Mobile communication terminal
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1. return Fig Id U S Patent May 13 2008 Sheet 5 of 9 US 7 373 120 B2 9 Messages 11 Light organ 12 Call divert Select Incoming SMS Activate Ongoing call Calendar note Options Retrieve from library 2 5 Fig 2 U S Patent May 13 2008 Sheet 6 of 9 US 7 373 120 B2 Enter sequence Brightness 1 Key pad green 6 Right side green 2 Display white 7 Top area blue 3 Left side red 8 Logo red 4 Left side blue 9 Logo yellow Right side red 2 3 2 1 1 4 8 OK Clear Middle High ATTRIBUTES Normal Duration amp down 0 9 sec Full power 1 2 sec Intermittent Isophase OK Options OK Play scar 3 5 3 6 Fig 3 U S Patent May 13 2008 Sheet 7 of 9 US 7 373 120 B2 2 Light tune 2 3 Light tune 3 4 Light tune 4 Options Assign Play Edit Discard Rename Phone number OK Phone number 21937015 OK Clear Sending light tune 44 4 5 Fig 4 U S Patent May 13 2008 Light tune received Options Firework 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 5 4 4 Sender SMS Broadcast club Options Back Save in position 08 09 10 IE 5 5 Back Sheet 8 of 9 US 7 373 120 B2 Play Save Discard OK Details Pla Discard Fig 5 U S Patent May 13 2008 Sheet 9 of 9 US 7 373 120 B2 Light Organ Settings Activate Settings Record tune2. Audio source Frequency ranges OK 6 1 Audio source Frequency ranges 1 50 200 Hz Radio Audio player Options Assign LED 1 Key pad green 6 Right side green 5 2 Display white 7 Top area blue Recording light tune 3 Left side red 8 Logo red 4 Left side blue 9 Logo yellow 5 Right side red OK Fig 6 US 7 373 120 B2 1 MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL The present invention relates to mobile communication terminals that comprise a plurality of lights In particular the present invention relates to mobile communication terminals in which a sequence for the activation of the lights may be stored The present invention relates further to a method of composing a sequence of activation of lights on a mobile communication terminal The present invention relates in particular to a method of composing a sequence of activation of lights on a mobile communication terminal in which said mobile communication terminal comprises a display a key pad lights and a memory BACKGROUND ART Mobile communication terminals depend in their func tionality highly on the effectiveness of the user interface One aspect of the user interface is the ability to notify the user Such notification has in the past mainly been based on audio signals In recent years the ability to notify the user of incoming calls the user with a vibrator has become popular GB 2 361 798 discloses a mobile communication terminal
3. displaying on said display a menu in which the assign ment of one of the stored sequences of activation of lights to a particular event in said mobile communica tion terminal can be selected by pressing one or more keys of said keypad 14 A method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of displaying on said display a menu in which a stored sequence of activation of lights can be sent to another mobile communication terminal by pressing one or more keys of said keypad 15 A method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of playing the composed sequence before storing 16 A mobile communication terminal comprising a plu rality of lights means for storing a number of sequences of 0 20 40 45 12 activation of said lights as light tunes said sequences of activation including information concerning timing of said activations means for controlling the activation of said lights in accordance with the sequence and the information concerning the timing of the activations for playing the sequence as a light tune and means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal wherein said sequences of activation include information concerning the length of said activations and wherein said terminal comprises means for activation of said lights in accordance with said length of activation information 17 A
4. in which combinations of display colors or lighting notify an incoming call The data for changes in lighting is stored in a RAM A light driver independently drives the plurality of LEDs according to the data stored in the RAM when a call is received DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION On this background it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone of the kind referred to initially which allows a broader use of user notification through activation of lights This object is achieved in accordance with claim 1 by providing a memory that can store a plurality of sequences for the activation of lights and means for selectively assigning a stored sequence to a particular event in the mobile communication terminal Thus different events such as incoming calls incoming calls from a particular caller or caller group key lock key unlock power on off calendar alarm incoming SMS high score wake up alarm battery status indication and signal strength indica tion can be assigned a particular lighting sequence According to an embodiment the means for selectively assigning one of the stored sequences of the activation of the lights to a particular event in the mobile communication terminal comprises a keypad a display and means for displaying on the display an indication which keys of the keypad need to be pressed to assign one of the stored sequences of the activation of the lights to a particular event in the mobile commun
