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System and method for user interface

  • US 7,646,378 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2005
  • Issued: 01/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user interface apparatus for an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

  • one or more mechanical keys;

    one or more touch sensitive surfaces, said one or more mechanical keys being adjacent to said one or more touch sensitive surfaces; and

    a processor for receiving one or more user input operations performed on said at least one or more mechanical keys and said one or more touch sensitive surfaces to achieve a single user interface function, the user input operation comprising a combined operation that determines the single user interface function combining moving over the touch sensitive surface with pressing that comprises activation of at least one mechanical key, in a single stroke, wherein said single user interface function is determined by said processor at the end of said single stroke from a plurality of valid possibilities of said user interface functions, the determination being based on specific features from both said moving and said pressing input operations performed by the user.

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