US 2007/0192705 A1 · METHOD AND ARRANGMENT FOR A PRIMARY ACTIONS MENU FOR A CONTACT DATA ENTRY RECORD OF AN ADDRESS BOOK APPLICATION ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Abstract

A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include a contact data entry record of an address book application being displayed on a screen. If a contact data entry record is designated through use of the auxiliary user input device and no menu is displayed, the user may initiate an ambiguous request. Various short menus are provided with their respective menu items being dependent and adjustable based upon the position of a cursor on the display page, the currently opened application, and/or the previous selections. Further, a selection from the short menu is capable of displaying the extended menu corresponding thereto.

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Dependent claims

A method for causing, upon user request, the display of an abbreviated menu of user-selectable actions on a display screen of a handheld electronic device when a contact data entry record of an address book application is presented on the display screen of the device, said method comprising:

displaying a contact data entry record of an address book application of a handheld electronic device on a display screen of a handheld electronic device;
initiating an ambiguous request for display of menu options of user-selectable actions associated with the displayed contact data entry record on the display screen of the handheld electronic device;
and
displaying an abbreviated menu having a short list of menu options which is a subset of a full menu of options of user-selectable actions available relative to the displayed contact data entry record and the user-selectable actions of said short list of menu options having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some of the user-selectable actions of the full menu of options that are not included in said short list of menu options.

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A handheld electronic device programmed to display, upon user request, an abbreviated menu of user-selectable actions on a display screen of the device when a contact data entry record of an address book application is presented on the display screen of the device, said handheld electronic device comprising:

a display screen on which a contact data entry record of an address book application of the device is displayed;
a keyboard located below said display screen and configured to accommodate textual input to the handheld electronic device;
and
a microprocessor having a control program associated therewith for controlling operation of said handheld electronic device, said control program configured to process an ambiguous request for display of menu options of user-selectable actions associated with the displayed contact data entry record based upon detection of a user menu request, and, based on said detection of the user menu request, said microprocessor displays an abbreviated menu having a short list of menu options which is a subset of a full menu of options of user-selectable actions available relative to the displayed contact data entry record and the user-selectable actions of said short list of menu options having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some of the user-selectable actions of the full menu of options that are not included in said short list of menu options.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for a contact data entry record of an address book application on a handheld electronic device

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Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for a contact data entry record of an address book application on a handheld electronic device

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