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Dynamically autoconfigured feature browser for a communication terminal

  • US 6,791,586 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/1999
  • Issued: 09/14/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of controlling an order of presentation of at least one feature on a display of a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

  • maintaining utilization history information for each of a plurality of features accessible through the display of the terminal, said terminal having a plurality of user-actuable keys arranged thereon, including at least a first key for navigating through the plurality of features of the terminal, one or more of the features of the terminal each corresponding to a function performed by the terminal, and a second key for activating a given one of the features having an identifier thereof displayed in a designated area of the display; and

    determining a feature presentation order for presentation of at least a subset of the plurality of features on the display of the terminal based at least in part on the utilization history information for those features;

    wherein the utilization history information comprises one or more of a plurality of feature presentation management tables, each of the feature presentation management tables being maintained for a corresponding one of a plurality of different terminal states, different feature presentation orders thereby being providable for each of the different terminal states.

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