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Edited by Darrel W. Conder
Springfield, Mo.: Dil Pickle Press, 2005
116 pages
paperback: $9.98
First published in 1896, Might is Right is a vivid, passionate, and profound critique of Western Christian and liberal morals from a Darwinist point of view. A 1905 advertisement gives a sense of the book's style and impact:
This is a pitiless and appalling book by an author of extraordinary virility and rugged primeval force, whose sense perceptions borders on the supernatural. Ten years ago private typewritten copies of this startling work sold in London and Berlin for $150. Since then the most powerful living minds have absorbed its teachings with satisfaction, but in guarded silence. Unquestionably it is the most pregnant and remarkable publication that has appeared in Christendom for 15 centuries. From its pages [Theodore] Roosevelt's celebrated philosophy of 'Strenuousness,' 'Race Suicide' and 'the Big Stick' has been distilled and—diluted. Prince Bismarck, Paul Kruger and President McKinley read it in manuscript before they died; and it has given nerve and decisiveness to the world-shaking aggressive activity of men like Cecil Rhodes, Von Buelow, Chamberlain, Elihu Root, Kaiser William, Abdul Hamid and Von Phleve. It has also had its effect on General Castro, Admiral Togo, Senator Tillman, Grand Duke Sergius, Lord Kitchener, General Trepoff, and their ablest adversaries. Indeed it has influenced public opinion throughout the whole world by changing the thoughts and opinions of national leaders and editors in the most wonderful way. It positively alters the course of mens lives. It has affected the destinies of nations, races, religions. It has annihilated many popular Ideals hitherto believed sacred and impregnable. Nevertheless it is written as interestingly as any romance. Dr. Russell Wallace and Count Tolstoi criticize it in frank despair: and Bernard Shaw has written a drama (Man & Superman) with Redbeard's thought as his theme: — and its power over the more intelligent followers of Marx, Lasalle, Jaures, Hearst, Bebel, Bernstein, is beyond calculation. In fact this book is a veritable religious and political earthquake, marking the complete collapse of a false and depressing philosophy that has held sway for nearly 2,000 years. The thought in this book is positively startling. It thrills across the empires and republics like the wakening trump of a Warrior Archangel. It out Darwins Darwin; it out Spencers Spencer; and, compared to some of its splendid chapters the writings of Machiavelli are as the babble of a babe. 'Nothing is true' it declares, 'nothing is permanent; all things are open to you; the world is to the Strong; struggle is forever; they may take who have the power; they can keep who CAN.' The author proclaims himself a Messiah of Evolution; — a re-incarnate Odin, whose mission it is to journey from nation to nation, and city to city, teaching and preaching the ancient, true, heroic and masculine Evangel of valor and gold. You cannot buy Might Is Right in more than half a dozen book stores of the world; nevertheless it has been translated into four modern languages; and over 120,000 copies have been sold in this country and in Europe. Orders are received from the most distant nations of the earth. You never saw anything like it before in all your life. It condenses centuries of experience and whole libraries of current futilities and idolatries into half a dozen splendid epigrams, that 'once read can never be forgotten.' This is an unprecedented book — an extraordinary book — and YOU should read it — then read it again, and lend it to your friends.
Editor's Introduction
1. Introductory
2. Iconoclastic
3. The Spinning of the Web
4. Man the Carnivore
5. The Chief End of Manhood
6. Love and Women and War
The Logic of To-day
Ragnar Redbeard is the pen-name of an author whose true identity is much disputed and probably will never be known with certainty. We can be sure only that he is the author of Might is Right.


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Date(s) - 07/02/2013
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield
Artistic Director of Clayton Piano Festival, Jonathan Levin, hosts a public performance of Sergei Prokofiev's timeless classic, Peter and the Wolf. The show will begin with a brief introductory talk about musical characterization and how each personality in the story is represented by different types of music. Every child can identify with Peter, the adventurous and confident young boy who ignores his grandfather's admonition to stay safely near home. In the course of his exploration of the forbidden meadow with his friend the bird, they meet a duck, a cat, and a wolf, all represented by different themes. A slide show with illustrations from the story will run throughout the performance. At the conclusion the floor is opened up for questions.

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U.S. intel: Syrian bioweapons program has moved beyond R&D phase
Special to WorldTribune.com
WASHINGTON — The United States has determined that Syria, despite
civil war, was moving toward biological weapons capability.
The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that the regime of Syrian
President Bashar Assad was advancing in its BW program. In an assessment to
Congress, the Office of the National Intelligence Director asserted that
Damascus might have achieved limited BW production.
"Based on the duration of Syria's longstanding biological warfare
program, we judge that some elements of the program may have advanced beyond the research and development stage and may be capable of limited agent production," the assessment, submitted to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on March 12, said.
The assessment, presented by National Intelligence director James
Clapper appeared to differ from previous documents. For the last decade, the intelligence community did not identify a Syrian BW program that went beyond the research and development stage.
Officials said the Assad regime was working to use missiles and
artillery that could contain both chemical weapons and biological weapons. They said Syria was believed to have been aided by such allies as Iran and North Korea.
"Syria is not known to have successfully weaponized biological agents in
an effective delivery system, but it possesses conventional and chemical
weapon systems that could be modified for biological agent delivery," the
assessment said.
The assessment also provided details on Syria's CW program. Clapper said
Syria accumulated a stockpile of missiles, aerial bombs and perhaps
artillery rockets that could deliver CW agents, including sulfur mustard,
sarin and VX.
"This advanced CW program has the potential to inflict mass casualties,
and we assess that an increasingly beleaguered regime, having found its
escalation of violence through conventional means inadequate, might be
prepared to use CW against the Syrian people," Clapper said.
"In addition,
groups or individuals in Syria could gain access to CW-related materials.
The United States and our allies are monitoring Syria's chemical weapons


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At Bryn Mawr: History of Art, 2011-2012
Students may complete a major or minor in History of Art.
The curriculum in History of Art immerses students in the study of visual culture. Structured by a set of evolving disciplinary concerns, students learn to interpret the visual through methodologies dedicated to the historical, the material, the critical and the theoretical. Majors are encouraged to supplement courses taken in the department with history of art courses offered at Haverford, Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania. Majors are also encouraged to study abroad for a semester.
Professor David J. Cast
Professor Christiane Hertel
Associate Professor Homay King
Professor and Chair Steven Z. Levine
Professor Gridley McKim-Smith
Professor Lisa R. Saltzman
Lecturer Diala Touré
Assistant Professor Alicia W. Walker
Major Requirements
The major requires 11 units, approved by the major adviser. A usual sequence of courses would include at least one 100-level "critical approaches" seminar; four 200-level lecture courses; four 300-level seminars; and junior seminar in the fall semester of the junior year and senior conference in the spring semester of senior year. In the course of their departmental studies, students are strongly encouraged to take courses across media and areas, and in at least three of the following fields of study: Ancient and Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque, Modern and Contemporary, Film and Non-Western.
With the approval of the major adviser, courses in fine arts or with significant curricular investment in visual studies may be counted toward the fulfillment of the distribution requirements, such as courses in ancient art offered by the Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology department or in architecture by the Growth and Structure of Cities department. Similarly, courses in art history taken abroad or at another institution in the United States may be counted. Generally, no more than two such courses may be counted toward the major requirements.
A senior paper, based on independent research and using scholarly methods of historical and/or critical interpretation must be submitted at the end of the spring semester. Generally 25-40 pages in length, the senior paper represents the culmination of the departmental experience .
Minor Requirements
A minor in history of art requires six units: one or two 100-level courses and four or five others selected in consultation with the major adviser.
Requirements for Honors
Seniors whose work is outstanding will be invited to submit an honors thesis instead of the senior paper. Two or three faculty members discuss the completed thesis with the honors candidate in a one-hour oral examination.
HART B100 The Stuff of Art (Cross-listed as CHEM B100)
An introduction to chemistry through fine arts, this course emphasizes the close relationship of the fine arts, especially painting, to the development of chemistry and its practice. The historical role of the material in the arts, in alchemy and in the developing science of chemistry, will be discussed, as well as the synergy between these areas. Relevant principles of chemistry will be illustrated through the handling, synthesis and/or transformations of the material. This course does not count towards chemistry major requirements, and is not suitable for premedical programs. Lecture 90 minutes, laboratory three hours a week. Enrollment limited to 20.
