Keyboard for a hand-held portable computer
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a hand-held electronic device having a small form factor;
a mouse device located on the electronic device;
at least one directional button located on the electronic device; and
left and right mouse buttons located on the electronic device and at least one of the mouse buttons being positioned adjacent to the at least one directional button.
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Abstract
A hand-held portable computer has a mouse button that is surrounded in close proximity by directional buttons. Placing the directional-buttons in close proximity around the mouse button makes on-screen navigation easier, since the same single finger need only be moved by a small amount to actuate one or more of these buttons. If the mouse button is actuated, a mouse cursor can be moved about a page displayed on a display screen. If the directional buttons are actuated, the page can be panned around the display screen, while the mouse cursor remains stationary. The portable computer is also provided with a plurality of hot keys, and with buttons that are located off its keyboard, such as at the back of the portable computer. In other embodiments, a touchpad is provided, along with left and right mouse buttons located adjacent to one or more directional arrow buttons. In another embodiment, the left and right mouse buttons are located on opposing regions of a keyboard.
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34 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a hand-held electronic device having a small form factor;
a mouse device located on the electronic device;
at least one directional button located on the electronic device; and
left and right mouse buttons located on the electronic device and at least one of the mouse buttons being positioned adjacent to the at least one directional button. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus, comprising:
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a hand-held electronic device having a small form factor;
a keyboard for the electronic device;
at least one directional button included with the keyboard; and
left and right mouse buttons located on opposing end regions of the keyboard, the left and right mouse buttons being located in a manner to allow the left and right mouse buttons to each be actuated by a finger from a different hand of a user. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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- 9. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a mouse device on the keyboard.
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11. A system, comprising:
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a hand-held portable electronic device having a small form factor;
a mouse assembly located on the portable electronic device, the mouse assembly including a plurality of directional buttons that are positioned in close proximity to a mouse button and that surround the mouse on at least three sides; and
left and right mouse click buttons. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A hand-held electronic apparatus having a small form factor, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing;
a keyboard located on the housing;
a mouse assembly integrated with the housing, the mouse assembly including a mouse button and a plurality of directional buttons that at least partially surround the mouse button, the directional buttons being arranged in close proximity to the mouse button, absent an intervening button between any of the directional buttons and the mouse button, to permit a same single fingertip to actuate the mouse button or one of the directional buttons; and
a plurality of other buttons located on the housing and off the keyboard, including user-programmable buttons and off-keyboard tab and enter keys, these off-keyboard keys being located at a rear side of the housing; and
left and right mouse buttons positioned on the housing. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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a hand-held portable computer having a small form factor;
a mouse assembly located on the portable computer, the mouse assembly including a plurality of directional buttons that are positioned adjacent to a mouse button; and
a keyboard located on the portable computer, the mouse assembly being positioned at either a right region or a left region of the keyboard; and
left and right mouse buttons. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A hand-held electronic apparatus having a small form factor, the apparatus comprising:
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a mouse assembly including a mouse button and a plurality of directional buttons that at least partially surround the mouse button, the directional buttons being arranged immediately adjacent to the mouse button to permit a same single fingertip to actuate the mouse button or one of the directional buttons; and
a movable selection element having a speed and direction that can be controlled based on a degree of fingertip pressure applied to either the mouse button or to any one of the directional buttons; and
left and right mouse buttons. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A hand-held electronic apparatus having a small form factor, the apparatus comprising:
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a mouse assembly including a mouse device and a plurality of directional buttons that at least partially surround the mouse device, the directional buttons being arranged in close proximity to the mouse button to permit a same single fingertip to actuate the mouse device or one of the directional buttons, the mouse device usable for selection and for both vertical and horizontal navigation; and
left and right mouse buttons. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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Specification