Patent ID: 6791586
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
A method of controlling an order of presentation of at least one feature on a display of a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:maintaining utilization history information for each of a plurality of features accessible through the display of the terminal, said terminal having a plurality of user-actuable keys arranged thereon, including at least a first key for navigating through the plurality of features of the terminal, one or more of the features of the terminal each corresponding to a function performed by the terminal, and a second key for activating a given one of the features having an identifier thereof displayed in a designated area of the display; and determining a feature presentation order for presentation of at least a subset of the plurality of features on the display of the terminal based at least in part on the utilization history information for those features; wherein the utilization history information comprises one or more of a plurality of feature presentation management tables, each of the feature presentation management tables being maintained for a corresponding one of a plurality of different terminal states, different feature presentation orders thereby being providable for each of the different terminal states.