Mobile telephone having a rotator input device
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone having a display;
- a rotator input device comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on said display;
a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network;
a processing device coupled to said display, said rotator input device and said wireless telecommunication interface; and
a text-handling software application which is executable by said processing device, wherein the processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of said rotator input device, said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached over said mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through said wireless telecommunication interface; and
in that wherein the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode, to provide second user input by way of said rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to said text-handling software application;
wherein no numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in said first and second operating modes.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone has a display (240) and a rotator input device (250) comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on the display. It also has a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network. A processing device is coupled to the display, the rotator input device and the wireless telecommunication interface. A text-handling software application is executable by the processing device. The processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of the rotator input device (250), said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached over the mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through the wireless telecommunication interface. Moreover, the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode, to provide second user input by way of the rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to the text-handling software application No numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in neither of the first and second operating modes.
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22 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone having
a display; -
a rotator input device comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on said display;
a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network;
a processing device coupled to said display, said rotator input device and said wireless telecommunication interface; and
a text-handling software application which is executable by said processing device, wherein the processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of said rotator input device, said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached over said mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through said wireless telecommunication interface; and
in thatwherein the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode, to provide second user input by way of said rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to said text-handling software application;
wherein no numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in said first and second operating modes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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