MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20080089525A1
• Filed: 10/11/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l. (f/k/a Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.) (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: 2011 Intellectual Property Asset Trust (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: KAUKO, Jarmo
• Granted Patent: US 8,930,002 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/58
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• 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: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for providing a user interface modified in accordance to audio data, a module including an audio feature extractor and a UI modifier, an apparatus and a computer readable medium. First, audio data is received. Thereafter, an audio feature is extracted from the received audio data. In accordance to the extracted audio feature, the appearance of one of a number of user interface components is modified, e.g. by superposing music visualization effects.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user interface of an apparatus, said user interface comprising a number of user interface components, said method comprising

receiving audio data,

extracting at least one audio feature from said audio data, and

modifying the appearance of at least one of said number of user interface components in accordance to said extracted audio feature.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said reception, said extraction and said modification are repeated.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said user interface components are 3-D rendered graphical objects.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said 3-D rendered graphical objects are hardware accelerated.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein audio visualization effects are superposed upon said 3-D rendered graphical objects.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said modification comprises

classifying said extracted audio feature into one of a plurality of predetermined feature representations, and

modifying the appearance of at least one of said number of user interface components in accordance to said one predetermined feature representation.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said modification of said user interface components are made in accordance to one of a set of user interface modification themes.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said set of user interface modification themes are user configurable.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least a number of said UI components is modified, wherein each of said number of UI components is modified in accordance to each respectively assigned audio feature.

10. A module comprising

an audio feature extractor configured to receive a stream of audio data and to extract at least one feature of said stream of audio data, and

a user interface modifier configured to determine user interface modification data based upon said extracted feature.

11. The module according to claim 10, further comprising

an audio detector configured to detect an audio activation signal and to activate said audio feature extractor or said user interface modifier upon detection.

12. The module according to claim 10, further comprising

a memory arranged to hold user interface modification settings.

13. The module according to claim 10, further comprising

an audio feature classifier configured to classify said at least one feature into one of a set of predetermined feature representations.

14. The module according to claim 13, further comprising

a memory arranged to hold predetermined feature representations.

15. An apparatus comprising

a display configured to visualize a user interface comprising a number of user interface components,

a music player configured to generate audio data,

a module configured to determine user interface modification data, and

a graphics engine configured to modify said user interface component in accordance to said determined user interface modification data.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein an audio activation signal is transmitted from said music player to said module.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said apparatus is a mobile communication terminal.

18. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said user interface components are 3-D rendered objects.

19. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein audio visualization effects are superposed onto said user interface components.

20. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable components comprising instructions for receiving audio data,

extracting at least one audio feature from said audio data, and

modifying the appearance of at least one of said number of user interface components in accordance to said extracted audio feature.

21. The computer-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said reception, said extraction and said modification are repeated.

22. The computer-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said user interface components are 3-D rendered graphical objects.

23. The computer-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein said modification comprises

classifying said extracted audio feature into a predetermined feature representation, and

modifying the appearance of at least one of said number of user interface components in accordance to said predetermined feature representation.