Patent Application
20120268361
The disclosure relates in general to a hand-held electronic device and an operation method applicable thereto.
Social networking services like Facebook®, MySpace®, and Twitter® have grown in popularity in recent years. These services are appealing to users because they allow users to maintain contact and keep up with each other by providing a forum for the exchange of personal information. Social messaging services are also extremely popular in that they provide a convenient and simple means for exchanging real time personal information, including what the user is currently doing or where the user is currently located.
Now, mobile phones are now the central communication device, especially for the young generation. Simultaneously, the desired form of communication among these users is evolving. Social networking services now link people in communication webs, with hundreds of millions of people participating worldwide. However, social networking services are basically for computer-based, but consumers may want to friendly extend these personal networks to mobile phones, their preferred communications tool.
Embodiments of a hand-held electronic device and an operation method applicable thereto are disclosed. If a social networking share hardware button is short pressed, the user may post/share on the user own webpage, a friend webpage, an event webpage or a group/page webpage of the social networking. Further, if the social networking share hardware button is long pressed, the user may post/share his/her current location information on the user own webpage of the social networking.
An example of the disclosure provides an operation method applicable to a hand-held electronic device having a display unit, a communication unit and a social networking share hardware button. The operation method includes: in response to the social networking share hardware button being triggered, posting a user share content on a social networking based on a content displayed on the display unit via the communication unit.
Another example of the disclosure further provides a hand-held electronic device including: a display unit; a communication unit; a social networking share hardware button; and a processing circuit, coupled to the display unit, the social networking share hardware button and the communication unit, in response to the social networking share hardware button being triggered, controlling the hand-held electronic device to post a user share content on a social networking based on a content displayed on the display unit via the communication unit.
Still another example of the disclosure provides a computer-readable medium storing a computer executable program. When the computer executable program is loaded to a hand-held electronic device having a display unit, a communication unit and a social networking share hardware button, the hand-held electronic device executes the following step: in response to the social networking share hardware button being triggered, posting a user share content on a social networking based on a content displayed on the display unit via the communication unit.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosed embodiments, as claimed.
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The display unit 110 is for example a touch panel (for example a resistive/capacitive touch panel), a multi-touch display unit (for example a resistive/capacitive multi-touch display unit), and a non-touch panel etc. The display unit 110 may be formed by an AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic light Emitting diode) panel, a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel for displaying images. The social networking share hardware button 140 is a dedicated hardware button. When the user presses the social networking share hardware button 140, based on different situations, the hand-held electronic device 100 may post the corresponding user share content on the social networking.
The communication unit 120 is for example for providing a communication function, for example, mobile communication function and network linkage function, such as WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) protocol, 3G (third generation) protocol, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), GPRS (General packet radio service) protocol, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) protocol, HSDPA. (High Speed Downlink Packet Access, or called 3.5G) protocol, HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access, or called 3.75G) protocol.
Now explain to share a file on a user personal webpage of the social networking by short pressing the social networking share hardware button when viewing the file. Please refer to
Alternatively, if the user wants to share any file (for example, audio files, video files or document files) which is currently read/watched/listened to by the user and stored in the hand-held electronic device 100, then the user may short press the social networking share hardware button 140. After the social networking share hardware button 140 is short pressed, under control of the processing circuit 130, the hand-held electronic device 100 may post the file(s) that the user wants to share onto the user personal webpage of the social networking. So, by short pressing the social networking share hardware button 140, the user may share any currently reading/watching/listening file stored in the hand-held electronic device 100, on the user personal webpage of the social networking.
Now explain to share a web page onto the user personal webpage of the social networking by short pressing the social networking share hardware button when viewing the web page. Please refer to
Additionally, the web page which the user wants to share/post may include any news page from an internet web, and/or any web page from the internet web, and/or any web pages fed to the hand-held electronic device 100 by any application provided by any internet website (for example but not limited by, a feed application provided by Facebook® which actively feeds web pages to the user hand-held electronic device).
Now explain to share music on the user personal webpage of the social networking by short pressing the social networking share hardware button when listening to the music. Please refer to
Further, if the user wants to share an electronic book, by short pressing the social networking share hardware button 140, the user may be allowed to post a link of a webpage, which briefly describes/introduces the electronic book that the user wants to share, onto the user personal webpage.
Now explain to share a video file on the user personal webpage of the social networking by short pressing the social networking share hardware button when viewing the video file. Please refer to
Now explain to share the user current location information onto the user personal webpage of the social networking by long pressing the social networking share hardware button. Please refer to
Now explain to post onto a friend personal webpage of the social networking by short pressing the social networking share hardware button when viewing friend contact information. Please refer to
Now explain to post onto an event information webpage of the social networking by short pressing the social networking share hardware button when viewing event information. Please refer to
Now explain to post onto a group/page contact information webpage of the social networking by short pressing the social networking share hardware button when viewing a group/page contact information. Please refer to
Now explain to post on the user own personal webpage of the social networking by short pressing the social networking share hardware button at a home screen. Please refer to
At the home screen, if the user presses and holds (i.e. long presses) the social networking share hardware button 140, under control of the application program and the processing circuit 130, the user may be allowed to check in (i.e. share his/her current location information) on the user personal webpage of the social networking. On the other hand, at the home screen, if the user short presses the social networking share hardware button 140, under control of the application program and the processing circuit 130, the user my be allowed to post/share a generic share on the user personal webpage of the social networking.
Further, in one example, after the social networking share hardware button 140 is pressed, if the hand-held electronic device 100 is not linked to the social networking yet, then the hand-held electronic device 100 automatically links to the social networking.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes could be made to the disclosed embodiments described above without departing from the broad inventive concept thereof. It is understood, therefore, that the disclosed embodiments are not limited to the particular examples disclosed, but is intended to cover modifications within the spirit and scope of the disclosed embodiments as defined by the claims that follow.
