Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Veli-Matti Soini

Markku Matias Rautiola

Harri Halminen

Jari Toivanen

Jarmo J M&auml;kel&auml;

Toni Sormunen

Arto Lehtonen

Lasse Siitonen

Risto Johannes Ronkka

A multi-service mobile station according to the invention comprises means ( ) for connecting the device by radio to telecommunication network in order to utilize typical mobile station services, such as speech and data services. Additionally, the multi-service mobile station provides means ( ) for using various information processing services (P , P ), such as telefax service and electronic mail service. When using information processing services, the information processed by the user is automatically saved in the memory means ( ) of the multi-service mobile station when a certain criterium is met. The criteria are e.g. shifting from one service to another, going over to current saving mode, or, in a two-section multi-service terminal device, folding the device together. It is also characteristic of the multi-service mobile station according to the invention, that the automatic data storing and current saving methods operate in a close-knit cooperation with operating system, resulting in the longest possible battery operating time for the multi-service mobile station.

Multi-service mobile station

A multi-service mobile station comprises a module ( ) for connecting the device by radio to a telecommunication network in order to utilize typical mobile station services, such as speech and data services. Additionally, the multi-service mobile station provides processing memory ( ) for using various information processing services (P , P ), such as telefax service and electronic mail service. When using information processing services, the information processed by the user is automatically saved in the memory ( ) of the multi-service mobile station when a certain criterium is met. The criteria are, e.g., shifting from one service to another, going over to current saving mode, or, in a two-section multi-service terminal device, folding the device together. It is also characteristic of the multi-service mobile station disclosed, that the automatic data storing and current saving methods operate in a close-knit cooperation with operating system, resulting in the longest possible battery operating time for the multi-service mobile station.

The invention relates to a mobile station which comprises two separate user interfaces and an outer covering (10, 11) which can be unfolded. The device has the appearance and the size of a common mobile phone when the outer covering (10, 11) is closed, whereby available is a first user interface being substantially a telephone user interface. When the outer covering (10, 11) of the device is unfolded it exposes a second user interface having a relatively large-sized display (12) and an alphanumeric keypad (15). Alphanumeric messages and graphical information can be transmitted and received using the second user interface.

Communication device with two modes of operation

Growing community of inventors

Tampere, Finland

Veli-Matti Soini