HART B104 Critical Approaches to Visual Representation: The Classical Tradition
An investigation of the historical and philosophical ideas of the classical, with particular attention to the Italian Renaissance and the continuance of its formulations throughout the Westernized world.
HART B107 Critical Approaches to Visual Representation: Self and Other in the Arts of France
A study of artists' self-representations in the context of the philosophy and psychology of their time, with particular attention to issues of political patronage, gender and class, power and desire.
HART B108 Critical Approaches to Visual Representation: Women, Feminism, and History of Art
An investigation of the history of art since the Renaissance organized around the practice of women artists, the representation of women in art and the visual economy of the gaze.
HART B110 Critical Approaches to Visual Representation: Identification in the Cinema
An introduction to the analysis of film through particular attention to the role of the spectator. Counts toward Film Studies concentration.
HART B115 Classical Art (Cross-listed as ARCH B115, CITY B115 and CSTS B115)
An introduction to the visual arts of ancient Greece and Rome from the Bronze Age through Late Imperial times (circa 3000 B.C.E. to 300 C.E.). Major categories of artistic production are examined in historical and social context, including interactions with neighboring areas and cultures; methodological and interpretive issues are highlighted. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B125 Classical Myths in Art and in the Sky (Cross-listed as ARCH B125 and CSTS B125)
This course explores Greek and Roman mythology using an archaeological and art historical approach, focusing on the ways in which the traditional tales of the gods and heroes were depicted, developed and transmitted in the visual arts such as vase painting and architectural sculpture, as well as projected into the natural environment. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B190 The Form of the City: Urban Form from Antiquity to the Present (Cross-listed as CITY-B190 and HART-B190)
J.Cohen, C.Hein
This course studies the city as a three-dimensional artifact. A variety of factors–geography, economic and population structure, politics, planning and aesthetics–are considered as determinants of urban form. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B204 Greek Sculpture (Cross-listed as ARCH B205)
One of the best-preserved categories of evidence for ancient Greek culture is sculpture. The Greeks devoted immense resources to producing sculpture that encompassed many materials and forms and served a variety of important social functions. This course examines sculptural production in Greece and neighboring lands from the Bronze Age through the fourth century B.C.E. with special attention to style, iconography and historical and social context. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B205 Introduction to Film (Cross-listed as ENGL B205)
M. Tratner, H. Nguyen
This course is intended to provide students with the tools of critical film analysis. Through readings of images and sounds, sections of films and entire narratives, students will cultivate the habits of critical viewing and establish a foundation for focused work in film studies. The course introduces formal and technical units of cinematic meaning and categories of genre and history that add up to the experiences and meanings we call cinema. Although much of the course material will focus on the Hollywood style of film, examples will be drawn from the history of cinema. Attendance at weekly screenings is mandatory. Counts toward Film Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B206 Hellenistic and Roman Sculpture (Cross-listed as ARCH B206)
This course surveys the sculpture produced from the fourth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E., the period beginning with the death of Alexander the Great that saw the transformation of the classical world through the rise of Rome and the establishment and expansion of the Roman Empire. Style, iconography and production will be studied in the contexts of the culture of the Hellenistic kingdoms, the Roman appropriation of Greek culture, the role of art in Roman society and the significance of Hellenistic and Roman sculpture in the post-antique classical tradition. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B209 Topics in Chinese Cultural History (Cross-listed as EAST-B210)
This is a topics course. Topics vary. Current course description: The Chinese Visual Imagination.
HART B210 Medieval Art
An overview of artistic production in Europe from antiquity to the 14th century. Special attention will be paid to problems of interpretation and recent developments in art-historical scholarship. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B212 Medieval Architecture (Cross-listed as CITY B212)
This course takes a broad geographic and chronological scope, allowing for full exposure to the rich variety of objects and monuments that fall under the rubric of "medieval" art and architecture. We focus on the Latin and Byzantine Christian traditions, but also consider works of art and architecture from the Islamic and Jewish spheres. Topics include: the role of religion in artistic development and expression; secular traditions of medieval art and culture; the use of objects and monuments to convey political power and social prestige; gender dynamics in medieval visual culture; and the contribution of medieval art and architecture to later artistic traditions.
HART B213 Theory in Practice: Critical Discourses in the Humanities (Cross-listed as PHIL-B253, COML-B213, FREN-B213 and GERM-B213)
R. Dostal
This seminar provides exposure to influential 20th-century French thinkers. It will examine three major currents: Postcolonial Theory, Feminist Theory, Post-Structuralist Theory. The primary goal here is to introduce students to exciting and difficult critical thought that will prove useful to their future studies and will begin to develop necessary critical skills. While the materials covered are primarily grounded in French intellectual history, the course will also spend time situating these intellectual currents in broader transnational and transdisciplinary contexts. This is a required course for the French major. Course taught in English and serving the humanities.
HART B215 Russian Avant-Garde Art, Literature and Film (Cross-listed as RUSS-B215)
T. Harte
This course focuses on Russian avant-garde painting, literature and cinema at the start of the 20th century. Moving from Imperial Russian art to Stalinist aesthetics, we explore the rise of non-objective painting (Malevich, Kandinsky, etc.), ground-breaking literature (Bely, Mayakovsky) and revolutionary cinema (Vertov, Eisenstein). No knowledge of Russian required. Counts toward Film Studies concentration.
HART B227 Topics in Modern Planning (Cross-listed as CITY B227, FREN B227 and GERM B227)
This course examines topics in planning as defined by specific areas (modern European metropoles) or themes (the impact of oil). It is a writing intensive course. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B229 Comparative Urbanism (Cross-listed as CITY B229, ANTH B229, EAST B229)
This is a topics course. Topics vary. Enrollment limited to 20 with preference to Cities majors. Current topic description: Conquest, subordination, hybridities, resistance and post-colonial reconfigurations have shaped cities and citizens worldwide for millennia. Beginning from the work of Fanon, we explore political economics, architecture, planning, culture and social struggle via British rule (Hong Kong, Belfast), French domination (Paris, North Africa) and dialectics of the U.S.-Mexico border. The class entails systematic comparison through research, discussion and writing. Cross-listed as CITY-B229, ANTH-B229 and EAST-B229. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B230 Renaissance Art
A survey of painting in Florence and Rome in the 15th and 16th centuries (Giotto, Masaccio, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael) with particular attention to contemporary intellectual, social and religious developments. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B234 Picturing Women in Classical Antiquity (Cross-listed as ARCH B234 and CSTS B234)
We investigate representations of women in different media in ancient Greece and Rome, examining the cultural stereotypes of women and the gender roles that they reinforce. We also study the daily life of women in the ancient world, the objects that they were associated with in life and death and their occupations. Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B238 The History of Cinema 1895 to 1945 Silent Film: From United States to Soviet Russia and Beyond (Cross-listed as ENGL B238, COML B238 and RUSS B238)
This course will explore cinema from its earliest, most primitive beginnings up to the end of the silent era. While the course will focus on a variety of historical and theoretical aspects of cinema, the primary aim is to look at films analytically. Emphasis will be on the various artistic methods that went into the direction and production of a variety of celebrated silent films from around the world. These films will be considered in many contexts: artistic, historical, social and even philosophical, so that students can develop a deeper understanding of silent cinema's rapid evolution. Counts toward Film Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B241 New Visual Worlds in the Spanish Empire 1492 - 1820
The events of 1492 changed the world. Visual works made at the time of the Conquest of the Caribbean, Mexico and South America by Spain and Portugal reveal multiple and often conflicting political, racial and ethnic agendas.
HART B242 Material Identities in Latin America 1820-2010
G.McKim Smith
Revolutions in Latin America begin around 1810. By the 20th and 21st centuries, there is an international viewership for the works of Latin American artists, and in the 21st century the production of Latina and Latino artists living in the United States becomes particularly important.
HART B250 Nineteenth-Century Art in France
Close attention is selectively given to the work of Cézanne, Courbet, David, Degas, Delacroix, Géricault, Ingres, Manet and Monet. Extensive readings in art criticism are required. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B253 Survey of Western Architecture (Cross-listed as CITY B253 and HIST B253)
The major traditions in Western architecture are illustrated through detailed analysis of selected examples from classical antiquity to the present.
