System and method for user interface
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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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Abstract
A user interface apparatus for an electronic device. The apparatus comprises: one or more mechanical keys; one or more touch sensitive surfaces, the mechanical keys being adjacent to the touch sensitive surfaces; and a processor for receiving one or more user input operations performed on the mechanical keys and the touch sensitive surfaces, the input operation comprising a combined operation combining touching the touch sensitive surface with pressing at least one mechanical key, in a single stroke.
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26 Claims
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1. A user interface apparatus for an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for inputting information into an electronic device using a user interface apparatus, the method comprising:
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providing a user interface 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 input operation comprising a combined operation 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; and inputting user input operation by a combined operation combining moving over the touch sensitive surface with pressing that comprises activation of at least one mechanical key, in a single stroke to achieve the single user interface function. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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