5. is shown in FIG 3 state 3 1 In this state the display 3 US 7 373 120 B2 7 shows a list indicating which of the lights or group of lights and If available also the color in which they are to be activated is assigned to a particular alphanumerical key 7 of the keypad 2 Thus e g an activation of the left side LED group 4 in red is added to the sequence by pressing the corresponding alphanumerical key 7 in this case the alpha numerical key 7 on which the number 3 not shown is indicated The sequence entered so far is displayed in the black horizontal bar at the lower part of the display 3 By pressing the respective alphanumerical key 7 a next light or group of lights is added to the sequence The user interface will prompt in the next state to select the intensity referred to by the user interface as Brightness state 3 2 When the intensity has been selected using the scroll keys 9 9 and the multi functionality key 8 OK the user interface will prompt to select further attributes for the type of activation such as Normal Ramp up Ramp down Full power Intermittent or Isophase When the attributes have been selected using the multi functionality key 8 OK the user interface will prompt to select the length of the activation of the selected light or group of lights By pressing multi functionality key 8 Options a further submenu of the user interface not shown all
6. 9 9 through the options Play Send Edit Discard and Rename Selecting Play allows to play the sequence before assign ing it to the preselected event Selecting Rename allows the name assigned to the sequence to be changed Selecting Send and pressing the multi function key 8 OK the user interface will prompt for a phone number to send the channel setting to state 4 3 After entering the number with the alphanumerical keys 7 the display area above the multi function key 8 changes to OK state 4 4 After pressing the multi functionality key 8 OK the message will be sent state 4 5 Alternatively the phone number can be recalled from the phone book by pressing the multifunction key Search state 4 3 The following phone number selection procedure from the in build phone book is not explained here and is well known from e g the Nokia 6210 mobile phone and the Nokia 6210 User Manual which is hereby incorporated by reference While the message is being sent the user interface will display Sending light tune state 4 6 The user still has a chance to interrupt the transmission by pressing the multi function key 8 Cancel By selecting 0 a 5 40 45 50 8 Edit in state 4 2 the user interface turns to state 3 1 so that the stored sequence may be edited before assigning it to the preselected event Text messages such as SMS message
7. stored comprising the steps of displaying on the display a menu in which the activity of assigning a sequence of activation of lights to a particular event in the mobile communication terminal can be selected by pressing one or more keys of the keypad and when such keys have been pressed displaying on the display a menu in which the assignment of one of the stored sequences of activation of lights to a particular event in the mobile communication terminal can be selected by pressing one or more keys of the keypad and when such keys have been pressed assigning the one stored sequence of activation of lights to the particular event It is another object of the present invention to provide a cover for removable attachment to a mobile phone which allows broader use of user notification through activation of lights This object is achieved in accordance with the claims by providing a removable cover comprising a plurality of lights a connector for establishing an electrical connection to a counterpart on the mobile phone and electric wiring connecting the connecter with the plurality of lights Preferably the plurality of lights comprises one or more electro luminescent elements The electro luminescent ele ments may be foils and or wires The electro luminescent foils may be divided in a plurality of segments that can be individually activated The electro luminescent foils may be provided with a two dimensional wire net whereby pre
8. 3 13 lights either in orange or in blue Above the display 3 two LEDs not shown are provided behind a transparent win dow 15 The window 15 is shaped as letters that form the word Nokia The LEDs behind the window 15 either light in red or in yellow An electro luminescent foil 14 is provided above the display 3 The electro luminescent foil 14 is divided in nine segments that can individually be activated Within each segment a two dimensional wire net allows shapes or patterns to be displayed In the present preferred embodiment the electro luminescent foil 14 comprises a segment with a plurality of concentrically arranged triangu larly shaped wire nets The triangularly shaped wire nets can be activated one after another to obtain an animation affect The other eight segments of the electro luminescent foil 14 comprise different patterns that allow other animation effects such as a beating heart rotating stars etc The animation effects can be obtained by controlling the sequence of activation and the intensity and duration of the activation In a preferred embodiment two electro luminescent foils are placed one over another with the upper foil being more transparent to light The colors of the light emitted by the two foils preferably being different e g the upper foil emitting a yellow light and the lower foil emitting red light When both foils are activated the combined light will appear as orange to an observer By varying the inte
