US 11,743,376 B2
Mobile communication terminals, their directional input units, and methods thereof
Youngtack Shim, Seoul (KR); Jae lark Jung, Goyang-si (KR); and Jae kyu Lee, Gunpo-si (KR)
Filed by Youngtack Shim, Seoul (KR); Jae lark Jung, Goyang-si (KR); and Jae kyu Lee, Gunpo-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/534,134.
Application 17/534,134 is a continuation of application No. 17/084,542, filed on Oct. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,223,719.
Application 17/084,542 is a continuation of application No. 16/335,101, granted, now 10,855,832, issued on Dec. 1, 2020, previously published as PCT/KR2017/010477, filed on Sep. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/398,817, filed on Sep. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086273 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72466 (2021.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/72466 (2021.01) [G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); H04M 1/233 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile communication terminal operating in a lock mode and an unlock mode comprising:
a display unit which is capable of being turned off in its off-state but being turned on in its on-state; and
a directional input unit which is capable of receiving a first user input and a second user input which are provided by a user in a first direction and in a second direction, respectively,
wherein said first and second directions are different from each other,
wherein, upon receiving a single user input provided by said user in one of said first and second directions in said on-state, said terminal runs one of a first selected operation and a second selected operation, respectively in response to said receiving, without having to receive any additional user input from said user other than said single user input, and
wherein said first and second selected operations are different from each other.