Method for receiving inputs from user of electronic device
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising a user interface component and a processing unit configured to set the user interface component in an inactive operating mode to be applied during non-active or limited usage of the user interface component, whereinthe electronic device is configured to detect a user input on a touch screen during the inactive mode,the device is configured to store the user input during the inactive operating mode,the device is configured to activate an application for processing the stored user input after exiting the inactive operating mode,the device is configured to submit the user input for the application, andthe device is configured to prompt the user for a further action after exiting the inactive operating mode.
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Abstract
A method of receiving inputs by an electronic device comprising a user interface component is disclosed. The user interface component is set in an inactive operating mode, such as a keypad locking mode or a screen saver mode, for substantially non-active usage of the user interface component. An input is received in the inactive mode. The input received in the inactive operating mode may be stored and presented on a user interface component.
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33 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising a user interface component and a processing unit configured to set the user interface component in an inactive operating mode to be applied during non-active or limited usage of the user interface component, wherein
the electronic device is configured to detect a user input on a touch screen during the inactive mode, the device is configured to store the user input during the inactive operating mode, the device is configured to activate an application for processing the stored user input after exiting the inactive operating mode, the device is configured to submit the user input for the application, and the device is configured to prompt the user for a further action after exiting the inactive operating mode.
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10. A method for receiving inputs by an electronic device comprising a user interface component, the method comprising:
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setting the user interface component in an inactive operating mode for non-active or limited usage of the user interface component, detecting a user input on a touch screen in the inactive mode, storing the user input during the inactive operating mode, activating an application for processing the stored user input after exiting the inactive operating mode, submitting the user input for the application, and prompting the user for a further action after exiting the inactive operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium downloadable into a memory of a data processing device comprising a user interface component and means for setting the user interface component in an inactive operating mode and executable in a processor of the data processing device, the computer program product comprising:
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a program code part for controlling the data processing device to store a user input during the inactive operating mode, a program code part for controlling the data processing device to activate an application for processing the stored user input after exiting the inactive operating mode, a program code part for controlling the data processing device to submit the user input for the application, and a program code part for controlling the data processing device to prompt the user for a further action after exiting the inactive operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including; computer code for controlling a data processing device to store a user input during an inactive operating mode, computer code for controlling the data processing device to activate an application for processing the stored user input after exiting the inactive operating mode, computer code for controlling the data processing device to submit the user input for the application, and computer code for controlling the data processing device to prompt the user for a further action after exiting the inactive operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A mobile apparatus, comprising:
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at least one transceiver configured for wireless communications with a network; a user interface; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the mobile apparatus at least to; define an inactive operating mode, to be applied during a non-active or limited usage of the user interface, for receiving a limited user input from a user; define an active operating mode, to be applied during an active or non-limited usage of the user interface, for receiving a user input from the user; set the user interface from the active operating mode to the inactive operating mode; enable detection of the limited user input provided by the user using the user interface during the inactive operating mode, wherein the limited user input is not associated with applying the active operating mode, wherein the limited user input comprises a voice input; and enable processing of the voice input by a text recognition application during the inactive operating mode; wherein the mobile apparatus is further caused to prompt the user for one or more further voice inputs; and wherein the user is prompted for one or more further voice inputs after the mobile apparatus is caused to exit the inactive operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one transceiver configured for wireless communications with a network; a user interface; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to; set the user interface from an active operating mode, to be applied during active or non-limited usage of the user interface, for receiving a user input from a user, to an inactive operating mode to be applied during non-active or limited usage of the user interface, for receiving a limited user input from the user; enable detection of the limited user input provided by a user using the user interface during the inactive operating mode, wherein the limited user input is not associated with applying the active operating mode, wherein the limited user input is a voice input; and enable processing of the voice input during the inactive operating mode; wherein data from the processed voice input is submitted to the network comprising an element that performs an action based on the processed voice input; and wherein the apparatus is further caused to prompt the user for one or more further voice inputs after the apparatus is caused to exit the inactive operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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