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US 2004/0075700 A1Published application
Functional idle mode display
OwnerCatherine Liu, Mang Zhuinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for informing a monitored internal system status of an electronic device using a screen saver program is disclosed. When the screen saver program is activated (704), a virtual analog clock (706, 106) having a time-varying visual attribute (108, 110, 112) is displayed. The time-varying visual attribute is varied to indicate the status of the monitored internal system status during the time the screen saver program is active.
Claims19
An electronic device having a display operable in a screen saver mode, comprising:
- a clock disposed on the display when the electronic device is in screen saver mode;
- and
- the clock having an electronic device status visual attribute that changes with changes in a monitored internal system of the electronic device,
- the clock indicative of current time.
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A method in an electronic device having a display, comprising:
- activating a screen saver mode of operation;
- displaying a clock having an electronic device status visual attribute;
- communicating time with the clock;
- monitoring an internal system;
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- providing information about the monitored internal system by varying the electronic device status visual attribute of the clock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.