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WO1998001982A2 - Procede et appareil offrant des icones programmables par l'utilisateur dans un dispositif de telecommunications - Google Patents

Procede et appareil offrant des icones programmables par l'utilisateur dans un dispositif de telecommunications Download PDF

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WO1998001982A2
WO1998001982A2 PCT/US1997/010879 US9710879W WO9801982A2 WO 1998001982 A2 WO1998001982 A2 WO 1998001982A2 US 9710879 W US9710879 W US 9710879W WO 9801982 A2 WO9801982 A2 WO 9801982A2
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Timothy Kirk Alland
Christopher G. Henz
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/22—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
    • G08B5/222—Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems
    • G08B5/223—Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems using wireless transmission
    • G08B5/224—Paging receivers with visible signalling details
    • G08B5/229—Paging receivers with visible signalling details with other provisions not elsewhere provided for
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
    • H04M3/537—Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message, whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2201/00—Electronic components, circuits, software, systems or apparatus used in telephone systems
    • H04M2201/38—Displays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
    • H04M3/5307—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components

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  • This invention relates m general to communication devices, and more specifically to a communication device that presents icons on a display.
  • Communication receivers such as personal messaging devices, receive messages that are subsequently presented to a user.
  • a user can subsc ⁇ be to a vanerv of different message services and receive numerous message types.
  • a personai messaging device can receive personal messages, maildrop messages, financial messages, sports messages, and any other type of message that is transmitted by a service to which the user can subsc ⁇ be.
  • FIG. 1 is an electrical block diagram of a communication device for displaying icons in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the presentation of icons on a display included in the communication device of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the presentation of an icon and a related message on the display included in the communication device of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an operation of a presenter included in the communication device of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation of a programmer included in the communication device of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGs. 6 and 7 depict the presentation of programming screens on the display included in the communication device of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is an electrical block diagram of a communication device 100, such as a personal messaging device or portable transceiver, including a receiver 105 for receiving a signal and a decoder 110 coupled to the receiver 105 for decoding different types of messages from the signal.
  • the types of messages received by the communication device 100 can be, for instance, related to different message sources, e.g., different services to which the user subscribes.
  • message sources e.g., different services to which the user subscribes.
  • types of messages would include news messages, weather messages, and sports messages.
  • personal messages could be received as well.
  • Message types could also relate to message priorities, e.g., high priority, or urgent, and low priority, or message subject categories, e.g., business or personal.
  • the communication device 100 further comprises a controller 115 for controlling operations of the device 100, an alert device 120 for generating an alert to announce message reception, a display 125 for presenting information, and a programming device for receiving programming information.
  • the programming device can be, for instance, controls 130 that are accessible to the user for receiving user inputs, a data port for receiving programming information via another device, or a radio receiver for receiving over-the-air programming signals.
  • a message memory 135 is coupled to the controller 115 for storing received messages and for storing the types of the received messages. Other information, such as reception time and whether or not the message has been read by the user, could also be stored.
  • An icon database 140 preferably stores presentation information associated with available icons, e.g., icons that are capable of being presented on the display 125. Additionally, the icon database 140 stores information by which the different message types are associated with different icons in accordance with the received programming information.
  • a device memory 145 for storing type information used to identify the different types of messages that can be received.
  • the type information could, for example, comprise different addresses, channel frequencies, codes, or signal information that is associated with the different types of messages. For instance, local weather messages could be received on a first address, while sports messages could be received on a second address.
  • a presenter 155 included in the communication device 100 drives the display 125 to present icons that represent received messages and that indicate message type, and a programmer 150 programs the icon database 140 in accordance with the programming information provided by the user via the programming device.
  • the presenter 155 and the programmer 150 comprise firmware elements that are stored in the device memory 145 and executed by the controller 115.
  • the presenter 155 and the programmer 150 could be implemented in hardware capable of performing equivalent operations.
