US 7,605,801 B1 · Portable device

Abstract

A portable electronic device is provided comprising a user input device capable of adopting at least three pre-determined positions, each of which enables an associated function to be actuated, and of adopting two pre-determined positions simultaneously. The portable electronic device further comprises a device for presenting information to a user and a processor for receiving inputs from the user input device and altering the operating state of the portable electronic device accordingly. The portable electronic device is operable to scroll through information items presented to a user and the user input device is arranged to present at least two scrolling speeds. A first scrolling speed is selected when the user input device is placed in a first pre-determined position and a second scrolling speed is selected when the user input device is placed in the first pre-determined position and a second predetermined position at the same time.

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Dependent claims

A portable electronic device comprising:

a user input device capable of adopting at least three pre-determined positions, each of which enables different associated function to be actuated, and of adopting two pre-determined positions simultaneously;
a device for presenting information to a user;
and
a processor for receiving inputs from the user input device and altering the operating state of the portable electronic device accordingly;
wherein the portable electronic device is operable to scroll through information items presented to a user, the user input device being arranged to present at least two scrolling speeds;
and wherein a first scrolling speed is selected when the user input device is placed in a first pre-determined position and a second scrolling speed is selected when the user input device is placed in a third pre-determined position, wherein the third pre-determined position comprises the user input device being placed in the first pre-determined position and a second predetermined position at the same time.

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A portable electronic device comprising:

a user input device;
the user input device capable of adopting at least three predetermined positions, each of which enables a different respective function to be actuated;
wherein the user input device is capable of being placed in a first predetermined position when the user input device is moved in a direction generally parallel to a plane created by a face of the electronic device;
wherein the user input device is capable of being placed in a second predetermined position when the user input device is depressed inwards towards the face of the electronic device;
and wherein the user input device is capable of being placed in a third predetermined position when the user input device is both moved in a direction generally parallel to the plane created by the face of the electronic device and depressed inwards at the same time;
and
a processor for receiving inputs from a user input device and altering a scrolling speed accordingly;
wherein a first scrolling speed is selected when the user input device is placed in one of the predetermined positions;
and wherein a second scrolling speed is selected when the user input device is placed in another one of the predetermined positions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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