Patent ID: 6278888
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
A radiotelephone, comprising:a housing having a front surface, a rear surface and first and second side surfaces adjoining respective opposite edges of the front surface and extending from the respective opposite edges of the front surface to respective opposite edges of the rear surface, the housing configured to be held in a user's hand such that the rear surface confronts the user's palm;a radiotelephone communications transceiver, supported by the housing;a display, supported by the housing, that displays an image at the front surface of the housing;a contact-sensitive transducer, supported by the housing and having a contact-sensitive surface disposed at at least one of the first and second side surfaces, which produces an output signal that characterizes contact of an object along the contact-sensitive surface of the contact-sensitive transducer; anda controller, responsive to the output signal and operatively associated with the display and the radiotelephone communications transceiver, which controls at least one of the display and the radiotelephone communications transceiver according to the output signal of the contact-sensitive transducer.