Method for setting timer of cellular phone

Patent 6522893 Issued on February 18, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 1, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Application

No. 431170 filed on 11/01/1999

US Classes:

455/550.1, Radiotelephone equipment detail455/566Having display

Examiners

Primary: Bost, Dwayne D.
Assistant: Contee, Joy K.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

International Class

H04B 001/38

Foreign Application Priority Data

1999-07-16 KR

Abstract

A method for setting the timer of a mobile telephone and a mobile telephone employing the method wherein a volume control button is used to control both a timer setting operation of the mobile telephone as well as the volume of the mobile telephone. When the volume control button is pressed on the mobile telephone, it is determined whether a predetermined amount of time has passed before the volume control button is then released. If the volume control button is held down for at least the predetermined amount of time, the mobile telephone enters a timer setting mode in which a time is entered for activating an alarm. If, on the other hand, the volume control button is pressed and released before the predetermined amount of time has passed, the mobile telephone enters a volume control mode in which the relative strength of the audible signals is controlled.