Slider twister phone

• US 20080268901A1
• Filed: 01/04/2008
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ivan Miramontes
• Original Assignee: Ivan Miramontes
• Inventors: Miramontes, Ivan
• Application Number:
  US12/006,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20080268901A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0208 characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0247 comprising more than two body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/18 including more than one keyboard unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A personal entertainment and communication device that provides cell phone, MP3, and video game capabilities. The front of the device includes two touch screens. The bottom touch screen displays a telephone keypad while in the telephone mode, and music player control buttons while in the MP3 mode. The bottom half of the device can be twisted around 180 degrees to expose a set of video game control buttons. An extension can slide out from behind the top half of the device to expose a second set of the video game control buttons. The top touch screen displays telephone information in the telephone mode, and video animation while in the video game mode. In an alternative embodiment, the bottom half of the device can be twisted and the top half extension slid open to expose a full qwerty keyboard.

Claims

1. A personal electronic device that can be used as a telephone, a video and music player, and as a video game player with real video game control buttons, the device being capable of operating in a telephone mode, a digital music and video mode, and in a video game player mode, the device comprising:

a first touch screen that displays telephone data when the device is in the telephone mode, music and video information when the device is in the digital music and video mode, and video game animation when the device is in the video game player mode;

a second touch screen that displays telephone keypad data when the device is in the telephone mode, and music player control buttons when the device is in the digital music and video mode;

wherein the first touch screen located on a front of the device, in a top half of the device, and the second touch screen is located on the front of the device, in a bottom half of the device, and when both touch screens are facing a user, the device is in a first position.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the bottom half of the device further comprises a back, and a first set of gaming control buttons are provided on the back of the bottom half, and further wherein the bottom half the device is rotate-able, relative to the top half of the device, so that when the bottom half is rotated 180 degrees the device enters a second position, wherein the gaming control buttons are presented to the user.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is further capable of operating in a texting mode, wherein the second touch screen displays a full qwerty keyboard and the user is able to input text information via the second touch screen, and further wherein the device is able to display the keyboard in multiple languages.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the top half of the device further comprises a back, and the back is able to slide, relative to the front of the top half of the device, upward past a top of the device, so that an extension of the device is provided above the first touch screen, the extension exposing a second set of gaming control buttons for use by the user.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the extension of the device is able to move into a position that is flush and level with the first touch screen.

6. The device of claim 3, wherein the second touch screen is able to toggle back and forth between a left half and a right half of a qwerty keyboard, when the device is in the texting mode.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises wireless data transmission applications that are compatible with SIM Application Toolkit, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi/Wi-Max and a TV tuner.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a digital camera, the digital camera being able to capture still and moving pictures that can be displayed on the first touch screen.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the telephone data displayed by the first touch screen includes outgoing call information, incoming call information, address book information, remaining battery power, antenna signal strength, texting information and Internet browser information.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the telephone keypad data displayed by the second touch screen includes numbers, letters and symbols.

11. A personal electronic device that can be used as a telephone, a video and music player, and as a text messaging apparatus with full qwerty keyboard, the device being capable of operating in a telephone mode, a digital music and video mode, and in a texting mode, the device comprising:

a first touch screen that displays telephone data when the device is in the telephone mode, music and video information when the device is in the digital music and video mode, and texting information when the device is in the texting mode;

a second touch screen that displays telephone keypad data when the device is in the telephone mode, and music player control buttons when the device is in the digital music and video mode;

wherein the first touch screen located on a front of the device, in a top half of the device, and the second touch screen is located on the front of the device, in a bottom half of the device, and when both touch screens are facing a user, the device is in a first position.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the bottom half of the device further comprises a back, and a first half of the full qwerty keyboard is are provided on the back of the bottom half, and further wherein the bottom half the device is rotate-able, relative to the top half of the device, so that when the bottom half is rotated 180 degrees the device enters a second position, wherein the first half of the full qwerty keyboard is presented to the user.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the second touch screen displays a full qwerty keyboard and the user is able to input text information via the second touch screen when the device is in the texting mode, and further wherein the device is able to display the keyboard in different languages.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the top half of the device further comprises a back, and the back is able to slide, relative to the front of the top half of the device, upward past a top of the device, so that an extension of the device is provided, the extension exposing a second half of the full qwerty keyboard above the first touch screen for use by the user.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the extension of the device is able to move into a position that is flush and level with the first touch screen.

16. The device of claim 11, wherein the second touch screen is able to toggle back and forth between a left half and a right half of a qwerty keyboard, when the device is in the texting mode.

17. The device of claim 11, wherein the device further comprises wireless data transmission applications that are compatible with SIM Application Toolkit, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi/Wi-Max and a TV tuner.

18. The device of claim 11, wherein the device includes applications for using Short Message Service (SMS), Multi-media Messaging Service (MMS), Instant Messaging (IM), e-mail, and predictive text software.

19. The device of claim 11, wherein the telephone data displayed by the first touch screen includes outgoing call information, incoming call information, address book information, remaining battery power, antenna signal strength, texting information and Internet browser information.

20. The device of claim 11, wherein the telephone keypad data displayed by the second touch screen includes numbers, letters and symbols.