Cellular phone handset which can display special characters

• US 6,271,865 B1
• Filed: 06/19/1998
• Issued: 08/07/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: Acer America Incorporated (Acer, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hsieh, Wen-Jui, Yu, Chi-Huang
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US09/100,642
• Time in Patent Office: 1,145 Days
• Field of Search: 455/419, 455/418, 455/566, 455/556, 455/557, 235/380, 314/22, 345/467, 345/471
• US Class Current: 345/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60

Abstract

The present invention provides a cellular phone handset which can display a variety of special characters. The cellular phone handset comprises a memory for storing programs and data, a processor for executing the programs stored in the memory, a displaying device electrically connected to the processor for displaying data, an input/output (I/O) port electrically connected with the processor for connecting to a stand alone data editing device for transmitting data, a data file inputted through the I/O port and stored in the memory comprising a plurality of common character codes and specific character codes, a common character font file stored in the memory comprising a plurality of common character font data, a specific character font file inputted through the I/O port and stored in the memory comprising specific character font data corresponding to the specific character codes of the data file, and an application program stored in the memory for displaying characters of the common character codes in the data file on the displaying device according to the common character font file, and characters of the specific character codes in the data file on the displaying device according to the specific character font file.

Claims

1. A cellular phone handset comprising:

a memory for storing programs and data;

a processor for executing the programs stored in the memory;

a displaying device electrically connected to the processor for displaying data;

an input/output (I/O) port electrically connected with the processor for connecting to a stand alone data editing device for transmitting data;

a data file inputted through the I/O port and stored in the memory comprising a plurality of common character codes and specific character codes;

a common character font file stored in the memory comprising a plurality of common character font data;

a specific character font file inputted through the I/O port and stored in the memory comprising specific character font data corresponding to the specific character codes of the data file, wherein the specific character font data is changeable by the stand alone data editing device; and

an application program stored in the memory for displaying characters of the common character codes in the data file on the displaying device according to the common character font file, and characters of the specific character codes in the data file on the displaying device according to the specific character font file.

2. The cellular phone handset of claim 1 wherein the stand alone data editing device is a computer.

3. The cellular phone handset of claim 1 wherein the data file is a phone data file comprising a plurality of phone numbers represented by the common character codes and a plurality of name data represented by the specific character codes wherein the application program is a phone book display program for displaying the phone numbers and name data in the phone data file on the displaying device.

4. The cellular phone handset of claim 1 wherein the stand alone data editing device can retrieve the data file through the I/O port, update the data file, and then load the data file back to the memory through the I/O port.

5. The cellular phone handset of claim 4 wherein the stand alone data editing device is a computer.

6. The cellular phone handset of claim 1 wherein the specific character font data stored in the specific character font file is complex Chinese, simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, special symbols or graphics.