Mobile communication terminal and method therefore

• US 20070173290A1
• Filed: 01/23/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Perttula, Paavo
• Application Number:
  US11/337,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20070173290A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

Method in a mobile communications device, said communications device comprising a display unit, and on which mobile communications device one or more user applications are running under supervision of an operating system of the mobile communications device, the method comprising: selecting one of said applications, wherein the selected application is providing at a first time instant data displayable on said display unit, selecting a first data subset, said data subset being a representative part of said displayable data, displaying said subset of data in a graphic frame on said display unit. Also disclosed is a mobile communications device.

Claims

1. Method in a mobile communications device, said communications device comprising a display unit, and on which mobile communications device one or more user applications are running under supervision of an operating system of the mobile communications device, the method comprising:

selecting one of said applications, wherein the selected application is providing at a first time instant data displayable on said display unit,

selecting a first data subset, said data subset being a representative part of said displayable data,

displaying said subset of data in a graphic frame on said display unit.

2. Method according to claim 1, further comprising:

selecting subsets of data from a plurality of applications providing data displayable on said display unit, and

displaying said subsets of data in a plurality of graphic frames.

3. Method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving selection data from an input unit, indicating the selection of a specific graphic frame displaying a subset of data from an application.

4. Method according to claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a second subset of data provided by the application that provided the data displayed in the specific graphic frame being selected according to the selection data, and

displaying said second subset of data in a graphic frame on said display unit.

5. Method according to claim 1, further comprising:

activating the application providing the data displayed in the selected graphic frame, and

displaying the data of said application in a graphic frame, preferably making use of a major portion of the display unit.

8. Mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit is adapted to receive selection data from an input unit, the selection data indicating the selection of a specific graphic frame displaying a subset of data from an application.

9. Mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit is adapted to

select a second subset of data provided by the application that provided the data displayed in the specific graphic frame being selected according to the selection data, and

wherein the display unit is adapted to display said second subset of data in a graphic frame.

10. Method according to claim 5, wherein the control unit is adapted to

activate the application providing the data displayed in the selected graphic frame, and

wherein the display unit is adapted to display the data of said application in a graphic frame, preferably making use of a major portion of the display unit.

6. Mobile communications device comprising a display unit and a control unit, and on which mobile communications device one or more user applications are running under supervision of an operating system of the control unit:

wherein the control unit is adapted to

select one of said applications, wherein the selected application is providing data displayable on said display unit,

select a first subset of said data to display,

wherein the display unit is adapted to display said subset of data in a graphic frame.

7. Mobile communications device according to claim 6, wherein the control unit is adapted to

select subsets of data from a plurality of applications providing data displayable on said display unit,

wherein the display unit is adapted to display said subsets of data in a plurality of graphic frames.