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ON-SCREEN CURSOR NAVIGATION ON A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE DISPLAYING A MODIFED WEBPAGE

  • US 20080158159A1
  • Filed: 12/29/2006
  • Published: 07/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A handheld communication device programmed to permit substantially vertical user navigation on a display screen of the device across a plurality of serially associated, user-actuable links without progressing sequentially through said series of user-actuable links, said device comprising:

  • a display screen, having a width and a height suitable for accommodating textual input to the handheld communication device;

    a processor programmed to display on the display screen a viewable page comprising a plurality of serially associated user-actuable links, said serially associated user-actuable links having a display length greater than the width of the display screen and said processor programmed to wrap the user-actuable links into a plurality of vertically stacked link segments that at least partially fit on the display screen for user viewing and actuation; and

    an auxiliary user input device capable of directing two-dimensional navigation of a cursor on said display screen and said processor programmed to direct substantially vertical navigation of the cursor between vertically stacked, user-actuable links in response to a corresponding user request, input via the auxiliary user input device, without progressing the cursor sequentially through said series of user-actuable links.

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