Electronic device, incoming call answering and rejection method and digital data storage media

• US 8,363,816 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2009
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Tsuei, Yuan-Mao
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US12/463,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20090285383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,359 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/175, 370/352, 370/254, 379/88.22, 379/242, 379/221.11, 379/265.03, 379/374.01, 455/411, 455/414.1, 455/415, 455/420, 455/566, 455/558, 701/533, 710/3, 715/784, 715/863, 235/492, 709/220
• US Class Current: 379/242
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• 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 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

An incoming call answering and rejecting method, an electronic device, and a digital data storage media are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device having a touch screen and has the following steps. A request of an incoming call is received. A dragging signal is generated on the touch screen. When the dragging signal is an answering signal, the incoming call is answered. When the dragging signal is a rejecting signal, the incoming call is rejected.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a call module for receiving a request of an incoming call;

a touch screen for detecting a touch and generating a touch signal, and wherein an initial area, a first area, a second area, and a button representing the initial area are displayed on the touch screen; and

a processing unit coupled to the call module and the touch screen, wherein when the processing unit determines that the touch signal is an answering signal, the call is answered, and when the processing unit determines that touch signal is a rejecting signal, the call is rejected, the answering signal indicating a drag from the initial area to the first area, and the rejecting signal indicating another drag from the initial area to the second area, wherein when the touch is detected on the button, the button is moved according to the drag movement or the another drag movement of the touch signal.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch screen shows a first reminder in the first area for informing a user to answer the call by dragging from the initial area towards the first area;

and the touch screen shows a second reminder in the second area for informing the user to reject the incoming call by dragging from the initial area towards the second area.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the first reminder comprises an answering message, and the second reminder comprises a rejecting message.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit controls the button to dynamically move to the first area or the second area from the initial area.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first area and the second area are located at two opposite sides of the initial area.

6. An incoming call answering and rejecting method applied to an electronic device having a touch screen for detecting a touch and generating a touch signal, wherein the incoming call answering and rejecting method comprises:

receiving a request of an incoming call;

displaying an initial area, a first area, a second area, and a button representing the initial area on the touch screen; and

moving the button representing the initial area from the initial area to the first area and answering the call when receiving the touch signal generated by dragging from the initial area to the first area;

or

moving the button representing the initial area from the initial area to the second area and rejecting the call when receiving the touch signal generated by dragging from the initial area to the second area.

7. The incoming call answering and rejecting method according to claim 6, further comprises:

showing a first reminder in the first area for informing a user to answer the call by dragging from the initial area towards the first area; and

showing a second reminder in the second area for informing the user to reject the incoming call by dragging from the initial area towards the second area.

8. The incoming call answering and rejecting method according to claim 6, further comprising dynamically moving the button to the first area or the second area from the initial area.

9. A digital data storage media having a plurality of commands executable on an electronic device having a touch screen for detecting a touch and generating a touch signal for the electronic device to execute an incoming call answering and rejecting method, wherein the incoming call answering and rejecting method comprises:

receiving a request of an incoming call;

displaying an initial area, a first area, a second area, and a button representing the initial area on the touch screen; and

moving the button representing the initial area from the initial area to the first area and answering the call when receiving the touch signal generated by dragging from the initial area to the first area;

or

moving the button representing the initial area from the initial area to the second area and rejecting the call when receiving the touch signal generated by dragging from the initial area to the second area.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a call module for receiving a request of an incoming call;

a touch screen for detecting a touch and generating a touch signal, and wherein an initial area, a first area, a second area, a button representing the first area, and another button representing the second area are displayed on the touch screen; and

a processing unit coupled to the call module and the touch screen, wherein when the processing unit determines that the touch signal is an answering signal, the call is answered, and when the processing unit determines that touch signal is a rejecting signal, the call is rejected, the answering signal indicating a drag from the first area to the initial area, and the rejecting signal indicating another drag from the second area to the initial area, wherein when the touch is detected on the button representing the first area, the button representing the first area is moved according to a drag movement of the touch signal, and wherein when the touch is detected on the another button representing the second area, the another button representing the second area is moved according to another drag movement of the touch signal.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the touch screen shows a first reminder in the initial area for informing a user to answer the call by dragging from the first area towards the initial area;

and the touch screen shows a second reminder in the initial area for informing the user to reject the incoming call by dragging from the second area towards the initial area.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the first area and the second area are located at two opposite sides of the initial area.

13. An incoming call answering and rejecting method applied to an electronic device having a touch screen for detecting a touch and generating a touch signal, wherein the incoming call answering and rejecting method comprises:

receiving a request of an incoming call;

displaying an initial area, a first area, a second area, a button representing the first area, and another button representing the second area; and

moving the button representing the first area from the first area to the initial area and answering the call when receiving the touch signal generated by dragging from the first area to the initial area;

or

moving the another button representing the second area from the second area to the initial area and rejecting the call when receiving the touch signal generated by dragging from the second area to the initial area.

14. The incoming call answering and rejecting method according to claim 13, further comprises:

showing a first reminder in the initial area for informing a user to answer the call by dragging from the first area towards the initial area; and

showing a second reminder in the initial area for informing the user to reject the incoming call by dragging from the second area towards the initial area.