METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
BACKGROUND
Technical Field [0001] The embodiments herein generally relate to mobile telecommunications devices, and, more particularly, to displaying information such as advertising messages and informative messages in a mobile telecommunications device.
Description of the Related Art [0002] In mobile communication systems, main menus are typically displayed on a mobile device so as to occupy a full single screen. Typically, when a user switches a mobile on, an idle screen appears having a date, time, and a mobile service provider information, and options to select a main menu. The user may then select the main menu option to arrive at a main menu of various icons corresponding to various functions such as a phonebook, a messaging etc, such that the main menu of icons fully occupies a single screen. Currently, no other information or message is displayed on the main menu screen,
SUMMARY
[0003] In view of the foregoing, an embodiment herein provides a method of displaying a menu in a first section of a single screen of a mobile telecommunications device in conjunction with an additional information in a second section of the single screen of the mobile telecommunications device includes displaying the menu in the first section of the single screen, the first section to occupy less than half of a displayable area of the single screen, and displaying the additional information in the second section of the single screen. The additional information does not correspond to a selection or a navigation of the menu.
[0004] The additional information may be downloaded through at least one of an SMS channel, an MMS channel, a Wi-Fi network, a Bluetooth network, a GPRS, a CDMA data channel, and/or a 3G network in said mobile telecommunications device. The additional

information may be an advertising message and/or an infomiative message. The informative message may be a news content, a yoga information, a health care information, a financial reports information, an examination results information, a cricket score information, a contest results information, an election results information, and/or a corporate result information,
[0005] The downloaded additional information may be determined based on a location of said mobile telecommunications device at a point in time. The menu may include a phonebook, a messaging, a call record, a file manager, an organizer, a sync, and/or an email. The mobile telecommunications device may be a GSM phone, a UMTS phone, a CDMA phone, a CDMA 2000 phone, a PDC, a TDMA phone, a PDA (Pocket Digital Assistant), a touch sensitive device, a handheld device, and/or a wireless device- In another aspect, a mobile telecommimications device includes a memory unit to store an additional information, a display operatively coupled to the memory unit, and a processor to execute instructions. The processor is adapted to display a menu in a first section of a single screen, a first section to occupy less than half of a displayable area of a single screen, and display the additional information in a second section of the single screen. The additional information does not correspond to a selection or a navigation of the menu,
[0006] In yet another aspect, a mobile telecommunications device includes a database to store an additional information, and a display module to display said additional information in conjunction with a menu in a single screen of said mobile telecommimications device. The additional information may include an advertising message or an informative message. The menu may occupy less than half of a displayable area of the single screen, and the additional information occupies at least one third a displayable area of the single screen.
[0007] The mobile telecommimications device further mcludes a download module to download the additional information from at least one of a SMS channel, a MMS channel, a Wi-Fi network, a Bluetooth network, a GPRS, a CDMA data channel, or a 3G network in the mobile telecommunications device. An access module may access at least one of said additional information or the menu in the mobile telecommunications device. An update module may update the additional information based on a trigger event.
[0008] These and other aspects of the embodiments herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following descriptions.

