Patent ID: 6608637
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A mobile telephone configured to communicate with a wireless voice network, for permitting a user to perform a plurality of communication related tasks concurrently, the mobile telephone comprising:a user input device; a display having a tools portion and a window portion; and a processing element connected to the user input device and the display and configured to communicate with the wireless voice network including means for representing the communication related tasks as objects in the tools portion and for providing the user with simultaneous access to the plurality of communications related tasks, means for launching different ones of the communication related tasks based upon selection of corresponding ones of the communication related task objects by the user via the user input device, means for communicating with the wireless voice network based on launching the different ones of the communication related tasks, and means for changing the window portion based on the user selection without changing the tools portion.