Mobile communication terminal and method

• US 20060046786A1
• Filed: 09/02/2004
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Benner, Jens, Montebovi, Franco
• Application Number:
  US10/932,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20060046786A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials

Abstract

A mobile communications terminal having a display comprising a display and at least one multi color light emitting diode provided adjacent to the display.

Claims

1. A mobile communications terminal comprising a display and at least one multi color light emitting diode provided adjacent to the display.

2. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 1 wherein said at least one multi color light emitting diode is arranged to illuminate the display according to a color scheme.

3. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 1 having more than one multi color light emitting diode which are grouped in at least a first and a second group, the light emitting diode(s) in the respective group being set to emit light according to a color scheme for each of said at least first and second groups.

5. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 2 having a status and wherein the color scheme is selectable depending on said status.

6. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 3 having status and wherein the at least one (multicolor light emitting diode) group is selectable depending on said status.

7. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 5 wherein the status is a congregated status consisting of more than one status.

8. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 6 wherein the status is a congregated status consisting of more than one status.

9. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 1 wherein the mobile communiations terminal is a mobile phone.

4. (canceled)

10. A mobile communications terminal having a status and comprising display means aranged to be illuminated in at least one color and the at least one color is selectable depending on said status.

11. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 10 wherein said at least one color is dependent on a color scheme and said color scheme is selectable depending on said status whereby said at least one color is selected accordingly.

12. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 10 wherein the display means are aranged to be illuminated in at least one segment and the at least one segment is selectable depending on said status.

13. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 10 wherein the status is a congregated status consisting of more than one substatuses.

14. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 12 wherein the at least one segment has a color scheme and each of the at least one segment and its color scheme are selectable depending on one of the substatuses of said congregated status.

15. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 10 wherein the display means comprises a display and light emitting diode means that can be set to shine in at least one color.

16. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 15 wherein the light emitting diode means comprises at least one multi color light emitting diode.

17. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 10 wherein the display means comprises a color display.

18. A mobile communications terminal according to claim 10 where in the mobile communiations terminal is a mobile phone.

19. (canceled)

20. A method of illuminating a display (320) of a mobile communications terminal comprising the steps of achieving information relating to a current status of the mobile communications terminal, selecting a color depending on said current status to illuminate the display in.

21. A method of illuminating a display of a mobile communications terminal according to claim 20 where in the step of selecting a color includes the intermediate step of selecting a color scheme depending on said status and from this color scheme selecting said color.

24. A method of illuminating a display of a mobile communications terminal according to claim 20 wherein the step of achieving information relating to a current status includes the step of achieveing information relating to more than one substatus of said current status, and the step of selecting a color includes the intermediate step of selecting a color scheme depending on the substatuses and from this color scheme selecting a color.

25. A method of illuminating a display of a mobile communications terminal according to claim 20 wherein the step of achieving information relating to a current status includes the step of achieveing information relating to more than one substatus of said current status, and the step of selecting a color includes the intermediate step of dividing the display in at least one segment each depending on one of said substatuses and selecting a color for each segment depending on the asociated substatus.

26. A method of illuminating a display of a mobile communications terminal according to claim 20 wherein the step of selecting a color includes the intermediate step of dividing the display in at least one segment depending on said status and selecting a color for each segment.

27. A method of illuminating a display of a mobile communications terminal according to claim 26 wherein the step of selecting a color includes the intermediate step of assigning a color scheme to the at least one segment each and from these at least one color schemes selecting a color for that segment depending on said status.

22. (canceled)