Wireless terminal device with user interaction system

• US 20020065109A1
• Filed: 11/29/2000
• Published: 05/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Willsted, Charlotta, Davidsson, Marcus, Mansikkaniemi, Tapio, Paajanen, Samu
• Granted Patent: US 7,970,437 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/00 Wireless channel access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

A wireless terminal device having network access. Selection of menus is simplified by allowing selection of more than one input such as direct touching of the screen, virtual keyboards or roller buttons. A focus marker in the form of a border around a field may be used to limit the area of selection. An object menu icon is visible without needing a right click of a mouse to make selection of the menu easier. The selection of options is localized and parsed before a response to the user selection is sent back to the terminal.

Claims

1. A communication system, comprising:

at least one wireless terminal;

an access point in wireless communication with said terminal and forming part of a network;

a server connected to said network;

said wireless terminal having more than one selector for selecting objects so that selection information is transferred from the terminal to the server.

2. The wireless system according to claim 1, further comprising a connection from one of the access point and server to the Internet.

3. The wireless system according to claim 1, wherein in response to the selection information being transferred from the terminal to the server, the server responds back to the terminal, with suitable page template into which localization and component parsing being accomplished before a response to the selection information is sent to the terminal.

4. The wireless system according to claim 1, wherein object menu icon is provided on a screen of said wireless terminal with associated object.

5. The wireless system according to claim 4, wherein object menu icons associated with a plurality of objects are visible at the same time.

6. The wireless system according to claim 1, wherein said wireless terminal utilizes a focus marker around fields on a screen.

22. The wireless system according to claim 4, wherein the object menu icon causes an audio feedback to be played in the terminal when the icon is selected to open.

23. The wireless system according to claim 1, wherein the selection information is transferred from the terminal to the server by applying a browser application between a terminal and server connection.

24. The wireless system according to claim 1, where in the selection information may be processed into HTML format in the terminal before it is sent to the server.

29. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising:

a service that is selectable from a service tab which may be downloaded from a management server.

30. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

a user interface style template for us when the screen of a service is made, which is downloaded from a management server.

7. A method of selecting items on a screen of a terminal comprising:

providing a terminal in communication with a server;

displaying an appropriate screen on said terminal;

displaying an object menu icon associated with said screen visibly at all times of said display.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said object menu icon includes a plurality of icons, each associated with different objects on said screen.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising selecting objects from said screen using two alternative selectors.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said selectors include a touch screen and virtual keys.

11. The method according to claim 7, further comprising marking a field of said screen with a focus marker to limit selection.

12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

transferring user selection information to said server;

said server responding back to said terminal;

localizing and parsing said selection response information before responding back to said terminal.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein said two selectors include a touch screen and virtual keys.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein said screen visibly displays an object menu icon at all times.

16. A device according to claim 15, wherein said object menu icon includes a plurality of object menu icons, each associated with a separate object on said screen.

17. A device according to claim 13, further comprising a focus marker device for indicating on said screen a field to which said selectors are limited.

20. The method according to claim 7, wherein the terminal is wirelessly connected to a network.

21. The method according to claim 7, wherein the terminal is fixedly connected to a network.

26. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

selecting information template and localizing and parsing the selection response information, so as to support multiple size display of the terminal, before the response is sent back to said terminal.

27. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

applying a focus marker to the view of a mobile terminal of the system.

28. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

selecting information template and localizing and parsing the selection response information in such a way, that a focus marker is supported for the terminal and added to view before responding back to said terminal.

13. A terminal device comprising:

a screen on which objects including icons appear;

at least two independent selector devices for selecting objects from said screen.

19. A terminal device according to one of claims 13 and 18, further comprising a wireless connection to an access point of the network.

25. The terminal device according to one of claims 13 and 18, wherein the size of the terminal display varies according to terminal type.

18. A terminal device comprising:

a screen on which objects including icons appear;

at least two independent selector devices for selecting objects from said screen;

a focus marker device for placing a marker around a field on said screen to which selection is limited; and

an object menu icon visibly present at all times on said screen.