Method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone and mobile phone enabling a communication

• US 10,084,899 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2010
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: HMD Global Oy
• Original Assignee: HMD Global Oy
• Inventors: Autio, Markku, Nettamo, Esa
• Primary Examiner(s): Navar, Erica
• Application Number:
  US12/728,677
• Publication Number:
  US 20100234078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,109 Days
• Field of Search: 455566, 4555501, 455564, 4555562, 455418, 4554141-4142, 715744-747, 715760, 715765, 715788, 715810, 715841, 715857, 715975, 345 51, 345173, 345 23, 345169, 379 8811, 379122, 379 9317, 379136, 37914217, 379 9323, 37942803
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone. In order to enable a comfortable creation of communications during a context of a mobile phone provided by a conventionally static application, it is proposed that the method comprises as a first step displaying information available for a specific content on a display of the mobile phone. In a next step, it is detected whether a user selected a displayed information. In case an information is selected, the kind of the selected information is determined. Then, functions associated to the kind of the selected information are presented on the display. To at least one kind of possible information the establishment of at least one kind of communication is associated as at least one function. Finally, a function selected by a user is activated. The invention relates equally to a corresponding mobile phone.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

processing content of an application displayed on a display of a mobile phone;

determining from the processing of the content that part of the content is a first contact information and registering identification of the first contact information by the mobile phone, the first contact information being one of a phone number, fax number, or an email address;

determining that two or more communication functions are associated with the first contact information, wherein each of the communication functions is of a different communication type;

based on the determined communication functions, causing display of two or more icons, each of the icons representative of one of the determined communication functions; and

responsive to receiving user selection of one of the two or more icons, registering the user selection in the mobile phone and activating a communication function of the corresponding communication type to and using the first contact information.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the establishment of the communication is setup of a telephone call, a fax transmission, transmission of an email, or transmission of a short message.

8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before determining the part of the content is the first contact information, receiving input from a user selecting the part of the content.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the two or more communication functions are not associated with the application.

12. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving input from a user selecting one of the icons; and

establishing the communication using the first contact information and the communication function represented by the selected icon.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein the application is a browser, calendar application, phonebook application, or messaging application.

17. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first contact information is a phone number, the two or more communication functions associated with the same phone number comprise a telephone function and a short message function, and the two or more icons comprise a first icon representative of the telephone function and a second icon representative of the short message function.

3. A mobile phone comprising:

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 mobile phone to at least;

process content of an application displayed on a display;

determine from the processing of the content that part of the content is a first contact information and register identification of the first contact information, the first contact information being one of a phone number, fax number, or an email address;

determine that two or more communication functions are associated with the first contact information, wherein each of the communication functions is of a different communication type;

based on the determined communication functions, cause two or more icons, each of the icons representative of one of the determined communication functions, to be displayed on the display; and

responsive to receiving user selection of one of the two or more icons, register the user selection and activate a communication function of the corresponding communication type to and using the first contact information.

4. A mobile phone according to claim 3 wherein the establishment of the communication is setup of a telephone call, a fax transmission, transmission of an email, or transmission of a short message.

9. A mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the mobile phone to:

before determining the part of the content is the first contact information, receive input from a user selecting the part of the content.

15. A mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein the application is a browser, calendar application, phonebook application, or messaging application.

18. A mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein the first contact information is a phone number, the two or more communication functions associated with the same phone number comprise a telephone function and a short message function, and the two or more icons comprise a first icon representative of the telephone function and a second icon representative of the short message function.

5. An apparatus comprising:

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 to at least;

process content of an application displayed on a display;

determine from the processing of the content that part of the content is a first contact information and register identification of the first contact information, the first contact information being one of a phone number, fax number, or an email address;

determine that two or more communication functions are associated with the first contact information, wherein each of the communication functions is of a different communication type;

based on the determined communication functions, cause two or more icons, each of the icons representative of one of the determined communication functions, to be displayed on the display; and

responsive to receiving user selection of one of the two or more icons, register the user selection and activate a communication function of the corresponding communication type to and using the first contact information.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the first contact information is a phone number, the two or more communication functions associated with the first contact information comprise a telephone function and a short message function, and the two or more icons comprise a first icon representative of the telephone function and a second icon representative of the short message function.

7. An apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the establishment of the communication is setup of a telephone call, a fax transmission, transmission of an email, or transmission of a short message.

10. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

before determining the part of the content is the first contact information, receive input from a user selecting the part of the content.

13. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

receiving input from a user selecting one of the icons; and

establishing the communication using the first contact information and the communication function represented by the selected icon.

16. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the application is a browser, calendar application, phonebook application, or messaging application.