| US 7,532,915 B2 | ||
| Electronic apparatus having three modes of operation | ||
| David James Bennetts, Battle (United Kingdom); and Richard Verney, Woking (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 03, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/700,189. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0096106 A1, May 05, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—575.3 [455/575.1; 455/575.2; 455/575.4] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A portable electronic communication apparatus having at least three modes of operation and including a first user-interface
comprising a display and a second user interface comprising a keypad, the apparatus including:
first and second housing members each having a first surface and an opposite second surface,
the first user interface being provided at the first surface of the first housing member and the second user interface being
provided at the first surface of the second member, and
a connecting mechanism for movably connecting the first and second housing members,
wherein a position of the first and second members relative to each other determines a mode of operation of the apparatus
such that:
when the first and second housing members are connected and positioned together in a second closed position such that the
second surface of the first housing member is closed toward one surface of the other housing member such that the first user
interface and the second user interface are fully accessible, the apparatus is in a standby mode of operation in which the
first user interface is active and the second user interface in inactive,
when the first and second housing members are connected and positioned together in a first closed position such that the first
surface of the first member is closed toward one surface of the other member such that the first user interface and the second
user interface are inaccessible, the apparatus is in an inactive mode of operation in which both the first user interface
and the second user interface are inactive, and
when the first and second housing members are connected and positioned apart from each other in an open position, the apparatus
comprises a fully operational active mode of operation in which both the first user interface and the second user interface
are fully accessible and active.
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