while indicating preferred embodiments and numerous specific details thereof, are given by way of illustration and not of limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the embodiments herein without departing from the spirit thereof, and the embodiments herein include all such modifications.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The embodiments herein will be better understood from the following detailed description with reference to the drawings, in which:
[0010] FIG. 1 illustrates a system view of a personal computer communicating an additional information to a mobile device through a network, according to an embodiment herein;
[0011] FIG. 2 illustrates an exploded view of the mobile device of FIG. 1 having a database, a download module, a access module, a display module, an organize module, and a update module, according to an embodiment herein;
[0012] FIG. 3 illustrates a user interface view of the mobile device of FIG. 1 having a menu section, a menu information section, an advertising message section and a selection and a navigation section, according to an embodiment herein;
[0013] FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, FIG. 4C, and FIG. 4D are user interface views of the mobile device of FIG. 1 illustrating a method of displaying and viewing the additional information along with the main menu icons according to an embodiment herein;
[0014] FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of displaying additional information along with menu icons in a single screen of the mobile telecommimications device of FIG. 1, according to an embodiment herein
[0015] FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary view of a typical mobile device of FIG. 1 having an a memory having a computer set of instructions, a bus, a display, a speaker, and a processor capable of processing a set of instructions to perform any one or more of the methodologies herein, according to an embodiment herein; and
[0016] FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of a computer architecture used in accordance with the embodiments herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0017] The embodiments herein and the various features and advantageous details thereof are explained more fully with reference to the non-limiting embodiments that are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and detailed in the following description. Descriptions of well-known components and processing techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the embodiments herein. The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the embodiments herein may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in the art to practice the embodiments herein. Accordingly, the examples should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments herein.
[0018] As mentioned, there remains a need for a method and system to display an additional information and menu icons in a mobile device. The embodiments herein achieve this by providing a method of displaying a menu in a first section of a single screen of a mobile telecommunications device in conjunction with an additional information in a second section of the single screen of the mobile telecommunications device. The method includes displaying the menu in the first section of the single screen, the first section to occupy less than half of a displayable area of the single screen, and displaying the additional information in the second section of the single screen. The additional information does not correspond to a selection or a navigation of the menu. Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIGS. 1 through FIG. 7, where similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the figures, there are shown preferred embodiments,
[0019] FIG. 1 illustrates a system view of a server 102 communicating an additional information to a mobile device 104 through a network 100, according to an embodiment herein. The network 100 may enable a communication between the personal computer 102 and the mobile telecommunications device 104. The network 100 may be a data channel (e.g., a SMS channel, a MMS channel, etc) a GPRS, a 3G network, a Wi-Fi network and/or a Bluetooth network, etc. The server 102 may be a computer at a remote location which sends the additional information to the mobile telecommunications device 104 through the network 100, The mobile telecommunications device 104 may be a GSM phone, a UMTS phone, a

CDMA phone, a CDMA 2000 phone, a PDC, a TDMA phone, a PDA (Pocket Digital Assistant), a touch sensitive device, a handheld device, or wireless device.
[0020] FIG, 2 illustrates an exploded view of the mobile telecommunications device 104 of FIG. 1 having a database 202, a download module 204, a access module 206, a display module 208, an organize module 210, and a update module 212, according to an embodiment herein. The database 202 may contain the additional infomiation that is displayed on the display of the mobile telecommunications device 104, The additional infomiation may be an advertising message and/or an infomiative message. The informative message may be a yoga information, a health care information, a financial reports information, an examination results information, a cricket score information, a contest results information, an election results information, and/or a corporate result information.
[0021] The downloaded additional information may be determined based on a location of said mobile telecommunications device at a point in time. For example, if a user of the mobile teleconmiunications device is located at a tourist destination, the additional infomiation may be determined at the server 102 from a database of advertisements, and downloaded onto the mobile telecommunications device 104, In one embodiment, the informative message may be relevant to the tourist destination, such as a historical infomiation. In another embodiment, the additional information may be an advertising message for a nearby hotel, an eatery, or a taxi service.
[0022] The download module 204 may enable the user to download the additional information from the server 102 through the network 100. In an embodiment, the download module 206 enables the user to download the additional information (e.g., an advertising message and/or an informative message) and display the message in a particular section of the screen based on the user preference. The informative message may include information on like yoga, health care, financial reports, and/or examination results, etc.
[0023] The access module 206 may provide certain privileges and enable the users to access the additional information that is download from the server 102 and/or browse a main menu or basic menu (e.g., a phonebook, a messaging, a call record, a file manager, an organizer, a sync, and/or an email, etc). The display module 208 may enable the display the additional information in conjunction with a menu in a single screen of the mobile telecommimications device 104.