HART B254 History of Modern Architecture (Cross-listed as CITY B254)
A survey of the development of modern architecture since the 18th century. The course concentrates on the period since 1890, especially in Europe and North America.
HART B260 Modern Art
This course will involve an inquiry into the history of 20th-century visual culture, European and American, through an exploration of art practice, art history, art criticism and art theory. Against the dominant and paradigmatic theorization of modernism, the course will introduce and mobilize materials aimed at its critique. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B266 Contemporary Art: 1945 to the Global Present
America, Europe and beyond, from the 1950s to the present, in visual media and visual theory.
HART B272 Topics in Early and Medieval China (Cross-listed as EAST B272 and CITY B273)
This is a topics course. Course content varies. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B280 Video Practices: Analog to Digital (Cross-listed as ENGL-B280)
H. Nguyen
This course explores the history and theory of video art from the late 1960's to the present. The units include: aesthetics, activism, access, performance and institutional critique. We will reflect on early video's "utopian moment" and its manifestation in the current new media revolution. Feminist, people of color and queer productions will constitute the majority of our corpus. Prerequisite: ENGL/HART B205 Intro to Film or consent of the instructor. Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration. Counts toward Film Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B282 Arts of Sub-Saharan Africa
This course examines the significant artistic and architectural traditions of African cultures south of the Sahara in their religious, philosophical, political and social aspects.
HART B299 History of Narrative Cinema, 1945 to Present (Cross-listed as ENGL B299)
This course surveys the history of narrative film from 1945 through the contemporary moment. We will analyze a series of styles and national cinemas in chronological order, including Italian Neorealism, the French New Wave and other post-war movements and genres. Viewings of canonical films will be supplemented by more recent examples of global cinema. While historical in approach, this course emphasizes the theory and criticism of the sound film, and we will consider various methodological approaches to the aesthetic, socio-political and psychological dimensions of cinema. Fulfills the history requirement or the introductory course requirement for the Film Studies minor.
HART B305 Classical Bodies (Cross-listed as ARCH B303)
An examination of the conceptions of the human body evidenced in Greek and Roman art and literature, with emphasis on issues that have persisted in the Western tradition. Topics include the fashioning of concepts of male and female standards of beauty and their implications; conventions of visual representation; the nude; clothing and its symbolism; the athletic ideal; physiognomy; medical theory and practice; the visible expression of character and emotions; and the formulation of the "classical ideal" in antiquity and later times. Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B306 Film Theory (Cross-listed as ENGL B306 and COML B306)
An introduction to major developments in film theory and criticism. Topics covered include: the specificity of film form; cinematic realism; the cinematic "author;" the politics and ideology of cinema; the relation between cinema and language; spectatorship, identification and subjectivity; archival and historical problems in film studies; the relation between film studies and other disciplines of aesthetic and social criticism. Each week of the syllabus pairs critical writing(s) on a central principle of film analysis with a cinematic example. Class will be divided between discussion of critical texts and attempts to apply them to a primary cinematic text. Counts toward Film Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B311 Topics in Medieval Art (Cross-listed as CITY B312)
This is a topics course. Course content varies. Current topic description: Through case studies of specific cultural groups and their architectural traditions, this seminar traces the development of Islamic sacred space during the seventh to the 20th centuries, from North America to India. Readings address both the historical contexts in which buildings were produced as well as the rituals and beliefs that gave them meaning. Critical texts from architectural theory provide students with a foundation in the methods and concepts that have shaped scholarly discourse on sacred space in the modern era.
HART B323 Topics in Renaissance Art (Cross-listed as CITY B323)
Selected subjects in Italian art from painting, sculpture and architecture between the years 1400 and 1600.
HART B331 Palladio and Neo-Palladianism (Cross-listed as CITY B331)
A seminar on the diffusion of Palladian architecture from the 16th century to the present. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B334 Topics in Film Studies (Cross-listed as ENGL B334)
This is a topics course. Content varies. Current topic description: Picturing the Invisible. In what ways do film, photography and digital media shape the space of public appearance? To what extent are political, social and cultural recognition predicated on the capacity to appear in photographs, on film, on television, on the internet, and in classrooms and museums? We will explore topics such as 1) how invisible and marginal subjects are to be pictured; 2) how existing repertoires of images affect who and what can appear; and 3) how the censorship, circulation and exhibition of images factor into public visibility. Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration. Counts toward Film Studies concentration.
HART B336 Topics in Film (Cross-listed as ENGL B336)
This course examines experimental film and video from the 1930s to present. It will concentrate on the use of found footage: the reworking of existing imagery in order to generate new aesthetic frameworks and cultural meanings. Key issues to be explored include copyright, piracy, archive, activism, affect, aesthetics, interactivity and fandom. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B340 Topics in Baroque Art (Cross-listed as COML B340)
This is a topics course. Course content varies. Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12
HART B348 Advanced Topics in German Cultural Studies (Cross-listed as GERM B321, CITY B319 and COML B321)
C.Hertel, I.Meyer
This is a topics course. Course content varies. Topic for 2011-12 is The Transnational Cosmopolitanism of Swiss Literature. Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B350 Topics in Modern Art
This is a topics course. Topics vary. Current topic description: Portraiture and Self-Portraiture, from 16th-century courts to the internet today.
HART B354 Topics in Art Criticism (Cross-listed as COML-B354 and HEBR-B354)
Individual topics in art-historical methodology, such as art and psychoanalysis, feminism, post-structuralism or semiotics are treated. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B355 Topics in the History of London (Cross-listed as CITY B355 or HIST B355)
Selected topics of social, literary and architectural concern in the history of London, emphasizing London since the 18th century. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B358 Topics in Classical Art and Archaeology (Cross-listed as ARCH B359 and CSTS B359)
A research-oriented course taught in seminar format, treating issues of current interest in Greek and Roman art and archaeology. Prerequisites: 200-level coursework in some aspect of classical or related cultures, archeology or art history. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B362 The African Art Collection
D. Touré
This seminar will introduce students to the African art holdings that are part of the Art and Archaeology Collections.
HART B367 Asian American Film, Video and New Media (Cross-listed as ENGL B367)
The course explores the role of pleasure in the production, reception and performance of Asian American identities in film, video and the internet, taking as its focus the sexual representation of Asian Americans in works produced by Asian American artists from 1915 to present. In several units of the course, we will study graphic sexual representations, including pornographic images and sex acts some may find objectionable. Students should be prepared to engage analytically with all class material. To maintain an atmosphere of mutual respect and solidarity among the participants in the class, no auditors will be allowed. Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration. Counts toward Film Studies concentration. Not offered in 2011-12.
HART B377 Topics in Modern Architecture (Cross-listed as CITY B377)
This is a topics course on modern architecture. Topics vary. Current topic description: This course uses the global architecture of oil–its extraction, administration and resale–to examine the impact of international economic networks on architecture and urban form since the mid-19th century.
HART B380 Topics in Contemporary Art (Cross-listed as GERM B380 and HEBR B380)
This is a topics course. Course content varies. Current topic description: Even as "performance art" came to stand as a dynamic site of aesthetic experimentation and critical inquiry, it was only the most explicit instance of the ethical and political claims to "representation" at work and at play across a history of 20th century visual practice. Portraiture and photography, video and film became sites and situations of expressions and subversions of categorical identities. It will be the challenge of the seminar to immerse students in the project of re-thinking the aesthetic and ethical implications of the bodies that structure visual modernity and its inheritance.
HART B397 Junior Seminar
C.Hertel, S.Levine
Designed to introduce majors to the canonical texts in the field of art history and to formalize their understanding of art history as a discipline. Required of and limited to History of Art majors.
HART B399 Senior Conference
D.Cast, A.Walker, L.Saltzman
A seminar for the discussion of senior research papers and such theoretical and historical concerns as may be appropriate to them. Interim oral reports. Required of all majors; culminates in the senior paper.
HART B403 Supervised Work
Advanced students may do independent research under the supervision of a faculty member whose special competence coincides with the area of the proposed research. Consent of the supervising faculty member and of the major adviser is required.
HART B425 Praxis III
Students are encouraged to develop internship projects in the college's collections and other art institutions in the region.
HART B610 Topics in Medieval Art
This is a topics course. Course content varies. Current course description: Constantinople, Queen of Cities. Admission by permission of instructor.
HART B645 Problems in Representation-Realism
This seminar examines, as philosophy and history, the idea of realism, as seen in the visual arts since the Renaissance and beyond to the 19th and 20th centuries. Admission by permission of instructor.
