Information processing terminal displaying guidance for a key operation on a standby-screen

• US 7,401,296 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2003
• Issued: 07/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Watanabe, Yoshikazu, Hayashida, Ken, Ito, Keizo, Fujii, Yoko
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu; Tadesse
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAUDHURI, ANITA
• Application Number:
  US10/359,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20040021703A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,985 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864, 715/762, 715/763, 715/64, 715/705, 715/764
• US Class Current: 715/763
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/56 including a user help function

Abstract

A cellular phone and a guidance display program enable an enhancement of operability when operating the cellular phone, corresponding to an event. An occurrence of an event is detected, guidance information corresponding to the event is searched out of a guidance storage unit. A standby-image corresponding to the guidance information is generated and then displayed, and guidance is displayed in the standby-image. When accepting an operation displayed in the guidance, a process corresponding to the event is executed.

Claims

1. An information processing terminal comprising:

an event detection unit detecting an occurrence of an event based on a received data from another terminal;

a guidance storage unit stored with pieces of guidance information corresponding to respective events;

a guidance search unit searching out the guidance information comprising an operation conducted next corresponding to the event from said guidance storage unit;

an image generation unit generating a standby-image corresponding to the guidance information; and

a display control unit displaying the standby-image;

wherein the standby image corresponding to the guidance information is displayed if the event based on the data received from another terminal occurs, and

wherein the guidance information contains an image of the operation key operated corresponding to the event.

2. An information processing terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

an operation accept unit accepting an operation displayed in the guidance; and

a process executing unit executing a process corresponding to the event when accepting the operation.

3. An information processing terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an assignment change unit changing a function assigned to an operation key in the case of displaying the guidance,

wherein said guidance search unit searches out the guidance information indicating an operation of the operation key after changing the function.

4. An information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein said guidance search unit searches out the guidance information of manipulation that is to be made next in corresponding to the event.

5. A storage medium readable by a computer, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps comprising:

detecting an occurrence of an event based on a received data from another terminal;

searching out guidance information comprising an operation conducted next corresponding to the event from a guidance storage unit;

generating a standby-image corresponding to the guidance information; and

displaying the standby-image,

whereby the guidance is displayed in the standby-image;

the standby image corresponding to the guidance information is displayed if the event based on the data received from another terminal occurs, and

wherein the guidance information contains an image of the operation key operated corresponding to the event.

6. A storage medium readable by a computer, tangible embodying a program according to claim 5, further comprising:

accepting an operation displayed in the guidance; and

executing a process corresponding to the event when accepting the operation.

7. A storage medium readable by a computer, tangible embodying a program according to claim 5, further comprising changing a function assigned to an operation key in the case of displaying the guidance,

wherein said search-out involves searching out the guidance information indicating an operation of the operation key after changing the function.

8. An information processing terminal guidance display method executed by an information processing terminal, comprising:

detecting an occurrence of an event based on a received data from another terminal;

searching out guidance information comprising an operation conducted next corresponding to the event from a guidance storage unit;

generating a standby-image corresponding to the guidance information; and

displaying the standby-image,

whereby the guidance is displayed in the standby-image;

the standby image corresponding to the guidance information is displayed if the event based on the data received from another terminal occurs, and

wherein the guidance information contains an image of the operation key operated corresponding to the event.

9. An information processing terminal guidance display method according to claim 8, further comprising:

accepting an operation displayed in the guidance; and

executing a process corresponding to the event when accepting the operation.

10. An information processing terminal guidance display method according to claim 8, further comprising changing a function assigned to an operation key in the case of displaying the guidance,

wherein said search-out involves searching out the guidance information indicating an operation of the operation key after changing the function.