9. B 1 18 2006 01 Primary Examiner CongVan Tran 32 UISAEL ereen 455 157 2 455 159 1 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Foley and Lardner LLP 58 Field of Classification Search 455 566 455 567 575 90 1 90 2 90 3 550 1 74 1 57 ABSTRACT 455 344 157 2 156 1 159 1 159 2 154 2 D i ee 455 158 2 160 1 575 1 379 376 01 368 A mobile communication terminal which includes a plurality ase ca ak ae 379 142 17 of lights apparatus for controlling the activation of the See application file for complete search history lights apparatus for st ring a numb r OF seqiiences of activation of the lights and apparatus for assigning one of 56 References Cited the stored sequences of the activation of the lights to a particular event in the mobile communication terminal U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 3 798 638 A 3 1974 Goldschmied 20 Claims 9 Drawing Sheets U S Patent May 13 2008 Sheet 1 of 9 O Daan oe foe o gt t LS ee L MRE a nn had A E U S Patent May 13 2008 Sheet 2 of 9 US 7 373 120 B2 Fig Ib U S Patent May 13 2008 Sheet 3 of 9 US 7 373 120 B2 U S Patent May 13 2008 Sheet 4 of 9 US 7 373 120 B2 does event ae occur 202 is a light sequence assigned to event retrieve sequence assigned to event 203 generate signal in accordance with retrieved sequence signal to end generation received
10. United States Patent US007373120B2 12 10 Patent No US 7 373 120 B2 Messel et al 45 Date of Patent May 13 2008 54 MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL 5 408 268 A 4 1995 Shipp oo eee eee 348 269 5 946 636 A 8 1999 Uyeno et al 455 566 75 Inventors Atle Messel Copenhagen DK 6 771 938 B2 8 2004 Lustila et al 379 376 01 Giovanni Ferranti Broenshoej DK eee a K AE ruag ne seatasesedenaeeds Eee 3 882 ai et al g Time Homan Tampere ED Tapani 7 096 045 B2 8 2006 Yoshinaga 455 567 Jokinen Helsinki FI Michael 7103389 B2 9 2006 Shi 103 ibata 455 567 MeKay Calabases CA US 2002 0032044 Al 3 2002 Kume 455 566 i 2 g 2002 0037751 Al 3 2002 Nagase 455 565 73 Assignee Nokia Corporation Espoo FI 2002 0098876 Al 7 2002 Engstrom et al 455 566 l rn f 2002 0126815 Al 9 2002 Sakai et al 379 142 17 Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this 2002 0183098 Al 12 2002 Lee et al 455 566 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 2003 0002682 Al 1 2003 Smith et al oe 381 2 TELDE DA FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 21 Appl No 10 096 491 EP 1109380 6 2001 EP 1168775 1 2002 22 Filed Mar 13 2002 GB 2361798 10 2001 GB 2377125 12 2002 65 Prior Publication Data JP 1177630 Al 6 2001 WO 9744912 11 1997 US 2004 0204125 Al Oct 14 2004 WO 9918590 4 1999 51 Int Cl cited by examiner HO4
11. a and the openings for the keys In case of a completely transparent electro luminescent foil also the display area could be covered by the electro luminescent foil The electro lumi nescent foil may be attached to the cover by different techniques such as integral mounding applying adhesive heat bonding etc The tracks for the electric wiring can advantageously be shaped so as to form a desired design pattern that improves the appearance of the phone In another preferred embodiment not shown the electro lumi nescent foil covers substantially the complete back cover 20 30 35 45 50 55 60 65 6 Also in this embodiment the tracks for the electric wiring may be arranged to form a desired design pattern that improves the appearance of the phone The mobile phone 1 is provided with an in build vibrator not shown The mobile phone 1 comprises as such conventional hardware not shown including a microprocessor and related hardware such as RAM ROM and ports for control ling and exchanging data in the mobile phone 1 A memory in the mobile phonel contains the data for sequences of activation of the lights The term sequence used hereafter refers to a sequence of activation the lights Each stored sequence comprises the data for timing intensity and color of a light or a group of lights The lights are activated by an L driver not shown The L driver can also activate the vibrator The L driver receives store
12. according to the invention in the form of a hand portable phone preferably a cellular mobile phone will be described by the preferred embodiments FIG 1a shows a preferred embodiment of a mobile phone according to the invention and it will be seen that the mobile phone which is generally designated by 1 comprises a user interface having a keypad 2 a display 3 an earpiece 5 and a microphone 6 The keypad 2 has a set of keys 7 for entering data These keys 7 are in the form of alphanumeric keys by means of which the user can enter numbers and letters e g a phone number a text message SMS or a name associ ated with the phone number The user uses the first group of keys primarily for entering data in the phone entry events In the preferred embodiment the keypad 2 additionally comprises two multi functionality keys 8 8 so called soft keys whose function depends on the present state of the mobile phone 1 The default function or the present function of the multi functionality keys 8 8 is displayed in separate fields 11 11 below a basic screen area 12 of the display 3 Information entered by said data entering keys and infor mation received from the network are displayed in the basic screen area 12 In the preferred embodiment the keypad additionally comprises a scrolling device which in the preferred embodiment is provided as scroll keys 9 9 for moving a cursor or a cursing bar in two opposite directions By means of the s
