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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2006
Brian Thomas Richardson, Encinitas, CA (US);
Arlene Joy Harris, Del Mar, CA (US);
Virginia Ellen Beneke, San Diego, CA (US);
Mary Cozza, Encinitas, CA (US);
Michael S. Dawes, San Diego, CA (US);
Susan M. Duthie, Lake Arrowhead, CA (US);
Brian Thomas Richardson, Encinitas, CA (US);
Arlene Joy Harris, Del Mar, CA (US);
Virginia Ellen Beneke, San Diego, CA (US);
Mary Cozza, Encinitas, CA (US);
Michael S. Dawes, San Diego, CA (US);
Susan M. Duthie, Lake Arrowhead, CA (US);
Dyna LLC, Del Mar, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable communications device, e.g., a cell phone with a simplified user interface and easy to use keys is described. The user interface supports book type and circular type applications. Book interface type applications are applications in which a user is stopped from moving beyond the last page when a next page operation is selected. In circular applications a user is allowed to move from the last page of an application to the first page of the application by selecting a next page option. Regardless of the application type, in response to a displayed page a user, in some embodiments, is presented with at most 4 options. This allows navigation between applications, pages and selection of actions corresponding to pages to be supported using relatively few keys, e.g., 4 keys, thereby allowing the number of keys on the phone to be kept small and the key size large.