Handheld devices
AssigneeNokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
InventorsJani Pirkola, Timo Kinnunen, Lauri Salomaki, Tea Liukkonen-Olmiala, Tiina Hynninen, Leena Sippola, Risto Lustila, Sanna kaartinen
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Abstract
A hand held communication device having a display, the display having a plurality of different regions, at least one function being selectable via at least one region and a touch sensitive region, the touch sensitive area being arranged so that movement with respect to the touch sensitive area region causes an indicator to move across said display wherein the indicator is arranged to move only from one region to another.
Claims14
A hand held communication device comprising:
- a display, said display in use have a plurality of different regions, at least one function being selectable via at least one region;
- and
- a touch sensitive region, said touch sensitive area being arranged so that movement with respect to the touch sensitive area region causes an indicator to move across said display,
- wherein said indicator is arranged to move only from one region to another.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said touch sensitive region comprises a surface.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said touch sensitive region is a touch pad.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said indicator is a cursor.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said device is a mobile telephone.
A method of controlling a hand held communication device comprising the steps of:
- operating a touch sensitive region so as to cause an indicator to move across a display of the communication device;
- controlling the indicator to move only from one region to another across the display;
- and
- selecting a function associated the region where the indicator is located when said selection step is performed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.