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Programmable mobile device with thumb wheel

  • US RE39,683 E1
  • Filed: 08/02/2001
  • Issued: 06/05/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hand held mobile device, the mobile device comprising:

  • a housing;

    a user programmable processor within the housing;

    a display operatively coupled to the processor, the display being controlled by the processor to display a plurality of functions relating to operation of the mobile device;

    a thumb wheel extending from the housing, the thumb wheel including;

    a wheel portion rotatable about an axis, the wheel portion being selectably rotatable about the axis to facilitate a user selecting at least one function from the plurality of functions displayed on the display, the wheel portion being transaxially moveable and wherein transaxial movement of the wheel portion initiates selection of the at least one function; and

    a control circuit operatively coupled to the thumb wheel, wherein the control circuit provides at least one signal to the processor in response to movement of the wheel portion, the processor executing a predetermined routine corresponding to the at least one signal.

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