Mobile communication terminal with menu profiles

• US 20060056613A1
• Filed: 07/29/2005
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Myoung-Hee, Kim, Chae-Kyung
• Application Number:
  US11/193,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20060056613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/201.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/045 Call privacy arrangements, e.g. timely inhibiting the ring signal

Abstract

The present invention relates to providing situation profiles of a mobile communication terminal by dividing modes of a profile menu according to peripheral conditions, presetting values to sub-menu functions suitable for the peripheral conditions of each mode, and selecting a specific mod when the mobile communication terminal is in a specific peripheral condition and simultaneously applying the sub-menu functions of the specific mode.

Claims

1. A method for setting functions of a mobile communication terminal according to peripheral conditions, the method comprising:

grouping a plurality of functions of the mobile communication terminal according to each of a plurality of profile modes;

presetting values for each of the plurality of functions grouped in each profile mode; and

selecting a specific profile mode according to the peripheral conditions and applying the plurality of functions grouped in the specific profile mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of profile modes are grouped according to the peripheral conditions of the mobile communication terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of functions comprise:

a function relevant to a sub-sound of the mobile communication terminal; and

a function for setting conditions.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the function relevant to a sub-sound of the mobile communication terminal comprises at least one of:

a ring type;

a ring tone;

a ringer volume;

a message alert; and

a key volume.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of profile modes comprises at least one of:

a vibrate only mode;

a silent mode;

a general mode;

an outdoor mode;

a car-kit mode; and

a headset mode.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of profile modes are set and selected on sub-menus of a profile menu.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the profile menu is a located on a main menu.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the function relevant to a sub-sound of the mobile communication terminal comprises at least one of:

a ring type;

a ring tone;

a ringer volume;

a message alert; and

a key volume.

8. A method for setting functions of a mobile communication terminal according to peripheral conditions, the method comprising:

dividing modes of a profile menu according to the peripheral conditions;

presetting values to sub-menu functions suitable for the peripheral conditions of each mode; and

selecting a specific mode when the mobile communication terminal is in a specific peripheral condition and applying the sub-menu functions of the specific mode.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the profile menu is provided on a main menu.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the sub-menu functions comprise:

a function relevant to a sub-sound of the mobile communication terminal; and

a function for setting conditions.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the modes comprise at least one of:

a vibrate only mode;

a silent mode;

a general mode;

an outdoor mode;

a car-kit mode; and

a headset mode.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the sub-menu functions have values initially set according to each mode.

14. A method for setting functions of a mobile communication terminal according to peripheral conditions, the method comprising:

providing a main menu having a profile menu;

providing a plurality of profile modes respectively including at least one sub-menu function at the profile menu;

selecting a specific profile mode; and

simultaneously activating the at least one sub-menu function at the time of selecting the specific profile mode.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one sub-menu function comprises at least one of:

a function relevant to a sub-sound of the mobile communication terminal; and

a function for setting conditions.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the function relevant to a sub-sound of the mobile communication terminal comprises at least one of:

a ring type;

a ring tone;

a ringer volume;

a message alert; and

a key volume.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of profile modes comprises at least one of:

a vibrate only mode;

a silent mode;

a general mode;

a car-kit mode; and

a headset mode.

18. A mobile terminal for setting functions of according to peripheral conditions, the mobile terminal comprising:

an input unit to receive inputs from a user;

an output unit to provide outputs to the user;

a graphics processor to generate graphical information on the display; and

a microprocessor operatively connected with the input unit, the output unit, and the graphics processor for providing situation profiles related to physical locations and situations that the user experiences and providing functions of the mobile terminal associated thereto and allowing the user to correlate the provided situation profiles with the provided functions to configure one or more situation menu profiles and allowing the user to select from the configured situation menu profiles to activate the provided functions without requiring the user to select the provided functions.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the configured situation menu profiles are provided in a graphical menu format on a display of the output unit.