Method for displaying dialing information and mobile communication device using the method

• US 8,010,163 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2008
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Tsuei, Yuan-Mao
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan; Phuoc
• Application Number:
  US12/267,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20090124293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A method for displaying dialing information is disclosed. A touch panel of a mobile communication device comprises a first display area and a second display area. When a trigger signal generated by pressing a virtual button of a virtual keypad of the mobile communication device is received, it is determined whether the trigger signal corresponds to a dialing operation. If the trigger signal corresponds to the dialing operation, a first contact information corresponding to a pattern of the pressed virtual button is displayed in the second display area, and the pattern is overlapping displayed on a specified portion of the second display area.

Claims

1. A method for displaying dialing information, comprising:

providing a first display area and a second display area on a touch panel of a mobile communication device;

displaying a virtual keypad on the first display area, wherein the virtual keypad comprising at least one virtual button;

receiving a trigger signal generated by pressing the virtual button;

determining whether the trigger signal corresponds to a dialing operation; and

if the trigger signal corresponds to the dialing operation, displaying a first contact information corresponding to a pattern of the pressed virtual button in the second display area and overlapping displaying the pattern in a specified position of the second display area.

2. The method for displaying dialing information as claimed in claim 1, further comprising performing an operation corresponding to the virtual button if the trigger signal does not correspond to the dialing operation.

3. The method for displaying dialing information as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first contact information comprising a contact name or telephone number.

4. The method for displaying dialing information as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether a selection operation is detected, wherein the selection operation is for selecting one of the first contact information; and

if the selection operation is detected, displaying a second contact information corresponding to the selected first contact information in the specified position of the second display area.

5. The method for displaying dialing information as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second contact information comprising a contact name or telephone number.

6. The method for displaying dialing information as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pattern represents a number.

7. The method for displaying dialing information as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pattern represents a symbol.

8. A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

9. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a touch panel, providing a first display area and a second display area, wherein a virtual keypad comprising plural virtual buttons is displayed on the first display area;

a signal receiving module, receiving a trigger signal generated by pressing of one of the virtual buttons; and

a microcontroller, receiving the trigger signal from the signal receiving module, determining whether the trigger signal corresponds to a dialing operation, and, if the trigger signal corresponds to the dialing operation, displaying a first contact information corresponding to a pattern of the pressed virtual button in the second display area and overlapping displaying the pattern in a specified position of the second display area.

10. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the microcontroller performs an operation corresponding to the virtual button if the trigger signal does not correspond to the dialing operation.

11. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first contact information comprising a contact name or telephone number.

12. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein, when a selection operation for selecting one of the first contact information is detected, the microcontroller displays a second contact information corresponding to the selected first contact information in the specified position of the second display area.

13. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second contact information comprising a contact name or telephone number.

14. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the pattern represents a number.

15. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the pattern represents a symbol.

16. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first display area is at least two times larger than the second display area.

17. The mobile communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mobile communication device comprises a personal digital assistant (PDA) phone.