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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2004
Jason T. Griffin, Waterloo, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Julian Paas, Mississauga, CA;
Jay D. Steele, Fall River, CA;
Craig E. Ranta, Waterloo, CA;
Jason T. Griffin, Waterloo, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Julian Paas, Mississauga, CA;
Jay D. Steele, Fall River, CA;
Craig E. Ranta, Waterloo, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
An improved hand held electronic device and an associated method provide facilitated telephone dialing by providing audible sound tags in the form of spoken words representative of numbers that can be selected by a user for dialing. The handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus that can generate a plurality of navigational inputs and at least a first selecting input. The input apparatus may include a rotatable dial, the rotation of which provides navigational inputs, and the dial may be translatable, with the translation generating a selecting input. When a processor of the handheld electronic device detects one of the navigational inputs, the handheld electronic device outputs an audible sound in the form of a spoken word of the digit that corresponds with that navigational input.