Character key incorporating navigation control
First Claim
1. An electronic device including:
- a display screen;
a keyboard coupled by a processor to the display screen and having a plurality of keys, including a combined character and navigation key having a plurality of detectable input positions including at least one character input position corresponding to a character input for a displayable character and at least one navigation control input position corresponding to a navigation control input for movement of a navigation indicator on the display screen, the combined character and navigation key providing tactile single click feedback to a user when the combined character and navigation key is moved to any of the input positions.
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Abstract
An electronic device including a display screen and a keyboard. The keyboard is coupled by a processor to the display screen and has a plurality of keys, including a combined character and navigation key having a plurality of detectable input positions including at least one character input position corresponding to a character input for a displayable character and at least one navigation control input position corresponding to a navigation control input for movement of a navigation indicator on the display screen. The combined character and navigation key provides tactile single click feedback to a user when the combined character and navigation key is moved to any of the input positions. Also, a hand-held electronic device that includes a display screen, a keyboard mounted within a face of the device and comprising a plurality of alphanumeric keys arranged in a plurality of rows across the face between an upper edge and a bottom edge of the face, and a space bar key arranged closer to bottom edge of the face than the alphanumeric keys for inputting a space character for display on the display screen, the space bar key including a navigational input component for moving a navigation indicator on the display screen.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device including:
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a display screen;
a keyboard coupled by a processor to the display screen and having a plurality of keys, including a combined character and navigation key having a plurality of detectable input positions including at least one character input position corresponding to a character input for a displayable character and at least one navigation control input position corresponding to a navigation control input for movement of a navigation indicator on the display screen, the combined character and navigation key providing tactile single click feedback to a user when the combined character and navigation key is moved to any of the input positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A hand-held electronic device comprising:
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a display screen;
a keyboard mounted within a face of the device and comprising a plurality of alphanumeric keys arranged in a plurality of rows across the face between an upper edge and a bottom edge of the face, and a space bar key arranged closer to bottom edge of the face than the alphanumeric keys for inputting a space character for display on the display screen, the space bar key including a navigational input component for moving a navigation indicator on the display screen; and
a processor for controlling the hand-held device, the processor coupled to the keyboard for receiving input signals therefrom and operatively coupled to the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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