13. al key The lights shown in the preferred embodiment are merely an example of lights that may be used to carry out the invention It is evident that many other lights and light guiding elements may be used as an alternative The type of lights their color shape and location shown in the above exemplary embodi ments are not to be interpreted as limiting for the invention Any location shape color of lights or can used with the present invention For example the electro luminescent foils may be replaced by any different shaped electro luminescent element such as an electro luminescent wire Electro lumi nescent elements are available in a number of basic colors based on several different dyes By mixing dyes any color can be obtained at any place on the mobile phone What is claimed is 1 A mobile communication terminal comprising a plu rality of lights means for storing a number of sequences of activation of said lights as light tunes said sequences of activation including information concerning timing of said activations means for controlling the activation of said lights in accordance with the sequence and the information concerning the timing of the activations for playing the sequence as a light tune and means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal wherein said means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of
14. ation of a light to avoid a perception by observers of lights that flicker when the transformed audio signal would with out this precaution result in a very short activation of the light Similarly the maximum duration of an activation of a light may be limited to avoid continuous or almost con tinuous activation of a light The source of the audio signal can be selected though the user interface When source of audio signal is the micro phone 6 the mobile phone 1 will function as a light organ in locations where there is music or other rhythmic ambient sound According to another preferred embodiment the mobile phone 1 comprises a digital audio player and a radio which can be selected as the source for the audio signal US 7 373 120 B2 9 Also the ringing tunes stored in a memory of the mobile phone 1 can be selected as an audio signal supplied to the signal processor The signal processor may be realized in as hardware or as software In the latter case the software could be a downloaded JAVA application run on the mobile phone The light organ settings and functions can be modified by the user thought the user interface as explained below After selecting Light organ from the main user interface menu state 2 2 the user interface turns to state 6 1 The display 3 shows the options Activate Settings and Record tune Using the scroll keys 9 9 and the multi functionality key 8 the user can select Se
15. croll keys 9 9 the user can jump selec tively from one item to the preceding or the succeeding item in the menu loop of the mobile phone 1 while he gets access to a submenu loop under the item concerned in the main menu loop by activation of the multi functionality keys 8 8 The call answer key 10 may be used for initiating a call and the call end key 10 may be used to end a call The use of multi functionality keys 8 8 and the scroll keys 9 9 may advantageously be redefined in some states display The user interface allows thus selection of a variety of available functions e g phone book call register settings messages etc This user interface is as such known from U S Pat No 6 195 569 hereby incorporated by reference The mobile phone 1 is provided with a number of lights for indicating events in the mobile phone 1 The keypad 2 and the display 3 are each provided with a backlight using an as such conventional combination of LEDs and electro luminescent foil not shown The keypad 7 is provided with a green electro luminescent foil whereas the display 3 is provided with a white electro luminescent foil Further the mobile phone 1 is equipped with a number of bi color LEDs US 7 373 120 B2 5 4 4 13 13 that are directly visible from the outside The left side group 4 comprises 3 LEDs that light either in red or in blue The right side group 4 comprises 3 LEDs that light either in red or in green A central group of LEDs 1
16. d sequences from the memory and controls activation color and intensity of the lights As illustrated in FIG 1d when an event occurs Step 201 a check is made if a sequence of activating the lights is assigned to the particular event Step 202 An event is e g an incoming call an incoming call from a particular caller or caller group a key lock a key unlock a power on off a calendar alarm an incoming SMS a high score a wake up alarm a battery status indication or a signal strength indi cation If a sequence is assigned to the detected event the sequence will be retrieved from the memory Step 203 and the L driver will generate a signal powering the lights accordingly Step 204 The microprocessor also controls the activation of the vibrator through the L driver The activation of the vibrator may be assigned to an event and is synchronized with any light sequences assigned to the event Stored sequences assigned to events that will only require the sequences to be played once such as an incoming SMS will contain an end signal thus ending playing when the sequence has been played once Step 205 Sequences assigned to events in which the sequence should be repeated until another event occurs such as an incoming call where repeated playing of the sequence must not stop before either the call answer key 10 is pressed or the call is ended will be played until a signal to end playing the sequence is received e g when the 10 answ
