Buttonless communication device with touchscreen display
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1. A communications device comprising:
- a transmitter that converts electrical representations of aural signals into signals for transmission over a medium;
a receiver that receives communication signals for conversion into representations of aural signals;
a touch-screen display comprising icons representing numbers that are used to enter at least a number in response to a contact area, on the display, over a particular icon to be entered; and
a controller, coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the touch-screen display, the controller controlling the communications device and comprising an apparatus that generates the icons representing numbers for display on the touch-screen display, the controller additionally comprising an apparatus that generates an accumulated telephone number in response to the particular icons contacted on the touch-screen display.
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Abstract
A buttonless communication device that uses a touchscreen display for entering and displaying data. The different modes of the device are displayed as icons on the display allowing the device to enter the mode enabled by contact of the appropriate icon. A telephone mode displays a keypad of icon numbers, a send icon, an end icon, and an entered telephone number display area. By contact with the appropriate icons, a telephone number can be called or an incoming call answered.
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31 Claims
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1. A communications device comprising:
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a transmitter that converts electrical representations of aural signals into signals for transmission over a medium;
a receiver that receives communication signals for conversion into representations of aural signals;
a touch-screen display comprising icons representing numbers that are used to enter at least a number in response to a contact area, on the display, over a particular icon to be entered; and
a controller, coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the touch-screen display, the controller controlling the communications device and comprising an apparatus that generates the icons representing numbers for display on the touch-screen display, the controller additionally comprising an apparatus that generates an accumulated telephone number in response to the particular icons contacted on the touch-screen display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless radiotelephone that communicates wireless signals with a base station, the wireless radiotelephone having a personal digital assistant mode and a communications mode, the wireless radiotelephone comprising:
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a transmitter that converts electrical representations of aural signals into communication signals for transmission over a wireless channel to the base station;
a receiver that receives wireless signals from the base station for conversion into received electrical representations of aural signals;
a touch-screen display comprising icons representing numbers that are used to enter a number in response to a contact, on the display, over a particular icon to be entered; and
a controller, coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the touch-screen display, the controller controlling operation of the communications device and comprising an apparatus that generates the icons representing numbers for display on the touch-screen display, the controller additionally comprising an apparatus that generates and displays an accumulated telephone number in response to the particular icons contacted on the touch-screen display. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for communication by a buttonless communications device having a telephone mode, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a plurality of number icons;
displaying the plurality of number icons on a touchscreen display; and
generating a telephone number in response to which particular icons are selected by contact with the touchscreen display. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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16. The method of clam 15 and further comprising the steps of:
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generating an icon representing the telephone mode;
displaying the telephone mode icon on the touchscreen display; and
initiating the telephone mode in response to contact with the touchscreen display that corresponds with the telephone mode icon.
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23. A communications device that transmits and receives communication signals, the communications device comprising:
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a tactile response, touch-screen display comprising dynamically activated tactile elements; and
a controller, coupled to the tactile response, touch-screen display, the controller controlling operation of the communications device including dynamically activating the tactile elements, the controller comprising means to generate icons representing data for display on the touch-screen display. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for communication by a buttonless communications device comprising a tactile element, touchscreen display, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a plurality of data icons on the touchscreen display;
activating a sufficient quantity of tactile elements over each of the plurality of data icons to provide a tactile response to touching a data icon; and
generating a telephone number in response to which particular data icons are selected by contact with the touchscreen display. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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