HART B650 Topics in Modern Art
S. Levine
Topics include semiotics, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, deconstruction, feminism, Marxism. Current topic description: Manet, Monet and Modernism. Admission by permission of instructor.
HART B680 Topics in 20th C. Art
L. Saltzman
This is a topics course. Course content varies. Current topic description: Photography and its Afterlife. This seminar will engage the history and theory of photography, as well as its "afterlife" in contemporary art and other forms of visual culture.


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Kansas City Chiefs wanted to sign new British NFL star Tom Wort
Posted: May 02, 2013|
The uncle of Crawley-born NFL newcomer Tom Wort has revealed that the Kansas City Chiefs also wanted to sign the British prodigy.
The 22-year-old was snapped up by the Tennessee Titans as a free agent on Sunday (April 28) after being overlooked in this weekend's NFL Draft.
Tom, a former pupil at Ifield's St Margaret's CofE Primary and Ifield Community College, left for America aged 14 when his dad Brian moved out there for work.
His uncle John Wort, 50, says Tom and his family are over the moon that will be playing at American football's highest level, having been playing college football for the Oklahoma Sooners since 2009.
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And he revealed that Tom chose to sign for the Titans after a last-minute tussle for his services with the Kansas City Chiefs.
John added: "Tom's ideal move would have been to the Oakland Raiders or the New England Patriots, which is where he used to live.
"But it's a funny old game and you have to sort of take what you get."
Although Tom is stepping up a level, John says he is unlikely to be fazed by the pressure.
John, of Green Lane, Northgate, added: "College football is absolutely massive in the States. At Oklahoma he was playing in front of an average crowd of 84,000 people.
"He's also had lots of exposure from the media. One of his biggest fans was four-time Superbowl winner Matt Millen, who commentates for ESPN."


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I have a nokia phone and it has a usb cable that allows me to plug it into a computer, on nokia's website they only have software available for windows, but I know there is other software for cell phones too, but i havent been able to find any for the mac, is there any, and where can I find it?
The latest iSync update added support for most of Nokia's current crop of phones...
Make sure you have that (you have it if you are using OS X 10.4.6).
Then open iSync, add device and it should hopefully recognise and sync your phone.
Well, it's not necessarily the easiest program to use right away (though once you learn it, it does get better) and I can't say for sure that your Nokia phone will work with it. But BitPim might be what you are looking for. It's still being developed, but it worked fine for me... (Note: Nokia is not on the list of phones on their site, but some still will work under the "filesystem" tab...)
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Disclosed is an integrated handheld computer and telephony system. Integration of the handheld computer and telephony system is at the physical and operational level. For example, the integrated handheld computer and telephony system physically integrates a handheld computer with a mobile (e.g., cellular) telephone. In addition, the handheld computer is distinct from telephony system in that they are logically separable. However, they are also operationally integrated, for example, the telephony system executes a telephone application on the processor of the handheld computer. Likewise, the handheld computer can execute applications, for example, a phone book, that can be used to launch the telephony application.
1. A method for selecting a desired subset from a list of names in a computer system, each of said names comprising a first name and a last name, said method comprising:
accepting a first desired letter input;
selecting a first subset from said list of names comprising names having a first name beginning with said first desired letter or a last name beginning with said first desired letter;
accepting a second desired letter input; and
selecting a second subset from said list of names that have
a first name beginning with said first desired letter and said second desired letter, or
a last name beginning with said first desired letter and said second desired letter, or
a first name beginning with said first desired letter and a last name beginning with said second desired letter.
This patent application is a continuation-in-part of, and claims a benefit and priority to, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/977,871, filed Oct. 14, 2001, titled "Method and Apparatus for Accessing a Contacts Database and Telephone Services", which is a continuation-in-part of and claims a benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/668,123, filed Sep. 21, 2000, titled "Method and Apparatus for Organizing Addressing Elements", now U.S. Pat. No. 6,781,575, and a continuation-in-part of and claims a benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/374,095, filed Aug. 12, 1999, titled "Mobile Computer System Designed for Wireless Communication Expansion", now U.S. Pat. No. 6,516,202, the relevant contents of each of these applications herein being incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of mobile computer systems, and more particularly, to handheld computer system that includes a configuration for a wireless data and voice communications.
2. Description of the Related Art
Handheld information organization and communications devices are becoming increasingly popular for both business users and more general users. For example, handheld systems such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) offered by Palm, Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) or Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto, Calif.) have found widespread acceptance amongst people for the purpose of organizing their calendars and storing personal contact information. Typically, these PDAs contain Personal Information Management (PIM) applications such as an address book, a calendar application, a memo application, and a to-do list application. The popularity of these devices is due in part to their small form factor and operational readiness (no "boot" time required). Thus, PDAs allow convenient and instant access to a large amount of personal information.
Over time, research has indicated that having a simple intuitive method of quickly accessing the personal information data is a feature of importance for many users of a PDA. Operating systems designed around this principle, for example, the Palm Operating System (PalmOS) from Palm Source, Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), have captured a large proportion of the PDA market. An advantage of such operating systems is the flexibility with which a user can select and manipulate data in a number of different ways. For example, a user may use up/down scroll buttons, can select an item displayed on a touch screen, and/or scroll through different category lists by repeatedly pressing an application button. In some contexts, such as an address book application, this allows a user to store and access a list of acquaintances and contact details relatively quickly and efficiently. Nevertheless, there continues to be a need for a new, useful interface that allow a user to select and arrange items in such lists quickly and in a simple manner.
In addition to a PDA, many users also consider a cellular telephone to be an essential tool. Hence, many users have both a PDA and a cellular telephone. The PDA provides functionality such as use as PIM organization. As an example of how a user uses both devices, if a user has a call scheduled with a contact, the time of that call may be noted in a calendar of the PIM. When the user is ready to initiate the call, the user references the contact's telephone number in the address book of the PIM and thereafter dials that contact on the cellular telephone. The need to consult and interact with two separate devices is inconvenient as both time-consuming and cumbersome.
One attempt to address these shortcomings was the pdQ Smartphone from QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, Calif.), which is illustrated in
Although the pdQ Smartphone combines some of the functionality of an organizer and a cellular telephone, it includes number of drawbacks. One drawback is it requires a separate dialing keypad for telephone functions and a separate input area for the PDA. This increase device form factor and increases device manufacturing costs associated with the separate dialing keypad. Another drawback is the pdQ Smartphone lacks external control functions not directly related to operation of the phone or the PDA portion, but applicable to both. For example, there is no mechanism to control speaker functions when the phone is not operational.
Yet another drawback is many users have two or more voicemail accounts, e.g., cellular phone, work, and home, which limits operational effectiveness of devices such as the pdQ Smartphone because it provides options for use with only a single voicemail account. Still another drawback is the pdQ Smartphone allowed access to networks, e.g., the Internet, but only through a dialing option. Devices thereafter have allowed for access to networks such as the Internet through general packet radio service (GPRS) or a wireless network connection, e.g., IEEE 802.11, but requires software to control radio operation functions such as ON and OFF. This can be inconvenient because it requires the user to navigate through user interface menus or buttons, which may not be intuitive and could be relatively time consuming.
Therefore, there is a need for an improved apparatus and method for combining the functionality of a handheld computing device and a telephone.
The disclosed embodiments also include a handheld computing system, e.g., an organizer, that integrates mobile (e.g., cellular) telephony functionality. The handheld computing system is configured to function with the telephony features.
One disclosed embodiment includes a corresponding user interface for an integrated handheld computer computing and telephone system. By way of example, a telephone system user interface is configured to provide a familiar user interface to the user. In one embodiment, a user is presented with an option of a predetermined number, e.g., four, available user interface views and yet another user interface view, e.g., a fifth view, that is available when there is an active telephone call. These views are displayed on a digitizer pad, or example, a "touch" sensitive display (e.g., pressure-sensitive (resistive), electrically-sensitive (capacitance), acoustically-sensitive (SAW—surface acoustic wave) or photo-sensitive (infra-red)) and can be interacted with through the display itself
An embodiment of a first user interface view includes a dial pad view that is similar to a common touch tone dial pad. However, the dial pad view has added functionality and may automatically switch to other views as needed. A second available user interface view includes a speed dial view. The speed dial view allows users to easily create their own customized speed dial buttons that are easy to navigate between and can be edited at any time. The system may automatically switch from the speed dial view in certain circumstances.