17. equence of activation of lights can be saved to the memory by pressing one or more keys of the keypad US 7 373 120 B2 3 According to another preferred embodiment the method further comprises the step of displaying on the display a menu in which a stored sequence of activation of lights can be retrieved form the memory by pressing one or more keys of the keypad Advantageously the method may further comprise the step of displaying on the display a menu in which the assignment of one of the stored sequences of activation of lights to a particular event in the mobile communication terminal can be selected by pressing one or more keys of the keypad Advantageously the method may further comprise the step of displaying on the display a menu in which a stored sequence of activation of lights can be send to another mobile communication terminal by pressing one or more keys of the keypad It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of assigning a sequence of activation of lights on a mobile communication terminal to a particular event in the communication terminal This object is achieved in accor dance with the claims by providing a method of assigning a sequence of activation of lights on a mobile communication terminal to a particular event in the communication terminal wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises a display a keypad lights and a memory in which at least one sequence of activation of lights is
18. er key is pressed in response to an incoming call A method for composing a sequence through the user interface of the mobile phone 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS 2 to 5 In FIGS 2 to 5 the actual text displayed on the display 3 is depicted In the user interface a sequence of activation of the lights is referred to as a light tune Therefore the term light tune in FIGS 2 to 5 corresponds to the term sequence for the activation of the lights in this text To enter the user interface menu the multi functionality key 8 Menu is pressed state 2 1 The Light tunes sub menu is selected by using the scroll buttons 9 9 to browse through the submenus and pressing the multi functionality key 8 Select again state 2 2 The display 3 lists the possibility to personalize or to activate sequences state 2 3 By using the scroll keys 9 9 and selecting Personalize by pressing the multi functionality key 8 Options the next state is displayed state 2 4 In this state the display 3 lists the events to which the sequence will be assigned Using the scroll keys 9 9 and the multi functionality key 8 the event is selected The user interface requests to choose between composing or retrieving a sequence If Retrieve is selected the next state of the display is shown in FIG 4 state 4 1 which will be described further below If Compose is selected the next state of the display 3
19. ferably parts of said two dimensional wire net can be activated individually Two or more electro luminescent foils may be placed one above another with the upper electro luminescent foil or foils preferably being more transparent to light than the lower electro luminescent foil or foils whereby preferably each electro luminescent foil emits light of different color The connector preferably comprises at least connecting members for voltage ground and control Further objects features advantages and properties of the mobile communication terminal according to the invention will become apparent from the detailed description 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the following detailed portion of the present descrip tion the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the exemplary embodiments shown in the drawings in which FIG la is a diagrammatic view on a mobile communi cation terminal according to the invention FIG 16 is a view form on the back of a front cover with integrated lights FIG 1c is a perspective view on a back cover with integrated lights FIG 1d is a flow chart illustrating the operation of the mobile communication terminal and FIGS 2 to 6 are screen shots illustrating the operation of the user interface in a flow chart manner DETAILED DESCRIPTION In the following detailed description a mobile commu nication terminal
20. for composing said sequences of activation of said lights comprising a keypad a display and means for displaying on said display an indication which keys of said keypad need to be pressed to compose a sequence of activation of said lights 3 A mobile communication terminal comprising a plu rality of lights means for storing a number of sequences of activation of said lights as light tunes said sequences of activation including information concerning timing of said activations means for controlling the activation of said lights in accordance with the sequence and the information concerning the timing of the activations for playing the sequence as a light tune and means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal wherein said means for composing sequences of activation of said lights allows the user to select the intensity level of a light to be activated and or allows the user to select the duration of the activation of a light to be activated and or allows selection of the timing between activations of said lights 4 Amobile communication terminal according to claim 3 wherein said means for composing sequences of activation of said lights comprises a keypad a display and means for displaying on said display an indication which keys of said keypad need to be pressed to select the intensity level of a light to be activated and or wh
