| US 7,577,920 B1 | ||
| Navigating through menus of a handheld computer | ||
| Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Atherton, Calif. (US); Robert Y. Haitani, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); Debbie O. Chyi, Burlingame, Calif. (US); William B. Rees, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); and Vitaly Kruglikov, Palo Alto, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Palm, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/192,582. | ||
| Application 11/192582 is a continuation of application No. 09/976333, filed on Oct. 12, 2001, granted, now 6,957,397. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/297817, filed on Jun. 11, 2001. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/033 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—810 [715/856; 715/864; 455/566; 345/157] | 31 Claims |
| 1. A mobile computing device having telephone functionality comprising:
a first controller capable of receiving a first input operation, wherein:
responsive to the first input operation, the first input operation distinct from a menu selection command, the first controller
causes a cursor to navigate within a plurality of menus and to indicate a desired menu item within a menu of the plurality
of menus; and
a second controller for receiving at least a second input operation, wherein:
responsive to the second input operation when the menu selection command has not been received, the second input operation
distinct from the menu selection command, the second controller:
causes the cursor to navigate from one menu to another when the cursor is indicating a first menu or a first menu item in
a menu of the plurality of menus and when the menu selection command has not been received; and
causes the cursor to navigate within the menu when the cursor is indicating a menu item other than the desired menu item in
a menu of the plurality of menus and when the menu selection command has not been received.
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