[0024] The display module 208 enables the mobile telecommunications device 104 to display the advertising graphics/content or additional information along with the menu icons on the mobile telecommunications device 104 in a single screen. The screen may include a menu section, an advertisement display section, a selection and/or a navigation section, a menu icon information display section. The screen displays the menu in a first section of the single screen. The first section may occupy less than half of a displayable area of the single screen.
[0025] The additional information is displayed in the second section of the single screen. The additional information does not correspond to a selection or a navigation of the menu, hi one embodiment, the additional information is displayed at the upper portion of the single screen and the menu having the main menu icons are displayed at the lower portion on the single screen of the mobile telecommunications device 104, The menu may occupy less than half of a displayable area of the single screen. The additional information may occupy one third a displayable area of the single screen. The organize module 210 enables the mobile telecommunications device 104 to organize the additional information and menu icons of the mobile telecommunications device 104 and display based on the user preferences,
[0026] In an example embodiment, the user may initiate the settings (which can be changed or adjusted based on user preferences) in the mobile telecommunications device 104 for organizing and displaying the additional information on the mobile telecommunications device 104. hi other words, the user may organize the menu icons and the additional information on his/her own interest. The update module 212 may enable the mobile telecommunications device 104 to update the additional information (e.g., sports news, political news, entertainment news, business news, a cricket score, contest results, election resuhs, corporate result and/or a historical data, etc.) that is downloaded based on a trigger event. The trigger event may include updating the additional information periodically, whenever a message is received, or a change in a Screensaver, etc.
[0027] FIG. 3 illustrates a user interface view of the mobile telecommunications device 104 of FIG. 1 having a menu section 302, a menu information section 304, an advertising message section 306, and a selection and a navigation section 308, according to an embodiment herein. The menu section 302 may include menu icons like a phonebook, a

messaging, a call record, a file manager, an organizer, a sync, and/or an email, etc. The menu information section 304 may display the menu information when the user clicks on one of the main menu icons.
[0028] For example, when the user clicks on the message icon, the menu information displays as a message. The advertising message section 306 may include an advertisement and/or any informative message. The selection and a navigation section 308 may enable the user to select a main menu icon and perform an action on the main menu icon. The navigation option of the selection and navigation section 308 enables the user to navigate to the next page or to the previous page,
[0029] FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, FIG, 4C and FIG. 4D are user interface views of the mobile telecommunications device 104 of FIG, 1 illustrating a method of displaying and viewing the additional information along with the main menu icons according to an embodiment herein. The user interface view of the mobile telecommunications device 104 may enable the user to browse the main menu icons and view the additional information downloaded and/or displayed on the single screen of the mobile telecommunications device 104 of FIG, 1 simultaneously. In addition, the user interface view enables the user to view information like business news and sports news (as shown in FIG. 4A) by clicking a click to know more option.
[0030] The click to know more option may enable the user to view additional by scrolling up and down keys of the mobile telecommunications device 104, In addition, the user interface view may enable the user to select the additional information based on user preference. In a preferred embodiment, the user may select a headline on INDIA (as shown in FIG. 4A). In addition, the user interface view of the mobile telecommunications device 104 may enable the user to view a top story on INDIA (e.g,, "several parts of North India are still reeling cold conditions with fog and mist disrupting air traffic"),
[0031] With reference to FIG, 4B, the user may select a back option to navigate to the previous menu and select other headlines (e.g,, business). The user may select business to view business matter as a headline (e,g,, Stock exchange recovers over 300 points from the day's low in the last one hour of trade). Similarly, with reference to FIG, 4C, the user may also select sports as a headline to view top stories on sports (e,g,, the ICC again called on both sides bury their differences and focus on playing the game amid fears of another bitter

