Apparatus and method for automatically refreshing a display of a telephone

• US 9,084,084 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TP Lab, Inc.
• Original Assignee: TP Lab, Inc.
• Inventors: Chiu, Shin Cheung Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN
• Application Number:
  US14/525,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20150045071A1
• Time in Patent Office: 259 Days
• Field of Search: 379/201.01, 379/201.06, 379/201.1, 379/207.12, 379/201.04, 455/566, 455/73, 455/456.2, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 709/233, 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• 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 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for refreshing a display of a telephone. A telephone apparatus includes a telephone having a display panel and function by which a user can access a plurality of communication services provided over a communication network. The function may represent a given set of conditions associated with a user, such as static and variable conditions. The function is typically associated with one or more commonly used communication services that would be used by a user under a given set of conditions. A method for automatically refreshing a screen on a display panel of a telephone based on a function change includes displaying on a telephone display a first screen based on a function, the display representing a commonly used communication service associated with the function, and selecting a function based on information.

Claims

1. A conferencing system comprising a display panel, a processor, a telephone coupled to a voice network, the display panel and the processor, and a datastore comprising at least one function comprising information relating to a current location of the telephone and a user of the telephone, wherein the at least one function is associated with at least one conferencing communication service, wherein the processor is operable to connect the telephone to a location server to obtain a current location of the telephone, select a function from the datastore, and refresh a screen on the display panel to include the at least one conferencing communication service associated with the selected function based on the current location of the telephone.

2. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein the processor is operable to refresh the screen to include at least one conferencing communication service associated with a second function when there is a change of the current location of the telephone.

3. The conferencing system of claim 2 wherein the processor is operable to connect the telephone to the location server to obtain the changed current location of the telephone.

4. The conferencing system of claim 2 wherein the telephone is movable between different locations.

5. The conferencing system of claim 4 wherein the telephone is movable via a vehicle, a train, or a ferry.

6. The conferencing system of claim 4 wherein the telephone is movable within a city, along a street, within a neighborhood, and/or within a building.

7. The conferencing system of claim 4 wherein the telephone is movable from a given location to a location in a shopping mall, a hospital, a building, an airport, an office, a cube, a floor of a building, and/or to a room.

8. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein the at least one function further relates to a current time.

9. The conferencing system of claim 8 wherein the processor is operable to refresh the screen to include at least one conferencing communication service associated with a second function when there is a change of the current time.

10. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein the processor is operable to refresh the screen to include at least one conferencing communication service associated with a second function when there is a change of user.

11. A method of refreshing a display panel of a conferencing system, the conferencing system comprising a display panel, a processor, a telephone coupled to a voice network, the display panel and the processor, and a datastore comprising at least one function comprising information relating to a current location of the telephone and a user of the telephone, wherein the at least one function is associated with at least one conferencing communication service, comprising the steps of obtaining a current location of the telephone using a location server, selecting a function from the datastore, and refreshing a screen on the display panel to include the at least one conferencing communication service associated with the selected function based on the current location of the telephone.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising refreshing the screen to include at least one conferencing communication service associated with a second function when there is a change of the current location of the telephone.

13. The method of claim 12 comprising obtaining a changed location of the telephone from the location server.

14. The method of claim 12 comprising moving the telephone between different locations.

15. The method of claim 14 comprising moving the telephone via a vehicle, a train, or a ferry.

16. The method of claim 14 comprising moving the telephone within a city, along a street, within a neighborhood, and/or within a building.

17. The method of claim 14 comprising moving the telephone from a given location to a location in a shopping mall, a hospital, a building, an airport, an office, a cube, a floor of a building, and/or to a room.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the at least one function further relates to a current time.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising refreshing the screen to include at least one conferencing communication service associated with a second function when there is a change of the current location or the current time.

20. The method of claim 11 comprising refreshing the screen to include at least one conferencing communication service associated with a second function when there is a change of user.