公开(公告)号：US5841855A

公开(公告)日：1998-11-24

申请号：US559516

申请日：1995-11-15

申请人： Joanne W. Davidson ,  William F. Dudley, Jr. ,  David M. Gresham ,  Michael L. Moroze ,  Elizabeth Bauer-Nilsen Sanders ,  Alessandro A. Subrizi ,  Susan L. Tuttle

发明人： Joanne W. Davidson ,  William F. Dudley, Jr. ,  David M. Gresham ,  Michael L. Moroze ,  Elizabeth Bauer-Nilsen Sanders ,  Alessandro A. Subrizi ,  Susan L. Tuttle

IPC分类号： H04M1/247 ,  H04M1/2745 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M1/00 ,  H04M3/42

CPC分类号： H04M1/72583 ,  H04M1/274566 ,  H04M1/72519 ,  Y10S345/902

摘要： A menu level indicator facilitates ease of use of a telephone terminal by a user by providing easily understandable information about selectable menu options available in an interactive display on the telephone terminal. The menu level indicator provides a visual indication for permitting the user to directly determine the number of menu options available while at one of multiple selectable menu levels in the menu. The menu level indicator also provides a visual indication for the user as to the relative position of a displayed, selectable menu option with respect to other selectable menu options commonly located at one of the multiple selectable menu levels. As a user maneuvers through the menu levels, such user is able to quickly develop a mental model of the feature menus and easily navigate through these menu selections.

摘要翻译： 菜单级指示器通过提供关于在电话终端上的交互式显示中可用的可选菜单选项的容易理解的信息，便于用户使用电话终端。 菜单级指示器提供视觉指示，以允许用户在菜单中的多个可选菜单级中的一个处直接确定可用的菜单选项的数量。 菜单级指示器还为用户提供关于通常位于多个可选择菜单级之一的其他可选菜单选项的显示的可选菜单选项的相对位置的可视指示。 当用户通过菜单级别操纵时，这样的用户能够快速地开发特征菜单的心理模型并且容易地浏览这些菜单选择。

公开(公告)号：US5774540A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-30

申请号：US559517

申请日：1995-11-15

申请人： Joanne W. Davidson ,  William F. Dudley, Jr. ,  David A. Fishman ,  David M. Gresham ,  Kenneth Kasiske ,  Michael L. Moroze ,  Elizabeth Bauer-Nilsen Sanders ,  Alessandro A. Subrizi ,  Susan L. Tuttle

发明人： Joanne W. Davidson ,  William F. Dudley, Jr. ,  David A. Fishman ,  David M. Gresham ,  Kenneth Kasiske ,  Michael L. Moroze ,  Elizabeth Bauer-Nilsen Sanders ,  Alessandro A. Subrizi ,  Susan L. Tuttle

IPC分类号： H04M1/247 ,  H04M1/2745 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H04M1/72583 ,  H04M1/274566 ,  H04M1/72519 ,  Y10S345/902

摘要： A user of a telephone terminal with an interactive display is provided complete access to all feature choices in a hierarchical menu through a minimum number of menu keys. These menu keys include a "Next" key, a "Back" key, a "Select" key and a "Home" key. These menu keys occupy minimal space on the housing of the telephone terminal, yet enable the user of the terminal to easily scroll to and select every feature in the interactive display. The user is able to quickly develop a mental model of the feature choices and easily navigate through these menu selections. Context-sensitive functionality also is provided for using the interactive display. As a user completes a command function, the feature choice presented to the user for this function is the one most likely to be accessed by the user, thus advantageously avoiding the necessity of having a dedicated key for allowing the user to select this feature choice.

摘要翻译： 具有交互式显示器的电话终端的用户被提供通过最少数量的菜单键对分层菜单中的所有特征选择的完全访问。 这些菜单键包括“下一个”键，“后退”键，“选择”键和“首页”键。 这些菜单键在电话终端的外壳上占据最小的空间，而使得终端用户容易地滚动并选择交互式显示器中的每个特征。 用户能够快速开发特征选择的心理模型，并轻松浏览这些菜单选择。 还提供了使用交互式显示的上下文相关功能。 当用户完成命令功能时，向用户呈现的用于此功能的特征选择是用户最可能访问的特征选择，因此有利地避免了为允许用户选择该特征选择的专用密钥的必要性。