METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DISPLAY SIGNAL STRENGTH

• US 20090111526A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Masri, Bassam
• Granted Patent: US 9,288,297 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

Various embodiments are directed to a status indicator module to display a first signal strength and a second signal strength for different radio transmission signals using a single status indicator. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a mobile computing device comprising a status indicator module to couple to a display, the status indicator module to display a first signal strength and a second signal strength for different radio transmission signals using a single status indicator on the display.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the first signal strength comprising a voice transmission signal strength.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, the second signal strength comprising a data transmission signal strength.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, the status indicator representing a received signal strength indicator (RSSI).

5. The apparatus of claim 1, the status indicator comprising multiple display segments that visually change in proportion to changes in the first signal strength and the second signal strength.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, the status indicator comprising multiple display segments, each segment having a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion of each segment to display the first signal strength and the second portion of each segment to display the second signal strength.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, the status indicator comprising multiple display segments, each segment having a first portion vertically disposed above a second portion, with the first portion of each segment to display the first signal strength using a first color and the second portion of each segment to display the second signal strength using a second color.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, the status indicator comprising multiple display segments, each segment having a first portion horizontally disposed by a second portion, with the first portion of each segment to display the first signal strength using a first color and the second portion of each segment to display the second signal strength using a second color.

9. A method, comprising:

generating a status indicator having a first signal strength and a second signal strength for different radio transmission signals; and

displaying the status indicator on a display.

10. The method of claim 9, the first signal strength comprising a voice transmission signal strength.

11. The method of claim 9, the second signal strength comprising a data transmission signal strength.

12. The method of claim 9, comprising:

dividing the status indicator into multiple display segments; and

visually changing the multiple display segments in proportion to changes in the first signal strength and the second signal strength.

13. The method of claim 9, comprising:

dividing the status indicator into multiple display segments with each segment having a first portion and a second portion;

displaying the first signal strength in the first portion of each segment; and

displaying the second signal strength in the second portion of each segment.

14. The method of claim 9, comprising:

dividing the status indicator into multiple display segments with each segment having a first portion disposed vertically above a second portion;

displaying the first signal strength in the first portion of each segment using a first color; and

displaying the second signal strength in the second portion of each segment using a second color.

15. The method of claim 9, comprising:

dividing the status indicator into multiple display segments with each segment having a first portion disposed horizontally by a second portion;

displaying the first signal strength in the first portion of each segment using a first color; and

displaying the second signal strength in the second portion of each segment using a second color.

16. An article comprising a storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:

generate a status indicator having a first signal strength and a second signal strength for different radio transmission signals; and

display the status indicator on a display.

17. The article of claim 16, the first signal strength comprising a voice transmission signal strength.

18. The article of claim 16, the second signal strength comprising a data transmission signal strength.

19. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to:

separate the status indicator into multiple display segments; and

visually change the multiple display segments in proportion to changes in the first signal strength and the second signal strength.

20. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to:

separate the status indicator into multiple display segments with each segment having a first portion and a second portion;

display the first signal strength in the first portion of each segment; and

display the second signal strength in the second portion of each segment.

21. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to:

separate the status indicator into multiple display segments with each segment having a first portion disposed vertically above a second portion;

display the first signal strength in the first portion of each segment using a first color; and

display the second signal strength in the second portion of each segment using a second color.

22. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to:

separate the status indicator into multiple display segments with each segment having a first portion disposed horizontally by a second portion;

display the first signal strength in the first portion of each segment using a first color; and

display the second signal strength in the second portion of each segment using a second color.