Communication terminal
First Claim
1. A cellular telephone, comprising:
- a display unit which displays an original selection screen for selecting at least one of a plurality of upper layer options displayed on said original selection screen;
display control structure which causes a display of the upper layer options on said display unit, by scroll; and
a key for selecting an upper layer option not currently displayed on the original selection screen;
said display control structure (i) causing, when an upper layer option not currently displayed on said original selection screen has been selected by said key, a display on said display unit of a lower layer option screen, which is associated with the selected upper layer option, and (ii) causing a display of the selected upper layer option in reverse when displaying said original selection screen thereafter.
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Abstract
The control circuit 11 causes display of messages received through the communication unit 1 in the display unit 14 in list form. A cursor for making selections from the messages displayed in list form has different patterns. The control circuit 11 associates the cursor patterns with message types. In another embodiment, the control circuit 11 groups received messages into new messages not yet reproduced by a user and old messages already reproduced, causes display of the number of the new messages in a predetermined area of the display unit when the new messages are stored in RAM 13, and display of the number of the old messages in said predetermined area when the new messages are not stored in RAM 13.
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20 Claims
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1. A cellular telephone, comprising:
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a display unit which displays an original selection screen for selecting at least one of a plurality of upper layer options displayed on said original selection screen;
display control structure which causes a display of the upper layer options on said display unit, by scroll; and
a key for selecting an upper layer option not currently displayed on the original selection screen;
said display control structure (i) causing, when an upper layer option not currently displayed on said original selection screen has been selected by said key, a display on said display unit of a lower layer option screen, which is associated with the selected upper layer option, and (ii) causing a display of the selected upper layer option in reverse when displaying said original selection screen thereafter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A cellular telephone, comprising:
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telecommunications structure for carrying out telecommunications;
an LCD display unit which displays a plurality of upper layer options;
display control structure which causes a display of the plurality of upper layer options on said display unit, by scroll; and
a key for selecting an upper layer option not currently displayed on said LCD display unit;
said display control structure (i) causing, when an upper layer option not currently displayed on said LCD display unit has been selected by said key, a display on said display unit of a lower layer option screen, which is associated with the selected upper layer option, and (ii) causing a display on said LCD display unit of the selected upper layer option in reverse when displaying said plurality of upper layer options thereafter. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of selecting cellular telephone options, comprising the steps of:
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using a cellular telephone hardware key to cause sequential display, on a cellular telephone LCD display unit, a plurality of upper layer options, using a scroll function;
using another cellular telephone hardware key to select an upper layer option not currently displayed on said LCD display unit;
when an upper layer option not currently displayed on said LCD display unit has been selected by said another cellular telephone hardware key, immediately display on said LCD display unit a lower layer option screen, which is associated with the selected upper layer option; and
causing a display on said LCD display unit of the selected upper layer option in reverse when using a further cellular telephone hardware key while said LCD display unit is displaying the lower layer option screen. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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