A third user interface view includes a call history view. The call history view displays a list of previous incoming, outgoing, or missed calls and may be filtered as desired. As with the previous two views, the system may automatically switch from the call history view to another user interface view as necessary. A fourth user interface view includes a contacts view. The contacts view provides a filtering mechanism that allows the user to search quickly and intuitively through a large personal contacts database. A fifth user interface view includes the active call view. The active call view displays a set of command buttons for accessing advanced telephone features during a telephone call such as hold, three-way calling, DTMF touch tones, hang-up, speakerphone, etc.
The disclosed embodiments provide a fully functional input mechanism that appropriately corresponds to applications operating in a handheld computing configuration or a telephony configuration. This provides users with a familiar, easy to use interactive input mechanism without comprising functionality of the familiar input mechanism. Moreover, the automated switch over between user interfaces depending on whether the application is handheld computer (e.g., data) related or telephony related further increases ease of use and operation. In addition, other disclosed features and embodiments further allow for operational efficiency and ease of use of the integrated handheld computer and telephony system. For example, multiple voicemail management, radio transmission management for data communication, and interface management.
The features and advantages described in the specification are not all inclusive and, in particular, many additional features and advantages will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art in view of the drawings, specification, and claims. Moreover, it should be noted that the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter
The disclosed embodiments have other advantages and features which will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description and the appended claims, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
In the following description, for purposes of explanation, specific nomenclature is set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that these specific details are not required in order to practice the present invention. For example, the present invention has been described with reference to handheld computer and mobile ("cellular") telephone systems. However, the same techniques can easily be applied to other types of telephony devices such as non-mobile telephone systems.
Handheld Computer and Wireless Communication Devices
FIGS. (FIGS.) 2A and 2B illustrate one embodiment of a handheld computer system 100. As illustrated in FIG. (FIG) 2A, the front of the handheld computer system includes a display area 120 and several physical buttons 130. The display area 120 includes a visual display device, such as a liquid crystal display for presenting information to the user. A user may manipulate the physical buttons 130 to input information into the handheld computer system 100 and make selections of information presented on the display area 120. In a preferred embodiment, the display area 120 may also be covered with a digitizer pad that can be utilized by the user to enter information to the computer system using, e.g., a stylus (not shown) or a finger.
In operation of the preferred embodiment, the display area 120 displays information to the user of the handheld computer system 100. The user is then able to employ, e.g., a stylus, a finger, or inductive pen, to manipulate and interact with the displayed information by touching the digitizer pad overlaid on top of the display device. In one mode of operation, a stylus can be used in the manner of a writing pen to enter characters and figures by drawing the stylus across the digitizer pad.
In one embodiment, the user is instructed to enter text into a specific area 125 of the digitizer pad. The stylus and digitizer may function like a computer mouse to operate and manipulate interactive elements on the display. For example, the computer system may present a virtual button in a location on the display that can be activated to perform an associated function by the user tapping the stylus or a finger on the digitizer pad at the virtual button location. The stylus can also be used to perform "drag and drop" operations in the fashion known in the use of a computer mouse.
The handheld computer system 100 also includes an expansion connector slot 110, seen in a rear view of
The cellular telephone transceiver 150 includes circuitry for enabling communications with a cellular telecommunications network and processing circuitry that, together with onboard software or firmware, allows the cellular telephone transceiver 150 to interact with the handheld computer system 100. Various aspects of a handheld computer system and interconnected cellular radio telephone are described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,516,202) and entitled "A Mobile Computer System Designed for Wireless Communication Expansion", which is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.
It will be appreciated that the handheld computer system 100 and functions of the cellular telephone transceiver 150 operate principally under the control of computer software. The handheld computer system 100 includes a microprocessor and built-in software that provides application programs for the user. The cellular telephone transceiver 150 may also include a microprocessor, together with software code and data specifically required for the telephone functions.
In a preferred embodiment, a computer software phone application that provides the user interface functions for the cellular telephone transceiver peripheral 150 executes on the handheld computer system microprocessor. However, the software code may be permanently stored in either the handheld computer or the cellular telephone transceiver peripheral 150. Similarly, data used by the phone application can be stored in either device, although it is preferred that acquaintance contact data and the like be stored in the handheld computer system so that it may be accessible by the user even when the cellular telephone transceiver peripheral 150 is coupled to the handheld computer system 100.
Integrated Handheld Computer and Wireless Communication Devices
To reduce the number of devices that a user needs to carry around, an integrated handheld computer systems and cellular (or mobile) telephones is introduced.
The keyboard of
In an alternate integrated handheld computer and cellular telephone embodiment (not shown), the alternate integrated handheld computer and cellular telephone system lacks the keyboard 330 of
Referring ahead to
The organizer component 500 further includes a writing area 510, on which a user may enter information. For one embodiment, the user may also enter information by writing directly on screen 505. The handheld computer system 500 further includes keys 515 for controlling the display of the handheld computer system 500. In one embodiment, the keys 515 may be set to bring up various applications. In one embodiment, the keys 515 may be user programmable.
The organizer component 500 also includes a serial connection to couple the organizer to a host computer system. In one embodiment, the serial connection may be used to synchronize the organizer with the computer system. In one embodiment, the serial connection is a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection. In another embodiment, the serial connection is an RS-232 connection. Alternative types of connections also may be used.
The organizer 500 further includes a void 520 in the back area of the organizer 500. The void 520 is designed to receive an extra element. For one embodiment, the extra element may be a simple place holder. In another embodiment, the extra element may be something else. The void 520 includes a connection portion 525. The connection portion 525 leads signals and other connections from the organizer component to the void 520.
In one embodiment, at least some of the connections may be connected from the processor on the organizer component. In one embodiment, at least one connection may be directly coupled from the serial connection of the organizer component, used for synchronizing the organizer with a computer system. For one embodiment, the connection portion 525 is designed to mate with the extra element placed in the void 520. In one embodiment, the organizer 500 further includes a microphone 530. The input of the microphone 530, for one embodiment, is coupled directly to the connection portion 525, such that any sound picked up by the microphone is transmitted to the extra element that is connected to the connection element 525 of the organizer 500.
In one embodiment, a cellular element 550 is the extra element that may be coupled into the void 520. The cellular element 550 includes a control button 555, for one embodiment, a power button. In one embodiment, the control button 555 may have multiple functionalities, or there may be multiple control buttons 555.
In one embodiment, the cellular element includes a voice connection button 556 and a data connection button 557. The voice connection button 556 is used to initiate a voice connection, to receive or place a voice telephone call. For one embodiment, when the user pushes the voice connection button 556 a dialing screen is displayed, permitting the user to select a telephone number for a voice connection. The data connection button 557 is used to initiate a data connection, for access to the World Wide Web, e-mail, fax, or other data transfer. When the user pushes the data connection button, a data screen is displayed, permitting the user to connect to e-mail, the Web, a fax interface, or other data interface.
The cellular element 550 further may include a status indicator 560. The status indicator 560 may be a light, a display panel, or other indicator of status. In one embodiment, the status indicator 560 may include multiple lights or other indicators. For one embodiment, if the status indicator 560 is a single light that can display multiple colors such that different colors indicate different statuses.
The cellular element 550 may further include an antenna 570 and a speaker 565. The cellular element 550 includes a connector 585. A lower portion 580 of the cellular element 550 is sized such that it fits into the void 520 of the organizer 500. When the lower portion 580 is inserted into the void 520, the connector 585 is coupled to the connection portion 525, thereby completing a circuit. Signals are thus routed between the cellular element 50 and the organizer 500. The cellular element 550, for one embodiment, does not include a microphone. Rather, when the cellular element 550 is mated to the organizer 500, the microphone 530 in the organizer 500 is used by the cellular element 550.
The phone specific hardware 440 is the hardware in the cellular element that is used to control specific telephone functionalities. The phone specific hardware 440 may include: a radio frequency (RF)/antenna 445, an IF logic 450, a power connection 470, a coder/decoder/speaker unit 465, a microcontroller 460, and other functions 455. For one embodiment, the microcontroller 460 includes a digital signal processor (DSP). The microcontroller 460 interfaces with the organizer, via the organizer extension slot 410 and the UART 430. The microcontroller 460 also controls the functions of the other elements of the cellular element. The microcontroller 460 sends an interrupt signal 485 to the organizer when a telephone call is received. For one embodiment, the "telephone call" can include voice, data, or fax connections.
