IP Library Granted Patent US 7,962,168
Granted Patent B2
US 7,962,168 · App. 11/740,488 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Wireless communication terminal, method of displaying application and computer program product

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,962,168
App. No.
11/740,488
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication terminal that performs wireless communication with a predetermined base station includes: a storage unit, an operation unit, a control unit and a display unit. The storage unit is configured to store information indicating correspondence between applications handling a numeric string including at least one numeral as an input value, and formats and units of the numeric string. The operation unit is configured to input the numeral. The control unit is configured to determine whether the numeral input with the operation unit corresponds to any of the formats of the numeric string stored in the storage unit, and to retrieve the corresponding application, based on the above-described information stored in the storage unit, in the case where it is determined that the input numeral corresponds to the format. The display unit is configured to display the application retrieved by the control unit.

Claims (25)

1. A wireless communication terminal that performs wireless communication with a predetermined base station, comprising:

a storage unit configured to store information indicating correspondence between applications handling a numeric string and numeric string formats and units, the numeric string including at least one numeral as an input value;

an operation unit configured to input the numeric string;

a control unit configured

to determine whether a format of the numeric string corresponds to any of the stored numeric string formats, and

to retrieve a corresponding application based on the stored information indicating correspondence between the application retrieved and the format and unit of the numeric string, when the numeric string corresponds to a stored numeric string format;

a display unit configured to display a list of names of corresponding applications retrieved by the control unit; and

a network unit configured to connect to a network when the application requires the network to retrieve information relating to the numeric string.

2. A wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the numeric string further includes at least one symbol in combination with the at least one numeral.

3. A wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the numeric string is processed as an input value to the application.

4. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein an error message is displayed when the numeric string does not correspond to any stored numeric string format.

5. A method of displaying an application comprising:

storing, at a storage unit, information indicating correspondence between applications handling a numeric string and numeric string formats and units, the numeric string including at least one numeral as an input value;

inputting, at an operation unit, the numeric string;

determining, at a control unit, whether a format of the numeric string corresponds to any of the stored numeric string formats;

retrieving, at a control unit, a corresponding application based on the stored information indicating the correspondence between the application retrieved and the format and unit of the numeric string, when the numeric string corresponds to a stored numeric string format;

displaying, at a display unit, a list of names of corresponding applications retrieved by the control unit; and

connecting, at a network unit, to a network when the application requires the network to retrieve information relating to the numeric string.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon for a wireless communication terminal capable of inputting a numeral and performing display processing, the computer-readable instructions when executed by the wireless communication terminal cause the wireless communication terminal to perform a method comprising:

storing information indicating correspondence between applications handling a numeric string and numeric string formats and units, the numeric string including at least one numeral as an input value;

inputting the numeric string;

determining whether a format of the numeric string corresponds to any of the stored numeric string formats;

retrieving a corresponding application based on the stored information indicating the correspondence between the application retrieved and the format and unit of the numeric string, when the numeric string corresponds to a stored numeric string format;

displaying a list of names of retrieved corresponding applications; and

connecting to a network when the application requires the network to retrieve information relating to the numeric string.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2016
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 037696/0789 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2016
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 037697/0038 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2016
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 037593/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2015
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
To: SNAPTRACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 037109/0913 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 13, 2015
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 036842/0637 →