Terminal, method and computer program product for producing a user perceptible output upon reaching a predefined threshold
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorGeorge Bernhart
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Abstract
A terminal adapted to communicate via a communications system includes a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving a plurality of different communications signals, respectively. The terminal includes a controller which is capable of counting service increments, such as time and/or data increments, and controlling the operation of an associated user interface to produce a user perceptible output, such as an audible tone, when the count reaches the threshold. As such, the user interface can inform the user of the terminal when a threshold for data or time usage has been reached and/or surpassed.
Claims20
A terminal adapted to communicate via at least one communications system in a plurality of service increments, wherein the terminal comprises:
- a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving signals, respectively, via the at least one communications system;
- a user interface capable of producing a user perceptible output and receiving at least one threshold;
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- a controller capable of counting the plurality of service increments utilized by the terminal, producing a result based on counting the plurality of service increments, converting at least one of the threshold and the result to a common unit of measurement, comparing the result to at least one threshold, and directing the user interface to produce the user perceptible output when the result is reaches the at least one threshold.
A terminal adapted to communicate via a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) communications system, the GPRS communications system measuring service in terms of kilobytes, wherein the terminal comprises:
- a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving signals, respectively, via the GPRS communications system;
- a user interface capable of receiving at least one currency threshold and capable of producing a user perceptible output;
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- a controller capable of counting the plurality of kilobytes transferred via the GPRS communications system, producing a result based on counting the plurality of kilobytes, converting at least one of the result and the currency threshold such that the result and the currency threshold share a common unit of measurement, and directing the user interface to produce the user perceptible output when the result reaches the currency threshold following the conversion of at least one of the result and the currency threshold to a common unit of measurement.
A method of audibly alerting a user of a terminal upon reaching a threshold during a given communications session, wherein the terminal is adapted to communicate via at least one communications system in a plurality of service increments, said method comprising:
- transmitting and receiving signals via the at least one communications system;
- counting the plurality of service increments utilized by the terminal;
- producing a result based on counting the plurality of service increments;
- converting at least one of the threshold and the result to a common unit of measurement;
- comparing the result to the at least one threshold;
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- producing a user perceptible output when the result reaches the at least one threshold.
A method of alerting a user upon reaching a level of expense during a given communications session, on a terminal adapted to communicate via a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) communications system in terms of kilobytes, said method comprising:
- transmitting and receiving signals on the GPRS communications system;
- receiving a currency threshold;
- counting the plurality of kilobytes transferred via the GPRS communications system;
- producing a result based on counting the plurality of kilobytes;
- converting at least one of the currency threshold and the result to a common unit of measurement;
- and
- producing a user perceptible output when the result reaches the currency threshold following the conversion of at least one of the result and the currency threshold to a common unit of measurement.
A computer program product for alerting a user of a terminal upon reaching a threshold during a given communications session, wherein the terminal is adapted to communicate via at least one communications system in a plurality of service increments, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- a first executable portion for counting the plurality of service increments utilized by the terminal;
- a second executable portion for producing a result based on counting the plurality of service increments;
- a third executable portion for converting at least one of the threshold and the result to a common unit of measurement;
- a fourth executable portion for comparing the result to at least one threshold;
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- a fifth executable portion for producing a user perceptible output when the result reaches the at least one threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.