WO1999029086A2 - A portable communication device with hierarchical form presentation - Google Patents
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- WO1999029086A2 WO1999029086A2 PCT/IB1998/001889 IB9801889W WO9929086A2 WO 1999029086 A2 WO1999029086 A2 WO 1999029086A2 IB 9801889 W IB9801889 W IB 9801889W WO 9929086 A2 WO9929086 A2 WO 9929086A2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/64—Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations
- H04M1/65—Recording arrangements for recording a message from the calling party
- H04M1/6505—Recording arrangements for recording a message from the calling party storing speech in digital form
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
- H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
- H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
- H04M1/7243—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages
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- the invention relates to a device as recited in the preamble of Claim 1.
- Small-size Personal Digital Assistants and other Organizer devices have been florishing in the marketplace, as have so-called Buzzers and Pagers that all allow reception of a limited spectrum of precoded messages.
- larger devices such as desk-top computers allow a flexible message transfer organization for E-mailing between multiple terminals.
- the present inventor has recognized a need to provide small-size portable devices with an easy-accessible facility to transmit messages that are composed in a message thesaurus of intermediate size without requiring a user person to painstakingly enter a large sequence of tiny characters on a mini-keyboard. In fact, the small size of the keys thereof causes it to be prone to typing errors.
- Figure 1 a block diagram of a device of the invention
- Figure 2 a front view of such device
- Figure 3 a flow chart of its operation
- Figure 4 a front view of another such device.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary device according to the invention.
- the device 20 may have the general size of a human hand, and may without limitation weigh anywhere from 0.1 to 0.5 of a kilogram.
- Item 34 is a display that may accommodate four rows of twenty characters each, on a liquid crystal surface.
- Display controller 32 provides the various control signals necessary to effect such display. For simplicity, powering schemes have been omitted.
- Central processing facility 22 controls the accessing of the further subsystems, and inter alia generates a hierarchical menu presentation on screen 34.
- Item 24 is a mini-keyboard with less than full- QWERTY facility, such as in use on certain telephones.
- Interface item 26 interfaces to a broadcast antenna 27 or another bidirectional communication organization.
- Item 28 is a random access memory that can contain transient data, such as messages being formulated or received.
- Item 30 is a permanent memory for storing the program and the lists of terms to be specified hereinafter.
- a speech recognition facility may or may not be provided, in the device, but for brevity has not been shown specifically. Such speech recognition may be able to discriminate among various items that according to the above can be selected by one or more keystrokes. Alternatively, the recognition facility may allow inputting of a wider repertoire.
- a further non- keyboard input mechanism could pertain to a trackball or other cursoring facility.
- Figure 2 is a front view of such an embodiment 20 according to the invention. It has a display 34, and nine buttons 40-56. These have the following functions: 40 on/off toggle; 42 compose/send message; 44 store/ recall item/message; 46 further select function; 48-56 select in menu, such as select item or select character (2 keystrokes).
- FIG. 3 is an exemplary flowchart of the operation of the invention.
- the application is started, for example by power-on, or by selecting in a higher level menu. Self-reliantly, the necessary processing facilities will then be reserved for the task.
- the system presents a welcoming message to the user person.
- the highest level menu is displayed, so that the user may select an item.
- the system detects whether the user has indeed effected the selection.
- interconnection 83 represents a waiting loop, that may persist for several tens of seconds. After expiration of this period, the system may revert via interconnection 86 to terminating block 82.
- all interrupted lines will likewise be taken upon expiration of a similar waiting interval.
- the system in block 68 presents a next lower-level menu, and furthermore undertakes detecting of a selection in block 70. After expiration of the waiting time, the system steps backwards via interconnection 84 to block 64. If the user has indeed made a selection in the actual hierarchically lower menu, the system in block 72 asks for a quantification, and undertakes a further waiting interval in block 74. In case of a failure, the system steps back to block 68. If quantified, the system asks for transmit in block 76, and detects actual transmitting in block 78. In case of failure, the system steps back to block 72. In case of persistent failure, the system gradually goes back to the beginning of the flowchart, and thence to STOP 82.
- a flow chart may have more loops and various branches that may follow from an environment as will be detailed hereinafter.
- one of these items may be selected to further detail the particularities of the environment in question.
- one or more generic items, that each may pertain to one or more of the above environments may be selected from to the following table for qualifying:
- characterizations or qualifiers may be chosen: collegue, client, chef, all names.
- the transmission proper may be effected in various modes, such as full ASCII, or rather as coded keywords, that must be decoded by a receiver station.
- Figure 4 is a front view of another device embodiment 100.
- the display allows 5 rows of 45 characters each, and furthermore may have a text wrap-around facility.
- Item 102 is a four- direction cursor mechanism for steering through a field of items and has been provided with an actuate button 104.
- Button 108 controls on/off. Most of buttons 110-122 have two functions. Button 110 selects an address from a list. In combination with shift-key 126 it selects a "new address", that in consequence, must be typed in letter-by letter.
- Button 112 signals that an item will be composed with the Message Management according to the invention. Combined with shift key 126 it signals that a text will subsequently be typed.
- Button 114 commands that a reply will be given to a message received.
- Button 116 signals that an actual message must be forwarded, according to an address that has been specified already.
- Button 118 activates the INBOX of the device, so that successive messages therein will be read in sequence.
- Button 120 signals a "ready” situation, such that the system may revert to the start of the flowchart.
- Button 122 signals an update of the system.
- block 124 indicates a more or less standard but undersized keyboard that is provided with relatively small-sized keys, leaving some open space in the righthand bottom corner.
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EP98954661A EP0954921A2 (en) | 1997-12-03 | 1998-11-30 | A portable communication device with hierarchical form presentation |
JP53044299A JP2001510610A (en) | 1997-12-03 | 1998-11-30 | Mobile communication device with hierarchical form presentation means |
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US5153582A (en) * | 1988-07-01 | 1992-10-06 | Motorola, Inc. | Method of and apparatus for acknowledging and answering a paging signal |
US5371788A (en) * | 1993-04-13 | 1994-12-06 | At&T Corp. | Arrangement for displaying menu screens on a telephone terminal |
WO1996027968A2 (en) * | 1995-03-03 | 1996-09-12 | Philips Electronics N.V. | System comprising a handheld control device |
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US5153582A (en) * | 1988-07-01 | 1992-10-06 | Motorola, Inc. | Method of and apparatus for acknowledging and answering a paging signal |
US5371788A (en) * | 1993-04-13 | 1994-12-06 | At&T Corp. | Arrangement for displaying menu screens on a telephone terminal |
WO1996027968A2 (en) * | 1995-03-03 | 1996-09-12 | Philips Electronics N.V. | System comprising a handheld control device |
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