  • the user of the communication device 100 can conveniently customize icons to represent different types of messages. This can be done by permitting the user to select icons from among the available icons capable of presentation and to designate which message type each selected icon is to represent. For instance, the user could choose a football icon to represent sports messages, a lightning bolt icon to represent weather messages, and a house icon to represent personal messages. In this manner, the user is presented with icons having meanings that can be quickly and easily discerned by the user. As a result, situations are avoided in which the user is faced with displayed information that is meaningless to him.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a default screen that can be presented on the display 125.
  • the communication device 100 could visually present a row of icons across the top line of the display 125 to represent messages that have been received and stored in the message memory 135.
  • the display of a baseball icon 160, a cloud-and-lightning bolt icon 165, and a dollar sign icon 170 could indicate that a baseball message, a weather message, and a financial message have been received.
  • the triangular icons 175 could have been assigned by the user to represent another type of message, e.g., personal messages. Alternatively, the triangular icons 175 could be default icons that represent message types for which the user has not yet assigned any particular icons.
  • FIG. 3 an example of presentation of a message on the display 125 is depicted.
  • the icon 165 associated with the weather message could be displayed along with the message itself.
  • the user can conveniently determine message type on the first displayed screen of the message. This is especially useful when the message is too long for display on a single screen and the message type is not evident from the first few words of the message.
  • icons representative of messages are usually identical regardless of message type. Even when message icons are not identical, the number of available icons is verv limited, and the user has no control over the meaning of the displayed icons. As a result, icons displayed by conventional devices can be meaningless to a user unless he has access to the device manual. Conversely, the user of the communication device 100 according to the present invention can assign icons with different appearances to different message types. As a result, each assigned icon is likely to be recognized by the user without much effort.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an operation of the presenter 155 (FIG. 1).
  • a display command is received from the controls 130
  • the message memory 135 and the icon database 140 are referenced, at step 210.
  • the selected message and the icon representative of the message type are then retrieved, at step 215, and presented on the display 125, at step 220, so that the user can read the message and discern the message type.
  • the message memory 135 and the icon database 140 are referenced, at step 230.
  • the assigned icon indicative of its type is retrieved, at step 235, and displayed, at step 240.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart depicting an operation of the programmer 150.
  • FIGs. 6 and 7 illustrate programming screens that can be displayed to facilitate the programming of the icon database 140.
  • a program command is received, the icon database 140 is referenced, at step 310.
  • the display 125 is then driven, at step 315, to present an initial icon programming screen 405 (FIG. 6) on which all of the available icons are presented.
  • the icon programming screen 405 could show icon assignments that have been previously made by the user. It will be recognized that more than one icon programming screen 405 could be presented when the number of available icons is too great to permit presentation of all available icons at one time.
  • a type programming screen 410 (FIG. 7) is preferably presented on the display 125, at step 325 (FIG. 5).
  • the type programming screen 410 could include, for instance, a presentation of the icon highlighted by the user and a list of the different message types that can be received by the communication device 100.
  • the icon database 140 is updated, at step 335, to associate the selected icon with the selected message type.
  • the icon programming screen 405 is again displayed, at step 315, to allow the user to enter, further programming information.
  • the communication device receives messages of different types and stores information associated with a number of icons that are able to be presented to a user of the communication device.
  • the user can program the communication device to customize the icons by assigning icons to the different message types. Therefore, presentation of the assigned icons conveys information about message type to the user. Because the user himself has programmed the icon assignments, he is likely to remember the meanings of the different icons without having to consult a list or a manual.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de télécommunications (100) capable de recevoir et d'afficher des informations. Un tel dispositif est notamment constitué d'une mémoire (135) conservant des messages de différents types, d'une base de données (140) conservant des informations de présentation caractéristiques des icônes disponibles, et d'un module de programmation (130) capable de recevoir des informations de programmation signalant quelles icônes doivent représenter quels types de messages. D'après ces informations de programmation, un afficheur (125) assure la présentation des icônes représentatives des messages conservés dans la mémoire (135) et signalant les types de messages affectés aux messages.
PCT/US1997/010879 1996-07-08 1997-06-20 Procede et appareil offrant des icones programmables par l'utilisateur dans un dispositif de telecommunications WO1998001982A2 (fr)

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