Portable telephone

• US 7,978,150 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2010
• Issued: 07/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Ryosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdulselam; Abbas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bolotin; Dmitriy
• Application Number:
  US12/818,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20100255888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 389 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11- 13, 345 21- 23, 345/156, 345/157, 345/160, 345/161, 345/163, 345/168, 345/173, 345/184, 715/764, 715/810, 715/817, 715819-824, 715856-858, 715/861, 715/864, 455/3.06, 455/78, 455/90, 455/344, 455/575, 455/566, 379/93.01, 379/93.09
• US Class Current: 345/2.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/233 including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator.

Claims

1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate data with at least another device, and settable to a communication off mode;

a storage unit configured to store audio or picture data;

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce said audio or picture data; and

a controller unit configured to set said wireless communication unit to said communication off mode, and to prevent said wireless communication unit from communicating with the other device, without preventing said reproduction unit from reproducing said audio or picture data when said communication off mode is set.

2. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller unit is operable to input electronic mail characters even when said wireless communication off mode is set.

3. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a memory operable to record audio data, and wherein said controller unit sets said wireless communication unit to said communication off mode when said memory is operated to record audio data.

4. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller unit cancels said communication off mode in response to an operation by a user for calling at least one of a pre-registered number and an emergency number, and activates said wireless communication unit.

6. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, including the step of inputting electronic mail characters even when said wireless communication off mode is set.

7. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of recording audio data, and setting said communication off mode when audio data is being recorded.

5. A wireless communication method comprising:

communicating data with at least another device,

storing audio or picture data;

reproducing said audio or picture data; and

setting a communication off mode, preventing communication with the other device without preventing the reproduction of said audio or picture data when said communication off mode is set.

8. The wireless communication method according to claim 5, wherein said communication off mode is cancelled, and said communication is activated in response to an operation by a user for calling at least one of a pre-registered number and an emergency number.

9. A system controller operable in accordance with executable instructions to control wireless communication apparatus to:

communicate data with at least another device,

store audio or picture data;

reproduce said audio or picture data; and

set a communication off mode, prevent communication with the other device without preventing the reproduction of said audio or picture data when said communication off mode is set.

10. The system controller according to claim 9, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is controlled to input electronic mail characters even when said wireless communication off mode is set.

11. The system controller according to claim 9, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is controlled to record audio data, and said communication off mode is set when audio data is being recorded.

12. The system controller according to claim 9, wherein said communication off mode is cancelled, and said communication is activated in response to an operation by a user for calling at least one of a pre-registered number and an emergency number.

13. A computer readable medium encoded with instructions capable of being executed by a system controller to control wireless communication apparatus to perform for method comprising:

communicating data with at least another device,

storing audio or picture data;

reproducing said audio or picture data; and

setting a communication off mode, preventing communication with the other device without preventing the reproduction of said audio or picture data when said communication off mode is set.

14. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein said method includes the step of inputting electronic mail characters even when said wireless communication off mode is set.

15. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein said method further comprising the steps of recording audio data, and setting said communication off mode when audio data is being recorded.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein said communication off mode is cancelled, and said communication is activated in response to an operation by a user for calling at least one of a pre-registered number and an emergency number.