Hand-held device
First Claim
1. A hand-held computing device structured to include a telephone component comprising:
- a case having a front face, the case having within a plane a long axis and a short axis;
a display screen located on the front face;
a speaker located along a top portion of the front face above the display screen;
a microphone below the display screen; and
a non-foldable keyboard located on the front face below the display screen comprising three rows of keys oriented perpendicular to the long axis of the case, at least nine keys comprising a primary symbol and a secondary symbol, the primary symbols for successive keys in the first row of keys representing the letters “
Q”
, “
W”
, “
E”
, “
R”
, “
T”
, and “
Y”
,the at least nine keys having secondary symbols “
1”
to “
9”
comprising a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement of keys, the secondary symbols “
1”
, “
2”
, and “
3”
in the first of the three rows of keys, the secondary symbols “
4”
, “
5”
, and “
6”
in a second of the three rows of keys, and the secondary symbols “
7”
, “
8”
, and “
9”
in a third of the three rows of keys, each secondary symbol associated with a key including a primary symbol, and comprising an option key configured to set the non-foldable keyboard in one of a plurality of states, a first state corresponding to a single use of a secondary symbol in the touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement, a second state corresponding to consecutive use of any secondary symbols in the touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement, and a third state corresponding to use of only primary symbols in the touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement,wherein the keys in the touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement have a common visual characteristic,at least one key not in the telephone keypad arrangement lacks the common visual characteristic of the keys in the telephone keypad arrangement, andwherein in response to execution of the telephone component, the non-foldable keyboard is set to the second state for use of the secondary symbols of the keys in the telephone keypad arrangement.
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Abstract
A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one version, the hand-held device comprises a QWERTY keyboard including an arrangement of digits as in a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement. In another version, the display includes a handwriting area for data entry using a stylus or other screen data entry device. In a closed position, the lid extends over the display and the keyboard, leaving another user input device physically accessible to touch for receiving input wherein the device performs processing responsive to receiving input from the physically accessible user input device in the lid closed state.
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70 Claims
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1. A hand-held computing device structured to include a telephone component comprising:
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a case having a front face, the case having within a plane a long axis and a short axis; a display screen located on the front face; a speaker located along a top portion of the front face above the display screen; a microphone below the display screen; and a non-foldable keyboard located on the front face below the display screen comprising three rows of keys oriented perpendicular to the long axis of the case, at least nine keys comprising a primary symbol and a secondary symbol, the primary symbols for successive keys in the first row of keys representing the letters “
Q”
, “
W”
, “
E”
, “
R”
, “
T”
, and “
Y”
,the at least nine keys having secondary symbols “
1”
to “
9”
comprising a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement of keys, the secondary symbols “
1”
, “
2”
, and “
3”
in the first of the three rows of keys, the secondary symbols “
4”
, “
5”
, and “
6”
in a second of the three rows of keys, and the secondary symbols “
7”
, “
8”
, and “
9”
in a third of the three rows of keys, each secondary symbol associated with a key including a primary symbol, and comprising an option key configured to set the non-foldable keyboard in one of a plurality of states, a first state corresponding to a single use of a secondary symbol in the touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement, a second state corresponding to consecutive use of any secondary symbols in the touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement, and a third state corresponding to use of only primary symbols in the touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement,wherein the keys in the touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement have a common visual characteristic, at least one key not in the telephone keypad arrangement lacks the common visual characteristic of the keys in the telephone keypad arrangement, and wherein in response to execution of the telephone component, the non-foldable keyboard is set to the second state for use of the secondary symbols of the keys in the telephone keypad arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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6. In a handheld device comprising a data entry component and a wireless telephone component, the device having a long axis and a short axis within a plane, a non-foldable keyboard comprising:
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a plurality of keys arranged in a configuration having key rows oriented perpendicularly with respect to the long axis of the device, one of the key rows comprising successive keys representing the letters Q, W, E, R, T, and Y, wherein the plurality of keys comprises at least nine multi-value keys, each multi-value key associated with at least a primary value and a numeric secondary value, the at least nine multi-value keys having a common visual characteristic and being arranged to form part of the configuration, the at least nine multi-value keys further being arranged in a telephone keypad arrangement, the keys in the configuration comprising at least one key not having the common visual characteristic of the nine multi-value keys, the non-foldable keyboard located below a display screen along the long axis of the handheld device, wherein the plurality of keys further comprises an option key configured to set the plurality of keys in one of a plurality of states, a first state corresponding to a single use of a numeric secondary value of a multi-value key, a second state corresponding to consecutive use of any numeric secondary value of the multi-value keys, and a third state corresponding to use of only the primary value of a multi-value key, and wherein in response to activation of the wireless telephone component, the least nine multi-value keys initially set to the second set and operable as touch-tone keys. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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19. In a handheld device structured to include data entry operation and a wireless telephone operation, the device having within a plane a long axis and a short axis, a non-foldable keyboard comprising:
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a plurality of keys arranged in a configuration having key rows oriented perpendicularly with respect to the long axis of the device, one of the key rows comprising successive keys representing the letters Q, W, E, R, T, and Y; wherein the plurality of keys comprises at least nine multi-value keys, each multi-value key associated with at least a primary value and a numeric secondary value, the at least nine multi-value keys having a common visual characteristic, the at least nine multi-value keys having the common visual characteristic arranged in at least three successive rows and three successive columns, the non-foldable keyboard located below a display screen along the long axis of the handheld device, wherein the plurality of keys further comprises an option key configured to set the at least nine-multi-value keys in one of a plurality of states, a first state corresponding to a single use of a numeric secondary value of the multi-value keys, a second state corresponding to consecutive use of any numeric secondary values of the multi-value keys, and a third state corresponding to use of only primary keys of the multi-value keys, and wherein in response to operation of the wireless telephone the at least nine multi-value keys are initially set to the second state and operable as a touch-tone keys. - View Dependent Claims (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, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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51. In a handheld device structured to include a data entry operation and a wireless telephone operation, the device having within a plane a long axis and a short axis, a non-foldable keyboard comprising:
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a plurality of keys arranged in a configuration having key rows oriented perpendicularly with respect to the long axis of the device, one of the key rows comprising successive keys representing the letters Q, W, E, R, T, and Y; wherein the plurality of keys comprises at least ten multi-value keys, each associated with at least a primary value and a secondary value, the at least ten multi-value keys having a common visual characteristic and being arranged in at least four rows, wherein at least three of the rows each comprise at least three multi-value keys, the keys in the configuration comprising at least one key not having the common visual characteristic of the ten multi-value keys, the non-foldable keyboard located below a display screen along the long axis of the handheld device, wherein the plurality of keys further comprises an option key configured to set the at least ten multi-value keys in one of a plurality of states, a first state corresponding to a single use of a secondary value of a multi-value key, a second state corresponding to consecutive use of any secondary value of the multi-value keys, and a third state corresponding to use of only the primary values of a multi-value key, and wherein in response to operation of the wireless telephone the at least nine multi-value keys initially set to the second state and operable as a touch-tone keys. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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