US 12,405,707 B2
Apparatus and method for a simplified menu screen in handheld wireless devices
Tara Chand Singhal, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Tara Chand Singhal, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/230,635.
Application 18/230,635 is a continuation of application No. 14/044,697, filed on Oct. 2, 2013, granted, now 11,726,631.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/869,662, filed on Aug. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0409168 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a man-machine interface in handheld mobile computing and communication devices having a display screen, comprising the steps of:
providing a handheld mobile device, having a CPU, a memory, wireless connectivity, an operating system, a display screen, and a menu function stored in the memory and operating in the CPU, wherein providing by the menu function a human-factor driven man-machine interface;
creating and maintaining by the menu function in the memory (i) a frequency of use of icon selections, (ii) identification of live digital content, and (iii) original menu screen icons;
partitioning, by the menu function, the display screen, into multiple display areas, wherein providing in a first display area, the display of selection icons to include those icons ranked highest in frequency of use based on a prior history of use of those icons by a user;
providing in a second display area, display of live real time digital content; and
providing a display of icons for handheld mobile device operation.