| US 7,493,573 B2 | ||
| Scrolling vertical column mechanism for cellular telephone | ||
| Annette M. Wagner, Los Altos, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 20, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/600,185. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/460052, filed on Apr. 02, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/460041, filed on Apr. 02, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/445763, filed on Feb. 07, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0155908 A1, Aug. 12, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—864 [715/861; 715/810; 715/802; 715/788; 715/763] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A method of navigating a mobile device display comprising:
highlighting a first icon of a first plurality of icons displayed in a main portion of the mobile device display;
traversing the main portion to a tertiary tab, wherein traversing the main portion to the tertiary tab includes opening the
tertiary tray by highlighting the tertiary tab, wherein opening the tertiary tray includes displaying the tertiary tray in
the mobile device display and wherein opening the tertiary tray includes rearranging only a portion of the main portion of
the mobile device display such that all of the first plurality of icons remain visible in the main portion of the mobile device
display, the tertiary tray including a second icon; and
highlighting the second icon of a second plurality of icons displayed in the tertiary tray, wherein a single navigation key
is used to traverse the main portion and to highlight the second icon, wherein the tertiary tray is adjacent to an edge of
the mobile device display wherein displaying the second icon in the main portion of the mobile device display includes removing
the first icon from the main portion of the mobile device display.
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