Title :
User interface for a PCS smart phone
Author :
Narayanaswamy, Shankar ; Hu, Jianying ; Kashi, Ramanujan
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
New multimedia smart phones for wireless voice and data communications are now available. A novel user interface for a Personal Communications Services (PCS) smart phone is described. The user interface is designed around the unique characteristics of mobile wireless applications. Both the physical characteristics of the phone and the way users interact with applications are unique. The phone has two LCD touch screens in a clamshell casing. It features pen input, handwriting recognition, and a graphical user interface supported by the Inferno operating system. A dedicated writing area and automatic text focus flow make form based applications particularly easy. The smart phone incorporates signature verification for biometric authentication. Apart from being a full featured cellular voice phone, the device also supports a number of applications including Web browsing, electronic mail, fax communications and a directory application which allows users to retrieve contact information
Keywords :
Internet; cellular radio; computer telephony integration; electronic mail; graphical user interfaces; handwriting recognition; multimedia communication; personal communication networks; Inferno operating system; LCD touch screens; PCS smart phone; Personal Communications Services smart phone; Web browsing; automatic text focus flow; biometric authentication; cellular voice phone; clamshell casing; contact information; dedicated writing area; directory application; electronic mail; fax communications; form based applications; graphical user interface; handwriting recognition; mobile wireless applications; multimedia smart phones; pen input; signature verification; user interface; wireless voice/data communications; Authentication; Biometrics; Data communication; Graphical user interfaces; Handwriting recognition; Operating systems; Personal communication networks; Smart phones; User interfaces; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1999. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0253-9
DOI :
10.1109/MMCS.1999.779298
