Data transfer rate display selection
View Patent ↗A device for displaying data transfer rates on a display. The device includes a system for displaying the transfer rates in an alphanumeric mode or an alternative graphics mode; and a system for switching between displaying the transfer rates in the alphanumeric mode and the graphics mode.
1. A portable electronic device adapted to communicate by a wireless connection, the device comprising:
a display; and
a user interface adapted to allow a user to select a data transfer rate display mode, between an alphanumeric mode or an alternative graphics mode, for displaying a data transfer rate on the display.
2. A portable electronic device as in claim 1 wherein the user interface comprises a soft key.
3. A portable electronic device as in claim 1 wherein the user interface comprises a scroll key.
4. A portable electronic device as in claim 1 wherein the user interface comprises a menu screen displayed on the display to allow a user to select between the alphanumeric mode and the alternative graphics mode.
5. A portable electronic device as in claim 1 wherein the user interface comprises a menu screen displayed on the display to allow a user to select an OFF setting for not displaying the data transfer rate on the display.
6. A portable electronic device as in claim 1 wherein the device comprises a hand-held mobile telephone.
7. A portable electronic device as in claim 1 wherein the device comprises a receiver and the data transfer rate is the rate of information received by the receiver.
8. A portable electronic device as in claim 1 wherein the device comprises a transmitter and the data transfer rate is the rate of information transmitted by the transmitter.
9. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing operations to display a data transfer rate on a display, the operations comprising:
determining a data transfer rate display mode comprising determining a data transfer rate display mode selected by a user from a plurality of data transfer rate display modes; and
displaying the data transfer rate on the display based upon the determined data transfer rate display mode.
10. A portable electronic device comprising:
a display;
a communications section comprising a receiver and/or a transmitter; and
a controller coupled to the display and the communications section, wherein the controller comprises a system for displaying a data transfer rate of the communications section on the display comprising:
a system for displaying the transfer rate in an alphanumeric mode or an alternative graphics mode; and
a system for switching between displaying the transfer rate in the alphanumeric mode and the graphics mode.
11. A portable electronic device as in claim 10 wherein the device comprises a mobile telephone.
12. A portable electronic device as in claim 10 wherein the device comprises a hand-held, mobile electronic device.