Interactive phone book

• US 8,442,580 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2004
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Corporation
• Inventors: Ogren, Per
• Primary Examiner(s): Magloire, Vladimir
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US10/580,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20070130200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,115 Days
• Field of Search: 455/457, 455/565, 455/566, 455/418, 455/424, 455/466, 4554121-4122, 455/456.1, 455/414.4, 455/415, 455/550.1, 455/556.2, 455/414.1, 455/551, 379/354, 379/355, 379/88.03, 379/93.17, 379/93.23, 707/104.1, 345/594, 715/762
• US Class Current: 455/551
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

In a telecommunications device a number or address is selected from a stored list for initiating a call or sending a message from the telecommunications device to the number or address. The list includes names and one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to each name. At least some of said stored names are displayed, and one of the displayed names is highlighted. The highlighted name is displayed together with a default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name.

Claims

1. A method of selecting a number or address from a list stored in a mobile telecommunications device for initiating a call or sending a message from the mobile telecommunications device to the number or address, the list comprising names and one or more numbers or addresses corresponding to each name, the method comprising:

displaying on a display of the mobile telecommunications device a list comprising at least some of the stored names, one of the names in the list being highlighted;

the highlighted name being displayed in the list on the display of the mobile telecommunications device together with a default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name; and

when further numbers or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name are stored, displaying on the display of the mobile telecommunications device together with the default number or address a first icon that provides an indication of whether the list comprises further numbers or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name in addition to the displayed number or address and a second icon that provides an indication of a type of the further numbers or addresses that are stored, wherein when the default number or address is a default number, the further numbers or addresses are one or more numbers, and when the default number or address is a default address, the further numbers or addresses are one or more addresses;

wherein the second icon comprises an indication of whether the fresher numbers or addresses are at least one of a home phone number, a mobile phone number, a work phone number, a home address, a work address and an e-mail address.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising selecting the displayed default number or address, if it is indicated that this number or address is the only number or address in the list corresponding to the highlighted name.

3. A method according to claim 1, comprising:

scrolling, if it is indicated that the list comprises more than one number or address corresponding to the highlighted name, and if the displayed default number or address is not the one to which a call should be initiated or a message sent, through the numbers or addresses corresponding to the selected name by means of a 4-way navigation device until the number or address to which a call should be initiated or a message sent is displayed; and

selecting, when the number or address to which a call should be initiated or a message sent is displayed, the displayed number.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the default one of the one or more numbers or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name is selected based on a mode of the telecommunications device.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein displaying the highlighted name in the list together with a default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the high-lighted name includes displaying the highlighted name in the list with only one default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name.

6. A method according to claim 5 wherein the highlighted name and the default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name is displayed concurrently on a single display.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the list of names, the highlighted name in the list of names and the default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name are displayed concurrently on a single display.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the default number is configured to be selected and to initiate a call directly without listing the further stored number or addresses.

9. A mobile telecommunications device configured to select a number or address from a list stored in the mobile telecommunications device for initiating a call or sending a message from the mobile telecommunications device to the number or address, the list comprising names and one or more numbers or addresses corresponding to each name, the mobile telecommunications device being configured to:

display on a display of the mobile telecommunications device a list comprising at least some of the stored names, one of the names in the list being highlighted;

the highlighted name being displayed in the list on the display of the mobile telecommunications device together with a default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name; and

when further numbers or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name are stored, the device is configured to display on a display of the mobile telecommunications device together with the default number or address a first icon that provides an indication of whether the list comprises fresher numbers or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name in addition to the displayed number or address and a second icon that provides an indication of a type of the further numbers or addresses that are stored, wherein when the default number or address is default number, the further numbers or addresses are one or more numbers, and when the default number or address is a default address, the further numbers or addresses are one or more addresses, wherein the second icon comprises an indication of whether the further numbers or addresses are at least one of a home phone number, a mobile phone number, a work phone number, a home address, a work address and an e-mail address.

10. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 9 wherein the device is further configured to select the displayed default number or address, if it is indicated that this number or address is the only number or address in the list corresponding to the highlighted name.

11. A mobile A telecommunications device according to claim 9, wherein the device is further configured to:

scroll, if the list comprises more than one number or address corresponding to the highlighted name, and if the displayed default number or address is not the one to which a call should be initiated or a message sent, through the numbers or addresses corresponding to the selected name by means of a 4-way navigation device until the number or address to which a call should be initiated or a message sent is displayed; and

select, when the number or address to which a call should be initiated or a message sent is displayed, the displayed number.

12. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 9, wherein the default one of the one or more numbers or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name is selected based on a mode of the telecommunications device.

13. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 9, wherein the device is further configured to display the highlighted name in the list with only one default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name.

14. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 13, wherein the device is further configured to display the highlighted name and the default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name on a single display.

15. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 13, wherein the device is further configured to display the list of names, the highlighted name in the list of names and the default one of the one or more numbers and/or addresses corresponding to the highlighted name concurrently on a single display.

16. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 13, wherein the default number is configured to be selected and to initiate a call directly without listing the further stored number or addresses.