Mobile communication device having scroll overlap adjustment capability and method of operation thereof

• US 20060206824A1
• Filed: 03/10/2005
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Agere Systems Incorporated (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Agere Systems Incorporated (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wohlstadter, Gil, Landschaft, Assaf, Wohlstadter, Gal
• Application Number:
  US11/076,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20060206824A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

To enable a user of a mobile communication devices to make a selection from a list of items with a minimum of input actions, a method for displaying information, in particular text information, on the display of a mobile communication device is introduced. The method calls for the display of the information to be scrolled with a user-selectable scroll overlap. A mobile communication device configured to carry out the method is also introduced.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information on a display of a mobile communication device, comprising:

causing at least some of said information to be displayed on said display; and

scrolling through said information with a user-selectable scroll overlap.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said information is scrolled in response to user input.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said information comprises at least two text lines and said scroll overlap is defined by a value representing a number of overlapping lines between consecutive displayed pages.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said information to be displayed is a text message.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein said text message is a Short Message System message.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said information is a menu including a list of user-selectable menu items.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said scroll overlap is user-selectable for different kinds of information.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said scrolling is performed in a selected one of:

a vertical direction, and

a horizontal direction.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein a sequence of software instructions carries out said causing and said scrolling.

10. A mobile communication device, comprising:

an input configured to receive user commands;

a display for displaying information;

a text displayer configured to cause said information to be displayed on said display; and

an overlap adjustor coupled to said text displayer and configured to scroll through said information with a user-selectable scroll overlap.

11. The mobile communication device as recited in claim 10 wherein said overlap adjustor is configured to scroll said information in response to input of a user command.

12. The mobile communication device as recited in claim 10 comprising a memory unit configured to store at least one scroll overlap value and wherein said overlap adjustor is configured to scroll said information by displaying consecutive pages with a number of overlapping lines given by said scroll overlap value, said displayed information comprising at least two text lines.

13. The mobile communication device as recited in claim 10 wherein said information is a text message.

14. The mobile communication device as recited in claim 13 wherein said text message is a Short Message System message.

15. The mobile communication device as recited in claim 10 wherein said information is a menu including a list of user-selectable menu items.

16. The mobile communication device as recited in claim 10 wherein said scroll overlap is user-selectable for different kinds of information.

17. The mobile communication device as recited in claim 10 wherein said item designator performs said scrolling in a selected one of:

a vertical direction, and

a horizontal direction.

18. The mobile communication device as recited in claim 10 wherein said text displayer and said overlap adjustor are embodied in a sequence of software instructions.