Making a call from an address list or a call history list

• US 7,289,614 B1
• Filed: 09/29/2000
• Issued: 10/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Palmsource Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Inventors: Robertson, Ryan, Maes, Stephane, Vialle, Benoit, Twerdahl, Tim
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming; William D.
• Application Number:
  US09/677,831
• Time in Patent Office: 2,587 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/566, 379/142, 379/130, 379/93.23, 379/142.01, 345/184, 345/347, 345/835
• US Class Current: 379/142.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

A method and apparatus of managing a phone device of a personal digital assistant (PDA) is provided. In one example of the present invention, the PDA retrieves a call history list from a stored memory location, the call history list including a call history list record. The PDA then displays at least a portion of the call history list on a screen of the PDA. The call history list preferably includes phone numbers and names associated with those phone numbers. In another example, the method further includes displaying call details of a selected call history list record. The call details preferably includes a date, a timestamp, and a duration.

Claims

1. A method of managing a phone device of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a set of call lists, comprising at least one of a call history list, a missed call list, an incoming calls list, an outgoing calls list, and a received call list, and an address list;

selecting one of the displayed call lists;

retrieving the selected call list from a memory location of the phone device;

displaying at least a portion of the selected call list on a screen of the PDA, wherein the PDA includes a tap recognizer, and the PDA is configured to select a tapped list record and to initiate a phone call on the phone device;

wherein;

the selected call list includes a set of records, each record including a name and a number;

the step of displaying comprises displaying the name and number for each record in the at least a portion of the selected call list; and

performing a first tap type on a displayed number of a specific record provides a first set of information related to the specific record;

performing a first tap type on a displayed name of the specific record results in a second set of information different from the first set of information related to the specific record; and

performing a second tap type on the specific record initiates the phone call to a number in the specific record.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the set of call lists comprises a call history list, a missed call list, an incoming calls list, an outgoing calls list, a received call list, and an address list.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first set of information comprises a set of phone numbers associated with the specific record.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first set of information is provided in the form of a drop down menu positioned at the displayed number of the specific record with the selected list in the background.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second set of information comprises information related to the selected list.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

when the selected list comprises a call history list, the second set of information comprises a summary of the call making the specific record.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the summary comprises a name, date, time, and duration of the call making the specific record.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the set of call lists comprises a call history list, a missed call list, an incoming calls list, an outgoing calls list, a received call list, and an address list;

the first set of information comprises a set of phone numbers associated with the specific record and the first set of information is provided in the form of a drop down menu positioned at the displayed number of the specific record with the selected list in the background;

when the selected list comprises a call history list, the second set of information comprises a summary of the call making the specific record comprising a name, date, time, and duration of the call making the specific record; and

the personal digital assistant is a handheld computer having a dedicated writing area entirely separate from the touch sensitive display.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is embodied in a set of computer readable instructions that, when loaded into a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of the method.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the method is embodied in a set of computer readable instructions that, when loaded into a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of the method.