Patent ID: 7956272

Claim:
A method of assisting a user interacting with a portable wireless communication device having a display and a plurality of user input devices, comprising: providing a user interface for the portable wireless communication device, the user interface including a plurality of linked display screens; displaying one of the linked display screens on the display as a current display screen; determining an occurrence of a user input comprising pressing a selected user input device; displaying a resulting action associated with the user input on a next display screen based upon the current displayed screen and a most recently displayed previous display screen, wherein the resulting action comprises fast-forwarding or rewinding a playback position with respect to a selected track; comparing total press time of the selected user input device to a first value; applying an acceleration factor dependant on total press time to the resulting action when total press time exceeds the first value; and automatically decreasing the acceleration factor applied to the resulting action when the playback position approaches but has not yet reached an end of the track or a beginning of the track.