Nokia Corporation

Jonathan Sharp

Christian Rossing Kraft

Daren Leith

Francis Emmerson

Andrew Nicholas

George Pneumaticos

Graham Thomas

Kym Seligman

Dean Hewlett

A portable electronic device is provided comprising a user input device capable of adopting at least three pre-determined positions, each of which enables an associated function to be actuated, and of adopting two pre-determined positions simultaneously. The portable electronic device further comprises a device for presenting information to a user and a processor for receiving inputs from the user input device and altering the operating state of the portable electronic device accordingly. The portable electronic device is operable to scroll through information items presented to a user and the user input device is arranged to present at least two scrolling speeds. A first scrolling speed is selected when the user input device is placed in a first pre-determined position and a second scrolling speed is selected when the user input device is placed in the first pre-determined position and a second predetermined position at the same time.

Portable device

A phone comprising a body and an attached cover having an aperture, wherein the phone has a closed configuration in which portions of the body are covered and an open configuration in which at least some of the portions covered in the closed configuration are uncovered. The body comprises a display positioned such that in the closed configuration the aperture is substantially aligned with the display so that at least a portion of the display is visible to a user through the aperture; and a processor for controlling the display. The processor controls the display. (when the device is in a first state and in a closed configuration) to have a first format in which information to be conveyed to the user is restricted to said visible portion of the display and controls the display (when the device is in said first state and in the open configuration) to have a second format in which the same information to be conveyed to the user is not restricted to said visible portion of the display.

Radio communication device

A portable device which includes a body, a cover and a key. The cover has a closed position for at least partially covering the body, and the key is accessible when the cover is in this position. The functionality of the key changes depending upon the state of the device. One such function is the muting of an audible indicator provided by a speaker or the like of the device. This may occur, for example, if the key is actuated when the device is a phone and has received an incoming call or if it has an alarm.

Portable telecommunication device

A portable device is described which comprises a user input and a processor. The user input has a key with a plurality of functions. It has a first function when the device is in a first state and a second function when the device is not in the first state. The processor is arranged to determine the state of the device and to perform the first and second function depending upon the state of the device. When it performs the second function, the processor returns the device to the first state.

A communications device comprising a body and an attached cover having an aperture, wherein the device has a closed configuration in which portions of the body are covered and an open configuration in which at least some of the portions covered in the closed configuration are uncovered, the body comprising receiver means for receiving data via radio transmissions; a display operative independent of whether the cover is in the closed or open configuration and positioned such that in the open configuration the display is uncovered and positioned such that in the closed configuration the aperture is substantially aligned with the display so that at least a portion of the display is visible to a user through the aperture; and a processor arranged to control the display and operable to show received data as text, wherein when the device is in the closed configuration the processor is operable to provide the received text to the user as text which streams through said visible portion of the display.

Communication device

A portable device which includes a body, a cover and a key. The cover has a closed position for at least partially covering the body, and the key is accessible when the cover is in this position. When the cover is in this an open position, the key has no function, whereas when the cover is in the closed position, the functionality of the key changes depending upon the state of the device. One such function is the muting of an audible indicator provided by a speaker or the like of the device. This may occur, for example, if the key is actuated when the device is a phone and has received an incoming call or if it has an alarm.

Portable radiotelephone device with a key having functions related to a prevailing state of the device

A user interface for a text entry device, comprising: a display having a first display section and a second display section, and a keypad including a set of text entry keys each having a set of characters associated therewith. The set of characters associated with each of the text entry keys being displayed in the second display section. A predictive character editor engine with associated directories is adapted to receive a string of input strokes and to output a list of matching word candidates in response thereto. A controller receives inputs from a set of text entry keys, and generates said string of input strokes for the predictive character editor. The controller presents in said first display section at least one of said matching word candidates from the predictive character editor for selection by the user.

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Jonathan Sharp