Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Pekka Niemi

Robert Hellier

Matti Makkonen

Anssi Saarikko

Lassi Lahti

The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for determining the function of a press-button switch. A press-button switch (3; 31,32, . . . , 3N) has been arranged in a peripheral (2) connected detachably to a mobile-phone (1). According to the method, a press-button switch (e.g. 31) is pressed when the mobile phone (1) and the peripheral (2) are electrically coupled. Thereafter, the detection data of said pressed press-button switch (31) are transmitted from the peripheral (2) to the mobile phone (1), to the data processing unit (13) thereof. The function of the pressed press-button switch (31) is determined with the aid of the key pad (7), the data processing unit (13) of the mobile phone (1), and the data and the instructions stored in the memory unit (15) thereof. The function of the press-button switch of the peripheral thus determined is stored in the memory unit (15) of the mobile phone (1), whereafter the press-button switch is available for use.

Method and assembly for assigning a function of an electronic device

A device to be used with a mobile station, comprising a body to be attached e.g. to a belt with an attachment plate and a fastener attached to the mobile station with a fitting piece. The body includes control flanges bent inward from two opposite sides and from below to guide the fastener which comprises a neck and a wider end consisting of a flange placed behind the guide flanges. The body also includes a projection or a similar structure acting against a spring force, resisting the upward movement of the fastener when said fastener is in the locked position.

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