Method for managing menu function in mobile station

• US 9,485,350 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2012
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Inventors: Byun, Yu Chan, Lee, Jin Soo, Kim, Tae Hyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Thanh
• Application Number:
  US13/353,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20120137251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,749 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• 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 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

The method for managing menu functions in a mobile station includes the steps of executing menu edition, selecting menu items the user uses frequently in the executed menu edition, to set up a menu, executing the menu, and displaying the menu of the selected menu items at first. The basic menu inclusive of all menu items the mobile station provides is selected as a last menu item of the mode menu displayed at first so that the user can access to menu items other than the menu items of preference. By providing easy mode menu with menu items the user or manufacturer of the mobile station uses frequently in advance, and displaying on a display window at first, the user is permitted a quick and easy access to a desired menu item without going through many steps of menus for using the desired menu item.

Claims

1. A method for managing menu functions in a portable device, the method comprising:

in response to a first user input that selects a first menu item from a basic menu, performing a function that corresponds with the first menu item form the basic menu;

in response to a second user input, entering an easy menu editing process, the easy menu editing process being a process in which a user input selects a menu item from the basic menu for inclusion in an easy menu, the easy menu including a menu item that represents the basic menu;

receiving a third user input that selects a second menu item from the basic menu to be included in the easy menu;

including the second menu item in the easy menu in response to the third user input;

finishing the easy menu editing process;

displaying the easy menu so that the second menu item and the menu item that represents the basic menu are displayed together in the easy menu; and

displaying menu items of the basic menu in response to a fourth user input that selects, from the easy menu, the menu item that represents the basic menu.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu items of the basic menu are icons, the second menu item is an icon, and the menu item that represents the basic menu is an icon.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a menu editing menu item, wherein the second user input is an input that selects the menu editing menu item.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu item that represents the basic menu is a last menu item in the easy menu.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the basic menu includes menu items other than the menu items of the easy menu.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, during the easy menu editing process:

receiving a fifth user input that selects a different menu item from the basic menu to be included in the easy menu; and

including the selected different menu item in the easy menu in response to the fifth user input.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to a fifth user input that selects, from the easy menu, a third menu item other than the menu item that represents the basic menu, performing a function that corresponds with the third menu item from the easy menu.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the fifth input is received outside of the menu editing process.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the easy menu and the displaying of the menu items of the basic menu are performed outside of the easy menu editing process.

10. A mobile station comprising:

a processor;

non-transitory media comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile station to;

in response to a first user input that selects a first menu item from a basic menu, performing a function that corresponds with the first menu item from the basic menu;

in response to a second user input, enter an easy menu editing process, the easy menu editing process being a process in which a user input selects a menu item from the basic menu for inclusion in an easy menu;

receive a third user input that selects a second menu item from the basic menu to be included in the easy menu;

include the second item in the easy menu in response to the third user input;

finish the easy menu editing process;

display the easy menu so that the second menu item and the menu item that represents the basic menu are displayed together in the easy menu; and

display menu items of the basic menu in response to a fourth user input that selects, from the easy menu, the menu item that represents the basic menu.

11. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the menu items of the basic menu are icons, the second menu item is an icon, and the menu item that represents the basic menu is an icon.

12. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the non-transitory media further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile station to display a menu editing menu item, wherein the second user input is an input that selects the menu editing menu item.

13. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the menu item that represents the basic menu is a last menu item in the easy menu.

14. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the basic menu includes menu items other than the menu items of the easy menu.

15. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the non-transitory media further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile station to, during the easy menu editing process:

receive a fifth user input that selects a different menu item from the basic menu to be included in the easy menu; and

include the selected different menu item in the easy menu in response to the fifth user input.

16. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the non-transitory media further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile station to, in response to a fifth user input that selects, from the easy menu, a third menu item other than the menu item that represents the basic menu, perform a function that corresponds with the third menu item from the easy menu.

17. The mobile station of claim 16, wherein the fifth input is received outside of the menu editing process.

18. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the displaying of the easy menu and the displaying of the menu items of the basic menu are performed outside of the easy menu editing process.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a mobile station to:

in response to a first user input that selects a first menu item from a basic menu, performing a function that corresponds with the first menu item from the basic menu;

in response to a second user input, enter an easy menu editing process, the easy menu editing process being a process in which a user input selects a second menu item from the basic menu for inclusion in an easy menu, the easy menu including a menu item that represents the basic menu;

receive a third user input that selects a second menu item from the basic menu to be included in the easy menu;

include the second item in the easy menu in response to the third user input;

finish the easy menu editing process;

display the easy menu so that the second menu item and the menu item that represents the basic menu are displayed together in the easy menu; and

display menu items of the basic menu in response to a fourth user input that selects, from the easy menu, the menu item that represents the basic menu.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the menu items of the basic menu are icons, the second menu item is an icon, and the menu item that represents the basic menu is an icon.