Hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs
DCFirst Claim
1. A hand-held messaging device, comprising:
- a miniaturized QWERTY style keyboard that is horizontally positioned symmetrically between a left edge and a right edge of a face of the hand-held messaging device and having a plurality of keys arranged in three rows across the face, wherein each row of keys is arranged in a concave pattern and wherein each of the plurality of keys is aligned along a vertical axis with a key from an adjacent row of keys, the vertical axis extending perpendicularly from a top edge to a bottom edge of the hand-held messaging device;
a display that is vertically positioned between the keyboard and a top edge of the face and horizontally positioned symmetrically between the left edge and the right edge of the face; and
a processor coupled to the keyboard and the display that controls the operation of the hand-held messaging device;
wherein keys that are aligned along a vertical axis are aligned with substantially no vertical offset.
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Abstract
A hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs is provided. The handheld device includes a keyboard, a display, and a processor. The keyboard is horizontally positioned symmetrically between a left edge and a right edge of a face of the hand-held messaging device. The keyboard has a plurality of keys arranged in a plurality of rows across the face, wherein each row of keys is arranged in a concave pattern. The display is vertically positioned between the keyboard and a top edge of the face and is horizontally positioned symmetrically between the left edge and the right edge of the face. The processor is coupled to the keyboard and the display, and controls the operation of the hand-held messaging device.
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128 Claims
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1. A hand-held messaging device, comprising:
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a miniaturized QWERTY style keyboard that is horizontally positioned symmetrically between a left edge and a right edge of a face of the hand-held messaging device and having a plurality of keys arranged in three rows across the face, wherein each row of keys is arranged in a concave pattern and wherein each of the plurality of keys is aligned along a vertical axis with a key from an adjacent row of keys, the vertical axis extending perpendicularly from a top edge to a bottom edge of the hand-held messaging device;
a display that is vertically positioned between the keyboard and a top edge of the face and horizontally positioned symmetrically between the left edge and the right edge of the face; and
a processor coupled to the keyboard and the display that controls the operation of the hand-held messaging device;
wherein keys that are aligned along a vertical axis are aligned with substantially no vertical offset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A hand-held messaging device, comprising:
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a device housing having a face, a bottom surface, and a plurality of connecting surfaces for connecting the face to the bottom surface;
a display mounted within the face of the device housing and horizontally positioned symmetrically between a left edge of face and a right edge of the face;
a miniaturized keyboard mounted within the face of the device housing in a position between the display and a bottom edge of the face, wherein the keyboard comprises a QWERTY-stile keyboard having a plurality of keys arranged in three rows across the face, wherein each row of keys is arranged in a concave pattern and is distributed symmetrically across the face of the housing, wherein the keyboard includes a plurality of letter keys and at least one specialized key and wherein each of the plurality of keys is aligned along a vertical axis with a key from an adjacent row of keys, the vertical axis extending perpendicularly from a top edge to the bottom edge of the face of the device housing; and
an auxiliary input device mounted within the housing;
wherein keys that are aligned along a vertical axis are aligned with substantially no vertical offset. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
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96. A wireless e-mail device, comprising:
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a device housing having a face and a left and right side surface coupled to the face;
display mourned within the face;
a transceiver for receiving e-mail messages from a wireless network and for transmitting e-mail messages generated on the wireless e-mail device to the wireless network; and
a miniaturized QWERTY style keyboard that is horizontally positioned symmetrically between the left side surface and the right side surface and having a plurality of keys arranged in three rows across the face, wherein each row of keys is arranged in a concave pattern and wherein each of the plurality of keys is aligned along a vertical axis with a key from an adjacent row of keys, the vertical axis extending perpendicularly from a top edge to a bottom edge of the face of the device housing;
wherein keys that are aligned along a vertical axis are aligned with substantially no vertical offset. - View Dependent Claims (97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116)
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117. A hand-held messaging device, comprising:
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a device housing having a face;
a display mounted within the face;
a miniaturized keyboard mounted within the face of the device housing in a position between the display and a bottom edge of the face, wherein the keyboard comprises a QWERTY-style keyboard having a plurality of keys arranged in three rows across the face, wherein each row of keys is arranged in a concave pattern and is distributed symmetrically across the face of the housing, wherein the keyboard includes a plurality of letter keys and at least one specialized key and wherein each of the plurality of keys is aligned along a vertical axis with a key front an adjacent row of keys, the vertical axis extending perpendicularly from a top edge to the bottom edge of the face; and
means for receiving e-mail messages from a wireless network and for transmitting e-mail messages generated on the hand-held messaging device to the wireless network;
wherein keys that are aligned along a vertical axis are aligned with substantially no vertical offset. - View Dependent Claims (118, 119, 120, 121, 122)
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123. A hand-held messaging device, comprising:
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a device housing having a face;
a display mounted within the face;
a miniaturized keyboard mourned within the face of the device housing in a position between the display and a bottom edge of the face, wherein the keyboard comprises a QWERTY-style keyboard having a plurality of keys arranged in three rows across the face, wherein each row of keys is arranged in a concave pattern and is distributed symmetrically across the face of the housing, wherein the keyboard includes a plurality of letter keys and at least one specialized key and wherein each of the plurality of keys is aligned along a vertical axis with a key from an adjacent row of keys, the vertical axis extending perpendicularly from a top edge to the bottom edge of the face;
an auxiliary input device mounted within the device housing;
a transceiver for receiving information from a wireless network and for transmitting information to the wireless network;
an antenna coupled to the transceiver a microprocessor;
a memory for storing an operating system and a plurality of application programs that are executed by the microprocessor to control the operation of the hand-held messaging device; and
a power supply system including a rechargeable battery and an external charger input for receiving a source of electrical charge to recharge die rechargeable battery;
wherein keys that arc aligned along a vertical axis are aligned with substantially no vertical offset. - View Dependent Claims (124, 125, 126, 127, 128)
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