ALTERNATE KEY OPTIONS FOR LAUNCHING APPLICATIONS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method for launching a plurality of applications, the method comprising:
- associating a first application with an application button and having a second application associable with the application button;
receiving input from a first key or the application button to temporarily disassociate the first application with the application button and temporarily associate the second application with the application button; and
receiving input from depressing the application button; and
launching the second application associated with the application button.
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Abstract
A system and a method are disclosed for using an application button on a hand-held computing device to launch a plurality of applications including a primary application and an alternate application. A primary application is associated with an application button and an alternate application is associable with the application button. Responsive to a received input requesting launching the alternate application, the primary application is temporarily disassociated with the application button and the alternate application is temporarily associated with the application button. This causes the alternate application to be launched when the application button is activated. Multiple alternate applications may be associable with an application button so that different inputs including the application button activate different applications.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for launching a plurality of applications, the method comprising:
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associating a first application with an application button and having a second application associable with the application button;
receiving input from a first key or the application button to temporarily disassociate the first application with the application button and temporarily associate the second application with the application button; and
receiving input from depressing the application button; and
launching the second application associated with the application button. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile computing device having telephone functionality for launching a plurality of applications comprising:
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an option key;
an application button; and
a computer program product stored in a memory for launching the plurality of applications using the application button, wherein the computer program product comprises instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to;
associate a first application with the application button and have a second application associable with the application button;
receive input from the option key or the application button to temporarily disassociate the first application with the application button and temporarily associate the second application with the application button;
receive input from depressing the application button; and
launch the second application associated with the application button. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
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associate a first application with the application button and have a second application associable with the application button;
receive input from the option key or the application button to temporarily disassociate the first application with the application button and temporarily associate the second application with the application button;
receive input from depressing the application button; and
launch the second application associated with the application button. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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