APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING TOUCH SCREEN OPERATION
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a hand held electronic device housing, the hand held electronic device housing having a housing face and a housing side substantially orthogonal to the housing face;
a touch screen display located on the housing face, the touch screen display configured to display information and configured to receive user actuation; and
a side user actuatable switch located on the housing side, the side user actuatable switch configured to switch an input function of the touch screen display from a first touch screen input function having a first set of functions corresponding to a first set of inputs to a second touch screen input function having a second set of functions corresponding to a second set of inputs, where the first set of functions is different than the second set of functions.
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Abstract
An apparatus (100) and method for switching touch screen operation. The apparatus can include a hand held electronic device housing (110). The hand held electronic device housing can have a housing face (112) and a housing side (114) substantially orthogonal to the housing face. The apparatus can include a touch screen display (120) located on the housing face. The touch screen display can be configured to display information and can be configured to receive user actuation. The apparatus can include a side user actuatable switch (130) located on the housing side. The side user actuatable switch can be configured to switch an input function of the touch screen display from a first touch screen input function having a first set of functions corresponding to a first set of inputs to a second touch screen input function having a second set of functions corresponding to a second set of inputs, where the first set of functions is different than the second set of functions.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a hand held electronic device housing, the hand held electronic device housing having a housing face and a housing side substantially orthogonal to the housing face; a touch screen display located on the housing face, the touch screen display configured to display information and configured to receive user actuation; and a side user actuatable switch located on the housing side, the side user actuatable switch configured to switch an input function of the touch screen display from a first touch screen input function having a first set of functions corresponding to a first set of inputs to a second touch screen input function having a second set of functions corresponding to a second set of inputs, where the first set of functions is different than the second set of functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a hand held electronic device housing, the hand held electronic device housing having a housing face and a housing side substantially orthogonal to the housing face; a touch screen display located on the housing face, the touch screen display configured to display information and configured to receive input from a digit of a hand of a user; and a side button located on the housing side, the side button configured to receive input from a digit of a hand of a user; a controller coupled to the touch screen and the side button, the controller configured to control operations of the apparatus; a touch screen detection module coupled to the controller, the touch screen detection module configured to detect a location on the touch screen display touched by a digit of a hand of a user; a side button detection module coupled to the controller, the side button detection module configured to detect actuation of the side button by a digit of a hand of a user; and an input function switch module coupled to the controller, the input function switch module configured to switch an input function of the touch screen display from a first touch screen input function while the side button is not actuated to a second touch screen input function while the side button is actuated. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method in a hand held electronic device including a hand held electronic device housing, the hand held electronic device housing having a housing face and a housing side substantially orthogonal to the housing face, a touch screen display located on the housing face, and a side user actuatable switch located on the housing side, the method comprising:
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displaying information on the touch screen display; receiving input on the touch screen display; determining whether the side user actuatable switch is actuated; operating a first touch screen input function based on the input on the touch screen display if the side user actuatable switch is not actuated; and operating a second touch screen input function based on the input on the touch screen display if the side user actuatable switch is actuated. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification