Method of changing setting of user setting menu in a mobile terminal

• US 20040255271A1
• Filed: 01/14/2004
• Published: 12/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Seok-Hun
• Application Number:
  US10/757,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20040255271A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A method of automatically changing the setting of user setting menu options at a time in a mobile terminal. A user selects user setting menu options and registers them as setting categories in connection with setting values in a scheduling setting group. A scheduling timer is set to a timing value for providing timing for changing the settings of the selected user setting menu options and activates the scheduling timer when a scheduling setting mode is set. The settings of the user setting menu options are changed to the setting values of the setting categories at the expiration of the scheduling timer.

Claims

1. A method of changing the setting of user setting menu options in a mobile terminal, the user setting menu options being menu options which a user can set, comprising the steps of:

registering the user setting menu options selected by the user from among menu options available in the mobile terminal as setting categories in connection with set values selected by the user in a scheduling setting group;

setting a scheduling timer to a timing value for changing the settings of selected user setting menu options;

activating the scheduling timer when a scheduling setting mode is set; and

changing the user setting menu options to the set values of the setting categories upon expiration of the timing value of the scheduling timer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the scheduling timer is selected from the group of an appointment timer set at a first predetermined time, a length timer for timing when a second predetermined time elapses, a period timer for timing a predetermined period having start and end times, and a repetition timer for timing a predetermined time interval.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the changing step further comprises the steps of:

storing the set values of the user setting menu options corresponding to the setting categories of the scheduling setting group at the start time of the predetermined period of the period timer;

changing the set values of the user setting menu options to the set values of the scheduling setting group; and

returning the user setting menu options to the stored set values when the end time of the predetermined period of the period timer is reached.

4. A method of changing the setting of user setting menu options in a mobile terminal, the user setting menu options being menu options which a user can set, comprising the steps of:

registering the user setting menu options selected by the user from among menu options available in the mobile terminal as setting categories in connection with set values selected by the user in a scheduling setting group having a unique identifier (ID);

setting a scheduling timer to a timing value for changing the settings of selected user setting menu options registered as setting categories in a scheduling setting group selected from at least one scheduling setting group;

activating the scheduling timer when a scheduling setting mode is set; and

changing the user setting menu options in the selected scheduling setting group to the set values of the setting categories upon expiration of the timing value of the scheduling timer.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the scheduling timer is selected from the group of an appointment timer set at a first predetermined time, a length timer for timing when a second predetermined time elapses, a period timer for timing a predetermined period having start and end times, and a repetition timer for timing a predetermined time interval.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the changing step further comprises the steps of:

storing the set values of the user setting menu options corresponding to the setting categories of the selected scheduling setting group at the start time of the predetermined period of the period timer;

changing the set values of the user setting menu options to the set values of the scheduling setting group; and

returning the user setting menu options to the stored set values when the end time of the predetermined period of the period timer is reached.