Integrated handheld computing and telephony system and services

• US 8,321,814 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2009
• Issued: 11/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Hawkins, Jeffrey Charles, Haitani, Robert Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Roswell, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Muhebbullah, Sajeda
• Application Number:
  US12/471,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271407A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,285 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/864, 455/556.1, 455566-567, 455/575.3, 455/575.4, 455/411, 379/207.1
• US Class Current: 715/864
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting

Abstract

Disclosed is an integrated handheld computer and telephony system. Integration of the handheld computer and telephony system is at the physical and operational level. For example, the integrated handheld computer and telephony system physically integrates a handheld computer with a mobile (e.g., cellular) telephone. In addition, the handheld computer is distinct from telephony system in that they are logically separable. However, they are also operationally integrated, for example, the telephony system executes a telephone application on the processor of the handheld computer. Likewise, the handheld computer can execute applications, for example, a phone book, that can be used to launch the telephony application.

Claims

1. A method of operating a mobile computing device with wireless telephone functionality, the method being performed by a processor and comprising:

detecting a position of a movable component of the computing device, the movable component operable to move between at least a first position and a second position;

responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting an incoming call, waiting for an expiration of a predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting first user input through a first input module to answer the incoming call; and

responsive to detecting the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call, waiting for the expiration of the predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting second user input through a second input module to answer the incoming call.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined period of time is half a second.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting the incoming call, displaying first graphical elements on a screen; and

responsive the detecting movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call, displaying second graphical elements on the screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the movable component comprises a flip lid hinged to a body of the mobile computing device.

5. A mobile computing device with wireless telephone functionality, comprising:

a movable component of the computing device, the movable component operable to move between at least a first position and a second position; and

a controller configured to;

detect a position of the movable component of the computing device, the movable component operable to move between at least a first position and a second position;

responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting an incoming call, waiting for an expiration of a predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting first user input through a first input module to answer the incoming call; and

responsive to detecting the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call, waiting for the expiration of the predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting second user input through a second input module to answer the incoming call.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 5, wherein the predetermined period of half a second.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 5, further comprising a screen, the screen displaying first graphical elements on a screen responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting the incoming call, and displaying second graphical elements on the screen responsive to detecting the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 5, wherein the movable component comprises a flip lid hinged to a body of the mobile computing device.

9. A computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor in a mobile computing device with wireless telephonic functionality causes the processor to:

detect a position of a movable component of the computing device, the movable component operable to move between at least a first position and a second position;

responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting an incoming call, waiting for an expiration of a predetermine period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting first user input through a first input module to answer the incoming call;

responsive to the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call, waiting for the expiration of the predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting second user input through a second input module to answer the incoming call.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the predetermined period of half a second.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising causing the processor to:

responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting the incoming call, display first graphical elements on a screen; and

responsive to detecting the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call display second graphical elements on the screen.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the movable component comprises a flip lid hinged to a body of the mobile computing device.