Method and arrangement for providing a primary actions menu on a handheld communication device having a reduced alphabetic keyboard

A handheld electronic device programmed to display an abbreviated menu of action options on the screen of the device based on a user request and the page that is displayed on the screen at the time of the user request, said handheld electronic device comprising:

• a screen on which cursor-navigable pages are displayed;
• a keyboard located below said screen and configured to accommodate textual input to the handheld electronic device;
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• 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 corresponding to the screen-displayed page when a user menu request is detected and a screen-navigating cursor is positioned at a location on the screen-displayed page that is not visually signified for menu display response, and, based on said detection of the user menu request, said microprocessor displays a short menu having a first list of menu items which is a subset of a second list of menu items of an extended menu associated with the displayed page, said first list of menu items having been assessed a higher probability for being user-selected than at least some items of the second list of menu items not included in said first list of menu items, wherein said handheld electronic device further comprises a keyboard suitable for accommodating textual input to the handheld electronic device and a navigation tool located essentially between the keyboard and the screen of the handheld electronic device and said keyboard comprising a plurality of keys with which alphabetic letters are associated and wherein at least a portion of the individual keys have multiple letters associated therewith.