Touch-click keypad
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsNikolaj Heiberg Bestle, Christian Rossing Kraft
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Abstract
A method includes detecting a short movement of a pointing device on a touch sensitive area of a display; presenting a menu of functions on the display and enabling at least one function on the menu for activation in response to detecting the short movement; and detecting a short press on the touch sensitive area to activate the enabled at least one function.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- detecting a short movement of a pointing device on a touch sensitive area of a display;
- presenting a menu of functions on the display and enabling at least one function on the menu for activation in response to detecting the short movement;
- and
- detecting a short press on the touch sensitive area to activate the enabled at least one function.
An apparatus comprising:
- a touch pad display;
- and
- at least one processing device, the at least one processing device configured to:
- detect a short movement of a pointing device on a touch sensitive area of a display;
- present a menu of functions on the display and enabling at least one function on the menu for activation in response to detecting the short movement;
- and
- detect a short press on the touch sensitive area to activate the enabled at least one function.
The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising that the at least one processor is configured to re-present the keypad view and functionality on the touch sensitive area of the display when the pointing device is removed from the touch sensitive area for at least a pre-determined period of time.
A user interface comprising:
- a keypad input area;
- and
- a display area, wherein the keypad input area is a touch sensitive area and is configured to detect a short movement of a pointing device on the touch sensitive area of a display, present a menu of functions on the display, enable at least one function on the menu for activation in response to detecting the short movement, and detect a short press on the touch sensitive area to activate the enabled at least one function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.