Portable terminal

• US 20050233769A1
• Filed: 06/20/2005
• Published: 10/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tanaka, Eiichi, Watanabe, Yoshikazu, Yoshii, Tomohiro, Ito, Keizo, Fujii, Yoko, Matsunaga, Keigo
• Application Number:
  US11/155,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20050233769A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• 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 portable terminal displays a menu screen in which small screens respectively corresponding to categories are shown on display positions of a display unit, wherein the display positions respectively correspond to operation positions of an operation panel.

Claims

1. A method of displaying menus responsive to a selection using an operation panel of a portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying menus having selectable options at positions corresponding to activation keys of the operation panel, where respective selectable options of one of the menus are displayed when a user selects a corresponding activation key of the menu.

2. A portable terminal, comprising:

an operation panel having function activation keys;

a display screen displaying menus at positions corresponding to the activation keys; and

a control unit activating and displaying selectable options within one of the menus when a corresponding activation key of the menu is selected.