IP Library Granted Patent US 7,684,827
Granted Patent B2
US 7,684,827 · App. 10/505,085 · Granted Mar 23, 2010

Method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone and mobile phone enabling a communication

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Patent No.
US 7,684,827
App. No.
10/505,085
Granted
Mar 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone enables a comfortable creation of communications during a context of a mobile phone provided by a conventionally static application. It is proposed that the method comprises as a first step displaying information 2,3,4 available for a specific content on a display of the mobile phone. In a next step, it is detected whether a user selected a displayed information 4,5 . In case an information 4,5 is selected, the kind of the selected information is determined. Then, functions 6,7 associated to the kind of the selected information are presented on the display. To at least one kind of possible information the establishment of at least one kind of communication is associated as at least one function. Finally, a function 7 selected by a user is activated. The invention relates equally to a corresponding mobile phone.

Claims (25)

1. Method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone, which method comprises:

a) displaying information available for a specific content of an application on a display of said mobile phone, wherein said information comprises information identifying individual connection data but where the application presenting the content does not itself comprise a communication creation feature;

b) said mobile phone detecting, after said displaying, a selection of a piece of the displayed information by a user and registering the selection in the mobile phone;

c) determining, after said detecting and registering, a kind of the information selected by the user;

d) after said determining, offering functions associated to the determined kind of information on said display, wherein at least to a kind of information identifying the individual connection data the establishment of at least one kind of communication is associated as at least one function; and

e) said mobile phone activating a selected function upon the user selecting an offered function.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said information is presented on said display by a calendar application, a browser application or a messaging application.

3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the user is only enabled to select alphanumeric information presented on said display.

4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said selected kind of displayed information is phone number information.

5. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one function comprising establishment of a communication is setup of a call or transmission of a short message.

6. Method according to claim 1 , wherein each of said functions offered on said display for the selected displayed information is represented by a corresponding graphical icon.

7. Apparatus comprising a processing component configured to provide display information available for a specific content to a display, wherein said information comprises information identifying individual connection data but where the application presenting the content does not itself comprise a communication creation feature, said processing component configured to detect, after display of said information, a selection of a piece of the displayed information by a user for registration in said apparatus, configured to determine, after said detection and registration, a kind of the information selected by the user, configured, after said kind is determined, to offer functions associated to the determined kind of information on said display, wherein at least to a kind of information identifying the individual connection data the establishment of at least one kind of communication is associated as at least one function, and said processing component configured to activate a selected function upon the user selecting an offered function.

8. Apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said processing component is configured run a calendar application, a browser application or a messaging application, which applications are configured to present said information on said display.

9. Apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said processing component is configured to only enable the user to select alphanumeric information presented on said display.

10. Apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said selected kind of displayed information is phone number information.

11. Apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said at least one function comprising establishment of a communication is setup of a call or transmission of a short message.

12. Apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein each of said functions offered on said display for the selected displayed information is represented by a corresponding graphical icon.

13. Device comprising a processing component, a display and a communication component, said processing component being configured to provide display information available for a specific content to said display, wherein said information comprises information identifying individual connection data but where the application presenting the content does not itself comprise a communication creation feature, said processing component configured to detect, after display of said information, a selection of a piece of the displayed information by a user for registration in said apparatus, configured to determine, after said detection and registration, a kind of the information selected by the user, configured, after said kind is determined, to offer functions associated to the determined kind of information on said display, wherein at least to a kind of information identifying the individual connection data the establishment of at least one kind of communication is associated as at least one function, and said processing component configured to activate a selected function upon the user selecting an offered function.

14. Device according to claim 13 , wherein the device is one of a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant phone.

15. An apparatus comprising:

means for displaying information available for a specific content of an application on a display of said mobile phone, wherein said information comprises information identifying individual connection data but where the application presenting the content does not itself comprise a communication creation feature;

means for detecting, after said detecting and registering, a selection of a piece of the displayed information by a user and registering the selection in the apparatus;

means for determining, after said detecting and registering, a kind of the information selected by the user;

means for offering, after said determining, functions associated to the determined kind of information on said display, wherein at least to a kind of information identifying the individual connection data the establishment of at least one kind of communication is associated as at least one function; and

means for activating a selected function upon the user selecting an offered function.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 043871 FRAME: 0865. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 14, 2017
From: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
To: HMD GLOBAL OY
Reel/Frame 044762/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2017
From: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
To: HMD GLOBAL OY
Reel/Frame 043871/0865 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2015
From: NOKIA CORPORATION
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 035567/0043 →