Communication devices with application shortcut keys and methods therefor

• US 6,931,264 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2002
• Issued: 08/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jobling, Jeremy, Walston, Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Gary, Erika A.
• Application Number:
  US10/140,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20040192397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,198 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/466, 455/564, 455/550.1, 455/575.1, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/412.1, 455/460
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

Method in a communication devices, for example wireless communications handsets, having an application program with an application form into which data may be entered. In some embodiments, an application form of the application program, for example a messaging application form, is displayed (230) in response to depressing a dedicated messaging input key. In other embodiments, displayed information (210 is input to a data field of the application form, for example an address is input to an addressee field of the displayed messaging form.

Claims

1. A method in a wireless communication handset having an application program with an application form into which data may be entered, comprising:

selecting information displayed on the wireless communication handset;

depressing a dedicated form prompting key;

displaying art application form of the application program in response to depressing the dedicated form prompting key;

entering the selected information in the application form in response to depressing the dedicated form prompting key.

2. The method of claim 1, selecting the information from displayed image information.

3. The method of claim 1,

the application form is a messaging form of a messaging application,

opening the messaging application by depressing the dedicated form prompting key,

displaying the messaging form with the selected information entered in a data field of the messaging form upon depressing the dedicated form prompting key.

4. The method of claim 1,

prompting selection of a data field in the application form after depressing the dedicated form prompting key before entering the selected information in the application form.

5. The method of claim 1,

prompting selection of a datum from displayed information after depressing the dedicated form prompting key,

entering the selected datum in the application form.

6. The method of claim 1,

the application form is a messaging form,

prompting selection of a data field in the messaging form after depressing the dedicated form prompting key;

entering the selected information in the selected data field of the messaging form.

7. The method of claim 6,

selecting contextual data before depressing the dedicated form prompting key,

entering the selected contextual data in the data field of the messaging form in response to depressing the dedicated form prompting key.

8. A method in a communication device capable of displaying an application form into which data may be input, comprising:

selecting information displayed on the communication device;

depressing a dedicated form prompting input key;

entering the selected information in a data field of an application form in response to depressing the dedicated form prompting input key.

9. The method of claim 8,

the displayed information is an address, the application form is a messaging form,

selecting an address,

entering the selected address in an address field of the messaging form by depressing the dedicated form prompting input key.

10. The method of claim 8, selecting the displayed information by selecting at least a contextual portion of displayed information.

11. The method of claim 8, displaying the application form with the selected information entered in the data field by depressing the dedicated form prompting input key.

12. The method of claim 8, the displayed information is an address, the application form is an address form, selecting an address, entering the selected address in an address field of the address form by depressing the dedicated form prompting input key.

13. The method of claim 8, the displayed information is a web page, entering a URL of the web page in the data field of the application form by depressing the dedicated form prompting input key.

14. The method of claim 8,

entering the selected information in an address field of the application form by depressing the dedicated form prompting input key if the selected information is an address.

15. The method of claim 14, prompting for the identification of a destination data field of the application if the selected information in a not an address.

16. The method of claim 14, entering the selected information in a non-address field of the application form by depressing the dedicated form prompting input key if the selected information is not art address.

17. A communication device comprising:

a processor coupled to memory;

a display coupled to the processor, the display displaying information;

a dedicated application form invoking input key coupled to the processors,

an application program stored in memory,

whereby an application form of the application program is populated with information selected from the display upon depressing the dedicated application form invoking input key.

18. The communication device of claim 17,

the application form having a data field,

whereby displayed data is input to the data field of the application form upon depressing the dedicated application form invoking input key.

19. A mobile wireless communication device comprising:

a programmable processor coupled to memory;

an application program stored in the memory;

a radio transceiver coupled to the programmable processor;

a display coupled to the programmable processor;

a dedicated application form invoking input key coupled to the programmable processor;

an application form of the application program is populated with information selected from the display upon depressing the dedicated application form invoking input key.

20. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 19,

the application form having a data field,

the data field of the application form is populated with the selected information and the populated application form is displayed on the display upon depressing the dedicated application form invoking input key.

21. A method in a wireless communication handset having an application program with an application form into which data may be entered, comprising:

displaying information,

depressing a dedicated form prompting key;

prompting selection of a data field in the application form after depressing the dedicated form prompting key;

displaying the application form of the application program in response to depressing the dedicated form prompting key;

entering the displayed information in a selected data field of the displayed application form upon depressing the dedicated form prompting key.

22. A method in a wireless communication handset having an application program with an application form into which data may be entered, comprising:

displaying information;

depressing a dedicated form prompting key;

prompting selection of a portion of the displayed information after depressing the dedicated form prompting key;

displaying an application form of the application program in response to depressing the dedicated form prompting key;

entering a selected portion of the displayed information in the displayed application form upon depressing the dedicated form prompting key.