Patent ID: 6377821
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
An apparatus for implementing a user interface in a wireless telecommunication device of a communication system, the apparatus comprising:a display providing a number of identifiers arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein at least a first subset of the identifiers each represents a communication line mapped from a related wired telephone of the system so as to be accessible through the wireless telecommunication device, the wired telephone being associated with a user of the wireless telecommunication device, and wherein at least a second subset of the identifiers each represents a function mapped from the related wired telephone of the system so as to be accessible through the wireless telecommunication device; at least one row select button for selecting a particular one of the plurality of rows provided in the display; and at least one column select button for selecting a particular one of the plurality of columns provided in the display, such that selection of the particular row and the particular column is operative to select a feature associated with the corresponding identifier.