Patent ID: 8341551

Claim:
A method of causing display of an abbreviated menu of user-selectable actions on a display screen of a handheld electronic device when a contact data entry record of an address book application is presented on the display screen of the device, said the method comprising: displaying a contact data entry record of an address book application of a handheld electronic device on a display screen of a handheld electronic device, the display screen having at least one location that is visually signified for menu display actuation; receiving an ambiguous request for displaying menu options of user-selectable actions associated with the displayed contact data entry record on the display screen of the handheld electronic device, the ambiguous request being received in response to a user positioning a cursor at a location on the display screen that is not visually signified for menu display actuation; and displaying, in response to receiving the ambiguous request, an abbreviated menu having a short list of menu options that is a subset of a full menu of options of all user-selectable actions available relative to the displayed contact data entry record, menu options on the short list of menu options being dynamically updated based upon selected menu options from the full menu of menu options, where displaying the abbreviated menu having the short list of menu options further comprises determining if the contact data entry record has been changed; in response to determining that the contact data entry record has not been changed, displaying the short list of menu options with a full menu option that is pre-designated as a highlighted menu option for user selection changed; and in response to determining that the contact data entry record has changed, displaying the short list of menu options comprising with a user-selectable action that is associated with the contact data entry record.