Mobile terminal, method for controlling mobile telephone terminal, and mobile telephone terminal

• US 20050164688A1
• Filed: 01/20/2005
• Published: 07/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Satake, Masaomi
• Application Number:
  US11/040,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20050164688A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• 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

A mobile terminal that can execute a plurality of application programs in parallel, including a selection unit that prompts a user to select whether or not to quit an application program when a screen of the application program that is displayed is being switched to a screen of another application program.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal that can execute a plurality of application programs in parallel, comprising:

a selection unit that prompts a user to select whether or not to quit an application program when a screen of the application program that is displayed is being switched to a screen of another application program.

2. A mobile terminal that can execute a plurality of application programs in parallel, comprising:

a selection unit that prompts a user to select whether or not to pause an application program when a screen of the application program that is displayed is being switched to a screen of another application program.

3. A mobile terminal that can execute a plurality of application programs in parallel, comprising:

a selection unit that prompts a user to select whether or not to quit an application program when another application program is being started while a screen of the application program is displayed.

5. The mobile telephone terminal according to claim 3, further comprising a storage unit that is used for starting at least one application program, wherein the selection unit prompts user to select whether or not either one of quit and pause the application program that is displayed when usage of the storage unit exceeds a predetermined value.

4. A mobile terminal that can execute a plurality of application programs in parallel, comprising:

a selection unit that prompts a user to select whether or not to pause an application program when another application program is being started while a screen of the application program is displayed.

6. The mobile telephone terminal according to claim 4, further comprising a storage unit that is used for starting at least one application program, wherein the selection unit prompts user to select whether or not either one of quit and pause the application program that is displayed when usage of the storage unit exceeds a predetermined value.

8. The mobile telephone terminal according to claim 4, further comprising a storage unit that is used for starting at least one application program, wherein the control unit displays a list of at least one application program that is executed only when usage of the storage unit exceeds a predetermined value.

7. A mobile terminal that can execute a plurality of application programs in parallel, comprising:

a control unit that displays a list of at least one application program that is executed and prompts to select the application program on the list to quit, while a screen of the application program is displayed, when another application program is being started.

9. A method for controlling a mobile telephone terminal, comprising the steps of:

when a screen of an application is displayed, notifying of an arrival of an incoming call with the screen of the application program being displayed; and

allowing answering to the incoming call with the screen of the application program being displayed if a user selects to answer to incoming call while notifying of the incoming call.

10. A mobile telephone terminal, comprising:

a display unit for, when a screen of an application is displayed, notifying of an arrival of an incoming call with the screen of the application program being displayed;

an operation unit for answering the incoming call with the display unit notifying an arrival of the incoming call; and

a control unit for enabling to talk on the mobile telephone terminal with the screen of the application program being displayed if the incoming call is answered by the operation unit.

11. The mobile telephone terminal according to claim 10, wherein the control unit places the mobile telephone terminal to a hands-free mode if the incoming call is answered by the operation unit.

12. The mobile telephone terminal according to claim 10, further comprising a display unit for displaying detailed information on a caller of the incoming call with the screen of the application program being displayed.