Device, method, and storage medium storing program

• US 9,329,779 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Tamai, Naoyuki, Nishio, Sanae, Oonishi, Katsuaki, Shimazu, Tomohiro, Takemoto, Kazuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Eurice, Michael J
• Application Number:
  US13/630,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20130082959A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,313 Days
• Field of Search: 345/169, 345/173, 715/702, 715/810, 715/864
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen. The controller displays information for specifying a person in a first area of the home screen, and displays a list of information for specifying communication services used by a person specified by the information displayed in the first area in a second area of the home screen.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a touch screen display configured to display a home screen; and

a controller configured to

display a profile image specifying a person in the home screen,

display a list of icons specifying communication services used by the specified person specified in the home screen, wherein the profile image and the icons are concurrently displayed on the home screen,

display, on at least one of the icons, a number of events to be notified, among events performed by the specified person using the communication services, and

when the touch screen display detects an operation operated on an icon among the icons,

execute a first function in a case where the number of events to be notified is displayed on said operated icon, and

execute a second function in a case where the number of events to be notified is not displayed on said operated icon, wherein the second function is different from the first function.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein

when an operation for selecting one of the communication services is detected, the controller is configured to execute a function for using the selected service.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the specified person is a person other than a user of the device,

the list includes only icons corresponding to the communication services used by the specified person, and

the controller is further configured to, when a specific operation is detected on the profile image or on an icon in the list, update the numbers of events to be notified on all of the icons corresponding to the specified person.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is further configured to display

a list of profile images, and

in association with each of the profile images, a corresponding list of icons, and

the list of profile images and the corresponding lists of icons are concurrently displayed on the home screen.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display, on the home screen and concurrently with the profile image and the list of icons,

further profile images each specifying a corresponding further person among a plurality of further persons, wherein

a size of each of the further profile images displayed on the home screen is smaller than a size of the profile image displayed on the home screen, and

each of the further profile images is associated with a corresponding further list of icons specifying communication services used by the corresponding further person, and

for each of the further profile images displayed on the home screen, only one icon in the corresponding further list of icons.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to

when the operated icon corresponds to a phone service,

execute a function which prompts a user of the device to check the events to be notified, in a case where the number of events to be notified is displayed on the operated icon, and

execute the phone service, in a case where the number of events to be notified is not displayed on the operated icon.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein

the function, which prompts the user to check the events to be notified, includes at least one of

a function which displays a call history on the touch screen display, and

a function which executes an answering machine.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to

when the operated icon corresponds to an e-mail service,

execute a function which prompts a user of the device to check the events to be notified, in a case where the number of events to be notified is displayed on the operated icon, and

execute a mail application of the e-mail service, in a case where the number of events to be notified is not displayed on the operated icon.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein

the function, which prompts the user to check the event to be notified, includes a function which displays an email inbox on the touch screen display.

10. The device according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is configured to

display further profile images each specifying one of a plurality of persons, and

display, when an operation of selecting one of the plurality of persons as the specified person is detected, the profile image and the icons corresponding to the specified person.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the controller is configured to change the number of the icons in the list according to the specified person selected from the further profile images.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein the profile image, the icons corresponding to the profile image, and the further profile images are concurrently displayed on the home screen.

13. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the controller is further configured to display a single further icon associated with each of the further profile images, and

the further icon is concurrently displayed on the home screen with the profile image, the icons corresponding to the profile image, and the further profile images.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the further icon corresponds to the communication service last used by a person associated with the corresponding further profile image.

15. A method for controlling a device including a touch screen display, the method comprising:

displaying a home screen on the touch screen display;

displaying a profile image specifying a person in the home screen;

displaying a list of icons specifying communication services used by the specified person specified in the home screen, wherein the profile image and the icons are concurrently displayed on the home screen;

displaying, on at least one of the icons, a number of events to be notified, among events performed by the specified person using the communication services; and

when the touch screen display detects an operation operated on an icon among the icons,

executing a first function in a case where the number of events to be notified is displayed on said operated icon, and

executing a second function in a case where the number of events to be notified is not displayed on said operated icon, wherein the second function is different from the first function.

16. A non-transitory storage medium storing therein a program for causing, when executed by a device including a touch screen display, the device to execute:

displaying a home screen on the touch screen display;

displaying a profile image specifying a person in the home screen;

displaying a list of icons specifying communication services used by the specified person specified in the home screen, wherein the profile image and the icons are concurrently displayed on the home screen;

displaying, on at least one of the icons, a number of events to be notified, among events performed by the specified person using the communication services; and

when the touch screen display detects an operation operated on an icon among the icons,

executing a first function in a case where the number of events to be notified is displayed on said operated icon, and

executing a second function in a case where the number of events to be notified is not displayed on said operated icon, wherein the second function is different from the first function.