21. ication terminal Advantageously the means for selectively controlling the activation of the lights comprises means for controlling tie color of the lights and or for controlling the intensity level at which the lights are activated Thus the number of variations in light sequences and the attractiveness of the appearance is improved The user interface may further comprise means for com posing the sequences of activation of the lights Thus the user can create his her personal sequences Preferably the means for composing sequences of activation of the lights allows the user to select the intensity level of a light to be activated preferably as low middle high and or allows the user to select the duration of the activation of a light to be activated and or allows selection of the timing between activations of the lights 0 20 30 35 40 45 55 60 65 2 According to an embodiment the means for composing sequences of activation of the lights comprises a keypad a display and means for displaying on the display an indica tion which keys of the keypad need to be pressed to compose a sequence of activation of the lights Advantageously the sequence of activation of the lights is synchronized with a vibrator of the mobile communication terminal so that a combined silent signaling is possible The mobile communication terminal lights may be LEDs and or electro luminescent foils and or electro luminescent s
22. ich keys need to be pressed to select the duration of the activation of a light to be activated and or which keys need to be pressed to select of the timing between activations of said lights 5 Amobile communication terminal according to claim 3 wherein the intensity level is selected from the group of low medium and high 6 Amobile communication terminal according to claim 4 wherein the intensity level is selected from the group of low medium and high 7 A mobile communication terminal comprising a plu rality of lights means for storing a number of sequences of activation of said lights as light tunes said sequences of activation including information concerning timing of said activations means for controlling the activation of said lights in accordance with the sequence and the information concerning the timing of the activations for playing the sequence as a light tune and means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal US 7 373 120 B2 11 wherein the sequence of activation of said lights is synchro nized with a vibrator of said mobile communication termi nal 8 A method of composing a sequence of activation of lights on a mobile communication terminal wherein said mobile communication terminal comprises a display a key pad lights and a memory comprising the steps of displaying on said display a light activat
23. ion composing menu in which the activity of composing of a sequence of activation of lights can be selected by pressing one or more keys of said keypad and when such keys have been pressed displaying on said display a menu in which the sequence and timing of the activations of lights can be composed by pressing one or more keys of said keypad and allowing the user to play the composed sequence of the activation of the lights from within said light activation composing menu 9 A method according to claim 8 farther comprising the step of displaying on said display a menu in which the color and or intensity in which said lights are to be activated can be selected by pressing one or more keys of said keypad 10 A method according to claim 8 farther comprising the step of displaying on said display a menu in which the duration of an activation one of said lights can be selected pressing one or more keys of said keypad 11 A method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of displaying on said display a menu in which a sequence of activation of lights can be saved to said memory by pressing one or more keys of said keypad 12 Amethod according to claim 8 further comprising the step of displaying on said display a menu in which a stored sequence of activation of lights can be retrieved from said memory by pressing one or more keys of said keypad 13 A method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of
24. method for composing a sequence of activations of lights on a mobile communication terminal provided with a plurality of lights comprising the steps of entering a sequence in which said lights are to be activated in a sequence entering timing information for the activations in the sequence reviewing the sequence and timing information by play ing the sequence and storing the sequence and said timing information in the mobile terminal 18 A method according to claim 17 farther comprising the steps of entering the length of said activations and or entering the intensity of said activations and or entering the color of said activations 19 A mobile communication terminal comprising a plu rality of lights means for storing a number of sequences of activation of said lights as light tunes said sequences of activation including information concerning timing of said activations means for controlling the activation of said lights in accordance with the sequence and the information concerning the timing of the activations for playing the sequence as a light tune and means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal further comprising means for sending a sequence of activa tion of lights to another terminal via SMS 20 A mobile communication terminal comprising a plu rality of lights means for storing a number of seque
25. nces of activation of said lights as light tunes said sequences of activation including information concerning timing of said activations means for controlling the activation of said lights in accordance with the sequence and the information concerning the timing of the activations for playing the sequence as a light tune and means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal further comprising means for receiving a sequence of acti vation of lights from another terminal via SMS or from a wireless application protocol server via WAP
