Configuration mechanism for organization of addressing elements

• US 20060161858A1
• Filed: 11/23/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hawkins, Jeffrey C., Haitani, Robert Y., Lamb, Art
• Granted Patent: US 7,503,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• 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 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A method and apparatus for organizing and accessing addressing elements is herein disclosed. In many situations in use of a handheld computer, for example, it is desirable to obtain quick and easy access to addressable resources from among a list of such resources. In the case of a handheld computer including a telephone, for example, a user may wish to quickly and easily dial certain telephone numbers through use of a “speed dialing” system. An exemplary speed dialing system herein described includes a plurality of speed dial pages which can be selected by the user for display on a touch sensitive screen. Each speed dial page has an arrangement of speed dial buttons, and each speed dial button can be assigned a label, that is displayed on or adjacent the button, and a telephone number that is dialed when the button is pressed using the touch sensitive screen. The assignment of labels and telephone numbers can be arranged among the buttons by the user to aid the user in recalling where (e.g., which page and which button location) particular telephone numbers are and so enable quick and easy access by the user. These principles are similarly applicable to Internet bookmarks, for example, and software application shortcuts.

Claims

1. A computing device configured to automate access to a destination remote from the computing device, the computing device comprising:

an input interface configured to receive a first set of characters corresponding to a first set of information to get access to the destination and to receive a second set of characters corresponding to a second set of information to get access to the destination information, the first set of characters and the second set of characters associated with a file name;

a storage configured to store the first set of characters and the second set of characters with the file name;

a selection interface configured to present a representation of the file name on an input enabled display and configured to permit selection of the representation of the file name by a user through the input enabled display; and

a transmission mechanism configured to retrieve from the storage the first set of characters and the second set of characters and to transmit the first set of characters and the second set of characters to the destination, without intervention by the user, the transmission of both the first set of characters and the second set of characters providing access to the destination.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the computing device includes an integrated telephone.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the first set of characters comprises a voicemail telephone number and the second set of characters comprises a voicemail password, the second set of characters comprises a character string including at least one character at a beginning of the character string corresponding to a pause.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the first set of characters comprises a user identification for an Internet web site and the second set of characters comprises a password, the second set of characters comprising a character string including at least one character at the end of the character string corresponding to a pause.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the input enabled display comprises a touch screen display.

6. A method for automating access to from a computing device to a destination remote from the computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a first set of characters corresponding to a first set of information to get access to the destination;

receiving a second set of characters corresponding to a second set of information to get access to the destination;

associating the first set of characters and the second set of characters with a file name;

storing the first set of characters and the second set of characters with the file name;

generating a selection interface to present a representation of the file name on an input enabled display;

receiving a selection by a user through the input enabled display, the selection corresponding to the representation of the file name;

retrieving from the storage the first set of characters and the second set of characters; and

transmitting, without intervention from the user, the first set of characters and the second set of characters to the destination, the transmission of both the first set of characters and the second set of characters providing access to the destination.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the computing device includes an integrated telephone.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first set of characters comprises a voicemail telephone number and the second set of characters comprises a voicemail password, the second set of characters comprises a character string including at least one character at a beginning of the character string corresponding to a pause.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the first set of characters comprises a user identification for an Internet web site and the second set of characters comprises a password, the second set of characters comprising a character string including at least one character at the end of the character string corresponding to a pause.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the input enabled display comprises a touch screen.