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Mobile station having method and apparatus for displaying user-selectable animation sequence

US5870683A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 1996
Grant dateFeb 9, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M19/048
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless mobile station (10), such as a cellular telephone, executes a method to selectively display one of a plurality of graphical information sequences on a display (20) of the mobile station. The graphical information sequence is displayed during an Idle state of the mobile station, that is, when the mobile station is not involved in receiving a call or during a call. By example, the graphical information sequence can be displayed when the mobile station is in a Keyguard state, and/or in a Charging state, or when the mobile station is first powered on. In a further aspect of this invention the user interface (20, 22) of the mobile station is adapted to enable the user to selectively: enable or disable the display of a graphical information sequence; and/or select a graphical information sequence to be displayed from a plurality of pre-stored graphical information sequences; and/or input a definition of a graphical information sequence from an external source for storage in the mobile station.

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