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Main menu navigation principle for mobile phone user

  • US 8,019,388 B2
  • Filed: 02/04/2004
  • Issued: 09/13/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A menu-driven electronic device comprising:

  • a. a display configured to selectively display at least one of a plurality of menus, including a main menu and a sub-menu; and

    b. a two-dimensional navigation key configured as a single-button including four sets of contact points, wherein during a menu selection mode, a plurality of main menu items of the main menu remains visible after a main menu item is selected, while the two-dimensional navigation key is configured to select and perform an action corresponding to one of the plurality of main menu items of the main menu and to select and perform an action corresponding to a sub-menu item of the sub-menu associated with a selected main menu item using the four sets of contact points.

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