Terminal for wireless telecommunication and method for displaying icons on a display of such a terminal
First Claim
1. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication, witha display means (2) for displaying icons (A, B, C, D, E) corresponding to menu items and other information, a scroll means (6) for scrolling through icons (A, B, C, D, E) and highlighting a respective selected icon (A), and an enter means (5) for entering, a respective highlighted icon (A) to choose the corresponding menu item, whereby at least some of all available icons (A, B, C, D, E) of a menu are displayed on the display means (2) at the same time in a circular arrangement and whereby the scroll means (6) can be actuated to scroll through the icons (A, B, C, D, E) in clockwise and counter clockwise directions so that the respective selected icon (A) is highlighted depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6), characterized in, that the respective selected icon (A) is displayed enlarged in relation to the other displayed icons (B, C, D, E), whereby the icons are displayed enlarged in their successive order in one of the at least two directions depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6).
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Abstract
A terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication and to a method for displaying icons on a display (2) of the terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication includes a display (2) for displaying icons corresponding to menu items and other information, a scroll (6), for example a jog dial, for scrolling through icons and highlighting a respective selected icon, and an enter (5) for entering a respective highlighted icon to chose the corresponding menu item. At least some of all available icons of the menu are displayed on the display (2) at the same time and the scroll (6) can be actuated to scroll through the icons in at least two directions so that the respective selected icon is highlighted depending on the actuation of the scroll (6).
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16 Claims
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1. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication, with
a display means (2) for displaying icons (A, B, C, D, E) corresponding to menu items and other information, a scroll means (6) for scrolling through icons (A, B, C, D, E) and highlighting a respective selected icon (A), and an enter means (5) for entering, a respective highlighted icon (A) to choose the corresponding menu item, whereby at least some of all available icons (A, B, C, D, E) of a menu are displayed on the display means (2) at the same time in a circular arrangement and whereby the scroll means (6) can be actuated to scroll through the icons (A, B, C, D, E) in clockwise and counter clockwise directions so that the respective selected icon (A) is highlighted depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6), characterized in, that the respective selected icon (A) is displayed enlarged in relation to the other displayed icons (B, C, D, E), whereby the icons are displayed enlarged in their successive order in one of the at least two directions depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6).
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9. Method for displaying icons (A, B, C, D, E) on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication, comprising the steps of
displaying icons (A, B, C, D, E) corresponding to menu items and other information on the display means (2), highlighting a respective selected icon (A), which can be entered to choose the corresponding menu item, whereby at least some of all available icons (A, B, C, D, E) of a menu are displayed on the display means (2) at the same time in a circular arrangement and whereby the icons (A, B, C, D, E) can be scrolled through in clockwise and counter clockwise directions by actuating a scroll means (6) so that the respective selected icon (A) is highlighted depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6), characterized in, that the respective selectable icon (A) is displayed enlarged in relation to the other displayed icons (B, C, D, E), whereby the icons are displayed enlarged in their successive order in one of the clockwise and counter clockwise directions depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6).
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