Telephone terminal, removable data medium provided with means of deleting common functions and corresponding process for management of function menus

• US 6,714,798 B1
• Filed: 03/31/2000
• Issued: 03/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Societe Francaise De Radiotelephone SA (Altice Europe NV)
• Original Assignee: Societe Francaise De Radiotelephone SA (Altice Europe NV)
• Inventors: De Kermadec, M. Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, LANA N
• Application Number:
  US09/540,961
• Time in Patent Office: 1,460 Days
• Field of Search: 455/410, 455/403, 455/557, 455/558, 455/433, 455/556, 455/411, 455/418, 379/88.21
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A telephone terminal reads a removable data medium. The telephone terminal selects and/or adjusts a first function set. The removable data medium selects and/or adjusts a second function set. The telephone terminal deletes a function present in the second function set, from the first function set. A process manages function menus on a telephone terminal, and its corresponding removable data medium.

Claims

1. A telephone terminal comprising means of reading a removable data medium, the telephone terminal comprising first means of selection and/or adjustment of a first function set and the removable data medium comprising second means of selection and/or adjustment of a second function set, characterized in that it comprises means of deleting a function present in the second function set, from the first function set, and characterized in that the deletion takes place systematically, immediately once the removable data medium is inserted in the telephone terminal.

2. The telephone terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that the removable data medium comprises means of informing the telephone terminal about functions common to the first and second function sets, that the removable data medium must delete from the first function set.

3. The telephone terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that the removable data medium comprises means of supplying the telephone terminal with the list of the second function set, such that the telephone terminal deletes functions common to the first and second function sets from the first function set.

4. The telephone terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that it applies to a radio telephone in a radiocommunication system.

5. The telephone terminal according to claim 4, characterized in that the radiocommunication system belongs to the group comprising:

GSM type radiocommunication systems;

DCS 1800 type radiocommunication systems;

PCS 1900 type radiocommunication systems;

UMTS type radiocommunication systems;

DECT type radiocommunication systems.

6. The telephone terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that the removable data medium is at least partly included in a subscriber identity module.

7. The telephone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the telephone terminal queries the removable data medium about whether each of the functions in the first function set is present in the second function set, and deletes a function for which the reply to the said query is positive.

8. A removable data medium designed to work in cooperation with a telephone terminal including means of reading a removable data medium and means of selection and/or adjustment of a first function set, the removable data medium comprising:

a memory for storing a second function set; and

means for selecting or adjusting the second function set, wherein the means for selections or adjusting the second function set comprises means of deleting a function present in the second function set from the first function set, and wherein the deletion takes place systematically, immediately once the removable data medium is inserted in the telephone terminal.

9. A system for eliminating duplication between function sets in a telephone terminal, the telephone terminal having a memory and one or more removable data media, the telephone terminal comprising:

a first function set stored in a memory, the first function set having a plurality of functions;

a first means of selection and adjustment of the first function set, the first means of selection and adjustment comprising means of deleting a selected function of the first function set;

a second function set stored in the one or more removable data media;

a second means of selection and adjustment of the second function set;

wherein the first means of selection and adjustment comprises;

means for selecting a function in the first function set and querying the one or more removable data media to determine whether the selected function in the first function set matches one of the functions in the second function set for all of the functions in the first function set; and

wherein a match between the selected function in the first function set with a function in the second function set causes the selected function to be deleted from the first function set, and wherein the deletion takes place systematically, immediately once the removable data medium is inserted in the telephone terminal.

10. A telephone terminal comprising means of reading a removable data medium, the telephone terminal comprising first means of selection and/or adjustment of a first function set and the removable data medium comprising second means of selection and/or adjustment of a second function set, characterized in that it comprises means of deleting a function present in the second function set, from the first function set, characterized in that the removable data medium comprises means of supplying the telephone terminal with the list of the second function set, such that the telephone terminal deletes functions common to the first and second function sets from the first function set, and further characterized in that the deletion takes place systematically, immediately once the removable data medium is inserted in the telephone terminal.

11. A telephone terminal comprising means of reading a removable data medium, the telephone terminal comprising first means of selection and/or adjustment of a first function set and the removable data medium comprising second means of selection and/or adjustment of a second function set, characterized in that it comprises means of deleting a function present in the second function set, from the first function set, characterized in that the removable data medium comprises means of informing the telephone terminal about functions common to the first and second function sets, that the removable data medium must delete from the first function set, and further characterized in that the deletion takes place systematically, immediately once the removable data medium is inserted in the telephone terminal.

12. A method of deleting duplicative functions in a telephone terminal having a first function set and a removable data medium containing a second function set, the method comprising:

reading the removable data medium to identify the second function set;

querying the telephone terminal about whether each function in the first function set is present in the second function set; and

deleting matching functions from the first function set, wherein the deletion takes place systematically, immediately once the removable data medium is inserted in the telephone terminal.

13. A telephone terminal system comprising:

a telephone terminal comprising a first function set; and

a removable data medium comprising a second function set, the removable data medium being insertable and removable from the telephone terminal,

wherein the telephone terminal system compares the first function set with the second function set and deletes a function present in the second function set from the first function set, immediately once the removable data medium is inserted in the telephone terminal.

14. The telephone terminal system of claim 13, wherein comparing the first function set with the second function set and deleting a function present in the second function set from the first function set is controlled by an application tool residing in the removable data medium.

15. The telephone terminal system of claim 13, wherein comparison and deletion takes place systematically once the removable data medium is inserted in the telephone terminal.