US 12,081,692 B2
Watch phone and method for handling an incoming call in the watch phone
Shi-Yun Cho, Seoul (KR); Ji-Hyun Jung, Seongnam-si (KR); Ho-Jin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Young-Min Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Ho-Seong Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Youn-Ho Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,355.
Application 17/980,355 is a continuation of application No. 15/811,570, filed on Nov. 13, 2017, granted, now 11,516,332.
Application 15/811,570 is a continuation of application No. 12/631,298, filed on Dec. 4, 2009, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2008-0122488 (KR), filed on Dec. 4, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046450 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/724 (2021.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01)
CPC H04M 1/724 (2021.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch phone comprising:
a display device including a touch screen panel adapted to function as an input device and a display;
a mode selection key provided on an exterior side of the watch phone;
the mode selection key configured to receive key presses for alternately switching between a watch mode in which time is displayed and an idle mode; and
a controller configured to:
upon receipt of an incoming call, while displaying time on the display in the watch mode in which time is displayed, control the display to display a first area for call connection and a second area for call rejection, the second area being different from the first area, and control to receive touch input on the first area or the second area displayed on the display; and
while the watch phone has been switched to the idle mode in response to pressing of the mode selection key, control the display to display a menu, control performing a function corresponding to a menu item selected by a user manipulation of the touch screen panel in the idle mode, and upon receipt of an incoming call in the idle mode, control the display to display the first area and the second area.