Scrolling vertical column mechanism for cellular telephone

• US 7,493,573 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2003
• Issued: 02/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Wagner, Annette M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, MYLINH T
• Application Number:
  US10/600,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20040155908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,069 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864, 715/861, 715/810, 715/802, 715/788, 715/763
• US Class Current: 715/864
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A system and method of navigating a mobile device display includes highlighting a first icon in a main portion of the mobile device display. The main portion is traversed to a tertiary tray. The tertiary tray includes a second icon. The second icon is highlighted. A single navigation key is used to traverse the main portion and to highlight the second icon.

Claims

1. A method of navigating a mobile device display comprising:

highlighting a first icon of a first plurality of icons displayed in a main portion of the mobile device display;

traversing the main portion to a tertiary tab, wherein traversing the main portion to the tertiary tab includes opening the tertiary tray by highlighting the tertiary tab, wherein opening the tertiary tray includes displaying the tertiary tray in the mobile device display and wherein opening the tertiary tray includes rearranging only a portion of the main portion of the mobile device display such that all of the first plurality of icons remain visible in the main portion of the mobile device display, the tertiary tray including a second icon; and

highlighting the second icon of a second plurality of icons displayed in the tertiary tray, wherein a single navigation key is used to traverse the main portion and to highlight the second icon, wherein the tertiary tray is adjacent to an edge of the mobile device display wherein displaying the second icon in the main portion of the mobile device display includes removing the first icon from the main portion of the mobile device display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tertiary tray includes at least one scroll button and wherein selecting the scroll button causes a third icon of the second plurality of icons to be displayed in the tertiary tray.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein selecting the scroll button includes shifting the second icon.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein shifting the second icon includes not displaying the second icon in the tertiary tray.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein opening a tertiary tray includes covering at least part of the main portion of the mobile device display.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein covering at least part of the main portion of the mobile device display includes covering at least part of the first icon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein opening a tertiary tray includes scaling at least part of the main portion of the mobile device display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein opening the tertiary tray includes shifting at least part of the main portion of the mobile device display.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the second icon.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting the second icon initiates an application corresponding to the second icon.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting the second icon closes the tertiary tray.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting the second icon causes the second icon to be displayed in the main portion of the mobile device display.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the tertiary tray is adjacent to a horizontal edge of the mobile device display.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the tertiary tray is adjacent to a vertical edge of the mobile device display.

15. A method of navigating a mobile device display comprising:

highlighting a first icon of a first plurality of icons displayed in a main portion of the mobile device display;

traversing the main portion to a vertical tertiary tab, wherein traversing the main portion to the tertiary tab includes opening the tertiary tray by highlighting the tertiary tab, wherein opening the tertiary tray includes displaying the tertiary tray in the mobile device display and wherein opening the tertiary tray includes rearranging only a portion of the main portion of the mobile device display such that all of the first plurality of icons remain visible in the main portion of the mobile device display, the tertiary tray including a second icon of a second plurality of icons displayed in the tertiary tray;

highlighting the second icon, wherein a single navigation key is used to traverse the main portion and to highlight the second icon, wherein the tertiary tray is adjacent to an edge of the mobile device display; and

selecting the second icon, wherein selecting the second icon initiates at least one of a corresponding application and a corresponding service wherein displaying the second icon in the main portion of the mobile device display includes moving the first icon in the main portion of the mobile device display.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the tertiary tray is adjacent to at least one of a horizontal edge of the mobile device display or a vertical edge of the mobile device display.