METHOD AND ARRANGMENT FOR A PRIMARY ACTIONS MENU INCLUDING ONE MENU ITEM FOR APPLICATIONS ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for displaying, upon user request, an abbreviated menu on a display screen of a handheld electronic device that is relevant to a currently running application on the device, said method comprising:
- running an application on a handheld electronic device and thereby causing display of a cursor-navigable page on a display screen of the handheld electronic device;
initiating an ambiguous request for display of menu options corresponding to the displayed page; and
displaying an abbreviated menu having a short list of menu items which is a subset of a full list of menu items of an extended menu associated with the displayed page, said short list of menu items comprising one item having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some items of the full list of menu items not included in said short list of menu items.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include an application displayed on a screen. If the application is currently running, and no menu is displayed, the user may initiate an ambiguous request. Various short menus, including those with solely one menu item, are provided with their respective menu items being dependent and adjustable based upon the position of a cursor on the display 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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26 Claims
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1. A method for displaying, upon user request, an abbreviated menu on a display screen of a handheld electronic device that is relevant to a currently running application on the device, said method comprising:
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running an application on a handheld electronic device and thereby causing display of a cursor-navigable page on a display screen of the handheld electronic device; initiating an ambiguous request for display of menu options corresponding to the displayed page; and displaying an abbreviated menu having a short list of menu items which is a subset of a full list of menu items of an extended menu associated with the displayed page, said short list of menu items comprising one item having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some items of the full list of menu items not included in said short list of menu items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A handheld electronic device programmed to display an abbreviated menu of action options on a display screen of the device based on a user request and the page that is displayed on the display screen at the time of the user request, said handheld electronic device comprising:
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a display screen on which cursor-navigable pages are displayed when applications are run on the handheld electronic device; a keyboard located below the display 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, based on said detection of the user menu request, said microprocessor displays an abbreviated menu having a short list of menu items which is a subset of a full list of menu items of an extended menu associated with the displayed page, said short list of menu items comprising of one item having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some items of the full list of menu items not included in said short list of menu items. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A processing subsystem configured to be installed in a handheld electronic device comprising a user interface including a display and a keyboard having a plurality of input keys with which letters are associated, said processing subsystem comprising:
operating system software that controls operation of an incorporating handheld electronic device and said operating system software is programmed to control operation of said handheld electronic device, said operating system software is configured to process an ambiguous request for display of menu options of user-selectable actions relevant to a currently running application on the device based upon detection of a user menu request, and, based on said detection of the user menu request, said microprocessor displays an abbreviated menu having a short list of menu options which is a subset of a full menu of options of user-selectable actions available relative to the currently running application on the device, said short list of menu options consisting of one item having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some of the user-selectable actions of the full menu of options that are not included in said short list of menu options.
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