For one embodiment, the microcontroller 460 also monitors the battery level signal 490. If the battery level signal 490 indicates that the organizer does not have a battery in or if the battery level is below a threshold, the microcontroller 460 does not send the interrupt signal 485. Generally, when a call is received, the organizer is asked to respond. Using the battery level signal 490, the organizer is not asked to respond when the battery level is below the threshold. This prevents the stand-by power from being exhausted, possibly leading to memory loss.
The codec/speaker 465 receives a microphone signal 495 from the organizer expansion slot 410. For one embodiment, the microphone signal 495 is connected directly through the organizer from a microphone 415 in the organizer. The organizer itself does not touch the microphone signal 495, but merely passes it to the codec/speaker 465. The speaker itself is in the cellular element. In this way, the microphone 415 in the organizer is integrated into the codec/speaker 465 in the cellular element.
The power 470 is a battery or other device configured to maintain power to the microcontroller 460 and the other elements of the cellular element. The power 470, for one embodiment, receives a power connection 498 from the organizer. The power connection 498 may provide auxiliary power, operational power, or charging power to the cellular element. For one embodiment, the power connection 498 is connected through the organizer expansion slot 410, to an organizer cradle slot. One of the interconnections between the organizer and the cradle is a power connection. This power connection is routed through the organizer, without being used within the organizer, to couple the power signal 498 to the power element 470, when the cellular element is coupled to the organizer. The power connection is used to charge the battery in the cellular element. For one embodiment, the power element 470 may further include a backup power source, such as a battery or capacitor, to maintain memory or otherwise maintain necessary data within the phone-specific hardware 440, if the cellular element has not been charged in some period.
The software that executes on the handheld computer system includes a phone application 620. The phone app 620 controls the user interface, database, and system level operations of the cellular element. The software may further be configured to include an address book 625. In one embodiment, the address book changes format when the cellular element couples with the organizer. For example, the address book displays a single-key dialing ability when the cellular element couples the handheld computer portion (physically, if a separate component, or logically, if an integrated component).
Other applications 630, such as conference calling, e-mail, web browser, etc. may be part of the software that runs on the handheld computer system. Any application that is altered by the connection of the cellular element with the handheld computer would be included in this list. The software that executes on the cellular element 650 interfaces with the software that executes on the handheld computer using an application programming interface (API) 640. For one embodiment, the API 640 runs over serial communications, over the bi-directional communications medium.
For one embodiment, the software that executes on the cellular element 650 runs on the microcontroller in the cellular element. For one embodiment, the software that executes on the cellular component 650 includes the phone operating system (OS) 660, cellular telephony protocol stack 670, and hardware control and interface 680. The cellular telephony functions include the cellular protocol stack, frequency/code selection, control of data services, etc. In one embodiment, functions directly related to making a connection to the network are handled in the software that executes on the cellular component 650. Functions for database management, storing and retrieving information about the connection, etc. are executed on the handheld computer.
The phone pad 720 includes software generated numbers to dial. The dial status screen shows the status of current calls. The dial log screen 725 includes a log of past dialed and/or received telephone calls. The dial log screen 725 permits access to the call details screen 760. The dial status screen 750 displays information about an ongoing call or calls. In one embodiment, the dial status screen 750 is automatically displayed on the viewer screen whenever a voice call(s) is established.
The base screen is the speed dialing screen 810. Programmed speed dialing screen 810 includes identifiers for each of the individuals programmed into the speed dialer. The identifiers are designated by the user, and may be nicknames, or other identifiers. In one embodiment, the top left hand slot is a voicemail slot. On the bottom left of the speed dialing screen 810 are indicated the other base screens, the dial pad screen 815, and the call history screen (not shown). An option to edit the speed dial listings is also provided. At the top of the speed dialing screen 810, and every other base screen for one embodiment, are indicators. Examples of indicator include a time indicator, a message indicator, a signal strength indicator, and a battery strength indicator. In one embodiment, there are two message indicators, indicating either a voicemail message or a text/e-mail message. In one embodiment, the message indicator may further include service provider information as well.
From the speed dialing screen 810, if a user presses a speed dial button, the screen changes to the dialing screen 820. The dialing screen 820 indicates the status of the call, as well as the identity of the person called. In one embodiment, there is a hang-up option. When the call is connected, the call active screen 830 is displayed, showing the connection time, and providing the options of hanging up, placing the call on hold, placing a second call, or engaging the key pad (to dial additional numbers, such as for a credit card call, voicemail call, dialing an extension, etc.).
If the user selects "second call", the speed dialing screen 850 appears, although the user may optionally switch to another screen. The first call is automatically placed on hold. The second call is then dialed. The-two-call dial status screen 855 indicates the status of both calls. In one embodiment, only one call can be active at any time. In another embodiment, multiple calls may be simultaneously active, and in such a case, the calls may be conferenced together.
An alternative base screen is the dialing pad 815. The dialing pad 815 displays the software generated dialing keys. When the user starts dialing, the dialing screen 825 is displayed, and the numbers dialed replace the status indicators at the top of the screen. It is noted that the screen illustrated are sample screens only. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the location, contents, or display format of any of data presented on the screen can be altered or made optional without departing from the spirit of the disclosed embodiments.
The user may choose to answer the call, by pushing the answer button, or ignore the call. In one embodiment, the answer button may be a software generated button. In one embodiment, the user may also accept or ignore the call by pushing a built-in button on the cellular element. If the user ignores the call, and voicemail is enabled on the system, the call is automatically transferred to voicemail. In one embodiment, if the user ignores the call, the call may be transferred to a user designated destination. A missed call screen 883 is displayed, showing the identity, telephone number, time and date of call. The user may acknowledge the missed call, or may automatically return the call, if caller identification is enabled. In one embodiment, if the caller left a message on voicemail, a third option is displayed, permitting the user to listen to the voicemail left by the caller, shown on voicemail screen 886.
If the user answers the call, the active call screen 873 is shown. From here, the user can place the caller on hold, hang up, dial a second call, or receive a second call. When a second call is received, the first call is placed on hold, in one embodiment. In this way, the maximum amount of information is displayed to the user, regarding the status of various calls and systems.
The user can further save information from the call history. If the user selects the "save" button, a save screen 896 is displayed. This save screen 896 permits the user to automatically add data from the history entry to his or her speed dial list and/or address book. In one embodiment, if other programs are supported, the user may further add the data into other programs, such as a contact tracker, etc. In one embodiment, the call history may interface with a contact tracking application, and automatically update information in the contact tracking application, as calls are made and received.
At block 925, a control screen is displayed. The control screen includes each of the commands that are generally available in a voicemail system, such as previous message, next message, back, skip message, delete message, forward message, back to the beginning, reply to message, etc. In one embodiment, a subset of these commands may be made available. In another embodiment, the user may alter this listing, and may create new commands. At block 930, the user is prompted to enter a command or command sequence for each of the commands that are available in the voicemail system. For example, in a voicemail system, pressing the "3" key may mean "delete message."
The user can enter the number "3" underneath the command key, to program the command. In other systems, the pressing the "7" key twice may be the code to "delete message." The user can enter whatever key combination works for the specific voicemail system. At block 935, after the user finishes programming the voicemail system, the user is prompted to name the speed dial button. In one embodiment, the default name is "voicemail." However, users may have multiple voicemail accounts, and may wish to have more descriptive names. At block 940, the process ends. The programming of the voicemail access is now complete, and the user can access the voicemail system by pressing the speed dial button.
The embodiments disclosed allow for enhanced telephony functionality over conventional telephony systems. An embodiment of such enhanced offerings is a method and an apparatus for accessing contacts database and telephone services. For example, cellular telephone users often are dependent upon "speed dial" features in their cellular telephones. A typical cellular telephone has a non-volatile memory for storing the names and associated telephone numbers for a plurality of the user's acquaintances. The telephone speed dial user interface then allows the user to place a telephone call to one of the stored telephone numbers relatively quickly and easily.
