Mobile communications terminal and a method therefor
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1. A mobile terminal having a user interface formed by:
- a controller, a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on said display, said controller being adapted, in a current context among a plurality of possible contexts, to make different logical actions available for selection by a user through respective associated physical actions on said multi-way input device, and to present, for a logical action available in the current context, information on said display that serves to indicate the physical action associated with and selectable by the logical action as well as to explain the logical action.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal having a user interface formed by a controller, a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on the display is presented. The controller is adapted, in a current context among a plurality of possible contexts, to make different logical actions available for selection by a user through respective associated physical actions on the multi-way input device, and to present, for a logical action available in the current context, information on the display that serves to indicate the physical action associated with and selectable by the logical action as well as to explain the logical action.
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1. A mobile terminal having a user interface formed by:
- a controller, a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on said display, said controller being adapted, in a current context among a plurality of possible contexts, to make different logical actions available for selection by a user through respective associated physical actions on said multi-way input device, and to present, for a logical action available in the current context, information on said display that serves to indicate the physical action associated with and selectable by the logical action as well as to explain the logical action.
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18. A method of operating a user interface of a mobile terminal having a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on said display, the mobile terminal being operable in a plurality of different contexts, the method comprising presenting, on said display, a graphical indication as representation of the multi-way input device if and only if the multi-way input device has a defined functionality in a current context.
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19. A method of updating a user interface of a mobile terminal having a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on said display, the mobile terminal being operable in a plurality of different contexts, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing predefined control data that defines functionality of the multi-way input device in different ones of said contexts;
detecting a current context;
determining, by reference to said predefined control data, whether the multi-way input device has a defined functionality in the current context;
if the multi-way input device is determined to have a defined functionality in the current context, presenting on said display an indication adapted to alert a user of the mobile terminal about the availability of said defined functionality. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A mobile terminal having a user interface formed by a controller, a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on said display, the mobile terminal comprising a plurality of software applications executable by said controller,
said user interface having a first state, in which a graphical indication of said multi-way input device is presented on said display, and a second state, in which graphical indications for at least some of said plurality of software applications are presented on said display; -
said controller being adapted, in said first state, to detect a first predefined actuation of said multi-way input device, and in response switch to said second state;
said controller being adapted, in said second state, to provide for navigation and selection, by said multi-way input device, among the graphical indications presented for said at least some of said plurality of software applications, wherein a selection of one of said presented graphical indications activates an associated one of said at least some of said plurality of software applications. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of operating a user interface of a mobile terminal having a display and a multi-way input device for navigating and selecting among information shown on said display, the mobile terminal comprising a plurality of software applications, the method involving the steps of:
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presenting on said display a plurality of graphical indications, each indication representing a respective one of at least some of said plurality of software applications;
detecting a selection by said multi-way input device of one of said indications; and
activating an associated software application which is represented by the selected indication. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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