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User interfaceRelated Patent Categories: Data Processing: Presentation Processing Of Document, Operator Interface Processing, And Screen Saver Display Processing, Presentation Processing Of Document, HypermediaUser interface description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070277089, User interface. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to a user interface for use particularly as part of a portable, or an in-vehicle (mobile) wireless telecommunications apparatus. [0002] There is an ever-increasing demand to be able to access data from remote computers from anywhere via portable or mobile telecommunications devices. This is exemplified by the increase in the usage of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). WAP allows users of mobile or portable phones to access specially designed WWW pages, and display them on the usually relatively small displays of their phones. [0003] As display technology improves, and the price of displays drops, then it will become increasingly feasible to supply high-resolution pages of information to mobile or portable devices. This will be especially true for vehicle-mounted equipment where there is not such an emphasis on size constraints. [0004] One of the advantages of the WWW is the manner in which one can easily jump from page to page via the use of so-called hypertext links. These can normally be identified from WWW pages by the use of a different coloured typeface and underlining. To activate the link and go to the referenced page, when using a PC, the user simply moves his mouse to correspondingly move the cursor over the link text, and clicks the mouse button. This sends a request to the remote computer to send the new page of information. By following links in this manner, it is relatively straightforward to navigate around complex sites using only the mouse, with little or no keyboard intervention. [0005] However, when using a mobile (i.e. vehicle-mounted) or portable (i.e. carried by hand) device, the provision of a suitable mouse-like device can be difficult, and even if it can be provided, using it while driving, for instance, can be dangerous. This problem can affect the ease with which the user can navigate the WWW, and consequently restricts the usefulness to the user of the WWW. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] According to a first aspect of the present invention, a telecommunication apparatus for requesting the download of respective pages of received information from a remote source comprising means for receiving respective pages of information including encoded information identifying respective links to other pages; a display for displaying the received page; a fixed location input key, and a processor for consistently associating the input key with the encoded information identifying a respective linked page during a display period such that actuation of the input key during the display period requests the respective linked page for download from the remote source. [0007] For the display period, the operation resulting from actuation of the input key can then uniquely be determined by the association between the key and the encoded information identifying a respective linked page. [0008] Respective input keys may be associated with encoded information identifying respective linked pages. This allows selection of a plurality of links on a page simply and quickly. [0009] The key may be dedicated to this task. [0010] Alternatively, the key may have other functions, depending on the mode of the apparatus. Particularly, it may be one of a group of keys provided for dialing. [0011] Another alternative implementation of the user operable input means is the provision of a touch sensitive area on the display of the apparatus. [0012] The remote source from which pages are downloaded is preferably capable of connection to the World Wide Web (WWW). [0013] The page of information is preferably encoded using a markup language such as HTML or WML. This is then presented to the user in a manner controlled by the particular encoding used for each page. [0014] The link to a linked page is preferably provided by means of a specific tag in the encoded page. [0015] In a preferred embodiment, each page of information comprises a plurality of links to respective linked pages. Each link is associated with a respective input means. [0016] According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of requesting the download of respective pages of received information from a remote source comprising receiving respective pages of information including encoded information identifying respective linked other pages, the encoded information including a functional element for consistently associating operation of an identified input device with a request for download of the linked page, and a visual element for labelling the operation the method comprising the steps separating the labelling and functional elements of the encoded information; displaying the labelling information at a predefined position and defining the function of the identified input device using the functional element of the encoded information such that on operation of the input device the respective linked page is requested for download. [0017] In this aspect of the invention the defined function of the identified input device can then be consistently associated with the input device. The input device is preferably a fixed location input key. [0018] For a better understanding of the present invention, and to understand how the same may be brought into effect, the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the appended drawings in which: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0019] FIG. 1 shows an in-vehicle apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention; [0020] FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of some of the constituent parts of the embodiment of FIG. 1; [0021] FIG. 3 shows an example display on the apparatus of FIG. 1; Continue reading about User interface... 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