Patent ID: 6727916
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A user interface for providing an interactive chat session on a wireless handheld device, the wireless handheld device having a display screen and at least one actuator, the user interface comprising:(a) a display block including: (1) at least one history-of-communications segment displayed on the display screen, the at least one history-of-communications segment having communications between the wireless handheld device and at least one remote entity; and (2) at least one choice-item segment displayed on the display screen, the at least one choice-item segment having a plurality of choice-items each (i) selectable by a user through actuation of the at least one actuator and (ii) defining an action item related to the chat session; wherein only a portion of the display block is viewable on the display screen at any given time; and (b) a mechanism to allow the user to scroll through the display block to move some of the choice-items into view on the display screen while moving some of the communications out of view.