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User interface on a portable electronic device

A technology for electronic equipment and users, which is applied in the direction of electrical digital data processing, input/output process of data processing, instruments, etc., and can solve problems such as inability to determine functions or commands.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-06
NOKIA CORP
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Users may not be able to determine the function or command associated with each button

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[0045] FIG. 1 illustrates a portable electronic device 10 having a touch screen 20 that can be used to display data, text or images. The touch screen 20 can also be used to display a user interface (UI) to allow a user to input signals in the portable electronic device, thereby causing the device to perform a certain function or command. As shown, the UI has two sub-screen areas 20 and 30 for displaying a plurality of icons or buttons 31-35 and 41-44, each of which is displayed at a designated area on the screen. A user may touch or press one of the buttons with a pen, finger, or any suitable physical object to select a function or command. For example, if the user uses the pen 100 to select the icon 31, the user can access a list of phone related functions. While more and more buttons are displayed to allow the user to choose among the many functions that the portable device can perform, the buttons may not be descriptive. It is difficult for users to guess what these butto...

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An electronic device capable of carrying out a plurality of commands, which are symbolized by a plurality of icons displayed on a touch screen so as to allow a user to select a command by contacting the screen at the icon with a pen, or other object. If the contact is brief, the selected command is carried out. If the contact is longer than a predetermined time, a message associated with the command is provided. In the latter case, if the user still wants the selected command to be carried out, the user removes the pen off the screen directly from the icon. Otherwise, the user moves the pen out of the icon area. The message is then ended. If the user moves the pen to another icon, a different message is provided. The message can be provided in a text form or an audible form.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a portable electronic device having a touch screen to allow a user to interact with the touch screen using an object. Background technique [0002] Portable electronic devices, such as communicators, personal digital assistants (PDAs), some cell phones, etc., often have touch screens for displaying data, messages and / or images. The touch screen can also be used to allow a user to enter signals and data into the portable electronic device using a stylus, commonly referred to as a pen. Using, for example, a pen to touch a designated area on the screen, the user can cause the portable device to perform a certain function. Typically, the designated area is displayed as a button or icon. For example, the button or icon may be described as a telephone handset, envelope, keyboard, etc. If the user uses a pen to touch an icon depicting a telephone handset, menu or list items related to telephone calls are displayed on the to...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/00G06F3/033G06F3/048
CPCG06F3/0488G06F3/0481G06F3/041G06F3/04817
Inventor P·康蒂奥
Owner NOKIA CORP
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