Mobile communication terminal and method of operating the same

• US 20080188268A1
• Filed: 05/01/2007
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Tae Hun, Jang, Se Hoon
• Application Number:
  US11/797,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20080188268A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/715 using two or more extensions per line cordless telephones H04M1/725
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal including at least one side key, a display unit including a touch screen and a controller configured to display on the display unit an interface screen when the at least one side key is manipulated, said interface screen including selectable items for setting at least one of a receiving call alert mode of the terminal and a button alert mode of the terminal.

Claims

1-26. -26. (canceled)

27. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

at least one side key;

a display having a touch screen; and

a controller configured to display on the display an interface screen having a selection item when the side key is pressed, said selection item being selectable to set a corresponding one of a call receiving mode and a key button mode on the terminal,

wherein the controller is further configured to, when the selection item is selected, display a volume level or a vibration intensity for the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode using a graphic, and to adjust the volume level or the vibration intensity for the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode as the graphic is dragged on the touch screen.

28. A method of controlling a mobile communication terminal having a display including a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying on the display an interface screen having a selection item when a side key on the terminal is pressed, said selection item being selectable to set a corresponding one of a receiving mode and a key button mode on the terminal;

displaying, when the selection item is selected, a volume level or a vibration intensity for the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode using a graphic; and

adjusting the volume level or the vibration intensity for the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode as the graphic is dragged on the touch screen.

29. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

at least one side key;

a display having a touch screen; and

a controller configured to, when the side key is pressed, display on the display an interface screen having a selection item, said selection item being selectable to set a corresponding one of a call receiving mode and a key button mode on the terminal,

wherein the selection item is an icon corresponding to a menu used to set the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode, and

wherein the controller is further configured to display a graphic indicating at least one of a volume level and a vibration intensity of the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode in the menu on the interface screen, and to change a color of the graphic when said at least one of the volume level and the vibration intensity in the menu is set to a maximum value.

30. The mobile communication terminal of claim 29, wherein the menu comprises a display screen corresponding to the selected icon.

31. The mobile communication terminal of claim 29, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust said at least one of the volume level and the vibration intensity of the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode as the graphic is dragged on the touch screen.

32. The mobile communication terminal of claim 29, wherein the controller is further configured to display at least one soft key on the menu used to set the corresponding one of the call receiving mode or the key button mode, and to adjust at least one of the volume level and the vibration intensity of the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode based on manipulation of the soft key.

33. The mobile communication terminal of claim 29, wherein the menu is any one of a ring tone volume adjustment menu, a vibration intensity adjustment menu, a button sound volume adjustment menu, a maximum ring tone volume and vibration intensity setup menu, and a manner mode setup menu.

34. The mobile communication terminal of claim 29, wherein the controller is further configured to display the interface screen when the mobile communication terminal is in a standby mode.

35. The mobile communication terminal of claim 29, wherein the controller is further configured to store a current state displayed on the display as a state of the receiving mode or the key button mode when time lapses without receiving any command after the interface screen has been displayed on the display.

36. The mobile communication terminal of claim 29, wherein the controller is further configured to display a standby mode screen on the display when time lapses without receiving any command after the interface screen has been displayed on the display.

37. A method of controlling a mobile communication terminal having a display including a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying, when a side key on the terminal is pressed, an interface screen having a selection item, said selection item being selectable to set a corresponding one of a call receiving mode and a key button mode on the terminal, wherein the selection item is an icon corresponding to a menu used to set the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode; and

displaying a graphic indicating at least one of a volume level and a vibration intensity of the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode in the menu on the interface screen, and to change a color of the graphic when said at least one of the volume level and the vibration intensity in the menu is set to a maximum value.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the displayed menu includes a menu screen corresponding to the selected icon.

39. The method of claim 37, further comprising:

adjusting the volume level or the vibration intensity as the graphic is dragged on the touch screen.

40. The method of claim 37, further comprising:

displaying a soft key on the interface screen, the soft key being used to adjust the volume level or the vibration intensity of the corresponding one of the call receiving mode and the key button mode.

41. The method of claim 37, wherein the menu is any one of a ring tone volume adjustment menu, a vibration intensity adjustment menu, a button sound volume adjustment menu, a maximum ring tone volume and vibration intensity setup menu, and a manner mode setup menu.

42. The method of claim 37, wherein the step of displaying the interface screen includes displaying the interface screen when the mobile communication terminal is in a standby mode.

43. The method of claim 42, further comprising:

storing a current state displayed on the display as a state of the receiving mode or the key button mode when time lapses without receiving any command after the interface screen has been displayed on the display.

44. The method of claim 42, further comprising:

displaying a standby mode screen on the display when time lapses without receiving any command after the interface screen has been displayed on the display.