User Interface
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A portable telecommunication apparatus for requesting the download of pages of information from a remote source comprising:
- means for receiving a page of information including encoded information;
identifying at least a first link and a second link to other pages;
at least a first fixed location input key and a second fixed location input key aligned at an outside edge of a display wherein the display is configured for displaying the received page and for displaying at least a first caption and a second caption indicative of said first link and said second link, respectively, aligned at an inside edge area of the display, in close proximity to the outside edge, in positions corresponding to the locations of the first fixed location input key and the second fixed location input key; and
a processor for forming said first caption and said second caption from encoded information identifying the linked other pages and for consistently associating the first fixed location input key and the second fixed location input key with the encoded information identifying the first linked page and the second linked page, respectively, during a display period such that actuation of the first fixed location input key during the display period requests the first linked page for download from the remote source and actuation of the second fixed location input key during the display period requests the second linked page for download from the remote source.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method is disclosed for receiving a page of information from a remote source. The page contains a link to a linked page of information, and is displayed on a display. The apparatus is equipped with a user operable input device associated with the link. Actuation of the input device causes a request to be sent for the linked page to be transmitted to the apparatus.
11 Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A portable telecommunication apparatus for requesting the download of pages of information from a remote source comprising:
-
means for receiving a page of information including encoded information;
identifying at least a first link and a second link to other pages;
at least a first fixed location input key and a second fixed location input key aligned at an outside edge of a display wherein the display is configured for displaying the received page and for displaying at least a first caption and a second caption indicative of said first link and said second link, respectively, aligned at an inside edge area of the display, in close proximity to the outside edge, in positions corresponding to the locations of the first fixed location input key and the second fixed location input key; and
a processor for forming said first caption and said second caption from encoded information identifying the linked other pages and for consistently associating the first fixed location input key and the second fixed location input key with the encoded information identifying the first linked page and the second linked page, respectively, during a display period such that actuation of the first fixed location input key during the display period requests the first linked page for download from the remote source and actuation of the second fixed location input key during the display period requests the second linked page for download from the remote source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
Specification