Patents Examined by DeWayne Bost
  • Application launcher for a two-way mobile communications device
    Patent number: 6463304
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating access to a plurality of applications resident on a two-way mobile communication device. Existing keys or buttons of the two-way mobile communication device activate (or launch) resident applications. Additionally, the two-way mobile communication device presents the user with a displayed map on its display screen to specifically indicate which keys or buttons keys launch which resident applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Openwave Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Smethers