26. nsity of the light emitted by each of the foils the color perceived by an observer may be gradually varied from yellow via orange to red According to a preferred embodiment the lights are arranged on an exchangeable removable front or back cover of the mobile phone These type of covers are as such well known from e g the Nokia 3310 mobile phone FIG 16 is a view form the rear on a front cover 17 The cover is provided with connector 19 which comprises a plurality of electrical contacts such as voltage ground and control for the lights on the cover Electric wiring is molded into the front cover 17 for connecting the lights 4 4 13 13 14 and 15 with the connector 19 The connector 19 has a not shown counter part on the core housing of the mobile phone FIG 1c illustrates a back cover 20 provided with an electro luminescent foil 21 The electro luminescent foil 21 is preferably molded into the rear cover 20 An electrical connector not shown for ground voltage and control is provided on the side of the rear cover facing the core housing of the mobile phone The electro luminescent foil 21 is divided into four segments that can individually be activated and for each of the segments two dimensional wire nets may be provided in a manner as shown for electro luminescent foil 14 According to a preferred embodiment not shown the electro luminescent foil covers substantially the complete front cover with the exception of the display are
27. ows the activation length to be user specified by entering a numerical value using the alpha numerical keys 7 on the keypad 2 When the length of the activation has been selected the display returns to state 3 1 Erroneously entered numbers in the sequence can be deleted by pressing the multi functionality key 8 Clear When the sequence is completed pressing the multi functionality key 8 OK changes the state of the display 3 to allow playing saving or discarding the sequence state 3 4 To save the sequence Save is selected from the submenu and pressing the multi functionality key 8 OK results in the user interface prompting for entering a name for the sequence to be stored state 3 5 After entering a name using the alphanumerical keys 7 of the keypad 2 the sequence will automatically be saved in one of the free memory positions If there are no free memory positions the user interface will prompt for selecting a position to overwrite state 3 6 When in state 2 5 of the user interface FIG 2 Retrieve from library is selected the next state of the user interface lists the stored sequences and prompts to select one by using the scroll keys 9 9 and pressing the multi functionality key 8 Assign to assign the selected sequence to the previously selected event state 4 1 By pressing the multi functional ity key 8 Options the user interface turns to state 4 2 allowing browsing with the scroll keys
28. r does not have to download or enter the sequences of activation of the lights but may simply record store and assign them to different events Preferably the intensity level during the activation of a light is also recorded It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of composing a sequence of activation of lights on a mobile communication terminal of the kind referred to initially This object is achieved in accordance with claim 18 by providing a method comprising the steps of displaying on the display a menu in which the activity of composing of a sequence of activation of lights can be selected by pressing one or more keys of the keypad and when such keys have been pressed displaying on the display a menu in which the sequence of the activations of lights can be composed by pressing one or more keys of the keypad and storing the composed sequence of the activation of lights According to a preferred embodiment the method further comprises the step of displaying on the display a menu in which the color and or intensity in which the lights are to be activated can be selected by pressing one or more keys of the keypad The method may further comprise the step of displaying on the display a menu in which the duration of an activation one of the lights can be selected pressing one or more keys of the keypad Advantageously the method may further comprise the step of displaying on the display a menu in which a s
29. s are a useful extension of the use of mobile phones The technical speci fications for the GSM Short Message Service are defined in ETSI TS 100 901 V7 4 0 1999 12 Technical Specification Digital cellular telecommunications system Phase 2 Technical realization of the Short Message Service SMS GSM 03 40 version 7 4 0 Release 1998 hereby incorpo rated by reference The messages may contain plain text ringing tones picture messages WAP settings and business cards Vcard The type of message is coded in the user data header The user data header is indicated in the first octet of the SMS Submit TPDU with message parameter value According to the present invention a message sent to a mobile phone 1 contains a sequence of activation of lights a light tune Upon receipt of a text message containing a sequence of activation of lights the user interface will display a soft notification Light tune received FIG 5 state 5 1 Upon pressing the multi functionality key 8 Options the user interface displays the options Details Play Save and Discard state 5 2 By using the scroll keys 9 9 the user can select either of these four options Selecting Details and pressing the multi function key 8 OK will result in the display listing the activation sequence state 5 3 By pressing the multi functionality key 8 Options the display 3 will show further details such as color inten