Existing mobile telephone speed dial systems can operate in a variety of ways. One such speed dial system allows the user to associate a telephone number with a unique one or two digit code. The user can then dial the number by entering the one or two digit code followed by the "SEND" key to place the speed dial call. Other systems allow a single digit speed dial number to be dialed by pressing and holding the associated digit key. In order for this system to be effective, the user must memorize the codes associated with the telephone numbers.
Another existing speed dial system allows the user to utilize letters associated with keys on the telephone keypad to spell out the name of the person associated with a stored telephone number. This can be a tedious process since typically three or four letters are assigned to each button on the telephone keypad, which necessitates several key presses for each of the letters in the name spelt. Once names have been entered, the names may be displayed on the telephone screen. The user may then use an input device (up/down keys or toggle switch) to scroll up and down the list to select a desired name and thereby dial the associated telephone number. With a long list of names, it becomes very cumbersome to scroll through the list.
With the advent of more sophisticated combined handheld computer and cellular telephone systems, the telephone dialing aids can become much better. The present invention introduces telephone directory methods for quickly and intuitively allowing the user of a combined handheld computer and cellular telephone system to locate and dial the telephone number of a desired. Specifically, the present invention provides a telephone application having a user interface that gives a user multiple different views of information that allow a user to make telephone calls in a simple intuitive manner.
The telephone user interface of the present invention comprises four permanently available views and a fifth view that is available when there is an active incoming or outgoing telephone call. The five different views consist of: a speed dial view, a dial pad view, a contacts view, a call history view, and an active call view.
In a preferred embodiment, certain events will cause the telephone application to automatically switch between different views. For example, when an incoming telephone call is detected, the telephone application will automatically switch to the active call user interface view in order to show the user information about the incoming telephone call.
Another event that may cause the telephone application to automatically switch between different views is the entry of characters from an input device such as a keyboard or digitizer pad (which can be interacted with a stylus, finger, inductive pen or other mechanism to select and input through the digitizer pad). In one embodiment, the entry of an alphabetic character will cause the telephone application to move to the contacts user interface view that is used to search a database of personal contact information. The contact user interface view will then begin to filter through the contact database using the entered character(s) as a search string. Similarly, the entry of a digit may cause the telephone application to automatically switch to the dial pad user interface view. Additional information on the various automatic user interface view switches can be found in the sections on each different interface view.
On Screen Dial Pad User Interface
The dial pad user interface view 1010 provides a conventional dual tone multiple frequency (DTMF) touch tone dial pad interface to users such that users may make outgoing telephone calls with a familiar interface.
When a user is in the dial pad user interface view, a user can touch the touch-tone buttons presented on the screen as illustrated in
In one embodiment, when a user begins entering a telephone number, the telephone number being dialed is placed in the title bar 1190. The user may also access the last ten dialed telephone numbers by scrolling up or down. Specifically, hitting the scroll up or down key will move through the last ten numbers dialed and individually display each number in the title bar area 1190.
In the lower left corner of the dial pad view illustrated in
As previously set forth, a fifth user interface view is available when there is an active telephone call.
If the handheld computer and cellular telephone embodiment includes a keyboard 330 as illustrated in
In an alternate embodiment, the dial pad user interface view is used to provide the user with an easy means of entering telephone numbers that use letter mnemonics. For example, 1-800-FLOWERS is a floral service that uses the letter mnemonic 1-800-FLOWERS in order to have potential customers easily remember the contact telephone number. However, dialing a telephone numbers with letter mnemonics can be quite difficult since the user must search the telephone dial pad in order to locate the DTMF key with the desired letter. In order to allow the user to quickly enter such telephone numbers, one embodiment allows the user to enter the letters directly and the computer will translate the letters into the proper associated DTMF tones. For example, if the text for "FLOWERS" were entered, the DTMF tones associated with dial pad numbers "3549377" would be generated. (See the alphabet to DTMF key mapping illustrated in
Certain aliasing may occur in such an alternate embodiment. However, an intelligent program could use certain heuristics to determine the desire number in most circumstances. For example, if the user were to dial the full number "1800FLOWERS" without using the option key 301 to specify the "1800" portion as numbers, the system would not know if the first four digits should be numbers ("1800") or letters that should be translated into associated DTMF tones ("YN0" equivalent to dial pad numbers "9400").
However, a heuristic could be used to always translate the "YN00" patter into the common 1800 prefix for eleven digit numbers. The "FLOWERS" portion would easily be recognized as a letter mnemonic in an embodiment that uses the keyboard of
Call History View
Referring back to
To dial a particular number from the call history list, the user may select the call and then activate the dial button 1270. Alternatively, the user may simply press the space bar or return key on the keyboard illustrated in
If a user is in the call history view and begins entering alphabetic characters, the telephone application will automatically switch to the contacts view. Once in the contacts view, the telephone application will begin searching for a desired contact using the entered character(s) as a search string as will be set forth in the section on the contacts user interface view.
Speed Dial View
Referring back to
The speed dial user interface view of the present embodiment implements a page metaphor, whereby a plurality of speed dial "pages" are each used to store a sub-set of speed dial records. In the embodiment of
The user may navigate though the various speed dial entries using a scroll button. In
When the last non empty speed dial button of a speed dial page is highlighted ("Greg" in this example), pressing the scroll down button will move the highlight to the first non empty speed dial button of the next non empty speed dial page (page 2 in this example assuming page 2 has anon empty speed dial button.). In an alternate embodiment, pressing the scroll down button when the last non empty speed dial button of a speed dial page is highlighted ("Greg" in this example) will move the highlight to the first non empty speed dial button of the same speed dial page ("Voice Mail" in this example).
The basic operation of the telephone application from the speed dial user interface view in ordinary operation is as follows. Each of the five speed dial view pages has ten speed dial soft buttons that are user assignable. When a speed dial button has been assigned to a speed dial record by the user, that speed dial button displays the tag or label of the speed dial record. Tapping on (activating) a speed dial button causes the automatic dialing of the corresponding assigned telephone number. Tapping on a speed dial button with no number assigned (e.g. an empty button) effects display of an edit speed dial page as illustrated in
Tapping (e.g., or otherwise selecting) on the title bar 1315 of the speed dial user interface view reveals a pull down edit menu (not shown). Selecting the edit menu causes an edit speed dial page (1032 in
The Edit Speed Dial page of
Located below the table of speed dial buttons for a page is a set of speed dial page button icons 1435 that operate in a similar manner to the speed dial page buttons 1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, and 1395 and allow the user to navigate amongst the five edit speed dial pages. The speed dial page button icons 1435, however, are larger than the speed dial page buttons 1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, and 1395 because they also display an indication of the speed dial button assignments on each of the speed dial pages. This is achieved by small horizontal lines arranged in the speed dial page button icons 1435 representing speed dial buttons on that page that have assigned speed dial records in the specified locations.
By way of example, as seen in
The edit speed dial page may also contain several command buttons at the bottom of the screen for performing specific functions. In the embodiment of
Tapping on an empty speed dial slot from the edit speed dial page causes the display of a new speed dial edit entry page as illustrated
The edit entry page also has a field labeled "Extra Digits" that provides the user the ability to specify a string of DTMF touch tones that may be sent by the user after initiating a telephone call using the telephone number associated with the speed dial record. For example, for a particular telephone number corresponding to a voicemail system, the user may specify a string of DTMF touch tones in the "Extra Digits" field for accessing the user's voicemail box. In another application of the "Extra Digits" field, the "Number" may contain a long distance service access telephone number and the "Extra Digits" field may specify a particular long distance account code.
The entry fields "Name", "Number", and "Extra Digits" in the edit entry page are each editable by the user in conventional manner on the handheld computer system, e.g., 300. For example, the fields can be edited using the stylus on the touch sensitive screen or using a keyboard. When editing the "Number" or "Extra Digits" fields, the computer system may be put into a special "number lock" mode that only allows numbers or other touch tone characters such as "*" and "#" to be entered. The edit entry page has several command buttons labeled "Done" 1561, "Cancel" 1562, and "Lookup" 1563. Tapping on the "Done" button 1561 causes the telephone application to return to the edit speed dial page of
Referring to
One special speed dial record is a voicemail speed dial record associated with the voicemail-box of the cellular telephone itself. To prevent loss of this special speed dial record, the voicemail record associated with the voicemail-box of the cellular telephone should not be deleteable. However, the voicemail record is moveable such that the user can place the voicemail record into any available speed dial slot.
