Mobile telecommunications device browser

• US 20030045331A1
• Filed: 08/30/2001
• Published: 03/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Montebovi, Franco
• Granted Patent: US 7,469,153 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A mobile, cellular telecommunications handset (MS1) has a browser to navigate between and provide a display (5) of data from different network addresses. A key (4b) on the device is operable in a first mode e.g. a relatively short press, to navigate between previously listed network addresses. The key is also operable in a second mode e.g. a relatively long press, to provide a selective display of only previously visited homepages so that the user can quickly select a homepage from the previously visited homepage display and navigate directly to the selected homepage.

Claims

1. A mobile telecommunications device including a browser to navigate between different pages and display information therefrom, and a key operable in a first mode to navigate between previously visited pages and operable in a second mode to provide a display of previously visited pages whereby to permit the user to select a page from the display of previously visited pages and navigate directly thereto.

2. A device according to claim 1 wherein the key is operable to navigate backwards through previously visited pages.

3. A device according to claim 1 wherein the key is operable to navigate forwardly through previously visited pages.

4. A device according to claim 1 wherein the first and second modes are selected by operating the key for relatively short and long periods respectively.

5. A device according to claim 1 including a scrolling key operable to scroll a focus region through the display of previously visited homepages for selecting one of them.

6. A device according to claim 1 including a further key for selecting a homepage from the previously visited homepage display and so as to navigate directly thereto.

7. A device according to claim 1 and comprising a mobile telephone handset.

8. A device according to claim 1 and comprising a PDA.

9. A device according to claim 1 wherein the display of previously visited pages comprises a display of previously visited home pages whereby to permit the user to select one of them and navigate directly thereto.

11. A device according to claim 1, which is WAP enabled.

10. A memory that stores a program to be run by a processor to provide a browser functionality to permit a user to navigate between different network addresses and display information therefrom, and browser being responsive to inputs from a key operable by the user in a first mode to navigate successively between previously visited network addresses and responsive to operation of the key in a second mode to provide data corresponding to a display of previously visited homepages whereby to permit the user to select a homepage from the previously visited homepage display and navigate directly thereto.

12. A method of operating a browser in a mobile telecommunications device, including operating a key of the device in a first mode to navigate between previously visited pages, operating the key in a second mode to provide a display of previously visited pages and selecting one of the pages from the display of previously visited pages to as to navigate directly thereto.

13. A mobile telecommunications device including a browser to navigate between different network addresses and display information therefrom, and a key operable in a first mode to navigate between previously visited network addresses and operable in a second mode to provide a display of previously visited homepages whereby to permit the user to select a homepage from the previously visited homepage display and navigate directly thereto.

14. A device according to claim 13 including a key to scroll a focus region between suitable menu options displayed on the browser, to permit navigation between different network addresses.