30. sity etc not shown By pressing the multi functionality key 8 Back the display 3 turns to state 5 4 By selecting Save and pressing the multi functionality key 8 OK the channel will automatically be saved in one of the free memory positions If there are no free memory positions the user interface will prompt for selecting a memory position to overwrite state 5 5 According to another preferred embodiment the mobile phone is able to communicate via the so called wireless application protocol WAP Like any other data set sequences for the activation of lights may be downloaded to the mobile phone 1 from WAP servers The downloaded sequences may be stored in the memory and assigned to an event as shown above According to another preferred embodiment the mobile phone 1 is provided with signal processor that transforms an audio signal into a control signal for activation of the lights The audio signal is divided into two or more discrete frequency bands by filters and the output of the filters is supplied as a signal to the Light driver L driver to activate the lights with a light with a different color or placement or shape being assigned to each frequency band The intensity of the lights may be modulated according to the output level from the filter Thus the light effects in response to the audio signal become more sophisticated The signal processor may be programmed to limit the minimum duration of an acti v
31. the activation of said lights to a par ticular event in said mobile communication terminal com prises a keypad a display and means for displaying on said 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 10 display an indication which keys of said keypad need to be pressed to assign one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal wherein said means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communica tion terminal comprises a keypad a display and means for displaying on said display an indication which keys of said keypad need to be pressed to assign one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal 2 A mobile communication terminal comprising a plu rality of lights means for storing a number of sequences of activation of said lights as light tunes said sequences of activation including information concerning timing of said activations means for controlling the activation of said lights in accordance with the sequence and the information concerning the timing of the activations for playing the sequence as a light tune and means for selectively assigning one of said stored sequences of the activation of said lights to a particular event in said mobile communication terminal further comprising means
32. trings and or optical fibers It is another object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal of the kind referred to initially which allows a broader use of the lights This object is achieved in accordance with claim 11 by providing the mobile communication terminal with means for transform ing an audio signal into a control signal for activation of the lights Advantageously the audio signal is provided by a micro phone in the mobile communication terminal and or by a digital audio player in the mobile communication terminal and or by a radio in the mobile communication terminal and or by a memory in the mobile communication terminal in which ringing tunes are stored With the microphone activated e g in a discotheque or other place where music is played the mobile communication terminal can be used as a light organ Advantageously the audio signal is divided into two or more discrete frequency bands by filters and the output of the filters is used to activate the lights preferably with a light with a different color being assigned to each frequency band and or the intensity of the lights being modulated according to the output level from the filter driving the light Thus the light effects in response to the audio signal become more sophisticated The mobile communication terminal may also comprise means for recording and storing the activation of the lights in response to the audio signal Thus the use
33. ttings to arrive at state 6 2 In this state the user is prompted to select the audio source or the frequency ranges Selecting Audio source results in state 6 3 in which either the microphone the radio or the audio player can be selected as audio source Selecting Frequency ranges in state 6 2 results in state 6 4 In this state the user is prompted to select one of the three frequency ranges where after one of the lights may be assigned to the selected frequency range in state 6 6 Upon pressing the multi functionality key 8 Options in state 6 4 a non shown state allows the user to personalize the frequency bands and to increase or decrease the number of frequency bands Mobile phone 1 comprises a memory and circuitry for recording and storing the activation of the lights in response to the audio signal Thus the user does not have to download or enter the sequences of activation of the lights but may simply record store and assign them to different events Preferably the intensity level during the activation of a light is also recorded Selecting Record tune in state 6 1 starts the recording and results in state 6 5 In state 6 5 the recording can be ended by pressing multi functionality key 8 End Although the invention is shown with preferred embodi ments that use two multi functional keys it is evident that the invention can also be carried out with only one or without any multi functional function
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