Portable telephone

• US 8,842,106 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Ryosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolotin, Dmitriy
• Application Number:
  US13/530,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20120256826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11- 34, 345156-184, 345204-214, 455/92, 455/556, 455/550, 455/566, 455/567, 455/569, 455/575, 455/30, 359357-839, 359/841
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/233 including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator.

Claims

1. A remote control apparatus for controlling a communication apparatus, said remote control apparatus comprising:

a controlling unit configured to communicate with said communication apparatus, wherein said controlling unit is configured to;

request electric field strength information from said communication apparatus, wherein said electric field strength information indicates whether said communication apparatus is in a communicable state or in an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system, and

receive said electric field strength information from said communication apparatus in response to said request; and

a display unit configured to display said electric field strength information.

2. The remote control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an operation input unit configured to receive user input for requesting said electric field strength information, and wherein said controlling unit is further configured to display, via said display unit, said electric field strength information in response to said user input.

3. The remote control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said remote control apparatus is configured to communicate with said communication apparatus wirelessly.

4. The remote control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said remote control apparatus is configured to communicate with said communication apparatus via a connection cable.

5. The remote control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling unit is configured to display said electric field strength information on said display unit in a plurality of stage levels.

6. The remote control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication apparatus is a mobile phone apparatus.

7. The remote control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling unit is further configured to receive a timeout timer value that indicates an amount of time to display said electric field strength information, and display said electric field strength information on said display unit for said amount of time.

8. A communication apparatus configured to be controlled by a remote control apparatus, said communication apparatus comprising:

a system controlling unit for communicating with said remote control apparatus, said system controlling unit configured to send electric field strength information of said communication apparatus to said remote control apparatus in response to a request for said electric field strength information from said remote control apparatus, wherein said electric field strength information indicates whether said communication apparatus is in a communicable state or an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said communication apparatus is configured to communicate with said remote control apparatus wirelessly.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said communication apparatus is configured to communicate with said remote control apparatus via a connection cable.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said communication apparatus is a mobile phone apparatus.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said system controlling unit is further configured to:

determine a timeout timer value that indicates an amount of time to display said electric field strength information at said remote control apparatus, and

send said timeout timer value.

13. A method for remotely controlling a communication apparatus, said method comprising:

requesting electric field strength information of said communication apparatus, wherein said electric field strength information indicates whether said communication apparatus is in a communicable state or an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system;

receiving said electric field strength information from said communication apparatus in response to said request; and

displaying said electric field strength information.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a timeout timer value that indicates an amount of time to display said electric field strength information; and

displaying said electric field strength information for said amount of time.

15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

receiving user input for requesting said electric field strength information; and

displaying said electric field strength information in response to said user input.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein said electric field strength information is received wirelessly.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein said electric field strength information is received via a connection cable.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein said electric field strength information is displayed in a plurality of stage levels.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a computer-executable program that, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to:

request electric field strength information of a communication apparatus;

receive said electric field strength information from said communication apparatus, wherein said electric field strength information indicates whether said communication apparatus is in a communicable state or an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system; and

display said electric field strength information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19, wherein said computer-executable program is further configured to cause said processor to:

determine a timeout timer value that indicates an amount of time to display said electric field strength information at said remote control apparatus, and

send said timeout timer value.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19, wherein said computer-executable program is further configured to cause said processor to display said electric field strength information in a plurality of stage levels.

22. A method comprising:

receiving, at a communication apparatus, a request for electric field strength information from a remote control apparatus;

determining said requested electric field strength information, wherein said electric field strength information indicates whether said communication apparatus is in a communicable state or an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system; and

sending said electric field strength information in response to said request.

23. The method according to claim 22, further comprising:

determining a timeout timer value that indicates an amount of time to display said electric field strength information at said remote control apparatus; and

sending said timeout timer value.

24. The method according to claim 22, wherein said request is wirelessly received from said remote control apparatus.

25. The method according to claim 22, wherein said request is received from said remote control apparatus via a connection cable.