Qualcomm Incorporated

Steve C DeTar

Shawn C Morrison

David J Mittelstadt

Gayathri Chittiappa

Jon D Slater

A mobile telephone displays user information on a display. The mobile telephone displays an information icon on the display if help information is available that is related to the user information on the display. The mobile telephone generates a control signal if an information key on the mobile telephone is activated. The mobile telephone displays the help information on the display in response to the generation of the control signal when the information icon is displayed.

Mobile telephone help information

A mobile telephone displays a status menu on a mobile telephone display. The status menu includes an antenna position status that indicates if an antenna for the mobile telephone is properly positioned. The mobile telephone continually updates the antenna position status in the status menu when the status menu is displayed.

Mobile telephone status menu with antenna position indication

A mobile telephone has an existing configuration and displays a menu. The mobile telephone generates a time-out from the menu if an elapsed time after entering the menu exceeds a time period. In response to the time-out, the mobile telephone implements a new configuration based on the menu in which the time-out occurred.

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Longmont, CO, United States of America

Steve C DeTar