Patent ID: 7421666
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for use in either a wireless telephone or personal digital assistant having a display area and input system, the input system including a direction key and an action key, wherein the input system and display area are limited as compared to a pointing device and larger display area often found in more traditional browsing systems, and wherein one or more interactive elements within content received from a content source may behave differently in a browsing context than the one or more interactive elements behave in an operating system shell context, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage media having stored computer-executable instructions for implementing a method of browsing content that contains one or more interactive elements, wherein the browsing includes an edit mode and a navigation mode, the method comprising acts of: starting in the navigation mode; displaying at least a portion of the content on the wireless telephone or personal digital assistant display area; receiving a direction input generated by the direction key of the wireless telephone or personal digital assistant; in a situation in which no interactive element is displayed as being visually selected on the display area, and while the direction input is being received, if less than all of the content is displayed and no interactive element is at least partially visible in the direction of the direction input relative to a previously selected interactive element or, if no interactive element has been previously selected, based on the direction input relative to the beginning of the displayed portion of the content, automatically scrolling the display of the content in the direction of the direction input; selecting an interactive element that is at least partially visible, the selection being based on the direction input relative to a previously selected interactive element or, if no interactive element has been previously selected, based on the direction input relative to the beginning of the displayed portion of the content, wherein said interactive element can be only partially visible; and placing a selection box around the interactive element to indicate that the interactive element is selected.