Expedited communication graphical user interface system and method
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorSherryl Lee Lorraine Scott
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Abstract
A method for managing expedited communication functions for a mobile device having a processing subsystem, a memory subsystem, a display subsystem, a communication subsystem, and a keyboard subsystem includes displaying a graphical key representation of mobile device keyboard subsystem keys, arranging the graphical keys in similar disposition to the mobile device keyboard subsystem keys, and displaying visual indicia to indicate mobile device keyboard subsystem keys associated with expedited communication functions.
Claims20
A method for facilitating communication by a communication device with a contact, said method comprising:
- associating a key with particular communication data pertaining to the contact;
- displaying a representation of a keyboard that indicates the key associated with the particular communication data;
- detecting actuation of the key displayed during said displaying;
- analyzing preference data associated with the contact to determine a first communication function to perform based on actuation of the key;
- and
- invoking the first communication function associated with the particular communication data.
An apparatus for facilitating communication by a communication device with a contact, said apparatus comprising:
- a processing subsystem configured to:
- associate a key with particular communication data pertaining to the contact;
- display a representation of a keyboard that indicates the key associated with the particular communication data;
- detect actuation of the key;
- analyze preference data associated with the contact to determine a first communication function to perform based on actuation of the key;
- and
- invoke the first communication function associated with the particular communication data.
An apparatus for facilitating communication by a communication device with a contact, said apparatus comprising:
- an associator configured to associate a key with particular communication data pertaining to the contact;
- a display configured to display a representation of a keyboard that indicates the key associated with the particular communication data;
- a detector configured to detect actuation of the key;
- and
- a function invoker configured to invoke a first communication function associated with the particular communication data, the first communication function determined based on an analysis of preference data associated with the contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.