Communication device

• US 6,888,531 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2001
• Issued: 05/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ichikawa, Takehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Henry N.
• Application Number:
  US09/989,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20020060667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 345/172, 345/716, 345/752, 345/738, 345/745, 345/748, 345/966, 345/968, 345/156, 345/162, 345/168, 455/438, 379/110.01, 700/11, 700/12, 700/15, 700/17, 700/18, 700/27, 708/142, 708/144, 708/145, 708/146, 715/704, 715/747, 715/762, 715/826
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A communication device comprises a key-input section 1 in which key operations are input by a user; a key-operation storing section 4a for storing key-input information input in the key-input section 1; an output section 3 for displaying the key-input information, which has been stored in the key-operation storing section 4a; a non-volatile memory section 4b for storing as an operational procedure key-input information selected by the user from the displayed key-input information; and a control section 2 for executing sequentially the selected key-input information, which has been stored as an operational procedure wherein the control section 2 may display on the output section 3, before execution by the user, an indication for confirming whether the selected key-input information is to be executed or not.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a key-input section in which key operations are input by a user;

a key-operation storing section for storing key-input information input in said key-input section;

a display section for displaying said key-input information as a combination, which has been stored in said key-operation storing section;

a non-volatile memory section for storing as an operational procedure a series of said displayed key-input information combinations, each said displayed key-input combination having been selected by the user for fixation, said series ending when there is no following key-input information; and

a control section for executing said operational procedure by displaying for review and editing and then sequentially executing each of said selected key-input information combinations in said series, which has been stored in said non-volatile memory section as a sequence of combinations of keys.

2. A communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said display section displays said key-input information in accordance with an order that said key-input information was stored in said key-operation storing section.

3. A communication device as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

at least one of said key-input information combinations is stored in said non-volatile memory section as a functional name which has been assigned to said key-input information combination.

4. A communication device as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

said control section makes a display of an indication for confirming whether execution of said key-input information is to be started or not on said display section before executing sequentially said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations, and said execution of the key-input information is started in the case where there was such an input by a user through said key-input section to the effect that said execution of the key-input information should be started.

5. A communication device as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

a capability for transmitting and receiving e-mail is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for transmission and/or reception of e-mail.

6. A communication device as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

a capability for linking to Internet is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for accessing to a specific site on Internet.

7. A communication device as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations is allocated to a softkey disposed in said key-input section to be enrolled.

8. A communication device as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

said control section makes a display of an indication for confirming whether execution of said key-input information is to be started or not on said display section before executing sequentially said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations, and said execution of the key-input information is started in the case where there was such an input by a user through said key-input section to the effect that said execution of the key-input information should be started.

9. A communication device as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

a capability for transmitting and receiving e-mail is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for transmission and/or reception of e-mail.

10. A communication device as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

a capability for linking to Internet is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for accessing to a specific sites on Internet.

11. A communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

at least one of said key-input information combinations is stored in said non-volatile memory section as a functional name which has been assigned to said key-input information combination.

12. A communication device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations is allocated to a softkey disposed in said key-input section to be enrolled.

13. A communication device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

said control section makes a display of an indication for confirming whether execution of said key-input information is to be started or not on said display section before executing sequentially said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations, and said execution of the key-input information is started in the case where there was such an input by a user through said key-input section to the effect that said execution of the key-input information should be started.

14. A communication device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

a capability for transmitting and receiving e-mail is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for transmission and/or reception of e-mail.

15. A communication device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

a capability for linking to Internet is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for accessing to a specific site on Internet.

16. A communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations is allocated to a softkey disposed in said key-input section to be enrolled.

17. A communication device as claimed in claim 16, wherein:

said control section makes a display of an indication for confirming whether execution of said key-input information is to be started or not on said display section before executing sequentially said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations, and said execution of the key-input information is started in the case where there was such an input by a user through said key-input section to the effect that said execution of the key-input information should be started.

18. A communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said control section makes a display of an indication for confirming whether execution of said key-input information is to be started or not on said display section before executing sequentially said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations, and said execution of the key-input information is started in the case where there was such an input by a user through said key-input section to the effect that said execution of the key-input information should be started.

19. A communication device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

a capability for transmitting and receiving e-mail is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for transmission and/or reception of e-mail.

20. A communication device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

a capability for linking to Internet is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for accessing to a specific site on Internet.

21. A communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

a capability for transmitting and receiving e-mail is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for transmission and/or reception of e-mail.

22. A communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

a capability for linking to Internet is involved, and said key-input information in the form of said series of selected key-input combinations relates to an operational procedure for accessing to a specific site on Internet.