Method of handling phone operations and a phone using the method

• US 6,381,474 B1
• Filed: 06/12/1998
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Kraft, Christian Rossing
• Primary Examiner(s): MAUNG, NAY AUNG
• Application Number:
  US09/097,140
• Time in Patent Office: 1,418 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93.17, 379/93.29, 379/142, 345/902, 455/566, 455/550, 455/414, 455/575
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• 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

A handset allowing the user to establish a connection via a telecommunications network includes Redo and Undo facilities. The handset comprises a transceiver for communication with the network, means for inputting information into the phone and a display for displaying information to the user. A controller unit controls the activity of the transceiver, the input means and the display. The means for inputting information are usable for performing a number of different actions including phone settings and calls handling. The controller unit is provided with memory means for storing a list containing the latest actions, said list being currently updated by the controller unit. The inputting means comprises means for requesting the display of at least a part of said updated action list on said display. The inputting means further comprises means for redoing or undoing a selected action from said displayed action list.

Claims

1. A method of handling the control of a dynamic user interface of a telephone that allows the user to establish a communication via a telecommunications network, said telephone allowing the user to access a number of applications in addition to call handling, said method comprising:

registering information input into the telephone;

displaying information in a display;

monitoring the activities of the telephone;

detecting activities initiated by the user in said number of applications as well as activities occurring in relation to call handling, and registering said activities in a common list which is currently updated upon detection of a new activity, said activities including silent, redo, and undo;

displaying said common list upon request from the user; and

allowing the user to select actions from said displayed common list and redoing or undoing the selected action in dependence on the type of the action.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the current updating of the common list includes entering the most recently done activity on the list to replace an earlier done activity.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein when a new activity is detected, and before entering the new activity to said common list, said method comprises, analyzing whether a similar activity is already present on the common list, and if a similar activity has been done earlier, the new activity is entered on the list to replace said earlier done similar type activity, otherwise the new activity is entered on the common list to replace the oldest activity on the common list.

4. A telephone allowing the user to establish a connection via a telecommunications network, and including a number of applications in addition to call handling, said telephone comprising:

a transceiver for communication with the network;

means for inputting information into the telephone;

a display for displaying information;

a controller unit controlling the activity of the transceiver, the input means and the display;

said means for inputting information being usable for performing a number of different actions in said applications;

said controller unit detecting activities initiated by the user in relation to call handling as well as in said number of applications, said activities including silent, redo, and undo;

said controller unit having an associated provided memory for storing a common list which contains the latest actions performed in said applications, and said memory being currently updated by the controller unit;

said inputting means comprising means for requesting the display of at least a part of said updated common action list on said display; and

said inputting means further comprising means for entering redo or undo instructions for a selected action from said displayed common action list.

5. A telephone according to claim 4, wherein the information inputting means comprises a keypad including a set of alphanumeric keys and at least one scanning key for scanning through a menu structure and at least one selection key for selecting an item in the structure.

6. A telephone according to claim 4, wherein said updated action list is available as an item in the menu structure and is selectable by activating said at least one selection key.

7. A telephone according to claim 4, wherein the controller unit defines the functionality of said at least one selection key to be “

redo”

or “

undo”

in dependence on the kind of the item pointed out by the scanning key.

8. A telephone according to claim 4, wherein the controller unit, when currently updating the common list, enters the activity most recently done to replace an earlier done activity.

9. A telephone according to claim 8, wherein the controller unit analyzes the activity most recently done before entry to the common list, and if a similar activity has been done earlier, the activity most recently done will be entered on the common list to replace said earlier done similar type activity, otherwise the activity most recently done will be entered on the list to replace the oldest activity on the common list.

10. A telephone according to claim 4, wherein the controller unit arranges the activities on the common list sorted by time with the newest activity as the first item.

11. A telephone according to claim 4 and used in a cellular communications network.