Patent ID: 6996784

Claim:
A method implemented on a portable electronic device, said portable electronic device comprising one or more processors and a memory coupled to said one or more processors, the steps of the method comprising: detecting that a first application button of a plurality of mechanical application buttons is pressed while the portable electronic device is in a low power state; wherein the portable electronic device includes the plurality of mechanical application buttons; wherein at least a first application of one or more applications that are executable on the portable electronic device is associated with the first application button; wherein the first application is associated with the first application button prior to the first application button being pressed; wherein said pressing the first application button causes the portable electronic device to switch from the low power state to an operational state; in response to detecting that the first application button in the plurality of a mechanical application buttons is pressed while the portable electronic device is in a low power state: identifying the first application associated with the first application button, and then automatically executing the first application to display a selected state of the first application, wherein displaying the selected state of the first application includes automatically displaying user-inputted data for the first application.