Patent ID: 6570596
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G06F,H01H,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
A portable phone having: a display adapted to display data, and input means for inputting both information and instructions to a control unit in the phone, the control unit controlling the display in dependence on the operation of the input means; the input means including:a moving means in the form of a navigation key for moving a marker in the display; and a request means in the form of a selection key for providing a request to the control unit for displaying operations which are allowed in a position defined by the marker; the control unit generating a pop-up window which covers a part of the display upon reception of the request, and which includes the allowed operations in dependence of the position of the marker; and the navigation key and the selection key allowing a user to navigate between the allowed operations present in the pop-up window, and to select one of these allowed operations, the pop-up window being initiated by the user pressing the selection key.