Methods for Status Components at a Wireless Communication Device

• US 20110107208A1
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Michaelraj, Jeyprakash
• Application Number:
  US12/612,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20110107208A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

Methods for status components at a wireless communication device are disclosed. In an example method, a first selectable region and a second selectable region are displayed at a gesture-sensitive display, in which the second selectable region includes a first image and a second image. A user input is detected at the gesture-sensitive display corresponding to the selection of the second selectable region. The status components are displayed at the gesture-sensitive display in response to the user input, in which a status component of the status components corresponds to a property of the wireless communication device.

Claims

1. A method for status components at a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

displaying a first selectable region and a second selectable region at a gesture-sensitive display, wherein the second selectable region includes a first image and a second image;

detecting a user input at the gesture-sensitive display corresponding to a selection of the second selectable region; and

displaying a plurality of status components at the gesture-sensitive display in response to the user input, wherein a status component of the plurality of status components corresponds to a property of the wireless communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the status component corresponds to the first image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image is a wireless status image, a volume status image, or a battery status image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a first user input and further comprising:

detecting a second user input at the gesture-sensitive display corresponding to a selection of the status component; and

modifying the property of the wireless communication device in response to the second user input.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising indicating the modification of the property of the wireless communication device at the gesture-sensitive display.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing the status component from the gesture-sensitive display after a duration of time has elapsed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the status component includes a scroll bar control.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture-sensitive display includes a touch screen display.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture-sensitive display includes an infrared proximity detector.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a first user input and further comprising:

displaying a graphical window including the plurality of status components; and

enlarging the graphical window from a first length to a second length via a second user input.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the graphical window includes a launch tray.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the graphical window encompasses a total width of the gesture-sensitive display.