Mobile communication terminal

• US 20060167677A1
• Filed: 07/30/2002
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Albert Bitzer
• Original Assignee: Albert Bitzer
• Inventors: Bitzer, Albert
• Application Number:
  US10/522,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20060167677A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, advantageously a mobile phone. According to the invention, the communication terminal includes input means and output means for outputting information to a user at least partially in a natural language. The communication terminal further includes means for storing natural language data for a plurality of natural languages, means for selecting one of the natural languages to be used when outputting information through the output means, and means for editing natural language data.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising input means, output means for outputting information to a user at least partially in a natural language, means for storing natural language data for a plurality of natural languages, means for selecting one of said natural languages to be used when outputting information through said output means, and means for editing said natural language data.

2. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that said means for editing said data comprise means for changing and/or replacing words or sentences of said natural language data.

3. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, characterized by comprising means for receiving and/or sending a signal incorporating a natural language data set.

4. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein said output means comprises a display capable of displaying texts and characterized by comprising means to select a letter style for a text to be displayed on said display.

5. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said output means comprises a color display and characterized by comprising means to select a color for a text and/or text background to be displayed.

6. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein said input means comprises a keypad, and said means for editing is responsive to input from said keypad.

7. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein said means for editing comprised means for assigning images to a text to be displayed.

8. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said output means comprises a loudspeaker, and said input means comprises a microphone, characterized by comprising means for editing sound signals and means for storing edited sound signals.

9. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said mobile phone comprises a number of user selectable profiles, further comprising means to assign a language package to a certain profile.

10. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said means for editing comprises means for attaching a stored sound signal to a word or sentence of said language data.

11. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said means for editing comprises means for attaching a graphical object to a word or sentence of said language data.

12. A mobile communication terminal having a number of pre-installed user interface languages, each comprising a set of data comprising words, word combinations and/or sentences associated to a particulate message or command and at least one user editable language.

13. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 12, further comprising means for copying a preinstalled language into the user language.

14. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 12, further comprising means for downloading a language into the user language, via cable, infrared or RF communication.

15. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 12, further comprising means to edit the text and/or letter style and/or letter size and/or text orientation and/or text color in the user language.

16. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 12, further comprising means to attach a graphical object or a stored sound signal to a word, word combination or sentence of said user language.

17. A method of individualizing a user interface of a mobile communication terminal, said user interface using at least one natural language data set for inputting and outputting information, comprising the steps of

providing said mobile communication terminal with an editor for editing said natural language data set,

storing said edited natural language data set in a memory of said mobile communication terminal

outputting and inputting information using said stored natural language data set.

18. A method of individualizing a user interface of a mobile communication terminal, said user interface using at least one natural language data set for inputting and outputting information, comprising the steps of

connecting said mobile terminal to a personal computer,

downloading said language data set into said personal computer,

editing said language set on said personal computer, and

sending the edited language set to the mobile communication terminal.