System and method for providing a parameter for an application operating on an electronic device

• US 8,893,085 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Tysowski, Piotr Konrad, May, Darrell Reginald, Lee, Matthew Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Qing
• Application Number:
  US13/707,466
• Publication Number:
  US 20130103936A1
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 717120-123, 709220-222, 713/100
• US Class Current: 717/121
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

A system and method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: upon activation of the electronic device, determining a state of initial configuration for the electronic device from configuration data stored in the electronic device; when the state of initial configuration of the electronic device indicates that the set up application had previously been initiated, presenting a GUI screen on the electronic device where an application operating on the electronic device and the set up application are displayed; and upon activation of the set up application, activating the set up application at a point in its operation based on the operation history.

Claims

1. A method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device, comprising:

upon activation of the electronic device,

determining a state of initial configuration for the electronic device from configuration data stored in the electronic device, wherein the state of initial configuration of the electronic device was previously changed to reflect an operation history of the set up application;

when the state of initial configuration of the electronic device indicates that the set up application had previously been initiated, presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) screen on the electronic device where an application operating on the electronic device and the set up application are displayed; and

upon activation of the set up application, activating the set up application at a point in its operation based on the operation history.

2. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

on a previous activation of the set up application, a series of GUI screens on a display of the electronic device providing introductory information relating to the electronic device were generated.

3. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the introductory information is related to operational parameters of the electronic device and a network in communication with the electronic device.

4. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

if a change is made to a parameter through a GUI interface, updating a storage location in a memory of the electronic device with the change, wherein the parameter is accessed by the application operating on the electronic device.

5. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein:

the parameter is related to a display characteristic for elements generated on the display of the electronic device.

6. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

the GUI interface utilizes at least one template providing text to be displayed in a GUI screen and options relating to the parameter.

7. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein:

the electronic device has Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication capabilities with a network; and

aspects of the GUI interface can be accessed only if a telephone number has been programmed into the electronic device.

8. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein:

the electronic device has wireless communication capabilities;

time zone information relating to a location of the electronic device is provided from the network; and

the set up application uses the time zone information to update an aspect relating to the parameter.

9. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

the time zone information relating to a location of the electronic device is derived using either;

triangulation of signals received from the network by the electronic device;

or

country code information associated with the electronic device provided from the network.

10. The method of activating a set up application operating on an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the set up application has access to a table of contents GUI screen providing topics that are displayed on the activation of the set up application.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a microprocessor;

a display; and

a memory device storing instructions for execution on the microprocessor, providing instructions for a set up application, upon activation of the electronic device, to;

determine a state of initial configuration for the electronic device from configuration data stored in the electronic device, wherein the state of initial configuration of the electronic device was previously changed to reflect an operation history of the set up application;

when the state of initial configuration of the electronic device indicates that the set up application had previously been initiated, present a graphical user interface (GUI) screen on the display where an application operating on the electronic device and the set up application are displayed; and

upon activation of the set up application, activate the set up application at a point in its operation based on the operation history.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

on a previous activation of the set up application, a series of GUI screens on a display of the electronic device providing introductory information relating to the electronic device were generated.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

the memory device stores further instructions for execution on the microprocessor, providing instructions for the set up application to;

update a storage location in the memory device of the electronic device if a change is made to a parameter through a GUI interface.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein:

the electronic device has wireless communication capabilities with a network;

time zone information relating to a location of the electronic device is provided from the network; and

the set up application uses the time zone information to update an aspect relating to the parameter.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein:

the electronic device has Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication capabilities; and

aspects of the GUI interface can be accessed only if a telephone number has been programmed into the electronic device.

16. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium storing processing instructions for an electronic device, the processing instructions, when executed by a computer microprocessor of the electronic device enable the electronic device to perform the following steps:

upon activation of the electronic device,

determining a state of initial configuration for the electronic device from configuration data stored in the electronic device, wherein the state of initial configuration of the electronic device was previously changed to reflect an operation history of the set up application;

when the state of initial configuration of the electronic device indicates that the set up application had previously been initiated, presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) screen on the electronic device where an application operating on the electronic device and the set up application are displayed; and

upon activation of the set up application, activating the set up application at a point in its operation based on the operation history.

17. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium storing processing instructions for the electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein:

on a previous activation of the set up application, a series of GUI screens on a display of the electronic device providing introductory information relating to the electronic device were generated.

18. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium storing processing instructions for the electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the processing instructions, when executed by the computer microprocessor of the electronic device further enable the electronic device to perform the following step:

if a change is made to a parameter through a GUI interface, updating a storage location in a memory of the electronic device with the change, wherein the parameter is accessed by the application operating on the electronic device.

19. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium storing processing instructions for the electronic device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

the electronic device has Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication capabilities with a network; and

aspects of the GUI interface can be accessed only if a telephone number has been programmed into the electronic device.

20. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium storing processing instructions for the electronic device as claimed in claim 19, wherein:

time zone information relating to a location of the electronic device is derived using either;

triangulation of signals received from the network by the electronic device;

or

country code information associated with the electronic device provided from the network; and

the set up application uses the time zone information to update an aspect relating to the parameter.