METHOD FOR PROVIDING A QUICK LIST USING AN END KEY AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20090170551A1
• Filed: 10/02/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: High Tech Computer Corp (HTC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: High Tech Computer Corp (HTC Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Hsueh-Chun, Chang, Yuan-Chen
• Application Number:
  US12/244,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20090170551A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device

Abstract

A method for providing a quick list using an end key applied in a mobile communication device is disclosed. The mobile communication device receives a trigger signal generated by pressing an end key thereof and determines whether the time of continuously receiving the trigger signal reaches a predefined threshold value. If so, a quick list is displayed on a panel of the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A method for providing a quick list using an end key, applied to a mobile communication device, comprising:

receiving a trigger signal generated by pressing the end key of the mobile communication device;

determining whether a time of continuously receiving the trigger signal reaches a predefined threshold value; and

if the time of continuously receiving the trigger signal reaches the predefined threshold value, switching an operational state of the mobile communication device.

2. The method for providing a quick list using an end key as claimed in claim 1, wherein switching the operational state further comprises displaying a quick list providing plural preset operation items on a panel of the mobile communication device.

3. The method for providing a quick list using an end key as claimed in claim 2, wherein switching the operational state further comprises directly performing one of the preset operation items.

4. The method for providing a quick list using an end key as claimed in claim 3, wherein the preset operation represents an end operation.

5. The method for providing a quick list using an end key as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device is a smart phone, a PDA, or a touch phone.

6. The method for providing a quick list using an end key as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection signal and a confirmation signal generated by pressing a button or touching the panel using the mobile communication device; and

performing an operation item in the quick list corresponding to the confirmation signal.

7. The method for providing a quick list using an end key as claimed in claim 1, further comprising performing a preset operation corresponding to the end key using the mobile communication device if the time of continuously receiving the trigger signal does not reach the predefined threshold value.

8. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a panel;

a keypad, comprising an end key;

a memory, storing a quick list corresponding to the end key of the mobile communication device;

a signal receiving module, receiving a trigger signal generated by pressing the end key; and

a microcontroller, receiving the trigger signal from the signal receiving module and displaying a quick list on the panel when a time of continuously receiving the trigger signal reaches a predefined threshold value.

9. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the mobile communication device is a smart phone, a PDA, or a touch phone.

10. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, when a selection signal and a confirmation signal generated by pressing a button or touching the panel is received, the microcontroller performs an operation item in the quick list corresponding to the confirmation signal.

11. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the microcontroller performs a preset operation corresponding to the end key if the time of continuously receiving the trigger signal does not reach the predefined threshold value.

12. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program providing a method for providing a quick list using an end key, comprising using a computer to perform the steps of:

codes for receiving a trigger signal generated by pressing the end key of a mobile communication device;

codes for determining whether a time of continuously receiving the trigger signal reaches a predefined threshold value; and

codes for switching an operational state of the mobile communication device if the time of continuously receiving the trigger signal reaches the predefined threshold value.

13. The computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

codes for receiving a selection signal and a confirmation signal generated by pressing a button or touching the panel using the mobile communication device; and

codes for performing an operation item in the quick list corresponding to the confirmation signal.

14. The computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 12, further comprising codes for performing a preset operation corresponding to the end key using the mobile communication device if the time of continuously receiving the trigger signal does not reach the predefined threshold value.