IP Library Granted Patent US 8,515,422
Granted Patent B2
US 8,515,422 · App. 13/556,979 · Granted Aug 20, 2013

Displaying characters and images based on support

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Patent No.
US 8,515,422
App. No.
13/556,979
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) comprising a display and a processor configured to determine whether the UE supports each indicium of a string of one or more indicia according to a first feature, the string of one or more indicia identifying a network, the processor further configured to display on the display of the UE only the indicia in the string that are supported by the UE. A method implemented on a UE comprising determining whether the UE supports one or more indicium of a string of one or more indicia according to a first feature, the string of one or more indicia identifying a network, and displaying on the display of the UE only the indicia in the string that are supported by the UE.

Claims (18)

1. A method implemented on a user equipment (UE) comprising:

receiving a string of indicia identifying a network, the string having both at least one supported indicium and at least one non-supported indicium;

determining whether the UE supports one or more indicium of the string of indicia;

displaying on the display of the UE only characters corresponding to those indicia in the string that are supported by the UE; and

skipping display of characters corresponding to non-supported indicia, wherein the string of indicia is based on a Network Identity and Timezone information (NITZ) feature, and wherein each indicium in the string that is not supported does not correspond to a language configuration of the UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a character coding is performed according to a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) default alphabet or according to an International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) Standard 10646, wherein the ISO/IEC Standard 10646 was in effect before November, 2010.

3. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor configured to:

receive a string of indicia identifying a network, the string having both at least one supported indicium and at least one non-supported indicium;

determine whether the UE supports one or more indicium of the string of indicia;

display on the display of the UE only characters corresponding to those indicia in the string that are supported by the UE; and

skip display of characters corresponding to non-supported indicia, wherein the string of indicia is based on a Network Identity and Timezone Information (NITZ) feature, and wherein each indicium in the string that is not supported does not correspond to a language configuration of the UE.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein a character coding is performed according to a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) default alphabet or according to an International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) Standard 10646, wherein the ISO/IEC Standard 10646 was in effect before November, 2010.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium maintaining instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method comprising:

receiving a string of indicia identifying a network, the string having both at least one supported indicium and at least one non-supported indicium;

determining whether the UE supports one or more indicium of the string of indicia; displaying on the display of the UE only characters corresponding to those indicia in the string that are supported by the UE; and

skipping display of characters corresponding to non-supported indicia, wherein the string of indicia is based on a Network Identity and Timezone Information (NITZ) feature, and wherein each indicium in the string that is not supported does not correspond to a language configuration of the UE.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 5 , wherein a character coding is performed according to a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) default alphabet or according to an International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) Standard 10646, wherein the ISO/IEC Standard 10646 was in effect before November, 2010.

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