Novel personal electronics device
OwnerBryan T. Cupps, Tim J. Glassinventors
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An Electronic device combines the features of one or more of: cellular telephone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), personal computer, Internet Appliance (IA), pager, cordless telephone, remote control unit (for example, for use with television, stereo, entertainment devices, and so forth) and Global Positioning System (GPS) into one common easy to use universal device and User Interface (UI). In one embodiment the device is approximately the size of a cellular telephone, and includes a large touchscreen LCD, that spans a significant portion of the length and width of the device, for example, covering an area which would normally be used for both the display and keypad on a cellular telephone. The display and UI change to look appropriate for whatever application in use. In one embodiment, the cellular telephone display and UI are selected from one of a plurality of cellular telephone displays images and UIs, so that a user familiar with one brand or model of cellular telephone can have that image and UI to utilize with the device.
A portable telephone comprising:
A device as in claim 4 wherein said first processor also serves to display other functional images to said display.
A portable telephone comprising:
A portable electronic device comprising:
A computer system comprising:
A computer system comprising:
A method for operating a computer system comprising a first display and a second display comprising the steps of:
A method for operating an electronic device comprising telephone circuitry, a display, a user input device, a first processor, and a second processor, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.