Wireless terminal device with user interaction system

• US 7,970,437 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2000
• Issued: 06/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Willsted, Charlotta, Davidsson, Marcus, Mansikkaniemi, Tapio, Paajanen, Samu
• Primary Examiner(s): Beamer; Temica M
• Application Number:
  US09/725,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20020065109A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,863 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/557, 455/552.1, 345/157, 345/163, 345/173, 345/174, 345/175
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/00 Wireless channel access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

A wireless terminal device having network access is disclosed. Selection of menus is simplified by allowing selection of more than one input such as direct touching of the screen, virtual keyboards or roller buttons. A focus marker in the form of a border around a field may be used to limit the area of selection. An object menu icon is visible without needing a right click of a mouse to make selection of the menu easier. The selection of options is localized and parsed at the network server before a response to the user selection is sent back to the terminal.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining to generate a user interface, the user interface including at least one interactive element and at least one menu object displayed proximate to the at least one interactive element;

receiving a request for a selected service from a terminal, the service is selected via the user interface;

determining one or more attributes of the terminal;

selecting a template from a plurality of templates, according to the one or more attributes of the terminal; and

determining to convert data associated with the selected service from a first language format to a second language format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one interactive element is associated with at least one command, and wherein selection of the at least one command causes an operation to be applied to the at least one interactive element irrespective of whether the at least one interactive element was previously selected.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is received from a browser configured to operate on the terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining to modify the data associated with the selected service according to a user profile.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of templates is specific to one of a plurality of services.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language format is not compatible with the terminal and the second language format is compatible with the terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination to convert the data from the first language format to the second language format includes applying instructions for converting the data to the selected template.

8. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

determine to generate a user interface, the user interface including at least one interactive element and at least one menu object displayed proximate to the at least one interactive element,

receive a request for a selected service from a terminal, the service is selected via the user interface,

determine one or more attributes of the terminal,

select a template from a plurality of templates, according to the one or more attributes of the terminal, and

determine to convert data associated with the selected service from a first language format to a second language format.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one interactive element is associated with at least one command, and wherein selection of the at least one command causes an operation to be applied to the at least one interactive element irrespective of whether the at least one interactive element was previously selected.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the request is received from a browser configured to operate on the terminal.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to determine to modify the data associated with the selected service according to a user profile.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of templates is specific to one of a plurality of services.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first language format is not compatible with the terminal and the second language format is compatible with the terminal.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the determination to convert the data from the first language format to the second language format includes applying instructions for converting the data to the selected template.

15. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

determining to generate a user interface, the user interface including at least one interactive element and at least one menu object displayed proximate to the at least one interactive element;

receiving a request for a selected service from a terminal, the service is selected via the user interface;

determining one or more attributes of the terminal;

selecting a template from a plurality of templates, according to the one or more attributes of the terminal; and

determining to convert data associated with the selected service from a first language format to a second language format.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the at least one interactive element is associated with at least one command, and wherein selection of the at least one command causes an operation to be applied to the at least one interactive element irrespective of whether the at least one interactive element was previously selected.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the request is received from a browser configured to operate on the terminal.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further caused to modify the data associated with the selected service according to a user profile.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of templates is specific to one of a plurality of services.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first language format is not compatible with the terminal and the second language format is compatible with the terminal.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the determination to convert the data from the first language format to the second language format includes applying instructions for converting the data to the selected template.