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US 11,778,084 B2Granted
Portable terminal apparatus
AssigneeMaxell, Ltd.
InventorsNobuo Masuoka, Yasunobu Hashimoto
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Abstract
A portable terminal apparatus includes a display unit displaying an image, an operation input unit inputting a user operation, and a wireless communication unit performing wireless communication by a wireless LAN, and at a time of startup from a sleep state, a remote control button is displayed on the display unit when a mutual communication with a predetermined access point can be performed in the wireless communication unit, and when the remote control button is selected, a remote control signal corresponding to the selected remote control button is transmitted.
Claims17
A method to be executed by a portable terminal apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an operation input interface, an input corresponding to a user operation;
- performing long-distance wireless communication with a base station over a network;
- controlling state transitions of the portable terminal apparatus to or from a sleep state;
- performing a plurality of display modes, the plurality of display modes including:
- a first display mode during which a first screen to be moved to a screen for performing authentication to execute an unlock operation is displayed on a display without display of a control icon when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from a sleep state based on a first condition, wherein the first condition is met when a control screen for remotely and wirelessly controlling an external device by performing the long-distance wireless communication is not displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state;
- a second display mode during which a first screen to be moved to a screen for performing authentication to execute an unlock operation is displayed on the display without display of a control icon when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from a sleep state based on a second condition, wherein the second condition is met when the portable terminal apparatus is unable to communicate with the external device by performing the long-distance wireless communication and the control screen is displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state;
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- a third display mode during which a control icon and a first screen to be moved to a screen for performing authentication to execute an unlock operation are displayed on the display when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from a sleep state based on a third condition, wherein the third condition is met when the portable terminal apparatus is able to communicate with the external device by performing the long-distance wireless communication and the control screen is displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state, and the control screen is used to execute control operations on the external device based on the input received by the operation input interface, and
- transmitting, via the long-distance wireless communication, a remote control signal corresponding to the selected control icon to the external device when the control icon is selected in the third display mode without the unlock operation.
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A portable terminal apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- an operation input interface configured to receive an input corresponding to a user operation;
- a base station communication interface configured to perform long-distance wireless communication with a base station over a network;
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- a processor programmed to control state transitions of the portable terminal apparatus to or from a sleep state and further performing a plurality of display modes, the plurality of display modes including:
- a first display mode during which a first screen to be moved to a screen for performing authentication to execute an unlock operation is displayed on the display without display of a control icon when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from a sleep state based on a first condition, wherein the first condition is met when a control screen for remotely and wirelessly controlling an external device via the base station communication interface is not displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state;
- a second display mode during which a first screen to be moved to a screen for performing authentication to execute an unlock operation is displayed on the display without display of a control icon when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from a sleep state based on a second condition, wherein the second condition is met when the base station communication interface is unable to communicate with the external device and the control screen is displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state;
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- a third display mode during which a control icon and a first screen to be moved to a screen for performing authentication to execute an unlock operation are displayed on the display when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from a sleep state based on a third condition, wherein the third condition is met when the base station communication interface is able to communicate with the external device and the control screen is displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state,
- wherein the control screen is used to execute control operations on the external device based on the input received by the operation input interface, and
- wherein, when the control icon is selected in the third display mode without the unlock operation, the base station communication interface transmits a remote control signal corresponding to the selected control icon to the external device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.