METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING A PRIMARY ACTIONS MENU ON A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING A REDUCED ALPHABETIC KEYBOARD
First Claim
1. A method for displaying an abbreviated menu on the screen of a handheld electronic device, said method comprising:
- displaying a cursor-navigable page on a screen of a handheld electronic device;
initiating an ambiguous request for display of menu options corresponding to the displayed page while a cursor is positioned at a location on the page that is not visually signified for menu display actuation; and
displaying a short menu having a first list of menu items which is a subset of a second list of menu items of an extended menu associated with the displayed page, said first list of menu items having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some items of the second list of menu items not included in said first list of menu items, wherein said handheld electronic device further comprises a keyboard suitable for accommodating textual input to the handheld electronic device and a navigation tool located essentially between the keyboard and the screen of the handheld electronic device and said keyboard comprising a plurality of keys with which alphabetic letters are associated and wherein at least a portion of the individual keys have multiple letters associated therewith.
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Abstract
A method and hierarchical menu is provided for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device having a reduced alphabetic keyboard an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The method includes displaying a page on a screen and receiving an ambiguous request/selection when no menu is displayed. In response to the ambiguous selection, a short menu corresponding to the displayed page is displayed on the screen. Various short menus are provided with their respective menu items being dependent and adjustable based upon the position of a cursor on the displayed page, the currently opened application, and/or the previous selections. Further, a selection from the short menu is capable of displaying the extended menu corresponding thereto.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for displaying an abbreviated menu on the screen of a handheld electronic device, said method comprising:
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displaying a cursor-navigable page on a screen of a handheld electronic device; initiating an ambiguous request for display of menu options corresponding to the displayed page while a cursor is positioned at a location on the page that is not visually signified for menu display actuation; and displaying a short menu having a first list of menu items which is a subset of a second list of menu items of an extended menu associated with the displayed page, said first list of menu items having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some items of the second list of menu items not included in said first list of menu items, wherein said handheld electronic device further comprises a keyboard suitable for accommodating textual input to the handheld electronic device and a navigation tool located essentially between the keyboard and the screen of the handheld electronic device and said keyboard comprising a plurality of keys with which alphabetic letters are associated and wherein at least a portion of the individual keys have multiple letters associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A handheld electronic device programmed to display an abbreviated menu of action options on the screen of the device based on a user request and the page that is displayed on the screen at the time of the user request, said handheld electronic device comprising:
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a screen on which cursor-navigable pages are displayed; a keyboard located below said screen and configured to accommodate textual input to the handheld electronic device; and a microprocessor having a control program associated therewith for controlling operation of said handheld electronic device, said control program configured to process an ambiguous request for display of menu options corresponding to the screen-displayed page when a user menu request is detected and a screen-navigating cursor is positioned at a location on the screen-displayed page that is not visually signified for menu display response, and, based on said detection of the user menu request, said microprocessor displays a short menu having a first list of menu items which is a subset of a second list of menu items of an extended menu associated with the displayed page, said first list of menu items having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some items of the second list of menu items not included in said first list of menu items, wherein said handheld electronic device further comprises a keyboard suitable for accommodating textual input to the handheld electronic device and a navigation tool located essentially between the keyboard and the screen of the handheld electronic device and said keyboard comprising a plurality of keys with which alphabetic letters are associated and wherein at least a portion of the individual keys have multiple letters associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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