Methods of dynamically changing information provided on a display of a cellular telephone and related cellular telephones

• US 7,657,281 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2007
• Issued: 02/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snaptrack Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Eibye, Anders Bertram
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, SIMON
• Application Number:
  US11/619,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20080167078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,125 Days
• Field of Search: 4555561-5562, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

Methods of displaying information on a display of a cellular telephone are provided in which information from at least a first of a plurality of standby screen applications is displayed on the display of the cellular telephone while the cellular telephone is in a standby mode. A second of the plurality of applications is then automatically selected based on a set of pre-defined rules. Thereafter, the displayed information from the first of the plurality of applications is replaced with information from the second of the plurality of applications while the cellular telephone remains in the standby mode. Related cellular telephones and computer program products are also provided.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information on a display associated with a cellular telephone, the method comprising:

displaying information from at least a first of a plurality of applications on the display while the cellular telephone is in a standby mode; and

then

automatically selecting a second of the plurality of applications based on a set of pre-defined rules; and

then

automatically replacing the displayed information from the first of the plurality of applications with information from the second of the plurality of applications while the cellular telephone remains in the standby mode;

wherein the cellular telephone is configurable to receive at least one user-provided temporal parameter to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the second of the plurality of applications;

wherein the cellular telephone is configurable to receive at least one user-provided location parameter to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the second of the plurality of applications;

wherein the second of the plurality of applications comprises a task list application;

wherein the at least one user-provided location parameter used to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the second of the plurality of applications comprises at least a work location; and

wherein the at least one user-provided temporal parameter used to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the second of the plurality of applications comprises at least a time of day and a day of the week when the task list from the task list application may be displayed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically selecting a second of the plurality of applications based on a set of pre-defined rules comprises automatically selecting the second of the plurality of applications based further on a location of the cellular telephone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is carried out by a computer program product that is stored in a memory of the cellular telephone.

4. A cellular telephone, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver coupled to the processor;

a user interface that includes a first display coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a plurality of applications that are configured to run on the processor, wherein each of the plurality of applications generate information that may be displayed on the first display when the cellular telephone is in standby mode; and

a control application that is configured to automatically adjust what of the information generated by the plurality of applications is displayed on the first display while the cellular telephone is in standby mode based on at least one of a time of day criteria, a day of the week criteria and/or criteria involving a location of the cellular telephone being satisfied.

5. The cellular telephone of claim 4, wherein the control application is configured to replace information provided by a first of the plurality of applications with information provided by a second of the plurality of applications in response to at least one of the time of day criteria, the day of the week criteria and/or the criteria involving the location of the cellular telephone being satisfied.

6. A method of displaying information on a display associated with a cellular telephone, the method comprising:

displaying information from at least a first of a plurality of applications on the display while the cellular telephone is in a standby mode; and

then

automatically selecting a second of the plurality of applications based on a set of pre-defined rules comprising at least one of a temporal parameter and a location of the cellular telephone; and

then

automatically displaying information from the second of the plurality of applications while the cellular telephone remains in the standby mode.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the display is a display on a device separate from the cellular telephone that receives information from the cellular telephone via a wireless communications link.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the set of pre-defined rules includes at least one rule that selects one or more of the plurality of applications based on a location of the cellular telephone relative to another location.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the cellular telephone is configurable to receive at least one user-provided temporal parameter to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the second of the plurality of applications;

and

wherein the cellular telephone is configurable to receive at least one user-provided location parameter to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the second of the plurality of applications.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one location parameter comprises a pre-specified location, and wherein the set of pre-defined rules comprises at least one rule that selects the second of the plurality of applications based at least in part on a determination that the cellular telephone is at the pre-specified location.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one user-provided temporal parameter comprises a time of day and a day of the week.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein automatically selecting a second of the plurality of applications based on a set of pre-defined rules comprises automatically selecting the second of the plurality of applications based on the location of a person other than the user of the cellular telephone, and wherein the information from the second of the plurality of applications comprises at least a name and a location of the person other than the user of the cellular telephone.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein the second of the plurality of applications comprises a traffic application, and wherein the cellular telephone is configurable to receive as parameters to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the traffic application:

a home address, a work address, and a time when the information from the traffic application may be displayed.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein the second of the plurality of applications comprises a task list application, and wherein the cellular telephone is configurable to receive as parameters to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the task list application:

a work address, a time when the task list application may be displayed, and a distance from the work address within which the task list application may be displayed.

15. The method of claim 6, wherein the second of the plurality of applications comprises a calendar application, and wherein the cellular telephone is configurable to receive as parameters to establish at least some of the set of pre-defined rules that result in the automatic selection of the calendar application:

a work address, and a distance from the work address within which the calendar application may be displayed.