Method and Mobile Terminal Device for Mapping a Virtual User Input Interface to a Physical User Input Interface
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- configuring for execution in a mobile device, which includes a physical user input interface, an application that is originally configured for execution on a second device using a second physical user input interface of the second device;
retrieving a virtual user input interface matching the second physical user input interface of the second device;
displaying the virtual user input interface on a display of the mobile device, wherein the physical user input interface is mapped to the virtual user input interface; and
training a user to learn the mapping of the physical user input interface to the virtual user input interface using an interface element of the virtual user input interface.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method an a device for mapping a virtual user input interface to a physical user input interface. The method is provided for mapping a virtual user input interface to a physical user input interface on a mobile terminal device. The mobile terminal device comprises a first physical user input interface, a display and a processing unit being connected to said display and said physical user interface, wherein an application is configured for use with a second user interface. The method of the invention comprises detecting an event indicative of an application to be executed that is configured for use with said second user interface and displaying a virtual user input interface representing said second user input interface on said display. If a a physical user input is received on said first physical user input interface, it is mapping to said displayed virtual user input interface, and displayed as an indication of a virtual input on said displayed virtual user input interface.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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configuring for execution in a mobile device, which includes a physical user input interface, an application that is originally configured for execution on a second device using a second physical user input interface of the second device; retrieving a virtual user input interface matching the second physical user input interface of the second device; displaying the virtual user input interface on a display of the mobile device, wherein the physical user input interface is mapped to the virtual user input interface; and training a user to learn the mapping of the physical user input interface to the virtual user input interface using an interface element of the virtual user input interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
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configure, for execution in a mobile device, which includes a physical user input interface, an application that is originally configured for execution on a second device using a second physical user input interface of the second device; retrieve a virtual user input interface matching the second physical user input interface of the second device; display the virtual user input interface on a display of the mobile device, wherein the physical user input interface is mapped to the virtual user input interface; and train a user to learn the mapping of the physical user input interface to the virtual user input interface using an interface element of the virtual user input interface. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A device comprising:
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a physical user input interface; a display; a processing unit connected to the display and the physical user input interface; a module connected to the processing unit and to the physical user input interface; and a memory connected to the processing unit and the module, the memory including training information and mapping information related to a second device that includes a second physical user input interface, wherein the processing unit is capable of executing applications originally configured for execution on the second device and controlled through input using the second physical user input interface of the second device, wherein the processing unit is configured to detect that an application is to be executed on the device, wherein the module retrieves mapping information from the memory that includes a virtual user input interface matching the second physical user input interface of the second device, wherein the modules is configured, with the processing unit, to display the virtual user input interface, which represents the second physical user input interface, on the display of the device and train a user to learn the mapping of the physical user input interface to the virtual user input interface through feedback using an interface element of the virtual user input interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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