MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CREATING MENU SCREEN FOR THE SAME

• US 20080026800A1
• Filed: 07/25/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Han, Ji, Shin, Sun, Kim, Byoung, Kim, Dong, LEE, Sang Daek, Kim, Bo, Kim, Yong
• Application Number:
  US11/828,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20080026800A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal including a display unit configured to display information, and a controller configured to allocate at least first and second specified display regions on the display unit and to display at least first and second menu items in a combined form with respective multimedia images on the at least first and second specified display regions, respectively.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display information; and

a controller configured to allocate at least first and second specified display regions on the display unit and to display at least first and second menu items in a combined form with respective multimedia images on the at least first and second specified display regions, respectively.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein each menu item includes at least one of an icon and text indicating a type of the menu item.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the multimedia images combined with the menu items include at least one of a still picture and a moving picture.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit configured to select one of the specified display regions.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller displays a selected display region more prominently than other non-selected display regions.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller displays the selected display region more prominently than other non-selected display regions by displaying the selected display region in color and the other non-selected display regions in black and white or by displaying an outline of the selected display region in bold.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller displays the selected display region more prominently than other non-selected display regions by displaying the multimedia image in the selected display region to be larger than other multimedia images in the other non-selected display regions.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller displays the menu items in the first display region and displays only a multimedia image corresponding to a selected menu item in the second display region.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller allocates the at least first and second specified display regions to have equal or unequal sizes.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the input unit is configured to allow a user to selectively select a multimedia image and corresponding menu item to be combined with the multimedia image.

11. A mobile communication method, comprising:

allocating at least first and second specified display regions on a display unit; and

displaying at least first and second menu items in a combined form with respective multimedia images on the at least first and second specified display regions, respectively.

12. The mobile communication method of claim 11, wherein each menu item includes at least one of an icon and text indicating a type of the menu item.

13. The mobile communication method of claim 11, wherein the multimedia images combined with the menu items include at least one of a still picture and a moving picture.

14. The mobile communication method of claim 11, further comprising:

selecting one of the specified display regions.

15. The mobile communication method of claim 14, wherein the displaying step displays a selected display region more prominently than other non-selected display regions.

16. The mobile communication method of claim 15, wherein the displaying step displays the selected display region more prominently than other non-selected display regions by displaying the selected display region in color and the other non-selected display regions in black and white or by displaying an outline of the selected display region in bold.

17. The mobile communication method of claim 15, wherein the displaying step displays the selected display region more prominently than other non-selected display regions by displaying the multimedia image in the selected display region to be larger than other multimedia images in the other non-selected display regions.

18. The mobile communication method of claim 15, wherein the displaying step displays the menu items in the first display region and displays only a multimedia image corresponding to a selected menu item in the second display region.

19. The mobile communication method of claim 11, wherein the allocating step allocates the at least first and second specified display regions to have equal or unequal sizes.

20. The mobile communication method of claim 14, wherein the selecting step selectively selects a multimedia image and corresponding menu item to be combined with the multimedia image.