[0006] Briefly described, the provided subject matter concerns an improved user interface for mobile devices such as smartphones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and the like. An enhanced, customizable user interface can be updated dynamically to provide users with content without requiring user interaction. Users can monitor status and/or data of content accessible through the mobile device by simply observing the user interface.



[0007] The user interface can include a set of dynamic tiles. The tiles can include graphics, text or any other visual data. A number of tiles can be displayed using thumbnail views that provide minimal data. In addition, a tile can be selected as the active tile and displayed in an enlarged view including additional content. Tiles can be updated to reflect changes to associated content accessible through the mobile device. Content can be local to the mobile device or located remotely. For example, a tile can include data provided by an Internet subscription news service. Tiles can also provide independent functionality, including simple tasks, to users without requiring users to navigate away from the tile display space. In addition, tiles can provide users with quick, direct access to launch software applications available through the mobile device.



[0030] An enhanced user interface can include a tile space that can function as a home screen for a user, providing relevant content and quick access to applications. The tile space can provide users with a view or dashboard to monitor the current state of a subset of content obtainable through the mobile device. Many of the most frequently used functions or data can be accessed without navigating away from the tile space. The tile space can be capable of managing any number of tiles. One or more sets of tiles can be customized to provide for a particular user.



[0031] Individual tiles can provide users with access to applications, application content, remote content and/or independent functionality. One or more tiles can provide a user with the data and tasks most likely to be relevant to the particular user without requiring the user to leave the tile space. Typically, tiles are represented in a small or thumbnail view that provides some minimal amount of information. One tile, referred to herein as the active tile, can be shown in an expanded or summary view. An expanded view of the active tile allows additional information or functions to be provided to a user without necessitating navigation from the tile space to an application space. Users can select an active tile from the set of tiles managed by a tile space.

Handheld mobile devices, such as cellular telephones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), are becoming increasingly powerful both in terms of processing power and the ability to provide access to data. The usefulness of these enhancements is often limited, however, by an inability of mobile devices to display data effectively due to the small size of the display and the limited memory resources relative to laptop and desktop computers.



[0004] Systems and techniques are provided for retrieving and displaying information on a mobile device by integrating markup language rendering functions into a specialized data retrieval client application.



[0005] In one general aspect, information is retrieved to a mobile device using a data retrieval application installed on the mobile device. The data retrieval application includes instructions for presenting a structured data display on the mobile device, defining a structure of the structured data display, requesting selected hyperlinks included in the structured data display, and rendering markup language information received in response to the selected hyperlinks. A user request to retrieve data is received through the data retrieval application. Data is retrieved in response to the received user request. The retrieved data is displayed according to the structure of the structured data display, and a user is able to select a hyperlink in the displayed data to retrieve and render markup language information using the data retrieval application.



[0006] Implementations can include one or more of the following features. The data retrieval application is a search application or an electronic mail client application. A search user interface having a structure defined by the search application installed on the mobile device is displayed. The search user interface includes a predefined field for a user entry of a search query, and the user request to retrieve data includes a submission of a search query. The structured data display defines a structure of a search results user interface for presenting data responsive to the search query. The data responsive to the search query includes a hyperlink. A user selection of the hyperlink is received using the search results user interface, and a request for additional data based on information included in the hyperlink is sent. The additional data is received in a markup language format, and the markup-language-formatted data is rendered by the data retrieval application for display on a user interface of the mobile device.



[0007] A display of data on the mobile device is automatically adjusted by the search application based on one or more characteristics of the mobile device. The structured data display includes one or more user-selectable features defined by the search application installed on the mobile device. The one or more user-selectable features are operable to perform operations defined by the search application. When a user selection of a hyperlink in the displayed data is received, markup language information is retrieved and rendered without accessing a browser application.



[0008] In another general aspect, a data retrieval user interface is displayed on a mobile device. The data retrieval user interface includes a structure defined by predetermined data stored on the mobile device. User-defined information is received through the data retrieval user interface. A data retrieval request including the user-defined information is sent to a predetermined remote location. A response to the data retrieval request is received, and the response includes retrieved data. A retrieved data user interface is displayed on the mobile device. The retrieved data user interface displays the retrieved data in accordance with a structure defined by predetermined data stored on the mobile device, and the retrieved data includes one or more hyperlinks. Markup-language-formatted data associated with a hyperlink selected by a user is retrieved, and the markup-language-formatted data is rendered on the mobile device without accessing a separate browser application.

A method of providing information responsive to a request from a wireless communication device involves receiving an information request from a mobile device and generating responsive information for the information request, transmitting a first portion of the responsive information to the mobile device in a first communication session, and transmitting a second portion of the responsive information to the mobile device in a second, overloaded communication session.

In one implementation, a selection of a result element may be received in response to display of the first set of results or the second set of results, and transmitting a text message in response to the selection. Also, a selection of a result element may be received in response to display of the first set of results or the second set of results, and a web page request in response to the selection. The receiving of the the first set of results and receiving the second set of results may also be performed by separate execution threads on the mobile communication device.



In other implementations, the first set of results and the second set of results may relate to multiple different search types. The multiple search types may be selected from a group consisting of advertisements, images, web pages, maps, news, geographically specified (local) content, shopping, weather, and content resident on the mobile device. Also, the multiple search types may be displayed as display elements categorized by search type, and each category may be displayed separately. One search type may also be displayed with another search type.