When a user is in the speed dial user interface view and begins entering alphabetic characters, the telephone application will automatically switch to the contacts view of the telephone application. Once in the contacts view, the telephone application will begin searching for a desired contact using the entered character(s) as a search string as will be set forth in the following section describing the contacts user interface view.
A speed dial button insertion procedure is illustrated at in
A second speed dial record editing procedure is illustrated with reference to
After completing the desired edits, the user taps the "Done" button to store the amended speed dial record. The telephone application then returns to the edit speed dial page 1850 for the fourth speed dial page. Finally, tapping on the "Done" button on edit speed dial page 1850 returns the user to the speed dial user interface view 1860 of the edited speed dial page, the fourth speed dial page in this example.
Contacts View
Referring back to
The telephone numbers associated with the displayed names are displayed below the associated name and right justified. Note that by using a full line for the name and a full line for each associated telephone number, the display will not need to abbreviate or shorten most names or telephone numbers. In a preferred embodiment, only the voice telephony telephone numbers such as a home telephone number, a work telephone number, a main telephone number, a mobile telephone number and/or other voice telephone number associated with each name is displayed. Fax numbers are not displayed since it is generally not useful to dial a fax number from the computer-based mobile telephone system. The telephone numbers are listed in the same order as the telephone numbers exist in the contact record.
In the command area 1935 of the contacts user interface view resides a pair of scroll buttons 1923, a "new" button 1922, and a search field 1921. The new button 1922 allows the user to enter a new personal contact record. The scroll buttons allow the user to scroll up and down through the list of names and telephone numbers illustrated in the main area 1925 of the contacts user interface view. The search field 1921 allows the user to search for a particular name in the database of personal contact information. In one embodiment, a search mechanism can be used further to help manage contact in the contacts database. The search system may be simple and intuitive to allow for each of use. In one embodiment, the search field uses a multiple filter system to search the database of personal contact information.
The search field 1921 allows a user to enter characters from a desired name. Characters may be entered in different manners as dependent upon the particular handheld system. For example, the characters may be entered using a keyboard 330 or entered into a text area 125 using a stylus in association with character recognition software. After each character entry, the filter system produces a filtered subset of names and associated telephone numbers from the entire contacts database. At least a portion of that filtered subset is then displayed in the main area 1925. If an alphabetic character is entered while the user is in any of the other permanent user interface screens, the telephone application will immediately open the contacts user interface view and begin a search of the contacts database.
In a preferred embodiment, the system creates a subset that contains all names having a first name that matches the entered letters (for example "GR" would match the name Greg Shirai), a last name that matches the entered letters (for example "GR" would match the name Bob Green), or a first name initial and last name that matches the entered letters (for example "GR" would match the name George Robinson).
Spaces within names are ignored for matching purposes in order to use the space bar on a keyboard as the signal to dial the number. Thus, "vand" matches the last name of name Jean-Claude Van Damme. When a user deletes a character, the search will add back names that now match the shorter string. Additional details on a preferred filtering embodiment can be found in the co-pending patent application entitled "Multi-Context Iterative Directory Filter", filed concurrently with this application and hereby incorporated by reference.
Referring to
In the example of
As previously set forth, the telephone application may automatically open the contacts user interface view if the user begins entering characters while in the speed dial or call history view. In an embodiment that uses a keyboard containing keys that are associated with both a letter and a digit, such as the Y/l key on keyboard of
For example, the series of keystrokes N/8, Y/1, K/6, K/6, and I/3 may be the name "Nikki" or the number "81663". The telephone application will assume that a name is being spelled out and search through the contacts database using some filtering means. However, if there is no matching contact and all the entered keystrokes were from keys that have both a letter and a digit, then the telephone application will assume the user is attempting to dial a telephone number with the key pad area 391 and automatically switch to the dial pad view and display the entered keystroke sequence as a series of digits. Thus, it is possible to be in the speed dial user interface view, begin entering keystrokes, automatically switch to the contacts view, and then automatically switch to the dial pad view, if the series of keystrokes were all from the dial pad area 391 and associate letters do not match an entry in the contacts database.
Referring back to
In a preferred embodiment, the telephone numbers are not displayed exactly as the telephone numbers are entered into the contact record. Instead, the telephone numbers are displayed exactly how the cellular telephone will dial the number. Thus, any rules for adding or removing area codes or other prefixes or postfixes should be applied before displaying the number. Similarly, any extraneous text such as "ext. 123" should be removed.
In an alternate embodiment, the email address (if available) associated with a displayed name is also displayed. The email address may be display on its own line just as the voice telephony telephone numbers are displayed. In this manner, the user of the device may highlight and activate the email address. Activating the email address may launch an email application with an outgoing message addressed to the selected email address as an initial screen display.
Active Call View
Another user interface view of the telephone application is the active call user interface view. The active call user interface view is only available when there is an active incoming or outgoing telephone call. The contents of active call user interface screen will be dependent upon the telephone call (incoming or outgoing) and the particular abilities of the carrier network. In one embodiment, the active call user interface view will allow the user to easily access various advanced telephone features. For example, the user may place a call on hold, initiate a three-way call, hang-up the call, enter the extra digits associated with an outgoing call, or turn on/off a speakerphone feature.
In the active call user interface view of
Telephone Application Alerts
Certain events cause special alert pages to be displayed by the telephone application page. For example, when an incoming call is received, the user is presented with an incoming call alert screen.
If an incoming telephone call is received while the user is opening or closing the flip lid 320 or presses a button on the integrated computer and cellular telephone system, an undesirable action may occur. For example, if the user is opening the flip lid 320 while an incoming call is being received, then the user may inadvertently answer the telephone call without having a chance to review the caller-ID field. Similarly, a user may pressing the scroll up button just when an incoming call is and the lid is closed, this might cause the integrated computer and cellular telephone system to ignore the incoming call before the user even knew an incoming call was being received.
To prevent such undesirable effects, one embodiment of the present invention uses an input "lockout period". Specifically, one embodiment ignores all input events (such as lid opening event or a key press event) for a predefined period when an incoming call is received. Thus, if an incoming telephone call is received while a user is opening the lid, the opening of the lid will not cause the integrated computer and cellular telephone system to answer the telephone call. Instead, the system will display the interface of
Although the detailed description contains many specifics, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention but merely as illustrating different examples and aspects of the invention. It should be appreciated that the scope of the invention includes other embodiments not discussed in detail above. Various other modifications, changes and variations which will be apparent to those skilled in the art may be made in the arrangement, operation and details of the method and apparatus of the present invention disclosed herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents. Furthermore, no element, component or method step is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether the element, component or method step is explicitly recited in the claims.
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Reese Witherspoon didn't skin the python herself, but that's little comfort to PETA.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals unloaded on the Oscar winner today after she was photographed toting a designer bag made with genuine python skin.
"No matter how much Reese paid for that bag, the animals paid a much higher price," the animal-rights group said in a statement. (For the record, Witherspoon's Chloe Paraty purse costs $3,820.)
And PETA didn't hold back in detailing what, exactly, that higher price entails.
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"Every year, millions of snakes are impaled on hooks or nailed to trees by their heads and skinned alive," the statement continued. "Hoses are inserted into the mouths of large snakes—like pythons—and their bodies are pumped full of water to loosen their skin so that it will cut away more easily. The animals' peeled, writhing bodies are then discarded, and it often takes days for the animals to die from the effects of shock and dehydration. We can't imagine that she'd wish to contribute to this hidden suffering, especially for something as frivolous as a fashion accessory that can be replicated with no bloodshed.
"These days, it's easy to have a look that kills without killing—with fake snake, mock croc, python pleather, and other designer items that pay tribute to the beauty of these animals without massacring them."
PETA spokeswoman Jane Dollinger tells E! News that they plan on sending Witherspoon—deemed one of PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities in 2006—a video, narrated by Witherspoon's Walk the Line costar Joaquin Phoenix, about cruelty within the exotic skins industry.
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UPDATE: "Thankfully, Reese has just informed PETA that she will no longer carry the bag," the organization said in a statement the following day.
'We've long known Reese to be a kind person, so we're pleased—and not surprised—that she is hanging up her python bag for good,'' says PETA senior VP Lisa Lange. 'We hope Reese's honest mistake will serve as a reminder for all of us to be extra-certain that what we're buying is mock crock or fake snake."