DESIGNATION OF MENU ACTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for displaying, upon user request, a menu listing of user-selectable actions on a display screen of a handheld electronic device that are relevant to a currently running application on the device and default-designating one of the actions of the menu listing and positioning that default-designated action at a position within said menu listing that facilitates navigating from that default-designated action to other actions of the menu listing, said method comprising:
- running an application on a handheld electronic device and thereby causing an application page to be displayed on a display screen of the handheld electronic device; and
displaying a menu listing of user-selectable actions relevant to the displayed page and default-designating a probable action choice for user selection and positioning said probable action choice centrally amongst a plurality of listed actions comprising said menu listing.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed that provides for running an application on a handheld electronic device and thereby causing an application page to be displayed on a display screen of the handheld electronic device. The system and method further provides for displaying a menu listing of user-selectable actions relevant to the displayed page and default-designating a probable action choice for user selection and positioning the probable action choice centrally amongst a plurality of listed actions comprising the menu listing.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for displaying, upon user request, a menu listing of user-selectable actions on a display screen of a handheld electronic device that are relevant to a currently running application on the device and default-designating one of the actions of the menu listing and positioning that default-designated action at a position within said menu listing that facilitates navigating from that default-designated action to other actions of the menu listing, said method comprising:
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running an application on a handheld electronic device and thereby causing an application page to be displayed on a display screen of the handheld electronic device; and displaying a menu listing of user-selectable actions relevant to the displayed page and default-designating a probable action choice for user selection and positioning said probable action choice centrally amongst a plurality of listed actions comprising said menu listing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A handheld electronic device programmed for displaying, upon user request, a menu listing of user-selectable actions on a display screen that are relevant to a currently running application of the device and default-designating one of the actions of the menu listing and position that default-designated action at a position within said menu listing that facilitates navigating from the default-designated action to other actions of the menu listing, said handheld electronic device comprising:
a microprocessor running an application and thereby causing an application page to be displayed on a display screen of the handheld electronic device, said microprocessor further causing said display screen to display a menu listing of user-selectable actions relevant to the displayed page and default-designating a probable action choice for user selection and positioning said probable action choice centrally amongst a plurality of listed actions comprising said menu listing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A processing subsystem configured to be installed in a handheld electronic device comprising a user interface including a display screen and an auxiliary user input device, said processing subsystem comprising:
operating system software that controls the operation of an incorporating handheld electronic device and said operating software is programmed to control operation of said handheld electronic device, said operating system is configured to run an application on a handheld electronic device and thereby cause an application page to be displayed on a display screen of the handheld electronic device, said operating system further configured to display a menu listing of user-selectable actions relevant to the displayed page and default-designating a probable action choice for user selection and positioning said probable action choice centrally amongst a plurality of listed actions comprising said menu listing.
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