Mobile telephone device with user-selectable content displayed and updated during idle time
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1. A mobile device comprising:
- a processor;
a memory coupled to the processor, the processor configured to;
provide a user interface to receive a plurality of user inputs, each user input indicating a corresponding one of a plurality of user-selected remote information resources;
based on the user input, customize a setting of the mobile device to have information from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources be displayed together on an idle screen;
automatically receive updated information with keys from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources while the idle screen is displayed, each key used to identify a corresponding one of the plurality of user-selected remoted information resources as a trusted content provider; and
display the updated information that was received from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources together on a single idle screen view based on the customized setting.
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Abstract
The idle screen of a mobile telephone device is used to show updated information of a kind or from a source selected by a user (e.g. financial information, news, traffic etc.). Previously, the idle screen has been used to display the name of the network operator and alerting messages, such as “2 missed calls”. Placing information of interest to the user in the idle screen makes that information instantly accessible without the user having to navigate to the required function (e.g. a micro-browser) and select it.
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the processor configured to; provide a user interface to receive a plurality of user inputs, each user input indicating a corresponding one of a plurality of user-selected remote information resources; based on the user input, customize a setting of the mobile device to have information from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources be displayed together on an idle screen; automatically receive updated information with keys from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources while the idle screen is displayed, each key used to identify a corresponding one of the plurality of user-selected remoted information resources as a trusted content provider; and display the updated information that was received from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources together on a single idle screen view based on the customized setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of displaying information on a mobile device, comprising:
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providing a user interface, on the mobile device, to receive a plurality of user inputs, each user input indicating a corresponding one of a plurality of user-selected remote information resources; based on the user input, customize a setting of the mobile device to have information from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources be displayed together on an idle screen; automatically receiving updated information with keys from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources while the idle screen is displayed, each key used to identify a corresponding one of the plurality of user-selected remoted information resources as a trusted content provider; and displaying the updated information that was received from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources together on a single idle screen view based on the customized setting. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product adapted to display information on a mobile device, the computer program product comprising a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code encoded thereon, the computer-readable program code comprising:
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computer-readable program code for providing a user interface to receive a plurality of user inputs, each user input indicating a corresponding one of a plurality of user-selected remote information resources; computer-readable program code for customizing a setting of the mobile device to have information from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources be displayed together on an idle screen; computer-readable program code for automatically receiving updated information with keys from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources while the idle screen is displayed, each key used to identify a corresponding one of the plurality of user-selected remoted information resources as a trusted content provider; and computer-readable program code for displaying the updated information that was received from the plurality of user-selected remote information resources together on a single idle screen view based on the customized setting. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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