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Timestamp: 2019-08-25 11:28:15
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 60', 'Application No. 60', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 200780000682', 'Application No. 07101033', 'application No. 07101033', 'Application No. 5608', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 07719713']

US8380134B2 - System, method and mobile device for displaying wireless mode indicators - Google Patents
US8380134B2
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US13/424,521
US20120178427A1 (en
2012-03-20 Priority to US13/424,521 priority patent/US8380134B2/en
2012-03-20 Assigned to RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED reassignment RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: SCOTT, SHERRYL LEE LORRAINE, LA, GIANG MANH, STEELE, JOEL, PAAS, JULIAN
2012-03-20 Application filed by BlackBerry Ltd filed Critical BlackBerry Ltd
2012-07-12 Publication of US20120178427A1 publication Critical patent/US20120178427A1/en
2013-02-19 Publication of US8380134B2 publication Critical patent/US8380134B2/en
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/173,444, filed Jun. 30, 2011, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/834,254, filed Jul. 12, 2010, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/744,427, filed on May 4, 2007, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/865,562, filed on Nov. 13, 2006. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/744,427 issued to patent as U.S. Pat. No. 7,756,485. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/834,254 issued to patent as U.S. Pat. No. 8,005,434. The entire contents of U.S. application Ser. Nos. 13/173,444, 12/834,254, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/744,427 and of U.S. Application No. 60/865,562 are hereby incorporated by reference.
Mobile device 100 may send and receive communication signals over network 200 after required network registration or activation procedures have been completed. Network access is associated with a subscriber or user of a mobile device 100. To identify a subscriber, mobile device 100 requires a
Subscriber Identity Module or “SIM” card 126 to be inserted in a SIM interface 128 in order to communicate with a network. SIM 126 is one type of a conventional “smart card” used to identify a subscriber of mobile device 100 and to personalize the mobile device 100, among other things. Without SIM 126, mobile device 100 is not fully operational for communication with network 200.
Battery interface 132 is coupled to a regulator (not shown), which assists battery 130 in providing power V+to mobile device 100. Although current technology makes use of a battery, future technologies such as micro fuel cells may provide the power to mobile device 100.
In order to facilitate selection and display of an appropriate icon combination, user interface module 420 may access a lookup table stored in flash memory 108 to determine which icon combination to display for a given
WLAN and cellular connection status. User interface module 420 then causes the selected icon combination to be displayed in the three icon fields 622, 624 and 626, described below.
A fourth scenario may be illustrated with reference to FIG. 8, which shows a further icon combination in fields 622, 624 and 626. In this fourth scenario, the user may be carrying mobile device 100 at work, where for security reasons, the corporate environment has a firewall established against UMA connections. In such a case, the carrier voice, carrier data and internet services may be accessed through the cellular connection, while the corporate email services can be accessed through the local WLAN connection. Accordingly, it is necessary to show that the Wi-Fi connection is active by showing an emphasized
Wi-Fi icon in the WLAN field 622 and also to show that the cellular connection is active by providing a descriptive icon such as “EDGE” in network technology field 624. As the dominant wireless services connection is cellular, the signal strength icon displayed in field 626 is specific to a cellular connection, rather than a WLAN connection.
selecting a combination of icons to be displayed in a plurality of display fields on a display of the mobile device, wherein a plurality of icon combinations are stored in a memory of the mobile device, and wherein the combination of icons is selected from the stored plurality of icon combinations based on the determined first connection status and second connection status, wherein the plurality of display fields comprise a signal strength field for displaying a signal strength icon and a network technology field for displaying a network technology icon.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the icon selected to be displayed in the signal strength field varies depending on whether the first connection status is “active” or “inactive”.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display fields comprise a short-range communication field for displaying a short-range communication icon, and wherein the icons selected to be displayed in the signal strength field and the network technology field vary depending on whether the second connection status is “active” or “inactive”.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the short-range communication icon is an emphasized icon or a de-emphasized icon, corresponding to the second connection status being “active” or “inactive”, respectively.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the second connection status is “active”, the icon selected to be displayed in the network technology field varies depending on availability of an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) connection.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display fields are located together in a banner area.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of icon combinations are identified in a lookup table stored in the memory.
a memory accessible to the processor and storing program code executable by the processor for executing a user interface application, wherein the user interface application is configured to determine a first connection status of the mobile device with respect to a cellular network and a second connection status with respect to a short-range communication network; and
wherein the user interface application, when executed by the processor, is further configured to, select a combination of icons to be displayed in a plurality of display fields on the display, wherein a plurality of icon combinations are stored in a memory of the mobile device, and wherein the combination of icons is selected from the stored plurality of icon combinations based on the determined first connection status and second connection status, wherein the plurality of display fields comprise a signal strength field for displaying a signal strength icon and a network technology field for displaying a network technology icon.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein the icon selected to be displayed in the signal strength field varies depending on whether the first connection status is “active” or “inactive”.
12. The device of claim 10, wherein the plurality of display fields comprise a short-range communication field for displaying a short-range communication icon, and wherein the icons selected to be displayed in the signal strength field and the network technology field vary depending on whether the second connection status is “active” or “inactive”.
13. The device of claim 10, wherein the short-range communication icon is an emphasized icon or a de-emphasized icon, corresponding to the second connection status being “active” or “inactive,” respectively.
14. The device of claim 10, wherein, if the second connection status is “active”, the icon selected to be displayed in the network technology field varies depending on availability of an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) connection.
15. The device of claim 10, wherein the network technology field is present or absent, depending on whether the first connection status is “active” or “inactive”.
16. The device of claim 10, wherein the icon selected to be displayed in the signal strength field varies depending on whether the first connection status is “active” or “inactive”.
17. The device of claim 10, wherein the plurality of display fields are located together in a banner area.
18. The device of claim 10, wherein the plurality of icon combinations are identified in a lookup table stored in the memory.
19. A computer readable storage medium storing program instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile device capable of communicating through a cellular network and a short-range communication network, cause the processor to perform a method of displaying wireless mode indicators on the mobile device, the method comprising:
selecting a combination of icons to be displayed in a plurality of display fields on a display of the mobile device, wherein a plurality of icon combinations are stored in a memory of the mobile device, and wherein the combination of icons are selected from the stored plurality of icon combinations based on the determined first connection status and second connection status, wherein the plurality of display fields comprise a signal strength field for displaying a signal strength icon and a network technology field for displaying a network technology icon.
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