SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PARAMETER FOR AN APPLICATION OPERATING ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of modifying a parameter for at least one application operating on an electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- upon activation of the device, determining a state of initial configuration for the device;
if the state of initial configuration indicates that the device requires configuration, providing a GUI interface allowing for changes to be made to the parameter; and
if a change is made to the parameter through the interface, updating a storage location with the change.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system, method and device for modifying a parameter for an application operating on an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of: (a) upon activation of the device, determining a state of initial configuration for the device; (b) if the state indicates that the device requires configuration, providing a GUI interface allowing for changes to be made to the parameter; and (c) if a change is made to the parameter through the interface, updating a storage location with the change. In the method, the device may have communication capabilities with a network; and time zone information relating to the location of the device may be provided from the network or from the device; and the time zone information may be used to update an aspect relating to the parameter.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of modifying a parameter for at least one application operating on an electronic device, comprising the steps of:
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upon activation of the device, determining a state of initial configuration for the device; if the state of initial configuration indicates that the device requires configuration, providing a GUI interface allowing for changes to be made to the parameter; and if a change is made to the parameter through the interface, updating a storage location with the change.
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2. The method of modifying a parameter for at least one application operating on an electronic device, further comprising:
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once the GUI interface is provided on the device on a first instance, subsequently providing the GUI interface only upon a request; and changing the state of initial configuration of the device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic device comprising:
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at least one software application operating on the device, the at least one application having a parameter relating to its operation; a module for modifying the parameter for the at least one application, the module operating on the electronic device, the module modifying the parameter by; upon activation of the device, determining a state of initial configuration of the device; if the state of initial configuration indicates that the device requires configuration, providing a GUI interface allowing for changes to be made to the parameter; and if a change is made to the parameter through the interface, updating a record for the parameter; and memory to store the state of initial configuration and the record for the parameter. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. The electronic device as claimed in 16, wherein:
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the device has communication capabilities with a network; and time zone information relating to the location of the device is provided from the network; and the time zone information is used to update an aspect relating to the parameter.
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18. A method of providing time information to a portable communication device, comprising the steps of:
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upon activation of the device, determining a state of configuration for the device; if the state of configuration indicates that the device requires configuration of an internally stored time value, deriving time zone information from location information relating to the device provided from a network communicating with the device; and updating a parameter relating to an application that utilizes the time information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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