fall out between the feuding teams),
[0032] With reference to FIG, 4D, the user may select competitions (e,g,, contests, quiz, etc.) and actively participate in any of the programs. The user may select the "know more" option to view details of quiz and/or the contests to participate in the quiz/contests and win exciting prizes. The user interface view of the mobile telecommunications device 104 enables the user to select the quiz (e,g,, answer the following question) and participate in the quiz by answering the questions (e.g,, who was the first prime minister of India?).
[0033] FIG, 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of displaying additional information along with menu icons in a single screen of the mobile telecommimications device 104 of FIG. 1, according to an embodiment herein. In step 502, an additional information is downloaded (e,g-, from at least one of a data channel, a Wi-Fi network, a Bluetooth network, a GPRS, and/or a 3G network using the download module 204 of FIG. 2). In step 504, a menu is displayed (e.g., using the display module 208 of FIG- 2) in a first section of the single screen. The first section occupies less than half of a displayable area of the single screen. In step 506, the additional information is displayed (e.g., using the display module 208 of FIG, 2) in the second section of the single screen. The additional information occupies at least one third a displayable area of the single screen. In step 508, the additional information is updated (e.g., using the update module 212 of FIG, 2) based on a trigger event. The trigger event may be based on a user preferences. In one embodiment, the trigger event is a time period. In another embodiment, it is an occurrence of an event (e.g., an alert for a stock price reaching a threshold limit),
[0034] FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary view of a typical mobile telecommunications device 104 of FIG. 1 having an a memory 602 having a computer set of instructions, a bus 604, a display 606, a speaker 608, and a processor 610 capable of processing a set of instructions to perform any one or more of the methodologies herein, according to an embodiment herein. The processor 610 may also enable digital content (e,g., additional information) to be consumed in the form of video, or picture for output via one or more displays 606 or audio for output via the speaker and/or earphones 608, The processor 610 may also carry out the methods described herein and in accordance with the embodiments herein. Digital content may also be stored in the memory 602 for future processing or consumption. The memory 602 may also store program specific information and/or service

information (PSI/SI), including information about digital content available in the future or stored from the past,
[0035] A user of mobile telecommunications device 106 may view this stored information on display 606 and select an item of for viewing, listening, or other uses via input 600, which may take the form of keypad, scroll, or other input device(s) or combinations thereof When digital content is selected, the processor 610 may pass information. The content and PSI/SI may be passed among functions within mobile telecommunications device 104 using bus 604,
[0036] The techniques provided by the embodiments herein may be implemented on an integrated circuit chip (not shown). The chip design is created in a graphical computer programming language, and stored in a computer storage medium (such as a disk, tape, physical hard drive, or virtual hard drive such as in a storage access network). If the designer does not fabricate chips or the photolithographic masks used to fabricate chips, the designer transmits the resulting design by physical means (e.g., by providing a copy of the storage mediimi storing the design) or electronically (e.g., through the Internet) to such entities, directly or indirectly. The stored design is then converted into the appropriate format (e.g., GDSII) for the fabrication of photolithographic masks, which typically include multiple copies of the chip design in question that are to be formed on a wafer. The photolithographic masks are utilized to define areas of the wafer (and/or the layers thereon) to be etched or otherwise processed,
[0037] The resulting mtegrated circuit chips can be distributed by the fabricator in raw wafer form (that is, as a single wafer that has multiple unpackaged chips), as a bare die, or in a packaged form. In the latter case the chip is mounted in a single chip package (such as a plastic carrier, with leads that are affixed to a motherboard or other higher level carrier) or in a multichip package (such as a ceramic carrier that has either or both surface interconnections or buried interconnections). In any case the chip is then integrated with other chips, discrete circuit elements, and/or other signal processmg devices as part of either (a) an intermediate product, such as a motherboard, or (b) an end product. The end product can be any product that includes integrated circuit chips, ranging from toys and other low-end applications to advanced computer products having a display, a keyboard or other input device, and a central processor.

[0038] The embodiments herein can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment including both hardware and software elements. The embodiments that are implemented in software include but are not limited to, firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.
[0039] Furthermore, the embodiments herein can take the form of a computer program product accessible from a computer-usable or computer-readable medium providing program code for use by or in connection with a computer or any instruction execution system. For the purposes of this description, a computer-usable or computer readable medium can be any apparatus that can comprise, store, conmiunicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
[0040] The medium can be an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system (or apparatus or device) or a propagation medium. Examples of a computer-readable medium include a semiconductor or solid state memory, magnetic tape, a removable computer diskette, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a rigid magnetic disk and an optical disk. Current examples of optical disks include compact disk - read only memory (CD-ROM), compact disk - read/write (CD-RAV) and DVD.
[0041] A data processing system suitable for storing and/or executing program code will include at least one processor coupled directly or indirectly to memory elements through a system bus. The memory elements can include local memory employed during actual execution of the program code, bulk storage, and cache memories which provide temporary storage of at least some program code in order to reduce the nimiber of times code must be retrieved from bulk storage during execution,
[0042] Input/output (I/O) devices (including but not limited to keyboards, displays, pointing devices, etc) can be coupled to the system either directly or through intervening I/O controllers. Network adapters may also be coupled to the system to enable the data processing system to become coupled to other data processing systems or remote printers or storage devices through intervening private or public networks. Modems, cable modem and Ethernet cards are just a few of the currently available types of network adapters.
[0043] A representative hardware environment for practicing the embodiments herein is depicted in FIG. 7. This schematic drawing illustrates a hardware configuration of an

