Mobile telephone with improved man machine interface

摘要

The present invention envisages a GSM mobile telephone in which a line of icons is displayed on a display. As a user navigates through the displayed line of icons, the positions of the icons alter so that the selectable icon moves to the head of the line. This approach makes it very clear (i) which icon is selectable at any time and (ii) where that icon sits in relation to other icons at the same functional level (e.g. only first level icons will be present in one line). First level icons typically relate to the following functions: phonebook; messages; call register; counters; call diversion; telephone settings; network details; voice mail and IrDA activation.

主权项

1. A mobile telephone comprising: a display operable to display a plurality of icons, each icon representing an operation or set of operations; a memory in communication with a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface controls the display, and wherein the memory stores data representing each of the plurality of icons; and a navigational tool for selecting an icon out of the plurality of icons shown on the display, wherein the graphical user interface controls the display to alternately display an idle screen for a first timed period and an alert screen for a second timed period such that the idle screen repeatedly alternates with the alert screen while the mobile telephone receives an alert.