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Display-based interface for a communication device

  • US 6,377,821 B2
  • Filed: 10/09/1997
  • Issued: 04/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for implementing a user interface in a wireless telecommunication device of a communication system, the apparatus comprising:

  • a display providing a number of identifiers arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein at least a first subset of the identifiers each represents a communication line mapped from a related wired telephone of the system so as to be accessible through the wireless telecommunication device, the wired telephone being associated with a user of the wireless telecommunication device, and wherein at least a second subset of the identifiers each represents a function mapped from the related wired telephone of the system so as to be accessible through the wireless telecommunication device;

    at least one row select button for selecting a particular one of the plurality of rows provided in the display; and

    at least one column select button for selecting a particular one of the plurality of columns provided in the display, such that selection of the particular row and the particular column is operative to select a feature associated with the corresponding identifier.

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