Patent ID: 8271036
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A handheld wireless communication device configured to send and receive text messages and configured to send and receive voice communications, said device comprising: a hand cradleable, elongate body configured to be held in one hand by an operator of said device during text entry; a display located on a front face of said elongate body and upon which information is displayed to the operator during text entry; a key field located on the front face of said elongate body, said key field being composed of a plurality of keys selected from a plurality of alphanumeric input keys and at least one menu key; a navigation tool located on the front face of said elongate body; said alphanumeric input keys comprising a plurality of alphabetic keys having letters associated therewith and said letters, in a top row of said alphabetic keys, comprising in consecutive order the letters Q, W, E, R and T; a microprocessor configured to receive operator commands from said alphanumeric input keys, said menu keys and said navigation tool and to affect corresponding changes to the display; said elongate body has a length greater than a width thereof and said display, said key field and said navigational tool are located in series along said length of said elongate body; and a plurality of keys of said key field are substantially arranged in rows and columns, a top key in a column adjacent to the navigation tool has an edge conformance fitting to a boundary about the navigation tool and each key in that column is offset below the other keys in each associated row, with each key in the column adjacent to the navigation tool has substantially the same shape which is a different shape compared to the shape of keys in the other columns, wherein at least one key of said key field is positioned adjacent to said navigation tool is a menu key that upon actuation displays an available action menu on said display, said at least one key has a circular arc-shaped edge conformance fitting to a circular arc-shaped boundary about said navigation tool and two call keys oppositely and laterally flank said navigation tool, one of said two call keys being a call initiation key and the other being a call termination key; wherein said display, said navigational tool, and said key field are consecutively ordered along a lengthwise longitudinal-axis of said elongate body.