Patent ID: 7787616
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F,H01H,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable communication apparatus, comprising: selection means for selecting a desired information item from a plurality of information items displayed in a plurality of rows and columns on a display means; execution means for executing the desired information item selected by the selection means; and a key section including a ten key pad, wherein the selection means and the key section are provided close to each other and are disposed immediately below the display means, wherein one of the information items is initially selected as a first information item, wherein the selection means is operable to indicate a plurality of movement directions, wherein indicating a first movement direction with the selection means selects a second information item displayed in a row immediately preceding the row of the first information item; wherein indicating a second movement direction with the selection means selects a third information item displayed in a column immediately following the column of the first information item; wherein indicating a third movement direction with the selection means selects a fourth information item displayed in a row immediately following the row of the first information item; and wherein indicating a fourth movement direction with the selection means selects a fifth information item displayed in a column immediately preceding the column of the first information item, and wherein: if the selection means indicates the first movement direction and the row immediately preceding the row of the first information item does not exist, selecting a sixth information item displayed in a row furthest from and following the row of the first information item; if the selection means indicates the second movement direction and the column immediately following the column of the first information item does not exist, selecting a seventh information item displayed in a column furthest from and preceding the column of the first information item; if the selection means indicates the third movement direction and the row immediately following the row of the first information item does not exist, selecting an eighth information item displayed in a row furthest from and preceding the row of the first information item; and if the selection means indicates the fourth movement direction and the column immediately preceding the column of the first information item does not exist, selecting a ninth information item displayed in a column furthest from and following the column of the first information item.