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Unique
31-01-2004, 01:17 AM
Patents I found filed in the past few months...

Method for installing two or more operating systems/user interfaces into an electronic device and an electronic device

The invention relates to a method for downloading control software/operating systems of user interfaces into an electronic device, which comprises two or more processor blocks, where in at least two processor blocks a user interface is used. Furthermore, one or more operating systems are executed in the electronic device. The downloading is executed via one said processor block, wherein the control software/operating systems are downloaded into said one processor block, from which the control software/operating systems related to other user interfaces are loaded into said other processor blocks. The invention also relates to an electronic device which comprises at least one processor, at least two processor blocks, at least one user interface , memory means for storing the control software of the user interface, means for data transmission between a first and a second processor block, and means for executing the functions of two or more operating systems. The invention also relates to a storing means for the downloading program of the control software/operating systems of the user interfaces in an electronic device.

Keypads style input device for electrical device

A mobile telephone includes a body, a display, and a keypad. The keypad is removably secured to the body and coupled to a processor. The keypad is depressible along a plurality of directions and can be switched between a first mode and second mode, wherein each combination of depressible direction and mode represent a unique group of alphanumeric letters. The processor includes word recognition software, such a desire word can be determined form the sequence of groups of letter selected without having to select each individual letter.

Will post more later...

John

tzeonn
31-01-2004, 07:48 PM
whoa... wat u reckon tis means... a new type of fone is being created?