information handling/computer system in accordance with the embodiments herein. The system comprises at least one processor or central processing unit (CPU) 10, The CPUs 10 are interconnected via system bus 12 to various devices such as a random access memory (RAM) 14, read-only memory (ROM) 16, and an input/output (I/O) adapter 18. The I/O adapter 18 can connect to peripheral devices, such as disk units 11 and tape drives 13, or other program storage devices that are readable by the system. The system can read the inventive instructions on the program storage devices and follow these instructions to execute the methodology of the embodiments herein. The system further includes a user interface adapter 19 that connects a keyboard 15, mouse 17, speaker 24, microphone 22, and/or other user interface devices such as a touch screen device (not shown) to the bus 12 to gather user input. Additionally, a communication adapter 20 connects the bus 12 to a data processing network 25, and a display adapter 21 connects the bus 12 to a display device 23 which may be embodied as an output device such as a monitor, printer, or transmitter, for example.
[0044] The embodiments herein provide a method of displaying the additional information along with the menu icons in a single screen of the mobile telecommunications device 104, The user can browse the menu icons while viewing the additional information,
[0045] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

CLAIMS
What is claimed is:
1, A method of displaying a menu in a first section of a single screen of a mobile
telecommunications device in conjunction with an additional information in a second section
of said single screen of said mobile telecommunications device, said method comprising:
displaying said menu in said first section of said single screen, said first section to occupy less than half of a displayable area of said single screen; and displaying said additional information in said second section of said single screen, wherein said additional information does not correspond to a selection or a navigation of said menu,
2, The method of claim 1, wherein said additional information is downloaded through at least one of a SMS channel, a MMS channel, a Wi-Fi network, a Bluetooth network, a GPRS, a CDMA data channel, or a 3G network in said mobile telecommunications device,
3, The method of claim 1, wherein said additional information is at least one of an advertising message or an informative message, wherein said informative message is at least one of a yoga information, a health care information, a financial reports information, an examination results information, a cricket score information, a contest results information, an election results information, or a corporate result information.

4, The method of claim 3, wherein said downloaded additional information is determined based on a location of said mobile telecommunications device at a point in time.
5, The method of claim 1, wherein said menu is at least one of a phonebook, a messaging, a call record, a file manager, an organizer, a sync, or an email.
6, The method of claim 1, wherein said mobile teleconmiunications device is at least one of a GSM phone, a UMTS phone, a CDMA phone, a CDMA 2000 phone, a PDC, a TDMA phone, a PDA (Pocket Digital Assistant), a touch sensitive device, a handheld device, or a wireless device.
7, A mobile telecommunications device comprising:
a memory unit to store an additional information;
a display operatively coupled to said memory unit; and
a processor to execute instructions, said processor adapted to:
display a menu in a first section of a single screen, a first section to occupy less than half of a displayable area of a single screen; and display said additional information in a second section of said single screen, wherein said additional information does not correspond to a selection or a navigation of said menu.
8. A mobile telecommunications device comprising:

a database to store an additional information, wherein said additional information is at least one of an advertising message or an informative message; and a display module to display said additional information in conjunction with a menu in a single screen of said mobile telecommunications device, wherein said menu to occupy less than half of a displayable area of said single screen, and said additional information to occupy at least one third a displayable area of said single screen.
9, The mobile telecommunications device of claim 8, further comprising a download
module to download said additional information from at least one of a SMS channel, a MMS
channel, a Wi-Fi network, a Bluetooth network, a GPRS, a CDMA data channel, or a 3G
network.
10, The mobile telecommunications device of claim 9, further comprising:
an access module to access at least one of said additional information or said menu in
said mobile telecommunications device; and
an update module to update said additional information based on a trigger event.