In addition, navigation between the multiple search types may include horizontal navigation. Search requests for the multiple different search types may also be generated in response to entry by a user through one entry point in a user interface. In yet another implementation, a computer program product containing executable instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform certain operations is disclosed. Those operations include overloading a connection between a mobile device and a server, wherein the overloading comprises transmitting a search request from the mobile device to the server, receiving at the mobile device from the server a first set of results associated with the search request, and receiving at the mobile device from the server a second set of results associated with the search request.

[0007] The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting a short message thereof, which enables a receiver to quickly realize information on a sender by outputting a received short message together with an image capable of representing the sender.



[0008] The present invention also provides a mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting a short message thereof, which can prevent related messages from being cut off by forming and continuously outputting a plurality of short messages into one group. 1071 The present invention also provides a mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting a short message thereof, which enables a user to have an interest by displaying a short message like a cartoon using images and word balloons.



[0009] According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal, comprising a short message interpretation unit configured to extract a phone number of a sender from a header of a short message; a short message processing unit configured to obtain an image which is mapped to the extracted phone number and generate a screen which combines the image with a text of the short message; a phone number-image mapping unit configured to map the phone number and the image of the sender; a storage unit configured to store the phone number and the image of the sender; and an output unit configured to output the screen.



[0010] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for outputting a short message, comprising mapping a phone number and an image of a sender of a short message; extracting the phone number of the sender from a header of the short message; obtaining an image which is mapped to the extracted phone number; generating a screen which combines the image with a text of the short message; and outputting the screen.



[0011] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for outputting a short message, comprising mapping a first image to a phone number of a first sender, and a second image to a phone number of a second sender; extracting the phone number of the first sender from a header of a first short message; obtaining a first image from the header of the first short message; generating a first screen which combines the first image with a text of the first short message; extracting the phone number of the second sender from a header of a second short message; obtaining the second image which is mapped to the phone number of the second sender; generating a second screen which combines the second image with a text of the second short message; and outputting the first and the second screen continuously.

This may further improve handling of the mobile communication apparatus. The monitoring of the angular movement speed may provide a more intuitive user interface. For example, the feature may be utilized in an FM-radio application, wherein the translation of high speed angular movement of the rotating input means input means is automatic search for a radio station, and the translation of low speed angular movement of said rotating input means input means is manual search for a radio station.



Further, the feature may be utilized in a media player application, wherein the translation of high speed angular movement of the rotating input means input means is next/previous media item, and the translation of low speed angular movement of said rotating input means input means is fast forward/reverse within a present media item.



Furthermore, the feature may be utilized in an application enabling scrolling, wherein the translation of low speed angular movement of the rotating input means input means may then be scroll up/down, and/or the translation of a high speed angular movement of the rotating input means may then be page up/down.



The input means according to the first aspect of the present invention may further comprise a selection means for selecting an item marked on the display, which selection means is arranged to change the selection of a marked item by ignoring angular movement of the rotating input means during a predetermined time period before actuation of the selection means.



This may correct for unintentional angular movement while actuating selection means, and is especially feasible when the resolution is high.



The mobile communication apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention may comprise a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant, or a videophone, or any combination thereof.

The ability to receive an incoming call on a mobile phone can also serve as a method for a user to escape a situation with the excuse of answering the phone.


Generally, a mobile phone user must talk with other person in advance for making an expected phone call to get away from some annoying situation. However, it is difficult to contact with other person. Furthermore, there are a lot of uncertainties since the other person is a human being and miscommunications may happen. For example, other person may forget to call the user or miss the right time to call by just a few minutes.


The claimed invention provides a method for simulating an incoming call on a mobile phone comprising inputting a predetermined input, and executing a simulated call on the mobile phone when detecting the predetermined input.

The Driver-Attentive Notification System was invented to allow a driver who is conversing on a cell phone to purposefully inform a remote caller to temporarily reduce her conversation intensity level when faced with an attentive condition.
The device works when the driver presses an activation switch, which causes the notification system change to an activated state and then sends a notification message to a remote caller to inform her to temporarily reduce her conversation intensity level. A resume message is also sent to the remote caller when the driver changes the notification system back to the deactivated state.
This message is sent to inform the remote caller that it is ok to resume her normal conversation intensity level.

A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image and a gesture database maintaining a plurality of gestures.



Each gesture is defined by a motion of the device with respect to a first position of the device. The device includes a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the handheld device within three dimensions and to identify components of the motion in relation to the viewable surface.

The device includes a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the device within three dimensions and to identify components of the motion in relation to the viewable surface.



The device also includes a gesture database comprising a plurality of gestures, each gesture defined by a motion of the device with respect to a first position of the device.

A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image and a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the device within three dimensions and to identify components of the motion in relation to the viewable surface.



The components comprise a first component parallel to the viewable surface, a second component parallel to the viewable surface and perpendicular to the first component, and a third component perpendicular to the viewable surface. The device includes a motion processing module operable to compare the components, to isolate a preferred one of the components based on the comparison, and to adjust a magnitude of the preferred component by an augmentation factor.