Mobile terminal, and an associated method, with means for modifying a behavior pattern of a multi-medial user interface

• US 20060143298A1
• Filed: 12/27/2004
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Anttila, Akseli, Grignani, Raphael
• Granted Patent: US 7,881,708 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

A mobile terminal having a multi-medial user interface, a controller and a memory is presented. The memory is adapted to store a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a respective behavior pattern of the multi-medial user interface and being definable by a user of the mobile terminal. The controller is adapted to provide a first control parameter representative of a desired profile as selected by the user. The controller is also adapted to provide a second control parameter representative of a contextual status of the mobile terminal. The controller is adapted to modify a behavior pattern of the multi-medial user interface depending on the first and second control parameters.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal having a multi-medial user interface, a controller and a memory, said memory being adapted to store a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a respective behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface and being definable by a user of the mobile terminal, wherein

said controller is adapted to provide a first control parameter representative of a desired profile as selected by said user;

said controller is adapted to provide a second control parameter representative of a contextual status of said mobile terminal; and

said controller is adapted to modify a behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface depending on said first and second control parameters.

2. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 1, having an operating system and comprising a plurality of software applications executable in said operating system, said software applications including

a profile editor application having functions allowing said user to create, edit and delete profiles.

3. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 2, said software applications including at least another application, different from said profile editor application, said another application being able to store application data in said memory, said application data including attribute data for controlling the behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface.

4. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 3, wherein said attribute data of said another application contains a representation of said first control parameter.

5. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 3, wherein said second control parameter is generated upon a change in context of said another application.

6. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 5, wherein said another application is a Calendar application and said change in context pertains to the occurrence of a calendar event.

7. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 3, wherein the attribute data of said another application is definable by said user.

8. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 1, wherein said second control parameter is generated in response to at least one of the following:

the occurrence of a predefined event in a software application of said mobile terminal;

the presence of a communication device in a proximity of said mobile terminal;

an output from a real-time clock, such as a current time and/or a current date; and

location data pertaining to a current location of said mobile terminal.

9. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 8, wherein said communication device is a Bluetooth device.

10. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 8, wherein said location data relates to at least one of the following:

positional data derived from a Global Positioning System (GPS); and

a cell ID or base station ID in a mobile telecommunications system in which the mobile terminal is operative.

11. A mobile terminal as defined in claim 1, in the form of a mobile phone for use in a mobile telecommunications network.

12. A method of controlling a behavior pattern of a multi-medial user interface for a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal having a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a respective behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface and being definable by a user of the mobile terminal, the method involving the steps of:

detecting a contextual status of said mobile terminal; and

modifying the behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface in response to the contextual status detected as well as a desired profile as selected by said user.

13. A method as defined in claim 12, wherein said contextual status is detected as a change in context of a software application executing in said mobile terminal.

14. A method as defined in claim 13, wherein said application is a Calendar application and said change in context pertains to the occurrence of a calendar event.

15. A method as defined in claim 12, wherein said contextual status is detected as one of the following:

the occurrence of a predefined event in a software application of said mobile terminal;

the presence of a communication device in a proximity of said mobile terminal;

an output from a real-time clock, such as a current time and/or a current date; and

location data pertaining to a current location of said mobile terminal.