Mobile communication terminal and method

• US 9,578,154 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2007
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahonen, Petri A., Kaipainen, Pasi A., Kurkinen, Erkki
• Primary Examiner(s): Jain, Ankur
• Application Number:
  US11/622,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20080171539A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,693 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/411
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/66 with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

It is presented a method for providing a user interface of a mobile communication terminal including a motion sensitive sensor, a keypad and a display, the mobile communication terminal being capable of being in at least an active mode and a key-lock mode, the method including: detecting, using the motion sensitive sensor, a first user input indicating a desire to switch modes; when the mobile communication terminal is in the active mode, as a response to the first user input, switching the mobile communication terminal to the key-lock mode; and when the mobile communication terminal is in the key-lock mode, as a response to the first user input, switching the mobile communication terminal to the active mode. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also presented.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, using a motion sensor in a mobile communication terminal, a user input comprising a double tap on a display of the mobile communication terminal indicating a desire to switch modes comprising switching from a key-lock mode to an active mode, wherein one or more functions including keys of the mobile communication terminal that are inactive in the key-lock mode become active in the active mode;

after detection of the user input, presenting an indication prompting for confirmation to switch said modes of said mobile communication terminal;

detecting in the mobile communication terminal a second input in response to the indication; and

activating the one or more functions including the keys of the mobile communication terminal in response to switching to the active mode,

wherein in response to the double tap while the mobile communication terminal is in a key-lock mode, presenting an indication prompting for confirmation comprises switching to a confirm switch mode in which a confirmation to exit said key-lock mode is presented with a time of day on a display, and wherein in an instance in which exiting said key-lock mode is confirmed, the method then switches the mobile communication terminal to the active mode,

wherein the time of day is presented during confirmation of a transition from the key-lock mode to the active mode, but the time of day is not presented during a different type of transition, and

wherein the key-lock mode is a mode in which one or more keys of the mobile communication terminal are locked and the active mode is a mode in which all inputs and outputs are active.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises a touch-sensitive display, and wherein detecting the user input comprises detecting, with the motion sensor, the double tap on the touch-sensitive display.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises a display, and wherein activating the one or more functions comprises activating a driver for the display.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises one or more keys, and wherein activating the one or more functions comprises causing the one or more keys to be backlighted.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein activating the one or more functions comprises causing a time of day to be displayed.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein battery power of the mobile communication device is conserved in the key-lock mode relative to the active mode.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second input that provides confirmation to switch modes comprises a voice input.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when in the key-lock mode and the active mode, no time of day is presented on the display.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the time of day is presented during confirmation of a transition from the key-lock mode to the active mode, but the time of day is not presented during confirmation of a transition from the active mode to the key-lock mode.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein when said mobile communication terminal is in the active mode, as a response to said second input, switching said mobile communication terminal to the key-lock mode, where, when in the key-lock mode a display of the mobile communication terminal is inactive but the mobile communications terminal remains responsive to the user input comprising the double tap to indicate a desire to switch modes.

23. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory memory storing software instructions that, when executed in the mobile communication terminal, performs the method according to claim 1.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a controller and a memory storing software, the memory and the software configured to, with the controller, cause the apparatus to;

detect, using a motion sensor in a mobile communication terminal, user input comprising a double tap on a display of the mobile communication terminal indicating a desire to switch modes comprising switching from a key-lock mode to an active mode, wherein one or more functions including keys of the mobile communication terminal that are inactive in the key-lock mode become active in the active mode;

after detection of the user input, present an indication prompting for confirmation to switch said modes of said mobile communication terminal;

detect in the mobile communication terminal a second input in response to the indication; and

activate the one or more functions including the keys of the mobile communication terminal in response to switching to the active mode,

wherein in response to the double tap while the mobile communication terminal is in a key-lock mode, the apparatus is further caused to present an indication prompting for confirmation by switching to a confirm switch mode in which a confirmation to exit said key-lock mode is presented with a time of day on a display, and wherein in an instance in which exiting said key-lock mode is confirmed, the apparatus is then caused to switch the mobile communication terminal to the active mode,

wherein the time of day is presented during confirmation of a transition from the key-lock mode to the active mode, but the time of day is not presented during a different type of transition, and

wherein the key-lock mode is a mode in which one or more keys of the mobile communication terminal are locked and the active mode is a mode in which all inputs and outputs are active.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the motion sensor comprises a sensor selected from the group consisting of a tilt sensor and an accelerometer, or any combination of the above.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said apparatus is comprised in the mobile communication terminal.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises a touch-sensitive display, and wherein the apparatus is caused to detect the user input by detecting, with the motion sensor, the double tap on the touch-sensitive display.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises a display, and wherein the apparatus is caused to activate the one or more functions by activating a driver for the display.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises one or more keys, and wherein the apparatus is caused to activate the one or more functions by causing the one or more keys to be backlighted.

17. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus is caused to activate the one or more functions by causing a time of day to be displayed.

18. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein battery power of the mobile communication device is conserved in the key-lock mode relative to the active mode.

19. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the second input that provides confirmation to switch modes comprises a voice input.

20. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the memory and the software are further configured to, with the controller, cause the apparatus to, as a response to said user input when said apparatus is in said active mode, present a user indication prompting for confirmation to switch said modes of said apparatus, detect a second user input in response to the user indication, and switch said apparatus to said key-lock mode, where when in key-lock mode a display is inactive but the apparatus remains responsive to the user input comprising the double tap to indicate a desire to switch modes.

21. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, when in the key-lock mode and the active mode, no time of day is presented on the display.

22. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the time of day is presented during confirmation of a transition from the key-lock mode to the active mode, but the time of day is not presented during confirmation of a transition from the active mode to the key-lock mode.