Mobile terminal, and an associated method, with means for modifying a behavior pattern of a multi-medial user interface
View Patent ↗A mobile terminal having a multi-medial user interface, a controller and a memory is presented. The memory is adapted to store a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a respective behavior pattern of the multi-medial user interface and being definable by a user of the mobile terminal. The controller is adapted to provide a first control parameter representative of a desired profile as selected by the user. The controller is also adapted to provide a second control parameter representative of a contextual status of the mobile terminal. The controller is adapted to modify a behavior pattern of the multi-medial user interface depending on the first and second control parameters.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a multi-medial user interface,
a controller, and
a memory configured to store a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a respective behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface and being definable by a user of the apparatus, wherein
said controller is configured to provide a first control parameter representative of a desired profile selected by the user in combination with one or more look and feel attributes applied from an application initiated by the user, wherein the look and feel attributes are specified by said user;
said controller is configured to provide a second control parameter representative of a contextual status of said mobile terminal; and
said controller is configured to modify a behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface depending on said first and second control parameters;
wherein said second control parameter is generated in response to at least one of the following:
the occurrence of a predefined event in the application of said mobile terminal;
the presence of a communication device in a proximity of said mobile terminal;
an output from a real-time clock, such as a current time and/or a current date;
and location data pertaining lo a current location of said mobile terminal.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising an operating system wherein the application includes a plurality of software applications executable in said operating system, said software applications including
a profile editor application having functions allowing said user to create, edit and delete profiles.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said software applications include at least another application, different from said profile editor application, said another application being able to store application data in said memory, said application data including additional look and feel attributes for controlling the behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein said second control parameter is generated upon a change in context of said another application.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein said another application is a Calendar application and said change in context pertains to the occurrence of a calendar event.
6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the look and feel attributes of said another application are definable by said user.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said communication device is a Bluetooth device.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said location data relates to at least one of the following:
positional data derived from a Global Positioning System (GPS); and
a cell ID or base station ID in a mobile telecommunications system in which the mobile terminal is operative.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , in the form of a mobile phone for use in a mobile telecommunications network.
10. A method comprising:
defining one or more behavior patterns of a multi-medial user interface of an apparatus using a plurality of user definable profiles;
detecting a contextual status of said mobile terminal; and
modifying the behavior pattern of said multi-medial user interface in response to the detected contextual status, and a combination of a desired profile of the plurality of user definable profiles selected by a user and one or more look and feel attributes applied from an application initiated by the user, wherein the look and feel attributes are specified by a user,
the method further comprising detecting the contextual status as one of the following:
the occurrence of a predefined event in the application of said apparatus;
the presence of a communication device in a proximity of said apparatus;
an output from a real-time clock, such as a current time and/or a current date; and location data pertaining to a current location of said apparatus.
11. The method of claim 10 , comprising detecting the contextual status as a change in context of the application executing in said apparatus.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said application is a Calendar application and said change in context pertains to the occurrence of a calendar event.