INPUT METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20100037185A1
• Filed: 07/13/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LI, JIAN-SHENG
• Application Number:
  US12/502,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20100037185A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/26 Devices for calling a subscriber H04M1/66 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

An input method for a communication device includes the steps of displaying a result box and a dial ring comprising a plurality of buttons on a touch screen of the communication device; receiving a touch and slide operation on a button; recognizing the touch and slide operation and rotating the dial ring according to the slide operation; and displaying information represented by the touched button in the result box when the touched button rotates to a predetermined position. People who are used to rotary dial phone can use the input method without difficulty.

Claims

1. An input method for a communication device, the input method comprising the steps of:

displaying a result box and a dial ring comprising a plurality of buttons on a touch screen of the communication device;

receiving a touch and slide operation on a button;

recognizing the touch and slide operation and rotating the dial ring according to the slide operation; and

displaying information represented by the touched button in the result box when the touched button rotates to a predetermined position.

2. The input method of claim 1, further comprising the step of rotating the dial ring back to an original position and waiting for another operation.

3. The input method of claim 1, wherein the speed of rotation of the dial ring is consistent to the speed of the slide operation.

4. The input method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of buttons comprise buttons representing the numbers “

1”

, “

2”

, “

3”

, “

4”

, “

5”

, “

6”

, “

7”

, “

8”

, “

9”

, and “

0”

, respectively.

5. The input method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of buttons comprise function buttons representing function symbols comprising “

*”

, “

#”

, and “

End”

.

6. The input method of claim 5, wherein one of the function buttons represents the predetermined position.

7. The input method of claim 6, wherein the function button for symbol “

End”

represents the predetermined position.