Accessing features provided by a mobile terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorHye Youn Cho
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Abstract
A terminal providing one or more features to a user is disclosed. The terminal comprises a control unit, a user input unit, display unit. The control unit provides, on a standby image of the terminal, an option to select type of an inputted character, an option to select one or more menus to execute features associated with the inputted character, or both. The user input unit enables the user to input the character and select type of the character or select one or more of the menus. The display unit displays the inputted character according to the selected type of the character and also displays the menus.
Claims18
A terminal comprising:
- a controller for causing a display unit of the terminal to display a menu option while displaying a default screen such that a user can select a type of a character to be input into an edit window without the user first accessing the edit window;
- a user input unit for enabling the user to select the type of the character and input the character by interacting with the displayed menu option;
- and
- the display unit for displaying the input character according to the selected type of the character,
- wherein the controller is further for causing the display unit to display the input character in the edit window, and
- wherein the controller is further for causing the edit window to disappear in response to the input character being erased.
A terminal comprising:
- a controller for causing a display unit of the terminal to display a menu option while displaying a default screen such that a user can select a type of a character to be input into an edit window without the user first accessing the edit window;
- a user input unit for enabling the user to input the character and select from one or more menu options provided for the input character;
- and
- the display unit for displaying the input character and the one or more menu options,
- wherein the controller is further for causing the display unit to display the input character in the edit window, and
- wherein the controller is further for causing the edit window to disappear in response to the input character being erased.
A computer-implemented method for a terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a standby image while the terminal is in a standby mode;
- and
- providing an option for selecting a character type on the standby image,
- wherein, when a character is input in accordance with the selected character type, the input character is displayed in a window, and
- wherein the window disappears in response to the input character being erased.
A computer-implemented method for a terminal, the method comprising:
- providing selectable user interface menu options for inputting one or more characters into an edit window on a display screen of the mobile terminal,
- wherein the user interface menu options are provided prior to the edit window being displayed on the display screen such that the edit window is automatically displayed when a user selects one of the menu options associated with selecting a type of character to be input in the edit window,
- wherein the type of character comprises at least numeric type, text type of a first language, text type of a second language or special text characters,
- wherein the input one or more characters are displayed in the edit window, and
- wherein the edit window disappears in response to the input one or more characters being erased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.