Patent ID: 7487470

Claim:
A method comprising performing a machine-executed operation involving instructions executable by a handheld electronic device, said handheld electronic device comprising one or more processors, wherein the machine-executed operation is at least one of: A) sending the instructions over transmission media; B) receiving the instructions over transmission media; C) storing the instructions onto a machine-readable storage medium; and D) executing the instructions; wherein the instructions are instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of: detecting that a first application button of a plurality of mechanical application buttons is pressed while the handheld electronic device is in a low power state; wherein the handheld 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 handheld 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 handheld 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 handheld 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.