DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20090150819A1
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHEONG, Jun, LEE, Chung Han
• Granted Patent: US 8,739,057 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/24 Arrangements for testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• 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: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal comprising a display unit for displaying at least one or more terminal diagnostic objects, an input unit for selecting a terminal diagnostic object and a controller for diagnosing the operational state associated with the selected terminal diagnostic object is provided.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display unit for displaying at least one or more terminal diagnostic objects;

an input unit for selecting a terminal diagnostic object; and

a controller for diagnosing the operational state associated with the selected terminal diagnostic object.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller diagnoses the operational state associated with the selected terminal diagnostic object on a preset date and time.

3. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller displays a diagnostic schedule module for setting a diagnostic schedule for the selected terminal diagnostic object.

4. The terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller diagnoses the operational state of the terminal associated with the selected terminal diagnostic object according to the time and date set via the diagnostic schedule module.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller displays a second object indicating the operational state of the selected terminal diagnostic object on the display unit.

6. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller displays a third object indicating a completed status of a diagnosis associated with the selected terminal diagnostic object on the display unit.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller displays the summary of the diagnosis if the third object is selected.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the input unit comprises a touchscreen and wherein the terminal diagnostic object is selected via a user'"'"'s touch action.

9. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the input unit comprises at least one or more keys and wherein the terminal diagnostic object is selected via one of the at least one or more keys.

10. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the terminal further comprises a menu for selecting diagnostic functions and the at least one or more terminal diagnostic objects are displayed if the menu is selected.

11. A method for diagnosing components of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

displaying at least one menu item for diagnosing an operational state associated with at least one component of the mobile communication terminal on a screen of the mobile communication terminal;

establishing an association between the first GUI object and the menu item displayed on the screen, in response to a user selecting a first graphical user interface (GUI) object displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal,

wherein the first GUI object represents a first component of the mobile communication terminal; and

diagnosing the first component in response to detecting the established association between the first GUI object and the menu item.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising providing a diagnosis status on the screen for the first component indicating a progress level for a corresponding diagnosis operation.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising providing a diagnosis report on the screen for the first component comprising diagnostic details for the first component.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising displaying a time table, in response to detecting the established association between the first GUI object and the menu item, such that a first time is scheduled for performing a diagnosis operation on the first component when a specific time is selected from the time table.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the association between the first GUI object and the menu item is established by way of dragging and dropping the first GUI object in the menu item.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the first time for performing the diagnosis operation on the first component is scheduled, in response to dragging and dropping the first GUI object in a time slot in the time table.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the first time for performing the diagnosis operation on the first component is scheduled, in response to dragging and dropping a time slot in the time table in the first GUI object.

18. The method of claim 12 wherein the diagnosis status for the first component is displayed, in response to interacting with a graphical icon displayed on the screen.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the menu item is selected from a drop-down menu in a diagnosis menu displayed on the screen.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein the menu item comprises at least one of a graphical icon, an indicator, a hyperlink or text displayed on the screen.

21. The method of claim 11 wherein the association between the first GUI object and the menu item is established by way of a user interacting with a user interface of the mobile communication terminal.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the user interface comprises at least one of a keypad, a keyboard, a touch screen, a joystick, a roller ball, a key, a scroll wheel or a pointing device.