System for and method of personalizing a user interface of a portable electronic device
OwnerAmy E. Battles, David J. Staudacher +1inventors
InventorsAmy E. Battles, David J. Staudacher, K. Douglas Gennetten
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Abstract
A method of personalizing an interface of a portable electronic device comprises the steps of interfacing the portable electronic device to a workstation, modifying the existing version of the user interface so as to define a personalized version of the user interface, transferring information defining the personalized version of the user interface from the workstation to the portable electronic device, and implementing the personalized version of the user interface on the portable electronic device.
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A method of personalizing an interface of a portable electronic device comprising the steps of:
- interfacing the portable electronic device to a workstation;
- modifying an existing version of a user interface so as to define a personalized version of said user interface;
- transferring information defining said personalized version of said user interface from said workstation to the portable electronic device;
- and
- implementing said personalized version of said user interface on the portable electronic device.
A portable electronic device for performing a dedicated function, comprising:
- a portable housing;
- a display mounted to said housing;
- an input device mounted to said housing for accepting a manual input;
- a memory storing a set of program instructions for performing said dedicated function and configuration code defining a user interface;
- a processor connected to said memory to execute said set of program instructions and responsive to said configuration code for implementing said user interface;
- and
- a communications interface configured to receive said configuration code for storage in said memory.
A digital camera comprising:
- an optical system for forming an optical image;
- an image conversion system responsive to said optical image for storing image data;
- a user interface configured to direct a processing of said image data;
- and
- a communications interface for receiving user definition data for configuring an operation of said user interface.
A method of sending electronic images to a recipient comprising the steps of:
- receiving an e-mail address associated with the recipient;
- transferring a designation of said recipient to an image capture device;
- capturing an optical image;
- transforming said optical image into electronic image data;
- displaying said designation of said recipient on said image capture device;
- selecting said recipient on said image capture device to receive said electronic image data;
- and
- initiating a transmission of said electronic image data to said e-mail address.
A setup program for configuring a user interface of an portable electronic device including a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for configuring the user interface, the computer readable program codes comprising:
- computer readable program code for causing a computer to display a menu of selections to be included in the user interface;
- computer readable program code for causing a computer to respond to a user designating at least one of said selections to be included in the user interface;
- computer readable program code for causing a computer to generate configuration data enabling said user interface including said at least one of said selections;
- and
- computer readable program code for causing a computer to upload said configuration code to the portable electronic device.
A digital camera comprising:
- means for forming an optical image;
- means responsive to said optical image for storing image data;
- means directing a processing of said image data;
- and
- means for receiving user definition data for configuring an operation of said user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.