Patent ID: 6353579
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: G04G

Abstract:
A multimode electronic device comprising a display, a lamp for illuminating the display, a plurality of actuated switches, and an integrated circuit coupled to the plurality of actuated switches, the integrated circuit being able to sense the activation of each of the plurality of actuated switches, the electronic device comprising:a determiner for determining the activation of a first one of the plurality of actuated switches; an illuminator for activating the lamp to illuminate the display for a first predetermined period of time in response to the determining that the first one of the plurality of actuated switches was activated; the determiner for also determining the activation of another one of the plurality of actuated switches and for determining whether the activation of the another one of the plurality of actuated switches was activated while the display was being illuminated; wherein the illuminator maintains the illumination of the display for a second predetermined period of time beginning at least essentially when the determiner determined that the another one of the plurality of actuated switches was activated.