Mobile telecommunications device
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a mobile telecommunications device such as a mobile telephone 1 . The device includes a display ( 5 ) and a control unit ( 4,10,11,12 ) configured to display a menu of pending calls, one call being selectable from the menu by a user to display a sub-menu listing call handling options associated with the selected call.
1. A mobile telecommunications device including a display and a control unit configured to show a list of pending calls on the display for multiple call handling simultaneously during in-call operation, wherein the mobile telecommunications device is receiving or initiating the pending calls, and said list includes at least two calls being selectable by a user, and upon selection of one of said at least two calls, the control unit displays an option for handling the call and an option for displaying a sub-menu listing call handling options specific to the selected call.
2. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1 , wherein the list of options in a sub menu changes depending on the status of the selected call.
3. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1 wherein the list of options in a sub-menu changes depending on the status of the unselected pending calls.
4. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1 , wherein the call selected from the menu is identified on the sub-menu adjacent the list of options associated with the selected call.
5. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit is configured to display the status of the selected call in the sub-menu.
6. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to display the status of each pending call in the menu.
7. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit includes a scroll key and an option key configured such that the user can highlight a pending call in the menu using the scroll key and select said highlighted call by pressing the option key.
8. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit includes a selection key having a function dependent on the status of the highlighted call when the menu of pending calls is displayed.
9. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 8 , wherein the function associated with the selection key may be performed by actuating the selection key after highlighting a call in the menu and before selecting that call to display a sub-menu listing call handling options associated with the selected call.
10. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit includes a selection key having a function dependent on the status of other pending calls when the menu of pending calls is displayed.
11. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1 , comprising a mobile telephone.
12. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1 comprising:
a plurality of call handling keys; and wherein
the call handling keys are operated to signal the control unit to select one of the at least two calls and thereafter to activate further actions to be taken by the control unit.
13. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 12 wherein:
one of the call handling keys is operated to end the selected one of the at least two calls.
14. A method of handling multiple calls in a mobile telecommunications device including a display and a control unit comprising showing a list of pending calls on the display for multiple call handling simultaneously during in-call operation, wherein the mobile telecommunications device is receiving or initiating the pending calls, and said list including at least two calls being selectable by a user, selecting of one of said at least two calls, and the control unit controlling display of an option for handling the call and an option for displaying a sub-menu listing call handling options specific to the selected call.
15. A method according to claim 14 , wherein the control unit includes a scroll key and the step of selecting a pending call from the menu includes operating the scroll key to highlight a call in the menu.
16. A method according to claim 15 , wherein the control unit includes an option key and the step of selecting a call from the menu includes operating the option key to display the sub-menu listing call handling options associated with the highlighted call.
17. A method according to claim 14 , wherein the control unit includes a selection key having a function dependent on the status of the highlighted call when the menu of pending calls is displayed, the method including the step of actuating the selection key after highlighting a call in the menu to perform said function and before selecting that call to display a sub-menu listing call handling options associated with the selected call.
18. A computer including a memory and a microcontroller, the memory storing a program executable by the microcontroller to carry out the method of call handling according to claim 14 .
19. A method in accordance with claim 14 comprising:
the mobile telecommunication device comprises a plurality of call handling keys; and wherein
the call handling keys are operated to signal the control unit to select one of the at least two calls and thereafter to activate further actions to be taken by the control unit.
20. A method in accordance with claim 19 wherein:
one of the call handling keys is operated to end the selected one of the at least two calls.