Method for creating user-customized menu in a portable radio telephone

• US 7,146,578 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2000
• Issued: 12/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ji-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu D.
• Application Number:
  US09/752,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20040221241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,168 Days
• Field of Search: 345/762, 345/764, 345/765, 345/776, 345/810, 345/841, 345/866, 455/566, 715/762, 715/764, 715/765, 715/776, 715/810, 715/864, 715/866
• US Class Current: 715/866
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for creating a user-customized menu in a portable radio telephone having a menu table in which service menus for a user are stored in association with corresponding indexes. The method comprising the steps of: upon receipt of a user-customized menu creating key, switching an operating mode of the portable radio telephone to a user-customized menu creating mode; receiving a user-customized menu index in the user-customized menu creating mode; after receiving the user-customized menu index, receiving a menu index to be set as menu contents in the user-customized menu index; and after receiving the menu index, storing the menu index in association with the user-customized menu index.

Claims

1. A method for creating a user-customized menu in a portable radio telephone having a menu table in which service menus for a user are stored in association with corresponding indexes, the method comprising the steps of:

upon receipt of a user-customized menu creating key, switching an operating mode of the portable radio telephone to a user-customized menu creating mode;

receiving a user-customized menu index in the user-customized menu creating mode;

after receiving the user-customized menu index, receiving a main menu index or a sub-menu index; and

after receiving the menu index, or the submenu index, storing the main menu index or the submenu index in association with the user-customized menu index.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said menu index is a service menu index stored in the menu table.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying a message for requesting the user to input a desired user-customized menu index after switching the operating mode of the portable radio telephone to the user-customized menu creating mode.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying a message for requesting the user to input a menu index desired to be input as menu contents in association with the received user-customized menu index.

5. A method for creating a user-customized menu in a portable radio telephone, comprising the steps of:

upon receipt of a user-customized menu creating key, switching an operating mode of the portable radio telephone to a user-customized menu creating mode;

displaying a user-customized menu index input request message for requesting a user to input a user-customized menu index of a desired user-customized menu;

after displaying the user-customized menu index input request message, receiving a user-customized menu index from the user;

displaying a menu index input request message for requesting the user to input a menu index corresponding to user-customized menu contents desired to be stored in the received user-customized menu index;

after displaying the menu index input request message, receiving from the user a main menu index or a sub-menu index; and

storing the received menu index in association with the user-customized menu index.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the menu index is an index of a service menu previously stored in the portable radio telephone.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the step of releasing the user-customized menu creating mode after storing the menu index in association with the user-customized menu index.

8. A method for creating a user-customized menu in a portable radio telephone, comprising the steps of:

creating a menu table by designating menu indexes corresponding to service menus for a user;

upon receipt of a user-customized menu creating request from the user to create a user-customized menu, switching an operating mode of the portable radio telephone to a user-customized menu creating mode;

upon receipt of an index to be designated for the user-customized menu in the user-customized menu creating mode, receiving a service menu selected a by inputting a main menu index or a sub-menu index and mapping the received index to the service menu; and

storing the mapped service menu in the menu table in association with the index received for the user-customized menu.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising the step of releasing the user-customized menu creating mode after creating the user-customized menu table.