MULTI-FUNCTIONAL HAND-HELD DEVICE
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1. A hand-held multi-functional electronic device, comprising:
- a combined touch screen and user interface display; and
a processing unit operatively connected to said touch screen and display, said processing unit capable of identifying and tracking a plurality of concurrent moving touch inputs from a user via said touch screen and discriminating a user requested action from the plurality of touch inputs;
wherein the touch screen is adapted for recognition of a plurality of concurrent touchdown locations anywhere on the surface.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a multi-functional hand-held device capable of configuring user inputs based on how the device is to be used. Preferably, the multi-functional hand-held device has at most only a few physical buttons, keys, or switches so that its display size can be substantially increased. The multi-functional hand-held device also incorporates a variety of input mechanisms, including touch sensitive screens, touch sensitive housings, display actuators, audio input, etc. The device also incorporates a user-configurable GUI for each of the multiple functions of the devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A hand-held multi-functional electronic device, comprising:
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a combined touch screen and user interface display; and
a processing unit operatively connected to said touch screen and display, said processing unit capable of identifying and tracking a plurality of concurrent moving touch inputs from a user via said touch screen and discriminating a user requested action from the plurality of touch inputs;
wherein the touch screen is adapted for recognition of a plurality of concurrent touchdown locations anywhere on the surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A hand-held electronic device, comprising:
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a display;
a multipoint touch screen; and
a processing unit operatively connected to said multipoint touch screen, said multipoint touch screen and processing unit adapted to translate, rotate and/or scale images on the display based on a plurality of concurrent touch input gestures applied by a user to the multipoint touch screen.
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