, battery power, voice mail, call-in-progress, available service, and type of service. Unfortunately, there is no status menu that effectively conveys the status of the antenna position and other aspects of the mobile telephone
100
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention includes a novel and improved mobile telephone that displays a status menu to indicate if its antenna is properly positioned. Advantageously, the user can simply re-position the antenna until the antenna position status in the status menu changes to a positive indicator on the status menu.
A mobile telephone displays a status menu on a mobile telephone display. The status menu includes an antenna position status that indicates if an antenna for the mobile telephone is properly positioned. The mobile telephone continually updates the antenna position status in the status menu when the status menu is displayed.
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Vo Nguyen T.
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