Patent ID: 8059097

Claim:
A mobile device, comprising: a display screen; a processor running an application; and a keypad comprising a key visually identified by a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier represents a first object menu including a first plurality of visual objects, and the second identifier represents a second object menu including a second plurality of visual objects, wherein the first menu includes at least one visual object not included in the second menu, the objects included in the first object menu and the second object menu are independent of applications running on the mobile device, the first plurality of visual objects include emoticons, the first identifier comprises an emoticon that visually represents the first plurality of visual objects, and the second identifier visually represents the second plurality of visual objects; wherein the processor is programmed to display the first object menu on the display screen in response to the key being actuated a first time, to feed a first visual object in the first object menu into the application as a user input for display in response to receiving a user selection of the first visual object, wherein the processor is further programmed to display the second object menu on the display screen in response to the key being actuated when the first object menu is being displayed, and to feed a second visual object in the second object menu into the application as a user input for display in response to receiving a user selection of the second visual object.