Patent ID: 6405061
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A wireless communications network portable phone comprising:a housing; a processor disposed in said housing; a keyboard mounted to said housing and coupled to said processor; a display mounted to said housing and coupled to said processor; a speaker mounted in said housing; a microphone mounted in said housing; a keyboard cover hinged to said housing, the cover having an interior surface; a touch pad member separate from said display mounted on said hinged keyboard cover on said interior surface and connected to said processor and being responsive to fingertip contact for entering handwritten alpha-numeric data into said phone and a computer mouse function for point and click control of a cursor on said display; and, a mode switch extending from said housing remote from said touch pad member, said mode switch being connected to said processor for selection of two distinct data entry functions of said touch pad member, one of said functions being said handwritten alpha-numeric data entry and the other of said functions being said computer mouse function.