EP0715441A1
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Roller bar menu access system and method for cellular telephones
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1995-11-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-11-14
Abstract
Abstract A cellular telephone includes a display (102), a roller bar (104) and a select button (106). The display presents menus of cellular telephone functions. The roller bar (104) permits the user to scroll the menus of cellular telephone functions. The select button (106) permits the user to select one of the cellular telephone functions from the displayed menus (102). If a menu of cellular telephone functions is longer than can be presented on the display, then the roller bar permits the user to pan the menu.
Inventors
- 👤 Sonia Mercedes Estevez-Alcolado De Holl
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 17:12
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04M1/0202; H04M1/0206; H04M1/0208; H04M1/0214; H04M1/0216; H04M1/0218; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/24; H04B7/26; G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/03; G06F3/033; G06F3/0362; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0482; H04M1/23; H04M1/233; H01; H01H; H01H19/00; H01H19/02; H01H19/10; H01H19/14; H01H2019/146; H04M1/72; H04M1/724
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
45 words
A cellular telephone, comprising: a display for presenting a menu of cellular telephone functions; a roller bar to scroll to one of said cellular telephone functions; a select button to select a scrolled-to cellular telephone function; and means for executing a selected cellular telephone function.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
54 words
A cellular telephone, comprising: a display for presenting a menu of cellular telephone functions, wherein said menu of cellular telephone functions is multi-dimensional; a track ball to scroll to one of said cellular telephone functions; a select button to select a scrolled-to cellular telephone function; and means for executing a selected cellular telephone function.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of displaying and selecting cellular telephone functions on a cellular telephone, comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a menu of cellular telephone functions; (b) receiving scrolling commands from a user via a pointing device, wherein the rate of said scrolling commands is controlled by said user; (c) scrolling to one of said cellular telephone functions based on said scrolling commands; (d) selecting a scrolled-to cellular telephone function; and (e) executing a selected function.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 3 wherein step (b) further comprises the step of using a roller bar.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 3 wherein step (b) further comprises the step of using a track ball.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
88 words
A method of displaying and selecting menu information on a cellular telephone, comprising the steps of: (a) reading a menu of cellular telephone functions from a memory; (b) displaying said menu of cellular telephone functions; (c) receiving scrolling commands from a user via a pointing device, wherein the rate of said scrolling commands is controlled by said user; (d) scrolling to one of said cellular telephone functions based on said scrolling commands; (e) receiving a selection command; (f) selecting a scrolled-to function; and (g) executing a selected function.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 6 wherein step (c) further comprises the step of using a roller bar.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 6 wherein step (b) further comprises the step of displaying multi-dimensional menus and step (c) further comprises the step of using a track ball.
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