| US 7,403,977 B2 | ||
| Mobile phone having hinting capabilities for operation function selection | ||
| Mika Kalenius, Espoo (Finland); and Kimmo Hämynen, Espoo (Finland) | ||
| Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 14, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/686,504. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0079895 A1, Apr. 14, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—217 [709/250; 719/328] | 39 Claims |
| 1. A mobile phone configured and arranged with:
a display for displaying text/graphics;
an arrangement of keys for inputting alphanumeric characters to the phone, selecting desired operational functionalities of
the phone and navigating sub-operational functionalities within a selected operational functionality; and
circuitry configured and arranged for hinting one or more next possible sub-operational functionalities available in said
selected operational functionality such that said hinted one or more next possible sub-operational functionalities is communicated
via a suitable alerting mechanism, said hinting performed by a non-literal character string match logic process.
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