WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF DISPLAYING APPLICATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20070259695A1
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snaptrack Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: AJIRO, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 7,962,168 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/564
• 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

Abstract

A wireless communication terminal that performs wireless communication with a predetermined base station includes: a storage unit, an operation unit, a control unit and a display unit. The storage unit is configured to store information indicating correspondence between applications handling a numeric string including at least one numeral as an input value, and formats and units of the numeric string. The operation unit is configured to input the numeral. The control unit is configured to determine whether the numeral input with the operation unit corresponds to any of the formats of the numeric string stored in the storage unit, and to retrieve the corresponding application, based on the above-described information stored in the storage unit, in the case where it is determined that the input numeral corresponds to the format. The display unit is configured to display the application retrieved by the control unit.

Claims

1. A wireless communication terminal that performs wireless communication with a predetermined base station, comprising:

a storage unit configured to store information indicating correspondence between applications handling a numeric string that includes at least one numeral as an input value, and formats and units of the numeric string;

an operation unit configured to input the numeral;

a control unit configured to determine whether the numeral input with the operation unit correspond to any of the formats of the numeric string being stored in the storage unit, and to retrieve the corresponding application, based on the information stored in the storage unit indicating the correspondence between the application and the format and unit of the numeric string, in the case where it is determined that the input numeral corresponds to the format; and

a display unit configured to display the application retrieved by the control unit.

2. A wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the numeric string includes a numeral, or the numeral and a symbol in combination.

3. A wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the numeric string input with the operation unit is processed as an input value in the application.

4. A method of displaying an application comprising the steps of:

storing information indicating correspondence between applications handling a numeric string that includes at least one numeral as an input value, and formats and units of the numeric string;

inputting the numeric string;

determining whether the numeric string input at the input step corresponds to any of the formats being stored in advance, and retrieving the corresponding application based on the information stored in a storage unit in advance indicating the correspondence between the application and the format and unit of the numeric string, in the case where it is determined that the input numeric string corresponds to the format; and

displaying the application retrieved at the determining and retrieving step.

5. A computer program product installed in a terminal device capable of inputting a numeral and performing display processing, the computer program product executing the processing steps of:

storing information indicating correspondence between applications handling a numeric string that includes at least one numeral as an input value, and formats and units of the numeric string;

inputting the numeric string;

determining whether the numeric string input at the input step corresponds to any of the formats being stored in advance, and retrieving the corresponding application based on the information stored in a storage unit in advance indicating the correspondence between the application and the format and unit of the numeric string, in the case where it is determined that the input numeric string corresponds to the format; and

displaying the application retrieved at the determining and retrieving step.