Mobile telephone having a rotator input device
First Claim
1. An anparatus comprising:
- a display;
a rotator input device comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on said display;
a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network;
a processing device coupled to said display, said rotator input device and said wireless telecommunication interface;
a text-handling software application which is executable by said processing device; and
a text prediction engine,wherein the processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of said rotator input device, said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached over said mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through said wireless telecommunication interface;
wherein the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode, to provide second user input by way of said rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to said text-handling software application;
wherein the processing device is configured, in said second operating mode, to provide said second user input by displaying characters on said display and receiving commands from said rotator input device for browsing said characters and for selecting, in successive order, individual characters that constitute said character sequence; and
wherein the processing device is configured, in said second operating mode, to display on said display a group of predicted characters that are available for browsing and selecting by way of said rotator input device;
wherein said text prediction engine is configured to decide said group of predicted characters in response to a recently made user input and in accordance with a predefined inference logic, andwherein said recently made user input is a partial word, andwherein said predefined inference logic involves matching said partial word with a database of known and/or common words to predict most likely words that said partial word is part of, andwherein said group of predicted characters, that is displayed on said display, is formed by a respective next character only, following said partial word, in respective ones of said predicted most likely words;
wherein no numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in said first and second operating modes.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone has a display (240) and a rotator input device (250) comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on the display. It also has a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network. A processing device is coupled to the display, the rotator input device and the wireless telecommunication interface. A text-handling software application is executable by the processing device. The processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of the rotator input device (250), said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached over the mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through the wireless telecommunication interface. Moreover, the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode, to provide second user input by way of the rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to the text-handling software application No numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in neither of the first and second operating modes.
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19 Claims
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1. An anparatus comprising:
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a display; a rotator input device comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on said display; a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network; a processing device coupled to said display, said rotator input device and said wireless telecommunication interface; a text-handling software application which is executable by said processing device; and a text prediction engine, wherein the processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of said rotator input device, said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached over said mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through said wireless telecommunication interface; wherein the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode, to provide second user input by way of said rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to said text-handling software application; wherein the processing device is configured, in said second operating mode, to provide said second user input by displaying characters on said display and receiving commands from said rotator input device for browsing said characters and for selecting, in successive order, individual characters that constitute said character sequence; and wherein the processing device is configured, in said second operating mode, to display on said display a group of predicted characters that are available for browsing and selecting by way of said rotator input device; wherein said text prediction engine is configured to decide said group of predicted characters in response to a recently made user input and in accordance with a predefined inference logic, and wherein said recently made user input is a partial word, and wherein said predefined inference logic involves matching said partial word with a database of known and/or common words to predict most likely words that said partial word is part of, and wherein said group of predicted characters, that is displayed on said display, is formed by a respective next character only, following said partial word, in respective ones of said predicted most likely words; wherein no numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in said first and second operating modes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a display; a rotator input device comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on said display; a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network; a processing device coupled to said display, said rotator inpid device and said wireless telecommunication interface; and a text-handling software applicalion which is executable by said processing device, wherein the processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of said rotator input device, said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired celephone mirnber which is to be reached over said mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through said wireless telecommunication interface; wherein the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode to provide second user input by way of said rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to said text-handling software application; wherein no numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in said first and second operating modes; wherein the processing device is adapted to provide navigation within graphical data, which requires a larger presentation area than is available on said display, by; accepting a first rotational input made by way of said rotator input device as a desired pan direction for a sub area within said graphical data; accepting a second rotational input made by way of said rotator input device as a desired scrolling distance for said sub area in the selected pan direction within said graphical data; and presenting said sub area on said display.
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19. A method comprising:
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providing a fast operating mode that generates first user input by way of a rotator input device, said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached ova a mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through a wireless telecommunication interface with said mobile telecommunications network, wherein said rotator input device comprises a rotatable element and is capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on a display; and providing a second operating mode that generates second user input by way of the rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to a text-handling software application, wherein generating the character sequence comprises; determining a group of predicted characters in response to a recently made user input and in accordance with a predefined inference logic that matches a partial word with a database of known and/or common words to predict most likely words that said partial word is part of, and displaying the group of predicted characters on said display and receiving commands from said rotator input device for browsing said characters and for selecting, in successive order, individual characters that constitute said character sequence, wherein said group of predicted characters is fonned by a respective next character only, following said partial word, in respective ones of said predicted most likely words, wherein no numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in said first and second operating modes.
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