An input/output limitation information storage unit stores input/output limitation information in which limitation processing for limiting operation input to the application and display output from the application is prescribed by associating the limitation processing with the application. A determination unit acquires a vehicle state of a vehicle, and determines the limitation processing to be applied to the operation input to the application and the display output from the application on the basis of the application running on the terminal device, the vehicle state, and the input/output limitation information. The limitation unit performs the limitation processing determined by the determination unit for the operation input detected by the input control unit and transmitted to the communication control unit, and the display output received by the communication control unit and transmitted to the output control unit.

An information processing apparatus includes a non-contact antenna that communicates with a communication counterpart via a non-contact communication and circuitry that generates a location guide image indicating a location of the non-contact antenna in the information processing apparatus and the location guide image including an ellipse placed at a portion of a display screen corresponding to the location of the non-contact antenna.

The application provides a user manual callout method for a smart phone, including the following steps of: setting an application needing to be described; accumulating the usage time or usage count of each application needing to be described according to the set information; and, when the accumulated usage time or accumulated usage count of one application is lower than a set value, pushing description information of the application. The application displays a phone system manual on the left bottom of a lock screen by taking the usage time or usage count as a trigger condition, so as to make a targeted guide description for an application not familiar to or not used in a long period by a user, thereby effectively improving the degree of familiarity of the user with the functions and facilitating the user to use each function of the smart phone better.

An accessory is configured to receive a request. The accessory transmits information associated with the request to a portable device. An automated assistant application executed by the portable device can interpret the request and provide a report. The portable device can transmit the report to the accessory. The report may include one or more results determined by the automated assistant.

A smart terminal information display method and a smart terminal, the smart terminal information display method may include a smart terminal detecting an inputted locking event to lock its screen, responding to the locking event and displaying the information containing a list of specific functions on the screen, and entering the locking screen interface. Embodiments enable a user to easily acquire new function information of the smart terminal and improves the user experience, but also makes a full use of the locking screen background of the smart terminal and expands the functions of the smart terminal, thereby further improving the user experience.

A method is provided for providing mobile device support services. The method may include monitoring a mobile device status. The method may additionally include performing device diagnostics based at least in part on captured device status data to identify potential faults that may affect mobile device functionality. A corresponding system, apparatus, and computer program product are also provided.

The present invention provides a mobile terminal including a display unit configured to output screen information corresponding to a specific function, and receive a touch for controlling the specific function, and a controller configured to determine whether or not an error has been generated from the specific function, on the basis of changes in the screen information and error information included in the screen information during the control of the specific function, wherein the controller controls the display unit to output a guide image for searching for error data associated with the error when it is determined that the error has been generated.

In one embodiment, a method includes initializing a software application operable to switch between a standard mode and a tutorial mode. The software application includes a standard function set, a tutorial function set, and a user interface operable to supply events. The method further includes, in the standard mode, routing the events to the standard function set. In addition, the method includes, in the tutorial mode, diverting the events to the tutorial function set.

A mobile device having capabilities to access connections to cellular and Wi-Fi portions of a hybrid telecommunications network is configured to display a variety of different icons that graphically indicate a current connection status for both data usage and voice calling on a graphical user interface (GUI). A user can put the GUI into an expanded state to show additional information about the connection status including textual descriptions of icons to instruct the user as to the specific meaning of a given icon. The textual descriptions enable an association between the iconography and the connection state to be established for the user. The icons can then quickly and effectively convey connection state to the user in a comprehensive manner while efficiently using the available display space on the device.

Current interactive voice response (IVR) systems only allow customers to interact with a company's database using a telephone keypad or by speech recognition. Such IVR systems require a customer to listen to and remember instructions or options presented by the IVR system. The instructions may be complicated, or there may be many options. An embodiment of the present invention enhances an IVR system by composing visual representations of states of the IVR system to display to the customer and enabling the customer to interact with the IVR via the visual representations. The use of the visual representations enables a user to interact with the IVR in a simplified and more expedient manner in part because a linear set of options is presented in a randomly-accessible list or tree structure format.