A METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A MOBILE TELEPHONE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of operating an electronic device, in particular a mobile telephone. To provide a special operating mode for triggering specific functions that can be used as a game the method comprising the steps of: - inputting a request for a specific function or a group of specific functions of the device, the request consists of at least a start sequence and a string of characters selected by a user, - comparing the characters of the string with characters of a randomly generated code string, and - performing the specific function or one of the group of specific functions if the string input by the user matches at least partly.