Menu display method for mobile terminal using its current state information

• US 20060148530A1
• Filed: 12/29/2005
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Guk-Chan
• Application Number:
  US11/319,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20060148530A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• 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

Abstract

A menu display method for a mobile terminally, which includes logically operating a value of a first register indicating a current state of the mobile terminal and a value of a second register indicating a relevancy of a menu option available on the mobile terminal to the current state of the mobile terminal, and determining whether or not a selected menu is to be executed based on the logically operating step.

Claims

1. A menu display method for a mobile terminal comprising:

logically operating a value of a first register indicating a current state of the mobile terminal and a value of a second register indicating a relevancy of a menu option available on the mobile terminal to the current state of the mobile terminal; and

determining whether or not a selected menu is to be executed based on the logically operating step.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the values of the first and second registers are bits, and each of the first and second registers have a same number of bits.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

setting bits in the first register to have a ‘

1’

or ‘

0’

in correspondence with the current state of the mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second register includes a plurality of registers, each register corresponding to a different menu option available on the terminal.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the logically operating step comprises:

reading the bit values of the first and second registers and performing Boolean arithmetic operations on the read bit values.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the Boolean arithmetic operations include an AND-operation between corresponding bits value of the first and second registers.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the Boolean arithmetic operations further include an OR-operation between each bit of a result value of the AND-operation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining step determines whether or not the selected menu option is to be activated based on a result value of the OR-operation.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the result value of the OR-operation is one bit having a bit value of ‘

1’

or ‘

0’

.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the bit value ‘

1’

indicates the selected menu option is not to be executed, and the bit value ‘

0’

indicates the selected menu option is to be executed, and vice-versa.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least one menu corresponding to the selected menu if the determining step determines the selected menu is to be executed based on the logically operating step, or not displaying the at least one menu corresponding to the selected menu if the determining step determines the selected menu is not to be executed based on the logically operating step.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

issuing an alert message when the determining steps determines the selected menu is not to be executed based on the logically operating step.

13. A computer program product on at least one recording medium for executing the following computer instructions:

logically operating a value of a first register indicating a current state of the mobile terminal and a value of a second register indicating a relevancy of a menu option available on the mobile terminal to the current state of the mobile terminal; and

determining whether or not a selected menu is to be executed based on the logically operating instructions.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the second register includes a plurality of registers, each register corresponding to a different menu option available on the terminal.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the logically operating instruction comprises:

reading the bit values of the first and second registers and performing Boolean arithmetic operations on the read bit values.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer program product further executes the following computer instruction:

displaying at least one menu corresponding to the selected menu if the determining instruction determines the selected menu is to be executed based on the logically operating instruction, or not displaying the at least one menu corresponding to the selected menu if the determining instruction determines the selected menu is not to be activated based on the logically operating instruction.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer program product further executes the following computer instruction:

issuing an alert message to when the determining instruction determines the selected menu is not to be executed based on the logically operating step.

18. A menu display method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

determining whether a selected menu is to be activated or not-activated based on current state information of the mobile terminal; and

issuing an alert message and not activating the selected menu if the determining step determines the selected menu is not to be activated.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the determining step comprises:

logically operating a value of a first register indicating a current state of the mobile terminal included in the current state information, and a value of a second register indicating a relevancy of a menu option available on the mobile terminal to the current state of the mobile terminal.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the determining step determines whether or not a selected menu is to be activated based on the logically operating step.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the second register includes a plurality of registers, each register corresponding to a different menu option available on the terminal.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the logically operating step comprises:

reading bit values of the first and second registers and performing Boolean arithmetic operations on the read bit values.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the Boolean arithmetic operations include an AND-operation between corresponding bits value of the first and second registers.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the Boolean arithmetic operations further include an OR-operation between each bit of a result value of the AND-operation.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the determining step determines whether or not the selected menu option is to be activated based on a result value of the OR-operation.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the result value of the OR-operation is one bit having a bit value of ‘

1’

or ‘

0’

.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the bit value ‘

1’

indicates the selected menu option is not to be activated, and the bit value ‘

0’

indicates the selected menu option is to be activated, and vice-versa.

28. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

displaying at least one menu corresponding to the selected menu if the determining step determines the selected menu is to be activated based on the logically operating step, or not displaying the at least one menu corresponding to the selected menu if the determining step determines the selected menu is not to be activated based on the logically operating step.