Hand-held device

• US 20050227635A1
• Filed: 05/13/2005
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Hawkins, Jeffrey C., Rees, William B., Haitani, Robert Y., Skillman, Peter N., Colligan, Edward Thomas, Yurochko, Michael Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 7,725,127 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/90.300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• 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 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1671 Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop G06F1/1666 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/32 Means for saving power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0241 using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/233 including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• 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 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 : including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 : including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 : methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one version, the hand-held device comprises a QWERTY keyboard including an arrangement of digits as in a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement. In another version, the display includes a handwriting area for data entry using a stylus or other screen data entry device. In a closed position, the lid extends over the display and the keyboard, leaving another user input device physically accessible to touch for receiving input wherein the device performs processing responsive to receiving input from the physically accessible user input device in the lid closed state.

Claims

1. A hand-held computing device for providing communication services and symbol processing comprising:

a case having a front side, a back side, and a user input device;

the case enclosing control logic for providing communication services and control logic for performing symbol processing;

a display located on the front side of the case; and

a lid having a transparent portion, the lid being connected to said front side;

said lid extending over the display in a lid closed state, the user input device being physically accessible for receiving input in the lid closed state.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said front side further has a QWERTY keyboard, the lid extending over the keyboard in the lid-closed state.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the display is a touch-sensitive display.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the display is a color displ ay.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein a speaker is located in the lid, the speaker being coupled to the control logic for providing communication services.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the control logic for providing communication services includes a radio module for providing radio communications.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the radio module provides voice communication functionality.

8. The device of claim 2 wherein the QWERTY keyboard comprises a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement of keys representing the symbols “

0”

to “

9”

.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein one or more of the keys associated with a symbol in the telephone keypad arrangement has a telephone keypad key indicator.

10. The device of claim 2 wherein input from the keyboard is disabled in the lid closed state, a repeat functionality for the user input device is disabled in the lid closed state, and a timeout setting for receiving indication of further activation of the device is shorter in the lid-closed state than in the lid-open state.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein the case further comprises a first side and wherein the user input device is a jog rocker located on the first side.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein the user input device is an application button located on the front of the case.

13. The device of claim 1 further comprising a top part and a bottom part and a stylus holder, the holder having an upper portion in the top part of the case and extending within the case toward the bottom part, the upper portion of the stylus holder having a rim having a first downward slope for causing a lip of a stylus having a second downward slope to slide along the rim transforming rotary motion of the stylus into a linear motion of the stylus within the holder.

14. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

a door in the case, said door having a holder for an identification card; and

a card detector unit within the case for detecting the presence of the identification card.

15. The device of claim 1 wherein the display further includes a handwriting area for data entry.

16. In a hand-held computing device for providing communication services and symbol processing, the device comprising a case having a front side and a user input device, the front side comprising a display and a lid comprising a transparent portion, the lid being connected to the front side and extending over the display in a lid closed state, the user input device being physically accessible for receiving input in the lid-closed state, a method for processing input responsive to transitions in the lid state, the method comprising:

detecting a transition from the lid-closed state to a lid-open state wherein the device is in a device power-save state;

transitioning the device from the device power-save state to a device power-on state; and

launching an application.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the application is a telephone application.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

responsive to being in the device power-on state and detecting a transition from the lid-open state to the lid-closed state, transitioning the device from the device power-on state to the device power-save state.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising wherein the device is in the device power-on state and the lid-open state:

receiving an incoming call notification;

detecting a transition from the lid-open state to the lid-closed state after a notification time period for an incoming call; and

transitioning the device from the device power-on state to the device power-save state.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the device is in the device power-on state and the lid-open state, the method further comprising:

processing an active call during a hands-free attachment state;

detecting a transition from the lid-open state to the lid-closed state;

transitioning the device from the device power-on state to the device power-save state; and

maintaining the active call until receiving direction to end the call.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the device is in the device power-on state and the lid-open state, the method further comprising:

processing an active call during a no-hands-free attachment state;

detecting a transition from the lid-open state to the lid-closed state;

ending the active call; and

transitioning the device from the device power-on state to the device power-save state.

22. In a hand-held computing device for providing communication services and symbol processing, the device comprising a case having a front side and a user input device, a display located on the front side, and a lid being connected to the front side, the lid having a transparent portion, the lid extending over the display in a lid closed state, the user input device being physically accessible for receiving input in the lid-closed state, a method for processing input from the user input device in the lid-closed state, the method comprising:

responsive to receiving input indicating activation of the user input device,

transitioning the device from a device power-save state to a device power-on state;

launching an application; and

displaying a view of the application on the display.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the user input device is an application button located on the front side of the device, the application button being physically accessible for receiving input in a lid-closed state wherein the method further comprises:

receiving input indicating activation of an application button;

launching an application associated with the button; and

displaying a view of the application associated with the button on the display.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the case further comprises a first side and the user input device is a jog rocker located on the first side of the case, the jog rocker being physically accessible for receiving input in a lid-closed state wherein the method further comprises:

receiving input indicating activation of the jog rocker;

performing a function associated with the jog rocker; and

updating a view in accordance with performing the function.