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Navigation key for handset

A technology for navigation keys and telephone handsets, applied in directions such as telephones with user guidance/use, telephone structures, remote control tuning using electromagnetic waves, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-07-28
NOKIA TECHNOLOGLES OY
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This means: the user cannot make a call from the phonebook while the user is carrying a bag or just writing with another hand

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[0041] figure 1 A preferred embodiment of a telephone according to the invention is shown and it will be seen that the telephone generally indicated at 1 comprises a user interface with a keypad 2 , a display 3 , an on / off button 4 , a headset 5 and a microphone 6 . The telephone 1 according to the preferred embodiment is adapted to communicate over a cellular network, but can also be specified for cordless networks. The keypad 2 has a first set of keys 7 as alphanumeric keys, with which the user can enter a telephone number, write a text message (SMS), write a name (related to the telephone number) etc. Each of the 12 alphanumeric keys 7 has numbers "0-9" or symbols "#" and "*" respectively. In alphabetic mode, each key is associated with multiple letters and specific symbols used in text editing.

[0042] The keypad 2 also includes two soft keys 8 , two call handling keys 9 , a navigation key 10 , a key 11 for switching between alphanumeric mode and a clear key 12 .

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Abstract

A telephone handset comprises a front surface with a display and a keypad. The keypad includes a group of keys for entering alphanumeric signs and a key for navigating a cursor in the display. The navigation key is placed in the front surface of the phone between the display and the group of alphanumeric keys, and it includes a roller body which extends partly though an opening in the front surface of the phone. The roller body is essentially cylindrical with a length and diameter of the same size as the width of the keys in said group of keys for entering alphanumeric signs.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a new and improved user interface (UI) for telephone handsets. The UI of a handset for a cellular or cordless system does more than just support call handling. In the recent development of handheld phones, more and more new applications have been integrated in the phones, the latest application being a Web (World Wide Web) browser, such as that provided by Unwired Planet. Background technique [0002] Navigation between menu items, handling of individual applications and text editing of application inputs is very difficult as most common types of navigation are done with a single up / down scroll key. When the key is pressed three times, the cursor moves three steps. Scrolling through menus or phonebooks in this manner is very time consuming. [0003] EP 463856B proposes to use a roller ball or a thumb wheel instead of a scroll key. However, it is difficult to use a roller ball known from computer mice in a handheld t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F1/16H04M1/72469G06F3/023H01H9/02H01H13/70H01H25/00H01H25/04H01H25/06H04M1/02H04M1/03H04M1/23H04M1/274H04W88/02
CPCH04M1/72583H01H25/008G06F3/0362G06F3/0312H04M1/0202H01H13/70H04M1/233H01H2217/048H03J9/06H01H2019/146H04M1/72469
Inventor F·诺沃M·R·克里斯藤森S·卡尔森C·克拉夫特
Owner NOKIA TECHNOLOGLES OY
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