Mobile telephone with improved man machine interface
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1. A mobile telephone comprising:
- computing means for storing representations of icons; and
a display operable to be controlled by the computing means to display the icons;
wherein the display is operable to show at a given time a subset of the icons in an array, and to provide a single selectable icon position that is configured to display one of the icons in the subset of icons, wherein the array is an inclined array comprising a plurality of icons; and
a selection device cooperating with the computing means such that movement of the selection device in a first direction initiates movement of icons in the array such that said one of the icons in the subset of icons in the single selectable icon position is changed to a different icon, and wherein movement of the selection device in a second direction different from the first direction initiates a function associated with said one of the icons in the subset of icons in the single selectable icon position.
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Abstract
The present invention envisages a GSM mobile telephone in which a line of icons is displayed on a display. As a user navigates through the displayed line of icons, the positions of the icons alter so that the selectable icon moves to the head of the line. This approach makes it very clear (i) which icon is selectable at any time and (ii) where that icon sits in relation to other icons at the same functional level (e.g. only first level icons will be present in one line). First level icons typically relate to the following functions: phonebook; messages; call register; counters; call diversion; telephone settings; network details; voice mail and IrDA activation.
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18 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone comprising:
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computing means for storing representations of icons; and
a display operable to be controlled by the computing means to display the icons;wherein the display is operable to show at a given time a subset of the icons in an array, and to provide a single selectable icon position that is configured to display one of the icons in the subset of icons, wherein the array is an inclined array comprising a plurality of icons; and a selection device cooperating with the computing means such that movement of the selection device in a first direction initiates movement of icons in the array such that said one of the icons in the subset of icons in the single selectable icon position is changed to a different icon, and wherein movement of the selection device in a second direction different from the first direction initiates a function associated with said one of the icons in the subset of icons in the single selectable icon position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device, comprising:
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computing means for storing representations of one or more icons; and
a display operable to be controlled by the computing means to display one or more icons;wherein the display is operable to show at a given time a subset of the icons in an array and to provide a single selectable icon position that is configured to display one of the icons in the subset of icons, the appearance of some or all of the icons in the array altering as a user selects an icon to visually indicate that a status of the computing means is changing, wherein only a function associated with an icon in the selectable icon position can be initiated, wherein the array is an inclined array. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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