Portable telephone

• US 20070070055A1
• Filed: 11/30/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Ryosuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,459,763 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• 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 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• 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 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A communication apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to respond to an incoming call and to communicate with at least another device;

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce music data; and

a controller unit configured to suspend reproduction of music data if an incoming call is responded to, and to continue reproduction of said music data if the incoming call is rejected.

23. The communication apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said controller unit causes a display of a menu of operations for rejecting an incoming call when said incoming call is detected.

24. The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said menu of operations includes forwarding the incoming call to another, holding said incoming call or rejecting said incoming call.

25. The communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said controller unit causes the display of information associated with said incoming call.

26. The communication apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said controller unit detects an incoming call while said music data is being reproduced.

27. A method of operating a communicating device operable to respond to an incoming call and to communicate with at least another device, said method comprising the steps of:

operating the communicating device to reproduce music data;

detecting an incoming call; and

suspending reproduction of music data if said incoming call is responded to, and continuing the reproduction of said music data if said incoming call is rejected.

28. The method according to claim 27, further comprising the step of displaying a menu of operations for rejecting an incoming call when said incoming call is detected.

29. The method according to claim 28, wherein said menu of operations includes forwarding the incoming call to another, holding said incoming call or rejecting said incoming call.

30. The method according to claim 28, comprising the additional step of displaying information associated with said incoming call.

31. The method according to claim 27, wherein said incoming call is detected while said music data is being reproduced.