Method for displaying menu items in a mobile device

• US 20070130544A1
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Published: 06/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Tae, Lee, Jin, Byun, Yu
• Granted Patent: US 7,861,184 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/828
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• 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 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

The method for managing menu functions in a mobile station includes the steps of executing menu edition, selecting menu items the user uses frequently in the executed menu edition, to set up a menu, executing the menu, and displaying the menu of the selected menu items at first. The basic menu inclusive of all menu items the mobile station provides is selected as a last menu item of the mode menu displayed at fist so that the user can access to menu items other than the menu items of preference. By providing easy mode menu with menu items the user or manufacturer of the mobile station uses frequently in advance, and displaying on a display window at first, the user is permitted a quick and easy access to a desired menu item without going through many steps of menus for using the desired menu item.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A method for displaying menu items in a mobile device, comprising:

displaying a main menu comprising menu items and an easy menu item, said easy menu item being associated with an easy menu comprising submenu items of preference; and

displaying said submenu items of preference responsive to user input.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

arranging said easy menu item first relative to said menu items in said main menu.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein said submenu items of preference are user-defined.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein said submenu items of preference are system-defined.

20. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

receiving said user input from a dedicated menu button associated with said mobile station.

21. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

displaying items of said main menu and said easy menu in icon form.

22. A method for displaying menu items in a mobile device, comprising:

displaying a basic menu of a mobile station, said basic menu representing a hierarchical architecture of menu items;

associating a separate user-selectable region with each of said menu items; and

fabricating an easy mode menu comprising at least one selected menu item of said menu items, wherein said at least one selected menu item has an associated user-selectable region which has been selected by a user.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein said user-selectable region associated with each of said menu items comprises a check box.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein said check box is selectable via user manipulation of a button.

25. A method for displaying menu items in a mobile device, comprising:

displaying a main menu comprising menu items and an easy menu item, said easy menu item being associated with an easy menu comprising submenu items of preference and a main menu submenu item associated with said main menu; and

switching between said displaying of said main menu, and displaying said easy menu, responsive to user input.

26. The method according to claim 25, further comprising:

arranging said easy menu item first relative to said menu items in said main menu.

27. The method according to claim 25, further comprising:

arranging said main menu submenu item first relative to said submenu items of preference in said easy menu.

28. The method according to claim 25, further comprising:

displaying items of said main menu and said easy menu in icon form.

29. The method according to claim 25, wherein each of said submenu items of preference correspond to a different function.

30. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a keypad;

a display;

a memory for storing data and instructions; and

a processor for operating responsive to said data and said instructions, wherein said processor is configured to;

display on said display a main menu comprising menu items and an easy menu item, said easy menu item being associated with an easy menu comprising submenu items of preference; and

display on said display said submenu items of preference responsive to user manipulation of said keypad.