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US 8,509,851 B2Granted
Method for displaying speed dial information and device using the method
AssigneeHTC Corporation
InventorYuan-Mao Tsuei
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Abstract
A method for displaying speed dial information is disclosed. A dialing signal is defined and stored in a memory of a mobile communication device. When the mobile communication device receives a trigger signal generated by pressing a button, it is determined whether the dialing signal is received. Contact information corresponding to the pressed button is displayed on a screen of the mobile communication device if the dialing signal is not received.
Claims9
A method for displaying speed dial information, comprising:
- defining and storing a dialing signal in a memory of a mobile communication device;
- when the mobile communication device receives an operation representing a surface of a physical button is touched, generating a trigger signal and displaying contact information corresponding to the physical button on a screen of the mobile communication device in response to the trigger signal;
- when the mobile communication device further receives an operation representing the physical button is pressed, generating a dialing signal;
- defining a first time threshold value;
- and dialing a phone number assigned to the pressed physical button by the mobile communication device if a time for receiving the dialing signal reaches the first time threshold value;
- wherein the physical button is a number button, and if the time for receiving the dialing signal does not reach the first time threshold value, a number on the pressed number button is inputted by the mobile communication device,
- wherein the physical button is a screen button comprising a touch screen and a metal dome under the touch panel, and the method further comprising:
- generating the trigger signal when the touch screen is touched;
- and
- generating the dialing signal when the metal dome is pressed.
7 more elements
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a screen;
- a dialing module, comprising a physical keypad providing a plurality of physical buttons;
- a memory, storing a dialing signal defined for the dialing module;
- a signal receiving module, receiving a trigger signal and a pressed signal generated by touching and pressing one of the physical buttons of the physical keypad, respectively;
- and
- a microcontroller, receiving the trigger signal and the pressed signal via the signal receiving module
- wherein the microcontroller displays contact information corresponding to the physical button on the screen when the trigger signal is received, and the microcontroller performs the dialing signal when the pressed signal is received,
- wherein the memory stores a first time threshold value, and a contact phone number assigned to the pressed physical button is dialed by the dialing module if a time for receiving the dialing signal reaches the first time threshold value,
- wherein the physical button is a number button, and a number on the pressed number button is inputted by the dialing module if the time for receiving the dialing signal does not reach the first time threshold value,
- wherein the physical button is a screen button, comprising a touch screen and a metal dome under the touch panel, the trigger signal generated when the touch screen is touched, and the dialing signal generated when the metal dome is pressed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.